England braced for possible European invasion threat
From Bristol on January 31 1852 reports indicate fears in England of a potential rapture with another European power. Naval stations prepare ships for service while fortifications around London and along the Thames and Medway are assessed. Sheerness will be defended with ready munition stores as preparations and propagations unfold.
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Europe
England
London
Thames
Medway
Sheerness
France
Austria
Navy Seamen Bill Aims For Aiding Service And Promotion
A Washington based note discusses a forthcoming bill to the U S Senate to ease conditions for seamen. Provisions include wage advances, crew based promotions, five sailors named per ship for midshipman selection, regular liberty in foreign ports, reentry bonuses, ship chaplains with schools and libraries, and a plea that kindness and opportunity will improve discipline and loyalty.
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Washington
U.S. Senate
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
Icebound steamer Bradfoed Durfee clears Mount Hope Bay
The Bradfoed Durfee arrived from Fall River after passing through ice in Mount Hope Bay that was over 12 inches thick. She navigated the harbor easily despite a 4 to 6 inch ice layer and rolling seas as calm weather continued through the week.
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Bradfoed Durfee
Fall River
Mount Hope Bay
Rail Road Track Between Town and Providence Urged
Citizens urge immediate action on a proposed rail line linking the town with Providence. With discussions ongoing among Old Colony Rail Road stockholders, supporters argue the moment is opportune to agitate and advance the project.
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Providence
Old Colony
Harbor Skating Scene Draws Men Women in Busy Week
Our harbor last week featured a lively scene with men and boys skating in every direction. Ice boats glided across the ice at rapid speed while groups of ladies and gentlemen enjoyed the winter spectacle.
Maine Law Faces House Debate Amid Strong Opposition
The Providence Journal notes the Maine Law is under discussion in the House with chances against passage. Rum influence in Providence is cited as a major factor opposing the law, as legislators sympathetic to appetites for liquor resist reform despite thousands of potential victims.
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Maine
Providence Journal of
Providence
Through Icebound Waters and Political Nominations
Steamers State of Maine and Bay State struggle through thick ice off Fall River and Providence harbor while weather may lift the embargo. Court of Probate to meet Monday afternoon. Democratic Convention in Providence nominates Philip Allen for Governor and Beach Lawrence for Lt Governor with delegates chosen for Baltimore.
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Providence
Philip Allan
Wm. B. Lawrence
Newport
Ava Potter
South Kingstown
Walter 8. Burges
Cranaston
Edwin Wilbur
Thomas W. Dore
Baltimore
Philip Allen, Jr
M. Beach Lawrence
Stephen A. Wright
Welcome B. Sayles
A Bradford Allen
Hezekiah
Wardwell
Siohuyler Fisher
Old Colony Railroad Report Discusses Boston Extension Idea
The eighth annual Report of the Old Colony Railroad Company is published. The Boston Journal notes substantial focus on the Fall River Railroad Company’s independent Boston line and mentions plans to extend the Abington and Bridgewater Branch toward Bristol or Newport as a counter to the Fall River extension.
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Old Colony, Rail Road Company
Boston Journal
Fall River Railroad Company
Boston
Abington and
Bridgewater
Brisel
Newport
Rhode Island
New York
Fall River
Mr Hodge Geology Lectures Stir Community Interest
A letter urges space in the Phenix columns to spotlight Mr Hodge’s Lectures on Geology now hosted locally. The writer highlights his scientific credentials, public outreach aims, and plans to publish brief analyses of topics from Coal and Volcanoes to Earthquakes and Genesis harmony with geology.
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Ma. Barton
Hodge
Thia
Tie
Maine
Pennsylvania
Lake Superior
J.U. U
The Power of a Wife For Good Or Evil
A moralizing piece on home life stresses that a wife influences a husband’s happiness and strength. It contrasts a firm, economical, and cheerful wife with a quarrelsome, extravagant, or morose partner, arguing home is refuge or ruin. Strong domestic harmony renews a man’s resolve. discord destroys it.
Bradford Winslow Convicted For Disturbing Public Worship
On Jan 28 in the Court of Justices judges Dimaa Munro Gladding and Van Doors found Bradford Winslow guilty of disturbing Public Worship and fined him 46 pays plus costs. On Jan 29 a list of defendants including Samuel P White Benj White Isaiah White John White James Coggeshall and William Durbow faced charges of assaulting Mary Crawley by snowballs and abusive language. each was tried separately and all were acquitted.
