By: Ryan Reed
Rolla Express
December 3, 1860
Vol. 1, No. 20
Pen and Scissors
“Mr. Cobb, Secretary of the
Treasury, denies the report that he intends to resign his position in the
Cabinet.”
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| Howell Cobb |
This was the only news related to the impending secession of Southern
states and ultimately the Civil War. Mr.
Cobb is Howell Cobb, a Southern Democrat from Georgia. Cobb served five terms with the House of
Representatives and was Speaker of the House from 1849-1851. He became the Governor of Georgia from 1851
until 1853. He returned to Congress in
1857 and took the position of Secretary of the Treasury under President James
Buchanan. He eventually resigned from
Buchanan’s Cabinet five days after this article was published. He became one of the leaders of the
Secessionist movement and later served in the Confederate Army.
The Rolla Express related a few local items that still resonate with
Rollites today.
“We now have a daily mail between
Rolla and St. Louis. It will not be long
before the locomotive and train will be making this point its western terminus. We understand that the work is being delayed
on account of want of iron.”
The news edition also conveys news concerning the newly constructed
Phelps County Jail.
“We mentioned in out last number,
the escape of the prisoners from Phelps County Jail but neglected to state that
we had been misinformed about the completion of the building. In justice to all parties we will state that
the escape was effected from an unfinished portion of the jail and where the
carpenters were at work, the jailor having taken them from their cells for
exercise.”
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