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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1841
Page
1
The Terdorours Press by George McOwann is weekly at two dollars fifty cents yearly in advance or monthly terms. Advertisements under a square: one dollar initial, then twenty five cents per continuation. Court orders and judicial ads cost twenty five percent more. Letters to the editor must be postpaid.
A local advertisement promotes Dr Harrell’s line of blood purifying and toning remedies. It lists Ateratine Extract of Sarsaparilla and Blood Root, Extract of Sarsaparilla and Ubebs, Buchu and Ursi extract, Camomile Tonic, Camphorated Cordial, Carregeen Moss and Squills Cough Mixture, Tomato and Slippery Elm Pills, superfine Tooth Powder, and other preparations. Prices range from 50 cents to $1 per bottle or box, with claims of blood purification and treatment of scrofula, dysentery, fever, kidney and urinary issues, coughs, and general debility. The firm emphasizes scientific preparation and sale through GEO. HOWARD, Agent.
A poetic meditation on a troubled voyage at sea. The speaker describes a lost rudder, dark billows, and a living grave摇 yet seeks hope in a distant polar star and the radiant light of grace that dispels fear and sorrow. The tone reflects longing, endurance, and spiritual reassurance amid tempests.
Lawmakers clash over striking the enacting clause, argument on a fiscal bank versus a fiscal corporation, and warnings about a national bank. Wise, Turney, Clay, and Marshall challenge the President, cabinet, and veto, with references to Passamaquoddy, New Orleans discounts, and constitutional limits.
An 1841 Madisonian letter cites a Richmond source claiming President Tyler will veto the Bank bill. The note argues the president vacillated on grounds, with advisers like Botts opposing him and pressing for a measure his conscience might reject. The memo notes a planned 12 o’clock veto and hints at disputed grounds for rejection.
A persuasive, bitter letter from MO. M. DOTTS written from Washington on August 16 reveals factional strife over a bank bill. It describes Captain Tyler facing vilification from both parties, efforts to influence him, and plans to quietly settle the matter tonight while anticipating a rotten veto and market turmoil.
Information reached town yesterday that the Farmers Bank branch in Danville was entered by false keys and robbed of nine thousand two hundred and thirty five dollars. A $5,000 reward is offered by the President. The loss cannot exceed $20,000 as most notes were cancelled. The Whig laments the ongoing robberies.
Salisbury May 21 1841 a distressing accident at Dr Aerrs Thrashing Machine in this county killed a promising youth John Wilson about sixteen the son of Dr James Wilson. He attempted to ride a beam when he was crushed between the arm and timber and died the next day around two oclock Watchmean
The Wilmington Chronicle correspondent notes the first class of graduates for 1788. Named: Samuel Hinton, William Houston, Flinton James, Robert Locke, Edwin Jay, Osborne Thomas, Alexander Osborne, Adam A. Springs. Of seven, two remain living: Hinton James, first student to enter the institution, now associated with Wilmington, and William Houston, M D, once of Cabarrus and in recent years a citizen of Bedford County, Tennessee.
The New Orleans Picayune reports a vigilante action in Phillips and Clophoma counties where about 100 men led by Captain Barney Bedfford captured counterfeiters. They hid 58 men onboard a trading boat, then pursued and seized suspects as they traveled upriver. Twenty seven captives were bound and drowned near Island No 69 on the Mississippi in the presence of two men who assisted. The volunteers continued chasing others, including Merian Wright, as details of the victims list unfold.
A fragmented report lists Hugh Talley Lewis Hingston Andrew Mehaughtin Willis Pollark Hugh Cotten Elliott and Robert Hunter, with Joe Merrit and McCummick from New York. A Florida letter to the Charleston Courier describes a 13 year old White girl among Indians who arrived at Fort Cummings. She may have been abducted from northern families murdered in the territory and has since lived with the Indians for about a year.
Morse is cleared of the Miss Rogers murder charge in Hoboken near New York. His arrest uncovers another crime linked to him likely to yield an indictment. The Rogers death remains shrouded in mystery as rumors spread in New York papers about two similar outrages timed with the case.
A devastating blaze at a Syracuse joiner's shop on the Oswego Canal produced a massive explosion. Thirty people died and forty three were wounded, three later dying, as spectators and workers faced horrific injuries and chaotic scenes amid cries for relatives and help.
A historical note claims ginger and strong ecamphorated spirit mixed with hot water provide an effective remedy for diarrhoea. The excerpt presents a traditional folk treatment without clinical evidence.
The notice advises using a few tin drops of sandalwood oil on a hot shovel to diffuse a pleasant perfume in sick rooms or confined spaces, noting the practice is not common but easily obtainable in town.
A fragmentary caption notes the editor of the Chicago Democrat, described as a bachelor, authoring lines about happiness and a bachelor’s welcome at the door. It references a verse with archaic phrasing and a child’s request for sugar, suggesting a satirical or sentimental piece from the period.
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