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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 09, 1864

Page

2

War Department faces ninety seven million need before July

Commodore Wilkes retains Reverdy Johnson for his defense. Seward to publish another despatch volume. Paper prices rise with such a consumer. Illinois distiller taxed on stock if whiskey bill passes. Newburyport Herald backs General Banks for presidency. Cushman aids New York sanitary fair in Rome. A boy in New York dies after a kite mishap. Oily Gammon notes Petroleum throne placeholder. Worcester Spy calls for common sense in military household. Springfield revives religiously. city deemed wicked yet smart. Kilpatrick bets five thousand on Richmond. Butler raids Norfolk whiskey shops. Great Eastern auction sells for £25,000 from £900,000 cost. Louisville Journal scorches those who fragment armies. Reade’s Very Hard Cash called a novel. People demand one presidential term. Chicago lady spreads crinoline in streetcar. four seats paid. New Yorkers oppose Macbeth opera. Doonu and its greenbacks. Danish Rigsdag salutes army as Dannevirke.

Philadelphia Bulletin Republican Kilpatrick Bmond Custer Jeade Washington City Army of the Potomac Ster Lee Richmond Grant Washington N. Y Lincoln Kellogg Military Committee of the House Gen. Kilpatrick Carnot Wellington Halleck S Meade Illinois North Libby Castle Thunder Davis Old Capitol Virginia Johnston Georgia Rapidan Yorktown United States Washington Directory the Rapidan Europe Oms Jeb. Stewart Stoneman Newburyport Herald General Banks Charlotte Cushman Rome New York Butler Norfolk Great Eastern Taunton Gazette Louisville Journal Charles Reade Chicago Medori Bellini Max Doonu Manon Senate Wilson Powell Secretary of War McDowell Lane Kansas Pacific Railroad Fort Leavenworth Lawrence Gen Curtis Cal War Department Kentucky Sherman Gen. Curtis Johnson Massachusetts Brown Congress House Kasson Iowa Quartermaster’s Department Schenck Ohio Military Committee Cox Secretary of the Treasury Treasury Dumont Indiana Secretary of Treasury Long Boutwell Committee On Military Affairs

Election results show Gilmore leads and Republicans gain

Concord reports heavy vote and rising Republican totals across towns. Gilmore defeats Harrington for governor by about 4 000 on first tallies, with dozens of towns counting and early despatches noting Republican gains in council and senate.

Concord Marcu Telegraph and Express Dover Gilmore Harrington Portsmouth Tina PJ

Washington dispatches on Foote report and Senate actions

A public Foote report supports Carondelet as Navy depot site with Cairo auxiliary. Senate confirms deputy postmasters in multiple states, over a hundred promotions to assistant adjutant generals, and majors including Wheeler Howard Ander son and Haggerty. Also notes Berlin statistical commission favoring decimal weights and measures and Grant’s arrival with a Vicksburg welcome.

Washinatox Admiral Foote Carondelet Cairo Congress Senate E. Wright Lee Mass H. N. Barber St. Albans C. W. Gillett Waterbury Conn Charles Gen Butler Samuel B. Ruggles United States International Statistical Congress Berlin Secretary Special Commission Pacific Railroad Mnem St. Petersorge Sickles Meade Gettysburg Halleck Pleasanton Birney Doubleday Howe Gen. Meade Wilson Committee On Grant Rawlings Col Comstock Vicksburg Julien Committee On Public Lands Secretary of the Interior Messrs Julian Andrew Johnson Baltimore The Methodist Episcopal Church Maryland

Senate Debates on War Powers and Army Restructuring

Congress debated military commissions and war powers with Gen Curtis and Gen McDowell figures. The Senate moved to disclose reports while House actions funded quartermaster needs and slave emonement policies, approving pension provisions and new ambulance and provost marshal measures. Adjourned after sessions and executive adjournment.

General Grant Visits White House in Cordial Reception

Washington March 8 General Grant visited the White House at night unannounced. President Grant greeted him warmly and introduced him to a crowded reception. The Secretary of State accompanied Grant to the East Room as cheers rang out from attendees. The Secretary of War and other officers arrived shortly after as plans arose to serenade General Joe.

