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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1841
Page
1
The Tarborough Press offers annual subscriptions at two dollars and fifty cents paid in advance or three dollars at year end, with twenty five cents per month for partial periods. Advertisements up to a square cost one dollar for the first insertion and twenty five cents for each continuation, with longer ads charged proportionally and court notices twenty five percent higher. Letters to the Editor must be postage paid.
Recommended by the Faculty Drs A and J Harrell present a suite of medicinal extracts for scrofula blood cleansing dyspepsia and chronic urinary and lung ailments. Prices range from 50 cents to $1 per bottle or box with claims of concentrated formulas and therapeutic bite. Office sales through GEO. HOWARD as agent.
Tarboro dated October 21 1841 letters from Hedgpeth describe a weary journey to Conetoe his home where he longs for social pleasure with the local girls the tale speaks of broken horse chains and anxious delays as he fears the trek may fail before reaching the town and his sweetheart Sue
A political lyric rallies against corruption praising the people's sober second thought as a returning light from the West. It likens voting will to the parting of the Red Sea and predicts a united, vigilant public rebuking corrupt actors and wealth bought power. The piece closes with the refrain The people's sober second thought.
The Glote notes a National Intelligencer report blaming the United States Gazette for a Whig decline and Harrison support being illusory. It alleges pipe laying fraud and corrupt voting, claiming Federalism shrank and Harrison’s presidency was not fairly earned. Florida and Tampa Indians are reported moving in. Colonel Worth aims to resolve Florida difficulties. Savannah Republican.
The Philadelphia National Gazette notes rising money demand with market rates climbing nine to eleven percent per year for sturdy notes. Banks’ discounting ability shrinks as large capital is tied up in Bank of the United States post notes used to fund its January specie payment resume.
Mohawk Courier notes that New York State offered a loan of about 300000 with a New York house bidding 8425 cash per 100 stock, accepted. In 1833 the premium was 17.5 per 100 stock. This implies a state credit depreciation of over thirty two percent since 1833 and a potential difference of about 1,300,000 dollars on the current borrowing.
The New York Post reports a letter from Gen Hamilton stating he will leave Europe for the United States early this month with the proceeds of the Texas loan in gold. The arrival is welcomed by Texas bond and Treasury note holders and is expected to lift their prices.
At the Cowen military review on the 23rd, five muskets burst during firing. Two guns badly injured their handlers, Mr. Kidder of Townsend and William C. Reed of Pepperell, both using arms received from the State Armory less than two years prior.
The coroner's jury ruled Payne died from brain congestion due to exposure and mind aberration. He reached Hoboken, roamed to Weehawken, visited Mrs Loss's house where Miss Rogers was last seen, drank, spoke of his engagement, slept in the woods, faced hunger and cold, and died with no shelter or aid.
Rumor says Mrs. Adams, widow of the murdered printer, has gone mad as her mind unravels under the strain. Neighbors report she is a shattered wreck and unable to cope with the tragedy.
A clipped report notes Colt’s father was instantly deprived of reason upon learning of Adams’s murder by his son. The line from the Aal Standard reflects a dramatic family reaction to the crime and its unexpected familial involvement.
Three abolitionists Burr, Work and Wilson were tried at Palmyra Missouri on a charge of enticing slaves to leave their masters. They were found guilty and sentenced to the Penitentiary for twelve years. It is said these three persons were students of Divinity.
In April, the Rev. King Griswold was killed in a crime that has drawn local shock and ongoing police investigation. Authorities have not released a motive or a suspect, keeping the case open as leads are pursued.
In Cincinnati after a dismissive sermon a man Ed ward Layton threw a stone striking the preacher in the head. The force caused a fatal collapse though the victim survived briefly. Mayor’s testimony and Grand Jury evidence pointed to Layton’s guilt but no indictment was returned and Layton was discharged amid cries of mob justice in the Queen City as reported by the Cleveland Herald.
Report from Nat chitoches Herald recalls Jackson’s murder trial in Harrison County Texas. After acquittal he and friends seized Judge McHenry and brought him to Natchitoches, now jailed on an indictment for abducting enslaved people. On return Jackson was killed by several friends of Melleury, who were captured or killed in turn. The bloody sequence prompts calls for an end to the violence.
In Milton North Carolina October 11 a sensational bigamy case is detailed. Edward C Boling alias Sidney Z Smith misled Miss B and her family after deceiving a Greensboro audience, presenting forged credentials, and feigning wealth, while already wed to another woman in Guilford County. The narrative promises fuller facts while withholding victims’ names.
Sidney T. Smith alias Boling, a man described as fair in appearance, defrauded his wife and father‑in‑law by promising funds from Alabama and a land deal with Edward C. Boling. He fled to Southampton, returned, and was arrested in Yanceyville after Deputy Col. Lea tracked him down. He posted no bail and faces trial before Judge Nash at Guilford Superior Court.
In Philadelphia a Black man faced charges for having three wives, defended by Cutlee who argued no harm in taking as many as desired if no others would wed. The logic seemed sound to him but the law did not support it, and so the case was decided against him.
A colored man suffered ear pain after a bug entered his ear. Sweet oil was poured as he lay on the pavement and the insect emerged unable to breathe. The reporter notes this simple remedy is highly effective and safest, reducing pain. The man lost consciousness for about fifteen minutes after removal, per Baltimore reporting.
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