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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1848
Page
2
Fragmentary report notes an attack near Matamoros and a pursuit by American forces. It mentions casualties and property loss, plus dispatches from Washington about peace talks and a treaty involving Mexico and a high official.
Reports detail Supreme Court proceedings on Rhode Island rights and the Dorr rebellion, ship losses including Apollo and Apollo’s crew, famine deaths in Mayamensing, a fatal accidental gun discharge in Glastonbury, a fire at Capt. Syth floward’s store, and political turmoil in Saint Domingue plus a deadly jail attack and ether anesthesia controversy. The items sketch a city and world in distress with investigations, rioting, ship news, and public calamities.
Early settlers from three kingdoms pursued liberty by founding primary schools academies and colleges. They built institutions funded by public means asserting education for all as essential to the commonwealth while facing forest hardship, defense needs, and scarce resources. A Providence exhibition showcased Deaf and Dumb Asylum pupils proving the state’s education commitment.
The writer argues that Roman Catholicism elevates Mary and images to divine status, citing quotations from St Alphonsus de Liguori and other authorities. He claims canonized figures and church texts elevate Mary above God, asserting the church sanctions idolatry through veneration and offices for Marian devotion.
The passage notes an English clergyman Palmer reading a last quotation and referencing works opposing the Roman Church. It lists items such as Moralia and Lives of St. Alphonsos de Liguori with edition details and prices, including a 1837 Dubdlia Coyne quotation.
An adjourned Rhode Island Total Abstinence Society meeting at Mechanic's Hall, Inshia City, opened with prayers and readings. Resolutions invited state officials to attend, and discussions on temperance progress followed. Governor Harrie and Lt. Gov. Lawton attended the evening session with lawmakers. The gathering adjourned to Thursday, praising statewide harmony and progress in temperance.
The Rhode Island General Assembly discusses petition by John W. Richmond on paying the state debt and appoints a citizen committee to study the debt, its due amount, and recommended payment. Resolutions praise Butler Hospital and call for its support as a general hospital for the insane. Sessions adjourn with multiple petitions advancing or deferred.
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