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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1863
Page
2
The piece extols the enormity of Civil War forces and praises Northern volunteers fighting for unity. It laments treachery, urges steadfast loyalty, and calls voters to support the Union at the polls next Wednesday against what it terms treason and divided public opinion.
A Civil War era call to Bristol County voters urges support for the Republican Union ticket. The article appeals to patriotism, warns against false peace, and stresses duties to vote in the April 1863 election to elect Smith Pudelford and Jenckes, urging concerted political effort over three remaining working days.
A Burton-Hxnaip correspondent from the blockading fleet off Charleston dated March 16 reports a mutiny at Fort Sumter during the night of the 12th. Forts Moultrie and Sumter exchanged fire, about 1 to 2 hundred shells were fired, and a white flag appeared from Fort Moultrie. A captain’s son on a stockading vessel corroborates the event, and later deserters claim Beauregard ordered the mutineers shot without trial.
Acting Master’s Mate Richmond Dag of this town was badly injured when a hawser parted. The rope struck his leg, breaking it just below the knee. He was taken to Brooklyn Hospital for treatment.
A Commercial Bank directors purchased a new life safe weeks ago built with four thick metal plates two hardened steel and two builder plate. A few days since they attached four large bolts via an ingenious fastening mechanism to the monitor. Cashier M Burgers noted the upgrade. The safe is considered very secure.
The Providence Conference opened yesterday with Bishop Janas presiding. Candidates for ordination were examined Thursday at Warren, and preaching in the evening was by Ray Totnend.
The demand for the damand stallanions hops is somewhat abated during the week while the price rate shows a downward tendency. About 3,000 bushels have been shipped chiefly to New York and Boston markets. Carrot demand remains brisk at 26 1/2 cents per bushel with beets and turnips in good demand at fair prices. The stock on hand is nearly exhausted.
First Lieutenant Joseph Manchester left Thursday morning to join the 7th Regiment. Sergeant Benjamin F. Miller of Company C, 7th Rhode Island, departed Portsmouth Grove Hospital to proceed to his regiment last Wednesday.
Mr Reuben Curtin of Harlow's barrel manufactory was striking hoops when a dropped adze tore a gash two meters long across his foot. He received immediate medical attention and his condition was reported as serious.
Reverend M Upham announces a church service in State St Methodist Episcopal Church tomorrow Sunday at the usual hours. The previous notice for Sunday is countermanded.
A brief notice advertising Volume 1 numbers 4 and 6 of The Monthly Choir and Organ Spurned A neat little journal of 16 pages with eight pages of music published by John Zandel New York at one dollar per year The music is valued at twice the subscription price
The steamer Daniel Wooster arrived at Portsmouth Grove on Tuesday bearing 275 sick and wounded soldiers. Private Gardner Easters Brooks Jr of Co B 12th Regiment, from this town, was among them.
Our thanks are due to N Til ley Beq of Washington D C for an important public document.
The county newspaper publishes the Democratic and Constitutional Union nominations. Governor candidate is William C. Cozzens of Newport. Lieutenant Governor candidate Henry Butler of Warwick. Secretary of State candidate John R. Bartlett of Providence. Attorney General candidate Walter S. Burges.
The Bristol column praises Mr. Trott for his courteous service and skill in photography. It notes initial difficulties, his improved reputation, and patronage of locals. It mentions his large camera and plans to repaint and adorn the gallery on State Street.
A March letter from U J Fales, exg., aboard the schooner Larkin led by Captain Johns son, notes a heavy gale after departure, rough weather three days out, and a deck heavy loss. The Larkin left the harbor in late February and took eighteen days to reach Cuba, with all hands reported well.
Central Falls workers in thread manufacturing seek to reduce daily hours from twelve to eleven. The move aims to shorten the standard shift while maintaining production.
The first herring have shown up, bringing excitement to Taunton as residents celebrate the seasonal catch and its arrival in the harbor.
A brief report notes that the revival in Fall River remains prevalent with continued strong public interest and participation.
Our Indy readers are told Mrs B T Munroe has taken the store on Hope Street opposite Mr T My Paine's. The shop features ribbons and flowers and a bonnet in the latest spring style, advertised for quick sale.
A note advertising a first rate stove polish offered for purchase at Wm. R. Taylor's store located on Thames Street. The message emphasizes quality and suitability for shining stoves.
The weekly internal revenue receipts for the week ending March 21 totaled 962 141 04 dollars, averaging 160 356 86 dollars per day. A humorous line asks what is taken before you receive it and answers your portrait.
Letters from Josiah Deem and ex-Governor Hoppiing praise John Van Buren for his speeches and loyalty. Ex-Assistant Postmaster General Harwin King argues that pacifist calls threaten national unity and urges continued suppression of the rebellion.
Philadelphia and New York branches of a new styled KGC society pose three questions to joining candidates. They ask support for Lincoln’s abdication by force, a Northwestern Confederacy, and resisting conscription, with a vow to follow all three before joining. The byline notes the group claims peace within Constitution limits as interpreted by the Supreme Court.
Major General E V Sumner died in Syracuse New York on Saturday from congestion of the lungs after a brief illness He had long served with the Army of the Potomac and was appointed to command the Missouri Department Sumner a Boston native entered the army in 1819 served in the Indian War Mexico where he was brevetted Lieutenant Colonel He was military Governor of New Mexico and commanded in Kansas later leading the Department of the West and California assignments during the Civil War.
