07 Nov 1835
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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1835
Page
1
A partial text fragment discusses payments, receipts, and penalties tied to notices and authorities. It mentions charges per item or per month and references an editor and unspecified official action. The readable material is garbled, offering little coherent detail.
A Greenville correspondent reports that contracts are underway on the Greenville to Roanoke Rail Road. The project aims to complete within two months, linking Upper Roanoke trade to Petersburk and expanding market access for planters. The Peterswe Rail Road Company cites two steamboats and several climbers serving inland landings, boosting passenger numbers and profits. The anticipated full operation of the Richmond and Fredericksburg line, plus continued railroad expansion through the South, promises an uninterrupted chain of communication from Roanoke River to distant capitals. The piece urges North Carolina and Georgia, and later Alabama, to support the road as a vital national artery and popular travel route.
The court notes the risk of detention or accident is so slight as to be unworthy of notice in the patent case, indicating minimal immediate danger or consequence for the parties involved.
A sudden hunting accident near Fairfield killed Edward Creery, an orderly sergeant with Capt. Richardson's Artillery Company. Humphrey Miles accidentally discharged a loaded gun striking Creery in the breast. Funeral honors were given to the fallen comrade by the artillery company as reported by the Richmond Compiler.
The Georgia Constitutionalist reports a sensational claim that a young man named Roderick Merton has run off with ten daughters, labeling the tale outrageous. The item riffs on sensational gossip and questions the credibility of the two strings to one feau.
The Methuen Falls Gazette editor apologizes to readers for scarce editorial content citing a work on hand as the excuse. He compares it to a western editor whose wife bakes and he must fetch oven wood, portraying the excuse as weak.
In the Leverett street jail at about six o clock this morning Mark Winslow died by his own action using a razor to cut the jugular vein. He had been sentenced to life and was to be conveyed to the state prison forenoon. He left a letter to his wife with a farewell tone and remorse, hoping for forgiveness and reunion in a better world. The notice ends with a warning to husbands to heed their wives advice.
Yesterday forenoon Mr. Farrington, a Coffee House Slip merchant, rode from Park Row to Fourth Street with a $30,000 package. He inadvertently left the parcel on the carriage seat when he alighted, prompting a swift search for the missing money.
A man found with a missing sum had a carriage taken, then returned the money to Mr. Farrington. Farrington offered $800 as a reward, but Blake refused payment. He may receive an elegant carriage and harness as a token, proving honesty pays.
The article discusses Michigan’s move toward statehood, the formation of a constitution, and the expected admission process. It notes plans to appoint two U.S. Senators and a representative, with Congress deciding on admission and seats. It also mentions ending territorial authorities aside from the judiciary and highlights a furniture topic on artificial coffins and cement coffins with preservation claims.
A WV newspaper notes that Mr. White informs readers at the approaching fair that an artificial marble coffin will cost no more than one made of rich mahogany, indicating a cheaper alternative for funerals and caskets.
In Camden and Amboy Railroad cases a court tested whether baggage loss falls to the carrier. Plaintiffs argued carriers are liable despite advertising not responsible for merchandise entrusted to them. Jury awarded damages, ruling owners are not universally at risk for loss.
The New Orleans Bee reports that despite below expectation yields the cotton crop may export nearly as much as last year due to more plantations. Quality improves over prior year, giving planters hope for better prices even if quantity falls short. Anticipations for 1825 cotton and sugar crops align with prior averages, though rains may dampen realization.
On Thursday the mayor learned of a man aboard the Roxberry from New York with abolition pamphlets and incendiary prints. A print showing a enslaved person in chains bore the slogan Am I not a man am I not your brother, with a verse by abolitionists. The pamphlet was issued by an anti slavery group and signed by A Judson, written by T G Whitter. The captain of the guard was sent to investigate.
The New Orleans Bee reports Roxberry has been bound to give testimony while the unnamed Black individual has been reprisoned, reflecting court actions and racialized incarceration details of the era.
From the Rodney Telegraph we learn the Mazeppa pilot, enraged by a tow, drove the steamer into a flat boat below Madrid. The collision killed a woman and two children and 23 horses, while three enslaved people perished.
Jim Dyer, accused of assault for exposing the filthy state of his house in New Bedford, attacked Dr. Green by throwing two three pound stones at his head in Green's shop on Friday. He was immediately arrested.
Norfolk paper notes the death of Phillis Walke a black woman born in Strawberry Plains Princess Anne county Virginia in 1720. She died at age 115 the mother of twenty one children with numerous descendants.
Boston Centinel recounts a Sunday Salem turnpike incident where Charlestown merchants Loche and Wells fought off two desperadoes. Wells and Locke pursued and aided by five bystanders, capturing one robber and aiding in securing both. Victim Manley H. Smith revived. robbers Braden and Forsyth jailed in Leverett. strong call for deterrence.
A juror recounts examining three dead bodies found packed in tierces similar to sugar casks. The corpses, described as African American, were forwarded from Baltimore to Philadelphia in a troubling case.
Report details decayed human remains found in casks aboard a Union Line vessel, with two women and a man buried at a public grave after examination, death attributed to natural causes though dissection was planned. The piece also notes Detroit Free Press results confirming Stevens Mason as Michigan governor and Edward Munday as lieutenant governor, with Crary elected to Congress.
New York reports a city population of 261000 in a newly taken census. The figure highlights population scale and city growth.
A proposed French law would require every editor to deposit 40000 with the government as a security fine. Some editors in this country would find it hard to raise even a fraction of that amount.
The Boston Commercial Advertiser reports four clusters of sunspots visible on the Sun’s surface. One cluster is very large and beautiful, with expectations that they will soon disappear.
A concise reflection notes that many grievances about the world are imagined rather than real, urging readers to distinguish conjecture from fact and to seek clearer understanding rather than dwelling on phantom woes.
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