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Bristol Phenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Nov 17, 1866

Page

2

Thanksgiving Proclamation by Governor Burnside 1866 Rhode Island

Governor Ambrose E. Burnside proclaims November 29 as a day of public Thanksgiving across Rhode Island. He praises divine provision, national unity, and liberty, and notes wartime recovery, charity, and justice. The piece includes commentary on 1866 elections and their meaning for republican government and national healing.

Ambrose E. Burnside Rhode Island Providence Plantations God Ilis Providence United States Joan RB. Barrrett

Tale of Mme Jumel and the Burr marriage saga in New York

Letter recounts the Mme Jumel story from Newport roots to wealth via James and Burr, her later mental decline, a half soldier guard, shifting wills, and a brutal probate battle over a fortune near $250 000 with heirs in Bristol. It notes the case settled after days of trial and mentions Griffin's stereoscopes and pictures.

New York Mr. Eviror Newport R. I Mons. Jamel Jones Mons. James Madame James Aaron Burr Mme. Jamal Mme James Bristol Chace Fatire Mme. James R. EB

Tar Jumel Witz Will Case Verdict In Unsound Mind

In the Ju mel will case the New York Supreme Court jury found the testatrix unsound when making the will after a five minute absence. Settlement prior to trial set to pay 88,500 to Nelson Chace with 10,000 to Rev J Howard Smith and 10,000 to Carmansville church, other sums to religious and charitable societies, heirs-at-law to receive 40,000, estate to Mr Chace.

Tar Jumel Witz Jumel Will New York Supreme Court Herald Nelson Chace J. Howard Smith Carmansville

Vast South Vote Disparity Across Slavery Lines

A correspondent notes that in Congress a district's population and slave count shaped representation. In South Carolina's 2nd District the 7,000 votes of 78,000 slaves equaled 20,000 free-state votes. postwar freedom may alter this balance. Also covers ministers in war, wool trade woes, a St. Louis marriage disruption, Colfax on equality, and looming famine warnings across the South.

South South Carolina Charleston Congress Free States

Southern cries over injustice and Southern rights

The piece cites Rebel journalists urged by Johnson to shout for Southern rights and unconditional amends while Northern losses and wartime debt loom. It notes Southern patience under provocation and asks whether the Constitution as is should define their fate, echoing the New York Tribune's view that justice, not malice, must prevail.

Johnson North Andersonville Belle Isle Salisbury

Unnatural Parents Arrested Over Infant Abuse Case

James Grandell and his wife of Westfield Massachusetts were arrested and held for examination in Somers for trying to destroy an infant. They took the child to Enfield Shakers to adopt it, then hid it in a hollow in the woods covered with leaves. The infant, found alive by huntsmen, shows head and face bruises and likely will recover. parents deny stamping the child and claim they left it by the road.

James Grandell Westfield Mass Somers Grandell Enfield

Secret Fenian Meetings in Brooklyn Spark Arms Rumor

Reports from Brook lyn allege that head centres of State Fenian Circles met in secret sessions last week. Ireland is said to have delivered over seventy thousand stands of arms and ammunition on the northern coast in two months, with hints of moves toward independence before mid next month.

Brooklyn Ireland

Paris Exposition Plans and Global News Roundup

The notice compiles varied items from 19th century news: French troops leaving Rome and a 12 000 strong force in Rome, a Secularist movement in New York, a Paris beauty prize, a giant cheese promised by Toronto, and famine deaths in India. It reports transport accidents, bridge plans in Cincinnati, tunnel troubles in Chicago, population growth in Baltimore, and local deaths and legal cases. It also covers rail projects, war department orders, and political shifts across cities, with brief notes on weather, crime, and social trends.

Meteor shower reports from far and near are described

A Mount Hope correspondent notes a dazzling meteor display with reports from Benin Honolulu and Madagascar via cable. Observers record bright showers extraordinary green meteors and a few large fireballs. local reports describe modest visibility due to rail and telegraph networks. A Centennial event is announced at State Street MoE Church.

Mr. Borror Geome Sanday Benin Honolulu Mauna Loa Madagascar

Opening lecture opens Association Course at Court House

Rev A A Willetsy D D of Brooklyn delivered an engaging talk on The Age in which we live to a large appreciative audience. The next lecture will be held at the Town Hall next Thursday by E C Dubois Esq of New Bedford.

Association Court House A.A Willetsy D Brooklyn Town Hall E. C. Dubois E Q New Bedford Gifford Portsmouth

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