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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1847
Page
2
A maritime narrator recalls a long hardship voyage and a deathbed memory. The speaker details a woman Letty and a husband Gilbert Danson, two families torn by loss, and a final account of a shipboard trial and the grieving process endured aboard a vessel named Waters.
The French packet Dona Philipppo was distracted at dawn as signals failed and a coal supply was looted from the vessel. It was towed off the slip into Edgartown with help from the Massachusetts and other crews. Several passengers and crew were injured as the weather worsened into a gale and waters rose around the area.
The Bristol Teachers Institute week featured lectures by Mr Perry and Mr Willian Russell on reading, articulation, and health in schoolrooms. Boston educator Powle discussed drawing, geography, and ventilation while addressing whispering and discipline to improve pupil outcomes.
A damaged text describes a difficult service marked by exhaustion and anxieties within a community. References to prayers, a benediction, and a named couple hint at a memorial or religious gathering disrupted by distress and fatigue.
A mix of local notices includes tax reminders and suffrage warnings, ship schedules for the Bradford Doren and King Philip, reports on political tensions with Generals Wert and Pillow, a death by starvation in a Fall River dwelling, the New London Star engraving subscription, and various court and obituary items from Plymouth County Massachusetts. The era features ads, legal notes, suicides, and a peace meeting in New York.
Dense, archaic prose cites delays in correspondence and a stalled exchange about an oath. The narrator alludes to a debate with allegorical figures and threatens a forthcoming critique. The writing hints at religious and philosophical tensions, with curious references to exiled figures and pretended claims.
A heated discourse critiques Protestant reformers like Luther and Wesley while condemning Rome. The piece compares religious eras, questions Swedenborg and Swedenborgian claims, and argues Popery as a destructive ancient system. It condemns church corruption and advocates Protestant virtue versus papal power.
A long, critical meditation on Mississippi debt repudiation and national faith. The piece contrasts political demagoguery with public repentance, calling Rhode Island readers to examine their own actions and adopt humble prayer.
The Delaware River in very high flood stage. the Juniata and West Branch of the Susquehanna rise significantly. Floodwaters threaten private property and the Inn on Our State reports possible closure until waters recede.
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