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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1856
Page
2
The article reflects intense satisfaction with a forthcoming peace and notes the cost and devastation of war. It discusses how nations acknowledge the need to end hostilities, the likely concessions by Russia, and hope for a lasting settlement while recognizing uncertainties about final terms and duration.
The Warren town meeting on the 16th considered the propriety of buying Kelley’s Bridge but reported against the purchase. Deliberations postponed lighting the meeting hall by gas and an appropriation of 6250 for July 4 celebration. A $2500 school fund, $1000 highway funds, and $2500 for sidewalk works were approved with a tax estimate not to exceed $10,000.
A fragment from a list of contents received at Easterbrooks' Depot includes A Visit to the Silver Mines at Central America Perry's Expedition to Japan The Martha Wyatt's Life The Rise Republic To College Friends of Kars The Seoses Little it May Day in New York May Day fe the Country and related notes names incomplete.
A letter from Ms. Felix states Ya or Me J H Felix has been released from banishment to Cuba and is in Birmingham England. He aims to return to the United States soon after being captured at Baracoa Cuba aboard an American schooner with munitions of war and sentenced to transportation to Cayos Africa for years.
The Quarterly Examination of the Public Schools in this town showed high satisfaction from the Committee and visitors. Observers report thorough training and advancement in studies, with the community praising teachers and committees for elevating these schools to a high state of prosperity despite missed grammar and high school attendances. The week brought dull rainy weather and a chilly northeast wind.
Citizens are informed that Reverend J C Richmond will soon deliver a lecture in town about Lunatic Asylum life and his personal adventures in the McLane Madhouse. Time and place will be announced.
In a terse appeal readers are urged to contact and settle overdue accounts, as the authors express a pressing need for what is justly owed amid ongoing financial strain. The language implies multiple debtors and a call for immediate payment.
The Charles Morgan arrives with San Juan dates to the 16th and Captain Thorpe aboard reports Walker's forces growing. A battle at Arco paka sees 200 Costa Ricans defeated. 80 killed, Baldwin's 14 men lose two. Schlessinger blamed for fatal negligence.
In New York on April 24 Henry Grinnell reports a letter from Lady Franklin proposing Dr. Kane lead another Arctic voyage to England. She hopes a survivor from Sir John Franklin's party among the Esquimaux can reveal his fate and offers to fund a propeller and appoint Kane as commander.
Paitaverrain April 24. The Camden Ferry Company Superintendent and Directors were arrested along with the steamboat New Jersey officers and boiler and machinery inspectors and held to bail.
A gale battered New York and vicinity with uprooted trees and damaged buildings. In Brooklyn, spires at the Congregational Church on Clinton Avenue and St James Cathedral on Jay Street were felled, and ship docking areas reported damage. A nine unnamed schooner grounded at Throggs Neck while the George Law remained at anchor in the North River as rain and wind continued.
The Times reporter assisted at a circumcision of a Hebrew infant. At noon guests entered a large room where the Rabbi sat on a table with the infant. A surgeon performed the operation, the name announced, a blessing given, then a lavish breakfast for about forty guests with toasts and well wishes.
The Gloucester News notes a man lamenting a missing cow and closing his tribute with the remark she was as handsome as a schoolmarm. The piece wryly suggests the beauty question for schoolmarms has now been settled.
The steamship Africa reached her dock about six fifteen this afternoon bringing 100 passengers. Reports from Lloyd's List mention a steamer in ice off Newfoundland and a distant sighting of lights in the ice.
The Arago brings 130 aboard including Hon James Donan, with reports from England up to April 9. Hermann and Arabia have landed, Barcelona reached Havre, and Desperate and Tartar returned to Galway after a nine day search for the ill fated Pacific. The Peace Treaty lifts blockades allowing Western merchant ships into Russian ports while Austrian troops depart from the Danubian principalities.
The report notes a passenger leaving Cowes on the morning of the 10th to travel south of the Banks with no ice sighted. It mentions the London Times edition, steamers Edinberg from New York, Hermann and Arbia near the Clyde, and Barcelona at Havre. It covers the Peace Congress and Austrian delays in evacuating the Principalities, with Russia opposing Austria. Later intel says Austrian troops were withdrawing from the Principalities.
Hatteax April 22 The Royal Mail steamship Arabia Capt Stone arrived en route for Boston. She left Liverpool on Saturday afternoon 12th inst and her advices are three days later than the Arago at New York The Cunard steamship Persia Capt Judkins from New York arrived at Liverpool in under ten days The Peace Conference resumes sessions and Italian affairs occupy latest sittings with principal plenipotentiaries expected to depart Paris soon.
The schooner Mary from Argyle Nova Scotia foundered near Gooseberry Islands on Monday injuring crew. three men were rescued by Jacob Stanley of Salem and brought ashore to recover, but Charles Nickerson was washed away and James Nickerson and Aaron Boyd died later. The Mary carried wood and potatoes bound for Boston and was seen from Gloucester. The righted vessel was towed to Salem.
Olive Oatman rescued by U S army officers at Fort Yuman after being taken prisoner by Yuman Indians in 1851. She is sixteen and has been cared for in camp with appropriate clothing provided while authorities assess her future.
