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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1851
Page
1
The notice outlines subscription terms mainly for local residents at two dollars in advance and distant subscribers at reduced rates. It details advertisement insertion charges per square and duration, with multi week and yearly options, and specifies line counts and continued insertion policies.
An archival poem tracing a destined river of reform that originates in darkness and ascends toward light. It reminds readers that progress flows from old barriers toward a perfect day, urged by earnest hearts toward a future where truth prevails.
The Winchester Virginian reports Col James C and his son Stephen were indicted for cruelly beating a enslaved man, chaining him by the neck and whipping him to death after tying his hands. The incident occurred last Wednesday near sunset and his death followed that night, prompting moral admonitions about reform.
The Albany Journal prints Chancellor Livingston 1811 reply to a railway proposal. NK. R. Layengeton argues rail lines would be costly, require double tracks, deep walls, iron casing, heavy wheels moving at four mph, and pose many accident risks making canals preferable.
A case before Bennett of this city questions whether a railroad passenger retains a fixed seat throughout a journey and may reclaim it after vacating it. The judges may bear the cost, and the case could reach the Supreme Court for a higher ruling. Public interest centers on this principled legal issue.
A 19th century Atlantic encounter saw a Russian Exploring Expedition commander claim land in the name of the Czar but a sharp American captain, aboard a sixty ton vessel, hailed him and prompted a reevaluation, leading to no formal assertion of sovereignty.
A garbled report describes an enormous flower in Sumatra with an expanded circumference of nine feet and nectar holding nine pints. The muddled text mentions pistils as large as cows and a fifteen pound blossom, while characters debate its boarding-house origin and bizarre measurements.
In Sage village near the Connecticut river a gentle farmer Squire Neil and his wife nurture their children Ellen and Alice. The sick widow Mrs Parsons and her daughter need aid as Charles Davenport a wealthy New York guest helps with money and sympathy. Ellen mourns her mother while Alice wins Charles heart and aids the family amid sorrow, death and communal support.
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