Bristol BPhouse Saturday Morning Event
The Bristol BPhouse advertises a Saturday morning activity on September Sth, 1963. The notice notes a local gathering or event likely aimed at residents seeking community engagement.
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1863
Page
2
Financial Condition of the Worth and South
The piece compares Northern wartime wealth to Southern ruin, arguing that Northern industry and laborers grow rich while Confederate currency collapses, inflation soars, and famine looms. It cites Senator Toombs on currency devaluation, taxes neglected, and paper money as the cause, calling for foreign intervention to save the collapsing South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Toombs
Mr. Toombe
Secessia
Confederacy
Financial Treasury Departments
U.S. Treasury
Perham’s New Enterprise Aids Disabled Soldiers Fund
The article endorses Josiah Perham’s patriotic project to found a National Home for Invalid and Disabled Soldiers. It outlines funding through land subscriptions that grant four admissions to prominent mirrors in Boston or other venues per dollar, with 100,000 tickets sold triggering a substantial property prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perham
Josiah Perham
Boston
General Anderson to command Fort Adams report at Newport
Newport report in the Providence Journal states General Anderson will be put in command of Fort Adams. The public favors the appointment and hopes it proves true as Newport would feel honored having the Fort Sumter hero nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Providence Journal Caye
Anderson
Fort Adams
Fort Sumter
Water Lilly Excursion Steamer Ties East Greenwich Visit
The Water Lilly steamed from East Greenwich to a town on Saturday bringing a sizable party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilly
East Greenwich
Town Taxes Assess Real and Personal Property for 1863
The assessors estimate town real estate and personal property for 1863 at 3 388 900 dollars with 2 072 300 in real estate and 1 316 100 in personal property. The tax rate is 70 cents per 100 dollars and the total tax amounts to 23 722 300 dollars. A list of taxpayers paying 100 dollars or more includes Robert Rogers and many named estates and firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Rogers
Camp
Brunson & Sherry
William Fales
William H. Reynolds
James O'Wolf
Theodore P. Bogart
William B. D*wolf
Samuel W. Church
Sarah Herreshoff
Warren &Bristol R. R. Co
George M. Richmond
M. A. D' Wolf
Lewie Richmond
John Gardner
Charlee Fales
Jacob Babbitt
Nathaniel Bullock
James D'W. Perry
Hezekiah O. Wardwell
Byron Diman
Charles H. Dabney
Henry Wardwell
Lydia
John W. Hoar
Charles H. R. Doringh
Stillman Welch
R. Rogers & Wife
Narrow Escape from Drowning on the Wharf
Ship carpenter Thomas Grant fell eight to ten feet from a plank on the stern of the schooner flute at Rail Road Wharf. Captain Henry R. Manchester rescued him in time as he nearly drowned and was revived after water immersion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Grant
Flute
Rail Road
Henry R. Manchester
Grant
Collision Damages Nimrod After Bay Collision
The Nimrod sailboat from this town was struck by the Eva schooner on Saturday afternoon in the bay between Hope and Patience islands. Nimrod lost both masts and sustained a large hole in the hull exposing daylight to the cabin before repairs and masts were replaced and it returned to service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva
Hope
Patience
Sailboat Capsize Near Harbor Involving Three Students
Three Normal School students used a small sailboat Ellen for a pleasure sail on a Saturday in a southeast wind. The boat capsized, the students were soaked but survived, clung to the craft until help arrived, and Ellen was towed ashore and bailed out. A young man who tested the boat afterward had the same result with no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen
Steamer Montpelier Excursion To Newport
The Montpelier steamer sails from here to Newport at 9.5 this morning and returns from Newport at 4.5 this afternoon. Fare is 50 cents. Warren passengers ride the cats back from Providence at 8:08. An extra train will bring excursionists back to Warren after the steamer arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Newport
Warren
Providence
Providence dealer markets large colored U S map
Mr. S Clough of Providence advertises H J Lilayd & Co. Grant County Map of the United States first published August 1 1863. The map is beautifully colored by counties, described as the largest latest and cheapest map of the whole United States including the territories.
