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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1835
Page
2
The Washington Whig replies to our invitation on whether Mr Pettigrew is a Jackson man or anti Jackson. We claim Pettigrew will back Jackson when right but oppose key acts. his future votes will decide. We propose a public clash at the Court House with songs and lectures, while court and state news follow.
In Brooks county court Virginia a case Troesdell v OConnell and wife tested a note made before marriage. The defendant resisted payment on grounds of lunacy arguing the wife was fanatic before marriage. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant, a novel precedent found by lawyers.
Lewis Tappan sends a heated letter to Charleston South Carolina’s Committee of Vigilance claiming the Abolition Society issued 175000 incendiary copies in July and that only 1 175th were destroyed. He says the rest advance abolition nationwide and that Charleston and Richmond events sparked a large New York anti slavery meeting with influential men joining a plan for a grand New York all Slavery Society.
A charter granted years ago will be revived in the next Legislature with amendments to suit capitalists. Public meetings are planned during Wake Superior Court week as interest in the enterprise grows. Nine lives are lost in the shipwreck of the brig Washington after departing Cronstadt, with details of officers and crew listed.
A vessel carrying staves sailed from Washington and Charleston and was owned by Wim. Gray of this city and Charles Moules of Washington, N.C. It carried insurance of $6,800 at the Warren office and $4,000 at the Fishing office, as reported by the Boston Transcript.
Col. Thomas H. Meachum of Richland Otsego County New York produced a cheese weighing fourteen hundred pounds and plans to present it to the President. He also made several cheeses weighing eight hundred pounds each for possible presentation.
Clarksburg reports counterfeit twenty dollar notes circulated in the Bank of the Valley. The note claimed to be payable at Winchester and dated November 23, 1535, but was poorly made. The item notes the detection by local observers and names Pet. Lats.
A bedstead and table of solid cold, two chairs of solid silver richly cased and ornamented, two elephants aged eleven, two Arabian horses, and two dwarf buffaloes the size of pigs. A curious display described as upique, appealing to collectors and curiosities enthusiasts.
The Alexandria Gazette notes strong public interest in the Administration’s stance on annexing Texas and whether talks or plans with Mexico have begun. It is believed the President favors purchase and may seek to settle the matter within his term.
Died in this county on the 1st inst. Mr. aren Cherry, aged and highly respected citizen.
The article notes the death of Eclipse Lightfoot after a recent sale to Mark R. Cockrell of Tennessee for 12000 dollars. It reports a shipwreck near Liverpool under a drunk captain with 226 lives lost from 240 aboard. It describes experimental wooden pavements on Broadway near Chambers Street with hexagonal hemlock blocks and tar and earth, praising ride quality but noting high costs. It details the Para revolt in Brazil with the napoe attacking and massacring white inhabitants. It concludes with Royal gifts to William IV worth 50000 pounds from the King of Dude Kit.
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