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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1853
Page
2
The piece reflects on 1853 with themes of peace and war avoidance in Europe and calls for nationwide thanksgiving worship. It urges gratitude to God for blessings, prudent conduct, and charitable giving to the needy in the community, linking religious observance with social responsibility.
On Monday, voters must choose Yes or No to convene an altered constitution. The piece urges a decisive No, calling for Rhode Island to imitate Massachusetts and end radical agitation. It stresses voting early and printing NO to quiet ongoing discontent and agitation.
A Sunday storm drenched New York with heavy rain all day. Cellars filled with water and significant damage reported in the city and Connecticut. Wester road bridges inundated and rail lines affected as the storm moved through the region.
The pocket ship American Union which arrived at New York on Tuesday last lost five of her crew and seventy five passengers to an unspecified disease. The Calhoun with 900 passengers lost six crew and forty eight passengers. The Em Fields with 440 passengers lost forty two passengers. The three ships report serious losses by illness.
Gorty’s Lang presents a new December book with West’s Christ Healing the Sick plate from Tucker, a flat plate of The Christmas Party, and fashion items including opera cap embroidery. Subscriptions begin as Easter trooks are mentioned.
The November term of the Court of Common Pleas will begin in the county. Whigs and anti Whigs appear elected to the Senate with 18 vacancies, and the House shows a Whig gain. Whig majority in the Senate and a net Whig gain of about 5000 in the popular vote with Washburn leading the ticket by about 25,000 votes but short of a full election.
Citizens are urged to attend a Court House gathering this evening at seven and to cast ballots on Monday morning against calling a Constitutional Convention to alter the State Constitution.
A Bristol Seamen Friend Society event promises a nautical evening Monday at the Methodist E Church. Rev Mr Bancroft will speak, with Mr B noted for sea life experience and rope knowledge.
Advertiser notes plans for a lecture course illustrated with diagrams on battles and places connected to a revolution. Mr Verdi, a former liberal army officer, would deliver the lectures if sufficient subscriptions are raised, with a list open at the office.
We received the first number of a neatly printed monthly illustrated periodical titled Illustrated Record Agriculture Mechanics Science and Useful Knowledge. Published by Alfred E Beach at 50 cents per volume, No 86 Nassau Street. Each number contains 32 pages with numerous engravings and can be inspected at this office.
The New York Herald notes the bark Gem of the Sea Bowen sailed from Melbourne on August 2 and, despite 400 tons, covered 930 miles in three days and 97 deg 25 miles in 20 days 6 hours between latitudes 37 and 28 S. Capt. B. reports 80 running days from New York. Built in Warren Rhode Island by Chase & Davis, she is praised as a superior clipper for her size.
The writer travels north via the Vermont Central Railroad entering a fertile valley at Montpelier then Waterbury and Bolton. He describes rich fields, grazing flocks, and growing meadows toward Richmond and Williston, noting Chittenden the founder of Chittenden town and Essex Junction as the next stop.
The writer describes the Winooski River south toward Burlington Vermont and Canada. They contrast wild rocky river chasms with a later scene of rich meadow beauty as the stream winds past the village and into Champlain waters.
John T Clark formerly of Bristol died at sea aboard the English barque Clara while returning from California to Sidney. He left Murphy's Camp Calaveras with about 1200 dollars and died on the voyage. His surviving relatives are a brother and a niece. Comrades on the voyage included David Justice Richard McCoy Abner Wilson Michael Ross Belvin Garigan.
A Smyrna dispatch dated Oct. 13 reports active business across sectors and unusually high fruit prices. It estimates fig exports to the United States this season at 250,000 to 400,000 drums while noting Turks behaved well and general security for person and property was evident.
A Bristol and Somerset built pair of revenue cutters, the Davis and Marcy, impress officials with superior speed and handling. A Jefferson Davis commander's letter from off Sandy Hook on November 10 states the ships move off admirably and please all aboard.
Private advices received by telegraph from Charleston say a fresh conspiracy against the government was found at Baracoa on the eastern end of Cuba. Fifteen persons implicated were seized and imprisoned.
In Ellsworth Mey a clash over funding a Catholic school provoked town opposition and arrests. Catholic youths allegedly broke into a school building at night destroying Bibles. seven were arrested and one jailed. Catholics plan to establish a school promptly.
