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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1849
Page
2
A fragmented diary style scene reveals Mrs Hardinge and servants in a busy cottage. Conversation covers bread and toast remnants, sour milk, laundry soap use, and household chores as two characters, Tabitha and Cindy, clash over waste and washing. The excerpt ends with a promise to continue.
In a long prophecy Naroleon tells Los Cass at St Elena that Europe will tilt toward republicanism and constitutional monarchies. He foresees revolutions spreading across Germany Prussia Poland Italy Denmark Sweden and Russia with England's bankruptcy shaking kings and aristocracies. He envisions the French throne restored by a living heir and a global surge toward liberty.
The readable fragments describe a government figure urged temperance and trust from citizens, noting his unassociated stance and demonstration of worthy conduct. The passage remains unclear on full identity or concrete events.
The Bristol July Fourth celebration featured the 73rd anniversary of independence with a long procession, music, and a well ordered collation and social hours. Rev Cleveland’s address drew praise for its moral tone. Father Mathew arrived at Staten Island and was welcomed in New York with a temperance procession and a public address at Castle Garden Pier. He then proceeded to the Irving House.
A reviewer praises a Rosewood Piano Pure from Buarduian and Gray of Albany featuring a pew and Dolce Campana attachment. The instrument emits a rich tone, and agent Juin II Wardwell is noted as the local representative ready to demonstrate the improvements to music lovers.
A large crowd witnessed Bennett’s self inflating Life Preservers as three cylinders formed a raft holding 45 people. Bennett wore the jacket and floated while smoking a cigar and reading a newspaper. The jacket inflates to hold three beside the wearer and is light and easy to wear.
The Fall River News notes the Steamer Empire State fully renovated and more splendid, resuming its voyage between Fall River and New York after an appearance on Sunday morning and a return trip the prior afternoon.
A Washington despatch states President Taylor issued a proclamation urging the first Friday in August as a day of fasting humility and prayer to avert the scourge threatening the nation. A rumor claims seventy one emigrants from Rapides Louisiana traveling to California were attacked by Indians on the route. six survivors reported.
Mary Foley faced trial in New Orleans on the 23d alt for pouring poisonous liquid into Joseph W. King’s eyes while he slept on a sofa. King was led to the witness chair blind. Foley was found guilty and sentenced to seven years in prison and a $2000 fine.
The Canonicus steamship built in New York by Lawrence and Sneeden arrives in our harbor from Providence and Fall River. Owned by Fall River Iron Works Co and commanded by Captain Benjamin Brayton, the vessel features a 170 foot length, 28 foot beam, hurricane deck, and a 36 inch diameter cylinder engine with 7 foot stroke, promising speed and comfort for passengers.
The piece frames a hypothetical chain of events to compare Pius IX and Bishop Hughes with Rhode Island politics. It imagines the Bishop as governor under disputed power, then extends the analogy to Connecticut and New Jersey bishops, suggesting external intervention akin to French involvement.
The New York Herald letters from San Francisco report unrest in California over Congress not extending U S laws. Mules gathered at drinking houses. General Smith moves to quell outbreaks. Many armed foreigners arrive. about fifty thousand from Mexico and fifty Californians reach Mazatlan with grim reports.
An on board account from the schooner Euduras bound from Bangor to San Francisco describes pirates in twelve armed boats approaching becalmed off Brazil. The crew fired twelve muskets, sinking one craft as others fled, while Fort Simpson reports Arctic exploration results negating Franklin westward reach. Cholera devastates St Louis and spreads through Mexico, with Monterey reporting 1200 deaths and 4000 affected in Tamaulipas.
The steamship Hibernia carries foreign intelligence seven days after earlier advices, delivering fresh European developments seven days later.
Reports describe a failed insurrection in Pana led by M Kuenoe Arago with about 25000 supporters and 700 troops suppressing barricades. Paris remains tense with 6000 to 7000 troops deployed, arrests including Assembly members, and warnings of further clashes while Rome sees French aid to the Romans and Oudinot siege efforts.
The Canada reached Boston Wednesday evening. Prices rose in cotton with Coton up 1 16d and 1 8d, weekly sales at 42 090 bales. Ireland relief subscription starts in England with royal support. Rome reports up to June 13 as tensions rise. An assault on Cherokee agent G. S. Brown at the agency leaves him near death. three suspects, including a soldier and a man named Lacy, are held. Jewelry theft in Philadelphia totals about 20 000 dollars. a court awards damages to Dores Brand against the Troy and Schenectady Railway for a fatal crossing accident in Schenectady.
The Providence Journal reports a detailed record of Senate and House sessions with votes on Dorr restoration petitions, charter amendments, voter registry acts, and public finance notes. It documents committee reports, resolutions, and appointments including Chief Justice selection and various incorporations and public notices.
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