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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1838
Page
1
Te Tarborough Press advertises weekly issues at two dollars and fifty cents if prepaid. Subscriptions may be discontinued at any time on notice with arrears paid. Advertisements vary by length and position with standard and longer inserts priced accordingly. Ad requests must be addressed to the advertiser.
A fragmentary agricultural item mentions Thor blessing the farmer and a simple fire amid a world of tearpestions. The text is garbled but conveys a rustic scene of yield and scent in a field.
The Virginia Commercial Convention met at Norfolk on the 16th with about 125 delegates. Officers were elected including John Tyler president and John Al. Thitler secretary. Delegates from Halifax, North Carolina and Edenton attended. Committees were named to study internal improvements and agriculture with resolutions favoring liberal internal improvements to boost state wealth and reduce tax burdens. The discussion included aims to attract population and relieve taxpayers.
The Richmond Chronicle details a lengthy Virginia Convention debate on internal improvements. Resolutions urge liberal infrastructure to connect Tidewater with the West, boost eastern production, and create a home market, arguing for state-led projects like James River and Kanawha improvements and a regional railroad.
The Convention adopted the first series of resolutions affirming that a liberal system of Internal Improvement forms one of the best foundations for direct trade.
Subscribers gathered at Raleigh office for organization of the Raleizh and Gaston Company. Judge Cameron reported 300000 dollars subscribed, fulfilling the charter requirement, and a majority of stock represented. Elected president George W. Mordorai and five directors: Duncan Cameron, William Boylan, J. W. Hawkins, Charles Manly, Thomas P. Devereaux. Meeting adjourned to June 1, 1839.
Morus Millbanks Ven Chinese Mulberry trees sold in Richmond Virginia for 25 dollars cash each. Petersburg Intelligencer notes John L Williams Jr of Branwick County sold stock of Frees for 15 thousand dollars at 17 cents per foot without lateral braces. First tree planted March 1837 with total outlay around 300 dollars and seventy four cents.
A historical guide advises selecting a high southern exposure with light loam or sandy gravelly soil and porous subsoil for mulberry culture. It emphasizes ploughing in fall, leaving rough furrows to benefit from frost, then cross ploughing in spring, manuring well, and keeping the ground clean to grow robust trees.
The Sangamon Journal reports Henry B. Tree faced trial for Dr. Early’s murder last winter. From Sept 9 to 13, the court heard testimony and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty after a one hour forty minute retirement.
In Baltimore, William Stewart, recently convicted of murdering his father, faced sentence when he proclaimed his innocence before the court and God. He argued that his life and character contradicted the crime accusations and expressed sorrow for his father’s death.
William Stewart declared his innocence before the court and jury, insisting the blood of his father not shed by him, as the judge imposed a penitentiary term until August 30, 1856 with one twentieth in solitary confinement. The court deemed his plea an empty asseveration.
The schooner Portsmouth under Captain Tait struck on Og Island near Cape Lleary during a return voyage to Norfolk after 153 prior trips from this port. Passengers survived a perilous night and were rescued by the schooner Edmond, with all belongings lost and a servant man dying of exposure.
In a field near Buffalo a quarrel between Bowes and McDonald escalated when one man struck the other with a stake and then used a cradle scythe to sever his head, leaving a grisly fatal scene.
The State of Indiana has 6,000 men at work on her railways and canals. Internal improvement works, already begun, progress rapidly toward completion with unexampled speed in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan, and will cost forty eight millions when finished.
William L. Yaney of South Carolina indicted for murder in an election quarrel received one year in prison and a 1500 dollar fine for the killing of Dr Earle.
GPA correspondent from New Philadelphia reports in Tuscarawas county a three day trial of Anderson linked to a Canton mail fraud. The jury found him guilty of altering a 400 draft to 7 400 and cashing it, with postmaster Van Rensselaer named as a co conspirator. The case drew vast attention due to wealth and influence.
A Raleigh era tale recounts a father who bans suitors, claiming no man may pick his daughters. The youngest daughter consents to marriage with a bold suitor after pressure from the old man, who demands either acceptance of an alliance with the elder or exile. The Carolina Gazelle echoes the cautionary legend about family authority and marriage.
A note from the Carolina Watchman urges that in singing the words be plainly heard and the instrumentals kept subordinate. It argues that sentiment behind English songs matters more than mere melodic noise, warning that without it singing becomes warbling.
Intelligence from San Augus tine reports a dated October 17. Readable fragments indicate ongoing intelligence updates with unspecified details.
The Indians and Mexicans threaten another hostile movement against the white settlements. Gen. Rusk had ordered out two hundred fighting men in addition to the force already in the field, a force deemed amply sufficient to check further depredations and end hostilities.
The King of Naples has issued a law banning dwelling and making challenges to fight a crime punishable by imprisonment and loss of pensions. If a challenge is refused, banishment. if accepted and duel occurs with death, it is assassination. The victim is to be buried without funeral rites and a monument. Seconds are punished as principals.
A creature described as a sea-woman has reportedly been caught in salmon nets at Hunne raw Point near Fahan County Donegal. Local residents gather in hundreds to view the remarkable catch as the Londonderry Natural History Society plans an inquiry and will forward findings to the British Association.
A fragmentary exchange dated May 15 1838 and July 4 1838 shows a Mississippi Yan kee schoolmaster writing to his Maine mother and a Maine mother replying. Phrases about a rolling stone and a setting hen appear as proverbs in the two letters, emphasizing affection and duty between parent and son.
The celebrated Maria Monk admits her Montreal Convent story is entirely false, saying the details were mainly derived from the leading questions asked by those who supervised her. Thus ends one of the era's noted humbugs.
The Farmers Register suggests each successful Mulberry cultivator give one dollar per hundred of net gains to Gideon B. Smith for his role in introducing Morus Multicaulis. Mr Roslin leads with a hundred dollars and asks supporters to remit names and amounts to him for a committee to benefit Mr Smith.
Sam Houston's cadence from Texas public meetings denounces land speculators as locusts of famine urging seizure of their coveted lands. He provocatively suggests Mexican or Indian incursions could drive them back, lamenting Texans’ borders and vowing vast Sabine demarcation to trap fugitives.
In Nacogdoches a few weeks ago blacksmith Vann attacked the local judge with a pistol. The judge, trying to wrench the weapon away, faced imminent danger and killed Vann with a knife.
A youth named Howard, son of a widow in Muskingum county, Ohio, was drawn into a thrashing machine. His arm was severed and his head crushed in a瞬, he breathed only twice afterward.
The trial of Gwatkins for the murder of Pitman at White Sulphur Springs has been postponed to the ensuing spring.
Government levies two million dollars on Havana religious orders with promise of later reimbursement. The move targets Catholic institutions and impacts local religious communities amid tense political shifts.
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