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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1847
Page
2
The mothers notice a movement as the ill child nears recovery and watch with hopeful care. The family gives thanks on a joyful Sabbath praising the Lord for mercy and renewed health.
From the seat of war a rumor says that Mexico has accepted English mediation and that a peace treaty with Gen. Scott has been drawn up after a British interview. Confidence is low butGen Scott has received reinforcements and Santa Anna appears favorable to peace.
A Thursday evening shower ended a long dry spell, reviving vegetation and easing concerns. Farmers say the five haying season has yielded well with corn potatoes and vegetables looking excellent and no reports of point rot to date.
A carved Scotch Highland Chief head figurehead from Mariel Coha aboard the brig Osage at this port. About 5 1/2 feet tall in a red attire with Highland plaid, belts, fox head emblem, gaita or buskins, and a Scutch bonnet. Burn marks suggest the vessel was burned.
Letters published in the Philadelphia Pennsylvanian relay tidings of Midshipman Rogers, last heard from Vera Cruz, detailing his confinement at the Castle of Perote on February 1, robbery en route, and his parole with city of Mexico liberty but limited funds leaving him three days without food at times.
Mr Thomas Holmes introduces a new algle shower bath praised for convenience and utility and invites potential buyers to call and inspect the device. The era also reports on trials of potato disease inspection in France, Mexican casualties, large crop shipments, and a warship to be built at Norfolk with detailed dimensions.
The dispatch notes that steamer Britsonia's arrival from Europe caused grain prices to fall and rumors of fair prospects for crops. It mentions volatile potato prices and a mild two to three week weather pattern. In Bristol, a warm pleasant area with shaded streets, residents praise the town as ideally suited for summer life and prefer it to larger cities.
The week spans unusually warm days causing editors to delay generating news while reports show a rise in accidents murders and personal crises across the area.
The article notes flour prices in principal markets rising from 4.75 to 5.60 per barrel by quality. It argues prices should not fall below 5 to avoid discouraging Western farmers and suppressing crops, urging fair prices for producers and fair pay for labor to sustain a healthy economy.
While en route to Providence we observed two or three matrons raking hay alongside their husbands loading carts. They handled the rake dexterously, proving capable helpmates and keeping their homes in apple pie order.
Reports from Mexico discuss British mediation with General Scott at Puebla, a proposed treaty on California terms, and Mexican independence recognition. Rincon is back in command, Buenavista officers praised, and indemnity for political offences decreed. Prisoners bound for Huehuela face hunger. Mazatlan blockade continues. Bolivia-Peru tensions rise.
Reports from Vera Cruz indicate Com Perry left and Commander Bigelow led 300 marines and sailors to attack about 600 Mexican combatants encamped near the city. The assault routed the larger force with 12 casualties. Perry prepared to return to Tohasen as General Scott’s fate remained unsettled.
The Britannia arrived fifteen days from Europe with reports of falling corn prices and flour costs, rising cotton prices, and improving trade in manufacturing districts. Updates describe the Washington and WasninGton steamship voyages, Chinese seas conflicts, and the harvest outlook across Spain with strong yields anticipated.
The fishing vessels at this port have been bonded and discharged except the schr Watchman. The Watchman was sold Thursday by the U S Marshall for $50 to her former owner Newport Mercury.
A Michigan correspondent reports a field of sixty acres harvested in two days by a large machine drawn by sixteen horses. As many boys ride the front to guide the machine while a man adjusts forks and knives. In the rear a worker ties sacks of grain. the machine gathered and bagged three bushels per minute of the finest wheat for flour.
Professor Ulrich of Washington College Pennsylvania was badly injured in a hydro oxygen blowpipe experiment when flame forced gases back into the tube causing a vessel to burst. Several fragments struck him as he collapsed on the floor but medical help arrived promptly and he is not dangerously wounded.
The Mayor of Limerick Ireland Thomas Walnut and partners stand accused at the Sessions Court of defrauding the finance committee by diverting Indian funds meant for the poor and substituting damaged food for charity. In a separate report, Silas Hardy lies mortally wounded after Joseph Clifton stabbed him during a dispute at Lily Deer Isle Maine while Clifton was intoxicated.
The Washington Union argues against fusion with other parties and urges the Democratic Convention to nominate a candidate whose principles are openly declared and fully approved. It stresses the need for a clear party creed and prefers a candidate with no doubt about adherence to Democratic leading points.
Mrs Hastings, a newlywed, was thrown from a buggy wagon on Pawtuxet avenue last Sunday afternoon. The front wheel separated due to a road defect. She was taken to Mr Barstow's house and, though no external injuries are visible, she has scarcely spoken since the accident and suffered repeated hysterical fits. Her husband also faced similar distress.
The ship arrived at Cork on June 20 after departing Liverpool June 15 with 110 passengers. An earlier obstruction slowed progress, forcing a return to Cork for repairs. After repairs, she left Cork for New York on the 20th ult, completing a 500 mile homeward run and reaching 2 degrees west longitude en the Atlantic.
Kendall cites a San Luis editor who says peace talks must wait until Scott bows to Santa Anna and Taylor is chained in Valencia’s stable. A wag adds if chained, Old Rough and Ready would stand up to the rack.
A young man was confronted by a woman at the Portland and Havana streets corner in Boston on Thursday. She was joined by two other women who appeared to enjoy the incident.
Instructions urge salt spread on hay mows to aid cattle in winter and preserve hay. Emphasis on abundant harvest, timely labor, and frugal provisioning. Anecdote about Gen Taylor sharing a sailbed with wounded volunteers on a steamboat after Buena Vista, illustrating wartime humanity.
Two youths in a small wherry were struck as the steamer Bay State passed Hurl Gate. Captain Comstock halted the vessel to save them. a nearby yacht sent a boat, and rescuers pulled the boys from the swift river current amid anxious witnesses.
A man named Petrie in Middlebury is robbed and attacked by five Irish railroad workers. Moran was struck with a club and died twelve hours later. The assailant fled and had not yet been arrested.
One passenger by the Alabama notes Gen. Pierce leading a large train and a two thousand strong column to leave Veracruz in a few days, likely around the 6th. The steers say Theteropa arrived since the last column under General Pillow and Cadwallader and would add five to six thousand men to Gen. Scott's forces.
Hiram Johnson, a clerk in L. R. Lincoln’s Northampton store, was killed when a loaded gun, hidden in a darkened room, was accidentally discharged by a student while attempting a prank. The weapon had been loaded days earlier and returned carelessly, prompting calls for stricter gun safety.
The Home Journal reports five Harvey family members in New York fell to a cataleptic condition, later relieved after removing amalgam fillings. Mercury poisoning from the dentist’s material allegedly caused paralysis and speech loss. Twenty three teeth were extracted from five people to undo the damage. A servant’s mishap wasted horse stock by dumping the teeth in a cistern. The piece condemns quacks and calls for better public safety.
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