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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1841
Page
2
The Ohio elections yield a Senate with 19 Democrats and 17 Federal Whigs and a House with 39 Democrats and 33 Whigs. A Whig majority of 25,000 was seen in the late Presidential vote, signaling party shifts in the state's political landscape.
The Globe notes the death of Hon John Forsyth at his Washington residence on the 21st at age sixty one. Born in Fredericksburg Virginia, he moved to Georgia as a child and became a noted orator and statesman. Forsyth served in Congress, as Minister to Spain, Governor of Georgia, U S Senator, and finally Secretary of State.
Francis Mallory, at Nansemond Court House, claimed President Tyler authorized him to declare Mr Mawing’s statement about the second fiscal bill false. The account says Ewing’s statement lacks credibility, Badger and Bell’s remarks are not supported, and Webster’s position counters the claim. Mallory promised a full exposure of the secretary’s misrepresentations.
The North Carolina Conference or the Methodist Episcopal Church begins its annual session in the city today with most ministers arrived. Bishop Andrew has not yet reached the city, according to early reports from Stur.
The amount of Treasury Notes outstanding on the first inst. was 5,374,612 40, of which 2,152,093 21 were issued prior to March 4 last, and the remainder since that date.
The Portsmouth Chronicle reports from an unquestionable source that Secretary Ewing paid a minor son twenty one years of age fifty thousand dollars to negotiate a million dollar loan. The note questions the act as theft and condemns the swindle as unfit for honest men.
A circulating statement accuses Mr Ewing and his son of lucrative fees from negotiating a twelve million loan. It claims the son received 416.66 while Ewing’s tenure yielded a potential ten thousand dollars in percentage. The piece argues this was a start toward feathering a nest and cites broader political gains.
A circulating report claimed the son of the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr Ewing, received a large sum to negotiate a public loan. The Treasury states the loan effected by Mr P B Ewing was half a million dollars and he was paid one twelfth of one percent. The total amount received by him thus was both modest and specific.
A fragment notes services dwindling to 41.66 dollars and protests that the sum has been unjustly magnified into thousands. The line cites Madisonioun and presents an economic grievance without broader context.
The Turner and Hughes North Carolina Almanac for 1842 is now published and available at their book stores in New York and Raleigh. It includes astronomical calculations, calendar pages, court and state information, moral lessons, agricultural hints, recipes, anecdotes, and more. A printer error lists J. T. C. Wian as U S Marshal instead of Wesley Jones. Col Wiatt serves as marshal of the North Carolina Supreme Court.
A magistrate Richard Bullock shot dead in his own house near Chapel Hall. Coroner’s inquest returns murder by unknown hand. Another accident kills William C. Jackson at a log house building near Oxford. Judge Nash’s court finds E Phelps guilty of murder in the Cas per Walser case at a still house.
Four J Semmes, who killed a Virginia University professor, was bound over in 2500 pounds to appear at Charlottesville Court last week to discharge recognizance. His friends raised funds among themselves to cover the amount.
The Boston Daily Advertiser reports Edward the forger presented a forged introduction letter to Earl Spencer purporting to be from Daniel Webster. Spencer enclosed the letter to Webster with a note on Edward’s actions. Edward allegedly borrowed £250 from the Earl using Webster’s purported endorsement. Webster says Edward previously attempted similar frauds on Van Buren and Forsyth.
The Philadelphia American notes Col Edwards, famed for temper, fears a penitentiary sentence after ten years residence. The New York Express cites Mr Little and others seeing him. he is not the man who sold large New Orleans Bank certificates but is believed to have obtained fifty four thousand dollars from Corrie and Brown Brothers & Co. Edwards is enraged at exposure to identification.
Debtors owe the merchants of Boston fifteen million dollars as cited in a discussion on the credit system. Under bankruptcy law, after liquidating the debtor's assets and paying lawyers, commissioners, assessors, clerks, and sheriffs, remaining costs are addressed.