Boy Learns to Swim Under Mother's Caution
A boy seeks swimming lessons and promises his mother he will avoid the water. She warns that if he disobeys and drowns, she will skin him alive upon return.
Edward S Wilson Appointed Second Lieutenant
Mr Edward S Wilson of this town has received an appointment of Second Lieutenant in the new battalion of the First Massachusetts Cavalry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward S. Wilson
First
Massachusetts Cavalry
Town Council Meeting Notice
The regular monthly meeting of the Town Council and Court of Probate will be held in the Council Chamber on Monday afternoon next at 2 o clock.
Child Died of Cholera aboard Steamer Bradford
A little child died of cholera morbus on the steamer Bradford during its passage from Fall River to Providence on Friday last. The death occurred during the voyage and was recorded in the shipping manifest. No further details on the child or funeral arrangements are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Fall River
Providence
Bristol County Draft Exemptions and Reported Entries
A corrected list from the Marshal’s Office details exemption causes for Bristol County drafts including physical disability aliens non residents and others totaling 109. Separate tallies cover Warrex and Barrington with categories such as in service March 3 1863 substitutes and payments, plus notes on those yet to report and dates. Contributions from Soldiers' Friend Society and local donors are listed for August 1863, including gifts to the Sanitary Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol County
Baiston
United States Navy
Charles Reed
Warrex
Barrington
First Baptist Society
Lucius Norris
London
England
Hope Walker
Chas. Sherry Jr
John Norris
Sanitary Commission
C. M. Shepard
Morris Island Gunners Use Billiard Tactics in Fort Fire
The Morris Island correspondent reports ironclad gunners firing from the forts finding it hard to breach sand and cotton revetments. Projectiles that strike water near the beach carom into the fort like billiards, a method praised by the captain as highly effective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Island
New York Heranpenya
Death of Gen. Pemberton in Alabama shooting incident
Gen Pemberton, en route to Montgomery to face a court of inquiry on Vicksburg surrender, stops in Selma where a Texan officer accuses him of treachery. Pemberton denies the charge and tries to shoot, but the Texan fires first, mortally wounding the general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gar
Pembertonne
Montgomery
Alg
Couges
Vicksburg
Selma
Ala
Grant
Pemberton
Infant Drowns Off Steamer En Route To Martha's Vineyard
Fall River Press notes a tragedy when a father’s infant slipped from his arms into the harbor during a steamer voyage from Nantucket to a Camp Meeting at Martha's Vineyard. The boat halted and a small craft searched the water but the child was not recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Nintusket
Martha's Vineyard
Brown University Commencement Addresses and Sermon
Commencement exercises at Brown University Providence began Tuesday with an oration on Peace by George W Curtis and a poem by William Winter before the literary societies A sermon on the Society of Missionary Inquiry by Rev Theodore L Cuylor of Brooklyn New York was preached to the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown University
Providence
George W. Curtis
Wm. Winter
Society of Missionary Inquiry
Theodore L .Cuylor
Brooklyn
New York
New York Soldiers Praised For Discipline In Public
The New York papers applaud the conduct of about thirty thousand soldiers in the city. They fill streets and public places without drunkenness or disorder, without insulting citizens or causing arrears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hope for tidings from Mobile and surrender urged
Dispatch from Vickeburg to the Cincinnati Gazette reports Mobile residents anxious for surrender. Jeff Davis appeals to Mobile citizens to stand by him as news from the city is awaited in coming weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vickeburg
Cincinnati
Deaths From Sun Stroke Surpass Yellow Fever Toll
In New York, Mr. BH Merriam notes that daily sun stroke deaths during the late heat eclipsed any twenty four hour yellow fever toll in epidemics of that pestilence, underscoring extreme heat's fatal impact and public health concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BH. Merriam
New York
John B Floyd: A Treacherous Figure in History
The piece denounces John B Floyd as a traitor thief and coward born in 1805 in Montgomery County Virginia. It compares him to Benedict Arnold and Judas Iscariot, recounting alleged acts of betrayal from cabinet service to the Confederate cause and desertion at Fort Donelson, concluding with a charged Romanesque censure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dextiel Floyd
John B. Floyd
Benedict Arnold
Montgomery County
Buchanan
Judas Iscariot
Fort Donalson
Judas
Catiline
Arnold
Floyd
Pemberton
Scott
Contraband Trade in Browneville Texas
Browneville becomes a focal point for illegal trade defying the blockade and neutrality. Rebels import weapons and powder from abroad and export local goods to partly pay for arms. The Browns ville Flag notes Boston and New York as familiar sources, while groceries hides hides wool and cotton move to aid the rebel cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browneville
