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Burlington Weekly Hawk

Location

Burlington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 28, 1863

Page

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Capture of the J. P. Ellicott by the Retribution

The American brigantine J. P. Ellicott, 233 tons from Buckport Maine, under Devereaux, was seized on January 10 at 28 12 N 68 55 W by the privateer Retribution. A prize crew, led by Gilbert Hay and John Gilbert, took control on January 12 after the captain and mate's wives helped arm the crew, sending the officers and five sailors to the Alabama.

Apt J. P. Ellicott Teseauon Retribution Buckport Maine Devereaux Boston Cienfuegos Cuba Low Gilbert Hay Fort Lafayette John Gilbert J.P. Ellicott St. Thomas Tortola Virgin Islands John T. Edgar United States Alabama

Proclamation and War Times Reflections in 1863

Proclamations by Andrew Johnson warn holders of Confederate era rents to refrain from paying proceeds to Confederate agents, with a note on military governance. The page then surveys Adjutant General’s 1862 report praising Iowa soldiers, condemning deserters, and urging honor through service, followed by editorials on Northern politics, and a Springfield Ohio item about inherited wealth.

Tennessee United States Confederate States Congress Andrew Johnson Apsutant Geograt Adjutant General Iowa St. Louis Bird’s Point Corinth State Register

Markets and weather report from a river town in hard ice year

Friday in Boguinaton shows pleasant weather but impassable roads. The river is clear and the Fanny steamer sails for Fort Madison with loaded freight. Markets list prices for sugar coffee flour wheat corn potatoes butter eggs hay wood and more with mixed demand and seasonal shifts as rail and river transport rebound.

Boguinaton Fanny Fort Madison

Market activity and prices across flour to coffee

A detailed summary of market activity shows firmer flour with varied lots and prices, wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, malt, pork, bacon, lard, grease, whisky, hay, beans, dried fruit, hides, sugar and coffee. Notable figures include city and country grain sales, pork quiet, lard firm with kettle sales, hay auction, and coffee firming late.

Pekin Illinois River Lota Deaiard Louisiatia Taugspar Cumberland Peoria

Market Reports: Wheat Corn and Live Stock Prices

Thursday eveningFebruary 26 market reports show flour receipts 2042 barrels with weak demand and unmet quotations. Wheat receipts 8239 bushels with various sales from Newberrys Flint & Thompsons Munger and Armours and A D Coe to 109 122 125 cents. Corn 42529 bushels declined with mixed sales in store. Oats 13950 bushels steady after yesterday. rye 1835 bushels steady. barley 655 bushels unchanged. Dried apples firm with prime pork barrels and firm fish market. Beans weak, eggs scarce firm, hides active prices firm, potatoes scarce, poultry scarce. Chicago live stock and provisions markets follow.

Newberry Flint & Thompson Newberry’s Munger and Armour's Sturges Io Flint & Thomperon

New York Cattle Market Faces Snow Disruptions

Buxt's Heap on Monday sees cattle market in disarray as a heavy snowstorm halts trains and keeps fewer than eight hundred head in the Forty-fourth Street yard. Albany, Harlem, and Erie trains promise arrivals later, totaling near 4,000 head with 8.9c to 11c per lb for steers. Hogs unavailable. butchers wait for full market tomorrow. Sheep improve with 800 in Sixth street. more expected.

Buxt’s Heap Forty-fourth Street Albany Erie Road Harnlam Road Harlem Road Armenia Pawling’s Hudson River Road Fishkill Erie Toomorrow Boston Sixth Street

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