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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1847
Page
3
The fragment notes enemy bombardment at three thirty in the morning using round shot and shell aimed at batteries near a town. It mentions our troops forced to stay low amid fire, with most men constrained to endure the bombardment as they await orders to retaliate in coming days.
A dated dispatch from New Orleans Tropic recounts the arrival of the New Orleans and a fleet of transports carrying about 860 Georgia volunteers and numerous regiments. The fleet anchors in formation near Sacufficius as troops disembark and prepare to land, with General Worth in command and battleships, transports, and ordnance in position. The landing proceeds with artillery and cavalry movements toward the city, reflecting the tense onset of hostilities and the favorable report of no collisions.
A Tampico letter dated March 12 1847 reports Santa Anna’s recommendation to seek peace. A San Luis Potosi envoy notes defections and a distressed Mexican army after Saltillo with 3000 killed and 1700 wounded. hopes rise for an end to bloodshed.
Vera Cruz March 11 1847 troops push near the city walls and cut off cavalry while batteries exchange fire. Casualties mount on both sides as a norther blocks land and sea communication and vessels bring stores and ordnance.
The telegrams report unchanged cotton and easy money markets. Santa Anna writes from the battlefield claiming 1000 killed or wounded and three captured guns, with his troops suffering hunger while he survives. A Providence Journal note covers Simeon J. Hicks’s murder trial in Glocester, with the confession sequence and alibi issues surrounding the Dickson pair. The juryfinds Hicks guilty of murder after deliberation.
A Bristol reader cites dramatic recovery from long cough and consumption after using Dr Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry. He praises health regained after months of illness and multiple physicians, with endorsements and notices from associates and local merchants.
In this town on Saturday last, Willem W. Munro, 41, and in Newport on Sintult, Me, Robert Woodard, 44, are recorded as deceased. A son of Jonathan D. Waldron, 18 months, is noted as having died Tuesday. Mrs. Lucretia Cowdrey, wife of Thus Cowdrey, 61, died on the tet inst.
The obituary notes William W Mos born 1804 or 1805 in the town, raised with Sabbath School influence, later distant from faith after moving away. After illness and prayer, he returned to belief in Jesus Christ with end of life peace. His widow awaits reunion in a hopeful afterlife, and the piece warns readers to seek salvation before the final hour.
Sail and steam era listings record arrivals at Bristol on April 3 to 7 1847 including sloops Helen Fame Paweatuck Ranger Wolsat Ariel Oregon Sally Narragansett Hornet Arion Native and others from Providence New York Taunton Boston and more with brig Neptune from Matanzas and various cargoes. Memoranda note movements in New Orleans Havana Cardenas Saugus la Grande and other ports with vessels such as Planter Emigrant and Osage plus whale fishery reports and cargoes including oil whalebone and ships Midas Hopewell Cynosure and Meteor.
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