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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1842
Page
2
In the Senate Mr Clay’s retrenchment resolutions remain under consideration. In the House the General Appropriation bill is still under discussion and subject to amendments. A large number of private bills have passed both Houses.
The Raleigh Standard and Raleigh Register spar over graft and extravagance amid a Whig governorship. A clipped ode on an imagined ice house, towels, and costly furniture mocks the statehouse luxuries and vows to expose truths before the election.
The Raleigh Register links Governor’s plans to fund the State House as a test of stewardship after his election, while northern papers discuss a Whig movement in North Carolina. A Raleigh convention may nominate Henry Clay for President in 1844, with southern readers urged to consider tariff and protection issues. Richmond Enquirer questions the signs of Clay’s rise and the South’s stance.
Extract from the Chapleston Mercury notes Baltimore banks resuming specie payments, sending New York exchanges to par and signaling a broader restoration of sound currency. Virginia and North Carolina banks face pressure to follow, amid ongoing debates on debt payments and public sentiment. Pennsylvania clears a path with a resumption bill. Virginia’s legislature contemplates similar action as Maryland and Pennsylvania set precedents.
The piece notes a January address from the Louisiana Democratic Convention and a curious statistical table listing each state's population, revenue, expenditure, and expenditure per head. North Carolina shows the lowest at 14 cents 2 mills per head, Ohio 14 cents 7 mills, Louisiana the highest at 199 cents 9 mills, with Virginia 47 cents 1 mill, Maine 63, Massachusetts 60, and mentions Buchalder’s Patent Corn Plan-
Mr Marshall exhibited the Parent Planter in Mr Tannahill’s field for two days, with several farmers observing. He planted seventeen acres in that time using two horses and a ploughman, and the piece notes the device’s value in saving time though it requires deep, thorough field breaking before use. The piece predicts broader adoption and notes Marshall plans to tour adjoining counties to promote the improvement.
On the 15th of the month at Milton near Pensacola Samuel Burr and Henry Bell quarreled. Burr was shot in the body by Bell, and Burr later returned with a rifle. Burr shot Bell in the back of the head as he passed the house, killing him. Both outcomes appeared mortal and instantaneous.
Foreign reports flow from England as the Acatia sails after 26 days at sea with Caledonia safe and a damaged rudder forcing its return to Liverpool. Parliament opens in February. mutineers on Creole to be freed per unendorsed law. Peru-Bolivia conflict yields Bolivian victory with Gen. Ballivian declaring war and Peruvian incursions waning.
About 3,000 Peruvians, from an army of 4,000, were killed or wounded while Bolivians reported 150 casualties. The Bolivian force totaled 7,000. During the action Peru's President General Gamarra was shot, possibly ending the war or prompting Santa Cruz’s restoration. Chilean involvement is uncertain and could result in shared fates.
Washington Market listings from March 23 show wholesale corn at 2.00 210, bacon 6 to 64 cents, lard 64 to 7 cents, naval stores new dip 245 old 3205 scrape 70 cents, tar 1.00, fish shad 64 64, herrings cut 532 75 83 00, whole 32 25. AHep.
James J. Vaughn of the 14 Regiment is announced as a candidate for brigadier general in the 5 Brigade of the North Carolina Military. The notice identifies the officer and unit involved in the appointment process.
Communicated notice states Eller James Wilder will preach at the Falls Tar River on Tuesday after the third Sunday in April next. The event timing reflects a local religious service schedule announced in the newspaper.
A Tuesday evening ceremony in this place united Mer. Joseph Harvey and Miss Nancy Eason in marriage by HH. Austin, Esq. The groom and bride are named in the notice, with the officiant recorded for the public record.
The advertisement extols HeLe Medicines and Vegetable Life Pills as purifiers of life forces, claiming they restore health where physicians failed. It lists cures for dyspepsia, costiveness, diarrhea, fevers, rheumatism, gout, dropsies, asthma, scurvy, ulcers, skin issues, and other ailments, attributing success to their cleansing and alterative action and urging trial under Mr. Moffat's guidance.
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