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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 10, 1863

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A Handsome Rebuke at Portland Speech Sparks Political Debate

The speech by John L. Hancock of the Chicago Board of Trade on Portland excursion day prompts clear rebuke from City Comptroller S. S. Khayes. Khayes denounces projecting party politics in a social trip and defends the Union, while noting Hancock’s remarks crossed into partisan territory. Financial markets update with mixed activity on government stocks, rail bonds, and money markets, amid broader stock and commodity trends.

Eastport Calais St. John N. B New England E. Firwp Boston New Brunswick E. B. Wixchester Portland East Port St. Jonn Boston and Maine and Eastern Shediac Westmoreland Bedeque Charlottetown Pictou N.S Emperor Windsor Halifax N. S Fredericton Machias QUEEN St. Andrews N. B. and Canada Railroad Houston Woodstock Joseph Brooks Commercial Wharf John L. Hancock, Esq Chicago Board of Trade Chicago The Board of Trade Chirac Muse Eene Onersey

Kentucky election stance echoed in Boston Post critique

The Boston Post replies to Worcester Spy columns on Kentucky politics, noting Governor elect Bramlette opposes emancipation proclamations and habeas corpus suspension while preferring ballot box remedies. It contrasts Kentucky’s defense of the Crittenden Platform with Maine abolitionist policy and criticizes Abolitionists as party-liars seeking coalition gains.

Worcester Kentucky Louisville Journal Bramlette Seymour Crittenden Samuel Taylor Maine Congress

Louisville Journal Refutes Kentucky Election Inference

The Louisville Journal replies to the Louisville Democrat, backing Wickliffe for governor, stating no state journal supported the successful state and congressional ticket that opposes emancipation and confiscation policy. It argues no inference favorable to the President or Congress can be drawn from Kentucky election results.

Louisville Journal Louisvile Democrat Wickliffe Congress Kentucky

White people and sovereignty in political debate

The piece cites critics of Caleb Cushing and others calling the government a white man's government. It notes Senator Douglas saying the country is the white man's nation and Col Charles Anderson urging white liberty against encroachments on free white people. It also mentions the Baltimore American’s Republican critique of Radicals and constitutional sovereignty for the white race.

Caleb Cushing West Douglas Charles Anderson Pugh Ohio Anderson

Another Leading Democrat Disgusted Writes From Western Republicanism

A Western Republican paper reprints a California Democrat letter praising John J. Crittenden. It portrays him as patriot above party and attacks critics of the Union, praising national authority, opposition to secession, and a white man’s government. The piece labels opponents as Copperhead and condemns abolition.

Repub- Peeee Chad Duavell Caualaliun California John J. Critenden Horatio Seymour Shurtleff Crittenden United States Washington Franklin Hamilton Madison Hell Douglas Dayton John Morgan John South Charles Ready Cassius Murfreesboro Department of the Cumberland McCook Nashville Trousseau Chatham Alton Illinois Bragg Morgan Tullahoma Mrs Morgan Kentucky

Kentucky Election and Radical Press Response

The piece analyzes press reactions to Kentucky’s election and questions claims by abolition journals. It cites General Smith’s Harrison speech vowing Unionist war measures and opposition to radical administration policies, arguing the elected Kentucky officials align with Union Democrat and Louisville Resolution positions.

Kentucky New York Times Bramlette Maine Congress Abolition Republican Smith Menzies Louisville Journal House Union New York Democracy Seymour Louisville

Finance and Business Amid War Times and Markets

An analysis of weekly finance notes cites strong government funds, steady currency in circulation, and expected normalization after the war. It reports a buoyant stock market five of six days, robust Five-Twenty subscriptions, wide demand for banks and railroads, and mixed prices across bonds and mining shares.

Hudson River Michigan N. Y United States Treasury Office Treasury New York Post New York Union Gettysburg Vicksburg Port Hudson Morgan Rosecrans Kentucky North Carolina Secretary of the Treasury Tremont Bank Boylston Safety Fund Freeman's Merchants Eliot Maverick Republic Mechanics State City Commerce Hide and Heather Shawmut Webster Revere Old Colony and Newport Railroad Worcester Eastern Metropolitan Western Lowell Maine Providence Cambridge Connecticut River Fitchburg Middlesex Vermont Canada Sterling Exchange Albany Boston Mesnard Hancock Flint Steel Bohemian Superior Pontiac Bay State Manhattan South Side Toltec Star Winthrop North Cliff Petherick Columbian Henshaw Wall Street New York Central Erie Harlem Reading

Inspector Boole earns praise for reforming city dirt problem

Boston Post correspondent notes City Inspector Boole's rapid impact in New York's sanitation drive, removing millions of loads of dirt and launching reforms seen as a milestone toward city cleanliness. Mentions legislative calls for sanitary reform, Dickensian critique, and praise for Hoffman and legal actions amid rioting.

Boston Post New York Boole Charles Dickens Albany Boria Boola Gha F. I. A. Boole United States London Society For the Lord Shaftsbury Recorder Hoffman Grand Jury Judge Hoffman Democratic Party Recorder Villany Hoffman Moffat Life John Moffat William B. Moffat Boston George Roberts Nok’ Wester

White Hills 1863 Crowded by Visitors and Rail Plausible Plans

Correspondent reports booming travel to the White Hills and Franconia Notch in 1863 with crowded hotels and visitors lodging in halls and entries. Interest grows in a steam railroad up Mount Washington, a Chicago investor applying for a charter, and a slate mine near Littleton with strong regional markets. The 5th New Hampshire regiment returns home to recruit, showing war weariness yet morale.

Boston Post Littleton N. H Ave Franconia Notch White Hills New Hampshire Crawford House New England Mount Washington Mr Marsh Chicago Marsh Mt. Washington Union House Boston Littleton Slate Company Concord Manchester Nashua Lowell N.H Warren Moosehillock

Substitutes Thrive in Draft Era Driven by Immigrants

The substitute business expands with New York as the chief hub and foreign workers filling the demand for draft avoidance. Brokers recruit newly arrived and resident immigrants, paying or selling substitutes at varied prices, while insurers capitalize on draft protection schemes. The system rests on misconceptions about commutation money and exemption, with profits slipping through brokers’ hands and varying widely per case.

N. Y. Journal of Commerce New York City Philadelphia Boston Washington New York United States

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