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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1837
Page
2
In Martin Superior Court Judge Nash presiding, George V. Coburn was tried for the murder of A. G. Keys and convicted of manslaughter. He was sentenced to be branded and imprisoned for six months.
The Raleigh Register presents party strongholds by district in the recent congressional election with no contest races showing Governor vote strength. It notes anticipation of the President's message arriving tonight and mentions a large turnout of House members for the Speakership vote with Polk rumored as Republican candidate and Bell as Whig. The Republican majority is estimated between two and ten, with a call for GOP members to fulfill their duties.
Col James Standifer member elect from Tennessee 4th district died near Kingston while en route to Washington City. The loss removes a projected representative as the nation awaits new congressional seating and reflects a fatal stop during travel.
The writer argues for maintaining hard money and a national policy to restrain paper currency, praising Gen. Jackson's surplus of specie that insulated the country from bank-driven prices. He recalls Jeffersonian warnings and warns against returning to 1820s prices, noting Treasury drafts and a New York Journal of Commerce report on Bank purchases of government stocks.
Hon. Thomas H. Benton writes from St. Louis on August 11 1837 to gentlemen inviting him to a public dinner for Hon. Mr. Allen on the 19th. He cannot attend due to family duties but praises Andrew Jackson's currency reforms and the nation's recovery, noting the movement toward a specie standard despite bank stoppages and fears of price declines after 1819's financial catastrophe.
The Charleston Mercury publishes a communication from Langdon Cheves praising his role in saving the Bank of the United States and reflecting on its post resignation transactions. Cheves, a notable wartime Congressman, is described as candid patriotic. The letter outlines general notions of the Bank’s transactions since his resignation.
The speaker recounts choosing silence during the bank's recharter struggle due to prior ties. Now free, he declares opposition to a national bank, calling it unconstitutional, inexpedient, unnecessary, and dangerous based on experience and observation.
A mail rider south of Gaston was found dead Sunday night about a mile from town. He likely died after being thrown from his horse as the Express Mail was brought into Gaston by a passerby on the road. Pet. Int.
A bale of new cotton was received in Augusta Georgia on the 16th of last month and sold for twelve and a half cents.
Morris Shehorn was tried in Charlotte Mecklenburg county last week for the murder of Henry Massey and found guilty by the Raleigh Stand.
A man in Johnston county reports a brutal murder carried out by a slave or enslaved person who struck his sleeping master Hardy Jones with a stone, then burned the body and head near a still. A boy witnessed the event and alerted the family. the assailant was captured.
In Nash county near Ransom's Bridge two children of a widow died after disturbing a rattlesnake nest. The mother, rushing to them, found both children dead twelve to fifteen feet from the nest. The same day her youngest child died from scalding. The Warrenton Reporter notes the mother's severe loss.
A Wilmington Advertiser appeal urges Hugh McQueen to write a history of North Carolina’s illustrious dead and living, arguing memorializing statesmen and generals sustains pride and service to the state. It laments fading memory of figures like William Gaston and calls for efforts to rescue their honors from forgetfulness.
F Slips reports yellow fever increasing in New Orleans with recent cases described as very violent and unusually fatal, signaling a severe outbreak in the city.
From Florida reports reach St Augustine that Indians gather near Fort King in friendly mood but on alert. Gen Jesup orders posts to be ready as he moves toward Fort King. A large, efficient campaign force is planned with 1500 to 2000 Floridian volunteers and 1000 allied Indians, totaling about 6000 soldiers, plus regular infantry and dragoons.
Brigadier Atkin son drives War Department plans to remove Potawatomies Sacs and Loways from the Plate Country tract recently ceded to Missouri. Gen Gaines convened the Potawatomies for peaceful submission. Cherokee council at Red Clay Tennessee yields hopeful results as a special agent is sent to convey government views and treaty spirit.
Henry Dudley of Dudley and Stuyvesant merchants Pine Street died suddenly yesterday morning. He rose in health, felt faint, urged immediate medical help, and collapsed within minutes. Post mortem found ossification of the heart as the cause. The 24 year old had been in excellent health prior to death per the Times report.
An August 19 St Louis paper details a steamboat disaster on August 15 when the Dubuque bound for Galena collapsed the larboard boiler flue. Twenty two were scalded and sixteen died, the accident occurring in the early morning.
The late August hurricane that devastated St Thomas and St Bartholomews appears to be the same storm that struck the East Coast of Florida and Georgia and reached the Bahamas, with lesser impact as far north as Charleston and Norfolk. Advices from Turks Island to August report the same tornado sweeping over on the 3d of August.
Severe six hour gale from the northeast and southeast wrecked three quarters of island salt supply. Boats and many houses damaged as salt rose to 15 cents. Remaining stock under 120000 bushels. Salt Key lost 350000 bushels, Grand Key suffered less. JV. Y. Star.
A Georgia meeting presided by Judge Clayton passed resolutions urging a Convention of delegates from all Southern and South Western states to meet in Augusta on the third Monday in October to devise a plan for a new commercial system with Europe. The circular is signed by Gov. Lumpkin, Judge Clayton, and others.
The Madisonians note the first two issues of a Washington based weekly published on Wednesdays and Saturdays at five dollars a year. Thomas Allen promotes the Administration and Republican cause, denying support for a National Bank and praising the paper as spirited, talented, and well printed.
A 3 A Christian missionary was martyred in China after confinement in an iron cage. He could neither stand nor lie down, and portions of his flesh were torn away daily with red hot pinchers, according to the account.
Foreign. Late from Europe. The Quebec pack et ships Liverpool papers to Aug 4. Cotton markets rise 4d to 3d. Money plentiful in London with Bills discounted at 3 1/4 percent. A fatal balloon accident occurred in England on July 14. Mr Cocking died when the parachute failed after cut loose. Mr Green and another in the car. Cholera rages in Sicily and Naples. Mr Gardner US Consul General dies in Palermo.
Washington Market reports new dip turpentine at 190 with old 160 and tar at 130 as of September 5. Whig.
Petersburg market notes cotton ranged from 8 to 104 cents per pound. Local trade activity appeared modest with prospective buyers observing prices as markets moved.
The trio are by appointment to preach at Old Town Creek Missionary Baptist Church on Thursday the 28th and Friday the 29th in Tarboro. The Rev William Hyman will conduct Elza Hawkins funeral service at his late residence.
Fragmentary note mentions a meeting at Williams on September. Readers can infer a local gathering or event, with sparse details about the exact purpose or participants. Further context from the source would clarify attendees and agenda.
A marriage notice records H. Austin and Enos Womble uniting at a Bay location. The brief item mentions Skinner and Muss Eisele in connection with the ceremony.
Fragmentary obituary notes the death of Nathan H. Rountree, an aged citizen, leaving a wife and two children. The text also references Elizabeths, aged about 67, with garbled details suggesting county and date context. The fragmentary OCR obscures full names and places.
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