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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1863
Page
2
A 1863 issue notes a political meditation on liberty and cherished institutions, underscoring the duty to preserve and enjoy the republic. The brief item evokes civic pride in a sat morning edition.
The document is hailed as clear minded and practical as Lincoln weighs stern terms for rebels and offers pardon on allegiance. It frames rebellion as treason cutting rebels from clemency while inviting restoration through future obedience and reunion under a strong Union.
A Civil War era broadside denounces disloyal office holders across states from Maine to Rhode Island. It calls for purging treasonous clerks, contract foremen, and generals who favor rebel causes, urging the government to remove anyone not fully pledged to the Union and its war effort. It warns even Rhode Island and South Carolina figures who undermine loyalty.
The Young Men's Christian Association held its first public meeting at Mount Hope House to plan a reading room and library for youths. Officers and life memberships were announced, pledges to fund a library grew, and a Debating Club was proposed amid strong community support. The group aims to reach 300 members and establish a 800+ volume library next month.
Rev Sidney Dean of Warren delivered the sixth Association Course lecture at Town Hall on Tuesday evening last. He spoke on An hour in Congress at the National Tide-turning, outlining four periods of U S history and focusing on the second period with portraits of about forty leaders in the thirty fourth Congress. The talk lasted about one hour and three quarters and was well received by the appreciative audience.
Sr We are indebted to Charles FE Hammett Jr Esq Newport for a copy of The Newport Tide Almanac for 1864. The almanac includes astronomical calculations and full Tide Tables for principal harbors from Boston to New York and through the Sound, plus methods to determine high water times across major places between Portland and Charleston.
A list of donations since November 1863 includes cash from Henry W. Diman and J Kendall, socks, cravats, yarn, calico remnants, jam and wine, sewing thread, and fabric goods. A December 17 Sanitary Commission forwarding adds socks, drawers, towels, shirts, handmade garments, currant jelly, wine, and pamphlets. C M Surrarp, Secretary.
A German girl aged about twelve to fourteen on Franklin Street injured her hand at Bristol Steam Mill after being caught in a mule gear, losing a thumb and two fingers. A twelve year old son of Mr Newton fractured a leg jumping a fence. A seven year old son of Mr Bowen broke an arm while playing near Bradford and Ligh streets. The Bristol Artillery under Col Wardwell will hold Christmas day target practice with three prizes a 25 pound turkey a 20 pound turkey and a 15 pound turkey.
Henry Wyatt Manchester of Attleboro aged 14 or 15 drowned crossing ice on Mechanics' Factory Pond Friday. Body recovered the same day. Also notes Godey's Lady's Book January issue and Pugsix publication date move for Christmas observance.
Private Richard Rose a North Adams Massachusetts native and Bristol resident died Tuesday in town from a Gettysburg wound. He enlisted September 15 1861 in Battery E Fleet R I Light Artillery serving in fifteen battles including Yorktown Williamsburg Fair Oaks Seven Days before Richmond Malvern Hill Bull Run Chantilly Frederickburg and Chancellorsville. His remains were moved from Mr Kinder’s residence to Congregational Church for funeral services by Rev Dr Shepard and interred at North Burying Ground with many mourners.
The Scientific American announces Volume 10 beginning January 1, urging subscriptions. It describes content for inventors, manufacturers, engineers, chemists, agriculturists and general readers with patents, machinery, trials, notes, and weekly patent lists. It lists pricing and a club offer. Munn & Co., 37 Park Row, New York.
A letter datelined Madras October twenty sixth notes the rebel pirate Alabama entered the bay a few days earlier, surveyed the town, then sailed away without shore contact. Lieutenant William Bradford has returned on leave and will go back Monday. Lawrence Kansas recovers from fire as 137 buildings rise again and commerce revives. Shute & Son advertise festive offers.
The text describes widespread poverty and desolation in the Southern States as the war devastates wealth and social life. Families spin and dye clothing, essential goods vanish, and courts suspend as military authority takes over. Many men are killed or disabled, with cities ruined and communities dissolved while leaders refuse surrender.
Dr Halsted of Round Hill Water core Northampton Mass claims his Motorpathic System offers cures for incipient prolapsus uteri and related weaknesses with one consultation and home treatment. He says the method restores nerves stomach function and eliminates pain without harsh treatment and invites physicians to test its value. Thousands of patient records are on file documenting prior recoveries.
A Mor mon priest Nichols claimed power to heal with a bone and nerve salve. He cut off a dog’s tail and applied the remedy, then saw a new tail grow. He repeated the test on the tail piece and a new dog reportedly grew, though the narrator questions which dog was which.
At a Kingston Union meeting in Decatur County last week Colonel Wilder proposed a collection for volunteers. Nineteen men enrolled, each taking the roll and donating funds, the total directed to the Sanitary Commission.
After the battle of Gettysburg the President asked Gen Howard to receive an autograph letter of thanks for his consummate generalship on that field. The 33 year old hero has a noble record, kept from the public eye by his modesty. Boston Journal.
Halifax reports the capture of the Chesapeake by the Ella and Annie this morning in Sambro Harbor. All but three crew escaped. The Cot act ordered the vessel to Halifax. Three ships are in port with financier Erlanger named in a related suit involving 45 000 pounds for introducing his client to Slidell. The section mentions generals pursued in a report and a Cincinnati couple delayed by prison time before marriage.
The piece surveys the national legislature composition the House and Senate, adds details on territorial delegates and voting rights, and cites a spate of events including an Antigua earthquake and speaker elections. It notes Indiana Governor Wright’s conciliatory stance, Lawrence Kansas recovery, Union majorities across nine states, Whistler’s death, a Newburyport anecdote on the president’s smallpox, Philadelphia regiments, deserter pardons, fugitive slaves in Ohio, and a bank murder robbery in Malden.
War dispatch from Washington reports General Meade issuing a general order on December 16, 1863, permitting registered sutlers to supply the Army of the Potomac under specified conditions. Reported movement noted near Culpeper with cavalry still in the area and pickets extended beyond the town as changes are eyed to improve army trade comfort.
New Orleans correspondent reports Gen Banks's forces growing in Texas. Union supporters rally under Banks's standard in large numbers. Texans join the Federal army as Banks recruits two regiments since landing, with enrollments continuing amid promising prospects for Texas.
Special dispatch from Western Virginia reports a detachment of the 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry on Gen Kelley’s scout destroyed a Shenandoah Valley foundry at Edinburgh used for iron for Richmond and possibly gun boats. Wells and Sullivan’s troops skirmished near Strasburg, taking 30 prisoners and indicating Imboden reinforcements.
From the Potomac Army December 16 report a lieutenant and five men of the 6th corps were captured near Jeffersonville. Rumor of a large rebel cavalry force in the area led First New York Dragoons Ninth and part of the Fourth New York Cavalry to pursue, but after 24 hours of searching they returned empty handed.
A theft occurred Saturday between five and six pm at the Cole and Eddy store on Main Street Warren. About eight dollars was stolen from the money drawer after breakage of a rear window panel and partial gas-light shutdown. The act appears audacious with access gained to an 80 auto on display. No other items were taken. The incident is described as bold and limited to cash.
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