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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1856
Page
2
The Pristol Whenis editorial urges subscribers to pay six dollars for the Phenix or risk suspending publication. It laments rising costs, argues honesty requires payment, and asks non paying readers to settle their bills or cancel delivery. The note stresses importance of prompt remittances to sustain the paper.
Report notes the Bristol Glee Club performed excellently at the Court House with windows open for warmth. Most attendees outside heard the singing, and speakers urge paying spectators to cover expenses. Also, a colored girl named Mary Pee, 74, died after an epileptic fit while in Capt. A. T. Usher's household.
A Tuesday morning fire damaged a house partly owned by Wm. Eales, Esq. and Capt. H. N. Gifford. Insurance with Providence Mutual Office totals $900, and officials hope it covers the loss. origin of the fire is unknown and Capt. Gifford's family suffered winter bedding losses.
A large citizen party enjoyed a day trip aboard the Osceola captained by Phillips to Horn Spring. The clam bake and chowder, organized by Luther, drew praise for abundance and quality. The King Philip Engine Co plans another Osceola excursion on Tuesday August 19 inviting local residents.
The report notes that the run was highly acceptable and did much good as the earth grew very dry and vegetation began to suffer.
Justice Mungo presided on Aug 3 as David Insh was jailed 45 days for indecent drunkenness. James McClomlin faced assault charges with bonds set, Nathan Mubro cleared after prosecutor absence, Patrick Kahee fined 20 dollars and 6.35 dollars in costs, with appeal noted. Also notes fundraising for a Promenade Concert by Providence American Brass Band on Aug 18 and a crude reference to a brawl at Rocky Point Beach.
Reports show yellow fever in New York linked to infections from vessels in the harbor. Eight people died from imported cases, with no local fever evident in recent weeks. The Marine Hospital treatment and quarantines proved largely ineffective. In other news Yale College awarded L L D to Charles Sumner prompting applause during commencement. Newark Mercury notes Brooks avoided Canada not due to distance but fear of Barlingrmne.
A traveler records a long voyage from Taunton to Boston, then Yarmouth and Annapolis Valley. He notes steamer conditions, Acadian communities, French Pown culture, and vivid landscapes of Annapolis River, with colorful observations of people, farms, and distant memories of family. He mentions Charlotte Elizabeth and the narrator's parents, and half recalls the frost and life in Nova Scotia.
A fragmented correspondence from Annapolis County Nova Scotia mentions a brother arriving in Bristol and easing sickness at sea. The writer, McGregor, notes pleasant travel and shares greetings to friends and Chartie as well as a hopeful tone about health. The dated sign-off appears July 5 1856 from Me Noy Scotia.
The coroner's jury finds the Empire State boiler explosion near Point Judith on July 26 caused the deaths by unforeseen steamboat travel accident. It notes no detectable defect, normal water, and normal steam pressure before the blast.
Cor. ANY tunes reports Judge Crawford fined Mr Brooks three hundred dollars for an assault while another poor man receives one year in prison for an assault. The piece treats personal harm and justice in a grim light.
A waiter in Cape May was targeted after remarking that a guest’s glass throwing was un gentlemanlike. A young man, son of a Washington citizen, armed with pistol and dirk, chased him upstairs and stabbed him in the back though the wound is not dangerous. The injured man is peaceful and the father expressed deep regret and offered reparations.
Notes bonds and real estate belonging to P. Barnum were sold at auction in New York by order of court for the benefit of Barnum’s creditors in a clock concern.
A Philadelphia man elopes with another man's wife and without pursuing or harming the husband. The husband showed no pursuit or violence, except he knocked down a neighbor who came to console him.
News from Europe reports the steamship Atlantic arriving from Liverpool with July 23dates and the Asia sailing out on July 21. Liverpool Cotton Market remains firm with moderate business while breadstuffs show mixed prices. Spain’s civil war spreads confusion with 18,000 troops around Madrid and clashes leaving many dead. Riots flare at Aldersport Camp nights and in Papal States Naples with injuries and arrests. Republican conspiracy uncovered at Tarentum with several arrests.
