28 Apr 1862
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Newspaper
Rolla Express
Location
Rolla, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1862
Page
1
A fragmentary poem evokes a doorway scene as a lone speaker awaits a lover or stranger crossing the night. It recalls rain, winds, and the restless sea while noting mournful footsteps and passing figures in midnight streets. The voice laments missed meetings and seeks quiet confirmation of presence.
A reader laments wartime anxiety and moral strain, urging calm, unity, and practical frugality. He recalls loved ones at war, prays for soldiers, and notes strong public opinions shaping national mood during hard days.
Fragmented OCR suggests a discussion on gender roles with praising a wife’s role in homemaking and happiness. It includes a tale of a merchant and a snow shoveling incident illustrating everyday labor and moral tone, set in a domestic context with dated diction. The piece emphasizes home life, comfort, and bonds between husband and wife.
A fragmented excerpt contemplates moral restraint during war and questions viewing God as wrathful. It contrasts Christ's precepts with war's horrors, argues for universal fallibility, and reflects on restraint, unity, and divine attributes amid conflict.
A Western landlord plans a grand supper featuring sardines. He orders two dozen boxes but receives twenty three pewter squirt guns instead. The mistaken order causes a uproar as the party discovers the unintended item.
A speaker argues bankruptcy frees children to honest labor and family virtue, contrasting rich indulgence with poverty’s stern care. He mocks greed and cites a camp anecdote about a stolen turkey bird as lesson in honesty and character.
Forsyth Missouri April 17 1862 report notes scarcity of corn hay and butter with milk and eggs scarce. Soldiers lack salt vegetables and fresh food. health remains generally good. Many locals flee home fearing raid while some encounter Union troops differing from hostile portrayal. General Curtis quotes about wicked flee when no man pursueth.
A Corrrespondent reports that the French Legion, old Creole families, rebels against the Confederate government near Port Fillow and New Orleans. They resist disarmament, await France's intervention, and are said to be building a floating battery with slaves. heavy earthworks rise at Randolph with no guns yet.
Governor Harvey of Wisconsin drowned on a Saturday night at Savannah Landing on the Tennessee River while aiding wounded Wisconsin troops after arriving at the battlefield with hospital supplies. His body had not yet been recovered according to latest reports. The loss is deeply felt by the people of Wisconsin as he was highly esteemed in all relations of life.
The bill prescribes death or at least five years in prison and a $10 000 fine for those disloyal to the United States if convicted by confession or two witnesses. It declares freed slaves of convicted rebels and imposes disqualification from office. The President can occupy rebel property for six months and may set a slave emancipation date by proclamation, with power to grant pardons.
A traveler returning north through Huntsville after visiting New Orleans describes dire conditions. Pork at 50 dollars per brl, flour 18 to 20, coffee 75 cents, tea poor quality 2 to 3 dollars per pound, herbs used by the poor, Commerce real lives up to 30 to 50 per yard, Confederate scrip discounted at 65 cents coin. Union soldiers are in the city awaiting signals to declare themselves.
The Frederick Examiner reports slave sales in Maryland where families fetched $400 from about $2,000. It notes reactions to secession and warns that the rebellion seals the institution in Maryland. It cites Senator Henderson of Missouri claiming slavery declined from 115,000 to 50,000 due to the conflict.
Official burying parties detail Union losses at about fifteen hundred killed and wounded. Enemy casualties estimated around three thousand killed and wounded, with ten thousand captured or missing. The totals suggest heavy in both sides and a large number buried or missing.
The New York Herald reports Gen. Mitchell intercepted Beauregard at Huntsville. Beauregard is described as in a desperate condition with his army reduced to about 35 000 effective troops. He admits the rebel cause may fail unless a quick turn of events occurs in the Valley of the Mississippi.
A fragmented quotation reflects on books offering companionship in suffering. It suggests that some souls respond to collective agony, easing loneliness and proving that misery is not solitary.
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