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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1856
Page
2
The piece laments campaign fatigue and calls the end of the heated contest a relief. It defends prior editorials as truthful and rejects sensational charges as empty. It weighs the roles of Fremont Fillmore and Buchanan, hopes for stability, and cautions against sectional conflict and annexation fever.
The act on truants from the last General Assembly seems poorly enforced in Bristell. Many children ages five to twelve roam streets day and night, smoke, swear, and misbehave. Citizens are urged to support enforcement and rescue children from vice. notice of school attendance changes will be given.
The town marks a Dedication on Tuesday November 6 with services at 10:30 and a sermon by Rev. L Swain from Providence. A Democratic Jubilee follows with a supper at D Wolf House and a torchlight procession led by Geo H Reynolds. 100 guns salute accompanied by illuminated streets reflect the political mood of the period.
Mr Paine will start his Fill and Winter term of instruction in vocal music at the Congregational Lecture Room on Tuesday evening the 18th Nov at ? o'clock. First evening free. He is well known as a leading teacher in New England.
A long reflective piece greets readers after the election, welcoming the South and North, printers and editors, etc. It surveys reactions of voters, politicians, stump speakers, and office seekers, highlighting relief, hope, and ongoing political energy across the Union.
A plan to form a committee to buy a former meeting house for a public lecture room is discussed. Tony seeks a new clock and room to host the lectures before the course begins. The Haven Palladium reports mob pressure against Stan, a Norfolk resident, delaying a public sale and stirring outrage over civic actions.
News from New York reports the Baltic from Liverpool docking at Thisport on Nov 10. It notes English press calumnies against the bench and government affecting the Anglo French Alliance, Neapolitan tensions, and shifting European deployments including Malta, Toulon, and Naples. It also mentions a suspended Paris Congress and a Turkish ministry resignation with Redschid Pachn as Vigier setup.
The Charleston Mercury quotes R Barnwell Rhett urging dissolution of the Union and the formation of a Southern confederacy. He argues tariff grievances as key, proposing redirection of the tariff to 1433 standards and threatening to remove Southern representation if demands aren’t met. He argues statesmanship lies in forming combinations to hasten dissolution.
Memphis papers report a discovered conspiracy in Union County to rise on the fifth of the month in a planned massacre at the polls. Black suspects confessed implicating others twenty miles away. white men are warned to leave or face fines or hanging as sensational reports describe widespread plot across Texas.
A violent clash erupted last night in Bastione between two political clubs in the upper city. Guns pistols and a small cannon were used several persons were dangerously wounded.
Western apples command strong prices with 64 per barrel reported last week to Nosk and Long Island pip gins prepared for export in large quantities at around $8 per barrel, as packing and paper rolling continue.
The 1856 Rhode Island proclamation urges citizens to observe Thanksgiving as a duty and joy, praising divine mercy, seeking peace, and asking for a Christian spirit in government and society. It calls for public worship, family gatherings, and nationwide prayers for an end to war and for just, benevolent policies.
Eighty six Peruvian Inuias reach Havana with reward offered to the first who successfully acclimates the plants on the island. French naturalist Mr. Rohen has backed the effort. Havana bans reception of American grain in official acts, declaring it will not be a repository of foreign seed. The order suggests foreign seed circulation hints at sovereignty concerns.
Report of the first conviction of Free State prisoners by loyalist troops at Bécamp. A man named Bennett among about one hundred captured by U S forces for the attack on the Southern fort at Hickory. Charge listed as assault and battery with intent to kill. Prisoners suffer in dismal quarters with poor food and illness.
London correspondent reports France and England could not agree a line of action in Naples. No hostile demonstration, combined begis sent only to protect subjects. Opinion in England says the Bel ligerent article refers to London press on the monetary crisis and Bank of France. Turkey reportedly asked withdrawal of English vessels from the Black Sea is uncertain.
Our paper retracts a paragraph from the New Bedford Standard alleging Vanderhoff and Dexter conspired in the death of John C. Chage Swangey. The claim is groundless and no charges were made. the Standard’s report appears to be a hoax or mispublication.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Kentucky, aid, and a disputed statement about a person or group. The readable bits show references to hardship or improvised action and a likely archival notice. The text remains unclear and lacks coherent event details or identifiable names.
Fragmentary report outlines events in California. Mentions legal case PER from CA, political notes on primary selections favoring Republicans and People’s nominees, and a death of John Briggs brother of ex-Governor. References to diplomatic tensions between England and Grenada and British West India fleet actions.
The Providence Journal quotes a disputed editorial discussing Northeastern abolitionism and Southern loyalty, arguing public sentiment won’t accept a unified Northern stance and that New England faces internal sectional conflict.
The Warren Telegraph reports Joel W Abbot son of Inte Commodore Abbot drowned at Buffalo on Thursday night. He belonged to the U S Propeller Relief and was last seen fetching an axe during a fire at the Spaulding dock. His body was recovered and placed in a vault awaiting directions from his friends. his wife and three children live in Vermont.
In New Orleans on the night of the 3d instant four men were killed in separate incidents. John Lully of Hoboken was slain at a yard gate, John Wear a gas fitter died from sling shots in a political row, Patrick Ryan was found murdered on the sidewalks, and Win. Askew was killed in the streets.
A Sunday confrontation on Pratt and Parker streets in Baltimore between rival gangs Junior Getthurppias and Junior Mount Clare Association led to gunfire from muskets pistols and shotguns. Four young men were wounded as rioters dispersed after fourteen leaders were arrested.
A Sunday morning fire at 39 Warren Street caused extensive damage across adjacent properties including 3 Warren Street and 37 and 39 Murray Street. The blaze, worsened by a strong northwest wind, destroyed several structures and damaged 34 Warren Street and 62 Church Street. Estimated losses reach five to eight hundred thousand dollars.
A 14 year old Youne Rascau-Lewis Barmasten faces multiple charges after stealing ten dollars from his father and allegedly planning to poison his siblings. A peer delivered arsenic to a coffee pot at breakfast but the dose was neutralized by treatment. The boy who placed the poison was arrested by Officer Gillespie last evening.
W D Walker of Belchertown is jailed in awaiting bail of 9000 after an attempted murder against Mr Hall of New York. Insanity defenses are noted and proceedings move toward state prison exposure.
New York Journal of Commerce notes thirty two American sea going vessels totally lost in October with vessel value set at 904,900 and cargo value at 268,960. Four incidents included loss of life. total cargo value uncertain but may raise gross totals. Lakes also suffered severe losses of life and property.
Colonel Hiram Pearson of California travelled to Europe and sought admission to the Vienna Congress of Science to inspect government buildings. Officials refused, citing that only European Congress members could enter. He joined as a member using a destroyed San Francisco diploma, was welcomed by most members, except Archduke Charles who opposed him. Pearson was admitted to the Chair of Surgery and named Vice President of the Congress.
A twelve year old girl underwent a midline hard palate tumor excision at Massachusetts General Hospital. Under ether anesthesia Professor Henry J. Bigelow removed almost the entire superior maxillary bone and diseased tissue. The patient fared well postoperatively and the operation was praised for life saving precision. In Rome on October 13 Col. Hiram Pearcey of San Francisco was fined the throne of the Pope.
The Daily Evening News of Fillmore has ceased publication during the campaign. The closing article laments the failure of the “illustrious Fillmore” but finds solace in the election of Buchanan.
An ad touts Patenh sx Naso as a ballast of wisdom, suitable for those afflicted with biosehial troubles or asthma. It credits Dr Wist with fame for its singular power over pulmonary issues amid widespread recognition.
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