08 Mar 1845
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1845
Page
1
Publication notice lists advertising rates and terms for space in a local paper, including price per square and weekly limits. The text specifies yearly advertiser privileges and payment conditions, with references to locations on Bradford Street Hope and Thames Streets.
The New Bedford Mercury reports the mutiny and murder aboard the whaling ship Sharon of Fairhaven. Captain Norris is killed in a desperate aboard mutiny led by mutineers who seize arms, boards, and attempt to sink the ship. Only through the valor of Mr Clough and the surviving crew is the ship retaken and the voyage resumed under Mr Smith. The mutineer is captured and imprisoned in Sydney, while Captain Norris’s body is buried at sea.
The excerpt argues the natural man cannot grasp spiritual things and critiques teachers who lack first principles of Christ's doctrine. It contrasts sensory understanding with spiritual insight, cites a deaf and blind test about color and sound, and honors the effort to build a church for God's service over costly worldly display.
A master disciplines a slave for duty breach during fogging. The slave pleads for one minute reprieve, asking to lay by the whip and invoke prayer as he appeals to Heaven for mercy. The scene conveys a moment of tension between authority and desperation.
A writer cites various historical figures noting ages at pivotal moments. References include Byron, Byrom, Fontenelle? and others, with quotes about age and achievement. The text contrasts early exile and posthumous fame with youth precocity and later distinction, mentioning Cromwell Mahomet and others.
A fragment cites Pompey and a line attributed to the ancient Cato. The saying compares law to ground glass that lights mortals yet would trouble the devil to break it, reflecting a cautious view of law’s fragility and usefulness in life.
A Furmera cabinet writer proposes a brutal method to stop dairy cows from kicking. He suggests confining the animal in a stall with a beam and rope loop to lift head high and suspend the animal, claiming it would disable kicking and force milk yield without hesitation.
A renowned English physician argued fees give weight to opinion. He described a peculiar habit of soaking his tongue in a glass and slipping a quiver frot from one pocket into another to emphasize value.
A collection of reflections on self discipline, the dangers of delay, and value of knowledge over costume. It includes short maxims on conversation, a note on courting by printing principles, and an anecdote of a rat and a rattlesnake to illustrate cause and consequence.
The passage contends that everyone, if honest, knows others may have enemies and that people often misjudge punishment. It argues we resent not the amount but the source of retribution and that deliberate harms can arise even when no prior seed was sown, as revenge can spring from overlooked offenses.
Lord Brougham on the American Declaration of Independence extols its lasting impact. He notes tyrants fear the Fourth of July and the memory of oppression spurs resistance, while virtue consoles the oppressed in their pains.
A Philadelphia area story recounts a dramatic sea fire aboard a merchantman. Captain Draw and his crew rescue a distressed father and daughter Isabel from the burning vessel as flames roar through the rigging, with a perilous dash to safety on a moonlit night.
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