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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1850
Page
2
The anticipated confession from Professor Web pier is studied for its impact on executive views about the sentence. The document claims a fatal act with a grape vine weapon and argues self defense, while the death penalty debate hinges on timing and credibility of the confession.
The fourth passed off peaceably with cloudy morning clearing to a fine day. Salutes fired at 6 am 12 pm and 6 pm as the Artillery Company under Col M T Bennett paraded through main streets. Pawtucket Brass Band played well amid a busy Armory Fair. crowds enjoyed the day with few intoxicated incidents.
Mr. Brooke reports from Washington that Portugal seeks Congress review of our claims and the President consents, easing tensions over recalls and the Armstrong case. A Niagara Falls accident reports a carriage perilously near Table Rock, rocks gave way, occupants escaped. a guide and visitors reportedly trapped beneath the debris.
Washington dispatch to the Philadelphia North American reports the President will not permit Texas to seize or overrun New Mexico before Congress decides whether the territory belongs to the United States.
The seam propeller Helena Sloman under Captain Paul gen from Hamburg via Cowes arrived in New York on Saturday with full freight and two hundred sixty seven cabin and steerage passengers. The Richmond Whig debates 1859 presidential candidates endorsing Gen Taylor over Mr Clay, while crops report wheat yields improving in the South and West despite wet spring conditions.
Rev Dr Putnam testified that Webster confessed to the Dr Parkman killing describing the sequence from debt dispute to the fatal blow and dismemberment. The confession details burning clothes disposing remains in a privy chest and a tea chest, and Webster's plea for commutation while denying murder for personal gain.
The Revenue Cutter captain Josiah Sturgis died suddenly yesterday afternoon in the harbor after returning from Burlington Vermont where he joined Jubilee and Maguire celebrations. He collapsed in the cabin at five, cause suspected heart disease, body moved to the Mariner's House per Coroner Pratt, per local notice.
A colored bug was caught by wretches in hiladelphia and had his feet and legs thrust into a kettle of boiling pitch. He was shockingly burnt in the cruel act.
The New York news notes insistence on a formal trial for Casine prisoners, reporting secretly backed by Great Britain in Washington. A delicate question remains on whether the government may intervene under war usages, with no executions or final decision until Spain acts. Correspondent from Savannah adds: General Taylor arrives after 80 days from Chaeres and faces Spanish officers demanding documents and a roll, while the vessels General Taylor and brig Nevius are searched and detained. The piece condemns the practice as a real assertion of act of search rights and warns the US will protest and prevent further outrages on its ships.
From Havana dated June 22 reports the prisoners remain aboard the Spanish ship Sombro. The trial progresses slowly as the U S Germantown enters the harbor and prevailing sickness declines.
The Grand Jury in the U S District Court returned true bills against six leaders in the Cuban movement for conspiracy to set on foot an expedition against Cuba. Named are John A Quitman Judge Cotesworth Pinckney Smith John Henderson J L O Sullivan Theodore O Hara and others. Writs issued for arrest. most are absent. Efforts expected to move trials before adjournment with Supreme Court judges to assist.
A New York Post correspondent reports Spain holds the Contoy detainees under advisement not as invaders but on piracy charges on the high seas. The Spanish claim preserves the point of honor for the Castilian… vessels owners assured restitution of their property.
Washington reports the British Ambassador and the Secretary of State exchanging ratification of the Nicaragua treaty with some temporary embarrassment. Latest Cuba advices are unsatisfactory and General Campbell seeks release of Conroy prisoners. The Vixen is to be fitted out and Commodores Mortis or Warrington to command the squadron. The Mexican Board adjourns to November 18 and the President resists Texas overrun of New Mexico until Congress rules. Indictments likely against Cuban expeditionists in New York or New Orleans.
