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Newspaper
Rolla Express
Location
Rolla, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1861
Page
2
The column reports rumors of a secessionist plan to strike soon and burn bridges while describing absent senators and recent battles. It notes the burning of the Confederate gunboat Zascarora near Freling, frontier movements toward Florida, and distress in St. Louis with arriving destitute families. Weather and local ads punctuate the item.
Among wounded soldiers at the hospital four men are recorded dead. Lyohn M. Wheaton Col Phelps regiment Noble Williams Third Illinois cavalry Lorenzo H Belknap Calhans Ohio Battery died on the 21st Jeptha F Moore Capt Almon's Company Phelps regiment and Joseph L Harrison Third Illinois cavalry died yesterday morning. One entry notes a man named Bug returning from St Louis to his former quarters at the Drug Store of Webster and Harri.
The message, touching foreign relations and the insurrection, supports railroad faith, judicial reform, and colonization notions. It praises loyal forces, mentions outgoing Scott and incoming McClellan, and frames today’s struggle as for a vast future, with Lincoln-like tone and late synopsis receipt.
Amid Civil War proceedings, House actions expel John R. Bealber of Missouri for armed opposition. Resolutions urge harsher treatment and prisoner exchanges, including Col. Alfred Wuengas and Col. Wood, with calls to place Slidell and Corcoran in similar confinement until fair treatment of captured Union officers is ensured.
Maried December 24 at the bride’s father’s residence by A Johnson FageDy Johan Buck married Mips Bell MoMila in Maries County.
Missouri State Convention approves changes to election timing. The ordinance shifts the governor, lieutenant governor, and secretary of state elections from November to the first Monday of August 1862, with other elections following as previously set. Governor, lieutenant governor, and secretary of state remain in office until successors are elected or voters disapprove. Document certified by Secretary of State M Oliver in Jefferson City on October 25, 1861.
A Missouri constitutional convention ordinance abolishes the Board of Public Works and the State Superintendent of Common Schools, reduces salaries for county and state officers by 2 percent, disbands county Senior Commissioners in most counties, and requires all civil officers to take a U S Constitution oath within sixty days. The act assigns duties to county clerks, sets vacancy rules, and enforces oath filings with penalties for noncompliance.
The Missouri State Convention on October 16, 1864, passed an ordinance providing amnesty for persons who take an oath and renounce arms against the United States. It directs officials to issue certificates of compliance and asks the Governor to inform the President to grant exemptions from penalties. Mordecai Oliver certifies the ordinance as a true copy.
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