Annexation of Texas a propitious South wind says Tarborough paper
The Tarborough edition argues for Texas annexation to the United States, praising Pinkney Henderson as minister and asserting Texas would restore rightful union with the United States. It warns against a separate Texas republic and ties annexation to counter Northern abolitionist power, urging unity and stability. It criticizes repudiation and defends Southern interests amid political tensions.
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Texas
National Intelligencer
United States
Pinkney Henderson
No. Ca
Intelligencer
Louisiana
Arkansas
John Quincy Adams
England
Maryland Whiggery and Maryland Canal Prospects
In the National Intelligencer editorial we learn with great pain though not surprised that Maryland state stock fell from about 2 percent to 77 percent as prospects for an act completing the canal waned after adjournment.
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Maryland
National Intelligencer
Lane's Case Conflicts Over Supreme Court Power
The court explains why judgment against Henry Lane was postponed. The judge analyzes how three judges must sit as a Court to form the joint opinion and discusses whether two judges acting without the third can constitute the Court. The piece defends the need for full judges to ensure a correct decision and addresses statutory provisions on who may hear cases when a member is absent.
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Lane
Pearson
Henry Lane
Supreme Court
Superior Court
William Gaston
Ivis
Taylor
Question on two judges acting as a court in historic commissions
Richmond M. Pearson argues the propriety of two judges constituting a court after a third’s death, citing commissions of oyer and terminer and precedents. He contends that without a proviso enabling action by fewer than all, the court could not operate. He acknowledges conflicting opinions and awaits a Supreme Court ruling to settle whether two surviving judges can hear and determine cases as a court.
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Henderson
Hall
Toomer
Ruffin
Gaston
Ain Court
Supreme Court
Richmond M. Pearson
Nomination and Rejection Shake Local Supreme Court Efforts
Governor nominated Judge George E Barlye of this city for the Supreme Court but the Council rejected the offer. The next day Judge Frederick Nash of Hillsborny was confirmed, after which the Council adjourned without pay. If Nash accepts, the council may reconvene to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court Bench.
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Supreme Court
George E Barlye
Yuyy
Frederick Nash
Hillsborny
Nash
Calhoun Accepts Appointment as Secretary of State
Washington correspondent reports on the 13th instant that Mr. Calhoun has accepted the appointment as Secretary of State. Intelligence this morning confirms the decision, and there is general hope the appointment will be confirmed. The country seemingly desires Calhoun’s acceptance.
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New York Evens Post
Calhoun
Executive appointments approved by the President
The President with the Senate's advice and consent appointed Chanegly Walworth of New York to a high office and appointed John Yo Mason of Virginia as Secretary of the Navy, replacing the late Gilmer. The notice records the appointments as official acts of the administration.
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Chanegly, Walworth
New York
Senate
Supreme Court of the United States
John Yo Mason
Virginia
Solution of the Geographical Enigma Ends with Rome
A snippet from the Tarboro Press presents a list culminating in Rome as the final solution. Names such as Silag Coosa Aar Rhodes Dee Shiras Oder Mog Eric Rhe Siam appear in sequence, attributed to Richard Somers and J. H. B.
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Rome
Silag
Candidates Named for Sheriff in County Election
We are authorised to announce Louis C. Pender as a candidate for Sheriff in the upcoming election. We are authorised to announce Jesse Mercer as a candidate for Sheriff in the upcoming election of this county.
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Louis C. Pender
Jesse Mercer
Clergy Schedule For April Preaching Tours In Tarboro Area
Rt Rev Bishop Ives preaches April 20 and 21 at Calvary Tarbers. Rev Mr Cheshire preaches Good Friday. Elder James Osbourn active in Tarboro April 6 7 and Falls Tar River April 13 14. Rev Thos Carter conducts March first Sabbath Weldon second Sabbath Jackson Northampton third Lee's Chapel Bertie fourth Tarboro Hardaway's.
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Bishop Ives
Calvary Church
Tarbers
Cheshire
James Osbourn
Tarboro
Falls Tar River
Thos
Carter
Weldon
Jackson
Northampton County
Lee's Chapel
Bertie County
Hardaway’s
Mr Clay Election Tour Draws Southern Notice
A New Orleans notice praises Mr Clay amid his electioneering across the country and warns against servile pomp. It cites a Fayetteville Carolinian remark and notes a regional defeat soon after his speech. Congress moves to retrench expenses and curb the proscriptive spirit. a Ways and Means report on public revenue collection is printed after reading.
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New Orleans
Clay
No. Co
Henry Clay
Maine
Louisiana
Stokes
North Carolina
Congress
Senate
Haywood
House of Representatives
Dromgovle
Committee of Ways and Means
House
Raleigh Council of State Confirms Board Members
The Council of State met in Raleigh on Monday the 18th, with a quorum of Cameron, Fits, Holmes, and Wait. They confirmed nominations of Meir Caldwell Jones and Frederick Hill as members of the Board of Integral Improvement.
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Council of State
Messrs
Cameron
Fits
Holmes
Wait
Meir- Caldwallader Jones
Sen
Frederick Hill
Board of Integral Improvement
Death of Mary Jane Philips four in Mount Moriah Mech 1844
Mary Jane Philips daughter of Dr James J. and Harriet Philips died at age four on the evening of the 15th. The obituary laments a beloved child whose beauty lay in her mind and disposition. Her illness showed childlike fortitude and she left a loving father mother two aunts and many friends grieving.
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Mount Moriah
Mech
Mary Jane
James J
Harriet Philips
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