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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 26, 1863

Page

2

Winchester wines lead in market and real estate sales rise

The piece notes Winchester wines as premier in the market with pure, delicious qualities. It reports Coli. Thompson selling valuable property and Stephen Brown & Son's stock sale drawing bidders. Mr Hatch's real estate sale is set for Merchants' Exchange at 11 this morning. war politics and debtor stories follow with various local and international notices.

Coli. Thompson Stephen Brown & Son Mr Hatch Merchants’ Exchange

Notable Fatalities and Murders Stir Early News

Reports state Lieut. Lewis Graham of the 16th Vermont was found dead in a Washington boarding house and is believed murdered. New York man O'Meara, who killed his wife at the wash tub, had been drinking since Christmas. A Liverpool cotton speculator leaped from a third story after a market crash, dying. An elderly Concord, New Hampshire woman died after reading the Bible entirely through seventy four times, suggesting she has gone to Heaven.

Vely Pacha Paris Manchester Lawrence Kansas Saratoga N. Y France Moulton Nina Lizzie Sullivan Waterbury Conn Vienna Louisville Journal Kentucky N. ¥. Post Brokers’ Board Bankers and Commission New York Delaware Sumner Lewis Graham 16Th Vermont Regiment Washington O’meara Concord N. H Heaven United States British America Boston A. Williams & CO Washington Street Edward I. Sears Bible House Tregard Eddy Chas. Mason Patent Office Edmund Burke Patents R. H. Eddy John Taggart Supreme Judicial Court Suffolk Beremere Llx Jane Fitten Alfred Fitten Alfred Harry Hough Fitten

Pickets at Chantilly repelled attack. heavy engagement

A Fairfax Court House letter reports Monday 5 PM skirmish in front of Chantilly. 70 under arms pursued the enemy along Little River Turnpike, with barricades of felled trees in woods between Saunders's Tollgate and Cub Run. Casualties include Gilles and John L. Harris, with Lieut. Merrill captured.

Washington Fairfax Court House Chantilly Little River Turnpike Saunders’s Tollgate Cub Run Bacon White McGuire Haberock Gilles 5Th N. Y John L. Harris 5Th Cavalry Layhey Sth Merrill

Confederate Cavalry Menace Near Nashville and Brentwood

Forces under Forrest Wheeler and Wharton crossed the Harpeth River six miles above Franklin. Union troops under Lieut. Col. Bloodgood surrendered after a brief fight near Brentwood. Gen. Green Clay Smith pursued, retook wagons and ammunition, then withdrew as rebels outnumbered him. Over 50 rebel prisoners taken.

Nashville Tenn Forrest Wheeler Wharton Harpeth River Franklin Brentwood Franklin Road Col Bloodgood Indiana Wisconsin Green Clay Smith Harding Charlotte Pike

Rebel advance guards threaten Kentucky campaign

Reports from Cincinnati and Louisville describe rebel forces occupying Dannville Kentucky possibly led by General Longstreet with several thousand Federal troops due today. Rumors of Breckinridge at Harrisburg and Carter’s forces retreating to Frankfort accompany claims of conscription enforcement in areas under rebel control.

Cincinnati Dannville Democrat Breckinridge Harrisburg

Yazoo expedition advances and river actions reported

Cincinnati dispatch describes the Yazoo expedition stalling with Chillicothe disabled by shot battering port holes, Wilson guns returned to DeKalb, and troops on the defensive. Quimby's division could reach Greenwood in two days, guerrilla fire harasses boats on Coldwater and Tallahatchie, with Lafayette reported above Haines Bluff and further steamboats moving upriver. Evacuation of Haines Bluff by rebels not credited.

Philadelphia Bulletin Cincinnati Yazoo Greenwood Chillicothe Wilson DeKalb Quimby Coldwater River Tallahatchie Lafayette Zazoo Haines’ Bluff

Steamship Delayed by Fog and Rebel Vessel Movement

New York reports the Australasian will sail tomorrow due to fog and storms. The bark Hannah Crocker arrives from St George's Bermuda with news that the Merrimac is preparing to leave for Charleston or Wilmington. In Philadelphia a large conversion of legal tenders to five-twenties is noted. Albany notes Mrs Hartung freed by Court of Appeals and canals to open by April 25. The ninth army corps passes through Baltimore en route to Burnside’s forces.

New York Hannah Crocker St. George’s Bermuda Merrimac Charleston Wilmington Philadelphia Albany N. Y Hartung Court of Appeals Washington Republic Ninth Army Corps Baltimore Burnside

Navy reports capture of Spanish sloop near Charlotte Florida

The Navy Department states the Spanish sloop carrying coffee was captured by the U S schooner James S Chambers off Charlotte Florida. The same vessel chased the sloop Ida ashore nearby and burned her as she could not be recovered. Liquor cargo on Ida was partly saved.

Washington Navy Department Charlotte Florida U. S James S. Chambers Ida

Legislature adjourns sine die after salute honors

In Trenton New Jersey March 25 both Houses adjourned sine die at noon. Resolutions passed to fire a salute in honor of the Federal Union. The Union Leavene also fired a salute over the death of the Legislature.

Trenton N. J Union Leavene

No title available due to fragmentary report

A warm rain since last evening raises the river six inches per hour with water over docks. Ice remains strong enough for teams. A heavy freshet is anticipated near Albany.

Albany N. Y

Markets. New York Stock and Money Market Summary

New York distant market notes list railroad stocks and bonds with fractional prices. Commodities show cotton at 67 to 70c middling, flour lower by 20 to 26c, wheat mostly nominal, corn 85 to 88c, pork and lard weaker, whiskey soft, sugars and coffee dull, naval stores quiet, wool inactive.

NEW York Stock and Money Man Second Board Chicago and Rock Island Railroad Cleveland and Toledo Railroad Galena and Chicago Railroad Illinois Central Railroad Michigan Southern Railroad Michigan Central Railroad Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad Harlem Railroad Hudson Railroad New York Central Railroad Erie Railroad U S Missouri Pacific Mail Steamship Company New York Canada Chicago Milwaukee New Orleans

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