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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1872
Page
2
The fragment notes a Saturday morning issue dated June 15, 1872 from Bristol, offering local news and notices in a period style. The readable text provides a glimpse of the publication's early era and geographic focus.
A critical review of Charles Sumner's recent Senate address contrasts his scholarly, principled stance with Grant's practical leadership. The piece argues Sumner's oratory rehashes rumors, while praising Grant's steady, corrective governance and warning of rising corruption. It notes a moral decline amid tax frauds and embezzlement, urging integrity in public finance.
The Jubilee brings European bands and a vast audience to Boston as Gilmore prepares a record setting festival. The Coliseum will host tens of thousands for a grand pageant with a powerful chorus and varied musical acts from across Europe. Spring 1872 promises new features and brighter landscapes as nature shines after showers.
Opinion writes that the historic Indian is dead and the remaining natives are seen as savages. It condemns white influences as corrupting the aborigines while noting corrupt behavior among native men. The piece dismisses efforts to civilize and predicts extinction of these communities as they fail to accept civilization.
The piece notes Congress ended its session with rancorous exchanges and ungovernable tempers, yet acknowledges substantial work completed before a presidential election. It pleads for representatives to sacrifice petty prejudices and show true patriotism through self-denial for the country.
The piece accuses British statesmen of moral blindness and overreach in the Alabama question. It argues the Crown should admit fault with dignity, warning that England’s harsh handling risks further inflaming tensions and hastening the monarchy’s downfall.
The event begins with a week honoring nations from America to Russia, culminating in a grand sacred concert. Tuesday's program features God Save the Queen performed by a 20,000-voice chorus with solos by Madame Erminia Rudersdorff, backed by the Grenadier Guards band and a 1000-strong orchestra, bells of Boston chiming, and artillery batteries fired electrically.
Coverage outlines press room setup at the Coliseum with tables telegraph wires mail facilities and writing materials to ease reporting. A section of parquet is reserved for journalists and over a thousand newspaper men from America and Europe are expected.
Telegraph dispatches indicate the treaty is near its end. England objects to consequential damages, leads to an eight month adjournment proposed by Earl Granville. Secretary Fisk rejects adjournment, insisting the talks end if England does not recede. UK objections trace to a prior loophole. US concedes on consequential damages. Our government questions Tory opposition critiques.
A Cape Town correspondent reports a South African diamond district that has attracted 40,000 workers in weeks, lifted nearby land value to 15 000 dollars per thirty square feet, and driven a 50 percent price drop in London diamonds last year. The region also yields copper, gold quartz, and rich potential for agriculture, grazing, and diverse crops.
A Bombay telegram reports a steamer from Zanzibar bearing definite intelligence from Dr. Livingstone. The explorer is at Unyamyembe pursuing geography with calm, while Mr. Stanley has met him and is returning to the coast with letters and news for Europe.
New fraud details will be publicized in a few days, implicating additional parties. Fugitive Wilbur, head of the Ring printing, is believed to hide in South America. State prosecutors to challenge his Tribune ties. Board of Audit halts printing steals including corporation advertising. First year savings projected over $1.5 million.
Illuminated placards bearing Scriptural citations condemn false measures. The notices quote Proverbs about divers weights and a just balance, decrying deceit in trade. authorities did not specify enforcement actions.
The Boston Jubilee starts Monday June 17 with strong praise for its organization and success. Last week the French Garde Republicaine Band arrived and marched through major streets, led by Gilmore's full band, generating great enthusiasm.
S. P. Connor, Secretary of the Hartford New Haven and Springfield railroad, died in Hartford on Tuesday. He was forty years old and had held the secretary post for fifteen years.
A curious blight has appeared in the strawberry plantations at Dighton causing concern among cultivators. Some remain hopeful the impairment will be minor and not jeopardize the year’s crop.
The late James Gordon Bennett predicted he would not outlive the old Herald office. When workers began demolishing the building on May 1, he remarked that the old house was going and that his time had come.
Local lines thank Hon. B. T. Eames for public documents Elder E Wood of Exeter preached at Advent Chapel Sunday Professor Agassizis builds a yacht at Herreshoff yard in town Social Meeting to be omitted this week Ladies of State Street M E Church held a strawberry festival in Town Hall Thursday afternoon and evening.
A large crowd gathered for an outdoor YMCA Association meeting held in front of the State House on Sunday evening, drawing widespread attendance and local interest in the event.
Rev. Joel Mann of Brooklyn New York formerly pastor of the Congregational Church in this town will occupy the pulpit tomorrow (Sabbath) afternoon.
The Y M C A will conduct gatherings tomorrow evening with sessions at six o'clock in their rooms and at seven thirty in the Middle District school house.
