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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 27, 1862

Page

2

Steamship China Arrives. U S Tariff Debate Notables

From New York the steamship China reaching at four o clock carries news of parliamentary sessions. Milner Gibson reports no new American import duties in specie. Barton urges cutting subsidies as contracts fall in. Peel warns subsidies remain but will be reduced as contracts mature. London papers discuss peace prospects and neutrality in the slavery issue. Nevada public lands policy noted. War department reports Gen Shields in victory and paroles released. Van Wyck committee returns. promotions confirmed.

New York China Liverpool Queenstown Milner Gibson United States Barton America Peel London Morning Herald The Daily News the Times French Corps Legislatif Mexico France Spain Vera Cruz Nevada Secretary of War Gen. Shields Washington War Department Washinatos Ise Eric Surevps Lander Department Edward M.st Anton Pea Ridge Winchester Davis Halleck Hunter Department of the South van Wyck Colonel van Wyck O. Allen Zeutland Jackson Benneman James Connor John Benson Senate Latham Detroit Tribune Michigan Maryland Fortress Monroe Pierce League State Department Boston Journal Saturday Evening Secretary of State Wm. H. Seward Chandler Dr Hopkins Knights of the Golden Circle Howard Trumbull Yeas Henderson Powell Wilson Congress Anthony Burnside Rowan District of Columbia Saulsbury Pomeroy House Dawes Mass Alexander Cummings Cummings Stevens Fenton N. Y Mr Rice Massachusetts Naval

Steamship Columbia Arrives from Havana with Vera Cruz Dates

New York reports Steamship Columbia arrived with Vera Cruz dates of the 14th. English troops had departed Havana and sailed to Bermuda on the 18th amid many illnesses. A Mexican barracks blast near Orizaba killed 1300 and exhumations followed. French Chasseurs arrived, Spanish Chasseurs sailed from Havana to Vera Cruz, and Honduras notes support for Castellanos.

New York Columbia Havana Vera Cruz Bermuda Orizaba Tehaucan Honduras Castellanos

Rumors of Porter's Fleet and V Yancey Sightings

From Havana dated 22d reports Porter's mortar fleet in the Mississippi River and V Yancey may be aboard. a severe gale hit the Columbia during departure. Bark Major Norton lost near Sagua on the 14th with some cargo saved. Schooner Mira lost off Mayaguez. Wide Awake captured near blockade run. Yancey imprisoned at Fort Jefferson. Constitution reached Havana on 19th then to Key West. Porter's fleet alleged to have passed Southwest Pass with no rebel ships in Havana port recently. three small Secession schooners remained.

Yancey Porter Mississippi River New York Columbia Havana Major Norton Sagua Boston Mira Mayaguez Halifax Wide Awake Fort Jefferson Key West Constitution Ship Island Fortress Monroe Southwest Pass Secessia

Merrimac Report and Naval Skirmishes Near Virginia Ports

Fort Monroe dispatches describe the Merrimac returning to Norfolk leaky with six feet of water while pumps worked. Contrabands claim Buchanan and the commanding officer were killed, with several crew members wounded. The Monitor remains ready at Sewall's Point and fires are out. Yorktown and Newmarket areas show large fires, and the steamer Nashville carried valuable cotton and naval stores, breaking the blockade with lights out. The Chippewa replaces Cambridge as blockade runner. Liaison at Rip Raps notes shelling and a liquid fire shell hitting rebel parade ground.

Buchanan Wyorktown Nashville Baltimore Fortress Monroe The American Norfolk Monitor Lieut Minor Jones Sewall Yorktown Newmarket Bridge Federal Cambridge Chippewa Fort Macon Beaufort Sawyer Rip Raps Sewall’s Point

Mississippi Valley Overflows Impede Civil War Operations

Cairo dispatch reports Island No. 10 area flooded with main enemy works and much of the nearby Mississippi Valley submerged. Flooding delays active Union operations as forces await improved conditions.

Wasau Cairo Island No. 10 Mississippi Valley

San Francisco Shipping News and Far Eastern Telegrams

From California, Oregon and the Sandwich Islands, reports arrive of Ocean Telegraph sailing to Callao with 170 passengers and treasure for New York and England. Miners are murdered in the Salmon river mines and ice breaks up on Columbia and Fraser rivers. Honolulu arrivals and a California Legislature call for harbor fortifications are noted alongside multiple ships arriving or sailing from Callao, Manila, and Hong Kong.

San Francisco Ocean Telegraph Callao Sonora Panama New York England Oregon British Columbia Columbia Frazer Rivers Salmon River Eagle Wing Nercowah Margaret Manila Ivan Neptune

Winchester Battle Report and Prisoner Dispatch from March

Dispatches from Winchester Virginia dated March 26 report Capt. D. H. Brown as Deputy Provost Marshal. Rebel dead buried, 85 on the field and 123 along the Strasburg road. 235 prisoners sent to Baltimore with others en route. Gen Johnston and Gen Jackson planned a joint move but Johnston delayed. Banks praised by Gen Banks in a general order for the victory on the 23d. Shields’s arm reset and expected back in two weeks. Public visits to the battlefield for mementos continue.

Washington Secretary of War Fort Donelson Gen. Wool Cobb Craney Island Norfolk Wool Tucker McClellan H. C. Hodges Capt. Hodges Congress Corning Pendleton Shiel Vallandigham Democratic Party of the United States Senate House Winchester Marc D. H. Brown 4Th Ohio Regiment Here Strasburg Baltimore Johnston Jackson Banks Shields 67Th Ohio 110Th Penn 84Th Penn Indiana Ohio Pennsylvania Virginia New York Ohio Battery St. Connecticut Wisconsin Noonan Virginia Regiment Frederick Fifth Army Coste 5Th Army Corps Gen. Shields N. P. Banks

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