The national Republican., 1861-05-17
FRIGHT OF THE MISSOURI NULLI
FIERS,

FIERS.
The Missouri nulli6ers, who are the most ar.
rant towards in the world, as was demonstra-
ted in their war with Kansas, were frightened
out of their wits by the coup d'etat Of Captain
Lyon. That fright will last them through the
summer.
The following telegraphic dispatch from the
capital of the State, gives an amusing account
of the panic in and about the Legislature:
Jefferson City, May l2.-As might have been
expected, the first news Of the capture Of Camp
Jackson, by the United States troops, on Fri.
day last, threw the whole city and Assembly
into tremendous excitement and rumor, with
its thousand tongues, was busy in exaggera.
ton. The first dispatch was, that Colonel Blair
was marching, with 1000 men, on the camp ;
the next, that he had taken it without gun
being fred, and that Frost and his command
we're cowards-this was sent by Tucker; the
next, that he had only demanded and received
the artillery Of the camp, lately brought from
the southwest. The next report, and which
created q more terrible stir in the Assembly,
was that two regiments were on the march from
St. Louis to capture Jefferson city, and take the
Assembly and Governor prisoners.
Men were rushing to and fro in frantic haste,
gathering their arms and exciting the people.
The Governor told the Legislature that they
must now stand by him, or else they and he
would all be prisoners in twenty.four hours.
lie ordered a special train to be got ready at
once to go down the Pacific road with troops,
and burn the bridges. He also took possession
of the telegraph office at this city, and placed
guard over it, with strict orders to allow no
messages to 60 through.
Late in the evening, after considerable delay,
occasioned, learn, by the refusal of some of
the railroad men to aid in the destruction of its
property, a train was finally started, with about
forty men, under command of General Hough.
The State House was put under guard; the
State Treasury was removed from the city, and
every citizen was instructed to arm himself, if
possible, and turn out.
The name Of Col. F. P. Blair seems to strike
terror to all-the Governor, the officers, and
the Assembly. Several families have been sent
over the river for safety, and also the young Ia.
dies Of the seminary.
The convicts were all locked up, and the city
was put under strict military and civic restraint
all drinking saloons were closed by order, and
most Of the business houses voluntarily closed.
Guards are stationed at every corner almost,
also at the railroad depot.
No one could persuade the State Rights par.
ty, but that Colonel Blair was on the road to
take them all as prisoners for treason.
MORE TREAcHERY OF FLoYD.-A most i'm.
portant evidence of the misconduct and treach
cry of the exSecretary of War, Mr.. FLOYD, has
recently come to the notice of the State author
tiles in Albany. Within few days the Gov
ernor has discovered that the models and draw
ings Of machine, owned and patened by the
| United States, for making musket balls, and in
use in the Watervlet Arsenal, near Troy, were
some time since handed over to an experienced
workman in Troy, to enable him to make q sim
liar machine on an order Of an individual in
New York. Upon inquiry of Major Mordecai
he justified his own conduct in the matter BY
saying that he delivered the model and draw
ings upon the order of the Secretary of War
Mr., Floyd. The mechanic was at once arrest
ed, and the machine seized. We are happy t.
say that it has since been completed, and il
now in possession of the Government Their,
are but two of these machines in the United
States, and they are capable of producing fort
| thousand musket balls each, every twenty.foul
hours. In the hands of the Confederate Gov
eminent, such prize would have been invalu
able.-N. Y Express Of Tuesday.
GENERAL SICKLEss BRIGADE.-The brigad
of the Hon. ID. f. Sckes will comprise fv
thousand picked men. His officers are anon
the most accomplished and scientific mlitar
men. His first aid, Major Williamson, wa
educated at West Point, and served with GAR
baldi in his Italian campaigns and one of hi
colonies is the son of the old postmaster @
Philadelphia, now a resident of New Yorl
Colonel H. Phillips Montgomery. He has
legion Of English residents in his brigade, com
manded by English gentlemen who served i
distinguished positions in the Crimean wal
Almost an entire regiment of Pennsylvania
have enlisted under his flag. There are fu
companies of Italians and Frenchmen in thi
brigade. General Sickles has surpassed mos
other men in his equipments and in the mate