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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1854
Page
3
The document reports President Franklin Pierce warning against expeditions and criminal enterprises, urging citizens to uphold national laws and international norms. It notes enforcement of penalties and calls officers to arrest offenders. Dated January 18, 1854 in Washington.
A violent tornado swept southwest Georgia from the southwest to the northwest, crossing Harris, Lee, Randolph, Stewart and Sumter counties. The track was a quarter to half a mile wide with near total destruction of trees and buildings. Forty men cleared a half mile of a stage road, and two children in Lee county were killed by a falling tree. The storm’s peak occurred twelve to fifteen miles below Americus near the Lee Sumter line.
The Star reports M Bedini will be granted a passport as an ambassador. The Bodisco funeral was held today with the President, Secretaries, Congressmen, the Diplomatic Corps, and a large crowd attending. Interment occurred at Georgetown Cemetery.
Buffalo January 3 The v 8 Marshal arrived at Erie today and the trea ten are making relay track arrangements for tomorrow. Excitement resumes with locals threatening to tear down the rod as soon as it is erected.
In St Louis Protestant ministers proposed a public debate with Mr Bran som over Catholic and Protestant faiths. He refused citing religious compromise risks while municipal authorities in Boston prepare enforcement actions and plan fines related to a separate case involving a $2,000 debt and legal costs.
The record notes transactions up to 89 0 906 with wheat holders asking about 10 20 cents per bushel advance in New York markets. The text suggests no confirmed sales at that high figure, reflecting cautious bidding and market volatility. UU
The Meochester Messenger reports a new paper factory to begin operations next month. The establishment will be the only one in the world to print hangings from paper made in its own factory. It will employ about 175 workers and produce roughly two and a half million rolls annually.
Thomas Hogan an Irishman was killed in Marlborough on Saturday evening ten to eleven o'clock by a party of his countrymen excited by liquor. They attacked him after a disturbance at his residence, expelled him and stabbed him in two places. Hogan died minutes later. A dozen or more Irishmen implicated were arrested and held until the coroner's inquest. Hogan was described as quiet and inoffensive.
A New York correspondent reports harsh winter suffering for poor working women. An inventor advertised for two girls to operate a new sewing machine for two weeks. The Tribune ad drew over four hundred applications by early afternoon, forcing the owner to close his office in shock at the crush.
In Washington M Bedini, guest of M Startiges, presses for diplomatic recognition after protests against him. The Nuncio fears danger and lobbies the President and Cabinet, while Gen Cass moves to obtain papers on Bedini’s position, heightening national tension. A separate South Carolina case saw two white men hung for torturing a runaway slave to death.
An awful tornado struck Brandon Ohio on Friday the 20th injuring the town and nearly destroying it. The funnel was about half a mile wide tearing up everything in its path. Judge Spooner Captain Lukens and Cincinnati officials tied to the derailed German procession faced trial at the next Criminal Court term.
A San Francisco correspondent notes destitution and suffering among residents and warns Eastern States to stay home. A New York man arriving in August died in Sacramento from a broken heart after becoming utterly destitute. On ships off Marin and Alameda counties crew discipline led to fights. several men were convicted in U.S. District Court with penitentiary sentences of two to four years.
The Rudsion Minister, after nearly fifteen years in office, retires in a cabin at Washington. The announcement notes his lengthy service and departure on a Sunday.
A benefactor, described as generous, leaves an estate valued between one and a half million dollars. The majority of the fortune is reportedly bequeathed to public institutions in New Orleans.
The December flour shipments to foreign ports totaled 317 171 barrels and wheat reached 1 107 000 bushels. The combined value of the wheat and flour exceeded four million dollars.
A noted New England physician attributes the surge in paralysis cases to stoves in confined spaces especially sleeping rooms. The Fourth Ward in Boston reportedly holds an assessed value over 60 million dollars, said to be the nation’s wealthiest ward of its size.
On the second instant a boy named Orie Smith of Edmunds Maine died after inhaling steam from a teakertle as he tried to drink. The same day another child from Dennysville Maine, son of D K Eastman, pulled a teakertle over and was fatally burned.
Portland Advertiser reports a seizure of 212 gallons of rum gin and wine on the steamer St Laws from Boston with eastbound consignments. An Oliv barrel marked J Spiller is noted. In Syracuse a marriage followed an advertisement placed in New York papers, an exchange of pictures and letters leading to matrimony.
The British Government awarded a gold medal to Capt. Young of the Waldron Hulmes of Provincetown for saving the master and crew of the Cairo after their vessel wreck. This follows prior recognition of Capt. Ludlow of the Monmouth for rescuing British mariners.
The execution of William L Hoare for the murder of his patriarch August Inez was scheduled for yesterday in New York but did not occur. Capt Strout of the brig Napoleon was arrested for ill treating a crew member and has been discharged.
A Boston train bound for Ball River dragged Charles J. Holmes by an iron railing as he tried to board. He was helped onto the car with no serious injuries, while bystanders assisted.
A seven or eight year old son of Thomas Champlin fell from a Stillwanville bridge into the river and floated a quarter mile before rescue. He was insensible, later revived, and this marked his third near drowning escape, with the boy claiming he slept after going under the dam.
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