Emancipation and Freedmen Aid Call from The Bristol Phenix
The article urges immediate action to aid freedmen arriving in the South. It highlights Beaufort South Carolina and Savannah as focal points, notes thousands needing clothing food and shelter, and stresses humane treatment and education to prevent a repeat of bondage under freedom. It also discusses the broader transition challenges after the war and the need for persistent, guided effort by Freemen's Aid Societies. The piece cites a legal verdict and a political update on Senator Neary Wilson from Massachusetts, plus financial market activity in New York.
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Beaufort
South Carolina
Sherman
Georgia
Savannah
Freemen's
Friends of Freedom
Massachusetts Rhode Island and the fight over nonresident taxes
The piece argues that Massachusetts taxed nonresidents’ dividends in 1863 and 1864 violating constitutional privileges, citing past South Carolina acts as precedent. It urges Rhode Island to seek judicial relief to protect citizens without individual Supreme Court suits, noting mob pressure and political retaliation as context.
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Massachusetts
Hoar
South Carolina
United States
Charleston
Supreme Court of the United States
Johnston
Circuit Court of the United States
Massachusetta
Massachusotta
New York
New Hampshire
Andrew
Old Colony
Newport Raway
Rhode Island
Rhode Teland
Justles
Supreme Court of the
California Petroleum Company Investment Opportunity
A paytag investment note touts California Petroleum Company prospects as a top chance for public securities in a booming petroleum market. Backed by Prof Silliman and J B Church, the property is said to have potential to rival Oil Creek oil yields. subscriptions are taken in town by James E French, Bq, who provides further details to investors.
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New York
Caliornia Petroleum Company
Silliman
J B Church
California
James E French
Godeys Lady's Book February Number Features Fine Steel Plate
The February issue presents a superb steel plate The Sabbath Eve with sixty figures and rich color engravings including a Valentine and a colored slipper. Fashion plates trace Bunnets Treaddresses Cape Embroidery Crocheting and netting. Notable contributors Marilon Harland Mrs E Ellet Miss Frost and Ian Thorne. Circulation rises this year.
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Godey
Imige
Marilon Harland
Mre E . Ellet
Mise Frost
Ian Thorne
The Prisoner's Child and the February Lady's Friend
The February issue features The Prisoner's Child engraving and a double steal fashion plate praised as handsome. It includes Linden Jan Polka music and literary pieces like The Norlands The Cooper Shop Story A Story of a Household and Better Than Chestnuts. Deacon and Peterson Philadelphia lists price 250.
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Linden Jan Polka
Norlands
Cooper Shop
Mee Flosmer
Frances Lee
Laura J Rittenhouse
Deacon & Peterson
Walnut Street
Philadelphia
General Assembly confronts treasury audits and fraud probe debate
Rhode Island Senate and House discuss third auditor reports and a proposed five senator special committee to investigate wartime frauds, including quotas and equipment. Sessions note adjournments and pardons while committees handle education finance and boundary matters.
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Rhode Island
United States
Congress
Joan Wirtsen
James Y. Smith
Treasury Department
Lapham
Warwick
Senate
Giacassini
Conaista
Messra
Gammell
Warren
Perry
Porter
Monphey
Flirt
Secretary of State and
Rhode Island Historical Society
Committee On
Education
Joseph Burdict
Hill
Smithfield
Finance
House
Sheffield
Susan Gorham
Committee On the Judiciary
Elihzabeth C. Lindsey
Union Horse Shoes Company
Providence
Neptune Steamship Company
Lipham
Elis Freleney
Finance Committee
Church
Grant Letter Acknowledges Philadelphia Gifted House
General Grant thanks Philadelphia citizens for presenting him a house, lot, and furniture at City Point Virginia. He notes gratitude for the substantial token and the city’s support for the Union, while stating he and his family will occupy the home but will not expect to enjoy home life until peace returns.
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Chant
Philadelphia
Tar United
City Point
George H Stewart
A E Borie
WC Kent
E C Knight
Davis Pearson
Geo Whitney
James Graham
US Greene
United States Army
Destruction of the Smithsonian Institute Sets Fire Narrative
A fire destroyed the Smithsonian Institute loft above the picture gallery this afternoon at three. The central tower fire intensified as the wind fanned the flames and most of the Stanley collection was lost. Only a few of the 200 paintings were saved and the archives survived. recovery plans include rebuilding the damaged sections.
