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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1853
Page
2
In a small shack a physician tends a distressed patient at bedside. He orders hot tea with pennyroyal and promises return with medicine after preparing it in his office. The scene ends with the healer leaving instructions for the maid to follow.
The Rhode Island General Assembly enacts amendments to acts on civil officer elections and penalties for arson and shellfish theft. Provisions set polling hours in Newport, specify fines up to twenty dollars for certain fires and powder misuse, and adjust oyster ground offenses with penalties and possible jail time. True copies attest A Potter secretary.
The General Assembly orders eight hundred copies of the Commissioner of Public Schools report printed for distribution. It appropriates two hundred dollars to aid in supplying the Rhode Island Educational Magazine to school districts, and directs the General Treasurer to refund five percent of South Kingston’s state tax share. A petition from Newport Town Council seeks authority to hire up to one thousand dollars for synagogue repairs, funded from accumulated interest.
A train race occurred on the Jeffersonville and Madison roads from Columbus to Taylorsville. The Madison train, aiming to taunt, challenged the Jeffersonville train drawn by Clarke locomotive. Clarke surged ahead, passing Madison at high speed, thrilling passengers aboard the Clarke.
An Arkansas editor was recently shot in an affray. The incident occurred as a confrontation over debt and unpaid newspaper bills, with the gunfire halted by a bundle of unpaid accounts in the editor’s pocket.
I saved his life by the delinquency of his subscriber. The line implies a twist of fate where negligence leads to unintended mercy, reflecting a period voice on duty and providence.
The General Assembly passed a stricter Liquor Bill set to take effect ten days after adjournment. Penalties include a twenty dollar fine plus costs and jail time from ten days to six months for successive offenses.
The Whig State and District Conventions for governor general officers and congressional representatives will meet at the State House in Providence on Thursday March 10. The State Convention starts at 3 PM and the District Conventions at 7 PM.
Little business occurred in the General Assembly on Thursday as the House amended and passed the ten hour bill. The Assembly likely adjourned yesterday, ending a restrained day of legislative activity.
On Wednesday a southeast gale with rain drove the brig Henry Marshall from her moorings. She struck Sprague's wharf with her stern boat badly stove, causing damage.
The freeman's Journal carries a strong article by Mr. Archbishop Hughes of New York opposing both American and English support for the Mediai family jailed by the Duke of Tuscany for reading the Protestant Bible. He agrees with the Duke that Bible reading warrants imprisonment and condemns Secretary Everett's plea for release.
Reports from Milan describe an insurrection on February 6 with armed clashes, mass arrests, and executions. Proclamations from Mazzini and Kossuth circulated as France reportedly sent troops to Lombardy and Rome. Milan’s insurgents fled to Tessino while authorities claim the revolt was quelled.
The Black Warrior homeward from Havana reached New York at three this morning after leaving Havana on the 18th. Included aboard is Benjamin, Senator elect from Louisiana, and reports note Mr Kings poor health and despair of recovery. The telegraph line contract in Cuba went to Kennedy of Philadelphia. Sugar demand remains strong with 30,000 boxes on hand and 3000 boxes shipped to Antwerp at 56 57 59 reals per arroba.
The discovery of gold in California and Australia has cut into copper mining, causing global output to lag behind consumption.
The Assembly discusses a bill to establish a Roman Catholic school in Auburn funded by public taxes if a suitable schoolhouse is provided. Proponents argue sectarian schools are needed when free schools fail, while opponents warn against taxing all taxpayers for sectarian aims and note the foreign born Catholic community’s reliance on public services.
The Massachusetts House of Representatives concurred yesterday with a Senate bill by 145 to 136 to repeal the blind ballot to allow voters to cast ballots privately or secretly as they choose. The measure moves toward final enactment.
The Maine Legislature considers a strengthened Maine Law with bills on liquor suppression and the ten hour system. A special committee reviews accounts under the law and a pilot bill for Pawtucket river is introduced. The Senate and House exchange amendments and adjournment motions as the session proceeds.
A sensational claim spread in New York that Brooklyn and Williamsburgh would be swallowed by an earthquake after two Angels appeared to a policeman. Despite the panic and escape plans, the story proved unfounded as the city remained intact and the East River side still appeared inviting.
The Spy notes that over ten years Worcester property value rose $8 416 nearly tripling its 1822 value. Polls increased 2921 and the poll tax rose 150 in the same period.
A ship in the harbor of Puler avo was boarded by local police acting under authorities and searched from stem to stern for books. A large number of Bibles and Testaments were seized and publicly burned or destroyed. The captain, a Paleruitan by birth and American citizen, avoided opposition to avoid prison. He later departed for Philadelphia aboard the Apollo.
A renewed meeting between employers and workers failed to end the strike. Four firms Denmearl's Wienan Reeds & Murray and Haglehurst's remain idle while most other shops pay full prices.
Reports from Havana claim executions loom for several prisoners in the Moro including Count Pozas Dulees and M Gonzales. The slaver brig Carlotta is said condemned after Captain Hamilton’s protest to the Captain General, who ordered the arbitrator’s decree. January deaths reached 769 as smallpox receded and trade picked up with three English ships bringing Coolies from China. Panama, Blenheim, Gertrude crew losses noted amid troubled sea voyage.
Boston papers report in Charlestown and parts of Boston a rising uproar over the alleged kidnapping of Honora Cochran a young woman who denounced Catholicism. Protests and meetings planned among Protestant churches as inquiries continue with reports that she left with her mother on the Old Colony Road unknown destination.
The Providerice Journal notes coal from Cumberland mines with a shaft depth of 175 feet and a coal that burns well in proper grates. Prices run about half the cost of Pennsylvania coal, and the writer believes the state's mineral wealth will be developed to boost business and prosperity.
Lieutenant Totten reports seven dead on board the steamship Tennessee from a fever described as unknown at Panama, with more expected to die. U S Consul Corwine says the disease likely came from St Thomas to Panama and then to Tennessee passengers.
George Gage, linked to aiding Nicholson's escape, was arrested in New York. He is identified as the man who presented forged checks around $15,000 at the Cincinnati Life Insurance Company, paid in gold.
A serious Sunday night disturbance in an Irish Boston family left three watchmen badly hurt. One officer named Wright is believed fatally injured. An attempt was made to rescue the arrestee who sparked the affray after he was taken into custody.
The work has been translated into Russian and other major European languages. The run of this romance is unprecedented in literary history. In under a year since its first publication, 235 copies have been issued on this side of the Atlantic.
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