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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1841
Page
1
The Tarborough Press lists weekly publication at two dollars and fifty cents per year if prepaid or three dollars after year end. Advertisements up to a square cost one dollar for the first insertion and twenty five cents per continuation, with longer ads in proportion. Court orders and judicial notices are twenty five percent higher. Letters to the editor must be postpaid.
Drs 4 and J Harrell offer new remedies including extract of sarsaparilla blood root for scrofula and debility and mucous membrane diseases. Prices range from 50 cents to $1 per bottle or box. Sold by GEO. HOWARD, agent.
A satirical verse traces a stroll through Washington with figures like Henry Clay John Calhoun Benton Linn and Tyler. The narrator mocks political maneuvering over the Bank crisis and the extra session, ending with a jibe at Wiggles and allied politicians.
The preacher cites an updated adage urging youth to enjoy life sparingly while warning of the wrecks of excess. He cautions against gambling, alcohol, and reckless indulgence, urging restraint yet endorsing prudent youthful exploration within bounds to avoid future ruin.
A speech urges young men to enjoy youth while warning to save for old age. It contrasts passions with virtuous aims and advises placing affections on heavenly virtues. The speaker uses animal imagery and cautions against suicide, urging moderation and reflection on fading vitality and memory.
The New Orleans Bee notes twenty years of organized colonization to move free people of color to Africa. About three thousand sent abroad, nearly four hundred thousand remain, with the colony stretching 200 miles along the coast and inland. It cites towns, schools, churches, and growing commerce and agriculture, calling mortality lower than early European settlements and deeming the experiment fortunate overall.
Michael Lowry has been arrested in Boston charged with the commission of an offence to a married woman punishable with death. The Sun reports a grave capital offence under legal scrutiny with the outcome to be determined in court.
A Hoosier candidate for Congress asserts he is one of twenty nine sons and two daughters by the same parents, all living. He says that if anyone can beat him on that count he will withdraw from the race. His name is Smith.
A woman reflects that at the theatre she is careless about dress because audiences focus on the play, while at church she is fussy about outward appearance since others watch how they dress and behave.
A mechanic and builder displayed nails used for staging that lacked strength and broke easily with the fingers. The faulty nails were discovered early during erection, narrowly preventing accidents. Two casks were purchased and inspected.
A Rutherfordton Intelligencer note recalls a deadly lightning strike on 24th, killing John Voryless at his supper table in Cleveland County and injuring several relatives. Rumor links another fatal lightning event at Broad River on the same evening involving Mr. Sparks. The alert stresses readiness for sudden death.
The New York Commercial notes a Charlist pamphlet from England proposing that all the children of the working class be disposed of at birth to relieve parental burden. It contrasts English riots with a Chinese essay arguing against female child murder, claiming women are human beings.
A passerby at a country jail heard a prisoner singing the tune Home Sweet Home through the grate. He inquired about the cause of imprisonment and was told the man was jailed for beating his wife, Knoxville Post.
The President returns the bill to provide for safer collection and disbursement of public revenue, styled the Fiscal Corporation of the United States, with written objections. He argues the measure resembles a national bank and emphasizes safeguarding constitutional will over majority dictates. He questions whether the bill would infringe the Constitution and whether its structure truly operates as a nationwide bank rather than a DC district entity. He insists the presidency must defend the Constitution and the people’s will against rapid or oppressive power.
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