Land Distribution Bill and Adjournment Debate
Report from Congress notes the Land Distribution bill not yet signed by the President. The House passed a 247000 relief for the Post Office Department. Senate and House debates signal a push to adjourn only after major fiscal measures, with Clay and Calhoun pressing for tariff and Bank bills. The piece portrays the President as besieged by a Congress seen as opposed to his fiscal agenda.
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Congress
House
Post Office Department
Tappan
Senate
House of Representatives
Clay
Calhoun
White House
Bank of Deposite and a National Sub-Treasury Concept
A Portsmouth Old Dominion editorial argues for a national depository bank without loan power or printed money, proposing a Congress controlled sub treasury with regional branches to receive deposits and issue certificates. It would regulate exchanges and handle public funds while avoiding executive control and bank harms.
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Bank of Deposite
Congress
Bank of
United States
Portsmouth
Old
Tax on Tea and Goods Sparks Congressional Outcry
The article rails against a proposed 20 percent tax on tea, coffee, sugar, molasses, and salt to cover revenue losses from public land distribution. It accuses Federal Whigs in Congress of moral and political abandon, claiming the plan robs citizens and bungles fiscal policy, leaving the public to suffer manipulation and fraud by their representatives.
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Congress
United States
Whig Logic and the Poor in Tax and Tea Debate
A harsh critique of Whig policy arguing the poor bear new taxes on tea coffee sugar and salt while the wealthy enjoy privileges. The speaker urges the working classes to claim independence from aristocratic rulers and resist being governed for the few.
Brutal Outrage At Norfolk Darkens Local Town
A daring assault took place Saturday behind Norfolk as two ladies returning from market were attacked by a black man. One was struck with a club on the forehead and rendered senseless while the other was cut and fell from the carriage as the horse bolted. The father and a neighbor pursued and found the assailant near the scene. The piece condemns rising Black community impertinence and warns of further violence if not checked, reflecting heated local tension.
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Norfolk
First UNC graduating class of 1798 named
Raleigh Register notes from the Wilmington filmington chronicle that seven men formed UNC's first class in 1798, not six. Three of the seven were living forty three years later: James, Springs, and Houston. James was town clerk and treasurer of Wilmington. Springs a Mecklenburg farmer. Houston a physician in Mecklenburg or Cabarrus. All natives of North Carolina.
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Raleigh Register
University of North Carolina
Alex. Osborne
Edwin J. Osborne
Hinton James
Robert Locke
Samuel Hinton
Adam Springs
James Houston
Clinton James
James
Wilmington
Springs
Mecklenburg County
Houston
Mecklenburg
Cabarrus
North Carolina
Filmington Chronicle
Punished banker jailed for swindling in Ohio
Warrington, late President of the Gallipolis Bank, was sent to the Jail of Gallia county, Ohio, on the fifth instant for fifteen years, after conviction of extensive swindling behind the counter. A few more such examples will prove highly beneficial to the community.
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Warrington
Gallipolis Bank
Gallia County
Ohio
Someday Trinity Church in New York Will Shine
A New York to New Orleans Bulletin letter notes a church in construction with an expected cost near 500000 dollars, windows valued at over 1000 dollars each. Builders aim for a grand, magnificent structure, slow and steady, with steam powered stone laying and bells signaling engineers.
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New York
New Orleans
Notable exploit sparks debate over mercy and justice
The passage notes the exploit as the most famous in years and argues the individual deserves freedom. Rich. Star.
Murder and suicide follow quarrel over rum in Lime
July 28 report from Lime details a deadly sequence after Atwell Tucker bought rum. Tucker threatened Dr. Noyes, a warrant was issued, and constable Huntley confronted Tucker in a field. Tucker shot Huntley, who died, then Tucker was found dead nearby with his head blown off. The incident stems from rum intoxication.
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Atwell Tucker
Warren's
Noyes
Tucker
Huntley
Ile
Rua Conn
Tilv
Four Horse Power Boat Built for Western Creeks
A boat operated by a single horse placed in the centre moves six miles per hour and draws only three inches of water when loaded. Total cost with machinery under 200 dollars. The invention aims to aid small western creeks lacking water for larger steamboats and without enough business for such vessels.
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N.Y
Curious Speculation and Manchester Meeting Reflections
A London miss with fortune and a shopkeeper’s frame up ends in forced marriage. In Manchester a large Corn Law meeting reports thousands of empty houses and wares while a clergyman recalls a dying woman and her sons hidden in sacks. The speaker laments famine harms and contrasts war’s sword with famine’s sting as religion meets poverty.
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London
England
Manchester
Hl. Smith
The
Chamber of Commerce
Stockport
Oldham
Bolton
Bury
Salford
Daniel
Learn
Johnny
Smine
Ingenious prison escape at Boston Jail
A prisoner escaped Boston Jail by tearing an iron pan into strips to unlock a padlock, then unbarred the door and fled to the upper story. He forced himself out through a small scuttle onto a steep roof, slid down, and lowered himself three stories using torn blankets, before mounting the wall. The method rivaled Baron Trench, though details remain unclear.
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Boston
Baron Trench
Opossum Fighter’s Bank Plan Addendum Proposal
In Tarboro's press, Mr. Howard notes strong approval of The Opossum Fighter's Bank plan but adds a crucial omission. He proposes Article 15 to define the number of well informed, honest, and industrious farmers or mechanics needed, ensuring the plan rests on solid fundamental principles.
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Mr. Howard
Purest Citizens to Govern Bank Operations
The proposal seeks selecting the purest farmers or mechanics in the United States to manage a bank’s fiscal operations. They would take an oath not to steal or cheat, with severe punishment for violations, including lifelong imprisonment and punishment with broken bank notes. The plan is attributed to One of the People.
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United States
Market prices report from Washington Market
Washington Market on September 1 lists corn wholesale at 33a 53 10, bacon and hams at 7 9 and 9 cents, naval stores with new dip at 32 20 and old at 31 90, tar at 31 25, shad fish at 7 8 cents, sterling cement at 33 25, whole at 2 50 to 3 00.
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Washington Market
Newark - Th
Grullon
Parham Puckett to preach at several meets
Elder Parham Pucckett is appointed to preach at the Red Bank meeting house on Tuesday before the first Sunday meeting next, then at Great Swamp on Thursday and Gum Swamp on Friday.
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Parham Pucckett
Red Bank
Great Swamp
Gum Swamp
Merchants Invited to Purchase Cotton Bagging and Supplies
Petersburg August 28 1811 merchants are urged to inspect an extensive stock of cotton bagging in qualities from 1 lb to 2 lb per yard bale rope jute flax and hemp baling twine plus sole and upper leather calf and kip skins and related items. They promise favorable terms and strict attention to consignments of cotton and other produce entrusted to their management.
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Petersburg
Tarbor Male Academy Announces September Reopening
The Tarbor Male Academy will resume four exercises on Monday September 13 under Mr Jus Z Cotten. Tuition is 10 dollars per five month session for English branches and classics. Board costs 8 dollars per month in local families. Trustees note August 12, 1841.
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Jus Z. Cotten
Reward for Runaway African American Man in 1841 North Carolina
Notice offers ten dollar reward for the capture of Daniel Sant Daniel a roughly 30 year old Black man about six feet tall weighing around 200 pounds with a scar by the mouth and a small ear bite mark. Described as from Pitt County North Carolina, the ad warns against harboring him and promises the reward for his apprehension near Oak Grove and Florence Creek in July 1841.
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Ranaway
Dani Sant Daniel
Pitt County
N. C
Oak Grove
Filgecombe
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Peter Toals
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Geo
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