10 Oct 1835
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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1835
Page
1
An illustrated, confessional account of a Shakers meeting details the silent approach, orderly seating, and surprising dance ritual. The writer notes the austere plainness, the women and men in separate rows, the sudden two-square formation, and the communal hymn with rhythmic clapping. A child Shaker impression lingers as a stark, almost eerie image.
The American pedestrian Colonel Haskett plans to attempt travel into Africa despite scarce support for his craft in the continent. He aims to join bold explorers who faced death in insalubrious climates and treacherous native tribes, seeking to penetrate the interior of the country.
A fire at Niblo's Garden after a fireworks mishap destroyed the Diorama and two adjacent buildings. The Egypt Departure picture valued at 3000 dollars burned. proprietor losses estimated at 15000 dollars, with partial insurance. A colored boy named Isaac Freeman died after saving items. Fire spread from one damaged jar to others. no significant gunpowder on site.
The North River Times reports a village wedding between Hester Aon Evens of Walden Orange County and Levi Smith of this town. After gossip and a dramatic pursuit by Miss Evens from New York to Grassy Point, the couple reconciled and were wed by Justice Stage, ending the romantic pursuit with a solemn knot.
Report from New Orleans notes quiet restored as the Legion increases to about two thousand, patrolling nightly with dragoons and infantry. United States troops under Colonel Pwigus are ready to act if needed. Tensions stem from displaced vagrants and a mixed population of French American German and Irish, inflamed by editors’ remarks. The Louisiana Advertiser proprietor Mr. Pendergast is released and editor Dr. Verner dismissed.
The Anti Slavery Society of Massachusetts plans for a Boston writer, known for library works, to sail from New York soon to England and Scotland on abolition business. A Boston paper questions the report as erroneous and warns foreign interference could harm both societies at home.
The Boston Post reports an elderly Virginia woman, famed for extreme cleanliness, scrubbed the floor and fell into the kitchen breaking her leg. The injury led to her death.
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