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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1838
Page
1
The Tarborough Press announces weekly publication by George Coward with prices: two dollars fifty cents for one year in advance or three dollars after. Advertisements under a full square cost one dollar for first insertion and twenty five cents per line thereafter. Court orders and legal notices incur a 25 percent surcharge. Letters to the editor must be postpaid.
The Raleigh Standard reports Senator Allen from Ohio denouncing the Bank of the United States as a monopoly that corrupts politics. He cites 829 banks with 75,000 stockholders and a 1837 suspension of specie payments, alleging loans to Congress and press manipulation, asserting banks influence public opinion and threaten constitutional liberty.
The Norfolk Herald notes the annexed proceedings of Borough residents preparing for a November convention. It urges Virginia and North Carolina trade friends to expect a cordial welcome and to act in unity, inviting sister states to join in the enterprise.
A Norfolk borough meeting on August 30, 1838 endorses direct export and import trade, calling for a regional convention in November and forming a delegation to represent the borough. Resolutions urge allied efforts with North Carolina, appoint a five member core delegation, and invite broader Southern editors to cooperate in advancing Southern commercial interests. The piece ends with commentary on debt collection and prepayment as the only safeguard for publishers.
The New York Journal of Commerce reports floods in the Great Lakes region with oaks killed by rising waters. Trees show 140 years of growth underwater, Niagara’s cataract increasing in grandeur, farms and city lots submerged, dwellings and fences partly waterlogged. Water has risen seven years steadily, then irregularly for seven more, with recent small declines due to heat. Lake Erie about 4 feet higher, Lake Ontario about 64 feet higher since 1825.
Duff Green formerly of the United States telegraph published a statement detailing the amount due him, presenting a financial claim with emphasis on the sums owed and the creditor’s position. The notice signals forthcoming actions to recover the owed funds.
A young Philadelphia woman visiting Miss Boliver narrowly escaped a 94 foot fall from Woodward's Rock into the Conestoga River. She emerged unhurt despite the deep water and declares she was providentially saved. Thereport recalls two earlier near fatal falls at the same site, one resulting in death. Lancaster Journal.
An OA letter from Texas dated July 16 reports the drowning of Hon. James Collins Worth, chief justice of the Republic, in Galveston bay. The body shows mutilation and marks suggesting murder. Worth was noted for wealth on his Galveston visit and described as a man of extensive research and superior talents.
A New York Commercial Advertiser correspondent from Texas dated July 21 reports Congress granted two thirds of a league 2962 acres of land to any woman who marries this year a citizen who aided independence. Unmarried bachelors allegedly face shortage as a servant girl from Ohio becomes a centerpiece in a plan that ends with a wedding and a 2962 acre grant plus additional dower land.
William Russell a pie baker on Spruce street and Edward Norris met in a Park row public house late Wednesday. They fought by bulldogging, biting each other’s faces furiously until Russell gained a com
A violent altercation ended with the attacker biting off his opponent’s nose. The assailant spat the severed nose on the floor and departed. The injured man filed a police report and the aggressor, Russell, was taken into custody. Bail set at $100, pending charge as details emerge.
In Ripley County Indiana two brothers named Risinger went hunting and believed they saw a deer about 100 yards away. One fired and found they had killed his sister who was also hunting the cows. The incident remains under investigation by local authorities.
A Rio Grande teller in Philadelphia describes a disastrous April 30 defeat of Emperors generals at Rio Pardo. About 100 men under Geu'ls Barretto, Canha vod Caleron were routed as Bento, Manoel and Netto led Republican forces. Only thirty men survived, including three generals.
On the 20th, Mr. Frederick M. Pitman of Augusta county was shot through the body at the house of Mr. Surrer near White Sulphur by Richard C. Gwatkins formerly of Lynchburg. Gwatkins was promptly taken into custody and committed to the county jail for trial.
In Peoria Illinois a farmer on the Illinois river showcases how crows tormented his hundred acre corn field until he uses alcohol-soaked corn to deter them. The birds become drunk, stumble, and mockingly haw and cackle before sobering and vowing to avoid alcohol. The field is saved as the crows return sober and menace neighbors less.
A reflective remark argues that the poor die poor while the rich die rich and urges unselfish use of wealth. It advocates educating sons and forming habits of industry and study to secure virtue, then letting them manage their own futures. The author stresses to act now to aid children rather than leave wealth unspent.
Hannah Moore laments that many women boasting talents like singing painting and cutting paper fetch money but lack true virtue and usefulness. She argues that charming company and Christian virtues cannot be bought and wishes women would cultivate goodness at home rather than seek social outings.
A brief item notes a man living "duton east" with unusually long feet described as so longent that he pulls his pantaloons on over his head. The quirky detail reflects a local peculiar nickname rather than a formal report.
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