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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1843
Page
2
The page records Thanksgiving sentiments for a statewide day of public thanks and praise, mentions a brig incident of mourning for Capt George P. Pearse, reports temperance discussions and proposed lectures, and includes an Enigma puzzle with a prompt about what all persons ought to do.
The steamship Caledonia arrived yesterday from Liverpool with 3 passengers for Halifax and 62 for Boston. Notable passenger Ole Bull, famed Norwegian violinist, is aboard. European news dampens cotton prices. Liverpool staples and corn markets weaken while wheat and flour fall. Continental politics show unrest, O Connell trial nears, and Wales reports several sentences in a late rebellion case. Acadia reaches Liverpool.
The report describes ships damaged by a late gale near the Irish Channel and fire on the St Petersburgh as it returned to port from New York. It notes Madrid Cortes opening without disturbance, France contemplating a Panama Isthmus canal project, a royal yacht being built, and a Bombay discovery of a confederacy to plunder boats and smuggle goods tied to long running town criminal activity.
The Providence Journal reports U S Circuit Court routine cases with a verdict for defendants in Anthony vs Cory and a guilty verdict for Lefevre in an illegal transport case. Peter Place v Mann damages claim featured, with juries awarding $2000 to Place and $426 to Milliken. A fatal street altercation followed by a murder arrest closes the week, detailing the attacker Pete Williams of No 1 and the wounded Daniel Stanley.
The letter from Havana notes the arrival of Neptune and other vessels, describes the new governor renewing licenses and easing passport fees, and mentions the reinstatement of War and Navy Auditors by royal order. It also reports the Augustin Ferron firm collapse, slave uprisings with fatalities, and tobacco shortages affecting cigar makers.
Letters dated October 28 from Capt Thomas and mate Curtis report Zebra crew confined at Gonaives on unspecified charges. They allege prison rent and board costs at 106 per day, irregular preliminary evidence, and awaited higher foreign demand for release.
The New York Journal of Commerce notes a ruling in Adams & Co. express case limiting liability for concealed letters in bundles. It argues true remedy is lowering postage to deter leakage and encourage use of the mails, urging Mr Wickliffe to try it to curb the leaks.
The ship Charles bound for Calcutta sailed from Gray's Wharf this morning at half past the hour with Rev B Binney Rev E B Bullard and Mr Thomas Ranney among the passengers including ladies Miss Lathrop for Burmah under the American Baptist Board auspices Rev Winter Gunn and Rev J G Dow and ladies embark for Calcutta as mission missionaries of the Lutheran Evangelical Church Mesgra Willing Rogers of Saiem George H Willis and Charles H Potter of Newburyport also aboard.
A stove pipe defect caused a fire in the ward room of the frigate Hudson lying at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Brooklyn engines from the yard and several corporate engines quickly fought the blaze and subdued it with little damage reported.
The Huma built by Amos Crandall in Bristol Rhode Island for Joseph Gardner of Bristol is described as a stout American craft with 380 tonnage and 115 feet in length. It towed into Rhode Island waters after five days and is expected to operate swiftly from wharf to wharf with eight to eleven feet of draft depending on cargo.
The farewell scene in Cincinnati features John Quincy Adams bidding goodbye aboard the steamer Ben Bronklin after a warm reception by the Astronomical Society at Henrie House. Crowds along the quay cheered as cannon boomed, the city saluted the venerable patriot, and Adams expressed gratitude and blessing for the city and its posterity.
Eight stores in the block bounded by Broad Central India and Milk Streets in Boston were entered Sunday evening. The robbers hid in a lumber-yard behind the shops. Loot was tiny, from nothing to five dollars per store, prompting the Post to urge thieves to abandon such petty crime.
A canal boat captain defrauded a poor emigrant and his family near Fort Plain New York. The owner’s agent collected passage for the wife and children but the captain expelled the family and goods onto the canal bank without refund. The emigrant sought legal aid but could not obtain it, and he wept at his helpless state as his family faced destitution.
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