15 Aug 1846
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1846
Page
1
The issue lists advertising terms with rates per square and advance options, notes correction charges, and recalls various international items. It includes a Cincinnati Atlas surgical anecdote about nasal reconstruction, German emigration, British temperance estimates, Baltimore smallpox on a ship, and assorted short items from Manchester and London papers.
A Rev speaker recounts a youth who murdered his friend to obtain a bauble, using an iron dog weapon on a bridge. The confessed killer awaited execution after 17 months, lamenting the path of vice in a moving sermon to local youths.
The New York Tribune recounts the 1840s execution of Andrew P. Potter for murder near New Haven. It traces Potter’s decline from Sabbatarian youth to church member excommunicated for vice, his association with corrupt companions, and a fatal crime sparked by forgery and a failed partnership with a former friend. The narrative links his ruin to bad company, late hours, and a personal downfall culminating in the scaffold.
A reflective piece on sacred burial spots led by mothers graves as the most sacred, followed by fragmented musings on republican wars, liberty, and human sensibility. It includes a dialectic exchange about an African boy in a legal deposition scene, ending with a note that the transcript was taken by Boston Pow.
A moral exhortation urges readers to quit grumbling and take responsibility. It argues grumbling harms prospects, relationships, and standing, urging patience, industry, and perseverance. It cites examples like Astor Girard Gray Franklin and Philippe, urging prayer and self examination as path to success.
A former reveler recalls a life from Heaven to a London jail cell. He describes love thwarted, fortune lost after a betrayal, and a descent into crime followed by brief hope and eventual ruin. He reflects on justice, temptation, and his haunted memory of college days and past temptations.
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