The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-08

sr Looms, No July 9, 1851
Lyons Promotion Giues Great 6asiusetiOs-zhs Sonthsd
DsscGeaed-Rsbss Organising 10 Joiv Ben. xcrNJlooA-
Affairs at st. LoGis-CoyoneT HardiUge Making Prepa.
racns to Take Care Of the Ss9seasern Reoe-CeIomel
Sei0ePs Colam~-Gerevat Lyon In Route for 0e Leod
ktnH-0eWe1ai Lyons Name and Pousr-BM No
CUiiocAs Whereabouts, dc.
The principal cause Of rejoicing iu this city, just ii
present, B the promotion Of Gen. Lyon 10 Major
rashp. All the Union men Of st. Louis are in high
spirits ct the recognition Of the signal service General
Lyon has rendered to their Cause thus assured they
will continue the contest with renewed vgor They ali
feel that they owe the present safe footing OF
Unonsm In Missouri to the prompt action OF
General Lyon and Colonel Blair, aud arc rcady
ana anxious 10 accord "honor to whom honor
Is DUE" Had It not been for the Price and Hsfney
treaty. these two gentlemen would loog ere this have
bad Missouri quiet throughout and upxeservedy the
side Of freedom.
The theatre of war In ths State will be- for the mme-
date future In the southeastern section. learn to day
that active In progress thero to reslst
the efforts Of General Lyon One James Mcbride judge
Of he Circuit Court Of that part OF Missouri and
dent Of Houston, Texss county, has raised a force
Of hse hundred rebels In the region which he holds
sway. Captain Lowe, Of Doniphan, Ripley county, has
gathering Of SIX hundred men al that point Tnexe tao
the Rack river, ard about thirty miles distant from
Doniphsn, whore they will receive from their
Southern brethren. They expect to be Joined OF Poca
hontas by force from Memphis or come part Of Ten
nessee TO aid them In subduing the Union troops The
best WY to put stop to their proceedings to eend q
regiment there and capture them before they
quite ready TO act nip the affair in the bud la Camp
jackson. The principal hope Of the rebels Of hs-
souri, for foreign aid Is from Tennessee INFO the southeast
OF the STATE,
visited Arsenal this afternoon and found matters
there sirrng before tho departure Of tho va
rous expeditions to the Interior COone aardiDEe
msnds 10 General Lyons Sbse.ce, end manages every
tnrg 10 q rnaslery manner. The Arsenal landing
has not single boat, where three weeks II had
half dozen. All tao members Of the Arsenal feet,
with the exception Of the j. G. Swan, up the Mis-
to her arst sso,ons' orders having 'r ossn
received to-day for her rendition to her own
ers Il is quite likely that they will not again make
Of their boat to transport property stolen from
arsena to point where It may be used for the capture
OF another They vii! probably consider their late til
success sautar5 lesson and make firm determination
10 Ego and Sin no more"
On the parade ground battery OF light artillery
drilling active servce-tae men "golng through the
mctiohs with sd niraole celebrity. The usual "Awkw
squads" undergoing the Crueltes Of the drill
geants add battalion OF rifemen WAS having iis daily
parade The two regiments OF Illinois troops at Casey
vile, ne miles east OF here have orders to break camp
to night and rsmovo 10 the arsenal Their coming will
renew the bust and activity OF month ence Colonel
Hardpge rs making Preparations despatch force
the beast to take OF the rebels that locality
he oid me maj tne aSs auinentlC Information from Col
sege 10 the 27h On that day Col Segel with his
reg the First battalion from Col Salomone
had left Springfield for Mount Vernon twenty mes
OF that point, with visw OF proceeding 10 GraDby
and taking possession Of the lead mines.
force tom Governor Jackson's party had preceded
them with the same laudabe object view BE eIt as
Springfield Colonel Salomon, with his second battalion to
guard the place General Sweeney and Colonel GTatz
Brown within forty miles Of Springfield, and have
this joined Seieei's command Their whole force
upwards Of 500 men, and battery OF x twelve and
ak pound brass pieces BY teleRrapbic despatch from
Bonneville earn that General Lyon started from that
p,tnt this morning. at nine O'Clock, route for Spring
neld Hndrances IN Preparations have delayed his de-
parure till the present time II Ia quite likely that Cen
Lyon may not accompany the expedition In person. but
give the command to Colonel Andrews other or the
officers with him. General Ly Ons late promotion
to the command Of the Western Department would
70 require ne presence here at similar central point
II will be unfortunate for the expedition to take him from
its personal command, Even II officer just as Ca
pable and energetic should put highest In authority
the prestige OF General Lyons would be lost and
thai prestige weighs heavily against the Aissourians
TIE untsusht natives fear him Ia much the manner
h,s Satanic majesty Is said to fear holy water.
The force under General Lyon is not far from 500
men. Theee Joined with General SWeensy's command
viii make an army Of 600 good hshtersthought to be
sufficient TO overp0wer Whatever be raised by Cover
Jackson In Missouri and Arkansas.
Ben. AcCulloch the ubiquitous Benjamin, is still In the
sacred limits OF Arkansas With considerable force Al
latest accounts he had not crossed the line.