One Term as Presidency Policy Debate
The Bristol Phenix argues against fixed one term policies and defends re election. It praises President Lincoln's qualifications and urges citizens to judge by merit, not tenure, asserting a capable leader may deserve eight years to finish essential work. It warns against electing based on mere popularity.
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Septariter
Spee Party
Tay Party
Iat
Éarlacuse
Parti Ofi
Haa
Abraham Lincoln
Glonn
Tyro
Decagee
Fornooth
Lincoln
The Lady's Friend Jane number features fashion plates and tales
The Lady's Friend opens with a steel engraving The Young Brood and a large colored fashion plate with wood engravings of fashions and needlework. It includes Ancu zhy rok Laptzs and stories such as Marriage of Convenience The Heires of Nettlethorpe Mabel's Mission Shadow and Sunshine Margaret's Cross Richard Griham's Love The Transformed Village and more. Published by Deacon and Peterson Philadelphia price two dollars per year twenty cents per issue.
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Jane
Ajlong
Deacon & Peterson
Sereet
Philadelphia
Fight with the rebel ram Albermarle and the Sassacus
A Bristol correspondent recalls the 1864 engagement near Roanoke Island aboard the U S S Sassacus and U S S Wyalusing with the Confederate ram Albermarle. Captain George Waldron of Bristol records a fierce exchange, detailing hits to the ram and a boiler shot that wounded no sailors aboard, and notes prize capture and fleet actions as the ram fled up the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Waldron
Bristol
Joseph Waldron
Charleston
D. C
U.S
U. S
Roanoke Island
John Adams
U. S. S. Sassacus
Creton Sound
Southfield
Bombshell
Plymouth
N.C
Commodore Smith
Daconah
Syreacus
Juan Apaws
Death of Isaac H. Wonr in Civil War voyage
Letter from Sergeant William Chaze of Company D 3d Kentucky Cavalry dated April 23 1861 reports Isaac H Wonr died of typhoid fever aboard the steamer William L Ewing near Alexandria after a march with his company from Grand Ecore. He died on April 22 on the way to Baton Rouge. The missive notes his good conduct and that he was buried near Alexandria with a guard of honor. The writer expresses condolences and prayers for the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hoar
Wm Chaze
Co. D
Wm. L Ewing
Alexandria
Isaac
Grand Ecore
Baton Rouge
Red River
Tanao
Our Daily Fare to Publish for Great Central Fair
A newspaper named Our Daily Fare will be issued for two weeks during the Great Central Fair in Philadelphia. It will feature a full history of the fair, current events, sale goods lists, war anecdotes, and writings from notable figures, with prose and verse, plus autobiographic letters and historic documents. Subscriptions are one dollar for twelve issues.
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Sanitary Commission
Philadelphia
America
Washington
Franklin
Jefferson
Lafayette
William Penn
Swollet
the Pornix
Foppish Fellow Advises Against Marrying Poor Girl
A foppish man counsels his friend to avoid marrying a poor girl, warning that matrimony would be uphill work. The friend replies he would rather go uphill than downhill anytime.
Emigration Boom Drives Early Passage Arrangements
The article notes a surge of European emigrants leaving for the United States, forcing travelers to secure ship passages well in advance of their sailing dates. It highlights the strong demand and planning required as people prepare to depart during a period of high migration.
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Europe
Donations to the Christian Commission Listed by Town
The town lists donations to the Christian Commission raised by Ed ward 8. Babbitt units include Charles Sherry Jr with 100 dollars and many others from operatives at Reynold's Mill Bristol Steam Mill and Sugar Refinery. A second section reports killed wounded and missing from Company G 24 B 1. Regiment, naming Ludwig Eblert Henry Marland James E. Lewis and others with specifics of injuries and statuses.
