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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1866
Page
2
A Sept 1 1866 article discusses the balance of power between the presidency and Congress over Reconstruction. It argues Congress holds constitutional authority to admit states and set terms, urges the president to avoid partisan battles, and emphasizes loyalty and unity across the Union.
Our New Work Letter No 38 from New York dated August 29 1866 recounts a cholera scare to the writer who battled illness yet recovered his health. He declines early report on new steamboats due to physical weakness and promises a full description next week.
The piece reflects on an upcoming reception for President Johnson and a proposed gala day. It questions whether city militia members will endure a ten to twelve mile march under August sun, expressing pity for the worn soldiers before closing with a curt sign-off.
The National Union State Central Committee fixed eight delegates at large to the Philadelphia convention on September 3. From Providence county three more delegates were chosen, with three from each other county, including Gov. A. E. Burnside and notable civic leaders among the at large slate. Delegates by county were Providence Seth Padelford Amos C. Barstow William Grosvenor Christopher Robinson Kent Thomas A Whitman Stephen Norris James T. Edwards Washington John E. Weeden Rowland G. Hazard John J. Reynolds Newport Henry H. Fay Charles C. Van Zandt George H. Norman Bristol Allen C. Mathewson Samuel W. Church William B. Lawton.
Martua's VinEyarp Camp Meeting opened Monday evening August 20 and closed August 27 with large crowds and good order. Weather spared major disruption to preaching and at least fifty conversions were reported. The Island site has hosted annual encampments since 1835 with ongoing improvements to grounds and facilities.
The Bureau of Clinical Medicine of the American Institute of Nomeopathy prepared a circular with concise hygienic directions to prevent and avoid a cholera epidemic and domestic treatments for use when a physician is unavailable. Circulation details include availability at bookstores and homeopathic pharmacies or from Dr. J. T. Talbot in Boston with prices two dollars per hundred or five cents per copy.
A Toledo Blade report notes a man who arrived in Toledo on Wednesday from Bowling Green Kentucky after receiving an anonymous letter demanding he quit the state within three days or his life would be forfeit. He says others have received similar threats and moved north or farther south.
The Portland Relief Committee cuts rations to about five hundred daily from seven thousand two hundred at start. One hundred twenty families housed in bar racks with eighty more to enter this week. Forty four tenements on the hill, forty eight on the dump, eighty one near the glass works, fifty four near the workhouse, plus numerous private aids. Separately Secretary Ssward drafts indemnity plea over Alabama raids. England counters US losses over wartime seizures. Antwerp fire destroys assets valued between 200000 and 800000 pounds with 10000 barrels of petroleum lost.
The article notes a forthcoming monthly debt statement showing a large principal decrease. It cites Customs gold receipts for the first two months of the new fiscal year near 30 million dollars. It also describes a two part horse shoe with nailed and secured lifts, and wedge shaped cask heads for easy renewal without removing the shoe.
A compilation of short items: hauntings in Troy. Irish Fenians released on condition of leaving Ireland. Gen Sheridan’s martial law order reduced but in force for public peace. Scientific notes on electricity links Heart’s Content and Valentia Bay. Kansas governor candidates. Chatsworth beet crop. South Carolina legislature session. New York arrests sobriety stats. deaf mute convention in Hartford. emigration from North Carolina to Indiana. deaths and accidents in New York and elsewhere. slave trade in Havana. various political and legal notes including Will of Dean Richmond, Union speakers, and cholera counts in Cincinnati and St. Louis.
A Providence Press reprint shows Bris Tol income assessed under the Internal Revenue Law for 1865. It lists taxable income after deductions, with five percent tax on amounts under five thousand dollars and ten percent on amounts above that. Some entries show the full income but only the portion paid by the individual, the rest by the corporation.
Tur Clam Bare of the Y M C association reports a successful Thursday event with ample chowder and delicacies drawing about 200 attendees. Proceeds near $600 will fund the Association’s building. Also noted is the South Somerset church bake and picnic festival planned for the coming Thursday at Sherman's Grove.
A ball was given at Tow Hall on Friday evening to honor officers of the Uni States Naval Academy Practice Squadra. Governor Barnsida and other distinguished persons were present. Spink's Quadrille Ball of Providence supplied the music. Dancing began early and continued until about three o'clock Sunday morning.
The steamer Canonicus, formerly on the Fall River to Bristol and Providence run, has again been purchased in Baltimore by Col. Richard Borden and will replace the Bradford Darfee, kept as a spare boat for winter service. The Town Council and Court of Probate plan a monthly meeting Monday at two o'clock in the Council Chamber. Our thanks are due to Tile Eq of Washington DC for important documents.
The proclamation notes treaty peace among Prussia Austria Italy and Bavaria. Venetia ceded to Italy by Francis Joseph. Austria offers a new constitution to Hungary and more. A sales pitch touts Munro Taylor Gold Medal Soap as essential for clean clothes. Phalon Night Bloom Cereus praised as superior fragrance.
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