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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1864

Page

2

House Passes Homestead Benefit Bill for All Soldiers

In the evening session the House debated a bill extending homestead law benefits and rebel lands to soldiers and sailors without color. Julian Indiana and Miller New York urged passage as justice and government strength. Johnson Ohio condemned the Republican party as trampling state rights, while Allison Iowa called armed foes traitors. The House adjourned near 9:40 PM.

House Messrs Julian Indiana Miller New York Johnson Ohio Allison Iowa United States

Union Drafts and Guerrilla Skirmishes Reported in Civil War Notes

Washington dispatch reports rumors of guerrilla attacks on colored troops guarding the Orange and Alexandria Railroad but officials say casualties were not sustained. Details note skirmishes near Manag Bas and a wood train incident. States for a draft are Massachusetts New Jersey Ohio Minnesota Kentucky and Maryland. The House passed a bill on establishing republican state governments with conditions including loyalty oaths and voting rules, while preserving prohibition of involuntary servitude.

West Mexico Boutwell South Carolina Georgia Florida Davis Maryland Pendleton Ohio Congress Washington the Star City Manag- Bas Massachusetts New Jersey Minnesota Kentucky House United States Senate Grinnell Iowa Spencer M. Clark Treasury Printing Bureau Gen Martindale District of Columbia Fortress Monroe Gen. Butler Henry C. Caldwell U. S Arkansas Delano T. Smith Elisha P. Forey Tennessee C. Latham Sholes District of Milwaukee England House of the Committee On Foreign Affairs Treasury Department

Smuggling crackdowns rise in Forrest city arrests

In Mewruis Tennessee and Carno on May 2 and May 3, several arrests followed charges of contraband smuggling to Forrest. The recent executions and condemnations heighten the crackdown as Gen. Washburne moves to dismantle the smuggling network. Military actions are planned but currently nonoperational. A New York dispatch adds a rumored rebel spy seized with loyalist letters. The Australasian voyage to Liverpool brought 212000 dollars in specie. gold closed at 179.

Fernan Caballero J. Leander Starr New York John Bradburn W. M. Doolady Walker Street Spain Tongus Walter Scott Macauley Cary Col. Starr Edinburgh Review Scotland Scott America State House Chase Congress Robinson & Ogden Broad Street Fisk & Hatch Messrs Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company New England Washington Capitol White House Maryland Casno, Ita Belle Memphis Alexandria Red River Banks Grand Ecore Cane River Arkansas Marmaduke Hastings Benefit Camden Vicksburg Louisville Monnter New Orleans Mewruis Tenn Carno Forrest Smith Washburne Liverpool Commercial Boston Roxbury Brookline Court Street Chicago Atata Manwanuan

Nationwide Christian Commission drives $50,000 pledge in Philadelphia

A large meeting in Philadelphia on behalf of the United States Christian Commission, presided by Bishop McKlvan e, raised $50,000 on the spot with plans to grow into a national one million dollar subscription. Similar meetings will follow in major cities, and a Ladies' Christian Commission movement is to be organized in churches.

Alexandre Vattemare Paris America Boston City Hall Public Columbus Mons. Vattemare Mons. Guizot Academy of Moral and Political Sciences France Walter Scott William Penn Philadelphia Hartford Times United States Christian Commission McKlvane Ohio Dr. Kirk J. T. Curzen New York Simpson Tobey Christian Commission New Haven Conn Senate John T. Adams Norwich Hyland Harrison Branford John 8. Rice Farmington Wm. T. Elmer Middletown John R. Buck Glastonbury Buckingham United States

Harris and Marley Fight Ends After Long Duel

Harris defeated Marley after an hour and three quarters in a bout of thirty five to forty rounds. About 5000 spectators witnessed the event before authorities intervened too late to stop it.

Philadelphia Harris Marley

Money Markets and Bonds Report on May Day 1964

Money in full supply at banks and open market with limited demand for prime collateral loans. Ten-Forty loan subscriptions at par outpaced recent levels as investors sought legal tender currency. Closing board prices include Worcester Railroad 1458 and Michigan Central 137 with American Gold at 180 and Sterling at 198 percent.

Brew York Stock and Money Markeet Chicago and Hock Island Railroad Cumberland Coal Company Illinois Central Railroad Michigan Southern Railroad New York Central Railroad Reading Hudson River Railroad Missouri Erie Railroad Cleveland and Toledo Railroad Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Michigan Central Railroad Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad Pacific Mail Steamship Co Harlem Railroad Alton and Terra Haute Reading Railroad Illinois Central Railroad Scrip Galena and Chicago Railroad Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien Railroad Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad New York Canada Chicago Milwaukee Michigan Ohio Rangoon Bond Siam Havana Liverpool Buffalo ST Louis Treasury Worcester Railroad Western Providence Maine Cambridge Fitchburg Michigan Central Merchants Bank Commerce Atlantic Atlantic Mills American Sterling Exchange

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