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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1847
Page
2
An awkward dinner at the Clayton home leaves Pathe Lips and guests discussing Mrs. Clayton’s indulgent humor and its impact on others. Clayton reflects on faults, hopes for improvement, while the dinner ends with a quiet, relieved exit and a cautious optimism about future meals.
At about eleven o’clock on Saturday night in Rochester, John Borne James Ball and David Mularky went to a red house at Franklin and Main. They threatened the occupants causing Thomas Hisam to fire, mortally wounding Burns and wounding Ball. Burns died the next day and Hisam is committed for murder.
A coroner's inquest near the rolling works Fox Point concluded Thomas Hymes aged eight years and two months died by accidental drowning. The boy and another child were in a boat when the oar slipped and he fell overboard. The jury returned the verdict of accidental drowning.
Public notices summarize acts dealing with bank and insurance company records to town clerks, boundary line purchases of documents, juror amendments in Providence County, road surveyors timing, North Kingstown town issues, town plats licensing, voluntary incorporation of academies and schools, gauging appointments, public stowage of cotton waste, and related legislative actions from the June session. The readable fragments present a patchwork of regulatory topics and procedural updates.
Governor seeks approval to prosecute the state claim against the United States for reimbursement of expenses for volunteers. The act relates to state authority and funding, outlining tensions over payments to the Arsenal and related military costs.
A Bristol essay reflects on the July 4 anniversary, tracing the rise from colony to nation, the expansion from coast to Pacific, and the paradox of a republic at war abroad. It warns of a looming Washington clash over slavery expansion and calls for calm, dignity, and a law ending slaveholding in new territories.
On the morning of the fifth a National Salute will be fired at sunrise and bells rang as usual. At 8:15 pm a grand fireworks display will light the Common with Craton Brass Band performing between bursts. President Polk and suite arrived in Boston last Tuesday and were greeted by city authorities. Mr Quincy gave a neat welcome speech and the president replied briefly before a parade through principal streets. He then left for Lowell on Wednesday and may visit Portland and Providence on return.
Local residents report many young men and boys repeatedly violate dock bathing laws between the South Windmill and Town Bridge. The paper urges offenders to desist or face legal penalties to be enforced by authorities.
A Rhode Island assembly of Cumberland Warren Barrington Bristol Warren and Tiverton orders a July 5 1847 centennial event at Tiverton Heights with scripture prayer hymns and an ode followed by a Rhode Island clam bake and peace badges. Steamboats and a band will aid attendance with a strong civic gathering from multiple towns and the Rhode Island Historical Society.
At an adjourned Town Meeting on Saturday, accounts were received and allowed. A Bristol and Warren petition asks the Bristol portion be ceded to Warren. Fifty dollars are for Centennial costs at Tiverton Heights and another fifty for July 4 fireworks. A committee will review Taunton probate records pre 1746 for highways and real estate within town. A strange fish sighting on the wharf described in vivid terms. A prominent lawyer’s stance on rum and license laws sparks debate on crime motives. The Newport Herald of the Times office is for sale with prospects for a printer.
A reader condemns a Bowery Theatre benefit bill for featuring viollin airs and imitations of a Methodist prayer meeting. The piece calls such ridicule blasphemous and argues authorities should intervene to stop the performance. It notes ticket prices and a large crowd, including many under sixteen, may attend.
The Rhode Island House debated taking a rateable property estimate, postponed the act to the next session, and the Bank Tax bill was also postponed. Several petitions were granted including Trinity Church charter amendment, Providence Marine Artillery gun carriages, Providence Glass Company act, and Providence and Portsmouth Coal Company incorporation. Manufacturing company incorporations were approved, and printing resolutions for Durfee’s Discourse and Burnard’s School Report were ordered. The Assembly adjourned to meet in Kingston on the last Monday in October.
Reports describe Mexican forces around Tampico and Ranchero attacks on outposts. American troops held in reserve as Capt Wood notes General Scott and Worth advanced toward Mexico City with peaceful proposals discussed but rejected, signaling continued campaign and possible concessions.
Telegraph dispatches detail skirmishes near Puebla and Vera Cruz. Capt. Bainbridge's convoy attacked by guerillas with five killed and one wagon lost. Dupera repulses a larger force with three killed and three wounded. Gen. Scott reinforces at the National Bridge as Mexicans suffer heavy losses. Vera Cruz quiet with 200000 troops in Mexico City and Santa Anna reportedly resigning. Reports also mention looming Spanish guerrilla bands from Havana and growing tensions around the capital.
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