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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1856
Page
2
A late 19th century editor appeals to readers to pay outstanding subscriptions and support a newspaper enlargement. He likens editor hardship to a ship needing feet and asks for justice in dues to fund better layout and continued service.
Rev J C Richmond of Providence delivered a Thursday evening lecture on the War in the East. The speaker spoke rapidly with wit and strong feeling, tracing the origin of the eastern war to the Greek Church split and contrasting Russia and England in a broad geopolitical debate. The audience remained large despite poor weather, and the committee plans to continue weekly lectures.
The Express overcharges on a Boston bound shipment from Derry New Hampshire, about 250 pounds in freight, draw protest. A Massachusetts rail accident prompts a caution to avoid stepping on moving cars. Legislature names leaders and announces appointments in the Senate and related offices.
The Providence Daily Post notes editor Edward Metcalf resigning after a year, with the editorship passing to the proprietors. It praises his ability while announcing changes, and mentions Foster's Patent Friction Window Supporter sold locally. It also reports on political balloting, voter registrations, and 1850 death statistics by cause in Boston.
The Rio Janeiro letter notes many slaves seized by the diolerm and planters fleeing, while whites largely escape. Coffee supplies shrink as old crop drains and new crop yields only a quarter to a third, driving high prices. Gov Concha of Cuba reiterates exemptions for full cargoes of molasses and sugar, with export duties set at seventy two and a half percent for concentrated molasses or syrup, assessed by customs appraisers. Ships carrying concentrated molasses or syrup face full tonnage duties.
A Washington correspondent reports official Pacific dispatches hint at peace but no firm proof of Russian assent to Austrian intervention terms. Louis Napoleon favors accommodation and a split in the British Ministry persists, with Lord Palmerston understood to have acceded to pacification before a steamer sailed.
A London letter reports British government pressure for recall of Mr Cramp ton and possible transfer to another station as Sir Henry Bulwer remains abroad. Sir Gore Ousley named as Cramp ton’s envoy amid a tense dispatch, with weather and crowds noted at the doorway to the event. A wagon incident and a stray rider near Dutbury are also described.
The Senate debated the President's central American dispatch with a division on whether to read the message. The debate touched on sovereignty, slavery, the Missouri Compromise, and the Nebraska bill, along with foreign issues involving Great Britain over Nicaragua and the Mosquito coast.
Fragmented report details diverse events from a murder case and rising fatalities to naval actions and a severe ocean wreck. It notes the Embuscade salute, Indictments against steamer officers, the Georgiana boiler explosion, and a large whale of loss at Big River Mendicam. Kansas militia reorganized with uprisings and rifle practice by Lawrence volunteers draws commentary from Gen. Pomeroy.
The Providence Transcript reports a Westminister Street fire at a building owned by Charles L. Cobb. The lower story housed C G Greene clothing and Wilber & Co auctioneers, with goods damaged after removal. The middle held Darius Colvin renement and millinery, and the upper floor housed O D Day gambling. Cobb held 3000 policy shadows.
Captain Bennett of the bark Win. A. Plasenida from Providence writes from Calcutta dated Oct 22 1855 praising the W A Plase nida as the fastest best working vessel he has seen. He notes sailing from Liverpool June 20 and reaching the river mouth in October with a companion ship from Liverpool. He claims the W A Plase nida outpaced an English clipper in the North Atlantic. He was bound for Ceylon.
The Telegraph notes a striking feature of a decade-long period with the greatest deaths, concentrated in the ages near 70 and above. It states most deaths occurred between ages 70 to 90, with fewer in other bands.
The Plymouth Rock left New York at dawn for an afternoon voyage to City Island opposite Hat Island when a violent east gale drove her aground at high water. The Bay State ferried away passengers and cargo to Fall River, while the Plymouth Rock reportedly unloaded with difficulty. The Bay State later drifted but escaped without injury.
Danine Dorance in Winchewoon reports Levi Bosworth and others examined by D H Merriam for forcibly entering Horace Bosworth’s house in Robbineville. Wm L Chanerbeck and Mise Bennett, a 16 year old girl, were assaulted. Bennett was carried out, and Chanerbeck beaten, with injuries described amid a jealous dispute.
A damaged passage notes casualties among soldiers and aging citizens, listing extreme ages and ongoing fires. It references Philadelphia in the mid 19th century with mentions of the Fire Department, citizens' pride, and losses totaling about $183,000 across months April to December 1855.
Two Mayorsville Kentucky youths planned to wake a sleeping waiter by burning him with spilled liquor at Parker House. The man suffered severe burns to head and neck, dying weeks later after the incident. The attackers claimed accidental lamp contact during a quarrel but paid $1200 to the owner's heirs to settle.
The body of Juin W Henry son of the late New York Governor Patrick Henry was found at The Cedars in New Brunswick New Jersey on Sunday with brutal head injuries and a cut throat. John Fox, recently pardoned from New Jersey State Prison, has been arrested as a suspect in the bloodied crime.
Two killings near Wyode bridge six miles from New Haven. Enock Sperry and farmer unnamed killed by an axe. Suspect Chas Sanford a 18 year old nephew of Wienuring Sanford, once confined at a retreat. Sanford allegedly appears unsettled, mixed with confused speech.
On Friday evening a coast engaging at the harbor area turned tragic as two 5 outa Indien daughters of Joseph Haskell and a young man Coffiny were on the ice. A 40 foot fall occurred, raining them into water. One drowned, another person was injured and later deemed doubtful fate. authorities reported the other survivors were rescued from the embankment.
The American Geographical Society in York hosted Tae Oren Porak Ska Abas for an evening on artistic explorations. A moderator pressed questions about reaching open sea by boats, and Abas answered that it is possible but uncertain, noting his failed attempt and a joke about finding an Indian rubber bong. He suggested the sea may yet be reached and explored.
Reading shows advertisements measured by inches would total about 2,400 inches in width and 14,000 inches in length. The association would have earned a substantial sum, estimated near 360,000 in area units with a yearly value around 15,000 dollars paid to pure editors.
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