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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 03, 1863

Page

2

Democratic Ward Nominations Hear Boston Mayor Hopeful Letter

A Democratic Ward and City Committee adjourned meeting at Youngs Hotel discusses municipal officer nominations. Thomas P Rien accepts a mayoral nomination in a letter praising Mayor Lincoln, with party loyalty noted. The committee then marks candidates for aldermen by ward, listing results for each ward.

Democratic Rich Democratic Ward Young’s Hotel Thos. P. Rich Boston Lincoln Democratic Convention Tuos P. Rien Joshua D. Ball Pres Grace McCarthy Wm. A. Kreuger Marks George W. Parmenter John M. Moriarty D. D. Kelly Nehemiah Gibson James L. Hanson A. L. Weymouth W. C. Burgess Doherty Ward 1 Ward Flynn Ball Citizens’ Union Party Citizens’ Convention Charles H. Blanchard Michael Doherty Wm. F. Brooks John Borrowscale Otis Rich James M. Libbey Daniel Cooley Williams Stall Dover Washington Streets Isaac H. Randall Chester R. Merrill John H. Garland J. H. Smith W. Raynor J. H. Twombly Owen Randall T. R. Swascey Frank Owens Wm. T. Matthews A. McCoubrey Printers’ Union W. F. Falls Machinists’ and Blacksmiths’ Union John C. Cluer Horace Seaver Boston Investigator McCoubrey Friends of Ward Twelve South Boston Broadway Lyceum Samuel R. Spinney Ward 12

Union forces storm Mission Ridge at Chickamauga fight

Gen Hooker advances from Lookout to Mission Ridge while Gen Sherman assaults the rebel right on the hill. A savage three hour clash near Tunnel Hill leaves many wounded and dead, with heavy artillery and ledge defenses repelled by Union brigades Corse, Smith, Loomis, and Ran ne. Grant unleashes two storming columns to seize the summit, driving Bragg’s forces from the ridge. Union losses around 500 killed and 2500 wounded, enemy 2000 killed and wounded and 7000 prisoners. The Army of the Cumberland claims victory as Icy evidence of 62 captured artillery pieces.

Carlin Whittaker Osterhaus Summertown White 2D Ohio Anson McCook 2D Ohio Boys Warnick Emery Company C Jones Mills Hooker The Cincinnati Gazette United Armies of the Tennessee and Cumberland Chattanooga Lookout Mountain Bridgeport Burnside Bragg Longstreet Knoxville Wood Mission Ridge Fort Wood Hazen Wiilich Sam. Beatty 8Th Kansas Willich Hindman 28Th Alabama Infantry Bald Knobs 15Th Ohio Sheridan Howard Citico Granger Samuel Beatty Bald Knob Bridge Sherman Chickamauga Creek Stanley 18Th Ohio Dunbar Ewing M. L J. C. Smith Gen. Davis Palmer Lockport Chickamauga Geary Grove Grover Vicksburg Indiana Gen. Thomas Gen. Hooker Mickajack Trace Jackson Rossville Gen. Sherman Tunnel Hill John W. Corse Col. Jones Virginia Giles Smith Ohio Infantry Corse Walcot 46Th Ohio 37Th Ohio 6Th Iowa Mathias Loomis Ranne’s Col. Walcot Grant Gen. Palmer Johnson Baird Gordon Granger Chickamanga Turchin Zurchin Sterman Army of the Cumberland Dalton

Russian Fleet Arrives at Alexandria and Freedmen’s Bureau Reform Moves

News from Alexandria reports four Russian ships anchor offshore with salutes exchanged. Trains run to Rappahannock Station, Culpeper reports no major army engagement. A New York Cooper Institute meeting delegates urge Congress to create a Bureau of Emancipation and protection for freedmen, with Secretaries Stanton Chase Seward briefed. A U S Commission for freedmen relief to be formed to coordinate local groups.

WashIndon Alexandria Orange and Alexandria Rappahannock Station Culpepper Cooper Institute New York Stephen Colwell Messrs Atkins Ward Walden Bureau of Emancipation Stanton Chase Seward Congress U. S Port Royal Newbern Norfolk Mississippi

Ex-Governor Pratt Arrives as Prisoner on Prisoner Transport

Fortress Monitor reports ex Governor Pratt of Maryland and Col McKerson arriving as political prisoners on the Adelaide from Baltimore. Also Andy Johnson Jr. arrives from Richmond aboard the New York with provisions from Christian Commission and Baltimore Relief Fund for Union prisoners in Dixie.

