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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1843
Page
1
The Tarborough Press by George Howard is a weekly issue priced at five dollars and fifty cents annually paid in advance or three dollars at year end, with twenty five cents monthly options. Advertisements chapter: notices under a square cost one dollar for the first insertion and twenty five cents for each follow up. longer ads priced per square with court orders 25 percent higher. Letters to the editor must be postpaid.
A rustic poem in which a farmer labors through summer and retreats to bed by candlelight with his wife Jane. She enjoys hearing him read, knitting as he explains obscure passages, until a dropped stitch signals bedtime. The cadence contrasts day’s toil with evening solace and shared domestic pleasures.
From a Pennsylvanian translation of a New York sketch, Marlemoiselle Lenormand the famed sybil dies in Paris on June 25. Her life spans fifty years of fame amid revolutions and doubt with early feats predicting convent events and destinies for her clients.
The article recounts Mile Lenormand, famed sybil, who foretold high destinies for Josephine and Napoléon. Her prophecies boosted her fame, faced dangers during Robespierre’s fall, and later secured favor from Alexander. She continued to practice from Rue de Tournon, amid salons and court intrigue.
The article details Mile. Lenormand, famed for predicting destinies through card readings, noting her method and influence. It lists distinguished clients including Barras, Tallien, Talleyrand, Moreau, Denon, and the Duke de Berri, and asserts her fortune once rivaled by five hundred thousand francs.
Christina Cochran or Gilmour, recently delivered to British authorities for murdering her husband in Scotland, is described by a New York paper as a case born of parental oppression and social mismatch. The narrative traces coercive actions by her parents to separate her from John Anderson, a gardener she loved, and to force an arranged marriage to John Gilmour, including confinement and beatings.
The narrative recalls Christina Anderson who married John Gilmour after a contested betrothal. Pursued by her father and household, she fled into a thicket with her dog guiding discovery. Returned, she was beaten and agreed to the lawful match. Branded a wife, she stood accused after Gilmour’s murder. She fled to Britain, denying culpability while living under false names. Anderson remains in Renfrewshire. Christina asks for divine mercy.
Correspondence from Northampton on the Fourier community describing its leader Professor Adam, about 125 members including lawyers and doctors, harshly criticizing the lifestyle, gender roles, and lack of government or religion, with a primitive shared dinner and vivid scenes of the group dynamics and members.
A correspondent critiques a Fourier inspired community led by Mr. Adam, noting minimal capital, rising debts, and non-resistance doctrine. He describes crowded sleeping rooms, inattentive pupils, and a sympathetic but impractical education scene. The piece warns investors and urges Greely to visit the locality soon.
A Hancock county meeting was called in Carthage for today to discuss relations with the Mormons. Reports from Warsaw say strong anti Mormon sentiment exists and a riot or outbreak is feared. Citizens are weary of the Mormons but feel powerless to remove them from the area.
The Nauvoo Times and Seasons publishes Joe Smith's letters appointing G J Adams to join Elder Hyde on a mission to St Petersburg Russia. The aim is to introduce the fullness of the gospel to the people of that vast empire.
The Ecclesiastical Council's finding of immorality against Rev. Mr. Coval of the Baptist church in Southwark was overturned by a large church majority at a Monday evening meeting. A Philadelphia paper notes the reversal.
An Appleton man said to have married over a dozen wives was found in Nassau street New York recently in a drunken and mad state. Described as a gay Lothario and last person to engage in serial marriages he was taken to the Police office for inquiry.
The Genesee Farmer notes heavy flax seed cultivation this year in Western New York for oil. In Seneca County alone over 1000 acres have been planted for flax, with several oil mills under construction in the area.
Robert Twigg of North Cove Street near Columbia died yesterday morning from injuries believed linked to a cow skinning incident on Monday. A hand sore swelled dramatically and veins showed poisonous effects across the body. Doctor Smith advised amputation but consent was not given.
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