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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1844
Page
1
The Tarborough Press is published weekly by George Howard Jr. at two dollars per year paid in advance or ten dollars and fifty cents at the end of the year. Subscribers may discontinue with notice and arrears. Small ads under a square run at the first insertion and a half rate for continuations. Court notices cost 25 percent higher. Ads must run required insertions or be continued and charged. Letters to the editor must be prepaid.
A prospectus from Wilmington North Carolina issued September 21 19d4 by David Fulton announces the Democratic Press edition of the Wilmington Journal to appear Fridays at the Timingston Messenger office. It denounces Whig measures calls for a Democratic ally of the Constitution and states aims to publish agriculture trade and literature alongside political commentary. Subscriptions priced at 250 in advance 300 after three months and 350 after a year with arrearages to be paid.
A poem titled Long ago explores memory and longing as the speaker recalls youth and departed happiness. The verses evoke doors of the past, distant skies, and music that soothes the troubled spirit, linking sentiment with time.
A short poem by Mrs. Lo C Barber urges hope amid sorrows. It counsels belief that evil days end and heavenly light comes with faith, promising endurance and eventual redemption through perseverance.
A critique argues that tariff policies cannot raise wages substantially. It estimates four million U S laborers would need enormous private property income to lift wages, contending dividends rise while Western and Southern labor are plundered. It cites Abbot Lawrence and Nathan Appleton to show rising mill dividends despite stagnant wages.
The Raleigh Star reports ongoing division talks within the Methodist Episcopal Church over slavery. Southern states favor a split while Northern and Middle states oppose, likely failing without a three fourths preacher majority. Illinois Conference urged Bishops and Conferences to convene a General Conference in May 1846 to seek unity and calm.
The Electro Letter Printing Telegraph by Mr. RE House of Philadelphia is on display in New York. It is simple in construction and applies a powerful principle of electricity.
A small box measuring about 1.5 inches by 12 inches by long holds the battery. Boxes are to be placed at each communication point, connected by a circuit. Mr. House has spent over three months refining his device and invested at least 600. Two copies were printed simultaneously in New York and Boston.
The Providence Theatre burned on Friday the 25th ultime at one. Dr Lardner had lectured there the prior evening. The fire destroyed theatre scenery, Dr Lardner's philosophical apparatus including a great microscope, paintings valued about 315000 with no insurance. Russell's Planetarium, built over twenty years, burned. value 12000, insured 8000. Haswell and Robinson reportedly lost 2000 worth of philosophy apparatus. Also notes a severe yellow fever outbreak in Woodville Mississippi with 400 sick and 86 deaths in a month, doctors Valetti and Logan investigating origin, epidemic began August 6, locale details.
The Spirit of the Times notes that Fashion, after racing Blue Dick last spring, has developed white hair spots on her satin chestnut coat. Reality’s error is said to have altered similarly, with Fashion’s color now so speckled she could star in an equestrian troupe.
In Guilderland, Samuel Young sues William A. Hays for seducing Miss Mary Ann Young, about 19, who has a 15 month old child alleged to be Hays’s. Judge Parker presided. the jury awarded $1000 to the plaintiff.
The New York Mirror reports the Superior Court verdict for the plaintiff in Rebecca Brand versus Allison Ideson. The court awarded $2500, describing the victim as a fifteen year old girl protected by Rebecca Brand, a Sunday School teacher.
John Porter, a merchant at Stephensburg near Elizabethtown Kentucky, was murdered on the 23rd by Marquis B Brown a constable. Weeks earlier Porter's house was entered by means of…
Report details a robbery of false keys and S800, Brown suspected, examined, then linked to a fatal confrontation with Porter. Brown allegedly shot Porter, cut him with a knife, killing him on the scene, fled on a horse. Described as 25 to 30 years old, dark skin, about 5 feet 10, 140 pounds, bold features with a tall face and high cheekbones.
The North Carolina Agriculturist seeks farmer support for a new weekly agricultural paper. It will cover farming topics, cost two dollars annual, or two dollars and eighty-five cents for the first year. Subscriptions by September 1 with first issue soon after if enrollment is sufficient.
The disaster left uncertain deaths with over one hundred aboard. Estimates range from one hundred to one hundred twenty. if correct, nearly all lost. The Petersburg Intelligencer notes the tragedy and honors General James W Pegram, describing his talents, family, and the sorrow of those who knew him.
The Cecacile of Richmond, Va. assembled Wednesday and adopted resolutions expressing sorrow for General Pegram s sad fate and sympathy with his bereaved family and friends, noting Gen James W Pegram lost on the steamboat Lury Walker as reported by the Raleigh Register.
Baltimore papers report a boy who tried to jump through a tar barrel bonfire and was badly burned before he could be extricated. The injury proved fatal. The incident underscores dangers at improvised fire events.
The Wartford Courant reports a mill at Enfield containing about six hundred pounds of powder blew up on Wednesday. Three men were inside the mill Nelson M Clester Gilbert M Durice and Wm Pricket were severely injured with death a likely outcome.
A little girl of Jonathan Arlin is burned to death after flames from outdoor shavings catch her clothing while her mother is away visiting. She is carried two miles to her mother, dies that evening. A separate report notes a local attempted assault on a girl near Orange, with a $50 reward and subsequent arrest in Litchfield County.
The Illinois populace is accused of plotting to starve Mormons from Nauvoo, intercepting their supplies and mistreating those delivering aid. Farmers fear violent retaliation if they proceed, while many Mormons have recently traveled to St Louis seeking basic necessities. An attack on religious differences is labeled infamously wicked.
The Great Western arrives via Liverpool with eight days’ en route update. Cotton markets stay quiet while European reports are favorable. Paris and England show quiet conditions as King Louis Philippe visits, with French fleet shown off Portsmouth. British petitions oppose sending troops abroad, citing heavy casualties in India and China over three years.
A Columbia Spy item advises a buckwheat cake batter using three pints of flour with carbonate of soda and tartaric acid to replace yeast. The Soda is dissolved in water first, then the acid, yielding a batter ready for baking and reportedly producing light cakes with half the effort.
A playful, sardonic line on romance uses a rose metaphor where a flirtatious figure is said to draw fans as petals fall. The verse hints at future commitment while keeping a teasing, theatrical tone.
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