The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1861-08-02
FREMONT, Military Expedition.
FOUR REGIMENTS EMBARKED
alenI srlANan. rNDlE Nnon

fro1 the 40. Democrat 81 Yesterday
Unusual interest has been created by the
uuwonted military activity which has follow
"a the arrival Of Major General Fremont in
-. Louis Regiments have been constantly
arriving. the city has been fairly thronged
with lrOops. eight steamboat have been pre-
pairing for their transportation down the
river. and on last evening there were strong
indications that ''the great ilee, was about
20 move The commanding General Of this
Department has not seen proper 10 inform
the public accurately before hand With res
pect 20 the precise objects OF hi> enterprise,
plans Of his campaign, or date OF the depart
urc OF his expedition. Upon these points
time will undoubtedly enlishten the commu
n.ty.
Tn steamers City OF Alton. Louisians. and
ID. \. January remained NJ the arsenal at a
late hour last night. On board the former
we're the baggage and arms ola large pOr-
ton OF the rank and file of the Nineteenth
Illinois Regiment. During the day he guns
of these troops were exchanged for irst class
MIME muskets. The ID. A~.Jannary steamed
up 20 the wharf during the afternoon and
took on board an additional quantity pro
visions and camp equipage. with which she
then returned to the Arsenal. arriving az
about , p. ".
The steamer G.. W. Graham moved 70 the
Arsenal At about noon. with stores OF pro
visions and camp freight, and began taking
on board the baggage OF Liout. Col. Rom
baur's command OF Home Guards. The
command embraces one battalion OF Col.
Almstedts. aud another Of Col. kallman's
regiment-First and Second of the L. :. Re
serve Corps Commandant Rombaur j. Ia
ken from Col. Almsted's staff, in which he il
L 4 saus Cnf IL. Io+.-f,n,f r,-,A q. -.
did regiment. full eleven hundred strong
At 81, p. m, they we're out on a review and
. parade. after which they marched on board
the &C. ". Graham filling every deck al
most TO o~ver'o~ire.
The Iowa 81 Regiment vas ia readiness 20
embark. whenever ordered. upon the ID. 4.
January She already bore the baggage of
the corps. and a battery oI artillery. iucln
Ing a riied cannon captured by them from
the rebels in North Missouri. The troops
doubtless vent on hoard during the night
From the lcvee q very interesting Spccla
Gle presented itself. ~ about noon. 70 hun
drcfs of spectators. On the fring Of a sig
nal gun. the steamers Empress. War Eagle.
Jennie Deans, Warsaw. and City OF Alton.
simultaneously backed from the wharf. and
dropped anchor in mid stream. The move
ment was executed with admirable precision
and fine effect. These steamers. with the
Louisiana. January and Graham. constitute
the military fleet OF eight vessels. 10 proceed
Town the Mississippi. Each bears aloft the
stars and stripes, while the CITY of Alton. a.
the flag steamer. shows also the Union
Jack and a broad pcnnon. The gallant YES
Seis attracted much attention and every
movement respecting them was watched with
keen interest.
A. 1 ? m. the 18th Regiment. Illinois.
Col R0.s commanding. broke up their en-
campmenf a the Abbcg track and marched
into the etg - sfb street. anil ca 9Th. Wash
iDgfon Arcnge. tfh. Chestnut. Main. Locust
and The ifree. o. the tfesmcf WaraN.
rhi.b bad moved ~ The keokut landing.
near fts foot ~ Chestnut street 70 receive
them The ffDore rcfo preceded bf an un
s~sually excsiicnf band - mussc. and frs-cut-
81 a remarkably vigorous and imp1.in, ap
peaf1afe Thef rere much admireI as a
csaes 81 hardy aud evidently intelligent end
Determined men Company 4 OF this rcci
mcnt = Scn Pspcs body guard ant con
81 IF picked men. Crowds gathered az TIE
~hsrf and Witnessed the interesting cmhar
katiou Of the Illinois lsth The corps
marched IL yool order or boaui 1hc Warsaw,
bar 4 portion OF them subsequently proceed
CT GA board he Iesunic Deans. which. To-
geases ~ifh the Empress. moved IN 70 the
landing.
AZ n o'clock lat night the fleet and en-
bsTkci troops rcmtined awaiting complete
readiness anil Orders % start. VI 0ol ceuer
Al Fremont ami sfan went on boani The City
& Alton. 70 accompany and direct inc cxpedi
ton. Cart Bart Able l. IN charge Of the
aeet The Captains 81 The several vessels
were pabl<hel by a. Yesterday 10 vas cx
rectef fhsf Abe boats Mould AZ start s,-aflo~
Al sb1of dsstrcak this morning