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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1841
Page
2
From the Raleigh Standard we note a call for a Democratic Convention to assemble in Raleigh on the tenth of January. A public meeting is proposed for Tuesday the twenty fourth inst in Court Week to appoint delegates. The piece praises Democratic successes as inspiration for renewed effort across states.
KP returns received from most counties in New York indicate a Republican majority statewide. Senate tilt toward Republicans with about 17 Republicans to 5 Whigs in the Senate and a strong Republican House majority, while the last Legislature favored Whigs. The state’s overall result favored a Republican presidential preference in the recent vote.
A Sunday night fire in Petersburg Virginia consumed Powells Hotel stables the hotel church and commercial buildings including Dunn Mellwaine Brownley storehouse. All horses in the stables perished except circus horses. Reported damage exceeds 100000 dollars.
The Methodist Episcopal Conference met at the courthouse with Rev Moses Brock as president after Bishop Andrew’s illness. Notables in attendance included Rev Saml Duyant, Dr Capers, Rev Mr Seys from Liberia, and editor Larey M Lee. Pulpits in several churches were utilized and missions collection surpassed $650. Next session to be at Louisburg North Carolina Franklin County.
A large temperance gathering met Monday in the city with over one hundred delegates. Dr John A Mebane of Guilford was named president, Rev F H G Leigh and others as vice presidents, nominees including J Lemay Jesse Grown and William W Holden as secretaries. The day featured an eloquent address by the Reverend on Monday.
Jno. Seys, the African Missionary, the Rev. Leroy M. Lee of Richmond, Va. and Mr. Johon T. Carey, delegate from Washington Society of Baltimore, attend with other distinguished gentlemen including Rev. Dr. Capers. The convention promises happy results.
An article from The Richmond Star recounts a startling case in which James H. Wellington a writing master, married months earlier and vanished. A North woman sought him at the Exchange Hotel, followed by two men who intercepted him and his new wife in Warrenton. Wellington alias Soavity was brought back to Richmond and remanded for further trial.
A fragment from a local notice praises silk from Henry Wilkes and James Mauney of Besutert, noting Mauney daughters produced about a thousand skeins on Brooks' Silk Machine. A letter quotes a plan to buy four ounces of Mammoth Sulphur Eggs at 2.50 per ounce and anticipates blue and black sewings for sale.
Fayetteville reports market activity focused on cotton with prices rising 4 to 4 cents per pound. Current quotations range from 4 to 4 1/4 cents, buyers eager at these levels. Apples priced 30 to 32 4 cents. fig fruit scarce with limited transactions. Cotton futures show small gains, selling quickly at 54 to 64 dollars per unit, higher than last week.
James Bute was found drowned in Arehd McKay's mill pond about six miles from town on Wednesday. A coroner's inquest ruled accidental drowning. He was poling logs when he is thought to have fallen in. two feet of water had been in the pond and a forehead bruise noted from struggles to escape.
A letter to the Takboro Press denounces a Scissors critique of verses published on 231 ultimo. The writer, portraying himself as a surgeon dissecting a pedantic commentator, says he prefers peace but will proceed with the deliberate analysis despite discomfort.
A fiery tirade ridicules a Chapel Hill critic nicknamed Scissors and mocks Nor Carolina scholarly pretensions. The piece lampoons pretentious literary theory, lampers the Copernican shakeup of ideas, and derides pompous jargon while praising American letters and local talent.
A writer mocks a critic and hints at rival literary figures including Scissors and Horton. He warns against youthful overreach and advises the critic to heed experience, referencing Beaumont and Fletcher styled lineage and a request to read over the piece before dinner with Mr. Shears.
Petersburg market report shows cotton OL cents, wheat 81 15 to 1 Sl 25, corn 79 cents per bushel, flour 36 per barrel, and hog round bacon priced 6 to 74 cents at station.
Washington Market notes show corn wholesale at 2 25 to 2 50 per bundle, bacon sides 7 to 8 cents, hams 9 cents. Naval stores list new dip 2 45 and old 2 25, tar 1 05, rope 90 cents. Fish prices include shad at 7 to 8, herrings cut 3 25, whole 2 50 to 3 00.
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