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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1842
Page
2
The Bristol audience is urged to attend a meeting at 6 over Col Taylor's Store to vote on the proposed constitution. The piece warns of civil strife if rejected and emphasizes unity, peace, and duty. Thanksgiving proclamation follows with notes on the Legislature designating a general day of thanks.
From New York Journal of Commerce we learn the sheriff received orders to carry the court’s judgment into execution. He was to have been hanged yesterday. Nantucket camels name Rambler with 1600 barrels of oil was driven over the Nantucket bar. tug water rise timed, water draw, hour. The Providence Republican Herald appears in new dress with enlarged format and neat appearance. Treasury Distribution reveals States and Territories accounts settled. Rhode Island share about 4000 dollars. Massachusetts election ends without a governor chosen.
The paper notes the US UK treaty of 1842 was ratified and published in Washington. It reports the Acadia arrival in Boston with news up to November 1 and summarizes parliamentary timing, missing Queen steamer, French opposition to a proposed commerce treaty with England, Belgian retaliatory duties on US ships, and Belgian-American trade tensions with Antwerp and Dunkirk routes.
The Kingston Journal reports a deadly fever sweeping Cape Hoytien where most earthquake survivors are stricken. Scarcity of airlift and essentials worsens the crisis, hampering relief efforts and increasing danger to the local population.
Correspondence from the Providence Chronicle reports Seth Luther's arson attempt at Newport Jail. Luther set a cell aflame while feigning injury, abandoned his ruse and fled toward the State House before the jailer pursued. The fire burned a minimal portion of the cell and was extinguished without engine aid.
The excerpt lists designated Thanksgiving days for Savannah and several states with dates in November and December. It recounts earlier celebrations praising divine providence, harvest abundance, peace after unrest, and the temperance reform driving social order. The piece ends urging collective gratitude in worship.
The Vermillion burned and destroyed at Huron while stopping for Buffalos. A chambermaid and a passenger named Davidson are missing. A demijohn of turpentine spilled near the boilers ignited the blaze, enveloping the vessel in flames and killing or injuring many aboard. The Perry arrived later and took Vermillion passengers ashore. The steamer, owned by Wester Trane Co, carried 30 to 400 tons and had no insurance.
An elderly man who barred his daughter and family from his home shot and killed his infant grandson climbing a garden rail and then shot the mother who found the child. He was later imprisoned to answer for the crime.
A shocking murder occurred Sunday night at Old Fields Long Island of farmer Alander Smith and his wife. A suspected foreigner about 25 in shabby dress fled toward Cold Spring aboard a steam boat Monday morning. Robbery is the assumed motive. The slain man, 60, owned a large farm and substantial cash. His wife fought with the assailant, who used a hammer. The assailant remained hidden until Monday, then disappeared. News reports say excitement widespread and a rapid arrest hoped for within 24 hours.
The article argues in favor of adopting the Constitution and protecting civil liberty as foundational to government. It contrasts supporters who mobilize voters with opponents who fail to undermine the core Republican ideals. It then shifts to a trade report on New Orleans exports and vessel registrations for 1842, listing commodities and numbers.
Merchants are informed that letters delivered at the Havana office by Fortegn vessels incur land postage. A single letter costs 12 12 cents, with higher charges for multiple letters in proportion. Newspaper packages pay 12 3 2 cents for small bundles and 25 cents for larger ones, with contents required to show they are papers. Some U S packages of pamphlets arrived sealed and were refused. Officials declined to permit opening in presence of the officer.
The Courier des Etats Unis reports that France and Britain intend to urge Mexico to recognize Texan independence and to seek peace between Mexico and Texas. A Boston grand jury indicted Joseph Hall for stealing fifty hundred dollars in gold coins from a hotel in August. Hall is jailed in Warrington. Also noted are visits by U S Representatives Gurhing Dawson Pope and Rhett, and a fire in New Bedford destroying a oil works and candy box factory with substantial losses.
A 17 year old, son of Men Als Mira Nichols of Gainer Orleans, died after his gun discharged while he hunted in woods near the village. He fell from a fence, the shot struck his heart, and a companion who heard the report found him dead. The death is a severe blow to his mother.
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