23 Nov 1839
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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1839
Page
1
The Tarborough Press outlines subscription prices two dollars fifty cents in advance, three dollars after a year, and twenty five cents per month for shorter periods. It notes payment in advance for distant subscribers and reference requirements, with ad rates at one dollar per initial square and twenty five cents per continuation, higher for longer ads, and instructions for ad quisiements and editor letters.
Faculty recommendations suggest evaluating tomato varieties and slippery elm for upcoming horticultural trials. The note emphasizes suitability for local soils and potential health tips for cultivation.
An 19th century advertisement promotes Slippery Bin Pills as a universal remedy for fever, liver complaints, dyspepsia, headaches, and many other ailments. It lists doctors and merchants as agents, offers postpaid salves to physicians, and claims the pills are superior to known remedies with preventive use during epidemics.
Fragmentary OCR shows a list of names and places in North Carolina including Edenton Plymouth Raleigh Ocracoke Windsor Windsor Newport region references. Entries mention dates and ownership markers with scattered towns such as Tarboro Edenton and Gatesville.
A satirical take on Whig philanthropy, mocking their plan to uplift the working class. It blasts the idea of benevolent reforms and questions whether the measures will truly aid laborers or merely patronize them, portraying it as misguided and self-serving.
A Raleigh convention in January is urged to nominate a Democratic governor candidate. Delegates Col Macon Moye Major Richard G Adams Col Matthew L Carr Rippon Ward and Mrs M Sitton are named. The group backs the independent Treasury, opposes a national bank, and calls for Democratic cooperation across the state. The item also defends the treatment of enslaved people and condemns abolitionist interference.
The meeting heard remarks by William B. Rodman Esq in support of the resolutions, which were unanimously adopted. It was ordered that proceedings be signed by the chairman and secretary and published by the Washington Republican and Raleigh Standard. Thanks were extended to the chairman and secretary by B H Griffin Esq.
U S brig Washington officer Lieut Meader files a slander suit against Lewis Tappan claiming 856 000 dollars in damages. The case centers on Tappan allegedly saying the lieutenant secreted money found aboard the Amisad.
The U Gazette notes the Noble, sailing from Leghorn to New York, carried mulberry trees and sewing silk. As the trees were unpacked, bundles broke open spilling Tavlian sewing silk. Duties on sewing silk stand at 40 percent and sales run about 5 dollars per pound.
The Mobile papers describe a brutal lynching attempt where two young men accused of setting a hotel fire were seized, dragged from a street, driven two miles out, stripped, tied, and whipped with a cowhide. Wood piles were gathered and threats made to set them afire. Three assailants were captured and bound over in 3000 each, per the New York Star.
Mississippi steamboat captain is reported to have baked alive a crewman by forcing him into a red hot boiler to cleanse it, shedding light on harsh practices aboard steam vessels.
Louisvillians recall a frontier tragedy as Meatrizi bands rise in fame. At the theatre during the French Spy, Col De Courcy actor Mr Stone fell badly in act one and was feared mortally injured but recovered. Earlier Celeste's engagement saw Mr Lowe killed in the same scene prompting a pause and a later substitution. The audience, moved, dispersed calmly as the curtain fell.
A forenoon darkness settled on Quebec on October 18 forcing candles to be used. East wind carried dark clouds from the West. atmosphere was moist. Similar phenomena occurred October 17, 1834 and October 14, 1785.
Coroner investigates Bridget Denning of Pine Street near the Schuylkill after her death from want and lack of medical aid. Her husband had died in the almshouse weeks earlier, leaving a widow with two young children in a house bereft of life’s basic necessities. Jury rules death from neglect and absence of medical care.
The Mil ledgeville Journal reports a marriage in Milledgeville after a hen seller from a neighboring county was asked by a suitor named Sally swan to marry her. A license was issued and a clergyman officiated, uniting the couple who were described as happy with life ahead. The item closes with a wry note that they may repent at leisure.
A Bristol Harmony Society report lauds Dr. Fairbrother Clifton for reviving a boy after a long submersion. The doctor uses a new method closing the mouth with a finger, sucking air from the lungs via nostrils, and pressing the abdomen to aid respiration, claiming it succeeds when standard inflation fails after extended submersion.
Thomas Sharrocks of Bury overlooker of power looms was arrested for bigamy in Bury and committed for trial at the quarter sessions. Four years earlier he wed Betty Hibbert at Radcliffe and then married a young woman about 18 years old on July 28 last, seeking to form a second household.
A man arranged a second marriage with his first wife as bridesmaid and even used her wedding ring to seal the ceremony. Upon arrest, Sharrocks and his two wives lived together, defiant of the law, boasting of their loyalty as they awaited transfer to the station.
Captain Ray of an American vessel recently unearthed a large ancient buried city near Fraveillo in Peru. Walls remained standing and many structures were preserved. Estimated population at least 3,000 with numerous skeletons, mummies, utensils, coins, and curios. A man in a robe and a woman by a loom were found, both preserved as if in the moment of action. Artifacts and cotton fabric were sent to Lima’s scientific institutions and museum.
A young woman from Pennsylvania named Margaret Moyes killed herself by jumping from the Monument in London on September 19. She was crushed on impact, with distress and apprehension given as factors. A similar suicide by Levi, a diamond merchant from PSO, also leapt from the Monument years ago, breaking into fragments.
An elderly widow at Mr. Reuben Eldridge’s home encountered a gentled skunk that entered her bedroom after she mistook it for a cat. The animal resisted eviction, paraded through the parlor and wash room, and finally was led outside after cries drew the family.
A letter from Nancy France signed Husson and Seven Daughters shows they are partners in an embroidery establishment in Nancy. The daughters share duties across departments, with one keeping books, and some goods have been shipped to the current market, said to be of superior quality, as reported by H. F. Paper.
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