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the Christian Commission
Christan Commission
Edward
Babbitt, Esq
Charles Sherry, Jr
Reynold's Mill
Bristol
A.T
T. J. Usher
O. H. B. Doringh
Edward 8. Babbitt
M. A. D'W Howe
Samuel W. Charoh
Philip B. Bourn
Obadiah B. Devol
William R. Taylor
John Norris
A. Sidney D. Wolf
William J. Miller
Jacob Babbitt
John B. Manro
Walter C. Barclay
Jamce BE. Chace
John Latrless
George H. Farrington
Stephen T. Church
Joshua Kendall
Elisha Athaway
Lydia [Athaway
Mrs
Micah J. Talbot
E. Rich
B. 1
Ludwig Eblert
Henry Marland
James E. Lewis
Frank Keating
Darius M. Thurber
J. G. Beveridge
Frank Halliday
Edward Lowder
George C. Cole
Charles A. Haile
George S. Ingraham
Leonard P. West
George H. Maxfield
R.I
John B. Sweet
Williamsborg
Court Proceedings and War News From Bristol County
The Court of Common Pleas met in town with arraignments and various rulings. Hayden pled guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon and was jailed for twenty days plus costs. The Cornnell case was not pursued. The docket included defaults and civil actions. War and naval notes report captures, fleet strengths, and public debt, with political commentary and miscellany on cotton, sugar, and counterfeit currency.
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Court of Common Pleas
John Hayden
James Tanner
Bristol County
Edward Cornell
Francis Culwell, Jr
Bny
Bristol
Richard Duries
Bradford Durfee
J. M. Blake
Johbn Turner
W H Potter
Beriah A. Brownell
William Caton
Gough Lectures in Town Hall on Tuesday Evening
John B. Gough the noted orator will lecture Tuesday evening under the Young Men's Christian Association. Topic Peculiar People. Those who heard him before will attend again, and the hall is expected to be filled. His prior town talk was at the old Congregational Church about twenty years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Gough
Young Men's Christian Association
Will
Couras
Old Congregational Church
Hope and
Bradford Streets
Wounded Lieutenant Waldron Returns on Furlough
Personal note reports Lieutenant Charles A. Waldron of Co B Second Rhode Island Regiment severely wounded in the left shoulder arriving home on a thirty day furlough. It also states Bristolian Richard Elliott Macartney, living in New York, will become confidential secretary to E P Beach Bey of the Grand Trunk Railroad, at 279 Broadway, a promising appointment.
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Charles A. Waldron
Co. B
R. I
Richard Elliott Macartney
City of
New York
E. P. Beach Bey
Grand Trunk Railroad of Canada
Broadway
Ladies' Soldiers Friend Society Workroom
The Ladies' Soldiers Friend Society maintains a distribution compartment in the north middle room of the building occupied by the Young Man's Christian Association for their work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Soldiers Friend Society
Young Man’s Christian Association
Rebels and Colored Troops in Florida Prisoner Letters
Col Shaw and his colored regiment in Florida report courteous correspondence from rebel officers about Union prisoners captured at Olustee. Rebels provided a list of prisoners names wounded areas and current locations in a polite letter.
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Col. Shaw
Florida
Olustee
Civil War Dispatches From Washington May 15 17 1864
War Department dispatches recount Grant Sherman and Butler operations with no decisive engagements yet. Dix Stanton and Sigel report reinforcements, tactical shifts, and Union gains at Resaca Petersburg and New Market while Bragg Davis and Johnston are engaged and Confederate losses mount.
Dispatch from War Department on Civil War mobilization
May 18 11 15 A M to Maj Gen John A Diz in New York reports no new operations since last dispatch. Grant says roads improved and large reinforcements arrived and plans to move against the enemy at once. Government intends to keep national forces until the rebellion ends with a July enrollment completion and a draft to fill gaps when hundred days men depart. No order issued yet. signed Eowin M Stanton
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Warmoron
John A. Diz
New York
Grant
Eowin M. Stanton
Secretary of War
Destruction of Railroad and Reports from Kanawha District
May 18 1864 dispatches state no word from Grant Butler or Sherman. Kanawha reports confirm New River bridge and seven miles of railroad track destroyed by Gen. Chooke. He fought three battles with Gen. Sam Jones and A. G. Jenkins and defeated them with rebel losses around 600 killed.
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Waguinaron
Diz
Grant
Butler
Sherman
Kanawhs
New River
Chooke
Sam. Jones
A. G. Jenkins
Prisoners and wounded move as Union pushes forward
Reported by the War Department Maj Gen Diz and Gen Grant show no new operations today. Dispatches from Kingston Ga describe Sherman’s forces approaching Johnston with both sides in view near Kingston. News of 300 prisoners and high casualties accompanies reinforcements arriving to support Washington and Belle Plain detachments.
