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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1856
Page
2
The Bristol qipenie bids farewell to 1856 with a reflective tone on national events, religion, and local progress. It notes declines in mortality, honors health and prosperity, praises new sanctuaries, and urges spiritual renewal as the year ends.
Rev Rupert Atty, Commissioner of Public Schools in Rhode Island, will visit local public schools next week. On Wednesday he lectures on Public Schools at the Methodist Church State Street at 8 o clock. Citizens and teachers are invited to attend. A Northeast storm dropped about three inches of snow with drifting. St Albans Lodge held an election naming Bourn W M Coit and others as officers. The home of Thomas Bianhope on John Street was entered Monday night with $200 stolen. a revolver should be kept handy Week now.
A long satirical piece expounds on tobacco chewing and smoking as modern accomplishments. It ridicules walking distilleries and chin taverns, contrasts male vanity with quack remedies, and recounts a professor hat incident and a morbid verse found in a missing woman’s room.
Reports from Halifax note the Canada bringing mails from Liverpool on December 13 with nine passengers aboard the America ship damaged in heavy seas near Cape Clear. Warnings of shipwrecks, drownings, and rescues abound as vessels like the Adriane and J. L. Warner face peril. In Kentucky, vigilante violence targets escaped and free Black residents amid rising tensions and executions.
A large Walker sympathy meeting was held in the Tabernacle New York on Saturday evening. Resolutions pledged assistance including men arms provisions and money to support him.
The New York Tribune notes Henry J. Raymond of the New-York Times was challenged by T. F. Meagher to a duel after Raymond accused Meagher of breaking his parole. Raymond reportedly first sought a compromise then retracted and explained.
A shoe maker named Geo R Hickson, a believer in spiritualism, was found in distress at the Sits Alishionse tf in Tewksbury. The aged man, Jackson, has lived alone for four months with minimal food of boiled meal and molasses, sleeping on an old shoebox.
Washington reports say orders to stop the Nicaraguan steamer Tennessee sparked gate confusion. Secretary Marcy and Secretary Davis denied knowledge, while Senator Jones and Gen Quitin pressed for truth. Cabinet discussions centered on filibustering limits and aid to Walker.
Dispatch from Squam reports Capt Brown returning from the wreck of the New York. Capt McKennon is in critical condition after being beaten. Passengers are largely Irish and women and children are displaced. A steamer struck offshore, likely all aboard saved. Knoxville burned last night, Savannah line, insured for about 100000, 2500 tons, built for 200000 two years ago.
The article reports Mr. Adair a Democratic candidate for County Treasurer in Clinton County Michigan who canvassed the county thoroughly, was defeated in the recent election, and now is described as a maniac needing two attendants to prevent harm to his family, with multiple attempted fatal acts.
While the schooner Queen of the South from Mobile hauled out spanker, Edward Stevens second mate fell overboard. A rescue boat capsized twice in rough seas. Stevens disappeared about a mile behind. Stevens, about forty, was from Port Jefferson Long Island and left a wife in New York.
Forgorpondence recounts a deadly confrontation at the Baldwin House in Monmouth involving Mr. Fleming and his sons with Mr. Crosier over a calumny against Crosier’s fiancée. Crosier stabbed the two Fleming brothers as they assaulted him. both brothers died within minutes. Crosier, about 27 to 30, is under arrest. The old man stood outside with a pistol, and the crowd’s sympathies lean toward Crosier.
The Mary Anrotine Stevens, a 600 ton vessel funded by John Stevens, left Norfolk with 237 emigrants most emancipated slaves. Of these 208 were freed by various benefactors in Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Massachusetts. The voyage aims to spread civilization and Christianity along Liberia, with more ships planned and 231 applicants awaiting May departure. Two men were ejected from the Boston Athenaeum after buying tickets and suit has begun.
Rumor states Magee, the deputy killer, will stay imprisoned for about seven years to complete his current sentence before any new punishment can start.
A telegraphic report notes Mascich eesti v Rhode Island facing Supreme Court review over a century old territorial claim now tied to Rhode Island by royal charter. The record suggests circuit court nonissuance and original jurisdiction questions, prompting reader recollection of Roger Williams era disputes.
The Florence New York postmaster J G Sandford was arrested after a decoy registered letter containing 29 dollars was mailed to Florence New Jersey and money removed from the envelope. Officials recovered 23 dollars on Sandford and he confessed to prior thefts from letters to a lady in Oneida county and to Patrick McLaughlin of Florence.
A New York dispatch says President Lincoln ordered warrants for C K Garrison Cena Morgan and Gen Wm Walker to answer damages to Accessory Transit Co property. The New York Herald notes the writ originated in a civil suit in the Supreme Court, run in the President's name and witnessed by the Chief Justice, while asserting the judiciary holds the authority.
The Savannah Georgian urges replacing the current Secretary of State with a politician who sympathizes with Central American progress. The paper argues a successor with genuine American feeling would benefit the North American continent and asks what Secretary Marcy will respond.
Three fires raged last night in Phi Parapevenia causing heavy damage. John Thurston’s brush factory in the 16th Ward burned completely with three hundred hands left jobless. Mills & Flynn omnibus stables in West Philadelphia burned with one hundred forty horses and fifty omnibuses lost. Wilson’s planing mill near the Navy Yard also destroyed. Total loss around 100000 dollars.
At the Court of Common Pleas for Plymouth the following liquor cases were disposed. Joseph Coogan of Bridgewater pleaded guilty to selling liquor with a fine of 50 dollars costs and three months in the House of Correction. Margaret Coogan of Bridgewater pleaded guilty with 50 dollars costs and three months. Terémite McGrath of North Bridgewater fined 20 dollars costs and forty days. J E Donelly of North Bridgewater fined 10 dollars costs and twenty days. Maurice Malumpy of Abington two complaints 20 dollars costs and forty days. David Burke of North Bridgewater 20 dollars costs and forty days. J Scanlan of Bridgewater pleaded guilty with 60 dollars costs and three months. John McAlpine of Wareham convicted at a former term with costs and six months. Rufus Darling of Abingoe 80 dollars costs and eighty days. T Writhington Jr of Carver 10 dollars costs and twenty days. M Hendrick of Wareham 50 dollars and costs and three months. J Dugan of Presoul A 50 dollars and costs and three months. 99
The article discusses using steam in whaling to reduce danger and increase efficiency. It notes steam advances could raise ships and surface access, aiding pursuit and capture of whales, with potential large profits once adopted. A Louisville coffee house anecdote mentions a Bible prize won by a Southern Kentuckian, illustrating contemporary stories.
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