The schooner Searsville arrived in New York from Trinidad loaded with about ninety old iron guns and an anchor. The loot came from the remains of Spanish men of war burned in the Gulf of Paria near Port of Spain in 1797 during a blockade. Recovered by the Submarine Diving Company of Boston.
In the Police Court at New Bedford yesterday Levi Whitton Charles C Cota and Michael Mc Leary were held in bonds of $1000 each for trial on the charge of demolishing and burning the house of Charles Harmus during Saturday night disturbances.
The New Bedford Mercury reports six residents died in recent days from liquor sold at cheap grog shops. Victims include Mary Miller, wife of T Sherman, found dead on Monday on South Front Street, and the wife of Sylvester Westgate, found on First Street.
Partapecrata April 23 Townsend the mail robber who was shot and severely wounded while escaping Newcastle jail scaled the walls last night but fainted after three miles and was recaptured. His escape was found about 1 AM with blood from reopened wounds guiding the pursuit. a physician had dressed his injuries hours earlier.
A Tayl or County man named Robert Boyd reports the loss of four children in a single blaze that destroyed his wagon and all buildings and property on the place. The operator died trying to rescue his family from the flames.
The National Intelligencer reports internal evidence of authenticity behind executive statements criticizing officials handling of laws. It notes a possible immediate dismissal for Mr. Crampton if not recalled and questions the Senate's unanimity on the matter.
Mr Divlins reports that Parliament will discuss the differences between England and the United States. He expects acrimony toward the U S but bears it philosophically. He notes numerous courteous acts by British Cabinet members as signs of peaceful disposition toward the United States.
New York on April 23 reports Mr Buchanan was received by the joint committee of the Common Council and welcomed as the city guest. He was then escorted to the Everett House and will meet friends in the Governor's room at City Hall tomorrow. He declines a dinner and departs for Philadelphia Friday morning.
A keg of powder destroyed Fisher A. Kingsbury's Weymouth Landing office last night, the second attack after a previous failed blast on the 5th. The maker is believed to target Kingsbury for enforcing the liquor law as Justice of the Peace.
Captain Thomas W. Badger reports Simoda’s growing trade facilities including a bazaar a water front warehouses and a quay showing intent to open commerce. Merchants show willingness to trade but officials impose restrictions while the dollar value set by copper coin raises prices, limiting profits and prompting cautious exchanges.
In Jackson Michigan Doctor S P Hart was arraigned for rape of Caroline Church. He was convicted and sentenced to ten years in the State Prison. The case details allege magnetism used to induce paralysis, later a child born, with testimony on consent and magnetization. The article questions the defendant's moral culpability.
Nathan Brown, famed as a bigamist, was arrested near Jeffersontown Indiana by Officer Elliott under Gov. Chase’s requisition. Reputed to have nine living wives he allegedly marries each for about three months to gain property before deserting. He is imprisoned in Butler county jail at the urging of his seventh wife from Hamilton. He is fifty three and has married three wives in two years.
The laying of the cornerstone for a Henry Clay monument occurred in New Orleans on the 12th, marking the statesman's birthday with a city ceremony.
Robert L. Stevens, famed as the inventor of the bomb proof floating battery and a pioneer of steam navigation on the North River, died in Hoboken on Monday.
The article recounts seizure of church property in Puebla amid rebellion fears and priestly influence. It cites Archbishopric actions, sequestration threats, and a government push to reclaim funds from religious foundations. It notes Mexico’s church wealth, income, and clerical numbers, including the Archbishopric, bishops, parishes, and monasteries.
Capt Baxter of the schooner Harrison reports a terrible tornado and slight earthquake shock at Guam on September 23. In twenty minutes over eight thousand people were left homeless as most houses were destroyed. Rain was salt tasting, and nearly all cocoa and orange trees were destroyed.
Ex President Tyler is said to deliver a lecture on the dead of his cabinet detailing Le gate Upshur Gilmer Webster and Calhoun. The South Side Democrat calls the tribute worthy of the mighty dead and notes the nation’s mourning for their era.
A New York letter reports Mr. Fillmore will inform friends on his June return about his nomination. Pryor of the Richmond Enquirer and Hughes of the Richmond Examiner were said to be arriving to settle a pistol duel over a rival article written by Hughes.
The New York Journal of Commerce notes wholesale prices for common New York State flour are just under six dollars a barrel. As interior channels open, bread stuffs and provisions may flood the market, with abroad demand waning, leaving consumers to benefit from large crops and future price shifts. Farmers millers and dealers have had their say, now consumers may gain. Crop prospects are generally favorable so far.
Senator Hale described a proposed bill to raise compensation for customs inspectors in Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Charleston and New Orleans to four dollars a day. He cited inspector complaints and alleged vote buying linked to inspector appointments during elections in New Hampshire and warned that existing pay is already high enough.
The Court of Appeals in Abeeny decides the Mechanics suit against the New Haven Railroad Company. The ruling declares the claim valid as stock or asset value. A new company is planned for corner of Comms and Hillman streets in New Bedford.
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