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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1863
Page
2
Fragmentary line from the Bristol Phenix quoting Webster on liberty institutions and the purchase of our country. Reads this every land this glorious Liberty these dear purchase of our Ysther s to enjoy to preserve are to transmit.
A fierce editorial condemns copperheads and foreign sympathizers who threaten Union cause. It contrasts treason’s image in British policy with American loyalty, calling out opponents of emancipation, the draft, and Union generals while praising Lincoln and Chase and warning against aiding the enemy.
Chattanooga sits 151 miles from Nashville 432 from Savannah 457 from Charleston and 610 from Washington on the Tennessee river’s left bank. It lies at the north end of the Western and Atlantic Railroad the eastern end of the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad and along the Memphia and Charleston Railroad.
The piece quotes Richmond Desparen praising the capture of East Tennessee as the heaviest blow of the war. It likens the event to a historic Swiss escape and calls Rosecrans’ campaign the most astounding conquest, even comparing it to Charles VIII’s Italian advance. It notes losses among Major and Brigadier General ranks in Georgia battles and comments that secession is a disease seeking its own remedy.
Citizens of Providence and neighboring towns push for a Rhode Island State Hospital to treat the sick and disabled near home. Initial goal was 250000 dollars, with over 200000 raised in two months and Providence offering site grounds on Pantucket Avenue. Samuel W. Church and Col. Charles Sherry Jr. named to collect subscriptions.
New York correspondent reports concentration of Russian ships in New York Harbor. An officer on the flagship says the ships are not for war or secret treaties, but to winter away from the Baltic and keep them in friendly American waters for quick access if needed. The czar shows a desire to curry favor and foster better relations with the United States.
Joseph Kony Exsq MA of Trinity College Cambridge argues the English poor are more pauperized numerous and irreligious and worse educated than those in most European nations except Russia Turkey South Italy Portugal and Spain.
A letter arrived Wednesday addressed to Mr Postmaster with a Rhode Island routing instruction. The note mentions Bristol and a small man in care of an unnamed person and asks for quick delivery to a sister identified as Mies A B. The fragment hints at postal confusion or a riddle.
In line with a Judge Advocate General opinion, the Governor orders militia commands to meet for drill twenty six times annually on officer designated days. They may assess fifty cents for each absence.
Rev S F Upham will give the annual sermon for the Bristol Female Charitable Society tomorrow evening at 7 o clock in the State Street Methodist Episcopal Church. A collection will be taken to aid the Society. Managers request payment for one half of the body pews in the centre of the church to be reserved for gentlemen.
Japanese forces claim they defended the English fleet from an attack. The report emphasizes their strategic position and ARM units involved, noting defensive success and ongoing tensions as naval actions continue in the region.
A Ladies' Soldiers' Friend Association in town plans a series of lectures at Town Hall to fund hospital supplies for wounded soldiers. Two speakers are engaged Rev M A DeW Wowe of Philadelphia and Rev Charles Tiffany of Derby Conn. The first lecture is set for October 14 and the group hopes for eight lecturers this winter.
The foot race between J L oye of this town and T Shurtleff of Fall River took place Tuesday at Willow Walk on the Poppagquash road. Heats covered ten rods then 15 rods for the final. Start times and intermissions noted with Starr winning the first and third heats by about three feet each while Shurtleff led Harr on the second. A large crowd attended despite a reported pocket-handkerchief theft from our reporter’s pocket.
Mr C. Luther announces a Saturday evening concert at Town Hall to aid a disabled soldier. Master Young the drummer and Judy the singer from Providence volunteer their talents, and the soldier will express thanks at the close of the show.
Mr. E Barton of Providence has finished fresco painting on walls and ceiling of Mason's Hall belonging to St. Alban's Lodge. Emblems statuary and landscape scenes are rendered in fine style. Improvements to the hall will be completed in two or three weeks and the hall will compare favorably with any similar space in the state used for Masonic purposes.
Benjamin Franklin Tilley son of Benjamin Tilley Esquire of this town passed an examination before the Naval Academy Examining Board at Newport last week and entered the academy on Saturday. This is believed to be the town’s first appointment to the Naval Academy.
