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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1863

Page

2

Defense lawyer argues against martial law and Vallandigham arrest

The speaker contends martial law is not law and disputes General Burnside in the Vallandigham case. He rejects use of treason by words, defends civil liberties, and cites English law. A later rebuttal by A F Perry extends the argument into the next session.

Engish North Matthew Hale Vallandigham Department of the Ohio Oregon Burnside Gen. Burnside Pugh A. F. Perry

Editorials and notices on Vallandigham and war commentary

The Worcester Palladium and The New York Times discuss Civil War policy and treason. References include Burnside Order No 38, editorials on Vallandigham, calls to send editors to the Tortugas, and remarks on Lee’s losses and Hooker’s blunders. Shipping news from Halifax and Britain follows.

Worcester Palladium N. Y. Times Burnside Palladium Times Vallandigham Portsmouth N.E H Douglas Memphis Gen. Burnside Stanton Wendell Phillips Lloyd Garrison

Lavish Praise and Scorn Mark Visual Uproar in Press Circles

A slice of era commentary notes heated praise for Stonewall Jackson from Republican papers and sharp insults toward McClellan. It compares London Princess of Wales coverage to a theatre crowd with premium tickets and a public figure drawing universal gaze. The Chicago Tribune blasts the New York Tribune editor as lacking fight, suggesting he would end the war for peace.

Springfield Republican Philadelphia Charleston Jeff. Davis Stonewall Jackson Richmmond Stanton War Office Cesar Brutus Lee London Princess of Wales Terry Prince Chicago Tribune New York Tribune

Ottoman Cotton Company Emerges Amid Global Market News

Active discount demand at banks following rate cut. Ottoman Cotton Company plans to buy and develop cotton culture in Turkey. Telegraph updates from Queenstown and Paris cover stock moves, consols, tariff changes, editorials on US Civil War, and commodity markets including Liverpool breadstuffs and cotton prices.

Ottoman Cotton Company Turkey Queenstown Warsaw London Paris Shipping Gazette Prince of Wales Royal Academy Observer Lincoln Great Britain Times England United States the Times Morning Post Michael The Herald Russia France Liverpool U.S Havre New Orleans Tres Ordinaire de Bas Errmags Sa American Securities Erie Rairoad Mlinoig Central Railroad

Consolidation of Macon and Ocean Houses into Cuyler General Hospital

FortRess Monnor reports the Macon House and Ocean House have been consolidated into the Cuyler General Hospital under Dr McKay. The steamer Georgianna replaces the Thomas A. Morgan on the Fortress Monroe to Yorktown run. The Charleston Daily Courier notes Stonewall Jackson’s death and dispatches from Vicksburg. Confederate flags, prisoner arrivals in Richmond, and a Fredericksburg loss are also mentioned.

FortRess Monror Macon House Ocean House Cuyler General Hospital McKay Chesapeake Hospital Hampton Georgianna Fortress Onroe Thomas A. Morgan Yorktown Rinaldo Charleston Charleston Daily Courier Litl Stonewall Jackson Vicksburg Big Black River Cayuga Hankerson’s Ferry Owen Utica Hines County Miss Banks New Orleans Young’s Point Grant Forrest Fortress Monroz Confederate Congress Richmond Redericksburg P. Blair, Jr Fredericksburg Joss

Clemency for treason convict and wartime notices

John Orcutt of Kentucky pardoned by the President after friends secured clemency. Cherokee captured off Charleston while attempting to run the blockade. Navy orders to Grafton and Jones to ordnance duty. Patterson to the Mississippi squadron. Rebel prisoners vow oath of allegiance. Oath administered to Criminal Court jurors. Export bans on horses and mules reinforced. livestock to be seized for government use. National banks designated, notes and appointments announced. Dr Warren Webster reports wounded stable. pontoon bridge laid for transport. Sutlers ban revoked. Utah Chief Justice Kinney removed. John Titus named successor amid Mormon policy shift.

WasuiInoton John Orcutt Carpenter Kentucky Navy Department Charleston E. Grafton Patterson Jones Boston Philadelphia Robert E. Patterson Mississippi United States Pny Criminal Court War Department Quartermaster General Illinois Hugh McCulloch Samuel T. Howard Leroy, N Warren Webster Falmouth U. S. Ford Webster Chancellorsville Army of the Potomac Kinney Utah John Titus Pennsylvania

Grant advances near Vicksburg as Union forces move

May 14 dispatches report Grant's army within 15 miles of Edward's Station, 18 miles east of Vicksburg, with Sherman corps divisions at Grand Gulf and McArthur crossing. Grant receives reinforcements. a new overland road from Young's Point aids troop movement. ten black regiments formed, more expected.

Grant Randalf Big Black River Vicksburg Jackson Clinton Young’s Point Thomas Memphis

Pirate Alabama Reported Spotted Near Equator by Victory

The British ship Victory relayed that on April 10 a steamer boarded by an officer reported the U.S. steamer Troquois and asked about American vessels. By 7 PM the Victory saw a ship on fire, described as bark rigged with seven guns and a shield figure head, believed to be the pirate Alabama.

New York Calcutta Victory Equator U.S Alabama

Treasury Subscriptions Sell 11 Million in Five-Twenties

Jo Cooke reports the sale of 11 million in five-twenties yesterday and 790000 today with regional distributions to New York and New Jersey 1297000 Boston and New England 750000 Ohio 320000 Pennsylvania and Philadelphia 296000 Baltimore and Maryland 62000 Kentucky 8000 Minnesota Michigan and Illinois 17000. Deliveries are nearly complete though delayed by Treasury, subscribers to receive interest as funds arrive through authorized agents East or West.

Philadelphia Jo Cooke New York New Jersey Boston New England Ohio Pennsylvania Baltimore Maryland Kentucky Minnesota Michigan Illinois Treasury Department Boston Water Power Company East Boston Vermont and Canada Railroad Old Colony Fitchburg Middlesex Eastern Bartlett Steam Newburyport

Warden Tinker slain by convict Coolier at Rockland prison

Rockland Maine May 14 1890 In the forenoon Richard Tinker Warden of the Thomaston State Prison was killed by convict Coolier who stabbed him in the neck severing the jugular vein The prisoner a former Massachusetts inmate known as Spencer Jr is said to have a savage temper He was a native of Frankfort and sentenced from Cumberland county Mr Tinker formerly worked in Ellsworth Maine

Rockland Richard Tinker Thomaston Coolier Massachusetts State Prison Frankfort Cumberland County Tinker Ellsworth, Me

Enthusiastic Welcome for 2d New York Regiment Return

In Troy on May 14 the reception of the 2d New York Regiment drew an unusually fervent crowd. The unit returned with about 400 men, sparking a highly spirited homecoming.

Troy N. Y

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