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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1849
Page
2
A fragmented narrative covers a courtroom confrontation between a plaintiff and defendant over parental duty and accusations of infidelity. The text includes witness testimony, family resentment, and a judge's remarks. Additional items note hotel estate sales and new building plans, patent issues, and local incidents from Brown University to California mining reports.
A brief note cites long absence and widespread speculation on the subject's next move. The matter may be pursued in the Courts of Justice, while another singular affair remains outside current observation.
Governor proclaims November 29 as day of general Thanksgiving and praise thanking God for harvest bounty and liberty. Also includes notices on Bristol coal discoveries, new primary schools, court terms, steamer schedules, and local anecdotes from Providence and surrounding towns with various civic updates.
The Alta California reports the California State Convention has adopted its constitution with a unanimous slavery clause. Emigration to the gold region continues with reports of miners prospering, large gold dust cargoes from San Francisco, and ongoing arrivals at San Francisco and other ports.
Reports from Elropa note Cambria arriving in Boston with dispatches from Liverpool and Paris as October winds down. War fears ease, Czars pause, and Haynau orders halt to executions while Atlantic gales cause heavy losses near the coast.
A passenger on the steamer Panama warns readers California wealth tales are tempered by toil and misfortune. He notes extreme work, sickness, ruined fortunes, and high rents as many come seeking riches but face hardship and insecurity.
The telegraph line linking Maanetic and Halifax is now finished and the first noon message from the Merchants' exchange asked about arrivals of brig Boston, brig Vixen, and steamer Cambria. Emigration from Bremen to the United States remains alarmingly high with 57,000 embarked last year. A Richmond Republican pressroom foreman shot a colored carrier over a dispute, wounding him in the thigh. Barque Elijah Swift bound for New Orleans was wrecked. second mate and twelve passengers drowned.
An emigrant leaves a country while an immigrant arrives in a new one. The same person can be both, first exiting home and later entering another land, changing status as the voyage ends and baggage remains or is left behind. The note adds a linguistic contrast and a light quip about baggage.
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