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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1850
Page
2
The text reports calming measures and a spirit of harmony within a body, stressing dignity and dispassionate temper. It references Mr. Heary Gof presenting a long dated sample related to digging and post holes, mentions Pine Tree and New England, and notes many inscriptions are too defaced to decipher.
A fragment notes a monthly meeting of the Coast of Probate at the Probate Office and discusses Mr DeFagest promising to settle locally. It also reviews January issues of Lady’s Book and Gedey’s Magazine, praising engravings and content, with mentions of agents and subscriptions.
The text outlines a 19th century marriage law requiring details from each party. It calls for full names, residence, ages, male occupation, birthplaces, and parents’ names. It notes the informers must provide these particulars to the officiant before the ceremony.
The obituary notes the death of a Hamilton son in Sacramento California from heart disease at a young age. It traces his education at West Point and early public service, then his move to New York, Wisconsin, and finally to mining ventures in the West as he pursued gold and trading.
A partial, fragmentary article reports Whigs in Cupneot passing a resolution on the Fugitive Slave Law amid party discord and calls for a modified federal stance. It also notes the elopement of Jane Tracy with a man aged 45, and a dispatch of a telegraphic nature.
A brief item notes the hare very scarce and mentions foreign damenie in a terse record. The line hints at reduced hare populations and concerns over foreign damenie effects within the period.
The Ohio reached Havana from New Orleans with about 350 passengers including Madam Calderon la Bares and Col. Allen of California. About 300 000 in gold dust is listed on the manifests with substantial sums said to be aboard. Other vessels, the Georgia and the Pacific, arrived or sailed around Havana as changes to dock privileges ease passenger transfers.
Washington dispatch reports Mr. Crittenden’s conclusion on Charles Deveys Marshall of Massachusetts, found no sufficient cause to censure or remove him for alleged neglect in arresting a fugitive slave. Papers show mixed action and possible influence from slave owner’s agent. no clear evidence of fault.
From Araica the captain of the barque Chuean arriving Thursday from West Africa reports that England bought from the Danea for £40000 and seized Christianhugg known as Danish Acora. The Dutch Agora lies between hie and old English Accra and may hinder imposing duties on exports under a smuggling scheme, the register notes.
The Vermont legislature enacts a new liquor law restricting sales to medical chemical and mechanical purposes. Town selectmen act as licensing boards and may grant at most two licenses per town to sell for those purposes only. Penalties for violations include fines and doubled penalties on subsequent offenses, with jurisdiction shared by county courts and justices of the peace.
Portsmouth Pilot reports a General Court Martial ordered to convene in Washington on the 16th of December. It is understood to concern Commodore Catesby Jones and three lieutenants he referenced in a California sea letter about desertion aboard the Pacific squadron. Lt. Bloat is ordered to report to Washington as a member of the court.
At Rochester on Friday evening Chathazige Lounds fired a revolver at Mary Ann Hall. The intended victim was not killed as the shot struck a rib and glanced off. Both women are described as of bad character. The would be murderer has been arrested.
A late report describes a violent riot among Irish workers at the Chartiers Railroad plant ten miles below Terri. Five or six people are said killed in the outbreak as fighting continued and news spread rapidly to nearby areas.
A letter to the Bishop of Durham condemns the Pope's recent actions in England as a threat to Protestant liberty. It argues for maintaining the Queen's supremacy, resists Rome's claims, and notes clergy and aristocrats contemplating withdrawal from certain services to avoid endorsing papal innovations.
A packet ship from Liverpool, the Anglo American Captain Winetry, arrived at this port reporting a severe voyage. On a January 6 gale it lost the maintop mast and six sailors were thrown overboard. a foreyard was carried away and the weather hindered canvas for eight days. By November 10 the ship lay with sails aloft only the main yard and no crew aboard. nearby wrecks or ships were sighted as this crippled vessel drifted.
A dwelling connected to Dame Parker and Colin Pattory in Canterbury Windham County was consumed by fire on Thursday night. Authorities have few details and the incident remains under inquiry with little information on losses or cause.
Fragmentary notice references William A. Taylor and Clethot Messrs Hen and Co in a deflation context with unclear figures. Readable bits mention 66 20,000 and a Kiravayant livigg phrase, but full details are not present in the surviving text.
