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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1852
Page
2
The Bristol press notes a hoax claiming Louis Napoleon was assassinated. The America said to spread the news has reached Halifax with reports of France being quiet. The March term of the county Supreme Court opens in town Tuesday morning.
A heavy snow storm continued into the afternoon then turned to rain on Saturday. A violent southeast gale followed through Sunday afternoon with little local damage. The steamer Bay State from New York was struck by a sea, breaking its wheel house and injuring the rudder, making the vessel unmanageable. further details appear in another column.
The steamer Bradford Durfee begins spring arrangement, leaving Fall River at 8 A M and Providence at 3 P M with a Bristol Ferry stop as usual.
The letter notes last days of winter with snow and wind, ships driven ashore, and Barnegat wrecks. Dr Spring forecasts European Asia convulsions and US leadership, touting Britain’s virtue and America’s sublime future. It warns readers about fraudulent steamship ticket schemes preying on adventurers to California via Panama, detailing losses and hardships.
The writer warns travelers about impostor agents selling through Panama tickets and urging early arrival for independent steamers. He endorses the U. S. Mail line and the New York and San Francisco line with named ships Winfield Scott United States Cortes and urged readers to buy tickets only from line owners, signed by them, to avoid fraud and disappointment. He notes Panama departures in March and April and stresses the safety and comfort of established lines for families.
A discussion of Samuel Taylor M D Petersham mass and his Boston Journal article on spiritualism. The writer notes experiments with ouija-like writing and spirits naming signatures, debating whether phenomena are humanly produced or supernatural while cautioning against fashionable delusion. The piece traces historical views of celestial spirits and superstition in early religious interpretation.
In a district session, Aaron Lippitt is fined five dollars and court costs for failing to keep to the right on a public wheel carriage debate. John Keane faces assault and rape-related charges, with bail set at $500 and a possible Supreme Court trial next week. The Bay State and State of Maine collide in Newport harbor, causing injuries and vessel damage. Vanderbilt shelters off Hummocks amid a gale. Prometheus and other vessels report movements with gold and passengers aboard. California Senator John P. Weller elected. weather mild but mining interests suffer from drought. libel action against Stockton Journal over Fremont fraud allegations. Oregon intelligence includes Col. John P. Weller’s election, Indian disturbances dwindling, and a potential revolution rumor from the Great Salt Lake.
The steam er St Lawrence, en route to Portland, sheltered in Gloucester harbor after dragging anchors. The schooner Moro from Portland to Boston and two other coasting vessels were driven ashore. Salem reports multiple chimneys down and damage to the Essex and South Reading Railroad Depot on Forrester street. A schooner broke free and crossed to Marblehead. In Portland chimneys fell and the roof of Sam E Fernald’s soap factory was stripped. Boston Journal.
Captain Reynolds reports from Valparaiso that at Valdivia two crewmen on the Minerva, William Scarf and Parris Williams, fought with a knife. Scarf wounded Williams in the leg saving the major artery, Williams died in an hour. Scarf was captured and sentenced to be shot.
The Crescent City reached New York from Kingston via Chagres today after leaving Kingston on the 12th. She carried California mails, 1.85 million dollars in gold, and 145 passengers, then departed for New York on the 19th. The Cyane is to relieve the Albany from Chagres to San Juan. The McKimm arrived at San Diego June 28, with fourteen passengers lost after Panama departure.
David Kennison once fought in revolutionary battles and is said to be the last survivor of the Boston Tea Party. He died at William Mack’s residence in Chicago on February 25 at age 117.
A fire at a Lockport area home left William Gibson and his wife absent. Their three children ages five and younger suffocated before a rescue could be attempted, tragedy unfolding Saturday afternoon one mile north of the city.
The Windham County Gazette reports Mrs. Cooper of Pomfret fled with a gentleman of color, leaving her husband to mourn. She is young and traveled with her one child, sharing in the family shame.
New York reports Otto Grunzig formed a plan to murder his wife Margaretta. He obtained a double edged knife and gave it to fellow prisoner Henry Carnell for safekeeping. Carnell later betrayed the plot, stalling the murder before authorities could intervene.
Report from Washington mentions a near unanimous Mexican rejection of the Tehuantepec treaty. It says Mr. Webster indicated ratification is required as an act of justice to the United States and that rejection could trigger a crisis.
A February meeting of the Maine law friends was led by principal speaker David Paul Brown at the Museum.
Jenny Linn receives a threatening letter from a stranger vowing insolvency unless she sends ten thousand dollars immediately. The note implies coercive financial pressure and possible blackmail.
Henry Crar and Mr. Clay have recovered sufficiently to ride out and enjoy today’s brilliant sunshine and balmy air, a welcome respite noted in this Thursday report from Balt Pat.
Augustus Brooks of Grafton was found frozen to death on Brigam Hill in that town. He had two bottles of ram in his pocket and the coroner held no inquest due to the evident cause.
Miss Mary P. Choate, 16 or 17, daughter in law of Henry Burton, was baking bread when a gallon fluid can on a shelf exploded. Fluids sprayed over her, clothes burned, and her hair and face severely scorched. Neighbors and her mother halted the flames. doctors fear for her life. The vessel had not been near the stove and the house suffered minor damage.
The New York Assembly faced chaotic reversal as Democrats seized a temporary majority overturning Col. Snow’s seat from the 16th district. A member and aides cut gas in the basement, causing darkness before order returned. Snow led temperance actions. a Mason named Mark Smith died after a fall while intoxicated, reflecting the Maine Law era.
The government plans to bolster its channel and home squadrons with twenty western vessels under Vice Admiral Loghrane. They will cruise between Spithead, Plymouth and Queenstown this summer as a show of readiness for any emergency.
The Congre gional Church at North Middleboro known as Golby’s Church burned Sunday at 10 AM from a stove. It was completely consumed despite recent repairs. Rev. Thomas Bliss was to be ordained this week. there was no insurance on the church.
Two unfinished frame buildings fell in a gale on Saturday night at Broadway and Forty first streets and near Second Avenue and Twenty first street. A large frame structure under construction for a carpet factory near Flatbush road also collapsed.
A Tiverton boy was fined 3 and costs after whipping his schoolmaster who had tried to prevent breaking a school rule. The incident reflects disciplinary tensions within the local school.
Miss Antoinette L Brown a Oberlin graduate preaches in town She has officiated for Theodore Parker and is described as a sensible fluent and eloquent speaker.
A Convention of lay delegates from the Methodist Episcopal Church met in Philadelphia on Wednesday with about two hundred attendees. Committees were formed to plan the agenda and consider their claims for the upcoming General Conference. Represented churches include Chelsea Massachusetts and Boston.
Under Major Patten the U S recruits left New York January 14 for California. They crossed the Isthmus and departed Panama for San Diego February 8. While crossing two men deserted, one drowned and two were killed by natives.
A Gallant Hussaiv Mr Graham the English aeronaut says he refused to allow the balloon to ascend due to extreme gusts. The ascent party was limited to his wife, reflecting caution after a late balloon accident.
In New York state a suit seeks $3300 against the Auburn and Syracuse Railroad Corporation for injuries to Mrs N caused by a collision on the line. The accident left her head injured and rendered deplorably insane.
The steamer has traveled to Washington to showcase its qualities. An excursion and feast was held on Tuesday with the President, Cabinet, Foreign Ministers, Congressmen, and many ladies among the guests aboard.
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