The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-05-18

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Trasicai Occurrence at 81. Louis.
st Louis on Friday evening, and Satur-
DAY, wa TIE scene vi several tragIcal c.
curreEceS and intense excitement. J he
affair grew out oil the formation Of an en-
caiili iilent oil sc-tilled Missouri State MI
iitia within gun shot OF the arsenal and
other I , property at st. Louis. ne
encampmeat, II appears, was formed under
the dir ction of the Gov>r. or and constr
tutsd auti OIL is of the State It's DO
clared 0 u c. W military dri.!-to perfect
/ the n,i!.t.;; OF the State in the knowledge
OF military tactics, with Wow 10 the ue-
/ fence Of the State against foreign aggres-
! sion, &c. 50 TAR as THIS declared obJect Is
concerned, there could be no legitimate
/ objection to the formation OF such an en-
eampinent. Each State has Il right to
drill and equip It's own militia But there
were a good many circumstances about
this encampment that justly excited sus-
picion. Gov. jackson, the prime mover
i'll the matter, Is known to have strong
secession PiociVil!cs' niliitl9 Dill had
just passed one house OF the Missouri
Ing the whole command Of the militia OF
the State III the hands OF this secession
Governor, even above the authority OF the
general Government; the cncampment
had received among Its number several
volunteer companies that had organized
as avowed sscessionIsts, carrying secession
flags, @c; 1t had been supplied with arms
stolen by the secessIohiSts from the l. ;
arsenal at bsloh house, ana snusgied
INTO 'he eahpln hog5heads labelled mar
/ bic; and the commander, Gen. Frost,
WAS an ayoWed seceSslonIst
Now there were at st LOUIS, under the
command OF capt Lyon, OF tOe l. ;. A.,
some o,0oo volunteers enlisted IN the SER
wee OF the l. D capt L., viewing The
clrc'''iis .''''ceS ABOVE enumerated concur
/ ili's Will tue general tone ana bearing OF
''-' ii'eii' 'o'i''t''ea .n'' 'hio ehcalhp iiien'
-''e ~. III oo'', anu 'es'''e" 70 oteaA u
/ uF' i'o "'ooi"!i's't iAlo'ieu HIS io'ee
in'o the '.eiii's' sufrouhaeo Inc ehcamp-
iiiehI win men an" batteries ana de-
ii@hoeo us uiicoiio'tioI'ai SURRENDER Win
"hich uen' ffo'' l'fuaeh'ly ana al once
oohiPi'ea' Inc o--iceis gave up 'heir
s"oruS' 'he men i''ia GOWN 'heir arms a
oetac!iiheht oi oap'- Lyon Tore TOOK
possession Oh Tie ehcahPmeht ana al lis
equipments ana accou'rements' ana lis
lat; occupants were ABOUT 10 be marched
Oh 10 ths arsenal as prisoners OF war
h4ie this was gong on however: n
large crowd Oh spectators mad collected,
ana as the PRISONERS with ME OF men on
e1cA size OF them' were ABOUT starting TO,
wards the city the crowd commenced
Kissing hooting' throwing missiles at, ana
abusing the On!oh troops, ana fInally sew
eral pistol shots were hred at them, dan
Scrou>iy woundlng the Captain OF Ger
instantly ordered his men TO lire on the
crowd, an order which they, with several
other companies, promptly obeyed, and
with fatal effect Some Is or % were in
stantly killed, and as many more wounded
This dispersed the crowd. and the prison
ers were marched to the arsenal, where
t e. were kept Until Saturday. when the
G!2ca,s we're released on a pledge Of honor
AMI the men ON takjna an oath not f.
IKE up arms arai,.st the u
The occurrence however Of the ia,
larore, had created intense exciteneni
threughout the civ. Business Of all kind.
w,s sIspendad and all the neo,,e onnoar
ed 70 he =, ,h. s.r..,s order v,s oo1,
maintained by the almost superhumal
efforts OF the Mayor and police, unit
about } o'clock on Saturday evening, wher
large body of German Home Guard
Union nen) entered the city from Tia
arsenal. where they had been enliste,
during the Cay. Larrc crowds had col
lected to witness their march, and as the
passed the corner of third aud Walnu
streets the crowd hooted and Missed, an,
one man, standing on the steps of 4 church
fired pistol at them \ soldier fell dead
when other shots were fired from window
above, upon which the soldiers APPARENT
without orders, suddenly turned and fire,
upon the crowd, killing six persons am
wounding others. The soldiers were n
further Ilolested, and the Mayor appear
ing upon the ground addressed the pee
PIE, upon which they mcasurably disperset