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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 26, 1864

Page

2

Civil War era notes from Moorfield to Paris and London

A collage of brief items: cavalry in Fitzhugh Lee's army near Moorfield Virginia. Draper eyeing New York Custom House. Laura Keene profits on a Western trip. Havana to raise a $100,000 iron theatre. Indiana volunteers total nine thousand. Jennie June on courtesy. John Pringle of Nelson's Victory dies aged 103. venues close in St Louis. New Jersey free schools number 684. California Senate supports four more years of Lincoln. ice stocks at Richmond. Chicago votes $200,000 in bounties. Lady Abinger title. Cincinnati sanitary fund nears a thousand dollars. sanitary bonds issued. weather and shipping notes from Halifax and Liverpool. Beecher declines extra pay. various Italian conspirators arrested in Paris. Denmark Schleswig-Holstein tension. Garibaldi resignations. India and Punjab notes. and Europes market updates.

Fitzhugh Lee Moorfield Draper New York Custom House Laura Keene Paris England Tambuco Greico Imperitori Times Howstein Denmark Frederickstadt Flensburg Sonderburg Copenhagen Federal Diet Prussia Schelswig Rendsburg Prince of Augustenburg Kiel London Times Lord Palmerston the Times Schleswig Poland Queenstown London Flowery Land Liverpool Holstein Italy India Bombay Calcutta Canada

Navy race set as Kin Kiang challenged by Eutaw at sea

The Navy Department forwarded three thousand dollars to Fortress Monroe to fund a race between the Kin Kiang and the gunboat Eutaw. Naval officers expect the Eutaw, with twenty inches of steam, to reach speeds of fifteen knots, and plan to lighten her by removing forward guns and ammunition before the race near New York.

Washington N. Y Navy Department Fortress Monroe New York

Rebel plans to cross river with arms near Delta steamer

Reports say trell with 1500 men and 6000 Stand of arms sought to cross to the Mississippi side to join Forrest. Arms loaded on a flatboat were captured by gunboats. Rebels aimed to seize a transport and lure gunboats while troops crossed, hoping to defend eastern territory if pressed on the west.

Delta Trell Mississippi Forrest

Senate and House Debates Tilt Over Oaths and Navy Inquiry

The Senate discharged the Judiciary Committee on the Davis expulsion resolutions and debated Sumner’s oath bill. A select committee was formed to probe the Navy Department, while talk of grand naval expenses and battlefield policy dominated. In the House, discussions covered military pay, the Lieutenant General revival, enrolment bills, and a broad set of public reforms as congressional action continued apace.

Washington Senate Judiciary Committee Davis Sumner Hale Navy Department Europe Italy Denmark England France Supreme District Circuit Courts United States Court of Claims Secretary of War Missouri Kentucky Hale, Grimes and Buckalew Saulsbury Hellespont Vesuvius Ilinois Doolittle Bayard House Dawes Massachusetts Committee On Elections Field Louisiana Segar Virginia Holman Indiana Committee Scott Schenck Utah Department of Industry Agricultural Bureau Colonization and Immigration Bureau Bureau of Mines and Edgerton Crittenden Ohio Brooks New York Stevens Pennsylvania Smith Messrs Mallory Wadsworth Louisville Journal Colfax Mallory

Reconstruction moves in Arkansas detailed from Little Rock

The 10th Illinois regiment arrives at Caro with 600 men reenlisted. Col Caldwell reports Arkansas State Convention progress with an anti slavery article adopted by near unanimous vote. Constitution to be voted on March 2 with legislature in April. provisional Governor to be chosen. Memphis cotton trade shows activity and notes on Cairo shipments. The 12th Michigan veterans travel from Memphis toward home.

Caro Ill Forsyth Illinois Caldwell Iowa Little Rock Arkansas Murphy Little Rock Democrat Memphis Cairo St. Louis Michigan

Market Review Opens Week With Steady Credit and Stock Activity

Banking demand remains healthy while supply meets credit needs. First class collateral loans and prime endorsed paper discounts run at six percent. Stock trading is lively with brokers predicting a turn upward as notes circulate. Closing quotations list numerous banks, mills, railroads, and insurance stocks. Sterling exchange sells at 1 7 3 and American gold at 1 58 percent.