Professor Rogers says commercial petroleum comes from distillation of bituminous coal via subterranean heat that transforms coal into anthracite and distills rock oil into underground reservoirs. He contrasts his views on petroleum origins with those of Pre fextur Riera and other geologists.
Sick and wounded soldiers who have been ill for three months or more and are unfit for transport will be moved. By order of Surgeon General Hammond a letter to Medical Director Abbott directs transfers in detachments of over fifty with officers in charge and care for welfare during transit.
In Warrenton Missouri soldiers denounce Northern peace moves and propose a cartel: exchange a copperhead for a Union conscript until the Union gains victory and copperheads regain standing with the Southern Confederacy.
New law effective July 1 imposes five cent postage for weekly newspapers under four ounces. Rates escalate by issue frequency and duration of prepaid notices. Magazines issued less than weekly pay one cent for four issues to regular subscribers. Publishers may deliver within their county free.
The Phenix Iron Foundry site on Elm and Eddy streets plus two adjacent lots sold for 40 000. Albert Dalyley Esq is the purchaser. Proj Jour remarks this long standing property tied to Laley's Wharf history over three quarters of a century.
An old English nobleman and his young wife were involved in a divorce matter. The judge warned against the harmful effects of marriages contracted between Aly and December. A letter from a Scottish antiquities society secretary seeks the figures on such marriages for a paper to be read before the society.
The New London Chronicle reviews letters from Union soldiers claiming duty and honesty amid doubts about motives for enlisting. It argues most enlisted from patriotism, not gold, and ridicules claims of corruption by bounties and shortcuts, praising enduring valor and reverence for truth.
A newly built English telescope features a four foot diameter mirror and a weight of one and a half tons. The vertical observing box rises thirty to forty feet with a cage like mechanism housing the wheeler. The mount combines azimuth ring motion with a vertical telescope tower to aim and protect the tube.
General Rousseau urged unity in Lancaster Pennsylvania during the Civil War era. He stated his creed supports government and opposes its enemies, urging soldiers and citizens to unite behind the country. He praised the Army of the Cumberland and its officers and men for their shared purpose.
The piece argues that only two political sides exist over the war issue in the United States—the friends of the country and the copperheads. It warns that any who oppose the administration risk being aligned with copperheads and treated as enemies to the nation.
James Degnan a tall tan's Block resident on Dorrance Street brutally attacked his wife Margaret on Wednesday evening. He kicked her threw her downstairs and stomped on her until she died moments later. Coroner Potier arranged an inquest though not yet held as residents refuse to discuss details. Degnan a coal dumper for the Providence and Worcester Railroad, described as about forty, five feet ten inches, blind in one eye, has prior assault charges. The couple were Irish parents of several children.
The Dead Letter Office reports an estimated loss of 80,000 dollars for the year, about 30,000 above average. The rise is attributed to large sums sent home by caldiers, and the bureau has added 25 to 30 clerks to handle the increase.
The daily output of nickel at the United States mint is maintained with full machinery and runs at about five million Pi per month, a rate kept up for nearly a year.
Timothy O Mera allegedly murdered his wife Munday in New York before their children, slitting her throat from ear to ear with a razor. He is described as a deserter from the 37th regiment and was immediately arrested.
A Brxnxy correspondent reports the signal station of rebels six miles from Pere Hud son captured on the 10th by 30 picked men under Captain Tremain and Lieut Wardwell of the 36th Massachusetts. The operation disrupts rebel signaling on the river and a 4th negro regiment is forming as whites are enlisted. Cairo dispatch notes Union forces moving toward Yazoo and Burnside taking command in the department.
New York reports the 9th Army carving a parade through Baltimore and joining Burnside's force. Cincinnati dispatches say Yazoo expedition stalled, Chillicothe briefly disabled by gunfire, Battery Wilson dismounted, guns returned to DeKalb. Guerillas threaten boats on the Yazoo and Tallahatchie. gunboat Lafayette seen on Yazoo beyond Haines's Bluff. Continuous dispatches promise stirring news.
Memphis dispatch notes Farragut’s fleet recaptured Indianola at Hard Times Bend with little resistance and that the Mississippi has been burned to the waterline. It also reports Banks failing a land attack and Burnside reorganizing command in the Department of the Ohio under Gen Carington.
About eleven Ohio volunteers aged eighteen were sent by General Mitchell on a secret mission to damage railroads in Georgia but were captured. Six arrived in Washington Monday after Fortress Monroe transfer. others escaped. They received medals from Secretary of War Holt and $100 each plus arrears and a sum equal to what rebels took. Governors and officers discussed promotion. later they met the President at the Executive Mansion.
Washington dispatches report rebel sympathizers say leaders plan to muster all available troops at Chattanooga and face death rather than surrender. A Danish princess reportedly rejects finery and aims to change courtly fashion. An explosion by D E Crary at Spring Street boiler plant killed two, seriously wounding two others.
A Pine tree shilling dated 1652 was uncovered while digging on the River side farm in Barrington. It is well preserved, and a claim notes the date 1652. The article also mentions a New Orleans public display and quotes Rev Mr Shine, Iowa House chaplain, invoking prayers for currency, water, and religion.
Passed at the January Session A. D. 1863. An act provides for paying interest on state bonds. It imposes a ten cent tax on every hundred dollars of real and personal property valuation, to be collected and paid to the General Treasurer by January first each year, with towns that do not report full cash value paying a proportionate share.
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