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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1857
Page
2
The piece urges a devout Thanksgiving in our free Protestant Christian nation noting commercial distress but stressing gratitude over fasting. It calls for genuine worship at the sanctuary and in homes, hoping for larger church attendance and a sincere thanks for divine blessings rather than hollow ceremonies.
The Teachers Institute has drawn large local attendance with teachers from nearby towns. Evening lectures at the Methodist Church covered Acquisitiveness intellectual impulses, English language culture, education's impact on labor, physiology and mind, and the boundary issue with Mexico. Lectures and sessions were led by Colburn, Goodwin, Aady, Willard, Cooke, Parsons, and Bartlett, marking the event as a valuable public educational benefit.
Residents discuss arson and theft as several cellars and doors are entered during the pestmeek. A citizen fired on a man in his cellar with little result. Proposals include employing unemployed carpenters to work at the Normal School building to fund town needs and the possibility of a town meeting. The Fall River News notes Metacomet and Pocasset mills run seven hours daily, aiding local employment. The October issue of the R. I. Schooolmaster is edited by Mowry with contributions from notable educators.
The December Goody's Lady's Book boasts three steel plates including a colored fashion plate and forty nine engravings. It features notable engravings Christmas Eve and Christmas Morning and promises volume improvements with next issues. subscription Four dollars in advance for Lady's Book and Pheniz for one year.
The Agent for the sale of the Washington Medallion Pen is in town with strong endorsements from top teachers and the U S President. The pens are claimed to measure up to the best English makers and are available to buyers.
Eight indictments for liquor law violations were found in Franklin County. Essex County Court of Common Pleas handed down sixteen fines ranging from ten to fifty dollars and imprisonment from twenty five days to six months.
The Chicago Tribune reports wheat receipts in the city over the past week exceed one million bushels. Since October 1 daily payouts for grain purchases reach $100,000. Since last May lake shipments total eight and a half million bushels, with expectations to hit ten million before navigation closes.
At 9 1 2 o clock this morning William H Webb of the shipyard at the foot of 6th Street East River launched a steam corvette for the Russian Government. The double decker measures 1400 tons 214 feet long 35 feet beam and 18 feet hold. It has no oscillating engines 60 inch cylinder and 200 horsepower.
The Niagara reached port from Liverpool with half a million dollars in specie. Bank of England raised its discount rate to 9 percent, causing money-market pressure and urgent relief calls. Reports note suspensions and failures in Britain and Liverpool market dullness in cotton breadstuffs and lard prices.
The steamship St Louis reached New York with Commodore Mervin Inte of the US ship Independence and officers. It linked with Senora, carrying nearly 1.7 million dollars in treasure. The voyage from Aspinwall ended November 4. Indians attacked Honey Lake settlements, drove out inhabitants and seized stock. An express reached Sacramento for aid. P H Burnett named Supreme Justice of California, replacing the late Judge Murray. San Francisco business dull, gold dust receipts satisfactory. Los Angeles Star details a massacre of emigrants near San Bernardino, with over 100 killed in a 185-person train, allegedly incited by the Mormon Destroying Angels after Parley Pratt’s death.
Reports from New Orleans state the steamer Opelousas, traveling from Berwick Bay to Galveston, sank at midnight on the 15th. Twenty five passengers perished, among them Gen. Hamilton of South Carolina. Officers and crew numbered in the loss.
Intelligence from Fort Kearney confirms reports that the Government train was destroyed by the Mormons. Landor, chief engineer, arrived en route to Washington and corroborates the destruction. Military forces abandon old routes and move toward Salt Lake City by the western plains as Brigham Young denies participation.
Portland steamer brings one thousand barrels of flour and forty barrels of pork for eastern creditors. The flour travels from Chicago to Portland and Boston via Grand Trunk and Great Western Railways and steamers. A large dry goods house is among the consignments, with thousands more flour on the way via the same route from Chicago to Boston.
Vincent, owner of a drink ing saloon at 15 and 17 North William St New York, was killed Tuesday night in a scuffle with three foreigners who assaulted him to take the money on his person. He was stabbed three times in the breast and died soon after. The murderers escaped with the money and none has been arrested.
Suspension reported for Crocker and Sturgis and for Benjamin and Nathaniel Goddard of Boston in the Indian trade.
Correspondence dated Washington November 18 reports Brigham Young warning Col Alexander over invasion of Utah Territory. It cites acts of Congress establishing Utah governance with a four year term and gives terms for withdrawal, arms surrender, and provision access via Lewis Robinson, with General H Wells to relay messages.
Colonel Alexander informs Brigham Young of Utah Territory that he has received the September 29 1857 communication with a proclamation and laws. He notes he is the senior U S force commander and will present the letter to the arriving general. Troop movements depend on orders from competent military authority.
Washington reports American and British vessels wait at each port for Walker to land, with confidence he will be brought back. The administration is fully informed of his plans. The New Orleans Collector and District Attorney are likely to be removed.