Halifax June 28 The steam er Viceroy failed to arrive last night and this morning reports say she ran ashore Tuesday evening at half past seven on Shag Island between Cape Sable and the Seal Islands in very shoal weather. Water enters the vessel with the tides and the Columbia is aiding in stopping the leaks with hopes of refloating.
Washington reports from Mr Brooks of the New York Express that letters from New Orleans confirm arms deliveries from the Louisiana State Arsenal aiding Cuban invaders. Three to four hundred arms furnished, sparking local anger as opinion shifts against the invaders.
The U S Mail steamship Pacific, Captain B R Nye, arrived at Halifax about 3 this morning after leaving Liverpool on Wednesday the 19th. The voyage took 9 days and 11 hours with heavy westerly seas for 3 1/2 days. Commercial reports from Liverpool show firm cotton, steady flour, and dull provisions while Indian news is unfavorable and Lord Palmerston faces Greek policy defeas.
The Europa arrived Halifax after telegraphing at 4 PM and docking at 6 PM, having left Liverpool June 11. Reports note 5000 cotton bales sold Friday, total weekly sales 6500 with speculators taking 6000. Flour and corn markets steady to dull, provisions weaker with wages falling. The Europa carried about 82 passengers and sails to New York. 50 lost on the Liverpool Glasgow steamer Orin, with Captain and mate blamed.
Reports reach Liverpool from Parliament that the steamship O'Ryan sailing between this port and Glasgow struck a rock off Port Patrick Monday evening and sank immediately. About 120 passengers were aboard, with fifty believed drowned.
Fingland presents a petition to the Pope seeking £12,000 indemnity for damages suffered by British subjects during Garital di republican rule. The claimant argues the Pope must compensate money taken by those under his domain.
A St Louis Republican summary from Independence Missouri dated June 17 describes a Santa Fe party finding ten American bodies near Wagon Mound, shot or stabbed with bullets and arrows. Names include Flournoy Shaw Duty Guldajein Clay Williams Hendrickson Freeman. one unrecognized name Dreene and a German teamster. Likely Apache responsible. Colonel Shaffer in Independence pursues Morse telegraph claims as stock purchases fund construction linking to St. Louis.
A colored man found aboard a mail boat as a suspected runaway was moved to Kentucky for jail. He declared he would die rather than return to his master and jumped from the yawl's stern before the boat docked at Covington, drowning despite rescue attempts.
The Newark Advertiser reviews cheap postage and cites ten years of British operation, noting a 74 million to 160 million letter increase in the first year and a 356 percent rise in nine years. It argues the US could see 128 to 200 million letters in five years at two cents, yielding about 4 million dollars in revenue.
Samuel Smith of Middleborough Mass, aged 98, visited his daughter Mrs Aldrich in Concord after traveling 125 miles alone. He enlisted before independence and fought in Yorktown among seven major battles, remaining active and healthy despite his advanced age.
Washington correspondent predicts Texas mobilization of 2500 men at Santa Fe and Texan influence in New Mexico if the adjustment bill fails. He warns of dissolution movements supported by Southern states, Cuba ventures, and potential armed action to form a Southern confederacy including Texas New Mexico and Gulf states with Cuba and Puerto Rico.
A joint committee report urges establishing an asylum for inebriates with a Boston physician’s letter stressing society’s safety and the need for confinement to break drinking habits. The witness cites three Boston families, all with sons who died or suffered delirium tremens without proper confinement.
The steamer New York, sailing from Jones toward California, put into Bermuda on June 20 due to a burst blow pipe. The vessel carried substantial water in the hold and threw overboard provisions to lighten.
Gnorera notes a renewed cholera scourge along the Mississippi from New Orleans to St. Louis. The week ending the 15th records 42 deaths in St. Louis, while Nashville and Cincinnati report new cholera appearances.
A quirky scene unfolded during a bishop’s ordination at Trinity Church as a canary bird flew in through a window, perched on the organ, and sang briefly above the altar before returning to its perch. The incident drew notable attention among the nineteen candidates and clergy present.
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