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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1844
Page
1
The Tarborough Press offers a weekly edition at two dollars per year in advance or two dollars and fifty cents after expiration. Subscribers may discontinue with notice and arrears paid. Advertisements under a square cost one dollar for the first insertion and twenty five cents each continuation. Longer ads and judicial notices are twenty five percent higher.
The prospectus outlines a Democratic paper in Wilmington under editor Davin Furor and printer Amynen L. Price. It pledges opposition to Whig measures and government tariffs while supporting strict construction, with prices for advance and end-of-term payments. The piece urges Democratic patronage to ensure a local press promoting agriculture, trade, and literature with broad public appeal.
A November day tale in verse shows Polk and Clay coming to the White House door. Clay mocks the common man while Polk upholds the people’s choice. Captain Veto appears to clear the scene as Tyler and Polk enter the halls to mark a political clash.
In a Philadelphia Ledger item the whig press is accused of spreading a false tale that Dr Anson Jones opposed Texas annexation. The piece argues Jones supported annexation and cites his own letter. Also covered are Millerite camp followers near Darby road and concerns over cold shelter, food, and dispersal as tents proliferate around Philadelphia with reports of funds misappropriation by a treasurer.
The New Orleans Picayune dated the 22nd reports by Dr. Brown that a longtime resident of Mexico and one of the passengers aboard a recent journey is mentioned. The fragment references a Texas departure and ongoing travel discussion.
News from Vera Cruz reports a 12 year old girl victim in a rape case. An English vessel allegedly carried instructions to Santa Anna from the English government to halt Texas war efforts. The 1014 remaining Texan prisoners in the Perole castle were freed. Santa Anna temporarily stepped back. General Canales named provisional President.
A young man named Kulp, about 18 or 19, ended his life by throwing himself into the Niagara river at Black Rock last Friday. He had suffered from Millenarian delusion. Moses Clark of Landaff drowned about a week earlier, also under Millerism influence, a man once respected and elected road commissioner and former legislator. The piece laments the moral and social harm of the so called Millerite delusion on communities.
In a message to the Legislature, Gov. Slade asserts Vermont would declare an unalterable determination to reject any new Union formed without Vermont's consent or against its will upon the consummation of annexation. He frames the issue as a duty to maintain Vermont's independence from a Texas-adjacent union.
A sale of real India Shawls by Forters and Livingston drew high prices with shawls selling as high as 650 500 and 400 dollars. Wisconsin politics show a Democratic popular vote lead of about 600 and a clear opposition to forming a state government. Legislature standings: Council Democrats 11 Whigs 2. House Democrats 17 Whigs 9.
An application to Judge Ward sought removal of Abigail Shepard to the Worcester insane asylum on grounds of utter loss of reason from religious excitement. She attended Advent meetings and allegedly began to self-harm, having attempted leaping from a chamber window, with the court urged to place her under careful watch.
Cato Brightman a well known Black man was jailed here and after examination was committed to stand trial at the March term.
The Crawford county tragedy centers on Mr Kelsey who left home for a neighbor and was found mortally wounded with a razor in hand. His wife, distressed by public suspicions, reportedly consumed poison the next day and died. The couple left three children, the youngest two years old. Noah's Lecture on the Restoration of the Jews drew a mixed audience, with Major Noah presenting a history of the Hebrew nation and viewpoints on Jesus that seemed to align with Unitarian perspectives. The talk touched on the Sanhedrin, the crucifixion, and Jewish dispersion, arguing for a future return to the land by Jews as Jews.
A speaker urged that enactments be obtained from authorities to secure Jews land ownership and that free governments should set an example by initiating these benefits. He advised societies seeking to aid Jews to focus their efforts on securing this important outcome.
From Louisville Courier Oct 23 features the Lucy Walker disaster near New Albany. Captain Danham from the US snag boat rescued survivors as boilers exploded, tearing the vessel apart. Dozens killed or missing, many wounded, with list of dead or injured including Gen J W Pegram and Captain David Vann. Captain Dunham aided evacuated passengers and the vessel sunk quickly with fires.
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