The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-15
AFFAIRS ATST. LOUIS.

The collisions AZ ST. Louis between the ed
eral and State troops render IL important 10
know the condition of affairs there which led
TO the outbreak. 1t appears that the STATE
troops were organized by authority cf the |
Governor; were encamped about two miles |
from st. Louis, and a few days ago hao ie- !
ceiyed about one thousand muskets, and sew |
eral pieces Of artillery, from Baton Rouge
Louisiana Gen. Frost had the command.
The Federal troops consisted OF ciil1ens VINO
had volunteered their services TO the Govern
ment aud were under the command OF Capt
LYONS. For several days past there have been
svnntoms of trouble between the two oppoS-
| ing forces. and the collision was not uhe&-
| nected The st. Louis Democrat ti.epnohcan)
| Of Friday morning, has the following III lei@-
ton 10 the Federal troops ~
| Yesterday we stated mat two regiments,
| COMPRISING some seventeen hundred men, en-
! rolled AS Home GUARDS, had been sworn INTO
| 80 sorvics uf the United States, and furnish
| Cd vi IN arms; and we added That otIer req
| ments already organized, were 10 oe slaiiiat'5
| sworn aud armeo. -, z,,, ra,
| regiment under Col. Johu McNeal marched
| Yesterday morning into the arsenal, 10 Del
| ca,yed into the United States service. Ihe
| muster roll OF each company was cItt1cally
| insuec led by CoInInAndant Lyons, who lhes
| administered the prescribed oath-the men re-
moving their hats and raising their right hilHo,
The company thus sworn was then thaleheu +.
| 10 the lnusket depot, from which the boxes oi
| arms had been brought ont and opehed hacA
| man was theTeupon furnished WIN MS gun,
| and the process was repeated Az ihe Regimen
was supplied.
, II was four-and "a half L. N. before the Re-
| ciment left the Arsenal, and Il was then ac-
5 ccor, i,anied by band and escort from the mis-
= souIi Volunteers. Tho arms were paced al
| Reserve Guard armoTlp. and lett Ia CUSTODY
while the troops separated Tor their respective
When Colonel McNeal's Regiment had beer
| armed that OF Colonel u. Grltz Brown ap
1 | npared In turn, and Its companies were ~
. ! eir,iiar manner sworn la and provided. IN
| v,hola number Yesterday sworn IN Il eftiinl
ted n. not lees than twenty one hundred.
while Col. Browns Regiment was march
ing ,,.st the State Minute Mons he9dq uar
- | tars at Fifth and Pine streets, An EFFORT va
y made nv the crowd there to get up An attac
:, on the column. Certain persons proposed l
- pfoue the Guards, but the proposal dtd nc
20 elicit II very cordial appreciation, and was no
{. complied with.
!. with regard to the f1rs. collision, an nc
lie count OF which we published on Monday,
- teIeyraphic dlspatoh dated 81. Louis, tiay i
n | save:
I. There are many and very conflicting rumoI
j. relative 20 the cause of firing on TIE Gro va !
ia | tIomp I lckson last evening by the ftuer'
az troons Some say that rocks, brickbats an
AZ other missiles were hurled at the FoiuhleeIL
-. sr,ashipg their nuskets, and breaking II
re limbs and otherwise "ounoihs the so'o'''
pr | Otnprs assert the contrary.
L One respectable citizen, who claims 70 ma
v. been IN witness and tool levy iert D
~ hind the troops that hr'o' e.'leo 49, g.
n | that no rocks were tuto" Gnu n' - 49,. -
n | Nv The crowd, the only provocation benz 40
nd sjve epithets launched at the Germ ms III =
ID | ranks 1t is known, however thdI a.
be the firing comme need shoIS were &c s'a ~ ~
nd ,,trties in the crowd, and several soidie
m we're wounded Ii is understood that INC
,st oueh Investigation OF the matter mas been {
eS- | dpred by IApt Lyons "'i0"' " -
got truth Will be known. .7o'ei"A "a
as are already under arrest.
" rhs United States troops are now In poss
iiy sion of Camp Jackson, with ali the equip
Wo | tents, PROVISIONS, ttS. ,-.-., r,,;I-o,i
of Jbe Pacific and North Missouri kalroau
en-. pots are occupied by the volunteers. "a
ms, excitement eXists III .IIe ivy 49, -,
on efficiency or the lhtiiC' GU 49, ~: ~, -
tint der prevails. zen iost, ~ 9rai
T. ali The State troops, are 10 the arsenal