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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1863

Page

2

Arrest Power in Civil War Military Law Debate

Testimony discusses presidential authority to arrest Vallandigham as a military necessity, Burnside's command, and martial law definitions. It covers constitutional separation of powers, potential executive responsibility, and ongoing troop movements with reports from Suffolk and Carrsville, including casualties and reinforcements.

Burnside Gen. Burnside Vallandigham Military Commission Executive Department General Burnside

Vallandigham News and London Season Plans

Feuilleton style notes cover Vallandigham habeas corpus case news, clerical and political chatter, Adelina Patti and Adelina Patti touring plans in London from May to August, and various Civil War era items. Highlights include Corcoran property confiscation talk, conscription remarks, editorials on Union politics, and local notices from New York and Washington.

Daily Post Vallandigham New York Church Politicos Weekly Review Boston Onpolite Raiders Court Record Telegraphic News Adelina Patti Mario Tamberick Graziani London Washington Corcoran Alabama N. Y. News New England

Telegraphic News Item From Boston Office

A brief telegraphic dispatch from the American Telegraph Lines office in Boston reports general wire service news. No further details are provided in the fragment.

American Telegraph Lines—Office State Street Boston Ries of Alfred E. Giles Old State House Bmorss Concord Mass Oston Oztas

Treasury denies Walker loan claims and tariff rulings issued

The Treasury Department rejects claims that R. J. Walker has authority to negotiate a European loan and rebuts other reports of officials abroad. Key tariff decisions assign duties on hatters fur musk, gunny bags, cotton shirts, China clay, and cotton seed. Also noted are Navy deserters discharged and Gen. Crawford reassigned to the Pennsylvania Reserves.

Washington R. J. Walker Treasury Department Europe Secretary of the Treasury L. S. Grunn San Francisco Puget Sound District Washington Territory Smith Geo. A. Patterson Sumter C. A. Hodgesen Savannah Crawford War Department Military Commission Heintzelman Pennsylvania Reserves Seymour Pennsylvania Anderson Fort Sumter Banks Shenandoah Valley Cedar Mountain Mansfield Antietam Cape of Good Hope U.S District of Columbia Corcoran Goodsill Buckingham The Treasury

Union Leagues Form and Endorse Administration in Two Cities

In Cleveland Hon. R P Spaulding presided at the Union League Convention with speeches by Montgomery Blair David Paul Brown J M Ashley John Hutchins and James Lane. Resolutions backed the Administration and were adopted by a large attendance. In Albany a loyal Union League organized with Thomas W Olcott presiding and 100 vice presidents. Resolutions urged unconditional support for the government while condemning traitor sympathies and calling loyalists to unite. George Downing named president and 30 delegates chosen for Utica meeting.

Cleveland, O R. P. Spaulding Union League Montgomery Blair David Paul Brown J. M. Ashley John Hutchins James Lane Albany N. Y Capitol Thomas W. Olcott Hurlbut Outhwest Geo. Downing Utica D.S. Dickinson Martin J. Townsend Gen. Nye Col. A. S. Owen

Rebel and Union Movements Describe Civil War Skirmishes and Raids

May 20 dispatch reports Col. Clayton of the 5th Kn Cavalry destroying 200,000 bushels of corn, mills, and commissary buildings near Cotton Plant after recon toward Little Rock. He skirmished with Carter’s brigades, won a river crossing escape, with 2 killed and 4 wounded. rebel losses cited as 55 killed. Other raids include Col. Patch from Corinth into Alabama with 400 prisoners and 600 horses, and Major Burke near Holly Springs with 5 killed and 11 wounded. Warrenton evacuated after destroying batteries. gunboat Cricket arrivals and ironclads along Red River. rebels protect cotton boats above Alexandria.

