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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1849
Page
2
The article cites a section authorizing firewards to combat fires and maintain order, detailing duties and fines for offenses. It also reports a violent clash in Lowell between factions, with hundreds involved, public stones and gunfire, mortally wounding a youth, and arrests by police and watch.
Reports from Santa Fe describe large emigrant camps starving for food as prices soar, with corn at 9.50 per bushel. Col Collier prepares to lead a California expedition. Traders fear extensive deaths this winter as groups split to northern Fort Laramie, old Spanish, and Col. Cook routes amid gold fever.
Report notes that some emigrants paused near Santa Fe to work mines while awaiting Mr. Mitchell. Several men reportedly made progress and earned a day’s labor payment. Local opinion holds the mines are very rich and only superficially mined by Mexicans.
The September term of the state supreme court convened in Bristol on Tuesday with civil dockets handled without juries and criminal cases proceeding Wednesday. Indictments include Henry Sisco guilty of assault with intent to commit rape resulting in five year hard labor sentences. William Holt guilty of burglary with five years. John Slade guilty of breaking and entering the slaughterhouse with verdicts and ongoing advisement on other cases. A fire at Coggeshall and Perry Foundry destroyed main buildings though engines saved the mill and engine house. insurance estimated at 4300 dollars.
Local notice warns residents of nightly thefts targeting gardens and cellars with pork and produce stolen. Vigilante plans emerge as two residents vow to defend property with muskets and mark culprits. Mention of Father Matthew and temperance work ties into broader community news.
Telegraphic dispatch from New Orleans notes the Astor Place rioters began trial in New York on Wednesday. A British ship arriving from Dublin reports 21 cholera deaths among passengers. The caravan whale ship sold for 0,600 at Fall River. purchaser was J. W. Lindsey. Connecticut liquor law imposes escalating fines. a man faces 114,490,982,563,360 in penalties if found guilty in one of forty five pending cases.
The Empire City arrives from Chagres and California with 40 passengers and gold valued at $603,159. Other ships report vast gold consignments and emigrant arrivals. Sacramento and San Francisco markets show high prices while supply, wages, and living costs fluctuate amid a busy port season.
The Southern mail reports the Olivia bringing Gen Twiggs and Col Gardner’s command from Tampa Bay. It left Fort Brooke August 27 and no peace talks with about 500 Indians led by Sam Jones and Billy Bowlegs occurred. The brig Columbus reached Pensacola in distress after loss of three crew to fever. A German girl, 20, was found dead from an apparent suicide.
Montaeau and Pontuann Raimoav Monore Black Wood contract to finish the road from Paris Cape to Cadade line at 26 200 per mile. They take one fourth in stock par one fourth in bonds and half in cash. About 100 miles to be built. The arrangement is welcomed in Portland as ensuring completion. Cholera deaths in New York for week ending Sept 8 total 04 with 4 036 deaths since disease appeared. Greatest toll in week ending July 26 with 603 deaths.
Dispatches from Europe report steady mail from Boston with new dates and travelers including Hon. George Bancroft. Coverage covers France Hungary Rome and Italy with speculation on ministry changes and the surrender of General Georgey to Paskiewicz. Rome notes Savelli's rise and Rustiolon's command while Venice capitulates under Radetsky. Cholera toll rises in Liverpool as Milan reports capitulation terms.
The Pascagoula area hosts two masted and one three masted schooner plus the Water Witch and Albany, all U.S. vessels, with a new steamer arrival. Mobile and New Orleans telegraph news note U.S. troops, Cuban unrest, and dispatches from Vera Cruz with Mexican gold shipments and shipping movements.
The Providence Journal reports Ebenezer Hail a back driver known as Deacon Hail was found dead in a Pond Street stable rented by William Branch. Hail, about 60, lived alone with his two horses, which appeared starved and mourned his loss. The jury verdict said death from a cause unknown to the jurors.
Telegraphic dispatches from New Orleans report 4000 troops called out by the Capt. General with forces sent to Principe Trinidad and Santiago de Cuba amid insurrection rumors. The British Consul seeks more protection while New Orleans papers are blocked. sources tie actions to the President's proclamation and fear of expedition against Cuba.
The New York Courier reports the seizure by the U S authorities of the Sea Gull and the New Orleans for alleged involvement in a secret Cuba invasion plot. Arrests followed after inquiries identified organizers and meetings in the city. The districts sought warrants and deputies seized suspects and vessels under orders from the State Department.
A passenger described rumors of a Cuba outbreak with Prince Strong symptoms and soldiers siding with the crowd. Forces in the port were ordered to Havana, and troops from the capital were moved to replace them.
The Rochester Democrat reports an aged local inventor showing a model of a machine for sawing beveled and curvilinear boat timbers. Tested satisfactorily, the device is headed to the Patent Office. Since June the machine has served well and may garner state attention.
The Treasury Secretary issues a circular demanding strict adherence to steamship manifests. Coasting trade inspectors must enforce penalties for violations, with Parsons and other shippers urged to note the new duties.
The Saratoga, anchored below New York, is ordered to Cat Island in the Bahamas to monitor Cuban invader rendezvous activity. A military express will run monthly between Fort Leavenworth and Santa Fe to maintain mail service, with single letters and newspapers rated at one and a half cents.
A Sunday fire in McKeansburg Schuylkill County leveled the Buck farm barn and out-buildings with grain and hay losses around 1000 dollars. The Rhode Island and Massachusetts steamers were reportedly sold for service between Philadelphia and New York. Camden and Amboy railroad directors presented Dr Levi Fulcom of New Bedford with surgical instruments worth several hundred dollars as thanks for his care after the Prince St. incident in NJ.
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