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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1863
Page
2
The writer rebukes Northern secession myths as unfounded and argues the East and West share origin and loyalty. England is now the Union’s head, while the West supports a union-led conquest of the South. Endorses perpetual national unity across regions and battles fought for the heritage.
The latest intelligence says the siege of Puebla ended in overthrow and Forey’s army advances toward Mexico City. The piece condemns French intervention as imperial overreach, arguing it harms Mexican self-government and risks propagandist ambitions, while noting sympathy or rejoicing is inappropriate.
The Providence Post reports it kept its price and size unchanged while others trimmed and hopes white paper costs will ease. Cotton goods also fall but paper remains costly as the press prints cheaper wheat and faces a newspaper monopoly. New counterfeit fives tied to the Richmond Bank are announced.
Allen C. Mathewson Esq of Barrington builds a monster barn on his farm opposite Warren. The two story deep cellar measures 17 feet, building length 109 feet and width 51 feet. Height from foundation to ridge is 83 feet. 500 cords of stone and about 200000 feet of lumber used. Hay capacity 500 tons with stalls for 75 cattle and a vegetable cellar runs entire length. Cost about 5000 dollars. Mathewson emerges as a leading agricultural figure in Bristol County and the state.
In Barrington area notes a funeral for Sergeant Noah A Peck of Co G Second Rhode Island Vols held at Congregational Church after his leg wound from Salem Heights led to amputation and death. Also mentions Surgeon Jerome B Greene joining 5th Rhode Island Volunteers and Captain Richard Edwards arriving from Little Washington North Carolina with other naval officers.
J N Burgess of 108 Ape Street has bought a circulating library of over three hundred volumes including new and standard works. The library will be opened to the public today. He has sold his old collection at auction.
Charles For reshoff buys the Hope street estate once owned by L. C. Richmond and later by I W H Bayley for 84000. David A Hoar of Warren named Mister's Mate in the U S Navy, ordered to report to Commodore Paulding. Captain Wm Ware of Portsmouth Tea Mouse injured after a fall from a horse last Tuesday. Alfred B Gardiner of Warren named Brigade Major on General Marton's staff in the First Brigade R M Militia. Town Hall concert Friday under G A Brown for soldiers' aid expected to draw a large crowd. Baptism by immersion held Saturday at the shore led by Rev S F Upham.
The Council of Royal and Select Masters of Woerren gathered at Masons Hall on a Wednesday evening with Rev. C. H. Titus presiding. Eight companions received degrees during the session.
The seventy third Annual convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Rhode Island met on a Tuesday morning at 10 oclock in St Stephen's Church Providence with delegates from the diocese assembling for sessions.
The Ministers' Conference of the Rhode Island Association of Freewill Baptist Churches met at the Freewill Baptist Church in Olneyville on Tuesday last with Rev. G. T. Day as chairman pro tem. Gold in Richmond carries a six dollar premium, meaning $7 in paper buys $1 in gold, while silver sits fifty cents below that rate.
The item credits Senator S G Arnold for important public documents provided to the readers, noting ongoing congressional assistance and贈 public resources.
A reader’s letter from an officer in General Grant's army describes the campaign before Vicksburg. The account lists battles at Raymond Jackson Champion Hills and the siege of Vicksburg, troop movements, casualties, prisoners, and artillery totals, noting endurance and morale. The letter also mentions an official order praising the 17th Army Corps and portrays a vivid view of siege warfare and daily life.
Military men think the rebel army shift near the Rappahannock is a feint while Lea may spare troops for the Southwest or a long-planned strike on Suffolk and Norfolk. Others, including scouts, believe Lee is concentrating a large force into the Shenandoah valley.
The Boston Traveler notes fewer large ships and diamonds but commerce from Europe, South America, West Indies, Africa, the Pacific, Australia, provinces and coasts remains nearly as large as before. Trade with southern ports is an exception.
A Maine sympathizer mailed $50 to the New York Journal of Commerce requesting half to be split between sick and wounded federal and rebel soldiers. The Juyman sent $25 to the sanitary commission and returned the other half, noting no communication with Confederate hospitals.
The text explains the distribution of first and second class conscripts in New York City. It states a four to one ratio of first class to second class among able-bodied men aged 21 to 35 and 35 to 45, with married men 35 to 40 included in the second class. It notes married men over 35 are largely exempt unless the ratio shifts elsewhere.
Mr Saunders of Warren declines serving as high sheriff after his election at the late legislative session. Hiram Museld Eeq, the present incumbent, will hold over.
Lieut Walter TE Luther of the 5th Regiment R Volunteers reached Warren yesterday morning from New Bern North Carolina on a 30 day furlough. He is noted as a local serviceman visiting family during his leave.
Marion Hyde a 15 year old girl died after taking a dose of poison she had obtained in the morning. She swallowed it before school in the presence of witnesses who were asked for a drink but she kept enough for herself. She grew ill, was taken home, and confessed her act though physicians could not save her. The report frames the tragedy as an act of remorseful folly.
