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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1846
Page
2
A damaged excerpt shows a husband at the doorway watching his wife who sinks toward him and rests on his bosom. The tense moment conveys emotion amid obscurity and fragmented narration.
A July 1846 call by George C. Beckwith of the American Peace Society urges immediate withdrawal of U S troops from Mexico. It argues negotiations or reference offer better terms than continued war and warns of dire consequences to the republic.
The 37th Anniversary of the American Board of Foreign Missions to begin in New Haven on September 8 with Hon. Frelinghuysen presiding and Rev. Dr. Hawes delivering the opening discourse. Receipts for the year total $262,073 and the board oversees about 100 mission establishments globally.
Rev Dr Bainp reports Sweden Norway and Germany show growing temperance movements with tens of thousands of members and hundreds of societies. Boston Sabbath disturbances and young men at beaches draw criticism. Maine enacts a law restricting liquor sales with penalties and bonds to curb the nuisance.
The Phenix journal thanks subscribers while noting debt and possible discontinuation for unpaid dues. It reports on the new Amen Haut schooner test voyage, then lists naval orders, a boarding-house opening at Providence Academy, and incidents from Auburn to Norwich including the Atlantic steamship accident and a Yale 1776 graduates cohort.
Reports from Mexico indicate provinces favor restoration of Santa Anna who may be proclaimed president as Paredes retreats toward Monterey with thousands of troops. Gen Bravo leads a new ministry seeking peace efforts while Gen Taylor advances toward Monterey with potential battle looming. IPA Temperance Convention set for Providence Mechanics Hall on September 2 invites delegates and public attendance.
The fall term of the Paoyinexcy Convenence Academy begins Thursday next September 3. Rev. Geo B. Cong, its superintendent and instructor, leads a popular and permanent program in a pleasant New England village. Tuition and board are low and many pupils are signed up for the coming term. Parents are urged to visit the school before choosing.
A Phenix Bay letter urges citizens to respect state law guarding public and private assemblies. It cites a statute punishing interruptions of town meetings religious services and educational gatherings with imprisonment or a fine. The writer condemns nightly disturbances and calls for authorities to arrest ringleaders and enforce penalties.
Extract from a Vera Cruz letter dated August 1 describes local support for Gen. Santa Anna and a plan to publish resolutions. It notes continued war with the United States, a possible six month duration, and calls for banished opponents to return. It also reports a French spoliation veto delaying dividend claims and local river-boat service in New York Albany routes.
Field dispatches describe skirmishes near Camargo between Camanche in dass forces and McCulloch Gillispie’s Rangers with about 600 enemies and eighty Rangers. reports note Indian casualties and prize horses. Gen Taylor bans spirituous liquor in Matamoras river area after the 15th with confiscation and hospital funding rules. Mounted Rangers push toward Linares and Monterey. U.S. Dragoons and regiments in Matamoras camps. Capt. Walker ill at Matamoras. sickness rising among volunteers. Easton and other officers travel aboard the New York.
From Vera Cruz dated July 30 1846 the Union describes insurrection against the Mexican government near Jalapa and Vera Cruz plus defeats of government troops. The Cumberland and Potomac report damage after grounding on a coral reef near Alvarado with minor injuries and no major hull damage.
Mr Jacob Aldrich of Wilmington Delaware has invented an instrument that he says can determine the exact longitude of any location on land or sea with great accuracy and ease comparable to reading a compass, though the description is brief and the mechanism unclear.
A U S Army officer reports from Camano Mexico dated July 31 1646 with details on General Mena leading 4 080 troops toward Monterey and the 8 000 regulars at San Luis de Potosi. He notes Parrogs near San Luis and 8 000 militia summoned from Nuevo Leon, predicting a major engagement near Monterey around September 11 with about 25 000 opposing troops and 10 000 in their force. He warns of a stubborn, bloody fight and scarce resources as the war continues.
A strong earthquake struck early this morning just before 5 o clock felt across Boston and neighboring towns including Cambridge Newton Lynn Nahant Salem Beverly Westboro Worcester. Houses shook bells rang and sleepers woke as windows rattled with a violent jar lasting a second or two and unsettling Cambridge Observatory readings. Authorities anticipate possible reports from South America of a severe quake.
About one thousand Swedes will sail this month from Gefle and Stockholm. The emigrants represent the better class of peasants, many with property, and are hard working, honest and orderly. They are dissenters from the established Swedish church, driven out by religious tyranny, intending to form a colony in a western state once they reach America.
The new sloop Germantown, one of six sloops of war authorized in 1848, was launched at the Navy Yard. Germantown measures about 80 tons, 17 feet inches hold depth, 36 feet beam, 167 feet 8 inches length, to carry eighteen 32 pounders and four Paixhan guns with a 200 man crew for a six month cruise.
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