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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1848
Page
2
An elderly patriarch overcomes anger to forgive his son Robin after tragedy within the Lane household. Robert Lane, once shamed, receives support from family and a caring mother, while a watcher reflects on forbearance and the enduring pull of kinship in a tale of remorse and reunion.
An unruly mob attacked homes of George R. Davis and Danielson in Portland on Thursday night. Accusations of bribery and abduction circulated after a mother and daughter disappeared. Mayor’s orders urged restraint while officials probe the alleged abduction and the riot’s causes.
The seaboat Governor on a voyage from New York to Fall River was run aground near Stonington. Fourteen timbers damaged but no major leak. pumps kept it dry. A plan to refloat failed until Saturday night when Mascachueena and Cleopatra aided and towed the vessel to New London harbor.
The issue notes growing links between Europe and the United States as regular steam arrivals become expected. It discusses Britain's political reform mood, Ireland's push for change, and Parliament's likely response. Mentions Queen Victoria, Kensington gatherings, and possible reform across empire. Also previews Wilson & Co. pictorial sheets with Calhoun, Webster, Clay, and Benton portraits and a large Battle of Chapultepec engraving. Also reports fires, Mormon travel, and the death of Senator Ashley, plus funeral and anniversary notices.
Ellen Oakes, the woman shot at her Botolph Street home Thursday night by a Canadian named Duteo, was seated in the hospital Monday morning at three o'clock.
The fragmentary verse section recalls Bristol’s merry bake with chowder and fry as Bradford and Spaulding join others in festive fare on August 25. The ship Clooney sails from East Monday to Shanghai with missionaries, while diverse notices hint at tax deeds and city crimes.
The Providence Journal reports the Rhode Island General Assembly convened at the State House with Henry Cranston presiding as member elect from Newport. Officers elected include Speaker Sylvester Sherman and clerks Lames and Hays. Committee lists feature per county counts to tally votes for governor and other officers. The session also adopts standing rules and names standing committees, with references to slavery and the Mexican War in communications to the Senate.
A fragmented report notes the General Assembly read a stem neom recommendation and the Senate concurred in a remonstrance from Newports and Cay Chenier. The House adjourned with attendance noted and lingering questions referred to committees.
Message to Congress details extreme suffering in Yucatan due to an insurrection by Indigenous groups. It warns a European power could seize the peninsula if the United States withholds aid and argues for protector role to defend white inhabitants and prevent extermination.
Early today Deputy Gustavus Andrews with Constables J W Andrews and I J Jones arrested at No 4 North Marginet a young man named David Thompson alias Johnson on suspicion of shooting Watchman David Esters on the 27th. There is not enough evidence to hold him for murder yet but officers have facts suggesting he may be the killer.
A funeral procession for soldiers from the bark Chief and the Independent Fusiliers, late Hancock Light Infantry, moved along State Street. Washington Light Infantry acted as pallbearers. the coffin, draped in the National Flag, was drawn by ten caparisoned horses, with Major Webster’s longtime African American servant leading the escort.
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