A Creekside discovery 15 miles from Castlemaine reveals three petrified Aboriginal bodies found in sitting postures. The observer notes lifelike details including veins and muscles, with one figure beside a stone axe, all remarkably preserved for five centuries.
Washington correspondent reports forty rebel deserters sent to Philadelphia with thirty more to follow. A new policy requires an oath to stay north of Philadelphia during the war and oath of allegiance. Deserters found south of Philadelphia are treated as spies.
Captain John H. Richmond of this city escaped injury moments before a runaway horse crashed through a plate glass window of a Boston print shop. The rider was killed instantly as the horse shattered the large pane, causing a fatal neck wound. The window reportedly cost at least $150.
Private letters from Louisiana deny recent claims of state reentry into the Union and disavow further connection with the rebellion. They say reentry will come once Confederate forces are driven from the state and order is restored. Citizens in Jackson also express a wish to return if property and rights are protected.
A Paris Temps correspondent reports a deadly Rhodes quake on April 29. Rhodes city tall towers collapse and churches fall as Trianda Mascari and twelve villages are wrecked. Three hundred killed, many wounded, with mass graves and widespread ruin. A French vice consul sheltering with locals describes cold, rain, and total misery.
A St Louis man turned $4000 into a salt smuggling fortune of about $65000 in Arkansas then invested $50000 in cotton there. Union forces seized the cotton and sold it for the government. He later lodged at a crowded hotel and was arrested with two roommates by U S detectives linked to cotton smugglers.
Over the past decade the Great West built 3,656 miles of rail at 254.7 million dollars, largely funded by eastern capital. Illinois Central alone sent 30 million and created routes that let land sales reach 11 million, with 61 million concentrated in the state. Grain receipts at Chicago rose to 158.5 million bushels valued at 126 million, exceeding rail costs by 31 million. 1861 saw 47.7 million and 1862 60.2 million bushels as routes closed and prosperity surged in northern Western regions.
The article traces early U S minting from 1792 to 1861 including first cents 1793 first silver 1794 and first gold 1795. It cites totals up to June 30 1861 of 799 923 391 dollars with gold dominating and notes California gold impact after 1849. It highlights hoarding and low circulation of cents and silver three cent pieces, not legal tender above thirty cents.
Obituary noting the death of Jason Williams in his eighty ninth year. He served as treasurer for fifty three consecutive years at Mount Vernon Lodge and led Providence Royal Arch Chapter and Grand Lodge treasuries for decades. Williams resigned the Grand Lodge treasury and was made a permanent member, a unique honor in Providence.
The French Government plans to provide dedicated ladies carriages on every railway line across France. The move aims to improve comfort and safety for women travelers nationwide.
Gen Sickl ee urges that regiments are in field but short of men with about two hundred bayonets per unit. He argues six weeks of collective drill beats six months with new regiments. Other items report a Cape Elizabeth fisherman dying after a large halibut catch, a Worcester church theft, and various war and society notes from London to New York.
June 10 dispatches describe Montgomery of South Carolina defeating rebels at Pocotaligo and holding the railroad bridge near Savannah and Charleston. The Massachusetts Covered Regiment is to reinforce Montgomery. Curtis forces closed the Cumberland River, drove Pegrams from Monticello, and pursue the rebels with prisoners, horses, and arms taken. no reported loss. Vicksburg prospects praised, 48th Ohio offered, Mississippi crossings estimated around 7000.
An officer reports Union cavalry under Pleasanton cross the Rappahannock at Beverley Ford, attacking near Culpeper. Gen Buellford’s and Col Davis’s brigades led a night maneuver with artillery and infantry support, in a bloody hand to hand sprint through rifle pits and woods before driving Confederates back.
The despatch reports Grant's army advancing, with the Vicksburg siege steadily progressing. Rumors of Port Hudson disasters circulate but lack confirmation. Advices up to June 6 reach Washington. Banks’ Port Hudson action from Mobile is noted, with outcomes deemed unlikely to differ from known reports.
Report from Major General Stahl's HQ via Captain Hanson of the 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry details a scouting march from Fairfax Court House to Barbours, Warrenton, and Middletown. Eight prisoners and fifteen horses were taken including Miner Thompson, a notorious spy recently imprisoned at Fairfax Court House before bribing guards for escape.
June 11 report from Nadhvintx describes about 500 rebels charging the camp of the 6th Kentucky cavalry at Triune yesterday. Rebel commander shot from his horse. 34 rebels reported killed or wounded. An infant in New York was killed by a large cat that sucked its breath. Two federal soldiers were slightly wounded.
An advertisement warns against common saleratus causing disease and health harm, touts Hetrick Allen's Gold Medal Saleratus as the best, and urges purchase through druggists or wholesale traces.
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