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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1863
Page
2
The piece notes Massachusetts forms a free black regiment mustered into US service. Gov. of Massachusetts backs the move and praise for the unit's potential. It highlights equal treatment under war rules and compares to Rhode Island’s earlier effort. It ends urging locals to supply news for the paper.
The General Assembly adjourned after four days. A measure to allow alien residents who enlist and become naturalized to vote on the same terms as native citizens will be submitted to voters on October 4. A new state valuation increases taxable property by about 27 million dollars.
In Fall River on Monday two boys visited the home of A. A. Crane Esq and asked for food. While one spoke with a servant the other took a lady's gold watch with chain a breast pin and a shawl pin worth 75 dollars. They were chased and one boy was later arrested.
West Virginia conducted its first election for state legislature and county officers on Thursday May 28. The Union State ticket nominated on May 12 won without opposition. Some counties controlled by rebels did not hold elections except for state officers and rebel affiliated items.
Regular monthly Court of Probate and Town Council meeting approves town bills totaling 353.62 and remits 747 in small taxes on non residents. Building relocation for Engine Company No 4 discussed and referred to Fire Department. Next session set for 2 pm Monday the 18th to purge voter registry.
Sergeant N Albert Peck of Barton and Co D Second R I Regiment died in Campbell Hospital Washington D C on Wednesday the 3d from wounds received at Fredericksburg He was 34 and leaves a wife and two children
Sergeant Edwin L. Peck returns to Barrington on a twenty five day furlo while Private Mosoa P. Easterbrooks comes home on a forty day furlough after a hand wound at Frederickburg. Private Benjamin Crown arrives in Warren from New Bern and D. is seriously wounded but improving. John S. Allen Jr of Warren earns a United States Navy commission as Master’s Mate and sails aboard the Steamer Sumter from Fortress Monroe. Bristol Hotel on State Street undergoes extensive alterations and repairs.
Temple Chapter No 3 in Warren installed its officers on Wednesday evening led by R E Levi L Webster acting as M E Grand High Priest E C A Greene. James Coffin King served as N P with John G Joyce as Scribe and Joseph Fules as Captain of Host. Other officers named include James C Blake, John H Bowen, Walter P Eddy, Henry Collins, Samuel H Douglass, Sidney Dean, John Collymore and more. a repast followed at Cole's Lodge hosted by H G Maxfield.
The piece argues for unity in state and church life, condemns factions and personal enmity, and urges equal support for worthy public works. It stresses that public good must outweigh private interest, urging broad patronage and shared effort for a civilized, productive society.
Mr HW A Burr of the Franklin $25 Sewing Machine remains one week longer at 77 Hope Street in the former Mrs Grindding Milliner shop to receive orders for a superior article at a low price. Sample machine and work can be seen at the above place. Call and examine.
John An drews was seized while attempting to enter the hoe store of N. Drown through a broken window. He faced Justice Child, was found guilty, and sentenced to three months in Providence County Jail. Union League Philadelphia lists two hundred discharged soldiers seeking light employment. A Martin 1011 Cheatnut street Philadelphia invites employers to hire them.
Us Excellency Guv. Smith has commissioned the Brigadier Generals for the several Brigades in this State. First Brigade Wmn. T. Barton. Second Brigade Joseph P Balch. Third Brigade Walter B Chapin. Fourth Brigade Olney Arnold. Fifth Brigade Lebbeus C. Tourtallot.
A Saturday night blaze in Jersey City consumed a shipyard and much lumber. The fire reached the Monitor yard where three batteries were under construction but were saved. Some turret machinery burned yet will be restored in a week or two, and finishing of the monitors should not be materially delayed.
The Richmond Examiner notes Colburn of the Worlh was reelected on pledges to secure release of a North Carolina eminent citizen from the Old Capital as Horace Greeley’s convoys are retained. Armory in Springfield holds ninety thousand stands of arms, seventy thousand packed for shipment, no recent dispatches sent. A Beaufort letter May 7 reports the Third Rhode Toland Heavy Artillery ordered to join Gen Burnside in the Ohio Kentucky Department. Kentucky loyalists praise Vallandigham’s arrest and punishment.
A Washington nurse appeals for lemons and oranges to ease thirst and fever in crashed soldiers. She argues hard water harms the wounded. citrus infusions would soothe pain and offer relief. The piece urges wealthy New Yorkers to donate boxes to Washington hospitals via the Surgeon General.
