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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1845
Page
2
A1774 letter from Bristol Committee praises Boston and Newport towns for defying ministerial plans to tax America and monopolize tea. It highlights correspondence between towns, condemns forced governance, and pledges continued communication through town officials to uphold liberty.
In Brattle Square a large stable attached to the City Tavern burned at nine last night. Horses were saved but two Charlestown firemen died and several others injured while trying to free animals. The blaze also damaged Brazile Square Church tower and left many burned.
A fragmentary report notes railroads carrying a vast flow of travelers, estimating a gross revenue around 1,021 each and suggesting almost 10 million passengers handled in a peak period, possibly a record for the era.
From Bristol on August 23 1845 news from Washing ton cites a Mexican report asking Congress for war against the United States should Texas accept annexation. A French brig Minerve captain doubts congressional assent and says the move is aimed at influencing a presidential election. The Bristol piece extols the town as a thriving harbor hub with rich manufacturing potential and easy access to Boston Providence New York and other markets. It urges capitalists to invest in local factories iron works and related ventures to capitalize on favorable building materials and shipping routes.
The report remarks on recent refreshing rains in the area yet describes extreme heat. It contrasts local showers with widespread drought in other regions, noting Albany and surrounding meadows damaged, wells failing, and signs of premature frost impact on pastures.
The article argues that war talk is not exclusive to Whigs and points to President Polk and Washington officials pushing for military actions. It notes troop removals ship fittings enlistments and other preparations as evidence that war talk comes from administration leaders, not only opposition.
The Providence Conference Camp Meeting at Westport Point closed Tuesday morning after a mostly under crowded grounds. Thousands attended daily with good order and decorum. Rev. Pitman of New York preached in the afternoon. Over 100 contributed to the Missionary course and $150 to cover ground expenses. The gathering was highly interesting and profitable with several conversions.
In a New England boarding house attached to a religious seminary, pests baffled every trap until a cook poisoned pies with Lobelia. After a midnight uproar two victims cried out in mock danger and recovered, while the pastries were no longer stolen by rats pupils or angels.
Publishers push Laniner's Popular Lectures on Science and Art with new numbers by Dionyetus Lander. The issue discusses Mattox and its Physical Properties Elasticity of Air Edgets of Lightning and Popular Palladies and urges local mechanics and youths to obtain the useful volume as a top publication in Lima.
The steamer Onecex will begin tuning between New York and Providence on Monday next and is hailed as superior to any boat on the sound. The Neroxe will be withdrawn briefly for essential repairs.
A gentleman visiting New Bedford had his pocket picked Monday evening at the Atlantic House in Newport while on the piazza. The thief took a pocket book containing about $40 in cash.
The A. S. Circuit Court met at Newport on Tuesday to try the Martin Luther case but adjourned to September 2 as the plaintiff was unprepared for trial.
Resovan or Tavers company F U S Artillery Capt Norman Fort Adams Newport left Tuesday evening aboard the steam boat Neptune bound for New York then to Fort Pickens Pensacola with orders to proceed. Captain Duncan's company U S Light Artillery is likewise ordered to Pensacola with dispatch. Transports have been engaged in New York to carry them with ordnance and horses.
About twelve or thirteen of the most notorious anti-renters of Delaware county New York have been arrested and are in custody.
At a temperance gathering in Manchester the prose cutting Committee was instructed to prosecute every violator of the license law.
The Bunker Hill Aurora reports that the United States ship Independents IV will be overhauled and repaired immediately. The brig Boxer is already in hand for repair and will not be ready for wear.
A letter argues that European governments spent vast sums on war since the Reformation. It compares 1793 1815 Britain France and Austria with potential schooling for heathen children and notes American war expenditures from 1789 to 1843. It concludes the nation wasted billions in peace and war.
The U S District Court issued a writ on the 11th inst directing the Chesapeake Ohio Canal Company to pay 1.5 million dollars to Megen Lotson & Rutter, contractors, with the amount placed in the hands of the U S Marshal.
The article analyzes a proposed fifteen million dollar war fund and questions Mexican intentions toward the United States. It ponders whether the Mexican government seeks conflict or merely political leverage to influence Herrera’s re-election, urging readiness to protect national honor and rights.
A Norfolk Herald correspondent notes ships preparing for duty including the Falmouth sailing on the 26th, Potomac Saratoga and Lawrence underweigh for Texas and Mexico, Somers awaiting orders, Marian near readiness in Boston, Congress at Norfolk nearly ready for the Pacific voyage, and reserve frigates Columbia and United States ready for sea. The Dolphin and two others are also prepared for immediate service.
The Relampago sails from New Orleans on Aug 6 with the Mexican Consul aboard After announcing the consulate’s closure to Mexicans in the United States the consul plans to return to Mexico taking archives The New Orleans Bulletin complains the Relampago refused to carry mail and questions possible embargo or war signals in the incident
The article lists provincial populations totaling 6,982,070 and estimates about seven million Mexicans with one seventh white. It argues the war population likely under one million, contrasting numbers and ethnic distribution amid tensions with the United States.
The Hibernia arrived in East Boston from Liverpool with reports of harvest weather affecting cotton prices and general business. The Acadia and Overland Mail highlights include arrivals in London, a death in Liverpool, and tensions between France and England over Texas. Other items note a riot in Victoria, China, and a profitable English inheritance rumor involving a large English estate.
Northrop, a principal witness, testifies that 220 Indians were in the field and 40 stationed to intercept the posse. He corroborates Wright and implicates Baril and Kusl. The sheriff’s case hinges on Northrop’s disclosures, with arrests made near Andes and Bovina and a sale adjourned to August 7.
The Jefferson Gazette reports that on a recent Saturday night about four acres of corn on Cornelius Whitbeck’s Taghkanie farm were cut near ground level by Anti-Renters. The note warns that lawful protection is failing and citizens may seek summary justice against these disturbers of the peace.
Remains of a giant mammoth exhumed this week six miles west of Newburgh. The skeleton is nearly complete with teeth enamel pristine, skull weighing 700 pounds, tusks over feet long, and hip bones spanning seven feet. The carcass shows life position and stomach contents of leaves and twigs. Several other items mixed with the report mention Polk and naval measures against foreign aggressors, plus local incidents in Maryland and Delaware counties.
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