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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1850
Page
2
Witness accounts detail Professor Webster's conduct before execution. Dr. Putnam mediated prayers to steady him as the gallows approached. Webster remained calm, spoke of divine matters, and expressed hope for reunion with loved ones, while the crowd watched in restrained silence. The room and corridor held tense vigil as officers prepared the noose.
A correspondent notes large emigrant arrivals seeking local support and farm labor across Maryland and Virginia. Up to fifty thousand able-bodied workers could find agricultural and other work at fair wages in these two regions, while New York is mentioned as a cost-efficient transit hub. Express communications list Senate appointments and New England district collectors, with naval officers designated for ports including Newburyport and Providence.
Fragmentary notice lists postmasters at Taunton Cambridge Chicopee Newburyport Roxbury Worcester Lynn Charlestown Fall River Manchester and others with garbled surrounding words suggesting an official appointment list.
Bristol Phenix reports Southern members push to block tariff action while Congress stays in wrangle mode. Washington sources note a volatile political atmosphere with adjournment unlikely before mid November and the Texas Boundary Bill remaining unresolved with uncertain prospects.
The evening mails carry Governor Bell's full message from the called Texas session. He reviews Major Neighbors mission, coptamagy of the New Mexicana, opposition from Major Manro, and Santa Fe’s bid to join Texas. He notes Texas lacks funds for western conflict, reports 34 443 dollars idle in the school fund, and urges diverting it. He critiques the Senate compromise bill as likely aimed at abolitionists.
The Nightingale Jenny Lind arrived Sunday on the Pacific from Liverpool to a Gotham reception. Barnum greeted her, crowds gathered on Staten Island and at the Atlantic dock, and she kissed the American flag while praising its freedom. She praised New York’s dress and city sights as she entered the Irving House.
The September term of the Supreme Court will commence in this town on Monday next. The note mentions indebtedness to J. H. Wardwell, Esq. and cites various items from English papers. It also notes new patent window rolls with adjustable springs and a groove for the window custoin. W.G. Peck is selling related articles. The Taunton Whig reports a steamboat planned on the Taunton River to connect with Newport. Advertisers Jewert & Paescott of Boston promote shawls and cloaks to readers.
The writer doubts spiritual claims behind media efforts like the Cock Lane Ghost and compares them to the Rochester knockings. He cites Dr Johnson as a believer once influenced by such phenomena and warns against credulity amid deception in spiritual matters.
In 1762 London buzzed over the Cock Lane Ghost hoax at Parsons's house with Miss Parsons and Mrs Kent tied to knockings and a staged specter. The scheme unraveled after a hidden board used to mimic knocks was found and impostors were tried for conspiracy. Similar 1810 Devon disturbances noted by Rev. Colton with violent unseen blows and shutter pulls.
Eyewitnesses testified about unsettling noises and light or sound phenomena at Sampford Pevere with suspicions of a prankster. a 2501 reward offered for clues to identify the disturbance figure. Readers urged to comment on whether electricity could cause the so called rap effects.
The Empire City from Chagres reached New York Friday at 10 am. It carries no mails. Panama reported cholera on board with 40 passenger deaths. On board are $7,000 cash and about $400,000 in passenger funds including Gen. Riley. Georgia holds $1.5 million in gold. total Panam gold nearly $2 million. Miners report rivers high hindering work. ravines not dried. Mormons told to leave diggings within a week. Sonora mining turmoil noted. Carthage arrives San Francisco with new customs officials aboard. Also, brig Hallowell arrives Providence to San Francisco.
The Atlantic docked in New York at 2 PM after departure from Liverpool at 11:30 PM. About 130 passengers aboard include Jenny Lind Jules Benedict and Signor Bellitte. Lind gave a sailors’ benefit concert raising £70. She stayed at Irving House amid great public excitement.
The Hibernia arrived from Liverpool at 10 o clock today The Canada had not yet reached Liverpool since the Hibernia sailed Catton rose by 148 of a penny Vrance seeks a reply The President was forced to leave a ball room at Biancon under bayonet threat Holsteiners push Danish outposts at Kropp and advance toward the Danish position Germany faces rising complications with Hamburg reports of heavy failures
The burial services were held for John White Webster Friday evening at Mrs. Webster's residence in Cambridge, conducted by Rev. Dr. Walker. After the service, the remains were taken to Mount Auburn by undertaker John Peake and laid in the family tomb, without a funeral train.
News note reports Miss Gould of Cambridge undergoing treatment at Brattleboro water cure in Vermont for a final pulmonary decline. The Boston Post cited she was expected to survive only a few days yesterday.
Miss Lind will spend days at Fishkill with G G Howland and then visit Barnum in Bridgeport. Tripler Hall will open by October first with Jenny Lind 1910 performances announced. The hall seats four thousand, with movable benches stored to the ceilings for dancing. Mr Tripler aims to spend five thousand dollars on interior decoration.
A series of fires in Providence destroyed $60,000 in property tied to Tallman Bucklin planning mill and a lumber yard. Calico engraving firm Andrews Knights and other shops suffered extensive losses with insurance coverage cited. Firemen, burned while battling the blazes, saved nearby buildings and were praised for their prompt efforts.
Advices from Port au Prince through the 14th report Hayti suppressing logwood cutting citing dwindling supplies and distant interior sources. The policy risks harming American commerce with Hayti supplying tens of thousands of tons to New York and other ports, raising prices and reducing logs availability. A separate Newport incident describes a Baltimore slave’s escape and a mob assisting in her rescue, ending with her likely departure from the city.
The steamship Washington arriving from Southampton and Bremerhaven carried 176 passengers and a very large cargo for this port. Also docking were the Helena from Hamburg with 200 passengers and the Creole from Key West.
The New Bedford Mercury states no railroad surveys are underway to extend from Sandwich to Hyannis via routes toward Yarmouth Port. One route would pass near West Barnstable crossing hills by Deacon Jenkins's. the other would traverse Scorton Mills and Marshpee plantations. The first option is about eighteen miles long, the second about fifteen.
The act supplements the 1850 census law, allowing the Secretary of the Post to extend census-taking time and to pay eight cents per page for two copies of returns. It prioritizes California, Oregon, Utah, and New Mexico, enumerating territorial residents and emigrants who remain.
A Baltimore despatch reports Capt. Williamson of the ship Celery seized in Chesapeake Bay for concealing two slaves from Virginia. Williamson and the two enslaved individuals await examination on Wednesday.
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