Board of Brokers Suffolk Bank Atlas Maverick Webster Atlantic State North Market Boott Mills Pepperell Hamilton Bates Lowell Great Fails York Cocheco Salisbury Everett Laconia Tremont Franklin Vermont & Canada Railroad Western Worcester Providence Maine Fitchburg Old Colony Eastern Cheshire Northern Concord Wilmington Vermont & Massachusetts Pittsburg Copper Mining Company Quincy Minesota Pewabic Central Huron National Isle Royale Copper Falls Phenix Water Power Neptune Insurance Mercantile Equitable Safety Boston Dorchester American Boston Exchange Union Steamship Company Sterling Exchange

News From Nashville Report On Knoxville Skirmishes

Nashville dispatch reports Longstreet demonstrations aimed to recover forage ground. Gen Foster in winter quarters and not expecting attack. Vance brigade arrives after capture near Knoxville. reconstruction efforts in Middle Tennessee progress with little chance of quick Union readmittance. East Tennessee reconsiders separate state idea as rebel officers continue to seek amnesty.

Nashville Knoxville Longstreet Foster Lee Vance Sturgess Middle Tennessee Union East Tennessee

Refugees report Confederate force buildup in Mississippi and planned spring invasion

A Memphis correspondent to the St. Louis Republican reports civilians recently arrived in New York describe bands of Confederate troops and guerillas across northern Mississippi preparing for a spring battle in northern Georgia. They note large forage and conscription efforts, with about 4000 troops under Ross along the river and 2000 on the Arkansas side, plus Confederate artillery and attempts to disrupt river trade. Rebels boast of Forrest’s conscripts and fear a large West Mississippi force aimed at diverting Grant from Johnston at Dalton.

New York Memphis St. Louis Republican Dixie Mississippi Georgia Ross Bolivia Greenville Arkansas Ram Horner Emma Belle Creole Forrest West Tennessee West Tennessee Grant Johnston Dalton

Harbors thaw as ice breaks up port navigation resumes

Warm spell结束 breaks up ice in St Louis harbor with a massive field moving down the river and the Emilie forced from moorings. Steamers pass through ice to safety and ferry service may resume tomorrow. Edward Noyes convicted of robbing the US express and sentenced to ten years. Stockton Hall and adjacent buildings burned with losses to Coolidge Co, Aston Co, and John Mitchell. Kansas Legislature passes resolutions nominating Abraham Lincoln for the presidency.

St. Louis Emilie Charles Noyes United States Express Stockton Hall Lear Street Coolidge & Co Ashton & Co John Mitchell Abraham Lincoln Kansas

Ships Aquilla and Forest News From Pacific Coast War

San Francisco reports operations began to raise the ship Aquilla. The Forest from Shanghai reached Puget Sound after 21 days, carrying China dates to December 5. Imperialists under Major Gordon and Taeping supporters are active. reports say Soochow may have fallen. Gen Burgore was deported from China and may return to join Imperialists.

San Francisco Forest Shanghai Puget Sound China Gordon Soochow Burgore Yokohama Japan

Clarifications on Rikers Island color deaths and other dispatches

Reports deny five colored men died from drugging on Riker’s Island before enlistment and freezing deaths. Only two or three sickness cases were seen with recoveries. one death occurred in severe cold but not by freezing. In 45 days eight of 1500 men died. Greenwood found guilty of murder in Toronto and to be hanged. Frederick County Missouri votes 150000 for bounties. General Grant travels to St Louis to visit a dangerously ill son.

Washington Representative Alley Court of Claims Longyear Representative Schenck Military Committee Senate Naval Service John C. Underwood U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia New York Riker’s Island Toronto C. W Wm. Greenwood Baltimore Frederick County Louisville General Grant St. Louis

Prize fight thwarted by police in Brooklyn

New York reports a morning arrest after a staged prize fight in Brooklyn. One principal Noonan and his backer were severely beaten and jailed while about 30 spectators were clubbed. the other principal John Swift from Buffalo fled. Earlier a man named William Brown murdered his mistress on Sullivan Street and then killed himself.

New York Brooklyn Noonan John Swift Buffalo Wm. Brown Sullivan Street

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