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Newspaper
Rolla Express
Location
Rolla, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1862
Page
2
The Weekly Express owner warns of financial strain due to halted mail services and dwindling advertising. To avoid suspending issues, readers are urged to raise subscriptions to two dollars per year and double the advertising list, or the paper may stop publishing until order and post routes return.
The Daily Express announces it will no longer issue after this morning. The paper explains its closure is necessary for financial reasons but says the weekly publication will continue. Readers may subscribe at the office and unsettled debts will be settled by supplying the weekly edition.
Judge J S Wadlill will hold courts in counties ready for action though our county is not prepared. County vacancies arise from ordinance nonconformity leaving Sheriff, County Clerk, and Coroner positions unfilled. Petitions to Gov Gamble urged to restore civil machinery. Petersons Magazine offer renewed at 1.50 annual. sample issue to subscribers. Peterson appointed Register of Lands by Gov Gamble.
Citizens and soldiers are warned about newly printed Desote ebraska bills entering circulation far from home. The issuer is unknown and responsibility is unclear, so avoid accepting or spreading them to prevent potential financial risk. Gen F Sigel resignations rumors upset Missouri watchers. Gov Gamble reshuffles judiciary affecting Waddill Hopdrick Edwards Emmerson and Price.
The text laments the passing of the year 1802 and recalls Civil War era battles and losses. It notes Galveston evacuation due to insufficient fortifications, relocation of hospital facilities to Houston, and a shift of newspaper operations. It also details Union troop strength under Gen. Hunter, border deployments, and Home Guard musterings along the Kansas frontier.
A New Year’s Eve gathering at the Tiffany Home hosted by J. C. Clark under Lieut. Williams showcased officers including Brig. Gen. Curtis and Colonels Phelps Boyd and Gorgas. The evening featured fine music and ample hospitality, with praise for the marshal and hosts for orderly entertainment and a merry welcome to the New Year.
Benjamin Tucker of Dartmouth Massachusetts died aged 90. His father 88 grandfather 90 and great grandfather 93. For two hundred acres of land remained in the family for many years tracing descent from father to son across four generations.
A captured Missouri cavalry sergeant recounts Raine’s pickets driven in near the Osage, Pope with ten thousand men marching on Oscola causing Price to flee south. Springfield houses were used for troops, women and children sent to the streets. Arkansas barred Price from entering with non enlisted troops, leaving about 1,500 Confederates. Since Pope’s rapid moves last week, region between Missouri and Osage rivers is quiet with rumors of secession camps gone.
The Missouri Democrat reports Congressmen discuss shipping contrabands to Indiana Territory to work cotton lands along the Red and Arkansas rivers. They cite vast cotton acreage, claim treaties were violated, and propose Benton's Florida Occupation style relocation with a railroad route via St. Louis and Springfield to Fort Smith.
The Secretary of War orders Colonel Berdan's brigade to equip with the Spence Magazine Rifle. This repeating weapon fires eight shots without reloading and can be quickly recharged for eight more rounds, resembling the Sharp rifle and noted as the costliest arm in service.
General orders authorize payment of all officers appointed by Gen. Fremont as listed by Gen. Halleck. New names have been forwarded and instructions issued to pay each officer in service under Fremont. Reports from Mr. Thomas say payments will be made for what is due to them.
Mrs Sarah Larrabee of Rockville Massachusetts is described as an elderly woman with four sons and seventeen grandsons and one great grandson serving in the federal army.
A passport to leave Poland costs four hundred rubles, about two hundred eighty dollars. The Union Defence Committee of New York, a cross party group, unanimously supports the President's stance on slavery. The saying warns that sleep is impossible with a flea in the ear.
Special Order No 128 appoints Isaiah H Williams 2nd Lieutenant Company E 13th Illinois Volunteers as Provost Marshal for Rolls Missouri, with orders to respect and obey. By order of General Dodge post commander J A Williamson.
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