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Thia
Smithsonian Institute
Stanley
Tie
Michigan University
Henry
Congress
Naval Squadrons to Be Sent Abroad
The Navy Department plans to reestablish squadrons on foreign stations after rebel ports are captured. This move aims to show Europe that the Union has broken the backbone of the rebellion and can protect American interests abroad. The rapid navy growth is hailed as a global achievement for the Republic.
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Navy Department
Europe
Congress
Confederacy
Vessels to Newport Island Ferry Discontinued Cite Hard Travel
Local readers report great inconvenience as Bristol Ferry boats ceased on the Portsmouth side several weeks ago. Residents travel long distances via Swansea and Fall River to reach Newport and other portions of Rhode Island, with many delays and higher costs. The item mentions travel woes, a human remains box misdelivery, and notes on Ticknor Fields magazine and Tennyson’s Enoch Arden edition.
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Newport
Island
Rhode Island
Bristol Ferry
Warren
Prasengers
Swansea
Slade
Fall River
Stone Bridge
Munday
New York
Bradford
Gome
Portland
Enoch Arden
Alfred Tennyson
Mesera Ticknor & Fields, Beaton
Eighth Lecture By Cul T W Siriggin On Port Royal Regiment
The eighth and final lecture of the Association Daputee was delivered Thursday evening by Cul T W Siriggin non who led a regiment long stationed at Port Royal. The topic Traits of the Freedmen was read with strong audience interest and attention.
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Association Daputee
Cul T W Sirigginnon
Port Royal
Steam engine arrives for National Rubber Co
The three hundred horsepower engine, built by Corlies and Nightingale of Providence, has arrived and is being installed by local workmen. J N Borgess Esq plans an evening class to teach writing, praised for his penmanship teaching.
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National Rubber Company
Measrs Corlies and
Nightingale
Providence
J. N Borgess Esq
Bristol Steam Mall Reopens After Repairs and Upgrades
After months of stoppage for repairs and new machinery, the Bristol Steam Mall resumes full operation. The note thanks H Tilley of Washington, D C for providing the Navy Secretary's report and other key documents.
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Bristol
H Tilley
Washington, D. C
Secretary of the Navy
The Coal Trade of the United States Summary
The Pottevilla Vertoa Jonas reports the anthracite coal trade for the past year totalled YY12 A807 tons, up 097 G24 tons from the prior period. Hard coal shipments reached 11 741,139 tons with a rise of d vinestied and im A890 000 tons. Fore ern coal decreased by 490 287 tons. Regional colliery capacity and transport limits will shape the market, with miners and fiberers facing higher demand than at season start, while supply in EX65 hinges on transport capacity to markets.
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United States
Pottevilla Vertoa Jonas
Prices falling on breadstuffs and provisions report
A New York feature notes the drop in breadstuffs and provisions as a result of the gold panic. Chicago reports wheat down fifteen cents per bushel and pork two dollars per barrel below farmer prices, signaling broad price declines.
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Evening Exchange
New York
Literato
Enya
Tina
Chicago
Four teen Blick Fish Driven Ashore at Rocky Point
The Narragansett Trees report four teen Blick Fish washed ashore near Rocky Point on January 23. Julio K Champlin and Henry E Palmer secured the fish. The largest weighed about 3,000 pounds, 17 feet long and four feet thick, needing eight oxen to haul over a beach bank. The total estimated weight likely exceeds 21,000 pounds. The oil value is noted as high.
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Rocky Point
Julio K Champlin
Henry E Palmer
A Useful Sack Sells for Fifty Thousand in War Charity
A patriotic fundraiser in California began with bids on a sack of Mour for the Sanitary Commission. The humorous effort spread from Sacramento to San Francisco to Oregon, circling back and forth until fifty thousand dollars was raised with no owner. The sack travels east for a similar auction where unlimited bids are expected and resold to the next bidder.
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Lhat
California
Sanitary Commission
Sacramento
San Francisco
Oregon
Mexican upheaval under Maxamilian clashes over church lands
The article reports turmoil in Mexico as Maxamilian asserts state ownership of ecclesiastical property and accuses a prior arrangement with the Pipe. The church and ruling factions clash, with discord over imperial ambition and the fate of governments set by the priesthood.
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Maxamilian
Mexico
Matéser
Europe
Miscellaneous 1864 News From Across the Nation
The report rounds up a test vote on an antislavery constitutional amendment in Kentucky with a slim gain since last winter and notes a new tax proposal on tobacco products. Other items cover deaths and notable figures, naval actions, deserters, accidents, census-like tallies, military outlays, and various curiosities from Boston to London.
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Kentucky
Prusites
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