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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1846
Page
2
The dialogue centers on Albert and Isidore as they confront fear, pride, and social judgment. A noble but impoverished romance unfolds amid talk of wealth, education, and the peril of an unequal union. Fitzgerald defends love against class constraints.
Letters from British citizens urging peace with the United States circulate in Philadelphia and New York. Merchants and residents of New York urge mutual forbearance, trade growth, and a peaceful solution on Oregon, warning a war would disgrace civilization. Similar moves reach Boston from the American Peace Society.
A meeting of the paper makers of Boston and vicinity was held at the Jy change Caffee Hauve in this city on Wednesday of last week. A committee was appointed to draft a memorial to Congress against a reduction in the rate of something. Moses Grant presided.
Accounts received in Boston through January 13 describe a clash between natives and British troops. Troops reportedly faced resistance while protecting colonists at Slopkade. Three ships, including On, Daphne, and Daphne, were at the Bay of...
The Bristol term of the Supreme Court begins Monday with several important cases. Among those to be tried are Richmond Handy and Levi Pearce, jailed on murder charges in connection with Palmer Sherman's death in November at Warren.
Professor D Wotr delivers a Tuesday lecture on fossil remains and volcanic eruptions, arguing for multiple extinct species across epochs. He notes clashes between science and Genesis, urging harmony between reason and faith while defending study as useful and not anti religious.
The Phenix notes it is mid ninth volume and requests immediate payments from in town subscribers. Out of town readers are asked to mail the amount due. Delinquent accounts older than two years may receive notices from other quarters.
In the House on Friday Mr Granston on leave presented a petition from Nathan M Wheaton and others of Warren Rhode Island asking that Warren and Barrington be formed into a separate collection district or that the collector's office be moved from the town.
The narrative lists several sailing ships with notable ages. The brig Neptune, built at Wickford in 1801, is noted for its load for Matanzo. The barque Anne, a whaling voyage ship built in 1807, sails the Pacific. The Gen Jeokeon, possibly the oldest in the U S, was renamed San Jose de Indiana after capture in 1613 and later used in Russia and whaling, with teak Calcutta construction and a remarkably sound bottom.
The piece reports a violent duel in Manchester near Richmond Virginia between two political editors, one now dead. A caller suggests hanging the survivor in every case where one party is killed and confining principals and seconds in prison for at least twenty years if no death occurs. An account appears in another column.
The piece reports a severe mid Atlantic winter storm hitting Philadelphia with heavy snow, drifts up to six feet, and travel setbacks. It also notes rail and hotel travel concerns for travelers on the New York route and praise for Capt. Rellins as a respected commander.
The London Morning Chronicle opposes the Times on war with America and argues that England would welcome such a conflict. It asserts the middle class admires the United States as a "magnificent demonstration" of the progressive, self governing energy of their own race.
The steamboat Bradford Durfee under Captain Borden has resumed its daily service between Fall River and Providence, stopping at this port en route.
The Phenix notes a member of the House of Representatives in Washington reportedly read a portion of a text, claimed to support a stance on Oregon territory. The piece laments the misreading and urges better familiarity with sacred texts to avoid misinterpretation.
The National Intelligencer notes President sent John Buchanan refused two arbitration offers to settle the dispute. It fears English officials already learned of the first denial and that no new instructions may have been sent. If Britain sees the second rejection as unfriendly, it could prompt further deliberation and strain relations.
The Richmond duel between John J. Pleasants and Thomas Ritchie Jr. began at thirty feet with pistols and a sword cane. Pleasants was struck in the groin and chest as Ritchie fired four shots. Pleasants fallen, Ritchie’s sword cane shattered, leaving three fingers lost. Pleasants’ condition remains precarious as the city rallies amid the violent clash over abolitionist sentiment.
Reports from the Wareaw Signal and other quarters describe a portion gathering by the river with chats about starting time. From ten to twelve hundred are on the move, Nauvoo and others encamped on Sugar Creek, Iowa seven miles distant.
The Senate debated a canal project around the Tennessee river and a ship canal near Salute de St. Marie. Discussions covered Oregon limits, British policy, and a proposed joint resolution seeking abrogation of the Great Britain United States convention, with calls for early negotiations.
A New Bedford ship named Bedford of Massachusetts arrived in the Downs in 1783, with five hundred eighty seven butts of whale oil and American crew. The vessel faced customs hesitation due to acts against rebels of America before landing at Horsly Down near the Tower.
A Concesional Temperance Society is formed at Washington with a considerable portion of Congress members and Gov. Arnold among its leaders and a vice president.
The Washington Union reports the death of John Hampden Pleasants of Richmond who died at 9 o'clock yesterday morning after an early Wednesday encounter near Manchester on the James River. Pleasants, once editor of the Star and previously of the Richmond Evening, was a noted Virginia writer and editor.
Dispatches discuss mobilization in Texas, warnings of reparations, and a surge of bravado amid Mexican tensions. From St Domingo reports describe shipwrecks near Puerto Plata, Haitian custody of officers, and Dominican plans toward peace and foreign-backed governance.
Albert Little of Coventry was arrested after stabbing Horace Burdick with a penknife in Kingsbury's cellar on Canal Street. Little admitted the act to a Woonsocket constable and faces examination while jailed.
The piece notes a celebrated dandy known for debt, with a wig-maker exception to prove he wore his own hair. It lists federal confirmations in New England and Rhode Island, plus a Bohemian musical bed invention that lulls sleepers with hidden mechanisms and a Spontini march. A correspondent reports an accident injuring Ricwako K. Rardolpa at the State House area, treated by Drs Turner and another physician, and hopes for recovery.
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