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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1853
Page
2
The text outlines that actions must be brought in a specific court with exclusive jurisdiction and lists conditions on criminal proceedings and contracts. It defines gross negligence as manslaughter unless murder is proven and allows survivors to pursue damages even after death where a wrongful act caused fatal injury.
A westbound Providence road train from this city to Dedham was halted for about three hours after a tender track broke near Roxbury toll gate. The wreck damaged the fender and cars, with six men in the baggage car and Mr Richardson of Dedham badly bruised. No serious injuries reported.
The Fall River Monitor reports mills implement a ten hour labor schedule from 7 AM to 5:14 PM with three quarters of an hour for dinner. Some mills end work at 6 PM and refuse longer shifts. Metacomet mill workers are discharged after leaving at 6, while Quequechan and Watuppa mills see workers quit at ten hours. Meetings support the ten hour system.
Newport Mercury reports Fort Adams troops moved to New York for transport to California. Officers hurried the departure while servicemen hurried to marry before departure, with nine marriages recorded on the morning of the mobilization.
The bark Henry Herbeck bound from Cardiff to New York encounters hurricane after leaving Cardiff September 9. A heavy sea damages deck structures, kills or injures crew, pumps kept all hands at work as the ship fills with water. By September 13 ten men and the captain remain, exhausted but persevering through peril.
A Spanish mail packet named Valasco from Havana carries yellow fever aboard and heads to Virgo to ride out its quarantine period. The scene details the peril and travel during a dangerous outbreak era in maritime quarantine.
The editorial urges voters to oppose a state constitutional convention and warns against amendments by bare majorities. It cites a Providence Journal piece criticizing tampering with the constitution, mentions districts and counties like Washington, East Greenwich, West Greenwich, Charlestown, and New Shoreham, and argues reforms should follow established provisions rather than party whims.
The Providence Warren and Bristol Rail Road officials are negotiating to acquire land on the west side of Phames Street from Church's Wharf to the Town Bridge to build a depot and related structures.
A special session of the Court of Common Pleas presided by Judge Staples appointed three commissioners to estimate damages for property owners along the Providence Warren and Bristol Railroad. Chosen were George Pearse for Bristol Joseph Childs for Warren and Benjamin Martin for Berrington. The court adjourned to Tuesday the 29th inst.
At a stockholders meeting held in New York on the 4th inst Levi S Chatfield of New York was chosen President Francis M Dimond Governor of this town was named Vice President and Wm W land of New York was appointed Secretary.
The state votes on Monday for governor and state officers. A trial about the adoption of the new Constitution will occur the same day. Current appearances favor rejection of the Constitution.
On Wednesday a southerly gusting storm brought thunder and lightning and high winds across the area.
A survey plans a line of steamboats from this town to New York. The route runs from Myrick through Swanney and across Little's to Walker's Cove in the south part of town.
In New York the Whigs lead in both branches of city government. Cape J. Comstoeie of the Steamship Baltic will command the new Green Point steamer for the Fall River and New York line. Capt C. will depart before her arrival and be replaced by Capt Eldridge.
Sunday night brought the coldest weather of the season with freezing lows. The surface froze to an inch thick by Monday morning and Thursday night remained unusually cold throughout.
Foreign reports indicate no war has begun yet but both Russia and Turkey are making extensive preparations for a likely severe conflict. Military moves and diplomatic signaling suggest an imminent, high-stakes struggle on the horizon.
The eee of New York has appointed akégiving on the 24th inst. We believe that all the States thus far with the exception of one, has appointed the same day.
Secretary of the American Bible Society Rev Dr Holdich will preach on Sunday morning at the Methodist Church and in the Congregational Church partials, inviting friends of the society to bring in their annual contributions.
The last mail from New Mexico reports about ten thousand votes cast in the delegate contest. Both candidates claim victory with a Mexican majority suggested. Ex-Governor Lane plans to contest the Congressional seat. Tensions run high between American and Mexican residents, with daily armed posture.
The estate of Jonathan Kimball, Esq., of Lisbon Massachusetts, who died recently at about eighty years, included a trunk of long-stored items. Among the contents were 200 dollars in Lancaster Bank notes dated twenty years ago, still as fresh as when issued.
The six New England states report 641983 pupils in attendance for the year with instruction costs totaling 205513165. Vermont shows 222 per pupil, Maine 34, Connecticut 135, Rhode Island 164, Massachusetts requires towns to raise at least 150 per child aged five to fifteen to receive state school fund shares. all towns met the condition last year.