Texas
Brownsville
Boston
New York
New Orleans
Distressing death by own action in Warren
An inquest in Warren into Julia Locke's death reveals she committed suicide by taking strychnine at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday, after which Geo g Collins Fry reported she kissed her family and died shortly after midnight. The 47-year-old carpenter appeared sane before the act, no clear motive was found, and the jury led by Capt. Chas. R. Cutter returned a verdict consistent with the facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Geo.g
Collins
Fry
Julia Locke
Locke
Chas. R. Cutter Wis
Governor visits Camp Fremont troops on Dutch Island
Gov. Smith travels with military officials to the transfer site on Dutch Island from Camp Fremont. Troops sail aboard the Sylph while the Governor leads the American Union downstream, landing around two o clock. Major Veull selects a NW ground area with water access for quarters and bathing, as Engineer Major Hunt guides the visitors through planned government works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp
Fremont
Dutch Island
Man Declared Dead Rises in Coffin After Stroke of Lightning
Henry Myers, struck by lightning in New Orleans a week or two prior, was in an inquest and funeral rites when, in the midst of ceremonies, he sat upright in his coffin. The electric shock reportedly paused his animation for a full twenty four hours before reviving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Myers
New Orleans
Emigrant Yarnists Head to Delaware From the North
A group of yarn makers plans to move to Delaware within a month. They travel from the North to settle in the state, seeking new opportunities and community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Arming of the Slaves in Civil War Debate
A Northern skepticism notes Jeff Davis may arm 500000 slaves and grant land to gain freedom. The piece argues such an act would threaten the Confederacy by empowering enslaved people to seize estates and overturn the South. It cites Southern cruelty toward black regiments as a counterpoint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff. Davis
North
Jeff
Southern Journal
South
Lincoln Letter Praises Grant for Vicksburg Strategy
President Lincoln writes from the Executive Mansion on July 18 1863 to Major General Ulysses S Grant acknowledging his military decisions at Vicksburg. Lincoln admits past doubts about the Yazoo Pass Expedition and Port Gibson and credits Grants approach as correct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President Lincoln
Grant
Executive Mansion
Washmaton
Vicksburg
Yazoo Pass
Port Gibson
Grand Gulf
Gen. Banke
Navy Expansion Signals Stronger U S Fleet
The Navy Department plans a new fleet of iron clad vessels to be built at New York Boston Philadelphia and Portsmouth New Hampshire. Naval constructors will supervise all work as the nation plans to strengthen its defenses before the war ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
New York
Navy Yards
Boston
Philadelphia
Portsmouth
New Lampshire
United States
Fatal Railroad Accident Incurred By Curved Track
A four year old girl, Grace Munroe, died when a Groton bound train cow catcher struck her near the Olneyville curve. She and another girl had placed pins on the track to watch wheels flatten them. The other child was uninjured. The engineer saw the child too late to stop. Coroner Potter exonerated railroad officers at the inquest. The child's father, Sergeant John H. Munroe, is serving with Company F of the Third Regiment in New Haven. The family residence is 45 Pennetreet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groton
Olneyville
Grace Munroe
John H. Munroe
Co. F. Third Regiment
New Haven
No. 45
Pennetreet
Potter
A Cheap Barometer Using Alum and Alcohol
The Rural New Yorker describes a simple barometer using a glass bottle alum and spirits of wine. In clear weather the liquid remains transparent while approaching rain a flaky spiral cloud forms at the center from bottom to surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorker
Typhus Fever Strikes North Attleboro Village
A girl arrived by ship from the old country in North Attleboro and soon fell ill and died. Eight nearby residents are very sick with the same fever. One of three cases has died and additional cases are reported in the village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Herald
North Attleboro
Old Country
Portrait of Gaines Mill Sketch Sent to Brazilian Minister
The Prince de Joinville, now in Europe, sent a photographic copy of his own sketch from the Gaines Mill battle to the Brazilian Minister in Washington. The image is said to be vivid and multiple photo copies are planned from it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince de Joinville
Europe
Washington
Battle of
Gaines' Mill
Fitz John Porter
Napoleon lifts confiscation of Mexicana property in Paria
Official Paria report states Napoleon revokes Gen. Forney confiscation of Mexicana assets used in arming against French forces and ends export prohibition on specie and bullion from Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paria
Napoleon
Gen. Forney
Mexico
Lawyer Quips Judge Over Honest Image and Fees
A lawyer defends his integrity to a judge claiming he cannot serve a mean cause. His opponent retorts that the learned gentleman always charges well and takes cash down, implying greed.
