Rhode Island Whigs Convene in Providence for Nominations
The Bristol and Whig State and District Conventions met in Providence. Elisha Harris of Coventry was nominated for governor, Samuel G. Arnold also nominated, with Arnold declining. A three from each county committee was formed to nominate general officers, while Milford Fillmore was thanked for his foreign affairs leadership. Eastern and Western district nominees were chosen for Congress. A death aboard the steamer Oregon is noted for Théodore C. Gladding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bae
Providence
Christopher Robinson
Thomas S. Anthony
Thomas C. Greene
Hheir
Abraham Payne
Elisha Harris
Coventry
David S. Harris
Thomas G. Tugger
Warren
Samuel G. Arnold
Joseph S. Pitman
Arnolds
George W. Jackson
Newport County
William H. Cranston
Samuel B. Wheaton
George WW. Jackson
Kent County
Simon H. Greene
Washington County
John J. Reynolds
Bristol County
Thomay G. Turney
Milford Fillmore
Rhode Island
Millardsmore
George G. King
Congress
Cyrus Harris, Esq
Warwick
U. S
Street Snow Falls Six Inches Friday Night Through Saturday
Snow depths reached about six inches with ongoing fall from 11 p.m. Friday to noon Saturday. In Washington Baltimore Philadelphia and New York snow began Friday morning as ground stayed unfrozen. Warm sun on Sunday and Monday melted most of the snow in our area.
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Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Providence Rail Road stock attracts subscribers
Citizens of Providence subscribe to the Providence Warren and Bristol Rail Road as subscription nears completion. Stockholders will decide the route once subscriptions are finished, and construction will begin promptly. Look out for the engine when the bell rings.
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Providence
Providence, Warren and Bristol
Gratitude to U S Senate and House Members
The article expresses thanks to Senator John H. Clarke and Representative G G King for providing valuable public documents.
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John H. Clarke
U. S. Senate
G. G. King
House of Representatives
Bristol Coal Mining Company Buys Wharf Site
The wharf and coal mine shaft opened last year by J. G. Peck Enq. have been acquired by the Bristol Coal Mining Company. They plan to begin operations in the shaft sunk to about seventy feet. A vein of coal was found near the surface and is expected to appear again around one hundred feet deep.
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J. G. Peck
Enq
Bristol Coal Mining Company
March term opens at Supreme Court for this County
A new Sailor's Home has been completed on the site of the old home in Purchase street Reston. The Home, established in 1836, rebuilt in 1845, burnt in 1952, and rebuilt, contains a reading room and a library of 700 volumes with full accommodations.
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Purchase Street
Reston
Washington Letter and Local Politics Highlight 1776 Letter
A Bristol town resident has an original 1776 Washington letter with a copy to be published. The Inaugural Address of President Pierce is reviewed as clear and comprehensive. Rodney French wins New Bedford mayoral race. local Democrats defend patriotism amid press criticism. The Washington dispatch notes Cabinet nominees and Senate confirmation with Marcy, Gurney, McCuellain, and other officials named.
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George Washington
Co. Jones
Revolutionary Army
Pierce
Washington
Senate
Willliam L. Marcy
New York
James Gurning
Kentucky
Treasury
Robert McCuellain
Michigan
Interior
Aerrerson Davis
Mississippi
James C. Doxain
North Carolina
Navy
James Campa
Pennsylvania
Carel Cusning
Massachusetts
Genershenns
Inauguration Day in Washington 1853 Pierce Takes Oath
The cortege reaches the Capitol at 1 PM as President Pierce and officials enter the Senate Chamber. After the oath administered by the Chief Justice, Pierce delivers a clear inaugural address amid applause. The procession returns to the White House with crowds, while Mr. Fillmore occupies Willard's.
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Washington
Capitol
Senate
President Pierce
White House
J. Fillmore
Willard’s
Gen
Pierce
Fillmore
Gen. Pierce
Presidential Mansion
Senate Meets in Washington on Nicaragu a Treaty Papers
Monday session notes the Senate appoints Walker and Phelps to present to the President their request for papers on the Nicarauga treaty. Soule presents a memorial from twenty Louisiana lawmakers opposing his colleague Benjamin’s election, laid on the table. The President replies he will communicate in writing. The Senate later takes up executive business and considers Clayton’s resolution seeking State Department information on Central American issues and British Honduras claims before adjourning.