The latest dispatches report Otel Sain sailing from San Francisco on the 16th with 81 130,000 and Sonora’s city losses. California Supreme Court upholds Mexical law grants, striking at squatters and shifting property. San Francisco hosts a dinner for Gen. Hiram Wallbridge as murders rise statewide. News from the Sandwich Islands notes annexation moves, with Dr Judd removed and Elisha A Allen appointed. Magnetic telegraph links San Doce and San Francisco.
Arrival of the barque Clara Windsor from Port au Prince and Jeremie reports yellow fever at the former port with great severity. Six sailors died at sea and in Jeremie: Munroe of Massachusetts, Laurie of Denmark, Flynn of Dublin, Taylor of Edinburgh, Betew and Minde of Sweden.
The Mobile Board of Health announces the cessation of the yellow fever epidemic. Over three months the fever caused 1027 deaths, 1256 total deaths in a 12 000 population during summer. In August 12 days saw 8 deaths, rising to 194 in the week ending September 9. The four days ending October 26 report 15 fever deaths.
The city, once thinly populated by a recent wave of deaths, has rapidly grown as thousands move in within ten to fifteen days. Absentees return and a surge of new residents from distant regions fills the void created by the mortality events.
Western papers report a very abundant potato crop with little rot damage. Indiana and Illinois papers echo the sentiment, noting no rot harm and plentiful potatoes across the region.
The Albany Argus reports Friday afternoon saw about 7000 to 8000 barrels of apples on Albany piers and vessels awaiting shipment. Principal receiving ports listed are Boston Philadelphia and New York.
Official accounts report 19 000 slaves carried off by cholera in the Sagnalo Grande district between Matangas and a southern point. Attacks were brief, some lasting only an hour, amid a limited and densely populated zone as of October 11.
Mr. Morse was accosted by two men on the Fairhaven bridge near New Bedford as evening fell. They demanded money, found none, searched him, and then pitched him into the water, nearly drowning him.
The Albany Knickerbocker notes that thirty two years ago twenty two sailing vessels ferried goods on the Hudson. Freight later rose to 63 in 1849 and climbed to 667 by 1851, then declined to 569 in 1852 as the bulk of freighting moved to steam boats and barges.
From Havana to New York the Crescent City arrives in the morning with details of its voyage from New Orleans. The steamer notes calm seas and favorable conditions as it completes the trip, bringing hopeful health news from the island.
The Sardinian government refuses to receive Foresti amid refugee turmoil in Piedmont and Genoa. The issue prompts state department questions over official reasons for the unusual action. Separately a Worcester junction freight derailment halted a Norwich railroad freight train with no injuries.
The barometer shows unusually high readings while the thermometer stays low, signaling a hard ground and thick ice in many places. The Boston Journal notes the severe freeze lasting six months keeps ground frozen, stirring anticipation for skating in Thanksgiving week.
A New Haven to New York Saturday express ran over the Norwalk Bridge at 4 P M without stopping. The engineer was speeding and could not halt in time. Passengers including Mr Betts a Broadway carpet dealer have filed a complaint to recover penalties.
Government departments warn that any writing altered by blotting or erasure is invalid until a satisfactory explanation is provided. Officials urge careful handling of submitted documents to avoid disfigurement or missing words and emphasize only positive legal testimony will be accepted for explanations.
About two hundred inmates occupy the New Jersey lunatic asylum. A seven year old boy, entering with a seven year old girl and sisters, became lively, holding her hand and showing items of utility. Visitors were deeply affected by the scene, and the boy shows favorable signs of improvement.
At the Royal Agricultural Society event in Gloucester several turkeys reached 49 lbs each, while geese and ganders in nine pens averaged 34 lbs. Premium geese weighed 39, 40, 41, and 49 1 2 lbs, illustrating a strong display of large birds among England's prizes.
Text notes demand for lumber in Cincinnati exceeding supply and says pine lands of Pennsylvania and western New York may reroute timber to eastern markets, reducing Cincinnati's share. Concludes Chicago will soon become the Wests great lumber mart.
The Gwh reka ship Banshee chartered by the American Colonization Society departed Baltimore for Liberia carrying 127 emigrants. It will stop at Norfolk on the way out and take on board 158 additional emigrants, including nine missionaries. A state exercise preceded the vessel’s departure.
A man staying with his wife at the Ip Hotel in Hsien Ne awoke to find his wife missing and about ip cash absent from his pockets. Police are investigating the overnight disappearance and theft report.
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