Bristol Phenix in Bristol, Rhode Island

Susquehanna crew ferry yellow fever and a barn fire report

Reports from Memphis note the Mississippi river at record heights with widespread flood damage along the Arkansas to Pine Bluff corridor. The Susquehanna crew and officers receive a gold medal for tending yellow fever patients aboard the English war vessel. A fire in Providence destroys a Butler Street barn worth about $800, with two horses lost. The incident may be incendiary. A foundling child is cared for at the Taber residence until taken to the asylum. The Irish press denounce proposed whiskey tax increases. A Boston convert recalls hearing Jenny Lind. Catfish fever spreads in Liberty Texas as Irish politics generate controversy.