Bristol Briefs and European News Notes
The report covers court term adjournments, a planned Newport Supreme Court session, and delays on the Gov. Dorr trial. It notes a national salute for Washington’s birthday, a Philadelphia debate on slavery, cabinet nominations for Navy and War, and local cultural items including a concert and a new youth publication. It also summarizes the General Assembly’s progress, legal reforms for married women, and oyster law, plus European dispatches from the Hibernia about trade, cotton markets, and Parliament.
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Liverpool
United States
Prince Albert
Renil
Ireland
Britain
United Kingdom
General Assembly Acts and Adjournment in Newport Session
The Providence Daily Journal reports a January session of the General Assembly with actions on indictments, marriages, wills, and public laws. Senate and House proceedings include adoption of acts on marriage restrictions, public schools, militia, jail limits, and printing of laws. The Assembly adjourned in Newport with honors to Speaker Alfred Bosworth.
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General Assembly
Providence Journal
Accon
Ray
Warren
Vous
Providence Daily Journal
Phillips
Supreme Court
Gener
Bullock
Ballow
Senate
Eaton
As Vale of Lct
House
Greene
Horsk
Ballou
Power
South Kingstown
Inntend Mets
Me. Potter
Committee of Conference
Exton
Lawton
Newport
Potter
Smith
Secretary of State
House of
House of Representatives
Mike
Court of Magicrites
Habbitt
Alfred Bosworth
Death and arrests rise from shipboard and city incidents
William Cofton, master of the brig Francis Jane, is arrested in Baltimore on a charge tied to the death of Burton, a cook aboard the brig. The case follows reports of severe punishment and a fatal drowning after mistreatment. Other items note a physician’s death after a post mortem, a woman seriously injured and husband detained for attempted murder, an attempted assassination of Dr. McDonald, a close call from a fire, a stabbing in Springhill, a drowning in Providence, a boy knocked overboard near a ferry, naval movements, and political notes.
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William Coftin
Baltimore
Burton
Newark Daily Adivertiser
Theo. Johnes
Morristown
John B. Johnes
McDonald
Bloomingdale
Twenty-first Street
Third
Fourth Avenues
Ruffien Mip
N.Y
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Twe Pwenen
Bristol
Court of Common Pleas
Supreme Cer
Herald
Gov. Dorr
Wasitixatow
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Belitor
W. Gitwen
Congress
Cy Point
South Aston
New England
City Point
Boston
Te Herald
Brays
Washington
New York Express
Committee On Commerce
Robert Rantoul
Boston Mercantile Journal
Europe
Hibernia
Jodking
Atlantic
Busian
Wardall
Wilner & Smith
Robert Peel
John Russell
O'Connell
Hng
Treland
Keerett
Lon Stroley
Oregon Territory
Colonial Office
Christians Gilmour
Mamburgh
Palermo
Mount Etna
Scotland
Monument Square
Charlestown
Aurora
S. Bi
Monument
The
Journal of Commerce
Norfolk Navy Yard
Mr. Wise
Rio
Cape of Good Hope
Africa
Diva
Samarra
China
Hayti
Port Au Prince
Hautian
Hatien
South Carolina
James Rudward Culhown
Abbeville
S. C
Petersburg
Savannah River
Georgia
Father Mathew
Wivarn
N. ¥. Evening Post
Grinnell
Minturn & Go
London
America
Mer, Journal
New London
Connecticut
Spruce and Wirth Streets
Mons Brontin
No. 117
Spruce Street
Hisury
Brontin
Philadephia. Gazette
Kennehee Journal
Sertone
Springhell Gazene
Henry Woodman
John Henrein
Heffrien
BN Days
House of Correction
Woodman
Simes Brown
Smithfield
Burh
Naval
U. S. Frigae Rarinn
Gregory
Rio Janeiro
New York
U.S
Levant
Page
Dee
Pacific
Columbia
Shrubuck
Hull
Chipils
Mozambique
Savannah
Lawrence
Pensacola
Strabo
Committee of Foreign Affairs
First Congregational Utilitarian Society
Taunton
Charles H. Brigham
Divinity School
Cambridge
Brigham
Gen. Jackson
Treasury
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