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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1864
Page
2
The speaker notes a short session, a strong working majority, and a calm focus on main questions. He believes Congress will pursue a clear policy, avoid irrelevant topics, and enact meaningful legislation suited to critical times with efficient effort.
The piece argues the constitutional amendment to prohibit slavery is unfinished yet gaining public support after the election. It outlines the process for proposing and ratifying the amendment, emphasizing Congress must act and states may approve, with strong faith that history will record this as a pivotal duty.
A northern observer argues for emancipation with caution, urging not only freeing the slaves but preparing Southern society for change. The piece stresses shared responsibility, warns of disorder, and calls on the North to act as true friends of country and humanity.
The speaker urges sustained effort and sacrifice to secure emancipation gains. He warns that opposition remains from entrenched prejudice and that only decisive, collective action can prevent future turmoil as the nation rebuilds after war. The South bears costs, and continued progress requires unity and resolve.
January 1865 edition features two aplendis steel plates, a superior colored fashion plate, fourteen full page engravings including three robe dresses by Monrs A T Stewart & Co and Brodie's Emporium, winter crochet patterns, a new knitting dress, bonnets collars capes and caps, a color printed Work Table Companion, a humorous ice scene engraving, many illustrations, Marion Marland's Manty Speech, Miss Townsend Townsend and others contribute, plus original music The Holly Tree Promenade and Cottage with piano by J Starr Holloway.
The Gr Batler aerial bridge sits five hundred fifty feet long and sixty feet wide at the base with a top width of one hundred twenty five feet. It will carry fifteen feet of water below low tile and pass through a strata containing vegetable matter that is partially converted into coal.
The Fall River News reports seven children of Benjamin Slade of Swanney gathered at their birthplace on the site where Lilly Giffird’s house stands. The group averages about 76 years in age, with a combined total near 530 years.
A torn or mutilated United States greenback may be exchanged only for its remaining value. If half of a ten dollar note remains, it is worth five dollars. if one fourth remains, it is worth two dollars and fifty cents. if a small fraction remains, it is valued accordingly.
The document presents a straightforward, characteristic report on public affairs at home and abroad. It outlines the current condition and policy directions in a concise, candid tone.
Washington department records show that since the rebellion began, 40000 more Southern whites than blacks have received government assistance. The data highlights racial disparities in wartime aid allocations.
The Springfield Republican reports the trustees of the State Agricultural College have received deeds and paid for all land at Amherst to establish the farm connected with the institute.
The notice discusses erecting a Home for disabled soldiers and sailors in the Eastern States, with Parker’s Hill Roxbury cited as a suitable site. It also notes Rhode Island November 1864 district collections totaling 56,260 dollars and 85 cents and mentions the President’s nomination of Salmon Prince as Chief Justice and Senate confirmation in a recent executive session.
The Bristol Steam Mill, now owned by M. Richmond & Sons of Providence and run by Col M. T. Bennett, will resume in about ten days after extensive modernization. New machinery includes a Richard Kitson cotton opener, Mason equipment from Taunton, Brown & Son apseders from Pawtucket, and Mason power looms. The mill adds two hundred two looms, replaces older mules with Mason ring frames, enhances weaving rooms, introduces large sash windows, and upgrades fire protection and overall repairs.
A rough wooden box landed from the steamer Bradford Durfea directed to a Mrs Aleia Bogere in Bristol contained the remains of a full grown man. The box misdirected, opened by Alice Rodgers, the box was moved to the Town Vault and no explanation accompanied it. The Electoral College met in the Court House and voted for Lincoln and Johnson for 1865.
The third Association course lecture was delivered Thursday evening by Rev George H. Slepworth of Boston. No lecture next week. The next speaker will be Rt Rev M Clark D D of Providence on Thursday evening the 22d instant.
The MC Association presents a three-evening benefit with tableaux including a scene from Richard III and a Farce The Mummy. Tickets cost 25 cents each or a dollar for all three performances with seating secured. Proceeds aid the association’s work.
A Southbridge resident Deacon John Phillips aged 104 received a November 2 1864 letter from President Lincoln praising his “devotion to civil duties” at the polls. Lincoln thanked him for his venerable example benefiting the country and civic life.
The article notes over 175,000 European immigrants arriving this year. It compares wages in England Ireland and German states with U S rates, arguing U S pay levels attract laborers. It emphasizes higher wages allow more food clothing and steadier work year round.
Gen Henry M Naglee sails from Philadelphia aboard a California steamer for San Francisco his home after receiving a Paris made gold medal from friends in testimonial of his gallant Civil War service at Fair Oaks Chickahominy Bottom Bridge and White Oak Swamp and during the Peninsula and Carolinas campaigns.
Under an act of Congress all American vessels must be remeasured by January 1865 and their tonnage marked on the main beam. Noncompliance forfeits entry to U S protection. The new measurement will raise American tonnage and surpass other nations. Shipowners are urged to give immediate attention.
Mr Joahna Hobart completed a historic journey wheelin g a barrel of oysters from Providence to cover the turnpike to this city in case Lincoln was elected. He traveled State street Court street and Bowdoin square with an immense crowd greeting him and his brother as he arrived.
Washington telegraphs that the Treasury Department decodes the 1863 special income tax. It allows deduction of six hundred dollars plus rental expenses for houses or rooms from the full income. Taxpayers under a current assessor construction may be entitled to draw back amounts already paid.