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Washineron
Senate
Messrs. Walker and
Phelps
Soule
Louisiana
Hia Coleague
Benjamin
Clayton
Secretary of State
Department
Great Britain
Honduras
Fire at Codrington Mill Threatens Main Building
About 9 o'clock Monday morning a fire was found in the boiler room of Codrington Mill. Fire companies arrived quickly and confined the blaze to the boiler room. Damage estimated around $1000. Report from Newport Advertiser, ninth inst.
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Coddington
Newport Advertiser
Ten Hour System Adopted by Mechanics Mills Tenants
Lowell American reports most tenants at the Mechanics' Mills have acceded to workers demands and signed an agreement to adopt the ten hour workday. The development marks a shift in local labor practices as workers gain shortened hours.
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Tye
Lowell
Lowell American
Mechanics’ Mills
Arrival of the Baltic and Baltic affair in Europe
Four days later from Europe reports the Baltic’s arrival in New York from Liverpool. The Lisbon backchannel and Austrian affairs dominate dispatches. Negotiations with Hungary, Mazzini, and Kossuth provoke talk of amnesty amid growing conspiracies.
American Citizen Imprisoned in Bremen
The Savannah Republican reports that Conrad Schmidt, a naturalized American, was arrested in Bremen on a Hanoverian military service claim and jailed for five days. U.S. Consul Ralph King protested to Bremen authorities. Berlin Minister Barnard intervened, prompting Schmidt’s release. A second American faced police scrutiny in Hanover during the same period.
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Bremen
Savannah
Conrad Schmidt
Hanover
State Department
Washington
Ralph King
Schmidt
King
United States
Barnard
Berlin
Senate
Great meeting backs municipal reform in New York City
A large Saturday evening gathering in New York City, with leaders from all parties, voiced support for radical municipal reform. Resolutions urged revising the city charter by the State Legislature, holding spring elections, and other changes.
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New York City
Letter denies proclamation authenticity in reply
Kossova in a letter rejects the proclamation's authenticity. He explains he did not deny it earlier to avoid Austrian use against patriots said to be betraying in Italy.
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Kossova
Italy
Disturbances Threaten San Juan Citizens Over Transit Depot
Private letters reveal threats of open warfare if the Vanderbilt Nicaragua Transit Company depot is not moved from its Greytown river mouth location. Citizens complain of monopoly and have purchased cannon and ammunition. agent Baldwin was jailed for threatening peace but released on security.
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San Juan
W. L.,cushing & Co
Pampero
Vanderbilt Nicaragua Transit Company
Greytown
Baldwin
Messrs
H. L. Stevenson
M. O. Delta
Steamer Cosmodore mail theft shocks New York to Boston
After the Cosmodore left New York on Friday evening, about one hundred letters vanished from the mail agent’s office. Most addressed to Bostonians and thought to hold large sums. The agent was in the office and alerted to the theft, but no arrests have been made.
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Rossery
Commonore
Cosmodore
Stonington Line
New York
Boston Traveller
Emigrant and Freight Train Collision Near Lewiston
A Pennsylvania Railroad collision near Lewiston injures and kills several. Four emigrants die instantly, two others perish later, with two more not expected to live. A second fatal incident reported near Huntington on the same line.
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Harrispore
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lewiston
Tn Hart
Huntington
Steamer Bay State Reaches New York After Snow Storm
The Bay State left Fall River on Friday evening and did not arrive in New York until about 9 o clock tonight. A perilous voyage through a thick snow storm left the vessel with obscured bearings as she anchored in seven fathoms near Gull Island, where she lay till morning.
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New York
Bay State
Fall River
Gull Island
Cabinet takes charge as Senators caucus on temporary committee plan
Washington reports the Cabinet assumed duties at 11 this morning. Democratic Senators met in caucus and agreed on a temporary arrangement of standing committees until the next session.
