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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1840
Page
2
Democratic Republican State Rights nominees listed for president and governor. Martin Van Buren named for president with Fort Governor as the second position. Voters urged to support party slate in upcoming Saturday meeting.
The Democratic District Convention met at Washington on Monday with Gen Wyat Moye as President and Jas R Hoyle as Secretary. Delegates attended from Beaufort Pitt Hyde Tyrrell Washington Edgecombe. Wa L Kennedy was nominated Elector and representatives to Baltimore named: Henry I Toole, Sherrod Tison, Satterthwaite, Rogers, Armistead, Charles G Hunter. The body adjourned the same day.
The note thanks R. Strange B. Brown and W. Allen of the Senate and A. Bynum W. Montgomery and A. Duncan of the House for several interesting Congressional documents and speeches.
The piece notes Hon J A Bynum being struck by Mr Garland in the House and praises a steadfast Democratic representative resisting violence and fraud. It condemns the clash as ill-timed and undignified while warning against a feared reign of terror from Federal Whigs.
Congress reports the Senate approved a bill for small silver evs and the general preemption bill by full vote while the House debates civil and diplomatic matters. A personal clash between Rice Garland and J A Bynum caused chaos, leading to a five-member committee to investigate and report with power to summon persons and papers.
In the House of Representatives on the tenth, Duncan of Ohio spent the day refuting slanders about General Harrison. He defended Harrison as a constituent and neighbor, denying the charge that Harrison lived in a log cabin and drank hard cider as a falsehood fabricated by the Whig party.
The passage describes Gen Harrison living in an exceptionally fine home and notes he fared well in life. It suggests he would resent being asked to drink hard cider, reflecting his refined social stance.
A Globe excerpt discusses a Cincinnati Gazette admission that Harrison’s supporters rely on an organizing committee to dictate policy and handle correspondence. The piece argues the committee helps Harrison avoid speaking for himself, detailing letters and efforts to present him as independent while relieving him of burdensome inquiries.
From the Mayelleville Journal the Democrats of the Rockingham Convention urge a clear answer. Van Buren openly states positions on all subjects, while Harrison declines to print opinions, risking public doubt as readers seek out differing campaign views. Narvison defers to a committee, leaving the public to infer his politics.
A 1840 letter from Walter I. Leak reports a meeting of Southern Democrats who resolved to question Martin Van Buren and General William Henry Harrison about opposition to slavery abolition in any form. They urged a public reply to be published in the North Carolinian and pressed for clear assurances to the South.
Washington reports letter replies from March 27 1810 confirm strengthened sentiments from a prior address and mention renewed views. Virginia election returns hint Whig gains. Chapel Hill May 25 to June 4 marks NC university anniversary and commencement. Raleigh Gaston Road and Capitol celebrations set for June 10. Episcopal Juvenile Association bazaar raises substantial funds. Baltimore Post sold to Duff Green for 425 dollars. press and fixtures excluded.
Washington Market notes show corn at 180 to 200 dollars, bacon products at nine to eleven cents, naval stores with fresh dip at 240 and old at 200, scrape seven cents, pare at one dollar ten to one hundred ten, and fish shad listed among items.
Fragmentary text mentions pricing with dollars and pounds and unclear items Terriigs cut whole and offers of 259 or 300. No clear event or entities to ID.
Petershire Market reports no change in cotton prices from the last note. Quotation range remains 6 to 2 cents for extreme prices and 74 to 8 cents for fair quality general sales, with April 23 dated figures.
Norfolk Market figures from April 23 show corn 44 to 50 cents, bacon hog round 10 to 11 cents, lard 10 to 12 cents, with Cottori at 8 1 4 cents. Herald report.
A fragment praises Moffats Fexusese medicines for purifying life sustaining channels, improving vigor, and benefiting hundreds of certified public cases across many human diseases, claiming broad therapeutic effects.
An 1840 advertisement extols Moffat's Vegetable Life Medicines as cleansing the stomach bowel kidneys and liver to treat dyspepsia fever and a wide range of ailments. It claims efficacy in fever and ague and urges strict adherence to directions. The notice cites W Ki Moffat of New York and lists sale points through agents in the United States and Canada.
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