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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1855
Page
3
A reported conspiracy case details a July 27 raid in the Faubourg St Antoine area where a house was surrounded by police and thirty five men were seized. Papers seized allegedly document the existence of a group central to the plot.
An Albany Argus report notes New York market hay dropping from 34 to 12 per ton in a week, a 66 percent fall. The new crop offers confirm a munificent season, with farmers seeing two thirds higher returns despite some crop damage from prolonged rain. Isolated Ulster County losses are cited, but overall bounty is highlighted.
The dispatch details a rapid rise of yellow fever in New Orleans with 517 deaths last week including 294 from fever and notes no decline in Norfolk Portsmouth districts. Baltimore has raised $9,000 for victims while Castle Garden reports 821 emigrants from London Glasgow and Antwerp bringing $43,846 in specie. Philadelphia records a riot injuring three and Paris geared to host Queen Victoria with extensive renovations at Saint Cloud and the Boulevards for the royal visit.
A Paris letter reports American clipper ships, including the Monarch, preparing for a return voyage to Marseilles with troops and military stores. The Golden Gate and others echo similar cargoes, while the line-of-battle ship Navarino is kept in tow by the clipper Great Republic amid French confusion.
Last week on Tuesday Col Brown D B Varney and another from this city went fishing off the Beach and sighted a whale about 30 feet long. The creature surfaced near the boat several times and then headed away. Additional brief notes mention other sightings and a preserved record in Manchester American.
A description of imperial gifts including embroidered necklaces and saddles from Constantipople to Victoria Eugenie and the Empress, with a stated value of 2,000,0006. Also reports an accident on Norristown road where a 19 year old man was run over by a wheel, injuring three fingers, and a large police seizure of liquor poured into the gutter.
Listings show vessels arriving and departing including the Steamer Bradford Durfee and Steamer Perry with crews from Fall River and Worcester, a coal‑carrying Schr Ane Smith from Roundout, and Sloops Chief and Helen from Providence and Fall River, with various captains named. A Sunday note mentions the EMOR arrival and a dated entry from Leghorn.
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