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Washington
Steamer News From Havana and Aspinwall Ports
New Orleans reports the Black Warrior arrived at Mobile from Havana with word that Mr King’s health is slightly improved though still precarious. The El Dorado has arrived at Havana from Aspinwall on the 2nd.
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New Orleans
Mobile
Havana
Matanzas
Fever reports from Caribbean ports and a fatal shipboard accident
From Port au Prince and Mayaguez, reports on fever conditions and yellow fever rising to alarming levels. In Norfolk Virginia a Wickford man William A Slocum is killed aboard the schooner Metamora when a scaffold triangle collapses and he falls to the deck and dies instantly. Report sourced from the Providence Journal.
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New York
Port Au Prince
Mayaguez
Ontario
William A. Slocum
Wickford
Norfolk
Providence Journal
Dancehall pistol duel ends with blocked arrest
At Oldtown Maine a young lady fired both barrels of a double shotgun pistol at William Bowman of Upper Stillwater during a tavern dance. One shot hit Bowman's shoulder and powder burned the dancer. She was not arrested amid public sympathy, Bowman having faced breach of promise bail the day before. conflicting reports say Bangor Mercury and Boston Commonwealth discuss arrest and eventual discharge due to lack of witnesses.
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Oldtown
William Bowman
Upper Stillwater
Bowman
Boston Commonwealth
Bangor Mercury
Pea Cove
Alford
Bogton Journal
Noted Ranger McCulloch Faces Altercation at Brown’s Table
In Washington Ben McCulloch, famed lexan Ranger, had a clash at Brown’s dinner when West of New Mexico insulted him and threw water. McCulloch knocked West down, shattered dinner plates with a tumbler, and struck him with a chair, leaving West seriously but not dangerously injured.
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Artray
Washington
Ben
McCulloch
Brown
West
New Mexico
Tel
Ito N
Ship passengers reach homeward bound crew members aided
Returnen-Abraham Johnson and Sylvia Jonson his wife two persons of color arrived here yesterday morning in the schooner Armida from Jefferson Ga They were cooks and stewardess on the brig Round Pond and jailed in Jefferson on arrival The Armida's captain took them aboard and provided passage to Providence where they belong They are destitute and need assistance to reach Providence.
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Abraham Johnson
Sylvia Jonson
Armida
Jefferson
Cook
Round Pond
Providence
New
Bedford Mercury
Verdict Awarded in NY Supreme Court Over Car Arm Injury
The New York Supreme Court awarded 8500 to Peter A Townsend against Paterson and Hudson River Railroad. Townsend was injured June 21 1850 when his elbow struck a timber on Pageaic River Bridge after protruding from a car window. The court held recovery unlikely if posted notices warned against arms in cars as argued by defendants.
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New York Supreme Court
Paterson, Land Hudson River Railroad
Peter A. Townsend
Pageaic River
Sinevian Occurrence and Death in Oswego County
Mr Pat chin of Oswego County New York recently returned from California. While melting gold dust in a crucible over a stove the room filled with fumes from quicksilver. Eight family members fell ill and a 16 year old boy died on Tuesday after noon.
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Patchin
Oswego County
New York
California
Scarlet Fever Epidemic Hits Waltham Family
The Scarlet Fever is very prevalent in the city land neighborhood. The disease has fallen heavily upon the family of Hon. N. P. Banks of Waltham. both of his two children are bedridden. The illness grips the household as Boston Trap notes the spread.
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City Land
Hon. N. P. Banks
Waltham
Boston Trap
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Bristol
Théodore C. Gladding
Richard S. Gladding
Oregon
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Rodney French
New Bedford
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Inte
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Diveypond
Southam
India Mail
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Austria
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Mazzina
Salli
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Iwo
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London
Hungary
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Gun Benemy
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Kossuth
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Vienna
Mazzini
Ithe
Corcoran
Charleston
Ramco
Welch's
Boston
Deacon Carter
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Carpenter
Caldicot
First Baptist Church
Charles
Meng
John Russell
Henry Bulwer
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Francesco Madini
Leopold
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