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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1851
Page
3
An excerpt discusses push toward war and conscientious objection, noting penalties for opposing a country’s declaration. It mentions John P. Crook’s death by suicide in Liverpool and reports the U S Presidents Message reaching Havana, with Cuba expedition coverage dominating local papers.
New York reports show Henry Brown died instantly while Henry fatally injured as three seniors Henry Brown Charles Moore and John Henry were erecting a scaffold against a church steeple on 4th street when it gave way Moore clung to a window to save himself. Also noted is a bank fraud attempt involving forged donations to a Kossuth fund with Seabury Brewster Goward and Brownell names misused and checks unpaid after discovery of forgery.
It is reported that State Engineer Hearkin C Seymour has abandoned the office and Governor may remove West the city. The engineer elect declined the office, delaying the January term. Public matters intrigue observers amid expected canal contract developments.
Reports from Nicaragua state the pardon for Gen Munn is confirmed with no banishment. San Juan town council orders Nicaragua Company steamers to use a different channel entering the harbor, forcing passengers and freight to be loaded at San Juan river boats rather than transferred immediately inland.
The Pass reports English penny banks drawing deposits totaling £3,500 from 12,300 savers in London last year. Depositors span all ages and classes, including children of shopkeepers and street stall keepers, proving the scheme’s broad appeal and impact on thrift.
A Sing Sing manufacturer pursued three apprentices after they fled to Plymouth Connecticut. The three were arrested and sent before the U S Commissioner in New Haven who ruled that under constitutional reclamation laws they must be returned to New York. The incident followed accounts of a massive landslip on Walden's Ridge and a local theft case in St Louis involving R J Morris.
Reported theft at 16 State Street where broker J S Ellie says $4000 vanished from a package he prepared for delivery. A man entered, attacked the package, fled, and Ellie chased him, recapturing him before learning the money was missing. The suspect Timothy Leary was captured and handed to police.
Reports detail Napoleons decree urging calm after disturbances in Paris and nationwide support for order. Mentioned are naval actions, casualties, incitements by socialists, and Vienna’s pro Napoleon stance amid Franco Austrian tensions noted with Morocco’s maritime maneuvering and Tangier threats.
In the Senate on December 22 petitions and reports were presented. Mr. Miller of New Jersey introduced a bill for river and harbor improvements. Debate focused on the Prometheus affair and information requests about flogging in the navy. A resolution concerning Louis Kossuth and a census printing contract faced amendment and mixed votes. The House adjourned after routine committee actions. The coroner ruled accidental drowning in the case of Samuel McNeese, an Irishman found dead near Mesers yard.
Monday entries list Steamer Bradford Durfee from Fall River and Schr Sarah E from Portemouth with passenger names Allen and Lewin. Tuesday shows Steamer Bradford Durfee from Fall River with a French passenger from New York bringing sugar to a port, noted as to C.
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