Henry defends FH letter and party unity in Congress notes
The Whig press roars over FH letter exposing party corruption while praising Haywood and a united Democratic front. In Congress, Clay’s retrenchment resolutions loom, but no action on constitutional amendments occurs as the Exchequer topic stalls. The Washington session enters its twelfth week with limited statute gains and sweeping resolutions piling up.
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Africa
Haywood
Congress
Senate
Clay
House
Washington
House of Representatives
Threshold of the Session Delays Tariff and Apportionment
The piece notes the Tariff bill and the apportionment plan face delay as Congress and state legislatures lag. It argues Representatives must guard local interests once the bill reaches the House and Senate after passage, with apportionment postponed for months, delaying action until midsummer.
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House of Representatives
Senate
House
Congress
Vote for Major General In Seventh Division Counties
An unhappy case reports Ambrose Spencer Jr of Ohio son of the Secretary of War arrested at Albany on forgery charges. The document provides the vote cast for Major General in each county of the Seventh Division at the recent election.
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Ambrose Spencer, Jr
Ohio
Secretary of War
Albany
Letter Theft and Party Rivalries Stir Washington
A stolen letter addressed to Mr. Clay and returned by him to Gov. Poindexter fuels claims of manipulation by Curtis, the New York Collector, as Poindexter accuses him of moving the document within a Senate room. Curtis denies the charge amid ongoing official friction. The Navy Secretary refutes Botts backers and narrows disunion claims to nullification, per Virginia testimony and writings from prominent figures.
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Gov. Poindexter
Washington
Mr. Clay
Mr. P
Clay
Tyler
Poindexter
Mr. Curtis
New York
Curtis
Zia
Upshur
Bulls
Secretary of the Navy
Botts
Bows
Virginia
New York Evening Post
Crittenden Elected to Senate Seat by Kentucky Legislature
John J. Crittenden has been elected by the Kentucky Legislature to fill the U S Senate vacancy caused by Mr. Clay's resignation, according to the Star.
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John J. Crittenden
Kentucky
Senate of the
United States
Clay
Fal
Religious revival adds two city churches members
Since the religious revival began in this city and continues, reports indicate twenty one new members joined the Presbyterian Church and fifty five joined the Methodist Church, all white.
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Presbyterian Church
Methodist Church
Van Buren Visits Wilmington En Route to Tennessee
Former President Van Buren arrived by train on Saturday and stayed a few hours at the hotel before proceeding by the Steam Boat Wilmington to Charleston. He was accompanied by Mr. J. K. Paulding as local citizens called on him. Rumors place him bound for General Jackson in Tennessee.
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van Buren
Wilmington
Charleston
J. K. Paulding
General Jackson
Tennessee
Senator Tod Charged With Large Forgery Ring
The Petersburg Intelligencer notes Mr Tod, the Senator from the Mathews District in the Virginia Senate, has been detected in extensive forgeries. Local reports describe alleged falsifications tied to substantial sums and call for formal investigations and accountability.
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Petersburg
5Th Inst
Tod
Mathews
Virginia Senate
Alarm and unrest ripple from bank op pressions
From the Globe report the mutterings against the yanks at a Baltimore meeting, plus scraps from the New Orleans Courier, suggest Cincinnati troubles risk spreading nationwide. The public mood pressures people to accept counterfeit paper currency or face gradual devaluation and robbery by bad notes.
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Baltimore
Sun
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Union
Bank relief debate ends in tense Baltimore gathering
A large crowd in Monument Square and Calvert Street pressed for bank respite amid suspensions and debt repudiation fears. The Mayor warned against illegal actions as demonstrators called for specie payments and staged protests outside Heisler Co and Emory Co, then dispersed after a volatile but non violent gathering.
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Calvert Street
Monument Square
Baltimore Street
Lottery and Exchange
Heisler & Co
Emory & Co
Baltimore
Baltimore Sun
Banks Clash Over Paper Money In New Orleans
Madame Rumor spread word of bank closures and deposit refusals. Four uptown banks would not accept notes from downtown banks, and four downtown banks plus the Bank of Orleans refused notes from certain uptown institutions. Authorities acted swiftly to prevent wider damage as public agitation grew.
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New Orleans Courier
Bank of
Orleans
London dates report dull cotton market in New York cables
Foreign London dates to January 24 arrive in New York. A January 20 letter notes a very dull cotton market with prices 1 8d lower. Distress in the manufacturing districts remains very great with no further notable developments.
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London
New York
James J Vaughn Seeks Brigadier General Post in NC Brigade
James J. Vaughn of the 14 Regiment announces his candidacy for Brigadier General in the North Carolina Militia Brigade. Details of the nomination process and eligibility are expected from official channels.
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James J. Vaughn
14 Regiment
N.C. M
Market price report from Washington Market listings
Washington Market report for March 9 shows corn wholesale at 32 00a and 210 dollars, bacon 6 to 64 cents, lard 64 to 7 cents, naval stores new dip 245, old 32 05, scrape 70 cents, tar 31 000, fish shail 6 a 364, herrings cut 32 75a 383 00, whole 32 25, all spelled as abbreviated prices and items in a compact market notice.
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Washington
Preachers Spread Word Across Towns in March Dates
Elders James Wilder and Bur well Temple will preach at numerous locales from March 15 to April 20 including Falls River, Tarboro, Cone Low, Washington, Goose Creek, Concord, Bethel, Pungo, Germantown, Swanquarter, Wade Swindell’s, the Academy, Fork Creek, North Lake, White Plains, Long Acre, Murattock, Picot, Skewarkey, Spring Green, Cross Roads, Log Chapel, Rocky Swamp, and Reedy Creek in a regional preaching circuit through late winter and early spring.
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James Wilder
Burwell Temple
Sandy Grove
M. Hoon
Bethel
Pungo
Germantown
Swanquarter
Wade Swindell’s
The
Academy
Fork Creek
North Lake
I. Barrow’s
White Plains
Long Acre
Murattock
Picot
Skewarkey
Spring Green
Cross Roads
Log Chapel
Rocky Swamp
Reedy Creek
Notice to Hire a Negro Girl for Outdoor Work
This office seeks a nearly grown Negro girl accustomed to outdoor work for the balance of the year. Apply at this Office. March 9.
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FAOR
Vegetable Life Pills Advertise Revolutionary Health Cure
The text declares MOFEFAT'S Medicines gain name from purifying springs and reviving life, saving sufferers from grave danger after failed nostrums. It lists ailments cured including dyspepsia, flatulence, heart issues, loss of appetite, costiveness, diarrhea, cholera, and fevers, claiming restoration of normal circulation and digestion.
Life Pills claim cures for rheumatism and more
An 1842 Tarboro advertisement promotes Life Pills by Moffat as a cure all. It asserts permanent relief from rheumatism, gout, dropsy, worms, asthma, consumption, scurvy, ulcers, and skin eruptions, claiming blood purification and far reaching health benefits. George Howard is listed as agent in Tarboro on March 5, 1842.
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New York
Himsel
Moffat
Geo. Howard
Agen Tarboro
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EB. Dudley
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Windsor
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