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Court OF Justices
Juaticca
Samuel P. White
Benj. White
Isaiah White
John White
James Coggeshall
William Durbow
Mary Crawley
Howse
Arrival of the Royal Mail steamer America from Liverpool
The Royal Mail steamer America, Captain W. J. Long, arrived from Liverpool on January 10 and left for Boston after 2 AM. It carried 26 passengers, 18 bound for Boston. The voyage followed ten days of severe gales. Reports include political turmoil in Britain with Lord John Russell and the Whig government under strain, a royal visit, and maritime disasters including the Amazon fire and sinking with heavy loss of life.
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Royal Mail
America
Liverpool
Boston
John Russell
Windsor
Duke of Newcastle
James Graham
Free Trade Teader
Towo
John Russel
Baron Kinnisey
Sungarian
London
Daily News
West India Royal Mail
Eteamer
Amazon
Simons
Southampton
Scilly Ieland
Lueens
Elliot Warburton
Plymouth
Brest
Columbus
McCerran
Waterford
Cpe of Good Hope
England
Anuther
Lagos
Africa
London Shipping Gazette
Admiralty
France Seeks Stability Amid Banquet Decree Delays
Paris reports show President hosting a grand Tuilleries banquet for delegates as the Interior Ministry erases republic mottoes and reaffirms historic street names. The Paris Lyons railway sale to a public company draws keen share interest while a ten day delay in new constitution promulgation sparks diverse explanations and market unease.
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France
Tuilleries
Departmente
Paris and Lyons
Belgium
Galignani
Lord Normandy
England
Imate guerahters of the constiution
Considerable progress had been made in the constitution of the . The president had determined to rearet fami ly inflrnessee poliical intrigue filling up the blanks shar ined with games that public confidence and respect. Profowo anxiety tined to be felt in regard to the new covartetion of the Senate, and the public funde had greatly puctua ated, but closed firmly on the Sich. Tee Austria dloyds haste that it was Prince Schwarsenberg who virtually dismissed Lord Palmers two. Rumors of a ministerial crisis prevailed at Ber lin, it is said that Mastensuffal will resign the pres idency, or that Van Raeimer will quit the cabinet.
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Imate Guerahters
Senate
Tee
Austria
Prince Schwarsenberg
Lord Palmerstwo
Berlin
Mastensuffal
van Raeimer
General Assembly January actions and liquor law debates
A Providence Journal summary of the Rhode Island General Assembly sessions from January detailing acts and resolutions passed and committee referrals. It notes petitions for bank incorporations, the North Providence bridgewell act, a state treasury inquiry, Advent Society basement use, and the Maine liquor law petitions. It also covers house debates on drinking establishments and town sidewalks, plus adjournments to Newport and differing dates.
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Senate
House
Penson
R. J. Central Bank
Truchan Beckwith
A. B. Dike Et Ale
North Providence
Secretary of State
Smithfield
General Assembly
Committee On Finance
Treasury
State House
Bristol
Advent Society
Committee On Corporations
Olney Mason Et Als
Producers Bank
Potter
Newport
Narragangett Tribe OF
Measra
Elisha R. Power
Benj. B.thurston
Joseph Gavitt
Committee On the Judiciary
Maine
Mr. Barstow
Charles Hodges
Providence
Isaac Hall
South Kingstown
Wallism Kent
Johnston
Mathew C. Card
Richmond
Wu. R. Remington
Warwick
George Andrews
Exek Williams
Cranston
Madison Smith
Glocester
E. W. Maxey, Jr
Brown University
Hy Mr. Roberts
Scituate
Joshua Williams
Schuste
J.G. Chadsey
North Kingston
Advent Church
Dixon
Weeden Clark
Citzens
Westerly
Barstow
John R. Grant
Law amendments and debate on alcohol sale provisions
The House debated eight sections of the bill with amendments, one losing and another limiting the sale of alcohol to sacramental, mechanical, and medicinal uses. Support came from Eldred Barstow and Spencer, while Goodwin Brown and Davis opposed, adjournment pending Mr Potter's floor remarks amid lengthy discussion. A New York letter notes the Arctic faced four violent gales on the Liverpool voyage and impressed the pilot with its seaworthiness despite mounting seas.
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Alcohul
Ces Rouses
Messrs
Eldred
Barstow
Spencer
Goodwin
F. Brown
Davis
H. Pour
Potter
Arctic
New York
Liverpool
Snow in New Orleans Stuns City as Snow Closes Streets
A 19th century dispatch notes a rare New Orleans snowfall from three to eight inches, with residents witnessing a surreal scene. The Delta reports snow blankets the city overnight while the Picayune cites a thermometer at five degrees below freezing and snow reaching Florida towns like Jacksonville.