The Collins steamship Adriatic returned to New York on Monday after a short rein, with passengers and crew highly impressed by the vessel and its engines. She reached sixteen miles per hour into head winds and clocked a one hour four minute run from Sandy Hook to Governor's Island, about eighteen nautical miles, with two thirds of steam and half load. No perceptible machinery jar and all parts worked in unity, rivaling Oregon and Vanderbilt on their trial runs.
Reports in Philadelphia reveal a pattern where many arson cases trace to firemen or hangers on engine companies. An arrested hose-house suspect confessed to starting a blaze to provoke a clash with another company and to damage its equipment.
Mills Startinc No 3 Mill at Great Falls resumed operations on Monday. No 4 is to start this week and others will follow. The Print Works remains shut for several weeks. Mills in South Berwick Maine are to start next month across the river from New Hampshire per the Manchester Mirror.
The act lists legal tender rules for debts of various amounts. Gold coins payable at their values. For debts under five dollars the half dollar quarter dime and half dime have their respective values. Three cent pieces for debts under thirty cents and a potential new one cent piece for under ten cents.
A Washington letter states ex president Pierce has accepted President Buchanan's invitation offering him and his wife passage to Madeira aboard the Powhattan. They plan to sail around the end of the month.
A Lansingburg New York hotel owner learns his wife had secretly insured the Phoenix Hotel against fire for fifteen hundred dollars with her own money. The destruction occurred the other day and the businessman discovers the unusual coverage.
An extract from a Fort Laramie letter dated October 22 reports Brigham Young told Col. Alexander by express he would not advance further into the territory.
The City of Washington arrives with 75,000 in specie and 4100 pak bengers. The funeral of Genti Cavaignic draws 15,000 followers and Republican leaders attend. The Great Eastern launch Leviathan faces delays after a chain break, causing injuries and one death. Morrison, a London merchant prince, dies with estate near £4,000,000. British trade shows most ships rising in September except American activity amid panic.
A Hollidaysburg Pennsylvania paper reports a Mount Union man who after finding grain destroyed by weevils allegedly blasphemed and sat in a chair immobile for days. His wife spoke of his inaction as he claimed the judgment day kept him seated with rolling eyes while his family fled.
A New York Board of Councilmen Special Committee report recommends selling bread by weight in four loaf sizes and stamping each loaf with the seller’s initials. This proposal aims to regulate bread sales and standardize portions across the city.
About sixty men employed as coal wheelers and freight handlers on the Cinackya struck Saturday for an increase from one to one and a quarter dollars per day. The company cites dull times and reduced business as the reason for wage cuts. Strikers vow not to return or allow others to work until demands are met, despite many unemployed men willing to accept a dollar.
In a Madison jail episode Judge Clagget of Iowa’s first judicial district jailed lawyers who tried to leave court without notice. The Burlington Hawkeye laments the scene, calling the Madison jail the most latent rascality, even more than the penitentiary, due to the crowded lawyers.
Former pastor Rev Asa Bronson of Fall River has received a cordial and unanimous call to lead the Baptist Church in Stonington borough Connecticut. He will begin his new duties immediately.
The Providence banks for Monday last show an increase in circulation of 12.31 dollars and decreases in deposits 39 099 23 debts to other banks 33 771 loans 51 990 03 in specie 81 923 ST bills of other banks 311 659 47 and deposits in other banks 34 014 01.
On Monday the 9th, Major Thomas Mull was shot through the heart and killed during a quarrel with Mr. W R Hant aboard the steamer Kate Eriabee in Memphis Tennessee. Dr. Peyton, a bystander in Memphis, was wounded in the hand by a stray ball.
A Westerly young man Ansel Bowen lost sight speech and hearing mid day October 20 while on a road to the village. After hours he recovered his senses swiftly and read aloud writing on a slate during church services. Several respectable locals confirm the event as true and remarkable.
The New Bedford Standard notes twenty two whalers at port this season, split into eleven ships and eleven barks. Winter layovers are higher due to monetary difficulties, but ships will start arriving in early spring and ramp up activity.
The Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of Ohio severed ties with the General Encampment of the United States and formed an independent body over perceived delays by the U S Encampment. Cincinnati Encampment urged reunion and reconsideration, fearing disorganization of the Ohio Templar Order.
James Sage fired at his mother when she entered the dwelling while he loaded a rifle. The shot struck her through the heart, a fatal result in Millpoint Michigan. The incident occurred during a family quarrel and authorities began an investigation.
The Arago sailing from New York to Havre on Saturday carried 18000 dollars in specie. By November 14 arrivals of specie from Europe and California reached 0444 420. Exports for the period stood at 849 690 dollars.
Readable fragments describe a troubled family unit with a devout mother and five children aged 98, 21, and 16 among others. The eldest son reportedly died in prison after a delirium tremens episode. the father had died earlier in a mysterious manner.
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss a scattered topic related to Hibernian trade and local activity. The text references Mulberry Street and New York, mentioning producers and processes without coherent context or clear events.
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