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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1862
Page
2
A traveler pursues a boy and later a young man through a vivid woodland tale. The pair drift apart and form new bonds before the journey ends with a haunting reunion as the traveler finds all his loves and kin waiting at the journey’s edge.
A fragment discusses a sewing machine innovation suited to thin goods and contrasts it with common beliefs about the world’s largest city. It mentions London’s status and Jedo’s commerce, population, and ships, noting exports like rice tea silk and goods across a vast trade network.
On the 4th inst the United States Senate paid brief tributes to the late Senator Thompson of New Jersey with remarks by Ten Eyck Latham Anthony and others Anthony closes lamenting mortality and the steady toll of deaths among public leaders in the chamber He recounts Broderick Douglas Baker Bingham and Thompson as examples of a life spent in public service and notes how chairs fill and fade in the political arena.
A reader table lists pounds required per bushel for many articles. Wheat needs fifty pounds, corn shelled fifty six, corn on the cob seventy, rye fifty six, barley forty six, buckwheat fifty two, Irish potatoes fifty, sweet potatoes fifty, onions fifty seven, bran twenty, clover seed sixty, timothy seed forty five, hemp seed forty five, blue grass seed fourteen, dried peaches thirty three, flax seed fifty six, castor beans forty six, dried apples twenty four, salt fifty.
Mr G A Gremaz acquires the Bristol Pheniz establishment from W J S Bavusy and plans future management. The piece notes Bristol’s small size and calls for residents to back local papers. it also mentions a Philadelphia hospital death of a former Pennsylvanian and a quip about telling truth in legal advice.
A humorous verse asks when a plant is like a hog when it routs a soldier when it egies to shoot and an editor when it begins to blow. The wordplay hinges on misread or misspelled phrases for comic effect.
An imperfect text describes an ancient sealed vase found in Egypt by an English traveler sent to the British Museum. It mentions damaged grains of wheat and seeds, a 3000 year old burial, and a garbled note about Congress deciding a pig's age and slaughter taxes.
A long obituary notes William H. Bayley born 1800 in Portsmouth and his career from printer apprentice to editor of the Bristol Gazette. It honors his temperance, education advocacy, religious faith, and public service in New Bedford and Bristol, including Senate terms and Customs Collector, praising his charitable Christian life and leadership.
The document lists 1862 valuations and tax figures. Real estate valued at 2 036 100, personal property at 1 211 660, total 3 247 760. Tax rate noted as fifty one on a one hundred. William Bradford appointed Assistant Deputy Collector of Internal Tax for the town.
A historical note praises the recent elections in Capibridge Chelsea Charlestown and Lynn where four cities elected mayors without opposition and three incumbents were re elected. The piece argues broad consensus signals healthy civic vitality and urges governors and presidents to earn support through positive approval.
The piece laments frequent quarrels among army officers, urging selflessness for country over ego. It notes the Barrel Manufactory of I Harlow on Times Street expanding capacity to about four hundred fifty barrels daily with fourteen to fifteen workers, producing two hundred fifty barrels daily, using spruce stayed and hardwood heads.
Local dealers Bowler Norris Cole report sales of thirty-two hundred bushels in a week and over three thousand barrels in three weeks. King Palmer of Long Wharf bought from farmers and gardeners in town and vicinity. Beeson imports about 125 tons of carrot tops at three dollars per ton for dye or coloring. Postage paid for Godeau's Lady's Book three months in advance. Frigate United States from 1861 era raised and to be converted to an iron clad man of war. its live oak timber remains sound.
Private Joaophus Franklin of Company I, 7th Regiment Rhode Island volunteers from Bristol died in November from fever while in training. Aged 22, he was unmarried and survived by his widowed mother who depended on him. His brother Colonel B Franklin traveled from Falmouth to retrieve the body for interment with military honors.
A Bristol volunteer, Manchester Manchester, died in the Army Hospital at Washington on Monday night December 1. He had been discharged from service on November 26 due to sickness and was enroute home under Mr N D Oady. Another private in the same regiment, Mr Cady, was also discharged for disability. They left Fredericksburg and reached Belle Plain Landing the morning of the 28th, with Manchester improving only to fail at Washington. His body is to be brought to town for interment. He was 22, survived by his wife, sister, brother, and many friends.
The State Normal School begins its 30th term with 48 pupils the largest term since moving from Providence. Since organization nine years ago over 501 pupils have attended, including 457 females and 104 males, with 256 entering after the Bristol relocation. Students came from nearly every town in Rhode Island and beyond, including Providence Bristol Smithfield Pawtucket and East Greenwich, and Massachusetts Connecticut New York Maine Illinois New Jersey and Pennsylvania. About 287 former students have taught since leaving, and total attendance reached 1285 with an average of 42.25 per term. The school is praised for its statewide usefulness and calls for continued support of education and free schools.
Report says a quantity of onions were stolen from a building on the back road a few nights ago. The onions belonged to Mr Benjamin R. Wilson and were valued around $25. Several petty thefts have occurred in the Long Whatt area in past days. Authorities urged to stay vigilant.
The report states Capt. Williston of the Willard was robbed during a visit to New York. His pocket book, said to contain $125,00, the proceeds of a carrot cargo bound for the town, was taken.
A Philadelphia Inquirer correspondent reports from Fredericksburg and notes encampment behind the Si ght of the range of guns. Residents made tents from blankets and bedding, enduring cold nights as weather worsens. A Brooklyn Navy Yard letter from Vernon River Ga dated September says two shells exploded after a wet patch formed between powder on board, with shells shipped at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
A scrambled Civil War era dispatch discusses Burnside facing tough foe actions near Frederick and Washington. The memo notes potential battle to decide whether Union forces stay active or seek winter quarters as Confederate movements are monitored.
Reports describe a brutal bombardment of Fredericksburg with batteries opening fire, houses burned, great smoke and powder explosions, a cross-river assault by volunteers, heavy casualties, and a push to secure bridges. The narrative notes Union forces driving rebels from the city and preparing for further engagement as the siege intensifies.
Dispatches describe a December battle near Fayetteville Arkansas on Crawford Prairie. Gen Blunt with 5000 troops reinforced Gen Heron’s forces and repelled a 24 000 strong Confederate force, holding the field and forcing a retreat over the Boston Mountains. Casualties cited as about 600 Federals and 1500 Confederates. several Confederate officers killed.
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