Reports from Nicaragua carried to New Orleans describe General Walker’s landslide presidential victory and inauguration on the 12th with ceremonial pomp. Provisional President Ferrer resigned, swearing Walker in, and Walker outlined his foreign and domestic program amid a quiet but tense aftermath as Northern Central American allies prepare for renewed action.
Ed ward Curtis a prominent lawyer and politician died in New York on Saturday night. A Vermont native educated at Union College he began practice in 1824 and served in Congress from 1837 to 1841 before being named Collector of New York. He left a wife and no children.
In New York at an Inger beer house on 7th avenue a fight led Phillip Ungridge to draw a razor and cut John Madden shallowly near the windpipe. George Bender lost three fingers while aiding Madden. One other man was wounded and Ungridge was cut on the arm.
At Gardner's wharf a five year old girl Mary E Jones fell from a scow into the dock. A seven year old playmate John Hole seized her bonnet and held on until William Cottins pulled her out. Captain James S Jones is the father. War: Pelegraph:
David B. Edgerly, about fifty, was arrested Sunday on a bigamy charge. He had married a New Hampshire wife over twenty years ago and later a New York partner, living in the same city since. The first wife learned of the second marriage last Thursday when she found the new wife at Edgerly’s home. The confrontation at the Fourth Station House distressed both wives. the second wife released him from claim to the man, and Edgerly now has one child with her.
James H. Welsh police justice of New York and Henry H. Howard receiver of taxes clashed Friday evening at the Green a famed house of entertainment attended by officials. The altercation ended with Welsh knocked down by Howard in a disputed confrontation noted by the War Telegraph report.
Senator Butler submitted his report and bill outlining succession to the Presidency under provisional rules. The 1792 act places the President pro tempore or Speaker first in line, with gaps filled by the Chief Justice if both are ineligible. The State Department notes martial law in Washington amid Governor Stephens and Judge Lander’s arrest, tied to attempts to use martial over civil law.
The House approved an appropriation bill with a proviso delaying judicial payments in Kansas. It ties treasury disbursement to dismissals of treason prosecutions tied to the alleged bogus legislature. Southern members opposed. some Republicans and North Democrats sided with the measure, which was defeated in this session.
Reports from New York papers state yellow fever continues to prevail in Havana with no near prospect of abatement. The outbreak appears to affect strangers and unacclimated individuals most, with high prevalence among ships at Matanzas.
A July report notes disastrous floods in Brora area causing impassable roads and heavily damaged crops. Sand deposits twelve to fifteen inches deep washed from higher ground wrecking several plantations.
Mr D Ward awarded 8988 against Buffalo and Erie Railroad Co for destruction of his hotel and furniture after a fire blamed on the locomotive. Mr John Vaughan awarded 10000 against New York Central Railroad Co for injuries from a collision that broke both legs, delaying recovery for two years.
About fifty gentlemen led by Captain Luce of the Arctic joined a protest aboard the Edwin against reckless Metropolitan officers. They allege Metropolitan vessels repeatedly crossed Edwin’s bow during Friday’s voyage, risking collision and endangering all lives on both ships.
The Mobile correspondent to the New York Herald reports a slave carried to Boston on the Growler belonged to F. C. Ewers, a local livery stable keeper, and warns that if the vessel and its captain appear again in these waters they will annihilate both.
The report states Hon. Charley W. Upham receives 10 cents per copy sold from Fremont publications. Through this date his share totals about $4000 and is expected to double by a later date.
The Nord of Brussells prints a St Petersburgh letter denying any rupture between Russia and France and attributing delays in sending a Russian ambassador to Paris to the coronation nearby. It states Russia has always meant to send an ambassador to France and that delays are due to the coronation period. The future ambassador will be a high official trusted by the Emperor and deeply involved in the ceremony.
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