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Tarboro Press

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Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Nov 23, 1844

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The Tarborouch Press Subscription Terms

The Tarborouch Press publishes weekly at two dollars per year in advance or ten dollars and fifty cents after. Subscribers may discontinue by notice and arrears payment. Advertisements under a single line cost one dollar for the first insertion and thirty five cents for each continuation. Longer ads cost at the same rate per square. Court orders and judicial ads cost twenty five percent more. Ads must indicate the number of insertions or be continued as directed. Letters to the Editor must be postpaid.

Prospectus for the Wilmington Journal Demands Democratic Support

The prospectus announces a Friday morning Democratic paper in Wilmington edited by Davin Piro with printer Reverene L Price. It vows opposition to Whig measures and support for strict construction and state rights, while blending farmer, merchant, and literary content. Absent subscribers and arrearages risk discontinuation. Fulton urges patronage to sustain a Democratic press in a key commercial town.

Jfilmington Messenger Wilmington United States Bank Confederacy Bnif North Carolina Reaver David Fulton Warton, N.C

Portry Battle tale of a boxed car clash returns

A chaotic scene unfolds as a parent confronts a mischief making child about a boxed car. The exchange centers on strength and safety with the young rogue facing consequences while a harsh clatter echoes the confrontation.

The Man in the Moon and Green Peas Song

A humorous verse from the Sunday Mercury by Sticks imagines the sky as a tin pan and stars as green peas. The speaker longs for year round access to meals, dreaming of eating with a spoon and sharing bowls with Sam as the man in the moon smiles at their banter.

Sam

Jackson Adams letters and Atlantic debate over Florida treaty

The Nashville Union prints a General Jackson letter to General Armstrong defending his view of the Adams diary and Boston speech. Jackson claims Adams’ dishonorable conduct ties to earlier passages, and previews reminiscences of Adams’ career as context. Hermitage letter dated Oct. 24, 1844 describes illness while addressing Adams and urging republication to counter alleged falsehoods.

Jackson MR. Adams Nashville General Jackson General Armstrong Adams Boston Spain Gen. Jackson Armstrong Union L. Jackson Hermitage Mr. Blair J. Q. Adams Robt. Armstrong Nashville Union John Q. Adams Florida Onis James Munroe

Jackson Defends Florida Boundary Clash in Veiled Attack

Andrew Jackson criticizes John Adams amid a heated dispute over treaties and diaries. He accuses Adams of falsehoods about consultations on the Sabine boundary and the Florida treaty. Jackson alleges misuse of a stolen letter and calls Adams a reckless calumniator while urging public scrutiny. The Vermont Legislature adjourned October 31 as reports from the select committee surface.

Vermont

Slavery and Texas Resolutions Adopted in Oregon Session

A report on slavery and Texas outlined objections to annexation and extension of slavery. Resolutions protesting annexation passed by large margins. Also adopted were measures praising the 1842 tariff for Vermont and the distribution of public lands proceeds as just to states, with voting tallies noted.

Texas Vermont Congress

Love Chase in Portland Ends in Tears

The Portland Argus recounts a love pursuit as a stranger plans marriage with a girl, her mother pleads, a train departs with a scramble to catch it, and the lover fails to win her as the couple’s hopes dissolve amid laughter and fate.

Portland Argus Portland Boston Darhe Fortune

Veteran mail driver Samuel Robinson killed after horse spooks chaise

From the Democratic Signal, Mr Samuel Robinson, longtime mail driver between Heston and Portsmouth, was killed at Portsmouth on Monday noon. After buying a spirited young horse, he rode in a chaise that became unmanageable, the carriage struck a post, throwing him out and injuring him. He died about two hours later.

Samuel Robinson Heston Portsmouth Newburyport Herald Robinson

Two District Court verdicts against County for mob damages

Two verdicts were rendered yesterday in the District Court against the County for damages to property caused by mobs. One verdict related to damages by the mob in Kensing.

Kensing

Riots suppression and a Sussex suicide noted

The Philadelphia Ledger cites riots in the lower city of 1842 with claims totaling hundreds of thousands yet unsettled. A stranger, John Joseph Abraham, a Pens dealer in New York, shot himself at the Manufacturers Hotel, died yesterday, leaving only a dollar or two behind.

Phil. Ledger New York Joseph Providence Gazette

Last One Found in Apalachicola Woods

Mrs. McKay, missing for two weeks, wandered into Old Woman's Bluff six miles NW of Apalachicola. She walked exposed to sun and rain, with no food, yet survived, while her husband and friends rejoice at her return. In a separate report, a robber stole $8,191 from the Northern Liberty Bank collector on Sixth Street near Market.

Liberty Bank Sixth Street Market Phil U. S. Gaz

Discovery of a new magneto light by Cincinnati inventors

A We 50 Advertiser writer claims I M Sai ders and John Starr of Cincinnati discovered a new light of superior brilliancy. The light is magneto electrical, produced by German magnets, scalable to indefinite strength. A tower could diffuse this daylight across Cincinnati, with once perfected no extra cost. One inventor tours Washington for a patent, hope this discovery equals expectations and benefits society. It may prove daylight’s magnetic origin, a theory supported by the source. Andrew Jackson Hart killed by a horse kick while tending its feet, dying instantly in town Friday evening.

I._M. Saiders John Starr Cincinnati Washington Lardner Baltimore Clipper Andrew Jackson Hart Paterson Intelligencer

Riots During Montreal Election Leave Four Dead

During the Montreal election held on the 22nd and 23rd ultimo the city faced great unrest. Seven hundred extra police failed to restore order as around 400 government troops were called up. The riot caused broken heads and limbs, four deaths, widespread store closures, and the capture of about forty leaders dispersed by bayonet charge.

Montreal

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