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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1849
Page
2
A fragmented archaic narrative shows the Heir of Linn transforming a household dispute into a pledge of shared life. A stern rebuke to looters appears, with threats of punishment for future offenses. The piece depicts social upheaval, servitude language, and a dreamlike resolution as the Heir of Linn adopts a unifying stance.
Currents from Trin tela report the American brig Florence came to port with Captain Poater and crew after thirty days adrift in an open boat. The Portland bound salt ship sprang a leak and was abandoned by her captain and six sailors. Havana marked the captain general’s wife’s birthday with park ceremonies as news from Porto Cabello and Maricsibo diverged on recent battles. A barge carrying troops in Havana Harbor was struck by a Royal ship, injuring several, with one likely drowned and six wounded, as relief crews aided the injured. Nongovernment disturbances were reported in Honduras and Guatemala with Businio named governor of Osuna.
The Ballimore American reports a chaotic meeting at African Bethel Church where members faced charges of misusing church funds. A woman, wife of a convicted man, attacked elder Darius Stokes with nails in a carpet weapon, fracturing his brother’s skull and prompting a brawl that wounded the minister Rev Payne. Police intervened and arrested several participants.
The Washington Union reports modifications to vessel practices bound for California. Vessels must carry registers for coast and foreign trade and may seek clearances for foreign ports, though direct clearance to Upper California is allowed. A separate note confirms passenger ship ventilation laws do not apply to vessels bound for California.
A schooner sailing from New London to New York encountered a gale as it cleared the harbor. A man and a captain fell overboard when a line broke, two rescuers could not reach them, and the vessel drifted away with the remaining crew losing hope of recovery. The owner Mr Joseph Lawrence dispatched a pilot boat but no further word has been heard.
Hoo. Charles W. Bradley formerly secretary of state of Connecticut has been appointed Consul of the United States for Amoy China. Mr Bradley is a regular priest and Episcopal clergyman and is said to be negotiable with sixteen different languages. Middleton Sentinel Canton. William Ogle of the city, a gauge manufacturer, says he received an order from General Tayloe for a carriage. Philadelphia Ledger.
A death notice from the Huilale New York Express dated the 19th reports Joseph Kaleey died on Friday after years running a tavern in Cama. He allegedly confessed to past robberies and a murder near his home, claiming to have buried a body. Clues found include an oval brass trunk plate inscribed A Baldwin Morchester MOY, possibly linking to the killer or thief. The report notes prior arrests and unsettled inquiries with several suspects connected to nearby houses.
The Bristol Phenix notes the current Congress session closing with unfinished business. It cites slave extension, tariff issues, and the two cent postage reform as unsettled topics. The piece warns of delayed action and hopeful, yet cautious, expectations for the next Congress.
A New York company builds a 24 by 2 foot model airship propelled by hydrogen and steam power with dual screws and a rudder. If successful it aims to debut a 500 by 40 foot airboat for 50 passengers on a California route, with passage estimated under 60 days. Names of interested backers reportedly exceed 200 as excitement grows over the gold rush era invention.
The preach number opens the last half year of Phenix volume twelve and, by agreement to terms, bills will be presented soon. When we type subscribers, they will be ready to settle accounts.
The regular monthly Court of Probate will meet at the Probate Office on Monday at 2 o'clock. General Taylor's inauguration as U S President will occur Monday. The Chesapeake steamer returned after burning its furnace bars. California's population rose from under 5000 to nearly 1,000,000 in thirteen years. A youth named J P Dukes of South Ottawa shot himself after failing to reach California. A dinner honored Gen. Shields en route to Lexington for the extra Senate session on the 16th. Dr Elioteen reports a cancer cured by mesmeric treatment in London. London jeweller Varley shot himself. Mr A Dryburg has ordered 250 large hogsheads for the Washington inauguration ball. Capt Phelps, former Moscow crew, arrives in Boston with California gold reports, confirming plenty of gold but modest earnings for diggers. One deserter punished by Lynch!
