Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-05-13
HIGHLY MPORTAN FROM
MISSOURI.
AN OUTRAGE BY TINE MYRNLDONS OF
LINCOLN.
EIGHT HUNDRED MISSOURIANS SURRENDER TO
SIX THOUSAND L s. TROOPS AT ST. LOUIS
TWENTY PERSONS KILLFD-TW0 WOMEN AND
CHILDREN SLAIN-INTENSE EXCITEMENT
NEWSPAPER OFFICES THREATENED.

EIGHT HUNDRED hlaNO ObhhtNbbh ~
SIX THOUSAND u S TROOPS AT ST. LOUIS
TWENTY PERSONS KILLFD-TWO WOMEN AND
CHILDREN sLAIN-INTENSE EXCITEMENT
NEWSPAPER OFFICES THREATENED.
From the Men York Express.
s. Louis MAY lO-Gen. Frost's brigade of Missouri
militia encamped at Camp Jackson on the western out
rs OF the city, 1ered unconditienay this after
noon, on demand of Captain Lyon, commander OF the
limited States forces of this city. Capt Lyon marched
on Camp Jackson with some 900 volunteers surround
ed IL and planted eight field pieces the adj Dining emf
n.rces The following letter was sent from Capt Lyon
TO Gen. Frost:
HEADQUARTERS U. S. TROOPS,
ST.. LOUIS, May 10.
To General D. M Frost:
SrR-Your command is regarded evidently hostile
towards the Government of the United States II is Tor
the most par made no OF those SecessoEsts who have
openly avowed Their hostility to the General Government
and have been plotting the seizure of its property and
the overthrow Of its authority You openly in COM
muuication witt the so-caed Southern Contederacy,
which s at moral with the United States aud you
are receiving your camp from said Conederscy, under
is flag large supplies of material OF war, most OF
which is kuown to be the property OF the United
States These extraordinary preparations plainly indicate
none other than the well known purpose oil the
Governor of this State, under whose orders You are
acting and whose purpose, recently cOminhuicaeu "
the legislature has lust been responded 20 by that body
ia the most unparalleled legislation, having in direct
view hosties TO the general government aud co-ope
rating with th,r encmies In view OF these consileIa
tons and ycur failure TO dspersc, in obedience 10 the
prOcamatiou Of the President and of the eminent ne
cessity OF State policy AID welfare, aud obligations I'M
posed upon me by instructions from Washington II Is
ms duty to demand aud do hereby demand, OF you an
immediate surrender of your command with no other con-
dions than that ali persons surrendtrug under tins de-
mand shall BE- hnminey and kindly treated Believing
self prepared to enforce this demand one hall hour
hot loIU will ba allowed cOnlDll-
apce Herewith n. LYON.
Captain Second Infantry, Commanding Troops.
L. il understood that General Frost says this letter was
no: received by him, until his camp was surrounded by
United States troop' He then replied that the encamp'
men was organized under the Law of the State simply
for organizing aad drilling the volunteer militia OF tbs
M lary district Not expecting ANY demonstration, he
was uLprepared successfully resist attack therefore,
ne accepted TIE terms specified aud surrendered his COM
maud-about 500 men there in camp, large number
being in the city on leave They then laid down their
arms and were escorted to the city as prisoners Of war
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
release on parole has been rendered tie officers and
troops providing they would take en- oath not TO take
up arms again against the government OF the United
States which they declined the ground that it i'm
Piled they had already taken up arms agsins. the gov
ernmeut which they dsclamed just before the troops
et for the civ and while the State forces were drawn
up between the two lines Of volunteers, several rocks
we're thrown Ut the volunteers and few pistol shots
fred by excited parties in the surrounding crowd. which
was composed OF a large number Of citizens including
many women One sEct took effect in the leg OF Capt
Bautowski ard as he EEL he gave word to fire, which
was oheye BIZ some two or three companies resulting
in the death Of upwards Of twenty persons, Including
two women and several children, and badly wOunding
several others.
The following are the only names Of those killed that
cln be ascti;aned tonight: hcssrs WalterINcDorald
TEos A Ravens Nichoas Knobilck Emily Summers.
The ioo"irg fatally wcInJed Claiborne Wilson
and Truman Wight.
Intense excitement exists n this city. Large bodies
Of men are through the s'fects
The Democrat aud zey eE Offices have been threatened
b. the mob but throue promptness of the Chief OF
Police, &cDonoush any violent demonstration, thus far
has b, en- prevented.
I'll gin shops n the city guarded by nn armed po'
cs force and about POO have been detailed 10 protect
he Democrat and Auzeyer Offices.
The l4,tue.s Of the hour prevents the Obtaining Of
more reliable Information tonight.