Storming the Ridge at Chattanooga Described as Miraculous

An officer’s War Department report recalls the Ridge assault on December 26 near Chattanooga. He credits 1800 troops with defying impossible terrain and enfilading cannon, noting generals Grant Thomas Wood and Sherman rallied the men to undertake an unlikely ascent.

Washington Chattanooga War Department Grant Thomas Wood Sherman

Groundbreaking Ceremony for Union Pacific in Omaha

Nearly 1000 people attend the ground breaking on the west side of the Missouri River for the Union Pacific Railroad with Gov. Saunders of Nebraska and Omaha and Council Bluffs mayors taking part. Despatches from the President and other officials are read and a grand banquet closes the day with city illumination.

Omaha Missouri Union Pacific Seward Yates Illinois Opdyke New York Dix Herndon House

Richards departs Boston Telegraph Office amid friendly sendoff

W F Richards Esq, newly named Manager of the Boston Telegraph Office, leaves New York for Boston to an ovation from former associates and about a hundred electrical friends bidding him farewell.

New York W. F. Richards Boston Toronto Gen. Morgan Cincinnati John Morgan Canada Ohio River Virginia Baltimore Richmond C. C. Fulton Maryland

Prisoner exchanges and supplies forwarded to City Point

Brig. Gen. A. A. Meredith reports government and state supplied provisions received and sent to prisoners. Two boats loaded with provisions are sent to City Point as part of exchange operations.

U.S. Christian Commission Richmond Christian Commission Joseph Story Army Committee Boston Young Men's Christian Association Tremont Street Charles Demond Court Street Edward Tobey State Street YP. S Exchange

Market Notes on Stocks and Commodities in New York

First Board stocks fall with readings on railroad stocks including Illinois Central 116, New York Central 1323, Reading 104, Missouri Sixes 67, and Pacific Mail 211. Second Board shows further declines, with Erie 1043 and New York Central 135. Cotton quiet. flour, wheat, corn, oats, pork, lard, and whiskey markets active. freight and naval stores steady with firmer Liverpool rates.

NEW York Stock and First Board Chicago and Rock Island Railroad Illinois Central Railroad New York Central Railroad Reading Railroad Studson River Railroad Cleveland and Toledo Railroad Missouri Erie Railroad Michigan Central Railroad Harlem Railroad Galena and Chicago Railroad Pacific Mail Steamship Company American Gold Tennessee Treasury London Cantonae Cumberland Coal Company Hudson River Railroad Michigan Southern Railroad Grand Rock Island Railroad NEW York Stc State and Western Ohio Western Canada Chicago Milwaukee Rangoon New Orleans Orleans Naval Liverpool

Financial Markets Hold Steady Amid Mixed War News

Dec 2 reports no changes in local or general finances. Demand for money remains met by banks or open market at about six percent for prime loans. Market activity rises in shares and government securities stay firm with notable prices listed for multiple issuers. Gold closes near 149 after trading between 148 and 149.

Gen. Grant Gen. Meade Virginia Maine Wilmington Middlesex Metropolitan Fitchburg Eastern Connecticut River Cambridge Worcester Lowell

Diverse 19th Century Popular Works Advertised

A catalog of books and media including The Vagabonds by J T Trowbridge illustrated by F C C Darley Available titles cover Christmas poems The Sketch Book Rachel Ray A Novel by Anthony Trollope My Farm of Edgewood by Sk Marvel The Boys Book of Boats Alice of Monmouth and others Also notes on Nemesis reviews from The Philadelphia Press and Home Journal praising writing and characters Published by Marion Harland at No 335 Broadway New York Vol 1 12mo Price 10 dollars.

J. T. Trowbridge F.C.C Darley Rachel Ray Anthony Trollope Edgewood Sk. Marvel Alice of Monmouth A. P. Peabody United States J. J. Woodward M.D Marion Harland Miriam Philadelphia Press the Home Journal

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