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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1847
Page
2
A haunted voyage ends in a brutal procession as the party trails a sacrificed victim toward a grim headland grove. The narrative describes how silent watchers react and the group moves in a wave of eerie howls toward a final, fateful scene.
The Bristol town meeting approved paying bills from Champlin Bowen and others for the guitar in front of the Bristol Hotel. It authorized a town watch with a $550 appropriation to fund public schools and discussed the boundary report with Warren.
Telegraphic reports from Vera Cruz detail armistice collapse and the fall of Mexico City after heavy fighting. Gen Scott’s forces suffer thousands of casualties while Santa Anna and Diaz resign to Tacubaya and Chapultepec. A Mexican letter claims the St Patrick Legion was hanged in view of both armies.
A letter from Orizaba notes an Express report claiming Gen. Scott entered Mexico City after Chapultepec and the citadel fell. It states General Bravo was killed, Santa Anna wounded and retreating with troops to Guadaloupe, with further claims of bombardment and occupation in September.
A garbled report claims 1700 killed and wounded with uncertainty over authenticity. The text notes contradictions and references a general petition, but asserts the actions are deemed safe. Entities are unclear due to damaged OCR.
A long letter recounts the fall of Mexico City, heavy fire from the Palace and Cathedral, and thousands killed or wounded. It notes General Worth wounded, 9500 Mexican casualties, and American forces holding part of the city while others retreat. Describes fear, vengeance, and continuing resistance as Mexico plots to eject the invader.
New Orleans advices note the McKim bringing about one hundred Eocarnacian prisoners released under Col. De Russey from Tamico. Names include Julia Brady J. Thompson J. Veayvy Williams and Hall of the New York Regiment and Furbush of the Baltimore Battalion. Guards at Vera Cruz were killed. Near the National Bridge about twelve hundred guerillas operate. Delta and Picsyune dispute Worth Pills and Smith deaths and powder wagon blasts. Paredes camps in Puebla with six thousand men to block reinforcements to Scott.
Correspondence reports the US president's convalescence and a threatened intensified war. It questions the objective and notes possible withdrawal to a safe boundary while columns under Lane, Cushing, Hughes push toward Puebla and the National Bridge to relieve forces and counter guerrilla threats.
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