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Jenkins
Banda
Frederickaburg
Washington
Belle Plain
Army of the Potomac
Bowin
M. Shntoy
Diz
Grant
Butler
Sherman
Kingston
Ingaton
Johnston
David
Rome
E M. Sranzok
Gen Crooks Fights Three Battles Near Newbern
General Crooks engages three combats near Newbern as Gen Morgan and allies attack. Union forces claim a decisive advantage with 600 enemy killed or wounded and 800 captured. Gen Jenkins mortally wounded. Union losses reported at 460. A railroad bridge over the New River at Newbern and miles of track destroyed. Crooks was at Newbern on the 13th.
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Cincinnati
Arersa
Gaule
Crooks
New River
Newbern
Gen. Crooks
Price retreats toward Camden after Saline River clash
Dispatches from Little Rock to the 10th say Price is withdrawing toward Camden as 2000 Rebels clash with Steele on the Saline River. Casualties include Gene Scurry Randall and Gen Wall of Texas is badly wounded. Guerrillas seized several auction traders and robbed them of valuables. No forage reported in the region.
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Arkansas
Cairo
Little Rock
Price
Camden
Steele
Saline River
Gene Scurry
Randall
Wall
Texas
Washita
Steamer Thomas Collyer Arrives with Dispatches to Gen Butler
The steamer Thomas Collyer arrived from Newbern with Chief Quartermaster Wehater aboard delivering dispatches to General Butler. Reports indicate everything quiet at Newbern.
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Monroy
Thomas Collyer
Newbern
Quartermiaster Wehater
Butler
Revela Demonstrations Near Clinton Reported
Advices from Port Hudson dated May 7 describe the reveals making noticeable demonstrations in the vicinity and a fluctuating report that they are intrenched in strong positions at and near Clinton.
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New York
Port Hudson
Clinton
Forged Presidential Proclamation Denied by State Secretary
Washington May 18 1864 State Secretary Wau Hi Sgwarp announces a forged document claiming to be a presidential proclamation dated May 17 1864. He denies any such proclamation or any authentic proposal by the President or the State Department.
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Washrngton
Associated Press
Secretary of State
New York
State Department
Wau Hi
Sgwarp
Campaign Against the Indians Reported to Begin
St Paul correspondent reports Gen Sully prepares to march with mounted infantry cavalry and a battery under Col Thomas. They will combine at a Missouri point and move against the Indians in a renewed campaign.
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St. Paul
Chicago
Skedaddlers Sent Back to Army by Belle Plain
The Alexandria Virginia Journal reports that on May 16: 15 officers and 300 men, skedaddlers from Gen Grant's army, were sent to Belle Plain to be returned to their regiments. Officers were marched at the rear and some handcuffed together as a corrective example.
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Wasuin
Alexandria
Jovenay
Grant
Belle Plain
The Mattapony River Splits Into Four Branches
The Mattapony river below Spottsylvania county divides into four branches named Mee Ta Po and Ny corresponding to sections of the main stream. They join to form Mat-ta-pu-ny pronounced with the accent on the last syllable, sounding like i.
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Mattapony
Spottsylvania County
General Kautz Known for Morgan Capture and Civil War Role
General August W. Kautz, leader of the expedition against the Richmond and Weldon Railroad, is an Ohio native and West Point graduate. Though less known in the East, Western soldiers remember him for capturing John Morgan.
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August W. Kacts
Richmond and Weldon
Ohio
West Point
East
John Morgan
Beecher and Chapin Endorse Troches for Hoarseness Relief
Prominent figures Rev Henry Ward Beecher Rev Daniel Wese and Rev E H Chapin praise Brown s Bronchial Troches for calming hoarseness, with Prof Edward North and Dr G F Bigelow recommending them for speakers and public use. The endorsements frame the troches as a staff of life for voice relief.
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Brown
Henry Ward Beecher
Daniel Wese
New York
Edward North
Hamilton College
Clinton
N. Y
G. F. Bigelow
Boston
E. H. Chapin
Why a Sheet of Stamps Mirrors Distant Kinship
A light pun notes stamps are slightly connected like distant relatives, drawing a playful comparison between postage sheets and family ties.
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