The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-10-12
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IN np'y to the accusations brought againy,
zen FREMONT for not reinforcing Gen. LYoN.
the st. Louis Democrat states tina, the er,iro
force OF the sta'c on tho "a Of Augu., sr,o,,r,o,
10 cut IL, 3l5 men, &C whom Il. $50 wcro tb,cs
months men, WHOSE term Of enlistment had then
Tor the most part expired, 80 tina, tho toa, els.
posable force In the entire 4. pl-tmont inundated
only 6.159. OF these LroN hal 2.32u. 90 that
there only 4, i39 men a. FRruoNrs disp,s,l to
defend Cairo, Birds Point and Paducah, point.
which were reinforced under express orders from
the Presidsnt-'he wisdom of which has since
been manifest The Seventh Missouri Regiment.
under Col. STEVENSON, was ordered from Rolla
TO Springfield, but found 1t impossible to move
orwSnt Of transportation, Distributed through
out the state were disbandng companies Of three
months men, who thought more Of the
expiration OF their term IT sorvice than their
own honor or the safety Of tho state. lmmc. |
diateiy after tho battle Of Springfield. Gen. LY.
on staff eNoncratcd HRrNoSr from all blame,
and It is hoped the Publication of thee facts wi
ha'o the effect of clearing him from the chare,s
brought against him.
SERIOUS RIor AT IIupsoN CIrY-TuE MIR
rAhY ORDRHrp Our.--A serious riot occurred
at Hudson City on Saturday night betwcon
mombors of tho Barney Rifles who arr auartercd
at tho L. s. Arsenal on the hin, anil s,iae three
hundred citizens which II is tear,d may vet
lead to very serious results. The circum,tincns
as rear A. can bo asceriaincd arr n follows
About o'clock in tho evening oOe of tho
soldiers, in passing aloug the strcot, ci.
th"r by accident or design nan aalind a
woman. This LED to light botw, ON the
soldier aud citizen who saw the occ.r
rnce, aud the soldier was hadl, injured.
The soldier then went TO the camp and nu
her Of oomndcs went ~ the Nrwkirk House
near where tho atfny happened. Mr.. Henry
Ncwkitk WIS mistaken for tho man that mad
beaten the soldier and after an alteration. an
attack was mfdc upon the huu-s with sinnos and
other missiles The windows and blinds wore
demolishc', and the inmates # tho house mar
rnwly escaped FERROUS injury. Mr. George Van
Burn was wounded on the head by ono cC IN.
stones which was thrown into the sitting room
The fire hell was sounded in short time after
the attack ca the house, and between three and
four hundred men assembled at the dy,
cornors. At tits time Colonel Ko1lay,
son out squad Of men wi h rnuskcts 10 tring
IN all the ,odiers that were about the city A.
the squad t men came rear tho Newkrk
House, they were attacked nv tho citizens and
some OF the men were badly injured. Mayor
Carp inter- was present, and In trying 10 qnell
the disturbance was stabbed FIVE or six times
about the head and body and IL very seriously.
II not fatally, Injured. Coroner Donnclly ntci
i'fcd tni saved tho life of ono of the solliers
who Nas AIMED with a ba'chct. Thoro wcr,
serious approximations of riot ycsi,,'ay anu Il
y as al tha, In case of further difficulty, the
liro bells Of Hudson City Jersey City an Hobo
koc " 'uld hc SUE i, and that rs many a.
3, eco mn could he h,ou lit together fr an at
ta, on the emp. II wds djcircd ads Ahlo by
the authorize, w j1ll out the militia, ami com
panies uf the ID R'cment " re- orlo.,i TO holG
themselves in readiness, at their headquarters.
A number oi special police were alsb sworn in. |
The regiment was Supplied with r,l.s sto,day
forenoon. Dmin,, the stay Of the re-, mcu',
Col koZlIy will to strict with the mon, aud
will grant bot very few passes. : no Of the
soldiers, il IL alleged, while out about the city,
have insul od women 10 such AN extent az 10
yaus bitter feeling against them. 4 large
numhcr Of people visited tho camp yesterday,
add g,at excitement prevailed both thoro
aud in the city.