30 Dec 1854
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1854
Page
1
The notice lists subscription terms for Blestol Phenex published every Saturday at No 7 Bradford Street Bristol by W M Bayley. Town residents pay two dollars yearly in advance. single advertisements cost one dollar per square with twelve lines per inch and continuous publication unless forbidden.
Poem describes the comforting Light at Home as evening darkens and the weary seek rest. It recalls a sailor’s long voyage and a loved one’s kiss, contrasting storms and quiet cottage happiness with the guiding, loving beacon that eases sorrow and brightens the heart.
The Rochester Union recounts a tale of the Plover crew returning from the Polar Sea after ice entrapment since 1847. The amazed captain sails into a lamplit city and awakens to San Francisco grown into a thriving metropolis, ignorant of the Mexican War and California’s U.S. statehood.
Robert Chambers in Things in America notes Americans with middle class ties in Britain would be shocked by American dining. He says there is no stinting as to food and hired laborers in the United States often receive better fare than many genteel English workers.
A London Chronicle writer describes the Inkerman battery scene at night with 5000 bodies nearby. Wounded moan and convulsed cries fill the air as hospital parties search for officers and families lament their losses amid advancing ambulances and Russian forces.
Bodies lie in a grim aftermath description showing Russians and guardsmen from 65th and 20th regiments. The scene depicts lifeless forms in grey coats, bloodstains, contorted features, and soldiers frozen in death, with moonlight and wind creating eerie, lifelike shadows.
A fragment from Appletons edition quotes a letter from Thomas Jefferson to Martha Jefferson, written in 1783 from Annapolis. It outlines a strict daily schedule for music, drawing, languages, and reading, urging studious conduct and spelling accuracy. The piece highlights Jefferson’s domestic character and views on women’s education.
The line marks a reflective note on increased virtue as misers give, idlers work, and sinners reform, suggesting a moral calendar where future actions unlock better days. The phrase invites contemplation of social change through personal habit.
A long narrative recounts Mary Irvine as she endures poverty after her husband Henry Irvine falls from grace. His pride, reckless drinking, and betrayal ruin their marriage and social ties, pushing Mary toward a final moral crisis at the brink of despair.
Mary Irvine struggles through a long night of illness after her husband Henry Irwine falls deeper into illness and contrition. The benevolent physician tends him with care, while Mary endures the strain of priestly forgiveness and a sorrowful farewell.
A scrambled reminiscence about Britain's offer to repeal a stamp act if damages from stamp paper destruction were paid by Americans. It includes a tale of a heated poker used as satire, with a Frenchman bargaining for satisfaction and a street confrontation ending with a quip about proportioning estates to charities.
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