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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1840
Page
1
The Tarborones Fress weekly paper, published at The Matfars and Petty Corts, outlines subscription terms and payment options. Advertisements are charged per insertion with standard rates and bulk discounts, and readers may submit letters addressed to the Pier for publication consideration.
An aged advertisement extols De William Lyans’s Soothing Syrup for teething infants, claiming it relieves gum pain and prevents convulsions. It recounts dramatic relief after gum application, recommends early use at four months, and cites a testimonial praising public acknowledgment. The notice warns to buy at 100 Chatham St New York or from named agents in Tarboro January 1240.
The act authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the legal representatives of Phomes P Riskridge and Alvarez Fisk from funds in the Treasury. It directs specific sums with 6 percent interest, covering various dates from 1833 to 1835 for land entries in township eight north, range eight east, Batesville and Tlelena districts, Territory of Arkansas. Signed by Speaker R. M. Munter, Vice President Ri M. Johnson, and approved April 10, 1840 by M. Van Buren.
An act authorizes payment of four hundred thirty dollars to John H. Ja cock for services as inspector of the customs at the port of New Haven Connecticut from May 1 1830 to February 5 1835, approved April 10 1840.
The Pennsylvanian reports a foul conspiracy by Federal Whig members to seize influence through secret committees. It alleges an Executive Committee including Garland, Bell, Botts, Corvin, Grainwell, Saltonstall, and Naylor, with money diverted from the Treasury, franking of Madisonian materials, and efforts to keep Congress in session to fund a partisan campaign, supported by letters and denials from John C. Clark.
A large Republican gathering at Major Wate Hotel in Williamston April selected Capt Jesse Cooper for the Senate and Asa Biggs for the Commons after rotating reports from district committees. Col Asa Biggs and Mr. Rodman spoke on national issues. the session adjourned with plans to publish proceedings in state papers.
In a Senate debate Brown Buchanan and King defined party currency positions while Calhoun stated no one speaks for him, affirming his view that the banking system as banks of circulation is a major national calamity destined to self-destruct though reforms may try to save it. The system’s effects on currency, business, morals, and rules are unfolding. The Wilmington and Raleigh Rail Road stockholders adjourned meeting opened in town with Richard Lines in chair and John W Wright and William A Wright as secretaries.
Chief Engineer was directed to print the Road completion note. Major Gwynne submitted a reconnaissance report from Waynesboro to Raleigh locating a Rouil Road between the two points. The Petersburg Rail Road stockholders hear an optimistic animal report from March, urging iron rails replacements and strong business prospects.
Reports from Rhode Island describe a severe freshet near Providence with over thirty people lost and twenty or more feared dead. In Simmonsville near Johnston embankments fail and floodwaters sweep away houses, a factory, a store, and part of a grist mill. Rescue efforts hindered by inundated homes and rising water.
A report from Little Rock suggests a U S Army man with eight to ten men raided a group of Cherokee Indians at night, killing seven or eight. The motive given is fear of an attack by the Indians.
The Postmaster General allows a postmaster to enclose money in letters to pay subscriptions for others and frank the letter if the content relates only to subscriptions. Subscribers or prospective subscribers should request their local postmaster to frank such letters, providing the letter contains no other content.
Latest foreign report notes two packet ships arrived in New York on the 19th, carrying Liverpool and Navre dates. Market dullness prevails as Liverpool cotton values slip, with weekly U.S. sales totaling around 20,170 bales. Emigration from Germany to the United States surges, with hundreds leaving Havre and neighboring towns for North America amid ongoing movement across the Rhine and Hessian regions.
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