Wes received a dish of large luscious Spark's Early strawberries on Wednesday from B J Munro Esq. The berries are described as a very choice variety.
The yacht Nymbus, laid up over the winter at Mr. Serreshoff's yard, departed for New York last Sunday after recent refitting and a fresh coat of paint.
The Metacom Debating Club will discuss whether attention to politics by all classes favors patriotism next Tuesday evening. A Read of Boston has opened a hair dressing saloon in Allyn's Block State street with a room fitted for ladies and children. Advertisement.
Rev H M Jones of the First Baptist Church performed a baptism by immersion last Sunday morning at the shore near the foot of Constitution street. A large assembly witnessed the rite as the candidate was baptized under the warm sun.
A rough and tumble fracas on Steamboat wharf Thursday evening left one belligerent party severely pummeled and bespattered with claret. The incident stands out as a rare disgraceful disturbance in town.
On Tuesday last the Ospray captained by Nickerson and the Kingfisher captained by Almy of the Narragansett Fishing Company sailed from this port for Booth Bay Maine to begin the summer fishing season, each with a full complement of fishermen.
The Justices' Court recently handled several minor assault and battery cases. Fines imposed were small and promptly paid by those involved, with little public interest beyond the parties affected.
The first new potatoes of the season in this vicinity were sent to our office on Wednesday morning from the farm of the late Major James F. DeWolf. They were early rose potatoes of good size. A box of large delicious strawberries from the same farm was also received, the largest noted this season.
The schooner yacht Triton built for Mr. George A. Thayer of Brooklyn New York was launched from J B Herreshoff's yard near noon Tuesday. The vessel measures seventy feet in length and eighteen feet four inches in width, with a large crowd of spectators witnessing the ceremony.
Last Sunday evening the First Baptist Sunday School held a floral concert with scholars reciting scripture and poetry. Each class presented a floral letter forming the motto Consider the Lilies and Rev. Mr. Jonek offered remarks after the motto. Members sang interspersed pieces throughout the program.
The Seventeenth International Convention of YMCA Associations in the United States and British Provinces began in Lowell on the 12th. Delegates L A Bishop P Skinner Jr and O C Barrows represented the local association. Skinner elected First Assistant Secretary. About 250 delegates attended on Wednesday with the Bristol delegation arriving and assigned quarters.
Rev S W Butler of Franklin Street Christian Church Fall River will preach tomorrow at the South Christian Church in exchange with pastor Rev Mr Miller.
The steam yacht Day Dream owned by Lloyd Aspinwall of New York and commanded by Captain J A Renney arrived Tuesday evening for a pleasure excursion. She departed New York at 7:30 AM and reached our harbor by six, plans include visits to Narragansett Bay sites before proceeding to Cape Cod and Boston Bay, returning to New York by late next week.
The Fourth of July Committee nears completion of arrangements for the anniversary celebration. Rev. William Miller of South Christian Church will deliver the oration. Captain Allen G. Wright named Chief Marshal. Mr. Frank G. Morley directs singing. Bristol Cornet Band of nineteen pieces engaged. Uniformed town companies, military and firemen, expected to join the morning procession.
Johnny, a once sobriety-challenged figure, drank illegally on a vessel at a wharf after drinks. A melee followed with his wife at home, then police escort to the lockup. On Monday Trial Justice Munro fined him three dollars plus costs, leaving his pursed funds intact as he exited sobered.
Mr Henry Sanford a house carpenter fell about thirty feet from a staging on a building under construction at Codman premises on High street. He was severely, though not dangerously wounded, according to reports.
Died at Upper Marlboro Maryland on Saturday morning May 25 Rev William H Trapnall rector of Trinity Parish aged sixty years Remembered by St Michael s Church and many friends He supplied the pulpit from September 1857 to January 1 1858 He was a faithful zealous preacher and carried prepared sermons into the pulpit He died in the full faith of the gospel he preached
Real estate activity lists multiple April and May transfers. John B. Pearce sold to Eliza Slocum a west side High street lot for 300 dollars. Eliza Slocum also bought a Burton High street lot for 300. Numerous other parcels change hands between individuals and firms on Church Thames Wilsons Wood Main and Bourn streets with prices ranging from 75 to 3050 dollars. A Bristol Home for Destitute Children tract near the Warren road is sold for 5 dollars with a stamp of 3 dollars.
A brief commentary riffs on Sumner and a telegraphy age. It questions sensationalism in graphic reporting and ponders whether figures like Satan know the so called internationals while noting Jefferson Davis’s lack of endorsement for Horace Greeley. The piece links labor, capital, and political sovereignty with sharp satirical contrasts.
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