The wife of Gen. Rosecrans visited her brother Mr. Wm Hegeman at Llewellyn Park New Jersey. Residents presented her with a flower stand and aquarium on Monday evening. Theodore Tilton gave an address and Mr Hegeman spoke for Mrs Rosecrans. The body of Moses Anthony drowned when the schooner Nimrod swamped on the night of the 18th.
The regular monthly meeting of the Town Council and Court of Probate will be held at the Council Chamber on Tuesday afternoon next at two o'clock. Dr Chapin gave a lecture on education at Barrington on Sunday evening praised as valuable and broadly applicable. The Bristol County Agricultural Society’s Annual Exhibition is set for Taunton on the 6th to 8th of this month.
A town meeting at Town Hall on Monday will allow citizens to vote on adopting or rejecting an amendment. The proposal would grant all aliens who enlist, are honorably discharged, or later become naturalized citizens the right to vote in all elections on the same terms as natives. Polls open at 10 a.m. and close at p.m.
A. G. Inn is sues Wm. Ross & Co. for damages after a disputed embezzlement charge. The Chicago jury finally awards Inn $10,000 after two remanded trials. appeal bonds totaling $12,000 have been posted. The case centers on Inn’s repayment plan from his own funds and the firm’s treatment.
A Yankee prisoner Myram Little of the 6th Pennsylvania escaped Belle Isle by river swim on the night of the 6th. On the 16th he was captured by rebel pickets near Busher's dam and handed to Obadiah Gordon of Robbins Cavalry to be taken to Richmond. Little outmaneuvered Gordon near Richmond, seized his horse and weapon, and forced Gordon to yield, escaping into the night.
The Newport community reports considerable illness in a typically healthy city with several funerals last Sunday, including three for children. The editor notes improving conditions as autumn cools and Indian Summer weather returns, hoping for renewed health as summer fades.
Rev Frederick Gibson rector of the Episcopal church and Chestnut Will Academy principal is arrested by order of Major General Schehek on charges of disloyalty. A letter from Mr Julineon about sending a son to his school led to the claim he refused admission due to Union sympathies. He remains confined in a military prison awaiting orders.
A Richmond Examixer article argues whiskey contains about 30 percent alcohol and water, coloring, and other materials. It warns of an old yellow taste from animal flehm and says consuming such liquor causes erysipelas and other fatal illnesses.
William Winsor jumped into the Curve around 10 am Monday and died after rescue. He had been tending the Park grounds and was thought to suffer from dissipation. The Coroner ruled no inquest necessary. Prov. Journal
Instructions describe drying apples on flour for three weeks then packing in fayers with dry straw between. Each apple is rubbed with a dry cloth before storage. Keep in a cool place and covered with straw to prevent frost. Apples should be gathered on a dry day and can also be stored in dry sand.
About two million dollars in postal currency has been withdrawn from circulation. The Treasury Department intended to issue the new fractional currency this Friday, but much of it was condemned upon inspection and destroyed, delaying the rollout indefinitely according to the Providence Press.
A report notes 1862 output of about 14000 works in Germany, 11000 in France, and 4800 in England. The London Reader cites Britain’s small share due to absence of pamphlets and mediocre romances common in France.
Twenty nine rebel sympathizers in St Louis have been sent south to be transferred beyond the rebel lines.
In a British journal discussion Historicus argues the government must stop contraventions by Confederate agents. He urges clear enforcement against arming ships in Britain and insists Britain must prosecute evasions, stressing duties under international law and preventing violations by its own government or complicity.
Guerrillas tried to seize the United States revenue steamer Hercules in the Great Wicomico river. Captain Baker reported the attack began at dawn with rifle fire and a bow gun, about seventy assailants. the crew repelled them in a twenty minute fight with one hundred shots fired, four striking the hull.
Bishop Hopkins of Vermont produced a pro slavery letter circulated by the Pennsylvania Democratic Convention. Bishop Potter and about eighty Episcopal clergy in Pennsylvania protested the views of Bishop Clapins. Signers included Dr. Goodwin former Trinity College president Dr. M A D W Howe and Rev J De W Perry. They condemn the letter as defending slavery and supporting rebel states and tyranny.