An article argues U S agents recruit Irish immigrants for the army due to hunger and unemployment at home. It notes Ireland’s people seek wages and opportunity in America where industry, railroads, and mines require labor, while dismissing official inducements for emigration as unnecessary and driven by desperation.
The Newport correspondent reports the Newport New York and Boston Steamboat Company will contract for and build a new passenger boat within a year for the Newport to New York run. The vessel will be similar in size to the Empire State, with the Newport shift expected to start in early August rather than Fall River.
Grierson’s men in the famous Louisiana raid used a clever trick to sever telegraph lines. They tied the wire ends with strips of leather so the breaks were not easily visible while the connection remained cut.
Letters from England state Earl Russell issued orders banning sealed mail bags to Mata Moros and other ports where the privilege could be abused to aid ships attempting to run the blockade, in connection with the Peterhoff affair. The British Government thus waives the question in the Peterhoff case.
Superintendent A. D. Buch of the United States Coast Survey describes the blockade coast as 3659 statute miles long with 189 openings including rivers bays harbors and sounds. Openings under 6 feet depth total 45, 6 to 12 feet total 70, 12 to 18 feet total 42, and over 18 feet depth totals 2.
Two ships attempting to run the Charleston blockade were sunk in a week near Fort Sumter. A steamer near Maffies Channel opened fire and sank after a sharp engagement with Powhatan Flag and other ships, with crew loss unknown. A second steamer recrossed the bar under fire, while a rebel tug attempted salvage near Morria Inland.
Commentary on Confederate movements and possible aims amid Civil War actions. Reports suggest Lee may threaten Pennsylvania while troops move to the West, with Charleston and Savannah forces reassigned. Observers warn of deceptive signals and urge vigilance against possible incursions.
The New Bedford murder case reveals Oxigo Reynubpa in jail under a death sentence for John Bullock’s killing has provided a written confession. He describes a robbery attempt turned fatal when Bullock fought and was stabbed after a gunfire incident. Clothes were hidden, watch and pocket-book buried, and the accused aged under twenty states he was ignorant and drawn into crime. Evidence from the Mercantile indicates most items named in the confession were recovered, except some clothing proof.
English travellers Spoke and Grant identify Lake Victoria Nyanza as the Nile basin source, fixing the southern Nile limit at four degrees south of the equator. The report notes some latitude discrepancies but values the scientific significance and potential long term benefits of expanding geographic knowledge. The piece also covers pirate losses and a local tragedy involving Nellia Reese who died after ingesting poison.
From New Orleans via the George Cromwell the report notes 75 prisoners returned from Baton Rouge including ex Gov Wickliffe. Rebels whipped near Port Hudson on the Bayou Sara road as Union forces under Banks advance toward the works. Casualties 19 killed 80 wounded. Port Hudson garrison about 10,000.
Secretary Welles read a Cairo dispatch recapping May 27 actions near Vicksburg. The Cincinnati was sunk while enfilading fortifications as Grant and Sherman pressed the left wing. 25 killed or wounded, 15 missing or drowned. pilot killed. James Porter, acting Rear Admiral, commands the Mississippi Squadron.
June 5 dispatches from near Vicksburg state no change in the siege with no recent fighting but works pushed forward. Confederate forces under Pemberton remain in good spirit as Grant’s army is in position. A Richmond Sentinel note quotes a demand for surrender with three days to decide, met with a defiant reply to die in the trenches rather than surrender.
New Worlp dispatch from Ky reports Major General A. E. Bernsive revoking the order that had suppressed the Chicago Times. The President directed revocation, and the paper is permitted circulation in the department.
The Havana Diary reports Puebla’s occupation by French troops after a siege timeline. Tehntepuncan fort bombardment paralleled lines, Gen. Mendoza urged retreat, Forey refused, and Puebla surrendered unconditionally with Ortega’s letter. Forey then entered Puebla with Bazaine moving toward Mexico City.
John R Coggeshall aged 16 son of Mr Noel Coggeshall of Middletown died after a wagon breeching while a sister rode with him on Went road near Portsmouth Grove. The horse kicked violently when the wagon contacted it and a blow to the head proved fatal within an hour. The sister riding in the back escaped unharmed.
The Eleventh Army Corps troops are to be removed to General Heintzelman’s command near Washington in exchange for an equal number of American soldiers. The move follows questions over earlier conduct at Chancellorsville and hints at German units’ unsteady performance. The report also notes Puebla’s surrender to French forces and other war developments.
A naval academy graduate, son of Prince de Juin vill, who served on General Mc Clellan's Peninsula staff, has applied for the Ensign commission and immediate active sortie.
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