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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 22, 1862

Page

2

Union gunboat actions near Island No 10 intensify

A St. Louis despatch reports cannonading by gunboats and mortars at Island No 10 continuing through Wednesday. Most upper-battery guns are silenced, rebel gunboats are sunk, and a large flotilla plus a floating battery remain between Gen. Pope and capture or destruction.

St. Louis Republican Tennessee Beadell Memphis New Madrid Fort Pillow New Orleans ChicaGo Cairo Journal Island No. 10 Minnesota Pope Mount Pleasant Benton Mound City Foote Beauregard Corinth CuiscaGo Grant (Smith Savannah Florence Miss Cheatham Bragg

New Southern Department Created Under Gen. Hunter

President Lincoln creates a Southern Department comprising South Carolina, Georgia and Florida under Major General David Hunter. The Western and Missouri departments are merged, clearing the Lane and Hunter dispute. Gen. Hunter’s strict, demagogy-free leadership aims to crush rebellion and restore government authority with Devutham, Stevens, and others joining for an intensified South Atlantic campaign.

N. Y. Times Southern Department Hunter Benuam Lincoln South Carolina Georgia Florida David Hunter Western Department Missouri Lane Ravel Bull Run South Phelps Sherman Unter Devutham Virginia Stevens Beaufort Gen. Sherman South Atlantic

Fire damages Devonshire Street building in morning blaze

A morning fire at 14 o'clock swept through building No 26 on Devonshire street chiefly occupied by cloth finisher Louis Crohn. Fire started in the wooden rear elevator and raged for hours. losses estimated at 15 000 to 20 000 dollars. Firemen battled the blaze as reports came in with no insurance details available.

Devonshire Street Louis Crohn Crohn

Wadsworth Named Military Governor and Department Boundaries Set

The Gulf Department is formed west of Pensacola with Major General B F I in command. The South Department includes South Carolina Georgia and Florida under General Hunter. Wadsworth assumes Military Governor duties in District of Columbia and oversees prisons and contrabands. Treasury delays draw praise for prompt payments and certificate relief for creditors.

Department of the Gulf Gulf of Mexico Pensacola Harbor Gulf States South Carolina Georgia Florida Sherman Department of the South Hunter Wadsworth Army of the Potomac Gen District of Columbia City of Washington Gen. Wadsworth Treasury Treasury Department Chase

Island No. 10 contest and Memphis upheaval spark

A Chicago Tribune despatch from Cairo reports Jeff Thompson landing at Cape Girardeau with rebel forces amid a Union skirmish. Governor Harris disappears from Memphis as the Legislature adjourns. Impressions rise, Memphis men flee, and the city debates evacuation. The floating battery and Hollins’s ram protect Memphis.

ChicaGo Chicago Tribune Cairo Sykestown Jeff. Thompson Cape Girardeau Memphis Harris Corinth Miss Fort Donelson Dahlgren Island No. 10 Hollins

Leather Tax to Be Modified and Sigel Confirmed Major General

Washington dispatch reports the leather and boots and shoes tax to be modified. General Sigel has been confirmed as Major General. The notes place these changes in the current national context and confirm the promotion.

Admiral Rubalcaba General Gasset Serrano Cuba Prim Marshal Serrano Spain General Dulce Sigel New York Washington

Steamship Vanderbilt to be Converted into Iron Clad Warship

The Vanderbilt is being converted into an iron clad man of war while the Ocean Queen will be made into a ram as reported from New York on March 21.

Telegraphic Gazette Roxsury Franklin Street Saturday Evening Gazette Roxbury Henry Evans Hassam Washington Street Burnside Newbern Bull Run Alfred Coffin Nantucket Texas Indianola Sullivan Minot Hall Madame Sullivan Cestume Com. Foote Merrimac Bermuda Blakely Richmond Whig Virginia Washington Senate Hale Congress Grimes Hovusr House Stevens Pennsylvania Treasury Department Vallandigham Committee On Ways and Means Secretary of the Navy Roanoke Governor General Canada Montreal Prince Albert United States France Malifax England Winchester Vanderbilt New York Richardson J.N Richardson, Sons & Owden J. Bullocke J. B. Lock Agents Leade Street West Point John M. Goodhue 11Th Infantry U.S. A Heaton

Return of Steamship Baltic Ends Search for Vermont

Steamship Baltic arrived in New York at noon after a fruitless cruise in search of the frigate Vermont. The vessel completed its voyage with no sighting or salvage reported and the crew acknowledged the non discovery.

Baltic New York Vermont

Markets. New York Stock and Money Market

Cotton steady at 264 27c for middling uplands. Flour sales 8600 bbls State and Western mixed. Western and State prices ranged. pork 2475 bbls. beef, lard, and whiskey with varied demand. sugars firm with muscovado and Rio Jamaica quotes. navals and freights to Liverpool dull.

NEW York Stock and Money Market Med Cleveland and Toledo Railroad Illinois Central Railroad Scrip Panama Railroad Michigan Southern Railroad Michigan Central Railroad Hudson Railroad Erie Railroad New York Central Railroad Pacific Mail Steamship U. S Tennessee Missouri New York State Ohio Western Southern Canada Quiet Pennsylvania Michigan Rio Jamaica Liverpool

Shipping News from New York March 21

Mercury reports near 41 15 N 58 16 W sighting the eastbound Etna bound for Liverpool and a disabled vessel to windward. The abandoned bark Sourander of Dublin, Capt Taylor, was seen off Georges Shoals after sailing from Boston March 2 for Liverpool. Also sighted was the ship Susan Fearing from London Feb 15 bound to New York.

New York Beyer A Heimn Liverpool Mercury Havre Caledonia Glasgow Lon Etna Soubander Dublin Sourander

Banks Lose 6800 in Coin. Clearing House Returns 8.435 Million

The banks reported a 6800 loss in coin this morning and deposited 8 435 300 with the Clearing House. Market remained steady with no notable quotation changes. Government bonds of 1881 issue closed at 94 bid while Treasury 73 10 notes traded at par. American gold finished at 1014 bid and Metropolitan at 50 bid.

Treasury American Metropolitan

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