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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1837
Page
1
The Tarborough Press publishes weekly. subscription rates are ten dollars and fifty cents per year with increases for longer terms. Advertisements over 16 lines cost 50 cents for the first insertion and 25 cents per continuation. longer ads priced accordingly. Letters to the editor must be postpaid or may not be attended to.
Poem fragment reflecting on aging and enduring love. It contrasts physical beauty with inner qualities. The speaker argues that beauty fades yet steadfast thoughts and gentle desires keep love alive, igniting a never-dying fire. The piece emphasizes valuing character over outward appearances.
A reflective poem recalls a token from a departed friend. The speaker cherishes past kindness and shared moments, finding solace in memory. Absence heightens longing, yet recollection brings comfort and a sense of sacred connection.
Rutherford Gazette reports a dramatic Yancy Superior Court scene two years after John Wilson filed for divorce from Elizbeth Rey. He claimed youth and inexperience, alleging misconduct. she denied any wrongdoing, saying he knew her well and married for her property, with alleged friends' influence noted.
During a North Carolina divorce hearing a marriage was dissolved by verdict in favor of the petitioner while the wife suddenly drew a knife toward her husband. A bystander restrained her, she attacked again, was jailed for contempt, and later to five days imprisonment with bond. The proceeding also covered similar murder trials and a sensational case of fanatical abuse in New York, plus a Cincinnati abduction case with multiple arrests and a mob scene as military was ordered out.
At the recent term of Guilford Superior Court, proceedings commenced with judges and clerks in session. The docket featured several civil actions and preliminary matters, with notable filings pending further adjudication and scheduling.
Intruders returned to steal maple sugar, then fled. During a second visit one disguise was recognized and the man was arrested, examined, and bound over for trial. Females testified to their belief in their lord and obedience. Result of further examination and disposition of the impostor remain unknown.
The Cincinnati Post notes at least ten infant bodies found in Cincinnati over the past three months. Some are dead. others are presumed to die. The grim tally underscores a troubling local tragedy and prompts official concern.
James Kinzie reports from Chicago that on Saturday near the river mouth two steamboats collided or blocked, one boat sunk and all deck passengers aboard perished. The incident occurred about five miles from the mouth and highlights captainly obstinacy as a factor.
An early morning collision between the Tiskilway and the Wisconsin caused the sinking of the former after a rapid broadside exchange. Passengers, many in night attire, escaped by windows as the Wisconsin ferried survivors ashore. Reports note brutal treatment toward women and a large sum recovered from a lady’s cabin. money valued at about $4000 later found on a coat.
In Knox county Indiana Mr John Mc Clure reportedly shot himself in his cellar while his wife lay dead in the house leaving nine children. A gold piece in Albion said to be dug there turns out to be imported from South America and the landowner is accused of fraud.
Extraordinary surgical case draws medical attention as a woman is admitted to the Royal Infirmary after swallowing a brass padlock. Five weeks earlier she placed the object in her mouth and it slipped into her throat causing emesis difficulty, vomiting, throat pain, and blood discharge. She concealed the accident until a recent hospital admission under Professor Lizars.
Late accounts report that 100 natives attacked Mr Jones’s flax works at Sydney, Waikatipa Matamata and Ō Tauranga districts. Of 120 workers, all men were slain, women and children captured and butchered. Survivors then encountered 15 hostile foes, whom they fought and supposedly ate in ovens.
A man’s body was found on the banks of the Seine at Rowen on Saturday. A trembling note in his pocket claimed a girl aged sixteen charmed him, stating he is over forty and that she is too young. He writes of love and danger before deciding to end his life. The body is unrecognized, per Puris.
Take 6 cupfuls corn meal 4 cupfuls wheat flour 2 cupfuls molasses and 2 tablespoonfuls saleratus. Mix knead into dough form two cakes bake as pone for three quarters of an hour. Result described as one of the most grateful descriptions of bread.
A note from Kennebec Journal asks whether a small dog with a curling tail lifted by its hind legs should be considered a biped or a quadruped. The query reflects a humorous debating point on animal locomotion.
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