Conway Fire Insurance Co of Boston Capital Surplus Noted
The Conway Fire Insurance Co of Boston lists a capital and surplus over price three cents.
22 Jan 1863
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1863
Page
1
The Conway Fire Insurance Co of Boston lists a capital and surplus over price three cents.
A historical notice names several insurers and officers including SHOE AND LEATHER DEALERS and Fire and Marine Insurance Co with offices in Boston. It lists president Higginson secretary Walde Higginson and directors such as Eben Wright John Brewer and J Wiley Edmands, along with associated individuals and capital mentions.
The Boston Post denounces Democratic support for centralization and Republican plans as dangerous to the Union. It condemns calls for secession, praises fidelity to the Constitution, and urges restraint by New England against canal and railroad schemes that favor central and Western states. The piece urges Congress to withhold interference and warns against dividing the nation.
Market report lists small pots sales at 81c and pearls dull at 8c. Coal, coffee, drugs, and dyes show mixed activity with firmness in waxes and oils. Grain, naval stores, and provisions move modestly. prices rise slightly in sugar and lard markets amid steady demand across several commodities.
The piece argues that Republican Radicals and abolitionists threaten constitutional government, urging unity on the Constitution. It condemns canal enlargements by the Federal government as military and centralizing, warning they would burden the North and empower a despotism while harming state control and West–South unity.
In the Senate the Judiciary Committee is to assess if further legislation is needed on officer liabilities in manufacturing corporations for debts. House receives Governor’s message on prompt wartime pay for Massachusetts soldiers. He proposes allowing soldiers to assign part of wages to the Treasurer, with banks lending to cover Treasury needs, and the plan would shift wage handling to benefit soldiers' families. Routine business completed.
The London Times rails at Messrs Tyng Cheever and Beecher and their abolitionist allies. It portrays them as relentless compromisers armed with War Power dogma, urging emancipation now and denouncing Confederate aims. It questions Beecher’s motives and warns abolitionist crusade risks widening the U S political rift.
Governor Parker denounces federal overreach including arrests and habeas corpus suspensions. He argues for state sovereignty, constitutional bounds, and due process, cites wartime powers, and warns against arbitrary military arrests while urging militia reform and loyalty to the Union.
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