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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1857
Page
2
The piece details ongoing money pressure with widespread distress and bank accommodation as key to relief. It argues expansion of bank credit will ease the crisis, cautions against contraction, and warns narrow selfish actions by savers and foreigners worsen the economy. The writer predicts a better state soon if banks increase liquidity.
Citizens show ambition to curb and gutter in front of their premises and replace flagging with curbing. Angell and his crew are ready to fill all orders for curbing and sidewalk repairs, with town meetings urged to support the plan.
The steamship J C Gibbs with Providence Marine Artillery fired 32 rounds near Pappasquash Point to cover the area where a youth named Searle fell from a boat and drowned last Friday. The body was not raised.
A Newport procession featured Fi Protection Fire Goe Nr 6 Swhpart Capri En Aix Negro ain PNew per and King Philip Fire Co escorting to DeWolf House and hall events. The No 5 company received praise for gentlemanly bearing. prizes were noted at the Springfield Horse Show including Jewel mare and horses Little Nell and Black Bess. Governor Dye, aboard the steamer Niagara, faced a tense financial mood on return amid a flood of failures listed by New York papers.
The Steamer Governor lowers fares from Providence to New York Bristol and Newport. Bristol Steam Mill plans longer hours from 7 A M to 9 P M with possible suspension if not changed. Emersons Magazine and Portmans Monthly October issue now published by J M Emerson & Co 371 Broadway. The publishers promise high quality writing and forty four engravings by leading American artists.
Subscriptions in New York for Central America calamity relief total $16,000 with $6,000 to $10,000 more needed. Thirty five widows and over fifty seven children of officers and crew survive, many in destitute condition needing immediate aid.
The steamship Antilopeteft fired a two gun salute at Liverpool while docking on Saturday. Both guns misfired sending burning fragments in all directions. A large piece narrowly missed Captain Smith's head but no one was injured among crowds on board or on the dock.
The Bremen Guard reports that on Sept 1 two sailors from the American steamer Central America were rescued by the brig Mary near Queenstown after drifting about 576 miles in the Gulf Stream. Tice Dawson and Grant, with others, endured eight days without water or provisions aboard wreck fragments and a boat, with several succumbing to hunger and exposure.
The Albany Evening Journal blames bad investments in railroads and speculative Western purchases for monetary pressure and factory closures. It argues revamp of the tariff and protection of American labor would have prevented idleness and dependence on foreign cloth and iron imports.
Report states Lawrence Manufacturing Co. and Suffolk and Tremont Co. have sold 1300 and 1000 bales of cotton respectively. The stock is being shipped out of the city, with speculation the move aims to profit from selling raw material rather than converting it into cloth.
A fragmented report details ship arrivals near New York and Panama, mentions officials like Foote and Scott, and notes British ships at Aspinwall. It covers a Panamanian election outcome, passenger lists on the Central America, a vigilante response in California, and commodity markets including coffee, lard, fish, and logwood.
Washington reports indicate the administration is considering advancing funds to government educators upon shipment of material and assignment of funding and insurance policies. The plan aims to relieve government contractors and major commercial interests by speeding treasury gold circulation without impairing government securities.
Captain Burt of the brig Marine arrives in New York and commends Captain Stone of the El Dorado for the rescue of Central America's passengers. He clears Engineer Ashby of blame and questions reports of offers to return with money. The boat crew reportedly assisted themselves as the ship scattered and the Beart Beart incident is noted with engineering controversy.
Partial OCR fragment mentions Captain Herndon and a punitive scene. Vague references to a quarantine and injuries suggest a military or naval context, but due to garbled text no clear entities, dates, or outcomes are established.
A contemporary report notes robberies in private houses with thieves taking silver spoons and gold. An earlier incident in Ledyard involved a man who withdrew $440 in gold and lost it to a burglary. Similar thefts occur in the city this week prompting warnings about security and bank deposits.
Mr. Thomas G. Rounds of Dighton was assaulted Thursday evening by two men who demanded cigars. He defended himself but was overpowered and robbed of five to six hundred dollars. The attackers set the store on fire but the building was saved though goods were ruined by smoke and water. Rounds has recently retired from his position and lost his pocketbook.
The letter discusses bank lending to speculators and the risk of overtrading in the financial era. It mentions merchants and bankers, warning that easy credit sustains works and employment but could backfire if speculative funds flow unchecked. A referenced letter by Hon. A Langenre and a Boston gentleman is sought for clarity.
A friend humbly reports experiments in making molasses from Sorghum. Wilting the stalks ten days before expressing juice reduces water content, yielding five gallons of juice to produce as much sirup as seven gallons from green stalks. Evaporation and fuel use drop accordingly, improving efficiency.
Reports from New York dated October 6 describe ongoing conflict around Gov Panfilo Barrera and rebels led by Gen Zavaile. Tebat had been sacked and many homes damaged while Indians reportedly slaughtered women and children. insurgents besieged the capital with Baez under pressure in Havana via San Domingo.
A fragmentary 19th century item reports the Bath mariners, Feb, ship Florence, Neapolitan La Luce, officers seized, King of Two Sicilies noted, Capi. duty, awards, and a domestic Sunday School scene. A New York verdict cites Fiji tm shooting a man through the head, and Noah Page from Beekman County beats his wife. neighbor Dow Dingy dies.
A dramatic account emerges of a shipwreck after a sudden storm on the Haris coast. The vessel foundered with twenty one men lost and sharks claimed several of the crew as survivors to reach St. Chetas pher after a perilous voyage with scarce food or clothing.
On Saturday evening in the Worcestershire Bay area, Mrs. Moore and her daughter, visiting John Morse near Nerhyville, were fatally burned when a lamp exploded causing a house fire. The husband and Rog attended the scene as fire crews arrived.
A garbled correspondent report from the Nisaden Daily discusses mercantile gun sales and government oversight amid wartime concerns. It mentions rifles sent to be used against the Eagleks and questions local proceedings.
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