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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1860
Page
2
The South Carolina Convention passes a secession ordinance declaring dissolution of the United States Union. The authoring note warns against the furious, unwise move and predicts hardship and sorrow for those who pursue further disunion.
The piece surveys wild contradictory rumors from the South and Washington on secession, fortification seizures, revenue enforcement, presidential inauguration, and possible resignations. It condemns false reports that sow distress and strife, noting many slave states oppose secession and urging truth over rumor.
A group of prominent Massachusetts figures including Judges Shaw Curtis and Parker Prof. Parson President Walker Gov. Clifford Jared Sparks Gov. Washburn and others issue an address to citizens on national affairs. They declare current fugitive laws unconstitutional and urge repeal on constitutional grounds.
The text notes Mr Wade’s Senate speech eliciting stir with blunt truths, and Mr Johnson of Tennessee delivering a sharp analysis on national affairs. It also records G G Pearse in Wakefield sending a striped bass weighing about one hundred pounds from a pond, with eighty pounds caught later the same day, praising South Kingston waters and urging no migration for fish prosperity.
A Chicago area survey lists Burgess’s Gooding’s Munro Gladding and many others offering toys, books, groceries, clothing, jewelry and housewares as holiday gift options. Stores such as Kimball’s Wardwell’s Irving Market and Farrington Co. present poultry, meats, and fabrics while jewelry shops on Westminster and Broad Street promise watches, embroidery and fancy goods for shoppers. Santa is coming Monday night to collect gifts for good boys and girls.
The poetical lecture by Mr De Cordova at the Town Hall Thursday evening presented a humorous account of the Prince of Wales visit to this country. His simple exact style, unlabored delivery, melodious voice, and his funny poem kept the audience in a roar of laughter and applause.
The committee has requested that Eo Wears state there will be no Lycaum Lecture during the coming week.
A printed pamphlet from the Rhode Island Medical Society for 1860 is reviewed. It includes an annual Newport address by Dr. J J Ellis on Calf Formation, Turner’s tetanus report with Hig treatment notes, Eldsidge on a swallowed umbrella tip causing long air passages irritation, and lists of officers, new members, and deceased members through 1860. It also notes national events including a fasting day recommendation and political moves such as Pickens’s gubernatorial election and a secretary of state nomination.
The Stemmera Empire State line, Capt Brayton, and the Bay State, Capt Jewett, keep a steady winter connection between Fall River and New York while Metropolis rests. Maine receives new boilers for potential use and The New York Ledger touts its distinguished New Year contributors and high moral tone. A wedding union is celebrated with a gun salute and congratulations to the Elder couple.
A New Bedford Standard note praises Superfine New Muwnay Soap from Philadelphia, touts premiums won at state fairs, and advertises holiday gifts at Gifford's. A correspondent claims Berkley can beat Freetown in widows, noting eight widows near Berkley Bridge and over thirty in Bristol’s one street, with a fuller town tally promised.
The Kiel bay setting is described as a pretty Baltic escape with a good harbor and landlocked entrance. The narrator recounts arranging sea routes via Korsor to Copenhagen aboard the screw steamer Princess guided by Captain Coke and notes a social tea scene with fellow passengers and a brief railway mishap avoided by choosing sea travel.
A narrative of boarding in Kiel and sailing to Copenhagen, describing the sea voyage, harbor views, coastlines, and initial impressions of Copenhagen including the Hotel Royale, canal streets, a guide named Joseph Alver, and a visit to the naval cemetery with the Nelson era memorial obelisk and reflections on wartime history.
The South Carolina State Convention met in Columbia at noon and chose Afr. Jameson as permanent president on the fourth ballot. It adjourned to Charleston due to smallpox, reassembling Wednesday with 160 members, debating dispatches from Alabama and Georgia.
The British and French consuls at Charleston were approached by secessionists seeking support. The consuls rejected the overture and warned that any communication would be sent to the U S State Department in Washington.
Correspondents report that the Emperor Napoleon declines to negotiate with the seceding states and will not support slavery or the slave trade. The South loses a hoped for French intervention though policy is framed as humanitarian. Tennessee Governor Neill Brown condemns disunion and urges peaceful Union remedies before any steps.
Reports from New York and Washington detail secession debates in the South, Volunteer troops and lawmakers plotting about unity versus separate states. The Atlantic liner with 63 passengers and 850000 in coin. the Richmond lighter sank with six drowned. President Buchanan resignations circulate.
Debates on forts Moultrie Sumpter defense duties and arsenal custody progress in Charleston. resolutions target slavery law enforcement and constitutional obedience. Missouri Compromise revival discussed. Kansas admission debated. Pacific railroad bill routed to House committee. adjournment moved with varied votes and committee referrals.
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