Unclear OCR fragment reports arrest in Breunja area
An incomplete OCR passage mentions an arrest connected to a residence in Breunja and a person named Sesramost. Details are garbled with missing context and locations.
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1846
Page
2
An incomplete OCR passage mentions an arrest connected to a residence in Breunja and a person named Sesramost. Details are garbled with missing context and locations.
A melodramatic arc centers on Charles Monroe and Erminia Grey with ally Hymen managing Grey estates for twenty thousand dollars yearly. Smoling Learement, famed as The Bell of Broadway, is linked to a plotted conspiracy and a Sing Sing sentence for a Count husband. Old Searsmont vanishes after an earthquake rumor stirs speculation.
In Providence, Ames and Robinson argued arrest of judgment over indictments tied to sales before January 6 1510. The license acts altered penalties, splitting half to town and half to State, with amendment affecting offenses after January 20 1640. The court paused further action, continuing the case.
A garbled OCR passage cites acts about recaptured Africans and slavery terms, mentions Cape Mount and Laheria, and references a 19th century administrative setting with an appointed US Commissioner. It shows scattered names, dates, and locations but lacks coherent narrative.
Remarks on the Ashburton Treaty trigger Senate testimony. Mr Webster faces criticism from Congress and others while Mr Ingersoll presses for papers on the Secret Service Fund. Audiences note rising ill feeling in Congress as debate risks harming national matters.
Two young captains and crews returned home to cheering families after dangerous voyages. Captain Waldron of the Leonidas and his boat crew barely survived a wreck and four hours adrift when the boat broke in heavy seas. The ship later altered course and rescued them, highlighting the hazards faced by whalemen and seamen and calling for community sympathy.
The annual Providence Conference of the Methodist Church opened in Norwich Connecticut with Bishop Waugh presiding. A missionary meeting at the Methodist Church raised nearly eleven hundred dollars for the Missionary Society, including a Baltimore donor named Ki. J. Fry honored for his longgiving.
Eyewitnesses report Captain Van Pelt of the New Haven ordered the stage with two elderly ladies aboard to be drawn ashore at New London. The stage was sent back and forth, nearly crushing the women, while onlookers threatened to throw the captain overboard. Travelers are urged to avoid similar danger.
The death of Mrs. Janus Pri, late of the state, occurred at Providence at 1 o’clock in the morning, aged years. Our journals laud the early foreign news coverage, noting Pilot Boat W. J. Romer’s departure for Liverpool and express services arranged by Philadelphia and New York editors to bring fresh European news. A New York steamboat lies at Allen’s Point awaiting an express from Boston, steam kept up day and night at substantial cost. The editors’ enterprise earns praise and public support.
In a weekly page of notices the community is invited to the ICP monthly Concert of Prayer for Seamen to be held at the Vestry of the South Christian Church Monday evening at 7 30. The item also reports on Oregon arbitration talks and local industry notes.
A London Gardger's Chronicle correspondent notes that sprinkling boot over gooseberries, with dew, helps buds open while keeping caterpillars away for over twenty years.
European notes report continued tension over the Oregon question with British and American positions cited and a tilt toward arbitration rejection. A Polish uprising spreads from Cracow to Posen with Austrian troops countering insurgents amid uncertain public reaction.
Fragmentary report mentions Mr Ingersoll related finances, weather delaying vessels, and a fatal house fire injuring and killing a woman named Wheeler. Context is garbled with multiple topics and unsure dates, locations, or authorities.
The Apalachicola Advertiser notes a panther sighting near Satye panther area, described as three miles from the site. The animal measured ten feet from nose to tail tip, sported claws and tusks up to two inches, and was deemed an ugly creature by locals.
Two sons of Dogt Jesse Billings were hunting near a squirrel tree when their guns misfired. The older shutil counted, the younger’s gun fired as the squirrel moved, and a bullet struck the younger brother, killing him within minutes. Albany Lee Journal reports the tragedy in Saratoga County.
In a notice from the Boston Merchant's Exchange Books we learn that the Post Master General has reversed the March 4 order, allowing the steamboat mail to pass via Newport and Providence and directing its restoration on the Stone-ington route as formerly.
A U.S. Congress member sent a note claiming Santa Ana is in Vera Cruz and either victorious or suffering the penalty of baldness. The missive asserts Mexico’s army will not reach the Rio Grande or, if it does, will not face the American forces.
Report from Trav or Bexsamw Ropy-Thee Providenes Transcript recaps Beird’s trial in the Supreme Court of the State for the death of Alfred R Shepardin Nove. The defense argues circumstantial factors negate murder. jury returns a manslaughter verdict. Also noted are the Pons barque forfeiture in Philadelphia and prize proclamations.
The report notes Hiller Petlet as the mayor elect with Whigs holding 14 of 20 seats and Democrats, Independents, and others contending. Vague mentions of party shifts and council seats follow, with unclear details and fragmented names.
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