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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1848
Page
2
An elderly preacher’s tense farewell after a strained service ends with wary handshakes and a wary welcome home. A missing member seeks lodging nearby, and the tale lingers for years as the community reflects on kindness and rumor.
Rhode Island General Assembly May session enacts approval for Providence to grant Railroad Company rights to lay rails on public land waters highways and wharves within the city subject to ordinances and penalties enforced as city regulations. It empowers the council to issue turnoffs spurs and to remove rails if orders are disobeyed. The act preserves state rights to lands and waters and becomes effective immediately after passage.
Four Senators and Representatives present notices urging a ceremony for Seome land Shevee of the United States. Bristol shows rapid growth with Butter factory, Butt mills, steam planeing mill, oil factories, and rising real estate. A 150 ton schooner launched from Crandalls South Shipyard, with two large ships planned, as Crandall’s vessels are praised for model and strength.
Canderbeek Thursday and Friday evenings drew large crowds as audiences expressed high satisfaction with the performances. An upcoming concert promises continued appeal to music lovers in the city. Charles Langfeld, linked to a Philadelphia murder case, has been hanged. Rabid dog cases rise in several cities including Baltimore and Norfolk. A hurricane at a Raymond & Co. menagerie show in New York state caused 1800 spectators to flee, with tents collapsing and injuries reported.
The passage notes concern if the weather persists affecting downtown plans for a reception. It mentions Bristol as a suitable place to stay and rusticate during summer months, implying seasonal preparation and lodging considerations.
A translated dispatch from Queretaro dated April 27 declares a Mexican uprising against the existing government. The plan calls for war until peace, led by generals Almonte Bustamente and Paredes, urging Mexicans to fulfill their destiny. American deserters are reportedly joining the Mexican forces in large numbers.
A November 20 massacre at the Pecebgtorian Mission in the Wallah Wallah Valley left Dr White his wife and several others killed. Eighteen users were killed and sixty to seventy taken prisoner as missionary houses were looted. Major Meek was dispatched to Washington with dispatches urging immediate action by Oregon settlers.
A century old dispute unfolds between the King of Bavaria and dancer Lola Montes. The exchange reveals age versus beauty as Montes dismisses royal advances, the king contemplates drastic action, and public fate questions the value of kingship and nobility.
One week after departing Europe the steamship Caledonia reached Hoston at half past ten Sunday morning with advices from Liverpool to the 6th inst London to the Sid and Paris to the 4th. The report notes firmer commercial prospects with cotton rising and breadstuff retreating. Also covered are Irish electoral reform, chartist unrest in Limerick, proclamations by the Lord Lieutenant on crime and arming, and political results in France and Poland with Lamartine and Ledro Rollin highlighted.
The National Assembly met on the fourth and the Provisional government issued twenty eleven decrees affecting most subjects of public interest in the island state of Trave. Reports from Manchester show dull accounts but improving employment. Nearby, eyewitnesses say the ex-Queen and Lidie Philippe’s carriage hire for a Sunday visit to Weybridge chapel cost only three cobras for transport. The household dines collectively with all comforts arranged, and only one servant attends in the room as descendants of Charlemagne wait upon each other.
News from New York reports the French republic proclaimed by the National Assembly amid vast public enthusiasm in Paris. Buchez elected Assembly president on the first ballot with 300 of 715 votes. Reports vary on future form including a single presidency or tri-head system. Austrian forces push in Venetia Lombardy Cracow rises suppressed.
The New York Courier reports General Scott arrived by ship at the Quarantine then rode to his residence in Elmhurst town. He traveled with aides de camp and Dr Tripler. The general is in good health and confident that the peace treaty will be ratified. Local townspeople welcomed him with restrained enthusiasm, and church services offered prayers for his safe return.
The Frances Henrietta, under Captain Poole, encountered a 200 ton Japanese junk in a typhoon seven months earlier. Its crew of seventeen had fallen to four and resorted to drawing lots to decide who would be killed and eaten. Poole kept the survivors aboard for 30 days then returned them to shore by small boats.
Court proceedings reveal Keenan’s alleged involvement in a Bristol to Providence robbery. Witnesses place him near the crime scene and in possession of Commercial Bank notes, with testimony outlining his movements between Attleborough and Providence and the gifting of funds in ten and five dollar bills. Prosecutors argue the money came from the Commercial Bank thefts as the defense questions the timeline.
Reports from Port au Prince describe a brutal clash as President Soluque cracks down on the yellow minority, replacing officials with blacks. Yellow leaders are killed or jailed. bloodshed alarms owners of the Isaac Fink lin and B C Clarke & Co.. the future of Soluque’s regime remains perilously uncertain.
John Riley stabbed Arrusy Jonesow Barneys M Tatyre during a Sunday crowd disturbance at William K Senith's tavern in Johnston. The victim suffered abdominal and facial wounds from a jackknife but was treated by Dr. William Richardson and is recovering at home.
Proceedings of the Senate on Wednesday May 17 report Mr. Greene asking the bill for relief of Robert Purkis be taken up. He explains grounds for the bill, recalling the capture and recapture of a vessel by the British, and discusses proposed sums and engrossment with unanimous consent.
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