Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-05-17
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May II.


Guard, while marching through the city,
were hooted, Missed, and fired upon by
the crowd. The rear companies turned
and fired upon the crowd. rfqs
The whole column was instantly in con-
fusion, breaking rank and discharging
their muskets down their own lines, and
among the people.
The utmost confusion prevailed, spec
tators flying in all directions.
The troops suffered most severely.
Four of their number were instantly
killed. and several wounded.
BALTIMORE, May l.. An arrival from
Old Point says that post is considered
fully prepared to resist any attack.
The Cumberland, Pawnee, Monticello,
Harriet Lane, and Yankee are of Fort
Monroe. The Yankee pursued an armed
schooner up York river on Thursday, and
after proceeding short distance, was fired
upon by concealed battery and compelled
to return.
Southern troops are concentrating in the
vicinity of Norfolk. An Alabama Regi-
ment of 100 men and 80 cadets from the
same State have just arrived and are en-
camped in the vicinity of Norfolk. The
Virginians have now five batteries erected
in Norfolk Harbor; one at Craney Island,
one at Sandy Point, one near Fort Nor
folk and one on the bluffs three miles from
Norfolk.
A train from the West, containing ten
horses and one thousand beeves, bound to
Baltimore, this morning was seized at
Harper's Ferry.
Gen. Frost's brigade of the Missouri
Militia, encamped at Camp Jackson, sur
rendered Internationally this afternoon
on demand of Capt Lyon, command Of
the U. S. Forces in this city.
esy. Gen. Scott is informed that arms
have been struggled for some days into
Virginia in collins.
The Virginians will soon find the lat
ter article "a handy thing to have in the
house." H.H
ST LOUIS May Is. An official state
ment is published which says that the
first firing at Camp Jackson on Friday
evening was some half dozen shots neal
the head of the column of the first reg
ment, and was occasioned by volley O.
stones and pistol shots from the crowd
No one was hurt at this point The sec
ond firing came from the rear column
guarding the prisoners.
The crowd here was large and very
abusive aud one man discharged tire
barrels of revolver at Lieut.. Saxon, o
the regular service, many of the mol
cheerig him or drawing revolvers and fir
ing at the troops. The man who com
menced the attack then laid his pisto
across his arm, and was taking deliberat
aim at Saxon, when he was thrust througl
with bayonet. he was fired upon a
the same time and instantly killed. TIL
column moved on, having received order
to march, but the company being assault
ed by the crowd and several of them shot
halted and fired, causing the deaths al
ready reported. The order then give
bp Capt. Lyon to cease firing was prompt
ly obeyed.
The principal arms taken from Cam
Jackson are four large siege howitzers
two ten-inch mortars, large number o
S ten-inch shells ready charged, and som
: 5000 United States muskets, supposed t
f be portion of those taken from the Batol
, Rouge Arsenal.
a AS many as thousand people left tn
. city yesterday afternoon in consequence
of reports Of insubordination among tn
German troops and their threats to burr
and sack the city. But Gen. Harvey
proclamation in q great measure restore,
confidence, and many of those who lief
will probably return to-day.
' The city is now quiet, and the highes
| hopes are entertained that no further dis
> turbance will occur. Twenty-Five person
are known to have been killed at Cam
D Jackson.
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