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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1849
Page
2
Henry declares enduring love to Florence and admits his hope of marriage as Florence reacts with shy happiness. He lifts her hand to kiss it, she blushes and clings, and the embrace seals their affectionate exchange amid rising joy.
Florence and Henry reunite after an arduous separation caused by family strife and misfortune. A dying Alice seeks forgiveness and, with Florence’s mercy, moves toward peace. The tale ends with Florence and Henry’s restored happiness, and a grim coastal wreck notice recalls the Susan D.’s loss off Cape Henry with crews mourned and cargo detailed.
A 25 year old girl named Catharine Cole died at the town Poor House on Thursday after starving herself since February. A post mortem examination with twelve physicians concluded she was a monomaniac.
Fragmentary historical notes describe a Siscotap Cage of Deponmiry in a young woman from Ashville with extraordinary glycopation powers and odd physical forms. The text shifts to Baltimore society gossip about a Miss B and her cousin arriving in Philadelphia with a theatrical company, ending in disjointed personal reflections and dialogues about social behavior.
A fragmented Boston Post snippet shows a moment of reflection as a young person named Kindig peers out a window, then moves on. The passage emphasizes a calm, observational mood rather than a dramatic event.
The Bristol Phenix reports the General Assembly to meet in Newport on Tuesday April 30 with governor and officer votes to be announced and a celebratory Newport gathering. It notes a shipwreck near St Domin go, attention to Captain Melntyre and Captain Brown, and thanks to Hon. John H. Clarke for documents. Fire engines tested prove capabilities, two houses burned near the Armory, a reward offered for arsonists, and travel options to Newport for Election Day. The issue promotes an art union engraving and heralds the new magazine Warp as It Moves.
The Albany Free Holder notes that Thomas G. Holmes acts as jeppuiated agent in town for dye home goods. A New York Supreme Court decision declares writs of ejectment will be routine against Van Rennselaers. San Francisco reports thirty deserter crews aboard ships. $150 monthly wages cited for laborers. Massachusetts legislature enables governor to cover hospital expansions with state funds. Rhode Island may invite General Taylor to Providence amid national political chatter.
A Wisconsin lawmaker promotes a liquor sale bill requiring bonds of 1000 dollars for those selling intoxicants. It compels bond to cover damages, aid widows and orphans, and pay prosecution costs. The measure passed the Senate 10 to 3 and the Assembly 29 to 21, with supporters calling it a reform.
The Wisconsin House of Representatives approves a resolution urging a constitutional amendment to allow United States senators to be elected by voters. The move signals potential statewide action to shift from appointment to popular election.
Southern papers discuss injury to crops from cold weather. They show great concern over consequences, yet overstate frost ravages compared with Northern reports.
The steamship Cambrian arrived at Halifax with London papers dated the 13th and Liverpool papers dated the 11th. She carried 46 passengers bound for Boston and £5200 in specie. Market notes cite grain supply disruption due to Baltic commerce, with tentative signs of revival in Liverpool bread markets amid continental unrest. Further intelligence from the United States and India is anticipated.
Reports recount renewed hostilities between Denmark and Prussia over Eckerforde. Danish forces lose a line-of-battle ship and frigate captured by the Prussians after a naval bombardment and a ship explosion with 700 men aboard.
Andrew J Higgins mate of the schooner Falcon is committed to prison on murder charges for striking Godfrey Davia on the head during a scuffle at sea on March 15 and Davia died the next day. John Dudgeon aged 75 hanged himself in a Porry street cellar today.
J Prescott Hall authorities demand $20 000 from Ely Moore alleging unaccounted funds. The examination is ongoing to determine if Moore defrauded the government, with Hall described as a terror to evil doers. Also notes on a farmer’s shelter corn and hair lure for crows as a quip.
Reports from St Louis reveal 450 passengers with seven dead on arrival and three more dying at the wharf. The New World bound for New Orleans saw additional losses as cholera sweeps the Missouri river route. Detailed accounts describe deaths among deck crew and passengers, including Peter Gaw and Martin Doona, amid a feverish outbreak that shadows early April.
The cholera scourge remains deadly in Ireland with about a thousand dead in Limerick and daily deaths in the city reaching fifty to sixty. Across Ireland and in Paris the disease continues to claim victims while England and Scotland see it checked. գ
A New Bedford Mercury note transcribes a Magnolia Simmens letter dated March 3 stating the ship is well at 27 N 34 W en route to San Francisco. The Mongolia endured a brutal gale three days out lasting thirty six hours, losing two boats and parts of the foreyard jib boom and some sails. A Missouri Republican letter dated April 7 notes thirteen companies encamped at Independence preparing to move for California, including the Liew company with G W Paul, H Martin of Boston, and W Wella of New Hampshire.
Mobile paper cites Dr John W Moore claiming to have cured over a hundred severe cholera cases with tobacco by enema. He administered a drachm per pint and reports no fatalities among patients.
From the coast of Africa the Adeline arrived with a cargo of palm oil Paradise grains gum amine coral beads $4050 and 344 ounces of gold dust 23 carat. The voyage notes gold in Africa and a British mission to interior kings to seek treaties to curb the slave trade.
Mr Henry Martell had his paper picked on Saturday morning at the Old Colony Rail Road depot. A pocket book containing several valuable papers and about $60 in bank bills was stolen along with the Boston Advertiser.
Wm. Gates, a butcher, was attacked by two armed men who stole his wallet containing $330 after dragging him from his horse. Gates outran and recovered his horse, but the robbers vanished into heavy brush with the money and papers untouched. The incident occurred near Hartford in the Scotland Society area.
Report states Dr Warren tuk removed a forty one foot long tapeworm from the stomach of a Triah girl at Massachusetts General Hospital by an incision while the patient was under ether. The event is described in the Boston Post as a remarkable medical procedure.
A stagecoach bound for Bristol and Warren capsized after a broken bind axle near South May Street yesterday. Passengers inside were removed unharmed though others on the outside suffered slight bruises. The incident prompted brief delays to the evening trains and sections of the line were halted.
The Mount Wolaston arrived from the Sandwich Islands with about $20000 in gold dust owned by Mr. Benjamin D. Washburn, a passenger. Washburn and family have lived in San Francisco for five years and are said to have obtained the dust during the last dry season at the dippings.
The Gorgona from Montevideo to Valparaíso carried two cannon balls hidden in a box found by a fisherman, leading to the commander’s arrest. In Warren, Jabu C Gray, recently returned from whaling, survived a savage assault after leaving a brothel, suffering severe head wounds and robbery before recuperating at Alma House. Fall River News.
A week ago New York police warned of dangerous burglars. An officer guarded the Georgetown bank for three nights awaiting an attack but the robbers left town. On Saturday night another attempt forced the safe’s outer door and bored through the second door before fleeing, leaving tools behind.
A young man bound for California at St Josephs Missouri died after a drinking wager. He consumed brandy from a pint glass and collapsed within minutes, dying soon after. The report cites the Boston Republican. The death prompts mention of capital punishment debates and a note on gold pen manufacture in a separate trial.
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