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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1863
Page
2
The narrative traces fraud, ruin, and reform in a family tied to Edith and Aunt Faith Gray. Clara Gray becomes a beloved child from a faithless father, while Edith contemplates legacy and virtue. The piece closes with nostalgia for the old chimney corner and the vanished warmth of childhood.
A seasoned business figure advises maintaining a forward view and not dwelling on misfortune. He argues that dwelling on dark prospects leads to despair and inactivity, while hope and proactive effort can attract improvement and resilience.
The article questions why rings are worn on the fourth finger and notes ancient claims of a nerve link to the heart. It also mentions the left hand’s supposed advantages and critiques a royal editor defending a war outcome.
A boy recalls Tib the surrel mare owned with slow pace yet great power. She bucked under thunder and heat until Hart the hired man sang to calm her. The story blends animal behavior with a preacher’s hymn like turning point and ends with advice never giving a son a night key.
A New York Tribune correspondent describes the emancipation effect as slaves flee across the Rappahannock to the Potomac and reach Union lines. Meanwhile raids haul enslaved people south and west to mountain refuges as masters resist or hide property.
A schooner John L. Darling owned by Seth Adams Jr. of this city carrying corn and feed ran into by a steamer near Squam Beach New Jersey. The vessel and cargo valued at twenty thousand dollars may be total loss. A separate dispatch from Binghampton reports thirty seven people skating at Harpersville. twenty seven drowned after the ice broke.
The Bristol Advocate reports on the Murfreesboro clash with heavy Rebel resistance and strong Federal stamina. It notes Jefferson Davis’s Southern tour rhetoric and asserts Northern troops’ superior endurance, predicting Vicksburg and Teland No. 10 will fall. Also includes local items on soldiers and lectures.
A catalog from Mexica Wollum and Son lists new musical pieces with prices from 25 to 50 cents. Items include A Smile from Thee My Mother Dear D Ballad words by James Simmonds music by L Lavenu 26c and Une Fleur de Pologne Mazurka dedicated to Lady Crampton by William Vincent Wallace 50c. Also The Last Rose of Summer arranged by Franz M Schneeness 25c Happy Heart Waltz by J A Fowler 35c Syracuse Dulka 35c and Brinley Richards arrangement When the Fives at Dawn do pass from Wallace's Opera Amper Witch and The Nusa ds Spell from his Opera Luline 50c Grand March Cortege from Queen of Shoda by Cannod 50c. Copies mailed postpaid on receipt of price.
The National Almanac and Annual Record for 1863 promises fuller and more current information on the nation than any prior volume. It is a 12mo edition with over 500 pages, priced at $1.00, with music bound copies at $1.25. George W Childs, publisher, Philadelphia.
The Boston Journal reports on a new wood paper process tested over several days. The paper resembles rag paper in appearance is white and reportedly stronger than traditional rag paper.
One hundred recruits for the 15th US Infantry landed at Fort Adams on Saturday afternoon. The government plans to transport them by water directly to the theater of war to reduce desertions at way stations in transit.
Five regiments in Gen Meagher's brigade at Fredericksburg now number under seven hundred men. Fourteen soldiers from Portsmouth Grove Hospital sailed to Providence on the Perry on Monday, discharged due to disability.
Messrs Win B Spooner & Son report refinery output of about x thousand gallons of refined Coal Oil monthly for illumination. They also produce around one thousand gallons of Benzine used by painters and for dissolving rubber. Lubricating oil from petroleum is manufactured in notable quantities. Gas Oil, replacing resin, has seen price increases. The Works employ seven to ten workers and also refine Sperm and Whale Oil and make spermaceti candles in adjoining buildings.
Cal Samuel Taylor died at his Joho street residence after a lingering illness aged 76. A native of Little Compton he moved here in youth and learned blacksmithing under Ephraim Munro. He built a long-standing local business, served in the fire department and commanded the Bristol Train of Artillery, later becoming past Master of St. Albans Lodge F and A Masons.
The Warren Baptist Church Sabbath School held an early week concert at the church. Teachers and scholars presented Professor A M Gammell, superintendent for over thirty years, with a Card Vielle Album. Prulea sure gave an eloquent address as the exercises concluded. The proceedings were described as very interesting.
Last Sunday at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Warren Rev Davis preached on Gideon’s victory against odds and urged faith in troubled times. Reports mention a Society wedding in New York, debates over Jewish restrictions, Yankee transport lists, Union prisoner concerns, and rail sick trains serving Washington for wounded soldiers.
Cairo January 12 The World special correspondent describes leaving Yazoo battlefront on the 4th and sailing upriver with transport fleet. Paine's Bluff bombardment on the 29th and a fierce skirmish on the 28th drove enemy to their works. Sherman prepares for a general assault on the 29th amid furious cannonade. Blair urged troops as casualties mount while holding earthworks. Flag of truce to bury dead granted. Rebels claim Port Hudson attacked by Gen Banker.
The Rhode Island General Assembly convened in January with the Senate and House meeting in Providence. Leaders announced adjournments and committees as the Governor and Secretary of State presented reports on the state library, bonafide records, and education lands while honoring Lieut. Stephen Hopkins and detailing the day by day progression of sessions.
Dispatches describe rebels driving back Union forces and proclaiming harsh penalties for officers in captivity. Reports from Memphis and Cairo detail Porter's squadron moving up the White River with Gen MacClernand, while Wool orders, the Department of the East headquartered in New York, to assert authority over officers and deserters. The Galveston engagement claims Harriet Lane and other vessels captured with hundreds of prisoners.
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