, 1861-08-02

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From the St Louis Democrat, 1st,1
Unusual interest has been created by the
unwonted military activity which has followed
Louis. Regiments have been constantly ar-
irving. the city has been fairly thronged with
troops, eight steamboats, have been preparing
for their transportation down the river, and Oh
last evening there werestrong indications that
"the great fleet" MAS about to move The
commanding General Of this Department has
Eot seen proper to inform the public acca
Tately before haEd with respect 10 the precise
objects Of his enterprise, plans Of his cam
Faign, Or date Of the departure Of his expedi-
ton. Upon these points time Will undouat-
et]y erlghten the community.
The steamers City Of Allan, Louisiana and
D. A. January remained at the arsenal at q
lnte hour last night. On board The former
we're the baggage and arms of large portion
Of the 1anE-and file of the Nineteenth lii
neis Regiment, (CoL Turehin). During the
day the guns Of these troops we're exchanged
for frat Glass Mimic musketa. The D. A jan
mary steamed up to this whnrf during the al.
ternoon and took OF board an additional
quantity Of provisions and camp equipage,
with which she then returned to the Arsenal,
arriving at about S r. n.
The steamer G. ". Graham moved to the
Arsenal st about ICON, with stores Of proyis-
io2s and camp freight, and began taking on
board the baggage OF Lieut.. Colonel Rom
baur's command 81 Home Guards. The com
| mand embraces one battalion of Colonel AIN
| etedt'e, and another Of Colonel Kallman's reg
iment-First ard Second Of the United
| bsur Is taken from Colonel Almst=dt'e stat, in
| which he Is Lieutenant Colonel. His desach-
ment forms a splendid regiment, full eleven
| hundred strong. At 31z P. ". they were out
| ed en- beard the G. ". Graham, filing
| every deck almost to overfowIrg.
The Iowa Second Regiment was in readiness
| to tmbsrk, whenever ordered, upon the tt D.
4. January" She already bore the baggage
Cf the corps, and battery Of artillery, inc.ud-
ing riled cannon captured By them from
The rebels in North Missouri. Tine troops
doubtless WeCt On board during the night.
From the levee very interesting apsctacle
! presented itself, at about noon, to hundreds
cf spectators. On the firing Of = signol gun,
the stesmers Empress, War Eagle, jennie
Deane, Warsaw, and City Of Alton, slmu1ta,
neoua1y backed from the Wharf, and dropped
anchor in mid-stream. The movement vas
executed with admirable precision and f1e
effect. These steamers, with the Louisiana
January and Graham, constitute the military
Mississippi. Each bears aIoft the stars ant
stripes, while the City of Alton, IS the <s flae
steamer" shows also the Union Jack and j
broad pennop. The gallant vessels attracted
much attention, and every movement respect
l 1tE5 l0cA Hao "atC4E0 WILL AEEN 4uttIEaE
At 4P.M., the Seventeenth Regiment, IlE
nois, Col. Rues commanding, broke up thei
epcampment at the Abby track and marched
into the city to Fifth street, aud On Fifth
Washington avenue, Fourth, Chestnut, Main
Locust and the Levee, to the steamer Warsaw
which had moved to the Reokuk landing, ,nea
the foot Of Chestnut street, to receive lheua
The troops were preceded by III UNUSUAL
excellent band Of music, and presented re
markably vigorous and imposing appearances
THY were much admired IS corps Of hard
a1d evidently Intelligent aud determine
1nep- Company a Of this regiment Ia Ger
Pops's body guard, and consists of pickle
/ men. Crowds gathered at the wha7f and wi
messed the enba1kation of the Illinois Sever
teerth. The corps marched in good order q
board tho Warsaw; bit = ;s,eo1tion Of 5hel
.e@z9gu,u1]y proceeded on board the JeanH
Deans, which, together with the Empires
moved in to the landing,
/ At eleven o'clock last night the fleet at
embarked troops renamed awaiting co.,:::~~;
{ readiness and orders to start, - la,or-Gensr
Fremont and staff went on board the Gity
Alton, to accompany znd direct the e1pef
= ton. Capt BsIt Able is in charge If the lee
The captaiDe Of the several vessels were pu
q lshed by Us yesterday 1t WAS expected th
the boats would all start together at aho
: 6aybreak this morning,