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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1851
Page
2
A couple mends strains after a period of conflict, with Mrs Nichols gaining happiness through self restraint. The tale cautions wives against fretful temper and urges loyalty to the home, noting how cheerful, sociable husbands seek tavern and public meeting company when kept content at home.
The New York Commercial reports Noah, once sheriff during the yellow fever outbreak of 1822, honored at a funeral on Twenty first Street West of Sixth Avenue. The service blended Hebrew rites led by Rev Lyon with an English discourse by Rev Dr Raphall praising Noah's compassion and aid to debtors and a jailed family.
The Warren Star reports plans for a seven mile plank road from Prang Road near Warnen to Providence to connect with a new Vuede Way to India Point Ridge. Estimated cost is $20,000 with a projected 10 percent dividend for stockholders as promoters push forward.
The New York Mirror notes Hyer offers to fight any man in the ward for ten thousand dollars a side and would give an English challenger three thousand dollars to meet him locally. It laments prizefighting and hopes the country will not be disgraced by another brutal exhibition.
The Ohio reached this port from Havana where she departed on the 17th. She met the steamer Georgia en route to Havana. The Falcon also arrived from Chagree on the night of the 11th, having sailed on the 12th. The Ohio carried 150 passengers, mails, and gold totaling 30,900 from Chagres plus 25,000 in coin from New Orleans.
An affray at Missouri University ended with tutor Robert A. Grant shooting student George Pollico after Grant confronted Pollico over a reported offense. Grant surrendered to authorities following the incident.
A rumor from Lynn describes two men renting lodging with a private family and digging on Farmer's Beach at Grase Head. They allegedly unearthed a box containing a vast sum in gold sovereigns, reported as up to 690000 dollars in value.
It is estimated there are no fewer than ten daguerreotypists in the United States. A Boston American, Thompson, is praised as the best daguerreotypist in America with great success. In the very city of invention Parisians seek him to learn the craft and London crowds also favor the American craftsman.
Harvard University president was struck and knocked down while walking from Boston to Cambridge on Saturday night. He suffered a broken collar bone and facial bruising after being hit by a chaise wheel as darkness hid the incident. the vehicle sped away.
An incomplete excerpt describes a president being attacked with a weapon. the injury is severe but not dangerous, with references to an assistant and a procuring party. The text is garbled and lacks full context or clear dates or locations.
A Bristol town notice lists Josiah Chapin for Governor and Rowse Babour for Lt Governor with other state roles. It urges temperance votes and warns against liquor licenses. Also notes a Methodist Episcopal session in Warren and local party maneuvering in the Democratic and Whig parties.
A letter argues for active support of good government and voting in 1850s style, urging friends to be both active and zealous to prevent opponents from carrying the town. It warns that failure proves apathy or indifference and labels tax as a focal point of discontent.
The Adams House in Boston has changed hands and is much improved. The hotel is kept strictly temperate with no bar and no liquors. Readers visiting Boston are urged to consider this house as their home during their stay.
In New York a rainy March day accompanies tributes to Professor Ogleby and Major Noah with sober ceremonies at Trinity and a Hebrew service. Reports mention steamer schedules to Havana and New Orleans, wagers on steamship speed, and growing money difficulties amid social bustle and political visits by legislators and dignitaries.
The piece appeals law and order supporters to unite for the Chapin ticket, warning conservatives and Dorrites of a perceived threat to state institutions. It denounces the abolition of the registry system and broader suffrage increases, linking them to fiscal indemnity and political power shifts from 1849 era debates.
The Superintendent reports general prosperity across public schools with permanent teachers, improved supervision, and rising attendance. North District school house was enlarged, with wall and grounds leveling underway. Intermediate room capacity expanded to nearly one hundred pupils. four quarter summary begins, third quarter closed.
The Bristol town report shows total school registrations at 624 with higher attendance and lower absences than last year. It calls for a $9500 annual appropriation and adds classrooms to the East end of the Academy and the Select School to accommodate growing enrollments.
The document records a committee’s view of public school funding and universal education as essential to public welfare. It includes comments by GEORGE B MUNRO THOMAS SHEPARD and others, and notes Rev Mr Cooke resigning as Chairman of the School Committee in New York. The letter praises the district’s educational improvements and the Superintendent’s system, while outlining resignations and hoped future progress.
The steamer Prometheus led by Capt. Miner arrives in New York from Chagres after a 4 day 5 hour Havana passage. It brought 395 passengers and reports 600000 dollars in gold alongside staff. Seventy five passengers were left at Havana and will proceed to New Orleans aboard the Georgia.
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