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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1846
Page
2
A disjointed account describes a palace confrontation among Frederick Albert and Laniska with a conditional pardon for a prisoner. The passage blends domestic drama with political theater as characters debate justice, mercy, and the terms of release in a Spandau context amid talk of trials and loyalties.
The crowd watches a tense moment at the trial with the mother waiting in silence. Albert's courage is praised by supporters while others speculate on the king’s wishes and the defendant’s fate, amid whispered conjecture and anxious faces.
The piece laments war’s ruinous cost and loss while noting a coming Winter Session of Congress. It urges peaceful terms and prudent leadership from Washington, warning that prolonged conflict drains lives and money and calls for restraint. The message emphasizes providence and the need to preserve national riches against devastation.
The Court of Common Pleas for this County will convene by adjournment on Monday at 10 oclock. Judge Haile of the Supreme Court will preside as the term faces unusually large business.
Several unsuccessful attempts at house breaking occurred in Newport last week. A pattern of vague activity has plagued the town for weeks, with reports suggesting a coordinated or unsettled string of break ins and suspicious activity.
A cotton factory intended to house thirty four thousand spindles has begun construction in Porteamouth New Hampshire.
The New York firm Wileun & Co. issued a striking Christmas paper with a full-page engraving of Santa Claus designed by Chapman. Other pages feature varied woodcuts for the season and the price is 2 1 2 cents per copy.
At Trinity Church Vestry meeting in New York Rev M P Parks named assistant minister. Providence Sentinel reports an associated incident where a calendar building collapsed injuring four workers, one fatally, on Monday forenoon. The injured were treated at the scene and later. Further text references copper mining news in the Superior region.
A garbled report notes alleged illicit liquor activities tied to an official named Willphay Me and a stockholder in oxy funds, with a referenced $40,000 plunder and a French connection in Baltimore harbor cargoes of tobacco. The fragment hints at government purchases and a covert three person scheme, unclear in details.
Fragmented dispatch from Mexico recounts the Portia schooner delivering an officer, the Governor defying surrender, and a brutal bombardment that killed and wounded numerous in Tabasco. The squadron spiked guns, captured vessels, and destroyed parts of the city after repeated assaults.
The New York Tribune reports the execution of Charles Thomas, a Black man, in the City Prison yard just before 9 PM. Clergymen prayed with him, he spoke of repentance, and after his rope broke he died instantly. a large crowd gathered near the Tombs while a burial fund was raised.
The Bunton Star reports Ed par A. Pos, famed writer and poet, is dangerously ill with braja fever and his wife is dying of consumption. The couple are without money or friends and endure severe hardship from destitution.
A fractured report notes an earthquake and strong winds shaking Faroe and China ware, delaying the Southern evaluation. A steam vessel ran aground while mail transportation halted. Lt Rivers Nownal departed Washington for the South due to low water and gale conditions.
A severe gale caused the sloop Ann Strong to wreck near Matinack Key while the sloop Aurora with Captain Salomon Stastivant ran ashore at Polk Point. A shipmaster of Port Jefferson, William Norton, and crew member Suleman are lost. A schooner is ashore at Plum Island and another at Gardener’s Isles. The Lang Island train carried about 50 passengers as the New Haven steam boat returned to Greenport after distress.
Lars reports the brig Christina from Rio de Janeiro, arriving last night. Captain Hannn notes no new political developments and refutes rumors of timid American-bottom shipmen. Freight scarce due to limited supply. cattle prices rise slightly. no change in American produce quotations since September 23.
Early today a blaze erupted around 2 o'clock in a Levee area linear between Vinestreet and Washington Avenue. The origin building, a growery leased by Mulligan, burned entirely and spread to adjacent structures including a coffee house run by Gurla Bin, Jalian, and a clothing store owned by Mr. Rice. Several buildings suffered severe damage or destruction. losses are estimated near nine thousand dollars, and insurance coverage applied to multiple properties. Counterfeit trials surface as John Cook is held over after counterfeits were found. investigators note possible complicity by others. An accident on the Eastern Railroad injured a16 year old Irish girl. doctors used a new anesthetic technique for pain. A separate incident reports Mr. William A. Osborn injured on the Basix Railroad. surgery followed with notable success.
From the Anies Ghnette we learn the Steam Woollen Factory, erected last simmer, is nearly ready to operate Suma 40 000 lbs. Purchases have been made and cleaning will start in a week or two. The engine wand will do about Aghoras power work and the factory is warmed by steam carried through pipes. Doyly Ado.
A man named Parat Ramwar Accrogast, also called Charles Kiley, was killed after being repeatedly trapped on a rail line near Albany. Separately, the brig Neptune, under Captain Tracy, ran ashore at Savage Harbor in Prince Edward Island on March 29, with only two of seven aboard surviving, one seaman and a female passenger.
A family of counterfeiters from New Bedford, including a man and his wife, a brother, and no children, stayed at Miss Betsey Perry’s house on the Parade. They bought small goods with altered banknotes and passed about 150 dollars. They fled after a pursuit by officers and local merchants. Braydon, jailed for bigamy, has been indicted for murder by the Portland grand jury. A heavy snowstorm hit Friday, leaving two to three inches of accumulation in Baltimore.
Senator Waconsequen’s representative fate shifts after Dr. D Gilbert performs a drastic removal of arm and shoulder for a malignant tumor. The operation, described as unsurpassed, restores hope he can serve in the state legislature. The event occurs at Merchants Hotel on a Saturday.
A Maine widow and her five children moved to a city seeking work. Within weeks four children and the mother died, followed by a boarder and later another daughter, all attributed to typhus fever. The surviving daughter married two months earlier to a hardworking local mechanic.
A four year old girl fell into a cistern on Federal Hill while playing with others and drowned. Neighbors covered the well. recovery followed as search efforts continued. Reports from the Providence Journal note circumstances and follow up.
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