Potatoes grown from sprouts offer late crop in county
A public notice describes a new method by Mr Solomon T Braddy using whole potatoes grown in the usual way then sprouted and replanted with two sprouts left. The result is a crop as good as the potato itself, but about a month later. A sample is available at his office. The piece also reports the death of Hon Henry Seawell, a judge of the Superior Court, after Congestive Fever in Nash County and notes potential vacancies on the bench. It mentions judicial delays and a murder in Rogers Store area where two brothers fought and one died from a knife wound.
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Solomon T. Braddy
Henry Seawell
Superior Courts of Law and Equity
Nash County
Whid
Reg
Jrudge Seawell
Superior Court
Rogers’ Store
James
Alexander Bashford
Alexander
Cy Nash
Bey Decator
Wilson
Pitt County
Anil
Wil
Warrentom Carolina
John G. Yaiich
Fire reduces Burgwin dwelling and Orange County jail
The Dwelling House of George W Burgwin near Hillsborough was burned on the 3d instant, most furniture saved. On the 7th instant the Orange county jail at Hillsboro was destroyed by prisoners who set it on fire. four escaped but surrendered next morning. Only two inmates remain at large, James Whiteock and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Burgwin
Hillsborough
Orange County
Hillsboro
James White Ock
Washington
Revels Committed for Assault and House-Breaking
Arrest of a Murderer reports the capture of a Webrews native who fled to Texas after a brutal April murder. He was brought back to Mobile and jailed, described as a villain of the most despe rate kind. The crime involves the cold blooded abduction of two children from their parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Register
Texas
Mobile
Supreme Court Reports Move to North Carolina
A Raleigh weekly laments the distribution of North Carolina Supreme Court Reports printed in Philadelphia. The writer criticizes local publishers for outsourcing and urges support for home production to uphold state respect for printers and the legal profession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Tle
Messrs Nites
Philadelphia
P. T. Nicklin & Co
Messrs.Warner & Hughes
Raleigh
North Carolina
William Berkley
Fanatics Indicted in Oneida County Grand Jury
Grand Jury of Oneida County New York finds an indictment against Abolitionists. It declares incendiary publications printed and circulated among enslaved people in the South as treasonous and warrants punishment. It calls on supporters of the Constitution to destroy such publications wherever found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oneida County
New York
South
Massacre of a Colony at Edi na by natives reported
The Norfolk Beacon reports that on July 18 natives attacked the new settlement at Edina in Liberia and massacred more than twenty colonists. The unaarmed settlers had established a non resistant outpost and were unprepared for defense. The older settlements prospered. A bale of new cotton from James Coffield’s farm in Chowan County NC sold for 19 cents, with plans for a full crop load next week.
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Louisiana
Norfolk
Liberia
Africa
Norfolk Beacon
Edina
James Coffield
Chowan County
N. C
Norfolk and Portsmouth Rail Road Progress Near Roanoke
The Norfolk and Portsmouth Rail Road is advancing rapidly toward Roanoke, now completed to within about 30 miles of the location, with expectations of completion in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk and Portsmouth
Roanoke
Rail route survey to Weldon boosts local prosperity
W F Gwynn Esq the Engineer will visit soon to survey the railroad route from this place to Weldon, intersecting the Nor fork and Portsmouth line. After surveying, work will begin at once, with completion hoped for soon for the town's prosperity. Also notes editorial changes and a report on a feared insurrection among enslaved people with trials and orders to remove free Negroes and enslaved people from the state by November. Market brief: Petersburg Cotton and Wheat prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke River
W. F. Gwynn Esq
Weldon
Norfolk and Portsmouth
Halifar
New York
Petersburg
D. Richards & CO
Tarboro
Confectionary goods advertised by Joseph B. Braddy
A Tarboro advertisement from October 14 1835 touts a confectionary store offering Scotch herrings crackers apples oranges butter and cheese and unadulterated beverages including champagne brandy rum whiskey and gin. It lists cigars snuff peppermint rock and lemon candy and claims jube paste cures colds with tobacco and bluff papers also sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Brown
Lorillard
Joseph B. Braddy
Tarboro
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Richard M. Johnson
Dorbora
Bacon
Iwe Gao
Tvaate
Yred
Ib. Ji. Lpr
Wtvusty Solel
Bush
Kevan & Hamilton
Oh Croc IY
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Hamilton
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PRSS
Edgecombe County
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William E. Bellamy
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Jovkey Club
WM. Nickels
Prey
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CALES
Adwanac
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Grove
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Petersham
Valencia
C. Amng’s
Planter’s
Volice
Cofpfield King
Ebenezer Price
Martin County
WM. Thompson
James Beddon
Ned
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Rie
JR Lloy
Tarborough
Anderson Joss
Anderson
Lawrener
Allen Randal Lawrenerg
Boag
Win Kuiaht
Fess Bradley
David Kea
John Bynum
Moores
Bryant Demsey
Norcross Dood
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Owens Elisty
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Wr Brooks
Petway
Bedford
Calleham
Price
Chapeaunk
Parker Judy Child
Samuel Richards
Cobb Willem Rainer
Cosway Greeny Singletary
He Clark
Staten Sin
Cheatham
Shil Edgueve
Carney
Staten Levens
Suniner Wis Downing
Jas Sen
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John Sage
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