An old recipe describes making a cough syrup from wort slippery elm licorice fluxed herbs and molasses. Simmered in water strained and bottled, it claims to ease lung coughs, soothe irritation, and even subdue consumption with a tablespoonful doses.
The Assistant Provost Marshal in Jefferson City Missouri was robbed of 3000 dollars. A day later he recovered 1500 in a clever ruse. Bills posted in the streets urged the thief to return specific notes and keep the rest without questions. An anonymous envelope later delivered the two notes.
A Tiverton farmer reported a field of about 20 bushels of potatoes dug up and carried off in the middle of the night last Saturday. The note warns rural readers to watch maturing crops or risk losing them, marking a new line in thefts.
Mr. C W Whitney designer and builder of the Keokuk has joined with Johnson & Higgins to raise the vessel sunk off Morrissland. A government contract authorizes immediate work to salvage the vessel.
The column recaps preserved corn methods with brine, rebel casualty notes about Generals Johnson and Hood, blockade runners, Holstein potato cure, pirate jail escapes, census age tallies for Britain and Ireland, enrollment act cash for bounties, Berne newspaper on US causes, Port au Prince claims, Chinese sugar cane note, Naval Academy appointment, Long Island bank thefts, Tabernacles holidays, Mormons in Poughkeepsie, Maine Central embezzlement, diphtheria saltpetre cure, Mexico’s emperor rumor, Florida crew in England, Halleck lineage, Gilmore's projectiles, Montreal sugar imports, deserter reward increase, currency counterfeits, Brigham Young temple, France wine land, Culpeper whiskey price, Mobile bread riot.
Dispatches from Washington quote Gen. Rosecrans headquarters that he remains secure in a natural stronghold and that the enemy has made no assaults since the 21st. Quartermaster General Meigs, visiting Chattanooga, says the defenses are impregnable and there is no movement toward that area.
Deserters describe a large rebel force departing toward the south. Escapees from Belle Isle reach Williamsburg to report marching troops through Richmond bound southward under Union command at an advance post on the Peninsulas.
Richmond Examiner reports after two failed recaptures Chattanooga remains in enemy hands with reinforced works. Northern Virginia faces a critical situation as Confederate forces near Culpeper and Ripitan line prepare for a general attack. Deserter spy Spencer Kellogg was hanged at Camp Leo yesterday.
A Morris Island informant reports seven soldiers desertered from Fort Moultrie after a magazine explosion. They sailed away aboard a fine yacht while officers ashore, then reached the American camp, while shells ceased temporarily.
The Morris Island letter from Charleston reports two or three divisions of Lee s army arrived in Charleston. Davis guard s force grows to 25 000 or 30 000 men and Bonne s division is known to be with them. On the 24th a heavy rifled gun fired on Fort Jumson with notable effect.
From the Potomac Army headquarters dated September 29 The lines have been quiet since Thursday and no immediate movement is indicated unless the enemy acts first for which our forces are fully prepared.
Major General Hooker arrived at the camp last night. An official dispatch from Major General Rosecrans dated yesterday reports the situation unchanged with the army holding a strong defensive position and rebel forces not attempting to dislodge.
From St Louis dated September 29 reports Rebel forces under Cuffed and Hunter with about 1 000 men at Cowekin Prairie while Kirby Smith with 25 000 rebels is at Arkadelphia. Gen Cabell brings Texas troops and Arkansas conscripts. A Arkadelphia powder mill with over 100 000 kegs exploded on the 16th. Discontent reportedly strong with Kirby Smith and Cobell praised as the best man in the state.
Washiooton dispatch notes increased trade after blockade raise at Alexandria. Moseby and his guerrilla band were spotted about half a mile from a detached camp of the 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry near Centreville. He shows no fear of capture and easily penetrates our lines. Last Thursday he captured two mule teams near Springfield Station. Authorities may permit army trains to move without escort.
New York report states General Halleck possesses extensive dispatches from General Rosecrans that are highly satisfactory but not for public release. It notes the enemy made no cavalry movements for several days.
Report notes 95 crew members of the pirate Florida deserted at Brest after asking for higher pay and receiving discharge notes alleging confederate agents in Liverpool. Claims dismissed.
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