A major blaze in Springfield early Friday morning destroyed Decrees Bayington & Co.'s planning mill carpentry shop and lumber yard with about half a million feet of lumber lost. Siren's pattern shop and Wright and Co.'s forging works adjoining, owned by Mr. Allen of Boston, were nearly consumed. Total loss estimated at 25 000 dollars plus insured value around 13 000.
Washington reports a private dispatch from Georgy saying excitement at Savenash as a steamer is chartered to convey several U S troops to Charleston D C. No definite order or confirmation available.
The convention assembled at the usual hour and proceeded with business. A resolution to prohibit banks unless stockholders are responsible was proposed, and a sinking fund resolution for extinguishing the state debt was unanimously adopted.
Drake's Express notes thieves entered Taunton Massachusetts houses including B F Williams Eg LeBaron Church J W Crisaman Bartemus Briggs Slavey Wikhaing D Leonard P Washburn Esq and Mr Lawton. Shell pantalogua and vests were stolen with pockets rifled during Saturday and Sunday nights. some party items were left in the church by the culprits.
A thief pried through a glass pane at Matthew Bolles broker shop near State and Merchants row and stole about $1,100. The crime occurred just before 6 o clock with people inside the office, but the quick escape prevented immediate capture.
The propeller Resolute blew up at Pret No 10 East River while at rest, killing two men and scalding several others. Captain Woodall Burtman was severely injured. the dead include William Sheppard and Samuel T. Hall. Burn victims include Joseph Plummer, Thomas Waits, W Campbell, and Charles Moloney.
Meagre tidings report five passengers drowning while reaching the steamer Pacific at Indian Cayula near Chagres Bar, a boat capsizing with lives saved but valuables lost including $11 000 in gold dust. Passengers bound for Panama were landed safely from both steamers.
The Aberdeen sailing from Liverpool reports speaking on the 28th and indicates Baltic bound under both canvases and steam.
Judge Sprague presides as Taylor et al versus Marcus Morton begins at the Custom House. Plaintiffs seek higher duty parity with Beogal hemp under the 1839 treaty, contending Russia hemp should pay 25 per ton while Rose hemp is taxed 40. The case hinges on treaty terminology and could set broad precedents for other claimants with millions in duties at stake. Attorneys Choate Webster for plaintiffs and Loring Lunt for the defendant appear.
Disturbances erupt on the Hudson River Railroad between the village and Rhinebeck as armed groups from opposing Irish factions drive off workers and wreck shanties. Deputies seize arms near Rhinebeck and Hyde Park prepares.
Reports from several papers describe a double murder and robbery near Bromfield’s Plantation Mississippi with a $500 loss. A negro suspect reportedly led police to two white men who hired him to help commit the crime and paid twenty dollars. A Dutch peddler is also linked to the tragedy. rumors of vigilante retribution circulate but remain unconfirmed.
Eyewitnesses describe flames spreading rapidly as a bridge over the Mystic River burned, forcing families to flee with only night garments. West Cambridge Malden and Chelsea engines saved the span after frantic efforts. Property losses estimated around $100,000, hitting young mechanics and the poor hardest.
A union meeting is planned at Nesbeilte to denounce the Nashville Convention proceedings and back the union. The Auguers Chomele declares the Nashville readlations treasonable, while Maryland Convention committees are announced with a majority opposed to reform.
Ten inmates broke from four cells in a jail yard escape attempt on a Saturday evening. Guards, a ramp, and muskets repelled them as ringleaders Clark and Calahan led the disturbance and tried to force doors and walls, with several others to be tried for burglary and assault.
A large gathering of Union friends in Manchester N H on Wednesday met with both political parties represented. Letters from Levi Woodbury and Daniel Webster were read. Speeches by leading state figures urged unity and the use of effort to ease sectional agitation and hostility.
D C Hammond a commission merchant of 19 Central Wharf has been missing for several days. His relatives fear calamity. Captain Joans Parsons of the schooner Lamamine reports he was last seen in Haymarket Square with $1500 on him. He had married only two to three weeks prior.
The Woonsocket Patriot notes a proposal to mail the paper to a theological institution reading room. The secretary hopes students will read it with gratitude, but the writer argues that thanks are not payment for newspaper printing and labor.
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