New-York daily tribune., 1861-05-03
HOW THE ARMS WERE TAKEN FROM THE
ST. LOUIS ARSENAL.

| Special Dispatch 10 The Chicago Tribune.
SPnI.GFiELD, April 2S, 1851.
am now able TO give complete and acciraie mar
raive of the rabs Il the II 90 stand Of arms from
St. Loui- 10 rpril gteld.
Capt Jame, II. stokes Of Chicago, late Of the reg.
ul,r army volunteered Ia undertake the peiilous ME
sioD, and Gov. VA place in lis hands a. requisl-
ton Of the Secretary Of War Tor 10000 muskets. CAPT
Stoke went To ST. Loui- aid made hi way rapidly
as ortible 10 the afs.Bs lie found II surrounded by
Ill mmebte NIB, and the posiern gates all ,los'd.
iIis utmost eur,s 10 penetrate the or wd were fr
long iime unavaiog. The reqnisition thown.
CAPT. Lyon doubted the possibility OF executing it..
He said the arsenal surrounded by thousand
81 les, anO every movement wns watched and reported
To th. beadq ua,teis OF The Scet,iObi,,s who could
throw an overpowerng frce uioD them At my
u oment Capt. Stokrr fere'etied tia, every hour =
delay w8s rendering he capture Of The arseil
,ertuin; and the nrus must lie removed 10 Illioois
low or never. Msjor Calender ugr. ell with him, and
told him TO toke them st lis o@n time and lii bis own
way. III il WAS "Wednesday night
Capt. Stokes had spy ia the camp, whom he met at
Intervals IN tain place III the city. On Thursday
be- received Information that Gov jackson bad ordered
Two thOu,aId armed men down from Jeterso" City,
whose movements could only contemplate seizure Uf
the anepal, by occupying Ihe ighIs around IL, and
Iting balteii's thereon. The job would have been
aD asy oUe. Thsy had already planted ole battery
ibe ST. Loui- levee and nno'her at Powder Point,
shot distance below the arsenrl Cspr. 5 okes iu
medatcly 'elegrupb'd to Alton TO have the steamer
City # Alton drop down TO the ar-snal landing aboIr
nloni, ht lie then riurn.d 10 tie aisenai, ahd cm
uenced moving the boxes of guns, w,igiinP some
three bundled POUNDS each, down tS tic lower hoof.
About 70J eul lDyed III the work lie
II en took $40 Kentucky llnI-lock muskeis, which lad
been sept there TO be altered, aud cent them TO 10
placed q steamer IA blipd l., cover h- real move
uetr. The Sc. .ssiobists pabbed thcm AT once aud
mi ed perfect Bcdan over the capture A large por-
ton # lie outside Tr,wd lett the Ar-epal when ihi,
ment was executed; and Capt. Ly Oh took The
maiDder, who were yug around as rlies, and To- ked
them up III his gnadbou-e. AbOnt III o'clrk tie
siehmer City Of Alton came alonetide, plabks we're
showed ont from The window TO the main deck The
box,s rlid down. Wien the l0,0U0 were saieiy on
hoard, Cart. Stokes went 70 Cnpt. Lyon ~ d Major
Calender, aud urged them, by the most pressing up
peais 10 let bin empty tie Arsenal They told bin TO
g. ahead uld take ~bateysr he wanted Accordingly
Ie took II 900 more musketr, 900 new rife car ,nes
$40 70 o, ers 10000 ket cartridge, toay nrhing
OF the ,ni Oh and large quantity Of uiscell, eous
,ou eruents, having o. 400 musket'in tie Arsenal
10 arm III. 81. Louie Volunteers.
When The whole were Un board about O'Clock on
Friday morning. tbc oder wns given by the cuIidiu Of
the steuuer 10 cast of. Judge of the CONSERVATION o.
Ill ualds when il found that she would not move
The arms bad heen lied iu great quantities around the
enli.cs, 10 protect item against Tie battery on the
IeN,e ~ the great eight Lad aeten' The bows Of
the Loal firmly on a rock, which VIZ, tearing hole
through the bottom at every turn Of the wheels.
man lsts nerve ,hhn CAPT. Stokes wonid have gone
crazy on the SPOT. He called tte Arsenal men on
bDifO H'iO oOAth " tuc r'tIb
Fortunately, wien about 100 boxes ld been shifted
10 boat I'll AWAY from the hO-, and iloaIed Ia deep
wafer. "Wi ch way sai1 CHh. Mi icnrll II tie
sieanisr "5traighi 10 Alton IN he regular channel,
re, he'd Capi. Siok,s "Wust IL we nv. att.ckCdl'
\ id Cat Mitchell. Then will fight - raid
Capt. Stokes What II We are oyerloweieo = sliid
Gait NJ. "Run her to the deepest psri Of tle liver
aud ti1k Ier," replied CAP g. IL II do il, WIS tte
beroic answer Of Cnpi. Mitchell, and away they went
Iast tne Secession battery, pa the etie st. Loois
1svee and on 10 Alton ia tho regular chaDnel where
they uni ed ~ 5 O'clork In the lIoiiii'g
W. tn the boat touched the Landing, Capt. Stokes,
fearing pursuit by some three OF the Secession
military companies by which the City Of Sc. lou' is
dig raced an ~ the market -loure aud raDg the fire.
hell TIE cizen- cal.e o, king lell-nell ~ the river,
in I'll cots OF baIiliments. Cnt. Stokes infon I'd
ih'm OF the situation Of things, and pointed ont the
fright ears Instantly, men, women nnd Children
boaI de the steamer seized tie fie-ht, AID capbercd
up the levees the ,ars. kicD and poor iugs,d to-
get er with might aud main Tor teo Lonrs Wien the
cargo Was sll dc o,ed Ia the cars, and the train
moved oil u4i their enthusiastic cheers, for Spring
hsld.