Washinetor Gen. Grant White House Joe

King Starr King Funeral Draws Big Public Assembly

Funeral in San Francisco honored the late Rev Thomas Starr King with a large turnout. Christian denominations Masons and military participated as governors and officials attended. Mute guns fired during the service.

San Francisco Hong Kong Alabama New York Sandwich Island Thomas Starr King

Confederate rumors claim Sherman expedition near Jackson

A Cincinnati reporter's despatch to the Bulletin cites a Cairo officer corroborating Confederate claims that Sherman’s expedition is returning to Jackson. The report says a portion of Sherman’s forces are moving toward Vicksburg with a small army of enslaved laborers and a large haul of spoils including mules horses hogs and cattle.

Philapel Putaa Maroh Bulletin Cincinnati Cairo Vicksburg Sherman Jackson

New York City Votes in Favor of Soldiers Voting Amendment

On March 8 in New York the city’s voting passed quietly with 23,280 total ballots. Of these 16,401 supported the constitutional amendment permitting soldiers to vote, while 6,879 opposed. The majority favors soldiers voting across 48 towns, with Brooklyn at 8,285 in favor and Albany at 1,600. totals projected to exceed 50,000.

New York Brooklyn Albany

Newbern Besieged by Federal Forces Report

A March 5 letter from Monroe notes General Peck besieged at Newbern and that almost every post in North Carolina is attacked. Milpatrick's veteran horsemen aid the department, potentially exceeding infantry in effectiveness, with optimism that General Butler will hold the position.

New York Marcu Monroe Peck Newbern North Carolina Milpatrick Butler

Wounded soldiers from Deer Creek reached hospital

James Redmond and John Hollin of the 118th New York regiment were brought to Balfour hospital with slight wounds after a skirmish near Deer Creek. Captain A Gage appointed Inspecting Commissary of the department. The steamer S R Spaulding sails for Beaufort North Carolina this afternoon.

Pirate Alabama ThreatENS Other American Ships

From Bombay dated January 28 reports say two American ships the Southern Rights and Naples may have fallen to the pirate Alabama. Both vessels left Bombay for Maulmain in mid January.

New York The Commercial Advertiser Bombay Southern Rights Naples Alabama Maulmain

Brackett Elected Mayor in Rochyster NY

James Brackett is elected mayor of Rochyster New York by a near 200 vote majority. Last year Democrats carried the city by 509. The Unionists also win a majority on the Common Council.

Haggerty & Co New York

Market summary from New York stock and money markets

Irregular first board stocks with wide spreads. Chicago and Rock Island 125, Illinois Central 1564, Michigan Southern 103, New York Central 1378, Reading 1414, Hudson River 1514, various railroads drift and US Gold prices around 162. Eries and Cleveland lines mixed. cotton and sugar firm with mixed Western flour and grain demand. Weekly cattle market notes beef higher, cows and sheep active, hogs firmer.

NEW York Stock First Board Chicago and Rock Island Railroad Ilinois Central Railroad Michigan Southern Railroad New York Central Reading Railroad Hudson River Railroad Missouril Erie Railroad Galena and Chicago Railroad Cleveland and Toledo Railroad Setae Burlington and Quincy Railroad Michigan Central Railroad Harlem Railroad Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad Prairie du Chien Railroad American U S Tennessee American Gold Canton Company Cumberland Coal Quicksilver, Mining Co New York Central Railroad Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad Aston and Terre Haute Railroad Chicago and Northwestern Railroad New York State and Western Ohio Canada Milwaukee Jane May Orleans Porto Rico New Orleans Tle Naval Cape India Liverpool

Mining stocks lead Board of Brokers trading day

The Board of Brokers saw final quotations in mining stocks with many names quoted. Notable figures include Coupon Sixes 113 Five-Twenties 1073 Ogdensburg 1st Bonds 101 and Quincy 893 among others. American Gold closed at 163 and Sterling Exchange at 177 percent.

Board of Brokers Ogdensburg Vermont Central Rutland Water Power Copper Falls Phonix Isle Royale Huron Quincy Franklin Logan Pewabic Central Sterling Exchange

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