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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1863
Page
2
A brave girl waits through a fierce storm in a lighthouse tower. She prays for help, tends the lamp, and keeps watch as waves threaten to ruin the structure. A rescuing ship arrives, revealing her to be the daughter of a grieving captain, and she is reunited with her father.
A village raconteur spins a long yarn about a Vermont widower named A visiting relatives in another state. The landlord and neighbors challenge the tale with odd details of a giant cheese, a darkened earth, and a burning river, while urging honesty and integrity in life.
A Syrian sponge diver prayers then squats naked on the gunwale with a net and marble tool. He holds rope, signals mates, dives headfirst, resurfaces exhausted, and is helped aboard. A good diver stays under three minutes and can dive twice per hour.
The article notes a shift in English opinion after the September proclamation and related moves. It cites John Bright's Birmingham speech as clarifying the American cause as one of freedom. It observes support from workers and religious groups, despite cotton shortages and aristocratic press influence, and predicts broader sympathy for popular liberty.
Reports from the Southwest praise General Rosecrans for superb generalship and exemplary fighting in the Murfreesboro theater. Observers note his plans and execution as nearly flawless, with one possible exception, amid the fierce modern warfare described as the most terrible.
The I Institute of Instruction met at Newtown Portsmouth yesterday morning at 10 o'clock with remarks by President J Ladd Exq A lecture by Rev Samuel D Cogan of Newtown. afternoon discussions on out of school study and teaching discipline and a home and school lecture by I W Bicknell Exq Principal of the High School. A public examination of Normal School pupils is planned for Friday January 16 1863 with nine to twelve and two to four thirty periods. Rhode Island State Legislature to convene in Providence Monday.
A passage argues that defeats and disasters are essential parts of war’s chain of events. It contends that every death, from battlefield casualties to disease or cold, honors a faithful and patriotic citizen and is not wasted.
The Town Connect council met to form a winter watch with Harvey Vergueon William E Manchester Daniel Ingrahaw and Martin D Bonney as watchmen and special constables to arrest disorderly persons after 9 pm. Stephen T Church to restore walls on Town Bridge with a reward offered for stone thefts. Sparke may repair the fence at banks on Hope street south of Fort Rounda. Numerous miscellaneous town bills were approved for payment.
The document lists town tax payments for 1862 including Robert Rogers and many others with amounts such as 780.80 and 453.90, plus notes on residents named James Wolf and William Wolf. It also reports on Capt John P Abbott of Company D 12th Regiment returning on leave, hospital updates for Rhode Island soldiers, a steamer bringing wounded to the hospital, a Providence vegetable shipment for soldiers, and a Newport house fire.
Notice invites readers to a lecture by M De Cordova at Town Hall on Thursday evening near Subject Cooperation and Marriage. Proceeds after expenses go to the town poor. A full house is hoped. tickets available at J N Burges 108 Hope Street.
The Sunday School of the Methodist Episcopal Church held a New Year’s Day vestry festival. Rev S F Upham led prayers and remarks, 269 scholars were noted, and gifts including a family Bible were presented to the pastor and family by J N Burgess.
The Bristol town death tally shows 79 total deaths, 50 in the town and 29 in suburbs or abroad. Foreign births total 3, children of foreign parents 5, with January and December most fatal at two deaths each. Excluding deaths abroad for military service leaves 6 town deaths, about 0.77 per cent of the population.
We are indebted to Dr J. M. Merchant of Warren for the yearly tally of deaths in 1862. The record lists 42 total deaths from illnesses including consumption dropsy brain fever paralysis pleurisy and other causes with monthly breakdowns and a gender split of 20 males and 22 females.
A Sunday disturbance at a tenement in Allen's Block saw a crowd of rowdies throwing missiles and fighting with broom handles and ladles. Sheriff Greenegan quelled the melee and jailed several participants. Cornelius Harrington Patrick Dwyer Ellen Sullivan and Ellen Dwyer were convicted. Mary Harrington was injured and not brought to court. Warrants issued for others. A poem titled A Call for Velantesra by a Congregational Sabbath School teacher is announced for publication next week.
At their hall on Tuesday evening, King Philip Fire Co named B M Lin Guin as foreman, W A Douglass as assistant, Geo H Dary as pipeman, J Bogues as orderly, George Dury as clerk, and several named hosemen and officers for the upcoming year. The Providence Post Office remains the state stamp redemption agency with strict limits on deposits and packaging. The Monitor’s loss prompts discussion on naval vulnerabilities and crew deaths. city and surrounding towns report 1262 fatalities with age breakdowns and notable oldest ages. Promotions in the 12th regiment extend to multiple officers including Shaw as colonel and several lieutenants, with Washington rumor of Gen Butler preparing to command in a slave district using black troops. Aldrich House in Providence sustained fire damage estimated at $1000 to $1500.
Commander Bankhead reports four officers and twelve men univaing aboard the Rhode Island and tests for a Monitor hull leak at the forward join amid heavy seas. The Herald notes the Passaic rose three inches near its fires as Georgia fled before the wind, contrasting with Monitor design.
Newport Advertiser reports a fire at Col William Swan's Elm Street home. Eliza Swan, about 35, died after a kitchen accident when burning fluid fed a tea kettle. the explosion set her alight, and she lingered in agony until 3 o'clock. The tragedy distressed the community.
Dispatches from Sherman and naval forces describe gunboat bombardment near Vicksburg and inland movements near Murfreesboro. Reports cite heavy Confederate losses, Union advances, and shifting command expectations as Union brigades press and rebels retreat toward Tullahoma.
The Senate considers a Connecticut revenue reform joint resolution to curb multiple taxation on same article and submits it to Finance. Coast Survey reports Thames steamer owners. War Department replies on oaths against suits, Turner report included. The House names a select committee on government banking interests and resumes debate on treaties with Sioux Indians of Minnesota. an appropriation of 1.5 million dollars extinguishes the trust fund.
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