A survivor recounts a brutal sea voyage beginning in 1848, detailing mutiny, sickness, cold and tropical fevers, and a brutal struggle to reach the California Gold Regions. Upon landing in June 1849 the crew split into clanships, endured harsh mining life, and faced exorbitant prices, while pursuing vast gold yields amid peril and isolation.
A fragmented 1849 missive from Simon Quicksilver to Jovham Goldsmith recounts a mining camp dispute over a large sum of 150000 with varied fortunes. It details diggings losses, a violent clash with Mormons, a vessel seized, and a warning about inland travel and gold’s lure. The letter notes a telegraph dispatch confirming attacks by Ludians, urging notification to a widow and children.
Correspondence from Vasuisores reports House votes against approval lines and Senate plans amid debates over new territorial governance bills for California and New Mexico. The piece criticizes both parties for delays, notes the Senate has sat twelve weeks with limited evenings, and argues responsibility lies with the current administration and Democratic leadership.
Washington dispatch notes Gen. Tayton's reception last Saturday as he was escorted to lodgings amid cannon, bells, and fireworks. Private reports name appointments for Post Office, Navy, and Treasury. Interviews with Clayton Sith and Webster generate broad support for his sound principles and discretion, a universal opinion in Prov. Journal.
At about seven yesterday morning a German man named Juin GC Peraidt aged around 40 killed himself by shooting his head with a pistol in the factory yard of Cullis & Lawrence on Chapel Street. He had been employed about two weeks and had shown morbid symptoms, expressing a wish to be dead before the act.
The St Louis pork and beef packing trade is extensive with 78419 hogs and 2148 cattle packed last year. Slaughtering operations are expanding rapidly, with the current season nearing completion and the total meat processed expected to climb to about eighty five thousand head.
The ship Noamie under Captain Holbertson sailed from its port with a full cargo for Bit on the 27th. It arrived at destination, discharged, loaded new cargo for pork, and returned, finishing the round trip in twenty three days with full cargoes both ways, according to the Charleston Courier.
Tariilenesteae Aerpee Jendles was arrested on suspicion of moving a murdered family in Hempstead where a wave of killings shocks the community. A three-meeting public outcry convened at Stephenulett Hempstead. officials vow a full investigation. Authorities and the district attorney inspected the crime scene with the coroner and a magistrate, pressing for the arrest of Miller husband of the slain family. The scene drew hundreds as the investigation progressed and the county sheriff prepared to transfer the suspect.
From the Baltimore Sun: Mesars J C Riddle & Co of Montgomery Alabama, well known and enterprising, present proposals to the Government to convey the with waters the bethiyus and trow Ciayres and Fauatm for the sum of 12,000 dollars per August.
Gen Taylor reached the Ely House at about four o clock this afternoon amid a crowd of seventeen cars filled with admirers. He appeared in wear, thanked them for the welcome, then returned to the Kelley House for Hue Him and proceeded to Washington amid cheers.
A series of resolutions are introduced in the Missouri Senate regarding constitutional amendments on Lathe and Dankng, with a general aim to regulate banking in every shape, as declared by a committee on the subject, mirroring a Missouri perspective.
The Chicago Democrat notes all Southport warehouses are full and wheat is in surplus. The ten pin alley is crowded. An offer of one hundred dollars reportedly has been made for one of the churches.
The Pensacola Democrat reports the schooner Flint under Lt. Colm manding arrived on the 7th from a cruise in the Gulf. The sloop of war Saratoga was expected at Pensacola around mid February.
The ship Lyd Capt. Soule from Liverpool arrived with 694 tons of tron for the State Kul. The Savannah Republic notes a royal ball at the President's house hosted by M. Berger where Jerome Hunaparte's daughter, married into prominent Husain nobility ten years ago, wore a hair ornament valued at $200,000. The piece mentions the new center and Christian Can.
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