Discussion in English papers about the Maler murder cage ended when the confessed murderer admitted to the deed. He was executed on November 14 after Brigga’s bat and watch were traced to him, forcing him to invent an alibi to explain possession.
Capt Gorham F. Bunseet arrives at Buston from Singapore on his twenty second voyage to the East Indies. He has never lost a spar or needed to claim a cost from underwriters, serving as both superintendent and master. He has brought Bueten osar $10,000,000 in merchandise bought himself and has completed the voyage in 80 days, never longer than 119 days for a voyage.
Reports from Terosto Canada dated December 6 describe mounting agitation as the Fenian Brotherhood provokes heightened tension. An Orange Lodge was broken into and valuables damaged while portraits of Queen Victoria were mutilated. Fear of violence grows as the unrest persists.
In New York a suit against Major General Butler over alleged trespass faced a motion to send to federal court. Judge Cardozo denied, ruling the 1789 act did not apply since both plaintiff and defendant are non residents, so the case stays in the Court of Common Pleas. Egypt plans about 100 million dollars of cotton output this year, boosting its foreign wealth.
The Richmond Enquirer editorializes on New York’s draft riots with harsh calls to hang southern refugees who deserted. Deseret News notes Mormon immigration ending season as trains arrive healthy. A French maniac dies on a railway and Lincoln pardons several offenders. Transit accidents, temperance efforts, and local philanthropy are reported with varied tone and detail.
The article notes several officers receiving brevets for gallant and meritorious service, including Major General Meade as Major General in the regular army and Brigadier General Ingersoll as Major General of volunteers. It mentions a brief disturbance near the Jprutalem plank road and general calm otherwise.
The Savannah Republican reports a November 30 engagement at Honey Hall near Grahamville where Gen Gustavus Smith led about 1400 Confederates against five thousand Federals with 16 guns. The fight lasted until dark and ended as a drawn battle with Confederate reinforcements arriving. Proclamations urge men to front lines as Sherman’s Georgia and South Carolina movements continue. Gen Dick Taylor takes command of Georgian and Alabama reserves at Savannah.
From Tennessee and New York reports dated December 7, details of clashes near Marfreesbore with six guns lost, plus Nashville telegrams noting Franklin's garrison and officers General Govan and General Quarles. The Cumberland River saw prize ships Streamers Prima Donna Prairie State and Magnet recaptured by gunboat Carondulet.
Fortress Monroe reports the blockade runner Vixen reached port yesterday from Wilmington. Rebels claiming to be part of the Florida's crew attacked off Warwick River near Newport News, capturing Tieautier's schooner first and then the Lizzie Freeman. Crews were surprised and their uniforms described.
The Heralds Washington special states Sherman's main army moved past Millen seeking supplies at a sea point. Only minor detachments and skirmishes have occurred to date, with no major engagement noted as he presses toward the coast.
Paducah dispatch reports rebels likely planted a battery at Harpeth Shoals and a gunboat was dispatched there. Transports are restricted to below Southland while operations continue.
From Port Royal New York December 7 the steamer Trade Wind reports residents still on guard duty after Gen Foster moved troops to cooperate with General Sherman. Foster's wounded are arriving at Hilton Head where heavy firing is heard on the coast.
The Newport Appearisze issued a final Thursday issue due to the steep costs of paper and printing materials, marking its last appearance.
A notice lists four eclipses for the coming year two solar and two lunar with dates April 25 and October 15 for the sun and April 11 and October 2 for the moon. The text adds a reflected moral remark about death and life.
The Newport, a new iron strapped steamer built by John Englink & Co in New York, was launched. She measures about 840 feet in length and 44 feet in beam with three watertight compartments and about 168 state rooms. The vessel will serve the Boston Newport Fall River Line and begin service early in the spring.
The New Bedford Mercury reports Canta Richard G Luce of Tisbury began life as a whaleman at eighteen aboard the Midas under Captain Joseph Spooner. He later commanded the Midas and other ships, never filing for insurance claims in all thirty five years of whaling, and returned with thirty three thousand three hundred barrels of whale oil and eight thousand two hundred ten barrels of sperm oil across thirty three voyages.
The Washington correspondent of the St Paul Pass relates that a famous gun, exiting a church after services, drew a large crowd that blocked his path for about twenty minutes. In the week that followed he resigned his office and at the next service no one spoke to him, with many admirers apparently forgetting him.
The Philadelphia Leport notes the anthracite trade remains robust with yearly tonnage reaching 9 597 475 tons, up from 9 094 012 tons at the same date last year, an increase of 503 463 tons.
The Richmond exauthen of the 3d instant states Hood can gain nothing by advancing on Nashville and attacking Thomas behind his fortifications. Hood's objective is either to move into Kentucky or seize Huet Tennessee.
Fifteen thousand dalfare has been raised in Nantucket to fund the capital of a company organized to carry on the fishing business.
On Saturday last, about 180 rebel deserters came into our lines on the James River and surrendered. The event marked a notable settlement of opposing forces as troops secured the area and processed the deserters.
The sailors on US steamers Susquehanna in the James River subscribe above 400 dollars to the Boston Loan for Sailors and Marines. Great Britain has paid interest on its debt exceeding ten thousand million dollars, more than twice the debt itself.
An old medical advertisement touts a lozenge for bronchial irritation and cough relief. It claims suitability for coughs associated with bronchial infections and influenza like symptoms, presenting a remedy for respiratory discomfort.
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