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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 17, 1863

Page

2

Newbern and Port Royal Steamship Mary Sandford Advertisement

Kinstry & Co. advertise their Newbern North Carolina and Port Royal South Carolina Express steamship Mary Sandford sailing from New York on the fourth inst carrying freight and passengers. Also notices of auctions, store relocations, and public notices from Boston and New York with commentary on politics and critics.

Kinstry & Co Newbern N. C Port Royal S. C Mary Sandford New York Kinsney & Co State Street Hinsley & Ee Express Treasury Department State St Beaufort Augusta Dinsmore Mary Sanford Sley & CO al State Street North River Express The Harnden Express CO

Arkansas Post Fell to Union Forces Under McClernand Port er

Jan Carmo reports from Switzerland that Arkansas Post on the Arkansas River about a hundred miles from the mouth fell to land and naval forces led by Gen. McClernand and Gen. Porter. The surrender occurred Sunday with guns stores and ammunition captured. Union losses listed as around 200, rebel casualties about 550, plus 5000 to 7000 prisoners. figures subject to later confirmation.

Carmo Switzerland Arkansas Post Arkansas River

Government and War Measures Show Senate Activity

A bill to punish frauds on the Government was reported. Resolutions urged inquiry into emigration incentives and Missouri defense manpower. A resolution on ironclad vessel construction passed. Another was rejected. Bills on civil service deficiencies and Missouri emancipation moved forward or postponed. The Vice President was asked to appoint a Smithsonian Regent. Finance and Territorial committees debated publication of Utah Governor’s message and naval canal expansion. Hooper proposed nine hundred million bond plan with varied payment options. Sheffield opposed the Treasury scheme as a risk to State banks. Simon Stevens case noted. adjourned pending Monday.

Finance Committee Missouri Ily War Navy Smithsonian Institute Pearce Howard Committee On Territories Utah Wilson Genigs Senate House Hooper Roscoe Conkling Secretary of the Treasury Treasury Sheffield Cor Holman Simon Stevens Committee On Mmittee

General McDowell questioned over Washington defense

The documents recount Gen. McDowell's testimony about the Washington defense and the August road obstruction. President Lincoln urges immediate action, warning of strengthening enemy moves from Manassas toward Washington and urging a decisive blow with available forces.

Details on Galveston disaster reported by New Orleans papers

New York dispatches outline events at Galveston where several gunboats engaged, forts and cotton defenses. Capt. W and Lieut. Le officers among those killed or wounded as rebels attacked and captured vessels during the action, with losses noted among the Owasco crew.

York Galveston New Orleans Buffalo Amers Harriet Stfield Renshaw Zimmerman Green Owasco New York Jay Illinois Donaldsonville Vicksburg F T Brooklyn Sciota Harriet Lane Bayou Buffalo Banks Baton Rouge John Clark

Fragmentary Notes on Revolutionary Governance in Canada

The document discusses a revolutionary period with no defined constitution or government. It mentions an occupation by revolutionists and civil war, a provisional minister, and the absence of central authority. It notes U.S. involvement and references to New Grenada and pending formal recognition in 858. The text preserves the ambiguity of competing governments and diplomatic reticence.

Tlumbia Hagen Cada United States New Gren Treasury American Ogdensburg Boston Water Power East Boston Cary G. Washington Mills Maine Manchester Lawrence Northern Eastern Wilmington Vermont Massachusetts Metropolitan Cambridge Middlesex Malden Melrose Minesota Quincy Pewabic Franklin Isle Royale Central Mesnard Rockland Huron Superior New Y Great Western Insurance Company Ork

Rebels retreat as Union forces tighten around Corinth

Fort Henry reports the steamer James Means delivering army stores to Corinth has returned. About 2500 rebels are said to be encamping and receiving artillery. It is believed no steamers can move up the river without gunboat protection as Forrest crosses into Clifton during his retreat.

Fort Henry Tenn James Means Corinth Forrest Tennessee Clifton

General Bragg Superseded by Longstreet in Confederate News

Nashville report says Gen Longstreet replaces Bragg and moves with his corps, now at Shelbyville, while Forrest remains near Hasketh Shoals. A gunboat fleet advances, conscripts desert daily, the river at Shoals rises ten feet. A Murfreesboro letter claims Davis ordered Bragg to defend with seven brigades if reinforced.

Nashville Tennn Brg Longstreet Army Corps Virginia Shelbyville Forrest Hasketh Shoals New York Cincinnati Commercial Jeff. Davis Bragg

Accident rumor casts doubt on Jonesboro fatality claim

A skeptical report from Binghampton New York cites local officials denying a Johnston County Pennsylvanian incident near a mill pond two miles from Jonesboro. The Greene We learn that the accident location shifted first to Harpersville and then to Jonesboro, prompting calls for verification.

Binghampton County Greene Binghampton Republican Harpersville Jonesboro Penn

Freshet damages bridges and halts trains in Pa

Marcu Cuvak reports a freshet in Pa with the river reaching eight feet over a road bridge below the Mansion House and threatening the Beaver Meadow Railroad Trumbull Bridge. Trains may be stopped for days. Easton also reports freshets on the Lehigh and Delaware Rivers with no canal damage yet.

Marcu Cuvak Mension House Trumbull Bridge Beaver Meadow Easton Lehigh Delaware

Emancipation Resolutions Referred to Select Committee

Jefferson City reports Burrill's resolution sustaining the Emancipation Proclamation and Allen's substitute sent to a seven-member select committee. In the Senate a resolution calls for a select committee to report the amount Congress should appropriate to compensate for slaves if emancipation is enacted by state law.

Jefferson City Burrill Allen Senate Congress

Fragmentary OCR Reflects Unclear 19th Century Event

An incomplete OCR fragment mentions a house, earnings, roads, a steamboat on the White, and an organ, but the lines are garbled and no clear event or entities can be determined from the readable text.

Snow Storm Halts City Businesses and Rail Lines

Cincinnati reports widespread disruption as snow storm closes outdoor commerce and stops street railways. Trains from the city run late or fail to arrive, with roofs collapsing at Vine street barracks and other works but no known deaths. Indiana receives heavy snowfall.

Cincinnati Vine Street Indiana

Strikes and Dull Market Notes Across US Ports

The Morning Star from St. John’s reports a collision with a British gunboat. A Virginia man was fined for striking a servant girl at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. San Francisco notes dull legal tender market and a first California turpentine sale. A partial line mentions Fayee Chapman, a Secesh.

New York St. J Virginian Fifth Avenue San Francisco California Proctor & Gamble Janay Feyee Chapman

Nomination Heats Up as Callicott Is Nominated Speaker

In Albany on January 16 the New York Legislature sees great excitement in the House as Democrats nominate Mr Callicott for Speaker with Republicans voting. Each Democrat makes a long speech on the floor.

Albany House Callicott

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