Washington dispatch reports the President offers removal of Bedford Mass postmaster Mr Stiles and South Andover postmaster Mr Merrill for coalition principles. Hobart Clark named to Merrill, Henry A Gleason to Stiles, and Jerry appointed postmaster at Natick.
Since gold discovery 600 ships have sailed around Cape Horn toward the Pacific and not all returned. Some were wrecked at San Francisco or found Pacific work, and their disappearance helped drive shipyard activity in recent years, making space for the rise of the famous clipper ships.
reports from Paris Vienna and London detail 26000 to 52000 Turkish troops crossing the Danube near Kalafat on October 27 28 and 29 with expected encounters and shifting positions as Russian forces gather for potential action amid war preparations and diplomatic notes.
Two Irish teamsters employed by Mr Elisbon at Fox Point Hill near the Gas works were buried by a collapse while excavating. Murphey was found four feet down and barely alive but expected to recover. The second man escaped with minor injuries. Providence Post, 16th.
Mr Eugene A Upton of Boston near the Mission Dolores maintains a large garden in Caliounia. It features 6000 heads of cabbage 1000 asparagus plants 15000 cauliflowers and 10000 other plants with pens marrow fat squashes celery radishes rutabaga turnips and rhubarb. The grounds include flowers and also hold pigs and poultry on the premises.
The Springfield edition reports Yankee Sullivan was bailed out on Saturday from Lenox jail. He took tea that evening with Sheriff Pease of Lee and departed the same night for New York, marking the end of retributive justice for the Boston Corner prize fight.
The Atlantic Ocean island lies 20 miles from Montauk Point and spans seven by three miles. A 2000 acre salt pond near Grace's Point could host a fortified breakwater for ocean life and property, with a 10 rod isthmus keeping water inside. Cutting inland through the narrow strip would create a premier harbor. water depth reaches 10 to 20 fathoms, suitable for the largest fleets. The piece urges Congress to fund the project.
The Austrian government reverses 1848 reforms by denying Jews the right to own real estate in their own name. All property claimed by Jews must be registered in Christian names, signaling a renewed medieval restriction on a minority.
In Salem last week the Supreme Court, sitting without argument, ruled on numerous Liquor Law cases. The Court sustained the law and related indictments and complaints, overruling all exceptions. A new trial was ordered in only one case, involving a point not tied to the law’s peculiarities.
The storm washed out bridges on the Agawam and Croton rivers and submerged Wester road bridges. Rail service on Housatonic Danbury and Naugatuck railroads halted trains while telegraph wires fell with a swept away Hudson Road bridge. Berkshire streams rose, delaying expresses, and rainfall measured two and a half inches at the U.S. Armory rain gauge. Voters faced high water that kept many from polling in several towns.
Mr George Law a teamster in the employ of the Woomsquetucket Print Works Co was thrown from his team by a broken axle yesterday afternoon on Westminster street near Aborn and severely injured He was taken to Dr Miller s office and examination showed three ribs broken It is supposed he will recover Mr L has long been known as driver of the Birmingham stage Prov Journal loth 4
A Crear Case or Absence or Minn. Apold, a local gentleman, severely jammed a finger at work. In haste he wrapped it, returned to duty, and later found he had wrapped the wrong finger when showing his wife the injury.
Washington aboard the Cyme a sloop of war will depart with a surveying party under Lieutenant Stearns to map the proposed route for a ship canal across the Isthmus. The move reflects government intention to advance the canal project with naval support and scientific personnel.
A Lynchburg Virginia case against Mesers Farish & Co. involves a trunk belonging to a passenger that was cut from a stagecoach. The court held a carrier liable for damage except for owner acts, act of God, or public enemies, and noted notices may not excuse liability. The piece discusses a stage owner's duty to carry passengers and baggage for a set fare and the balance of risk and compensation.
The Nashville Banner editor reviews an invention claimed to prevent boiler explosions. It uses apertures valves and cylinders to dump water onto fires when steam rises, dampening fires and rapidly reducing steam to the proper level.
A drunken police officer named John Kane drove a carriage down Third Avenue in a zigzag course. Officer Have land stopped the vehicle fearing danger to the public as four women appeared intoxicated. The party was jailed before Judge Stuart until sober.
Fragmentary text notes a recent decision involving an informer named Manny and a gag order related to information. Details are unclear and incomplete in the available passage.
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