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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1861
Page
2
A historical reflection dismisses sensational English press rumors of war while cautioning against overreaction. It notes officials and citizens show reluctance to surrender prisoners Masan and Slidell, warns Britain might seek conflict, but expresses faith in republican progress and a cooled response.
A Civil War era reflection laments Union loyalists in Arkansas and Western Tennessee, notes betrayals and executions, hopes for federal relief and timely Confederate battles turning in Kentucky and Tennessee, and condemns Charleston fire while urging restraint and sympathy for all.
A wartime briefing notes rampant fraud by contractors and agents draining millions, urging punishment and disgorgement. includes a Union sentiment piece and updates on state boundaries and shipboard orders. Also mentions January Atlantic Monthly contents and literary items.
Congress has not transacted business of importance this past week. Yet several grave resolutions and petitions have been presented and referred to committees. The body is expected to be one of the most important ever held since the Union's formation.
Despite hard times families seek presents and extra dinner. Stores offer a variety of holiday preente and a large supply of poultry game beef pork mutton at low prices. Ads promise best assortments and fair prices for holiday shopping.
Rev W Waodbury delivers the second lecture of the course on Monday evening next the 23d inst on the Campaign of the First Rhode Island Regiment. Chaplain W repeated the lecture in Providence to accommodate the crowd.
The Rhode Island boundary case, long battled since 1740, ends with a Supreme Court decree establishing the conventional line. Governors and commissioners oversaw decades of hearings as the dispute finally closes easing tensions with Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
Reports describe a massive blaze in Charleston triggered at a sash factory near Hazel Street. The fire consumed 500+ buildings and five churches, including the Circular Church, with authorities blowing up structures to halt spread, while thousands flee.
Washington reports calm United States stance on Mason and Slidell. London and press coverage of diplomacy, naval contracts probe reveal perils of war. Montwourond pirate raid, Cytaline charter loss, Morgan fees questioned. British moves, Texas refugees, smallpox in Fort Smith and a fatal barn incident also noted.
The Royal Mail Steamship Europa arrived after a twelve hour Queenstown detention. She carried 57 passengers and £4300 in specie for Boston and £45,000 for Halifax, with a Queen's messenger aboard for dispatches to Lord Lyons. Reports from London and Paris describe British demands for restoration of southern envoys and calls to reinforce Canada amid rising tensions with the United States.
Milford votes 6000 dollars for families of volunteers as civil war tensions rise. Various updates report patents for military devices, a mother’s killer declared insane, Dickens Jr. marriage in London, Delaney boy damages for lost foot, robbing spree in Fall River, a missing man found dead, and other wartime notes including torpedo, rail, and industry developments.
A president of a theological institution chastises students for neglecting a matron’s provision of Lerrick Allen’s Gold Medal Luleratus. The announcement caused confusion but the matron now supplies the medal and students regain health and weight. Ladies advised to obtain a paper at 1112 Liberty Street, New York.
Capt Palmer of the Iroquois sends a dispatch to the Navy Dept detailing his efforts to capture the Sumter at Martinique. He notes interferences from the island's government while they professed neutrality and friendship. Three miles off the shove he faced departure restrictions until the Sumter had departed twenty four hours. The obstacles explain the Sumter's escape.
Luckport Journal reports a Friday night blaze destroyed Mr Morse home near Hartland Corners and killed his wife. Both aged over seventy. Fire detected by eight in the evening leaving ruin. The dispatch notes panic in Richmond and Norfolk over Britain news and possible US reaction.
The steamer Mississippi captured the bark Empress of Hull England from Rio de Janeiro with 6700 bags of coffee while attempting a blockade run to New Orleans. The vessel had previously delivered cargo in a second run before being taken.
The Africa steamship is detained at the port until Thursday in a move likely ordered by Lord Lyons to prevent sending dispatches in reply to letters from England via the Europa. The report notes other updates including political results in the Southstate Legislature and recent naval incidents involving the Landrail and San Jacinto.
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