Draft records show 52 men pay but one declines in Enfield Conn
In Enfield Connecticut fifty three men were drafted and fifty two paid the $300 fee. The remaining man, described as a negro, stated his resolve to go and represent the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enfield, Conn
Mixed 19th century notices and military news snippets
The item compiles diverse 19th century notes including cotton bales from Java reaching Rotterdam, hoop skirts adieu, Civil War updates on Gen Rosecrans and Butler, iron clad ships for Italy, confiscations in Washington, and various curiosities and local incidents. It blends commerce, fashion, military events, science, and odd anecdotes.
Deserters Flood Potomac Forces From Army Update
The Hezatoa dispatch reports large influx of rebel deserters into Union lines around the Potomac. An estimated 2000 men have been received and sent to Washington since retreat from Maryland. A sizable group remains in the gun house awaiting shipment to the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac Army
Army of the Potomac
Maryland
Capitol
Location of the Rebels in Virginia Defenses
Report from New York dated Sept 2 describes Gen Lee’s scattered lines from Blue Ridge to Port Royal with Ewell on the left and A P on the center along Culpepper to Orange Court road. Longstreet holds the right on the Richmond to Fredericksburg line. Cooke’s NC brigade at Fredericksburg and Jones’ cavalry returning to the Shenandoah Valley. Robinson to Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Richmond
Port Royal
New York
Rock River
Virginia Central
Ewell
A. P
Culpepper
Orange Court
Ehoua
Longstreet
Rebels in Kentucky Reported in Burksville and Jamestown
Rebels in Kentucky reported moving through Burksville and Jamestown with estimates of from fifty to six hundred insurgents. Details are sparse with no further particulars at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovinville
Hughes
Lundre
Burksville
Hamilton
Jamestown
Frankville
Rebel Prisoners Pass Through Carro En Route to Johnson's Island
Brig. Gen. Beal and several rebel officers were moved through Carro Illinois today on the way to Johnson's Island in charge of Lieut. Wright.
Confederate Cavalry Rout Near Brownsvill e and Bay Meloric
From Duvall's Blot Arkansas dated August 96 dispatches Gen Duvi son’s advance driving Marmaduke’s cavalry about 3000 strong from Brownsville. Gen Glover’s brigade pushes rebels toward Bay Meloric as deserters report Price’s forces crossed the Arkansas River Aug 29. Steele and Davidson in pursuit. Marmaduke routed and scattered with Little Rock in Federal sights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louie
Steele
Schfield
Duvall
Arkansas
Duvison
Marmaduke
Brownsville
Col. Burbridge
Glover
Bay Meloric
Pilot Knob
Burbridge
Price
Acros
Arkanens River
Davidson
Union generals push rapid maneuvers in East theater
The Cincinnati Com munician reports late dispatches from Gen Bar side's army noting extraordinary rapid movements and a likely decisive result within days. Bar side's advance reaches Knoxville Tennessee as Gen himself directs cavalry forces in the field.
French Doctor Claims Taste Vanishing Agent Mixes Bitter Medicines
A French physician, Mr Graw, asserts he can destroy the taste and odor of intense bitter medicines by mixing chloros with them in certain proportions. He claims the flavors of tida can be annihilated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graw
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