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Newspaper
Rolla Express
Location
Rolla, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1860
Page
2
Rates for advertising include square notices and legal ads with due dates. Special commissions to agents, advance payment requirements, and free religious notices are listed, plus reminders about renewals and subscription marks X on names indicating expiration.
Rolla Missouri December 10 1869 brief synopsis presents the Presidents Message as a very important document. It is described as breathing a conservative and patriotic spirit and emphasizes the need for wise and prudent councils in the nation.
Con E T Wingo of Douglas County passed through Rolla on Saturday while returning home from Jefferson City. He consoles himself over the defeat of the squatter Chief with hopeful remarks about the Republican office in St. Louis. Mourners in this political funeral find consolation in Stephen's political burial as squatterism fades.
Goory notes the January 1861 number of Godeys Lady's Book is splendid and urges ladies to subscribe. Mrs. Walker will supply the magazine to Missouri subscribers for 2 dollars per year, with names and payment due immediately to start the new year.
In Kansas the scene is tense as threats rather than actual violence scare Judge Williams into adjourning his court at Fort Scott with 275 armed men. He plans to evade U S troops under Harney and Foster. Montgomery and Jennison have hanged Scott Hines and Harison and shot Bishop and Moore in the Territory.
The president warns secession is revolution and urges the Union be preserved. He cites enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law, federal authority over territories, and the danger from Northern anti slavery agitation. He calls Congress to act, cautions against war, and endorses a Pacific railroad and Cuba purchase.
The Prince of Wales did not reach Windsor Castle on Tuesday evening the 15th as weather and head winds affected the return voyage. Papers fill with details of the journey and the conditions encountered.
The secession movement continues in the South with both disunionists and conservatives holding meetings. The anticipated message from Governor Gist of South Carolina has appeared and is described as a strong secession document. Also noted is an advertisement by Messrs. Campbell & Co. for good lumber.
Readers are asked to note a new AGuE Cure advertised as a safe nonquinine distemper remedy. It is touted as effective, free of minerals, and supportive of constitutional health. The notice cites public confidence and a need for a reliable treatment. Meanwhile Congress convened in Washington on December 3 with about 200 Representatives present as negotiations and reform proposals begin.
Wholesale price list for Rolla markets dated December 8 lists corn 40 cents per bushel, wheat 90 cents, oats 40, new potatoes 75, white beans 120 per bushel, green apples 0.03, dried apples 1.50, beeswax 0.40, bacon and lards assorted, coffee 15-20 cents a pound, molasses 40-45 per barrel, whiskey 2.66 per gallon, mackerel 0.15, cod fish 0.34, beef cattle 21-30 neat, hogs 3x5 cents per lb, sheep 58 per field, tobacco 12 cents per pound, indigo blue 0.75, live stock prices listed for cattle hogs sheep and hides. article lists multiple items with varied units and quantities.
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