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New Orreans
New Orleans
Buena Vista
the Picayune
Florida
Jacksonville
DeWitt Clinton Sinks Near Memmis After Collision
The DeWitt Clinton steamship from New Orleans toward Pittsburgh struck eight miles below Memmis on January 25 at about four in the afternoon and sank in two minutes in 21.5 fathoms. From 25 to 30 lives were lost, all firemen saved. The vessel and cargo are a total loss. insurance is in Pittsburgh. The Russian Army totals appear with 630,384 infantry, 101,602 cavalry, 41,502 artillery plus engineers and staff. Russia’s forces in Europe are about 300,000, with a quarter in Poland.
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Memmis
Sunx
DeWitt Clinton
New Orleans
Pitsburg
Pittsburg
Russia
Poland
City Divisions Unchanged as Census Cites Growth
City authorities have not revised ward divisions after a new census shows a population of 18 048, an increase since 1847. A movement gathers to light the city with gas.
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Berrorp
Girl Fatally Shot by Father on Reading Railroad
On Thursday night in Philadelphia a four year old girl named Catharine Pusher was accidentally shot by her father near 2d Street on the Reading Railroad. The loaded charge struck her neck and she cried Papa before dying at her mother’s feet.
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Philadelphia
Catharine Pusher
Reading Railroad
2D Street
New Nantucket Steamer Planned for Northern Route
The Nantucket Inquirer reports a steamer larger than the Massachusetts will be built for New York ownership by Capt. Lot Phinney and Nantucket citizens. It will run between Mugartown Holmes Hole Wood's Hole and New Bedford in June, then between Nantucket and Hyannis when the Hyannis Railroad is finished.
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Nantucket Inquirer
Massachusetts
New York
Lot Phinney
Barnatable County
Nantucket
Phinney
Mugartown
Holmes Hole
Wood's Hole
New Bedford
Hyannis
Hidden Word Riddle of Cause and Effect
A clever wordplay puzzle notes that spelling murder backwards reveals its cause and spelling red-rom backwards reveals its effects. The riddle invites readers to explore how reversing terms uncovers linked outcomes.
Correspondence on Mississippi troubles cited by Morgan
Commodore Morgan writes from Spezzia to Consul Hodge of Marseilles describing Kossuth as ungovernable. Capt Long at Marseilles worries about actions affecting the U.S. flag and prompts Hodge to contact Kossuth. Rumor claims ex Senator Dimmick of Maryland may replace Cass Jr. as Charge at Rome.
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Mississippi
Commodore Morgan
Hodge
Marseilles
Spezzia
Kossuth
Capt Long
Hodges
Capt
Long
Dimmick
Maryland
Lewis Cass, Jr
Rome
Hungarian bonds proposed bearing Kossuth signature
New York dispatch reports the Hungarian Committees plan to issue bonds of 1 5 10 20 50 and 100 dollars bearing Kossuth signature and payable by Hungary’s government upon republic establishment. It is expected to raise a substantial amount.
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Yeak
Kossuth
Hungary
Ita
Asia Carries Passengers Bonds and Specie from New York
The Asia sails from New York with 40 passengers aboard and carries $500,000 in specie. It also transports a substantial amount of state stocks and country and railroad bonds.
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New York
Bea
Death of Dr A Stoney Doane Quarantine Physician
Telegraph reports the death of Dr A Stoney Doane, quarantine physician of the port, from hip fever contracted while on duty. A native of Boatye, he lived in New York for years and was valued for his medical translations and European works. His passing is mourned by family, colleagues, and many in New York and Boston.
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Dearnu
Dr. Doane
New York
A. Stoney Doane
Europe
Boston
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Bristol Phenix
State of
Bradford Durfee
Pappasquaoh
Pawtuxet
Court of Probate
RK. Stockton
U.S. Navy
Phenix
MR. Hodge
Pythagoras
Aristotle
Strato
Cicce
Great Lakes
Ha Ivax
Duke of Wellington
Duke
Burgoyne
Metropalia
Kent
Essex
Caimpe
Kossvra
London Daily News
Hamburg
Roseuth
United States
Porte
Austra
The
Providence Journal
A. C. Greene
Bradford
House OF Representatives
Sheffield
Buffum
Oliver Angell
Samuel B. Halliday
Mr. Clarke
Barrington
Lewis B. Smith
Mr. Roberts
Thomas Field
Messrs. Barstow
Robinson and Spencer
Gavin
Beflum
Currey
F. Browne
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