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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1857
Page
2
An editorial argues poverty is a cause of crime but warns against exploiting distress. It condemns greed, calls for targeted relief to the deserving, and stresses law and charity. It reviews the national mood, temperance politics, and President Buchanan’s Kansas policy era. It notes the brig Enoch Pratt voyage with listed passengers.
The paper notes a first season snowstorm Saturday with ground cover that eased into dampness. Sunday remained cloudy with heavy rain into the evening. Monday to Thursday bring mild, rainy, and pleasant conditions, with a clearing and cooler trend by yesterday.
The schooner James Wixon, Captain Usher, departed Sunday for St Jago, Cuba, carrying about twenty laborers hired by Mr Norman for gas works. Passengers include Patrick McDonald, Looby, Dwyer, Tracy, Michael Duffy, Wm Savage, Cornelius Scanland, Moses Shelvin, John Farredt, Joseph Tonson, Owen Kelly, Quen Mores, Thomas Caffey, James McGarrahan, Henry McLaughlin, James A Nolen, George H Smyth, Wm Gannon, John Gham, and Peter Boyce, all from Providence and the town.
On Monday eleven men appeared before the Fall River Police Court charged with playing carole Saturday night. They were fined $3 and costs each totaling $805 50. Parkinson was held on a separate charge of keeping a gambling house with $200 bond. The steamer Atrien sailed from New York for Liverpool with $1,700,000 in specie and forty six passengers aboard.
Those seeking to buy stoves china dinnerware tea sets and related items are directed to B P Cunningham’s advertisement listed under the Auction section for purchase opportunities.
The weekly paper announces a lowered sub servition price to 150 per annum due to increased circulation and boasts of its quality editors Geo T Hanmond and CG Van Zend. Also notes letters from Constantinople reporting Mrs Hamlin death and a revival in Bast Winstead Ct with 200 conversions including a Congregational pastor.
Providence Post reports discovery of about 40 000 in ties linked to Joseph Manton Esq and implicated party at Valley Worsted Mills. The notice details a financial irregularity affecting local industry.
The letter reports quiet after the election in New York City. It notes Mayor Wood’s possible holdover, police reforms, and tensions from the anti-Wood faction. It mentions the Tam many meeting, fights at Democratic gatherings, the President’s message with Kansas and currency issues, a vacant District Attorney post, fog and steamboat collisions, and rumors about the fashion with Walker filibusters.
The Hartford Times notes a gradual revival of business with factories and machine shops reopening in several areas. The tone is cautious but hopeful, predicting safer, sounder growth after the winter and a return to healthier prosperity amid easing conditions.
The Norway Iron Works in Soutt Boston resumed operations yesterday after a brief closure. The facility employs a large number of men and is a key employer in the area.
The Rolling Mall of the Ball River Iron Works Company began operations yesterday morning and is expected to run permanently. A gentleman with good prospects for posting in each matter said in our hearing last night that it was quite probable that most of the town would be in operation in January. We could not offer more cheering news to a public long shrouded in gloom and rigour.
The Democrat received Kanene letters with two proclamations of Provisional Governor Calhoun detailing election timing for the 21st and January, and listing County Commissioners. A mass convention at Leavenworth passed a resolution urging a Territorial Legislature to meet at Scrompton. Evidence suggests Stanton may recognize the convened body.
Waeminton dispatch says General Walker met President Martinez of Nicaragua before departure and may return. Nicaraguan Minister Yrisenrri allegedly authorized the new treaty with U.S. government knowledge. Walker’s forces may exceed expectations as reinforcements march from the United States aboard a war clipper bound for a rendezvous, with about a thousand men likely to assemble.
The President calls attention to drought and economic distress from excessive paper currency and bank credits. He urges a nationwide bankruptcy law and warns Congress may need a loan to cover current deficits, while urging state cooperation and stronger specie-based circulation.
Dispatches report a clash near Ham's Fork Green River as Mormons allegedly stole 600 cattle from Cal Alexander's camp. Col Johnston concentrates forces with Alecandr, Col Cooke may join within a fortnight. Suffering from shortages, horses fail for forage. Gov Cummings eyes Salt Lake City. Mormon resistance noted.
