The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-05-15
unconditional Surrender of the
Secession Brigade to Capt. LYON.

lspeciai Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.
ST. Louis, May 1O.,-Tke bot of Govern
mcnt asms which reached here on the j. e.
/ Soon, from below, were taken into the camp
Of the Missouri troops yesterday. The or
der to Gen. Lyon from Wash;r gton was to
take the arms and the whole camp, the Gov
eminent decming it improper that so large a
force should be in camp over this city Gen.
Lyon accordingly made demand of Gen.
Ftost for an unconditional surrender of men,
arms and camp equippage, and gave Kim
half an hour to consider. No answer having
been returned, Gen. Lyon ordered his forces
to march upon Gen. Frosts camp. The
forces consisted of about 500 regulars, Col.
! Blair's, Col. Boernsteins, Gen. Sigels and
Schuttner's Regiments, amounting in all to
about fortyfive hundred men. The United
States Reserve forces, or Home Guard, two
regiments under Coils. Mcneil and Brown
were held in reserve. ...-
| The troops marched through the city amid
the greatest excitement of the people Thou
sands accompanied them to the grounds -
Ehey arrived at the camp about o'clock,
and in most brilliant maneuvre at once
surrounded the entire grounds, unlnnbered
the artillery and took position. Capt Lyon,
now Brigadcr- General of the volunteer forces
sent in a second p,remptory demand. Gen.
eral Frost surrendered but tried to make
conditions. Gen. Lyon was unreenting, in.
SiSting upon a complete surrender of the en-.
tire camp with arms and equippage These
terms were finally complied with, the Cover.
nor's troops stacking their arms and falling
into line. Gen. Sigel was ordered to take
charge of the camp, which he did at once
/ with ha "a Of. .+,a
were then demanded 70 surrender ON parole
Of honor not again to take up arms against
the Government, which they refused. Gen.
Lyon then declared them prisoners of war
.>onae of them broke their swords in their
notification. The details of the surrender
were then completed and the whole camp OF
prisoners, consisting of about 400 men,
were marched out between the lines of the
Government troops. Col. Blair's regiment
leading off, and guarding Gen. Frost and
Staff.
During halt in the march on Olive street
just beyond Garrison avenue. a body of Ger.
man troops were greatly abused by the mob
sEst according to various accounts were fired
into. They returned the fire twice and kill.
ed between twenty and thirty men, women
and children who were in range. After quiet
was restored the march was resumed and
the whole force was escorted as prisoners OF
war through the outer streets of the city
down to the arsenal.
The excitement throughout the city is in.
tense. Crowds collected on all the principal
corners, and finally an infatuated meb col
leeted at the Planters House where they
were addressed by Mr. Barrett, Mai. Wright
and others in an inflammatory manner. "To
the Democrat Office" was the cry. A small
detachment Of police, with muskets, took po-
sition before the Democrat Office The mob
came yelling down Locust street, and CON-
menced throwing stones. The police charc-
ed ON them and drove them back to Second
street, where they held them in check until
| finally dispersed.
| The city is iearfully excited over the Slaugh-
ter of the men, women and children and the
threats ,anst the Germans are terrible. 1t
is impossible at this time to say how far the
German troops were justified in firing; but
from all accounts which have now reached
us, they were fearfully abused.
! Gen. Lyon, il is understood, has ordered
the arrest of the company, and will make a
rigid examination of the affair. The military
movement under Gen. Lyon was a brilliant
affair, and does him infinite credit While in
discharge OF his duties and pending negotia-
tons with Gen. Frost, he received severe
kick in the abdomen from the horse of one
of his aids, but it did not disable him.
The city, at this writing, IS quieting down,
but approximations of the morrow are great.
| 1t is probable that the Governor will ilnme.
d:ately declare martial law.