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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1862
Page
2
A long 1862 editorial defends government discretion in withholding unstable war news. It questions swift judgments on mismanagement while urging support for the Union, faith in God, and continued public resolve amid disaster rumors. It notes a Providence driven Civil War reflection and calls for hopeful action.
The New York World reports Virginia news filling the quota this week. The capital faces real danger as rebels close on Union forces. If enough men rush to the field in two weeks, Virginia’s rebel army could be destroyed and Richmond captured soon after. War committees urged to act with resolve.
The Boston Journal urges setting public school children to work making lint for Surgeon General Hammond. It suggests supplying materials and hiring superintendents to organize the effort, expecting enthusiastic participation from the pupils. Also notes brisk New York volunteer recruitment and cavalry actions at Thoroughfare Gap.
The Navy Department appointed board members including Rear-Admiral Stringham and Captains Marston and Van Brant examined Narragansett Bay to select a suitable navy yard site. They received civic hospitality at the D Wolf House and were urged to choose the local vicinity as the best location.
William J. Lawton of this town died in the Regimental Hospital Newborn NG on August 28 as a private in Company B 5th Battalion RI V from typhoid fever He was 38 or 39 years old.
The steamer Montreal landed seven hundred forty six sick and wounded soldiers at Ports mouth Grove on Wednesday. The steamer New York arrived at midnight with four hundred sixty soldiers from Washington area hospitals to make room for Jute battles wounded in Virginia. All could walk except two who were carried ashore on stretchers.
Commissioner Barton conducted exemption proceedings at Armory Hall in town on Monday and Tuesday, with Drs Clapp of Pawtucket and Bullock of Warren as examining physicians. A large attendance of people with various illnesses appeared and a fifty cent fee was charged to those who failed to obtain certificates.
The act to create uniform bounties for volunteers has passed both houses and becomes law. Three year volunteers receive 300 dollars, nine month volunteers receive 150 dollars, drafted men 100 dollars, and a drafted substitute accepted receives 150 dollars.
An advertisement touts Wilcox's Saloon on Hope Street as the place to buy excellent ice cream. The note claims the product keeps customers cool amid current public affairs and urges readers to try it, asserting satisfaction.
The town notes the well deserved promotion of Sergeant Charles A. Waldron of Co G Rhode Island Volunteers to the rank of Second Lieutenant. He has long shown prompt and diligent service and is expected to perform his new duties faithfully.
Jonathan Russell Buttock of this town was elected an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on Thursday to fill the vacancy caused by Judge Bosworth s death. The selection is praised and expected to satisfy. The 2d Regiment arrived at Alexandria from Yorktown and moved toward the action scene, at Arlington Heights Tuesday night. Gov Sprague and Gov Andrew urge the War Department to credit their states for seamen enlisted in naval service. Correction: it was Dr Clarence Melville Brownell who died in Central Africa while exploring the sources of the Nile. The Supreme Court will commence its September Term in this town on Tuesday morning.
The Brown University dinner featured four New England governors and alumni speakers praising patriotism and resolve. Honorary degrees were conferred on Atwood Bond Reservey, William Paine Sheffield, and William Read Staples, while the event highlighted dedication of Brown and its guests. Meanwhile a prize steamer Bermuda cargo inspection near Philadelphia uncovered 26 sealed boxes marked P O D containing rebel postage stamps worth about 260000 dollars, with suspicion of printing ink and materials on board.
Cincinnati papers report that all Federal forces in the costly Richmond Kentucky engagement were raw men from the last levy. They fought well while stationary but collapsed in motion and could not be reformed under their commander.
An unfinished iron bridge on Berkley street in Boston collapsed on Monday afternoon injuring several people, one girl probably fatally. The driver of a heavy team caused the fall, which happened before the structure was completed and would have cost about 40000 dollars.
The Secretary of War announced that none of the Negro regiments raised in Kansas Rhode Island Massachusetts and other states will be mustered into United States service though some local use may be possible.
The Rev Stillman Pratt editor of the Middelborough Gazette died in the town on Monday aged 58. He was a graduate of Andover Theological Seminary and a Congregational clergyman. Samuel Fessenden son of Senator Teasenden of Maine was mortally wounded at Centreville last week and died of his wounds. he served as an aid to Gen Towers.
A partial report notes Lieut Hiram B Banke of the 26th Massachusetts killed and calls him brother to Gen Banks. The War Secretary orders the release of Charles Ingersoll of Philadelphia for expressing certain sentiments. Three discharged volunteers from the 9th regiment are paid off. Gen Porter Kxarser, killed near Centreville, is identified as a Jerseyman of Irish descent who left law in 1837 to join the army. He served in the French army and Mexican war, losing an arm and earning brevetted major. A vivid correspondent recalls Pope and the famed fighter Philip Kebney the thunderbolt, famed for his one armed prowess in battle.
The Rhode Island Senate and House conferred on a uniform state bounty to volunteers in the 1862 Civil War call. The act authorizes state bonds, sets payments by status of enlistment, and allocates funds to towns for their quotas, with stipulations on excess bounties and future actions.
The session discusses an 1862 act for subsistence of drafted men substitutes and a uniform bounty. A constitutional amendment to allow aliens to vote is proposed, and Jonathan R. Bullock is elected Associate Justice. The House and Senate concur on measures punishing false disability certificates for military service.
A New Orleans Delta writer declares Yankee forces routed 5000 Southern troops led by Breckinridge. The piece contrasts Northern bravery with Southern belief in victory, noting disbelief south of Mobile and Richmond. Also reports on wartime drafts and a failed African colonization plan in Central America.
Tribune report describes evacuation of Centreville as Union troops withdrew toward Fairfax Court House amid Confederate pressure. Reno's division and Stevens' brigade formed and charged through woods, Stevens killed, heavy losses for rebels, batteries opened. Further items note Baton Rouge destruction, Breckinridge's forces, and private guerilla case. military preparations in Washington.
Fragmentary Washington diary note warns governors not to delay. emergency action judged critical. The text hints that a one day postponement could be fatal and stresses urgent decision.
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