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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1854
Page
2
The document records an adjourned court term extending into the next term with orders that all returns and processes previously issued be returned to the clerk for entry, and that the act and its provisions take effect immediately upon passage.
The General Assembly grants Maryland jurisdiction over a small lot near Bristol Ferry in Bristol town purchased by Pearce Exq. The act allows civil and criminal processes to run on the land and lighthouse as if jurisdiction had not been ceded, with William R. Watson, Secretary, attesting.
The act organizes two or more Courts of Common Pleas in counties when needed, with a Supreme Court Justice presiding. It assigns clerk duties, deputy attendance, oath requirements, and payment, and directs juror division between parallel courts during sessions. The chief justice may designate which Justices hold each court.
The Rhode Island General Assembly enacts cession of lands in Providence to the United States for a Custom House Post Office and Court Rooms. Civil and criminal process may be executed on the lands as though the state retained jurisdiction. The property and buildings are forever exempt from state and town taxes while owned by the United States.
The General Assembly repeals the 1850 act amending militia regulation and restates that military companies remain subject to the amended militia provisions. The act takes effect immediately, with Secretary William B. Watson noting the repeal.
The act stipulates the Commissioner’s salary and requires exclusive dedication to office duties. It repeals conflicting acts and parts of acts. Signed by WillaJar, Watson, and the Secretary.
The piece lauds recent elections in the Free States rejecting the Missouri Compromise repeal. It cites gains for anti slavery sentiments across Pennsylvania Indiana Michigan and others, warns the Administration is aligned with slavery, and calls for accountability at the ballot box. It notes votes from Newport Jamestown and Block Island and mentions a Bristol Gas Light stock subscription and rising prospects for July light.
The Know Nothings rise in New York while three Democrats win Congress seats. Unsettled race for governor features Clarke and Seymour with reports split on the outcome and likely consequences for the Legislature. Rum advocates rallied across parties to support Seymour.
The report that Mr Soule the American Minister to Spain was prevented from passing through France is confirmed by European dispatches. The London Times notes he was stopped at Calais or Boulogne with no reason given beyond the French government's will. He returned to America amid criticism of the administration and calls for political change as other domestic worries and maritime disasters unfold.
The Massachusetts election produced a sweeping Know Nothing victory with all Congress seats won by Know Nothings. Only six Whigs and one Democrat elected to the Legislature. The Know Nothings are described as a mysterious group mastering political disruption and propping up the party against established figures.
The first issue of Herald of Freedom from Wakarusa Kansas Territory declares the paper's aim to promote free state ideals and encourage migration. The editor pledges to defend Republican institutions, uphold the Declaration and Constitution, and wage a court fight for liberty despite expected hardships.
Rowm's Vierins Charles W. Stewart longtime door keeper of the United States House of Representatives killed himself in the Speakers room at the Capitol on Tuesday, reportedly while under heavy liquor influence. A separate report notes a man named Lander died from a fall near Hinesburg Virginia while intoxicated, with an empty rum bottle found. Also noted is the season's first death by freezing, Joseph White near Canaan Maine beside a keg of rum.
George A. Leavitt was sentenced to life in State Prison at Manchester for robbing his father at Amherst on September 21 last, threatening his life and taking $15. The crime occurred last Friday.
The December Gopeys Lady's Book arrives with ten full page Plates one hundred pages and fifty three engravings The front plate is strikingly beautiful and the contents feature works from popular authors of highly interesting character.
Steamship Asia arriving from Liverpool reports with news of Balaclava where about thirty thousand Russians seized forts but allies held the field. Sebastopol siege continues with modest progress, while weekly market results show sales at 47,010 bales and declines in flour and grain prices.
A Greek depatch notes clashes at Balaclava with Russian forces attacking and forts under siege. Allies claim Russian ships destroyed and Fort Constantine magazine explosion. Reports conflict over losses while Lavest states siege favorable to allies until the 27th and Russian gains at two forts.
Reports detail Meigs and Bowie arrest for treasury theft of city warrants and books with inquiries narrowing cash loss to under fifty thousand dollars. Widespread tremors from earthquakes rattle San Francisco while divers fail to recover treasure from Yankee Slade. Mers, outrages, and a massacre near Monterey shock residents as investigations unfold.
A private letter from Honolulu reports a messenger will depart for Washington with a draft annexation treaty. Judge Lee is ill and cannot witness the instrument yet. The plan taxes pensions to chiefs and the king with a royal pension to Alexander, totaling about three to four hundred thousand dollars yearly, and for the U S government to purchase Hawaii’s government property outright.
Today was set to decide on the bill of exceptions in the case of Dr. Granam New York. The court will fix amendments and points, then place the matter on the January calendar for argument, with a motion to stay judgment to be considered.
The steamship Jewess from Havana to New York stranded off Brige tine Beach near Atlantic City this morning and broke up. The ship and cargo valued at about two hundred thousand dollars. Cargo included sugar oranges cigars and other goods.
The New Bedford Standard reports Benjamin Me of the NB Me sued for libel over accusations against Rev Hall a KN candidate. The alleged article at issue in the Mercury claims Hall committed a natural crime while rector of a Roxbury Episcopal church. Mercury states no legal process has been served on them and they are prepared to prove the charges.
A span posing as a president of an insurance company and using forged papers is said to have operated across Maine Virginia and other states. The impostor travels with witnesses, signs false officer names, and pretends to act for a real firm with no legitimate agents. The Commercial Advertiser warns the public about this fraud and urges caution.
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