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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1860
Page
2
Volume XXIV opens with a retrospective tribute from the Pheniz editors thanking supporters who helped revive the paper after the Gazette's demise. The note emphasizes fidelity to truth, public info, patriotism, and moral guidance while acknowledging past errors and pledging continued effort to serve the town.
A Baptist conference column urges readers to confront political corruption, arguing that public iniquity in high and low places threatens the nation more than slavery. The piece condemns meddling but calls for moral rebuke from pulpits and presses to deter graft.
Joseph Wilcox, a 20 year rape convict at Providence State Prison, fled Saturday morning. Warden Blaisdell pursued and, with Constable Pierce, tracked him to a Bristol area cornfield near Bristol Ferry, where he was captured and returned to Providence jail.
The week has been warm and muggy with vegetation advancing rapidly. Light rains on Wednesday and Thursday refreshed fields, and crops across New England appear highly promising, suggesting an abundant harvest barring unforeseen events.
On Thursday last a four month old calf, weighing about one hundred pounds, was pulled from a cow raised by Mr Benjamin R Wilson. The animal is described as half Jersey and half Devonshire thoroughbred and is praised as the handsomest of its size and age seen.
A grateful note from a patient recovering from illness thanks God for mercy and strength to walk a short distance daily. The writer credits the kindness and sympathy of citizens and friends abroad for easing the illness and calls the period a green spot in life. Thanks are extended for favors and support during the trial.
The text condemns the Damascus massacre where about five hundred Christians were killed. It questions Turkish responsibility and asks why actions were not halted earlier. It notes destitute women and children and urges American aid for starving victims in BEIRUT and surrounding areas.
The piece laments the sale of the Diamon Rock to a Danish Fall River buyer and its likely transfer to Copenhagen. It argues such acts desecrate American antiquities and compare them to classical lootings, urging a veto on preserving sacred local associations and heritage.
On Saturday Capt Davis Pitman of the schooner Perine sprained and bruised a leg when rigging apparatus fell during work on deck. On Wednesday a horse and wagon driven by a young colored boy on Franklin street spooked, the horse ran off, throwing the boy to the ground and injuring him severely.
Mr Munro the Census Marshal for this town has finished his enumeration and returned the actual population. The town numbers 5 271 now, up 655 since 1850. Warren is 2 636, down 467 from 1850. Barrington nearly doubles its population.
Mrs Ann E Turner wife of William Slemer Req of Warren died suddenly yesterday morning. She had been ill recently but not seriously. She leaves nine children. The afflicted husband and family have the sympathy of many friends in Bristol.
The examination of Lewis Grant charged with arson for a Bristol Neck barn fire on the night of the 26th ult. ended Saturday before Mr Justice Munro. Grant was held to bail of 2000 dollars to await the Grand Jury next month. unable to post bail, he was committed.
Reverend Mr. Eln of the State Street Methodist Church performed three baptisms last Sunday. One baptism was by immersion and two by sprinkling.
One Grizzly Ape named Crecus will exhibit his Monster Bear Menagerie in this town this afternoon at two and seven tonight in connection with Cooxz's Celebrated Royal Circus from Niblo's Garden New York. Large crowds have gathered at each exhibition.
A fine sail boat named the Spray owned by Mr Francis L B D Wolf was stolen from its mooring at Richmond's Wharf on Sunday morning. Despite diligent search no trace has been found. An attempt to enter a Hope Street house on Wednesday night was thwarted by frightened residents. Citizens urged to remain vigilant.
A brief notice states the annual Olam Bake of Christ's Church Swanzey will be held on Wednesday the 22d inst. Friends from the area are expected to attend in good numbers as usual.
The narrator recounts a July sea voyage with holiday celebrations on deck, national songs, and flag drama. He details foggy and chilly days near Iceberg latitude, a lively but tense shipboard incident when a cook threatened a steward with a butcher knife, the captain enforcing discipline, and the crew's mixed reactions to authority and piracy of manners at sea.
The text recounts abuse of sailors by boardinghouse keepers and shipper men who advance wages to those predators rather than to sailors or their families. It notes ships returning to London becoming markets for sale and moral peril, with stories of drunkenness, deception, and a sailor misled about voyage and pay, including a captain who leapt overboard.
A correspondent recounts a July trip aboard the Great Eastern, detailing boarding at Hammond Street, crowd scenes in New York, the shipboard life, food shortages, deck dormitories, and the voyage to Cape May and back. The engine room, speed of 17 knots, and overall impressions are noted with emphasis on the scale and spectacle.
A Baltimore man Mr Hussey aged about 60 traveling with his wife and three children died after falling from a moving Boston and Maine train at Exeter New Hampshire. The wheels passed over his chest as he attempted to reboard after buying supplies for his children. The body was transported to Portland for relatives to meet.
New York gas bill tale from Mobile Register says a man left Europe seven months ago and, upon return, found gas still burning. He refused to pay a $52 bill until his wife explains a steady flame after a late payment. The secretary reluctantly accepts payment. Gas stock pays a heavy dividend.
Mr. Swan of Worcester shows a three year old iron grey colt at seventeen hands and 1300 pounds. He quotes that at six years old he could weigh more and that such a large bone and short joints would carry heavy loads, especially near toll bridges where charges favor weight over tonnage. The article argues for owning a big horse for wholesale business.
Donald McKay reports in the Boston Social Bulletin on Britain building 53 steam warships with 1783 guns. By next year the fleet reaches 735 vessels and 17 099 guns, with 132 786 horsepower and over two hundred thousand sailors. France lags in gun strength.
The trial over an $80,000 claim against the estate of the late William H. Mason Sr. of Thompson begins Wednesday before Superior Court Judge Storrs in Hartford. The suit is by creditors of Mason's son Amasa, who failed in the Rochestar agricultural implement business. Distinguished counsel from New York, including O'Conor, are engaged.
The Illinois Central Railroad reports 17 miles of cars with freight cars in standard proportion yet cannot move all grain shipments. The state faces an extraordinary crop season causing transport strain on the line.
Reports from Nashville and other cities recount a murder on Mr. Jamesers' plantation night of the 26th ult. The suspected killer fled to Arkansas and is jailed at Helena. Other items note striped bass reaching Rochester, fires destroying the rake and dipper factory in Northford, and various legal cases and civic notices.
The Scientific Association voted to hold its next annual meeting in Nashville Tennessee in April with dates the 11th or 18th as the local committee decides. Officers elected include F A P Barnard president R W Gibbes vice president W P Townbridge general secretary A L Elwyn treasurer and Joseph Lovering permanent secretary. A large local committee was appointed.
The Ankara Newsrarsr Orrcx Destror Cp reports the Aeganzan in Wellsville New York changed hands recently to a widow. Fearing a Breckenridge affiliation, attackers broke in Tuesday night and destroyed type rules leads and a reef. Columns of matter were pied and fixtures damaged, with parts cast into the Genesee river.
A dispatch to Gov Banks announces the election of Frank P Blair Jr of St Louis to both the long and short terms in the United States House. The Boston Journal says this will be a good keynote for Republican ears and welcomed in the north.
An advertorial notice claims Dr Wietor’s Balsam of Wild Cherry cures coughs colds and lung bleeding and even consumption. It asserts a single trial will satisfy skeptics and lists H N Gifford Bristol as a seller alongside other druggists.
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