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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1865
Page
2
A lyrical fragment extols liberty, benign institutions, and the passing of the Gear purchase of Our Fathers as a shared inheritance. The text emphasizes pride in land and liberty and the duty to preserve and transmit these blessings to future generations.
The West rises in population wealth and influence beyond the Mississippian frontier. By 1860 Western states show rapid growth in agriculture, mining, and manufacturing, reshaping national power, while social trends push young men and women toward self-reliance and tempered marriage plans.
An 19th century column argues that unmarried men in Marseilles resist arranged marriages until dowry and costs are covered. It suggests women seek wealthier partners, but notes living expenses push many away from marriage, criticizing flashy dress and excessive household spending.
A Philadelphia letter compares Rhode Island and Delaware from 1790 to 1860, arguing slavery slowed Delaware’s growth. It cites population gaps, density, land value, wealth, and industry output, claiming Rhode Island’s per capita wealth and banking, tax, and publication figures outpaced Delaware despite larger area.
The 1850 census data show Rhode Island with 426 public schools 518 teachers and 23130 pupils, plus 1248 illiterate native adults and 96 public libraries totaling 104342 volumes and church value at 1293600. Delaware reports 194 public schools 214 teachers 8970 pupils 14216 white readers illiteracy 9777 and 174950 volumes with church value 340345 and 2303 percent illiteracy.
An extra train on the Housatonic line near Trumbull collided with a backing freight train as a new locomotive approached the curve at the Ata. Six people were killed and twenty injured. President Charles Hunt and Conductor Plumb aided the wounded as Bridgeport residents helped.
The excerpt reports canons returns for the manufacture of India rubber goods across New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut. It lists annual value 9042 700 labor costs for male and female workers counts of employed hands and various material costs. It notes capital and raw material costs and provides annual value from production of gutta percha goods in New York.
Reports say the Atlantic cable remains troubled after three ruptures since the Great Eastern left Valentia. Two repairs were made while a third section stayed broken about 1200 miles from the start and 500 miles from Newfoundland. The Great Eastern and war steamers Terrible and Galatea reached St Johns as attempts to grapple the line continued with deeper fathoms.
Mr John Perkins aged 75 with another man attempted to burn brush in woods near Medford Centre Massachusetts on Monday. Dry conditions caused the fire to spread. Perkins collapsed from exhaustion while fighting the flames and suffered severe burns and suffocation before being found and rescued. He died at his Medford Centre residence the same evening.
Mrs Eather Sanborn of Lynn 35 dies after being struck by train wheels at Fairhaven railroad depot yesterday afternoon as cars were moved to a side track. The fatality occurred just before the Boston train departed, leaving locals appalled at the gruesome scene.
P T Barnum designs a National Museum in New York to rival England and France's great institutions. He asks for public and institutional loans of duplicates or models, hoping war, navy, and patent offices will lend trophies for his collection. Skeptics call it hombug, but his perseverance is praised as potentially beneficial.
A government farm on the Patuxent river Maryland employs seven to eight hundred laborers, growing corn and tobacco. About thirty thousand acres claim to exist with twenty two hundred cultivated, timber still covering much land. Field hands earn ten dollars a month, with care for the elderly and schools for children, and workers are described as industrious and content.
The Vicksburg Journal reports the freed men's settlement on Jeff Davis and brother’s plantation is flourishing with 3000 to 4000 acres under cotton corn potatoes and vegetables. It predicts 2000 to 3000 bales of cotton and 12000 to 20000 bushels of corn this season and notes a Home Farm for the aged and infirm. The farm lies on the Jeff Davis place with about five hundred in cotton and one hundred in corn, aiming to be self sustaining and possibly profitable for the Department.
A period of great speculation brings defections and defalcations as inflated prices spark risk. Moneyed institutions should closely watch agents dealing in fancy stocks, gold coins, and petroleum shares to protect entrusted funds.
The report discusses the heavy costs of rebellion and war, noting 600000 in losses and 124000 entitlements, the ruin to rebel fortunes, and widespread degradation of the country’s future. It cites vandalism at Capuseo, famine threats after supply cuts, and brutal wartime incidents including a Boston assault by soldiers and a court-mandated transfer of a female prisoner. It also mentions a Saginaw officer escorting a female convict to the Penitentiary and shifts in the Military Department of the East with Brigadier General Robert B. Putnam assigned to Newport.
Quotations attributed to Admiral Farragut contrast with rural wit while a census figure shows New England boots and shoes industry details. The data lists 2433 establishments 10 977113 capital and 27 189 916 material costs with 52 007 male and 22 282 female workers and 54 815 948 annual product value. Mark Mitchell of Yarmouth Maine walked 13.5 miles in 1 hour 48 minutes winning a $25 wager against the Clipper steamer.
A plan to sink torpedoes in the river after fall navigation closes aims to clear ice and ensure free water flow. The proposal would place three fuses every thousand yards to explode with ice breakup, preventing blockages and easing spring flood issues.
Cal Samuel Norris sails from Boston aboard the Agia for Europe while his parents Captain John Norris and Mrs Norris depart New York on the Web ster for Liverpool. Captain Charles Norris commands the Webster, brother of Col. Norris John Norris Jr. The family plans to reunite in England uneventfully upon arrival, with no prior arrangement.
A description promotes an 18 mile route along Warren Neck near Bristol offering smooth shaded roads and scenic views. The piece also notes a local incident where a town drifter with a drinking problem caused disturbances, leading to a court-backed lodging eviction plan for a year. It mentions a royal presentation, fishing plans, a YMCA tea party, a Swansea clambake, and a minstrels show, ending with a seven-foot shark caught at Bristol Ferry by Providence visitors.
A notice lists new music from Adolph with Toternational Galup dedicated to Bryant Stratton & Co students, plus Rippling Waves Waltz by Wm E Gilmore published by Geo F Newland. It mentions the Music Store of Motion F Newland and a separate Cleveland accident involving a German servant girl saved from a fall by a passerby.
A New York newspaper details a cheap method to make champagne wine from sound apples. Juice is pressed without grinding and filtered through coal and sand, then bottled corked to avoid atmosphere. Portable presses are advertised for home and farm use.
Catohong the Butterfly leads the September issue with nostalgic charm. A steel fashion plate titled Looking for Fisher describes a pansy wood engraving. The issue features engravings, music, and stories by multiple authors plus editorials and fashions from Deacon & Peterson at 319 Walnut Street Philadelphia.
In a formal recommendation, C G Dodge Proprietor of Dodge's Dye House Providence endorses a cleaning soap after a fair trial. Agent J C Humes at 33 Warren Street Providence handles all orders for Rhode Island.
The New York Express reports a party of thirty freedmen from the South traveled through the city bound for Rhode Island where homes have been provided by the Freedmen's Bureau. It notes this is the second such government funded move to Rhode Island.
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