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Newspaper
Rolla Express
Location
Rolla, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1860
Page
2
The notice outlines terms for advance payments and commissions to agents, with rates for advertisements. It lists rates by column and duration, including legal notices and obituaries, plus conditions for payment on proof of publication and commissions to reliable newspaper agents.
The Rolla Express announces a forthcoming extra issue to provide a complete report on improvements in Rolla and Phelps County. Friends are invited to purchase extra copies, priced at two points per hundred or three cents each, with orders to be registered and accompanied by payment.
A Democratic gathering is planned at the Court House this Saturday the 25th to nominate delegates for the convention in Jefferson City on September 20 1860 to select state electors and the interested parties are urged to attend.
The report lists elected congressmen by district including Blair Rollina Clark Reid Pharis Noell and Vance for Texas county and notes railroad expansion in the Southwest. It also cites Cuba population figures of 1,168,000 with 650,000 whites, 180,009 free colored, 400,000 slaves and 38,000 Asians and Indians along with the productivity of sugar estates.
The article argues that electors favored extending road charters and rejecting a sell out policy. It notes growing support for the internal improvement system and progressive road completion, especially the Southwestern Pacific branch, and claims Williams would have won by a clear margin without employee votes.
Samuel G Williams, native of Bedford county Virginia, elected to the Missouri Legislature. He moved from Lynchburg Virginia to Missouri on July 4 1858 and has two years and one month in the state. He has long supported Virginia Democrats and backed the state ticket at the Jefferson City convention. He favors further state aid to railroads and won by a majority of 202 votes over Harrison. State returns show C F Jackson Democratic candidate favored over Orv. Buchanan carried Missouri at the last presidential election.
A political report notes C. F. Jackson leads the field with a strong showing, possibly winning outright. Hancock Jackson runs poorly but the regular Democratic nominees face opposition from dissidents, yet the party remains energized and emboldened after a heated contest.
A reference list shows the electoral vote totals for each state for the November presidential election of 1856, alongside the nationwide popular vote totals. The aggregate numbers cited are 503 electoral votes and 1,850,960 votes cast, with 1,334,553 for one side and 286,960 for the other.
Messrs. Burden and Woodson of Springfield have contracted U S Mail service from St James to Rolla and now operate a four horse Concord stage line. Service runs Rolla to Springfield Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays with nightly connections from St James to Rolla. Travel from St Louis to Rolla is possible Saturday night and two day ride to Springfield. Propritors emphasize prompt courteous service and are planning a daily line.
The Trouston Telegraph reports meetings of citizens at Anderson Hempstead Brenham Paris and other towns and the appointment of Vigilance Committees amid Abolition plot developments. It notes that the negroes of Gimes county have held gatherings.
Reports describe a band of runaways in Fayette county armed and planning escape to Mexico. The Gilmer Tribune notes three Negro suspects arrested on the 10th in that town with passes and way bills to the Indian Nation, pistols, powder, caps, and writing materials. They claimed origin from Henderson county. A fire destroyed Dr. W Stell's house in Lamar county on the 16th, set by a Negro.
Across the country readers get word of electoral prospects in California, land sales in Minnesota, and Ireland’s potato blight. Reports note weather extremes in June and a record Prussian-like heat, while Boston and Philadelphia report fires and financial losses.
A local mortality summary notes deaths during the week ending August 11 1880. It lists several individuals with vague causes, mentions a railroad accident, possible poisoning, and other death causes including old age. The report apologizes for omissions and delays and references local advertisers and notices.
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