Special Dispatch reports a boiler explosion at J A Myrick's brass and iron foundry just after 9 am. Engineer George S Ritter was killed instantly, with boiler fragments and brick debris scattering over the neighborhood. Seven workers were rescued from ruins, several badly wounded. Cause cited as engineer's water level neglect.
Nashua authorities arrange constant supply of baked pork and beans at the police office for transient applicants seeking food.
The Baltic reached Liverpool this morning with 710 passengers including Peter Parker former Minister to China and £9000 in specie. The Persia and Anglo Saxon shipments also noted. London markets show easing Bank of England pressure and abundant money while yellow fever reports rise in Lisbon and casualties in Liston.
Washington reports the administration removed acting Gov. Stenton after a telegraph indicating he called a special meeting of the Kansas territorial Legislature. Gen. Denver, former Indian Affairs commissioner, was nominated for the Senate as Stenton’s successor. The move aims to avoid disturbing the territory while ensuring free elections. Doubts linger about confirming Walker’s name.
The Cocheco Mills in Dover operate fully and Print Work will start January 1. No. Two Mill at Salmon Falls begins cloth production on contract, keeping mills running until April and likely avoiding another shutdown. Portsmouth Chronicle reports.
The New York Supreme Court sustained Judge Paine's prior ruling in the Lemmon slave case, declaring the slaves free and denying the right of transit with slaves through the state. Judge Roncevelt dissented.
In St Louis last week a ten year old boy Joan Conred Neidenreich was killed by Theodore Danjars, a boy about the same age. They quarreled over a basket of chips. Danjars overpowered Neidenreich and strangled him. Bystanders watched as the victim collapsed. The mother retrieved the body and helped carry it to a room. A barber and doctor arrived too late.
New York reports that the District Attorney's office may see the official career end tomorrow amid disputes with Mayor Wood and regular Democratic nominations. The President urges support for those lines, citing the Academy Music speech and the Nicoll letter. Cass, Til den, and McKeon are named in potential succession as Parker is asked to decline. Michael Cancemi, an Italian, is sentenced to be hanged on January 10 for the murder of Policeman Anderson.
Thieves broke into the Dighton post office last night and stole about one hundred letters along with forty pounds worth of postage stamps jewelry clothing and seven and a half pounds in coins. No clues to the robbers are reported.
Fifty members attend the Senate opening led by the Secretary with a VP letter noting absence in Washington. George W. Bowman confirmed as Superintendent of Public Printing. House convenes with 220 members, James L. Orr elected Speaker, Allen sworn in as Clerk, Glosbrenner as Sergeant at Arms, Hackney as Doorkeeper. Florence to introduce a bill on suppression of bank notes. Senate discusses President’s message with Kansas Lecompton debate, printing plans, and printer debate continues in House.
Samuel F Jones, cashier of the Bank at Colchester Cr, resigned weeks ago and moved to New York to trade. The bank later found a deficiency of over 75 000 dollars in his hands and an unsatisfactory account record. He was arrested in New York and detained at the Metropolitan Hotel but escaped before a requisition could be obtained. He was last reported heading south.
Excitement in Cananoatcua as inmates rebelled against the jail keeper on Tuesday. Prisoners tore straps from their cells and barricaded doors armed with an axe and sticks, vowing not to enter alive. A revolver shot and the judge’s legal guidance ended the standoff, with leaders named as John Dimond Sarah Obeyand William Gates.
John Harrison, recently arrested for presenting a forged check to Westminster Bank, was discharged after Mr. Kendrick prepared the affidavit. If facts hold, Clarkson likely lacked criminal intent. a forged note substituted for a genuine hundred dollar check robbed him of funds. The case remains perplexing and untangled, with a possible deathbed repentance hoped for, per Providence Post.
Henry Bates of New London procured a patent for a plan to create bombs that would burst the sides of Pecos buildings. The device is described as resembling a whale killing bomb and is said to be highly destructive.
In an attempt to raise the Atlantic Telegraph Company's submerged position, the fore end gear malfunctioned with brakes binding, increasing difficulties in drawing the remainder.
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