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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 11, 1861

Page

2

Inconsistent Views Prompt Officers' Retirement Call

The views of Floyd Cobb and Thompson conflict with their duties as officers of the General Government. Retirement would relieve the Administration from embarrassment. The President’s policy favors conciliation and forbearance, and adopting a harsher course would reflect a lack of options to faithfully discharge trusted duties.

Messrs Floyd Cobb and Thompson

Douglas Speech Praised As Sound National Guidance

The Pennsylvanian lauds Judge Douglas last speech as one of the ablest and best timed remarks by the Illinois Senator. It says nothing in the Senate better matches the country’s current issue with the spirit and principles of the Republic’s founders.

Pennsylvanian Breckinridge Douglas Illinois Senate

Senate appoints joint special committee on Governor's Message

In the Senate on Thursday a joint special committee on Governor's Message subjects was formed. The session was brief and unimportant. In the House Saturday at 12 M was set for choosing the preacher of the next election sermon. A large batch of petitions passed, some orders adopted, and two committee reports received. The annual report of the Secretary of the Commonwealth and the pleuro-pneumonia commission report were submitted, with full abstracts to follow.

Senate House Secretary of the Commonwealth

How it Works from Mount Haw tey Ill A political quagmire

A Mount Haw tey Illinois correspondent writes on December 25 about hard times since the election. She notes corn prices at fifteen to twenty cents a bushel, predicts Illinois may join the South if secession occurs, and laments partisan divisions. She fears the country is stuck in a sectional quagmire while hoping for deliverance from a powerful engine.

Scargo Windward Soma Howes W.N. W Gulf Stream S. E Dennis i Waisug Seon Mount Hawtey Ill South Illinois New Order Congress North Northwest Pennylvania Massachusetts Charles Francis Adams New Mexico Adams Eeenie Keystone Republic Magoffin Guthrie Union Crittenden Powell Charleston Holt Anderson Fort Sumter Breckinridge Kentucky John A. Andrew Jo. Giddings Isis Chicago Missouri South Carolina Tennessee Virginia North Carolina Commonwealth AY Cuantestoy United States Davis Trombuill Star of the West Major Anderson Mr Green Fort Moultrier Trumbull Green Ireneiier Georgia Alabama Mississippi Adj

Mutiny Convictions and Disbandment of Dinapore Regiment

Report from English papers details the Dinapore mutiny case involving the 5th Bengal Infantry. After court martial sentences, Sir Hugh Rose upheld harsh penalties, culminating in execution for one soldier and life terms for others, followed by the disbandment of the 5th Regiment of Europeans and forced dispersal to Scinde.

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Boston Boot and Shoe Market Slumps Amid Low Orders

The Reporter notes prevailing gloom in boot and shoe trade with scarce stock increases. Weekly shipments reached 1478 cases with clearances to Baltimore 230, Norfolk 84, Philadelphia 60, New Orleans 54, Wilmington 6. A 20 pound topaz was found in a river in Russia. An Alton Dr. miser named Lane bought laudanum to end his life after killing his wife, arguing over price with the apothecary.

Boston Baltimore Norfolk Uralga Nevansk Russia Alton Mx ‘Lane

Banks and Insurance Firms Wealth in New York Area

The article notes over a hundred New York insurance companies with capital of 19 million dollars and about 2.9 million dollars to stockholders, plus fifty four banks with around 70 million capital, together swelling cash distributed to nearly ten million. It also covers a murder and poisoning case in England, political moves in Virginia, and Charleston harbor conflict with the Star of the West and Fort Sumter, including a flag of truce and reports of cannon.

Insurance Companies New York Brooklyn Jersey City Charleston Star of the West Morris Island Fort Moultrie Fort Sumter Lieut. Hall Aveusta Wepsespay Associated Press United States Roanoke Cape Henry Emma South Carolina Marion McGowan Anderson the Times Wilmindox N.C Forte Johnson and Haswell Smithville Guard Herald New Orleans Baton Rouge Crusader Texas Florida Mississippi Tennessee Washixerton Norfolk Washrsdon Washington Randolph Navy Alabama Pensacola Fla National Volunteers Jackson Miss CuicaGo Jas Fort Leavenworth Fort McHenry U. S U.S Ricamonp Floyd Pike

Lincoln Crisis and Seward Appointment Rumors

The New York Tribune warns friends of a plot to abandon principles. Lincoln accepts Seward as Secretary of State, with hints he will resign his Senate seat by March. Reports from Charleston and New Orleans detail troop movements, fortifications, and preparations as the Union crisis deepens.

Wespated Wasuixoton Jax Star of the West Moses Kelly Thompson Dix Hunter Virginia Jefferson Davis Mason Breckinridge Union Crittenden Maryland James A. Pearce Anderson Charleston Senate Washburn Lincoln N. Y. Tribune Greeley Weed Chase N. Y. Herald Massa Greeley Albany Evening Journal Gov. Seward Seward Washington Department of State

Treasury seeks five million proposals. Thompson resigns

Government Lean. Washieron Jan 10 The Secretary of the Treasury advertises for proposals for five million under the act of December. Bids to be opened on the 1th instant. The President has accepted Secretary Thompson's resignation, saying Thompson was mistaken in alleging no Cabinet conclusion on sending reinforcements to Major Anderson.

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