A fragment notes creditors in Boston awaiting a share of fifteen million dollars, asking how much they will receive and implying the need to teach them a lesson for the future.
It has come out today that Mr Redfield, cashier of the Commercial Bank, recently enjoined, is a defaulter to the amount of $56,000. His securities are said to be good for the half of the sum. No man would have been less suspected of standing in such a position than Mr R. It is, we learn, another victim to dealing in stocks.
A reader from Circleville to the editor of the Ohio Statesman reports the new bank there has exploded and made an assignment of assets. The letter notes significant excitement and urges adding another entry to the list of broken swindling shops.
The tendency drifts downward as most fancy stocks decline. Major speculative institutions near collapse. United States Bank trades at 4 cash and 14 deliverable in a year. Harlem down 2 percent and Long Island off 4 percent amid the downturn.
A fragmentary chorus recalls Whig era political chant. It cites Tyler as a voting motive and mentions the veto as a central action, reflecting partisan slogans sung in the streets last fall and echoed by boys in the current street song.
A Picayune note cites a line from John Quincy Adams in a poem The Wants of Man claiming it would take 3,219,600 dollars to meet his present needs. The remark is attributed to a “lady of our acquaintance” referenced by the publication.
The Savannah Republican reports a covert plan by enslaved individuals near Parrsburg to rise and kill their masters. Four ring leaders were captured and confessed, with nine total implicated. Three enslaved men belonged to Mr. Zandt, three to Mrs. Williams, two to Mr. Hardee, and one to the Yeomans estate. Authorities predicted hangings for the ring leaders and severe punishment for others, amid neighborhood alarm.
The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions met in Philadelphia starting September 9. Yearly receipts totaled $235,000 with expenditures of $265,000 and current indebtedness $58,000. Projected expenses for the coming year are $272,000. A related New Orleans tale recounts a yellow fever patient near Chartres Street who appeared dead, was washed and dressed, placed in a coffin, then revived and moved to a nurse's house, still very ill but possibly recoverable.
King of racers Boston issues a public challenge in The Spirit of the Times offering 45000 total with 20000 per heat. He will run four mile heats against two world contenders, one heat against one rival while the other stays in reserve, and a second heat against the fresh horse. The match may be run on any designated course with an additional 5000 bet if Boston wins in two heats.
The New York journals report Mrs. Adams dreamed twice of her husband’s murder by Cott two days before the act. She imagined his body being cut into pieces and packed in a box, causing her much concern. A family connection corroborates the account, noting its near literal fulfillment.
The Home Squadron will include Independence Razee, frigate Columbia, sloops Fal mouth Vandalia, brig Boxer, schooner Grampus, and steam frigates Mississippi and Missouri. Orders issued to build two medium steamers of 600 tons, one using Archimedes screw propulsion.
The report notes EW Haynes Democrat was re appointed to the post of collector at Sandusky Olio. The message credits Capting Tyler with the approval and thanks the Trumbull Democrat for the support and encouragement.
Market brief notes cotton from 8 to 8 12 cents per pound flour scarce at 525 to 625 per sack wheat in demand at 95 cents to 1 05 flax evaluated at 80 cents per bushel.
Corn wholesale posts 2 75 to 3 dollars per bushel. Bacon sides 7 to 8 cents, hams 9 cents. Naval stores new dip 2 25, old 3 210? Scrape 70 cents. Tar 1 20. Fish shad 7 to 9 dollars, herrings cut 3 25, whole 2 50 to 3 00.
GPEEVer P. Puckett will preach at Autrey's Creek M H on Thursday October 28 and 29 at Old Town Creek Yarborough and Lawrence's M H on 21 November Kehokee Log Chapel Spring Green Cross Roads Conetoe Gum Swamp Great Swamp Greenville Red Banks with additional sessions at 30 31 September dates and locations listed.
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