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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1848
Page
2
Reports cover voting results with Taylor and Fillmore on ballots, a Senate treaty advisory note, and local church ordination. Also updated are shipping lines testimonials, press coverage of the Whig Convention, and military dispositions in Mexico with troop movements and potential mobilization.
Army orders outline deployment of units to Fort Union Mexico New Mexico and California. Lieut Col Washington to command New Mexico troops and govern Santa Fe. Artillery and infantry to stay or relocate, with several companies to California and New Mexico. Earthquakes terrify Signa Tuscany as shocks worsen and locals bivouac outdoors. Judge Randolph objects to certain indictments and urges lawful procedure in county matters, while telegraph operations face Sunday temptations amid public concern.
The letter argues against claims that Gen Zachary Taylor was not a soldier or military man. It cites editorials praising or opposing him and asserts support for his presidential viability despite attacks. The author urges readers to ignore caustic phrases and focus on his potential leadership.
The Philadelphia Ledger reports a Friday Whig demonstration in Independence Square with lanterns and Drummond lights. A Baltimore delegation banner honors 1648 while two bands played patriotic airs and torpedoes signaled the start of speeches.
From City of Mexico May 25 1848 final ratification of the Treaty of Peace by the Mexican Congress was reported. Senate vote 33 to 4 with deputies opposing. Commanders prepare to move troops to Vera Cruz and coast. Gen Patterson and Gen Marshall to lead divisions. exchange of ratifications expected in Queretan shortly.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions political party position and a senator named Luge, but the content is unreadable and lacks clear facts or names. No verifiable events or dates can be determined from the text.
Shipping news notes Amenca from Liverpool to Halifax and back, with 76,000 bales in nine weeks and a market in low spirits. Disturbances in England include Chartist assemblies. Parliament debates navigation laws and Mitchells sentence. In Paris unrest grows with barricades, martial law, 1500 killed or wounded, and a French squadron offshore.
Seven days later reports arrive from Europe with Acadia’s New York arrival at 11 AM and Halifax by Wednesday. Boston waits for Buena Vista news. money remains easy and cotton dull while corn rises. London debates Jewish disabilities. French conspiracies unfold. Lamartine and Ledru Rollin rumors. Sevilla rises in Spain. Bulwer dismissed from Madrid. Palmerston comments on Madrid departure. Vienna in chaos as imperial authority collapses. Milan and Venice provisional governments show limited skirmishes.
A Dublin public meeting threatens collective action if Mr Mitchell is convicted, pledging to punish those behind perceived wrongs. Reports note Irish resistance to government measures and potential clashes as authorities seek order. Trials proceed with Mr Mitchell facing sedition charges while others are arrested for acts against the act banning training and drilling. A telegraphic note claims a verdict guilty for Mr Mitchell’s co-defendant Blitchell.
In France politics appear calm in Paris but Lyon is troubled by a harsh government and provinces grow disaffected. A grand national fete occurred last Sunday at Champs de Mars, pleasing Parisians. Insurrection origins are debated with about 250 conspirators detained at Vincennes awaiting trial. West Indies notes report an earthquake near Spanish town and the exile crisis in Haiti with Drago and others facing forced service and emigration of Black residents.
A House discussion on the Mexico War expenses and territorial purchases notes a theoretical sum of 170 million dollars in silver. The piece critiques legislative impasse on treasury replenishment and suggests withholding per diem payments to force action. It also cites a Rhode Island financial outlook and a court decision on the Mackerel factory versus cod fishery.
Fragmentary text describes violence near Merida with reports of whites seized and fear in the city. Mentions of taxes, supply issues, and clergy actions suggest a chaotic period with unrest and survival concerns.
A fierce fire last night destroyed an entire block of 12 to 14 dwellings including two brick houses and several frame structures. Many families lost all belongings and had to flee in night clothes, with fire spreading rapidly and leaving five dozen residents displaced and in poverty.
The Richmond Southern editor argues that two thirds of Virginians favor ending slavery and predicts abolition after 1850. He cites conversations with slaveholders and warns free states will encircle the South, dragging Virginia into a broad abolition plan amid sectional tensions.
A Newport News report notes a Quaker had sixty dollars stolen from his pockets during Sunday meeting. The victim laments the loss and the thief’s opportunity.
A young woman tarred and beaten by a mob in Xenia Ohio was found dead in the woods several miles outside town. Authorities have made no arrests and the victim was described as poor and lacking in intelligence.
A garbled local column reports a man sent medicine for asthma by the Perry on Sunday morning. another recalls Newport Sunday liquor concerns. It also notes public buildings at Short Bedeh, N J were destroyed by fire. English plans to aid Ireland. emigration to Australia of youths under 16. and a whaling voyage reporting a major battle and mass deaths among a defeated tribe.
A formal complaint from Brooklyn reports a man known as an iceman found a bag of clothing in the York Street carriage way opposite a Catholic church. The contents had been used to preserve the body of a man who died of a loathsome disease. The iceman placed the items in his cart despite a citizen’s expostulation.
An evening blaze at about 8 o clock severely damaged a Catholic Church at the corner of York and Lafayette streets near the state capital. The building was consumed as flames swept through, with the cause unclear and no reservoir or fire apparatus available in the area. Insurance status and total losses remain unreported.
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