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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1837
Page
2
President Van Buren outlines the national response to financial distress. He argues for constitutional limits on federal interference, supports banking regulation, and urges bankruptcy uniformity. He discusses Treasury needs, debt obligations, and temporary notes while planning restraint and reliance on private enterprise.
The article notes copies of the President's Message and the Treasury Secretary's Report passed to Edward Stao ly and Jesse A. Bynum. The Message outlines the Report's eight heads on Treasury condition, bond payments, deposits, note issues, public money safekeeping, and appointing revenue commissioners at key points to manage disbursements.
The report aligns with the Message on settlement with late deposit banks and the money deemed due for public dues. It also outlines several general causes and remedies for current embarrassments, explaining them more minutely than the Message.
Report notes 22 voters for Mr. Allen the Madisonian editor become Conservatives and oppose the Sub-Treasury plan. Prominent names include Rives of Virginia and Tallmadge of New York. Printing duties will pass to Gales & Seaton as Mr. Allen is unprepared. Calhoun reportedly approves the Sub-Treasury scheme.
The veteran editor dissents from presidential views on public revenue handling. He argues Sub-Treasuries are less safe and convenient than state banks, urging reform of the state bank system before adopting the Sub-Treasury executive machinery. He warns against rushing to an unconstitutional national bank and calls for re evaluation.
The Senate approved postponing the fourth deposit installment to the States by 28 to 17 and sent the measure to the House. It then authorized Treasury Notes totaling ten million dollars. In the House, new bills seek extra duties on depositories for public officers and to settle remaining claims on late deposit banks. The session’s work likely centers on the President's Message items with no adjournment before October 1.
The Maine returns show a sharp Whig advance with their candidate Mr. Kemt elected governor and a claimed majority in the legislature.
The message from the President arrived in Boston roughly 24 hours after departure, covering a distance of nearly 500 miles as officials reported timely delivery and swift communication.
A fine steamboat 136 feet long and 29 feet beam was launched on Saturday at Baltimore. It was built under the direction of Captain Thompson for the United States government.
A dredging machine owned by Lin Company will be deployed by the Engine Department to clear the harbor channel in Core Sound North. The operation aims to improve navigation and reduce sediment buildup along the shoreline.
The article notes generals authorized to call troops by Kentucky and other governors for Volity and force. War Secretary requisitions furbish Florida service from South Carolina. About 1409 recruits at Fort Monroe bound for Florida. Indian emigration rumors persist. Powell asserts Arpinki as their leader. Buildings at Volusia and Py Mellew burned by Hieg HQ.
The Chintley Journal reports the branch mint at that place is nearly ready for coining with Theo noting the excellent look and condition of the machinery, indicating high terms of approval for the setup and appearance.
A court records Morris Sherhorn convicted on the 29th in connection with the murder of Henry Massey. The defendant faced death by hanging, with the case tied to actions at Charlonte jail on Istins Rakih Street.
One third of the corn crop in South Carolina and Georgia is computed to be lost by the late storm. The rice bush suffered a considerable expense from the same cause.
A tremendous Florida storm last night caused heavy crop losses with cotton nearly wiped out in places and tides rising up to ten feet at Appalachicola. Property damage is estimated above $200,000.
A stage on a windy winter night crossed a logs bridge over Bachelor Creek when ice and floodwaters caused wheels to swing and the stage to overturn. The mail and bags toppled into the stream. only the lone passenger narrowly escaped with life as the driver and another passenger watched the mail disappear downstream. Newbern special report.
At the Court of Examination in Sufi the trial of Gordius Lucredge, superintendent of the car area, for the rail road accident involving a Portsmouth and Roanokee Road passenger train and a lumber train collision that caused many deaths, concluded with his unanimous acquittal. Blame was attributed to the captain of the lumber train.
A fragment notes a rare quarter-dollar in Cincinnati used so much for postage that it has become nearly worn down to a pisiareel, illustrating how everyday transactions wore away at coinage.
Liverpool papers from Europe note an advance of four pence in the price of the packet service. The message indicates a change in rates effective as of the sixteenth last month.
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