Price Little Rock Wittsburg Col Patch Corinth Alabama Chalmers Tallahatchie Burke Germantown Holly Springs Franklin Continental Warrenton Cricket Young’s Point Admiral Porter Red River Alexandria

Expedition succeeds as railroad damage repaired after naval action

Fortess Monnor May 19 The steamship 8 R Spaulding sailed for Newbern with Brig Gen Briggs aboard The Suffolk expedition under Col Foster has completed its mission and repaired damage to the Seabrook and Roanoke Railroad Casualties in the recent skirmishes are insignificant

Fortress Monnor R. Spaulding Newbern Cma Briggs A .He Suffolk Ander Col. Foster Seabrook Roanoke

Captains Escort Body of Capt Howard Dwight

The body of Capt How ard Dwight was removed from the steamer this afternoon under escort by Colonel Howe Captains Vallance Stanton and Blake J Emerson A F Learned and members of the New England Association and placed on the train for Boston.

Howard Dwight Colonel Howe Vallance Stanton and Blake J. Emerson A. F Learned New England Association Boston

Horses Seized in Louisville Transit Operation

Collector Gaillard seized six brooded horses en route north from Dixie and large quantities of wares in transit south through Louisville on May 20.

Louisville Gaillard Dixie

New York Markets and Rail Stocks in May Trading

Market report notes First Board stocks slide with declines for Chicago and Rock Island, Illinois Central scrip, and several railroads. Second Board also weak with Er ie and New York Central tepid. Commodities show mixed results from cotton to wheat, flour, and pork, with Treasury notes and certificates quoted as markets move.

NEW York Stock and Money Market First Board Chicago and Rock Island Railroad Illinois Central Railroad Michigan Southern Railroad New York Central Railroad Pennsylvania Coal Company Manetae Railroad Hudson Railroad Canton Company Virginia Missouri Erie Railrecy Vt Galena and Chicago Railroad Cleveland and Toledo Railroad Midhon Central Railroad Harlem Railroad Pacific Mail Steamship Company American Gold Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad Ilinois Central Railroad Michigan Central Railroad Pacific Mail Steamship American Coal Company Reading Railroad Arlem Railroad Erie Railroad Treasury Tennessee Canton Co Cumberland Coal Company Quicksilver Mining Company Cleveland and Toedo Railroad New York State and Western Ohio Western Southern Canada Chicago Milwaukee State New Orleans Costa Rica Liverpool Cincinnati At¢ Premerie Railroad

Ship News Roundup from New York Ledger Fireside Log

The report lists numerous ships sailing routes and destinations including Wild Cat New Orleans Cen turion Havre Minnehaha Londonderry Harris Tronsides Buenos Ayres Janet Fagardo Bloomer Marseilles and others. Another entry notes Mazep ba from Liverpool bound for San Francisco with coordinates near 17°S 34°W and 37°30′N 71°W for Lisbon steering northwest.

Ship News New York Wild Cat New Orleana Centurion Havre Minnehaha Londonderry Harris Tronsides Buenos Ayres Janet Fagardo Bloomer Marseilles L M Merritt Cardenas Lensita Cienfuegos Mary Stewart Catania Lady of the Lake Don Juan St Johns Porto Rico Mersey Pernambuco Mazepba Liverpool San Francisco Lisbon Bath

Stocks Edge Higher Amid Broad Market Shift and Inflation Fears

Brokers kept busy with large volumes of orders as negotiable paper dwindled and investors moved idle funds into public securities, railroads, mines, and banks. Prices rose slowly with broad demand and inflation concerns, while the weekly Boston bank statement showed loan and deposit gains but reduced specie and circulation.

American Gold Minesota Copper Quincy Pittsburg Pewabic Franklin Central National Isle Royale Rockland Copper Falls Huron Albany Boston Hancock Mesnard Superior Western Railroad Worcester Providence Old Colony Maine Lowell Fitchburg Eastern Metropolitan Cambridge Middlesex Malden Melrose Manchester Lawrence Northern Portland Saco Wilmington Vermont Canada Concord South Shore Massachusetts Cheshire Cary East Boston

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