St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-05-30
DOINGS IN MISSOURI.

The Union men of Washington
county having been threatened witt
determination, and some of them hav
ing been driven from Potosi, Tia,
county-seat, complaint was made tc
Gen. Lyon, of the st. Louis Arsenal
and that brave and gallant officer dc.
termined to give the Union men in
that section Of the country protection
Accordingly an expedition was plan
ned and put under command of Capt
Cole. of Company A, Fifth Regiment
of L. S. Volunteers. At 10 o'clock
2. NJ, Tuesday, May l4th, Capt Coles
command, consisting Of some $50 men,
left the Arsenal on special train for
their destination. They arrived at
Potosi at 3 o'clock, A. NJ, on Wcdnes-
day, and Immediately threw a chain
of sentinels around the entire town.
Guards were then stationed arouud
the dwellings, of the most prominent
seccssionists, and shortly after day
light, some $50 men found themselves
prisoners, and marched off to the
Court House. Here the prisoners
were formed in line, and by the assis-
tance of gentleman who had been
driven out of Potosi, who knew all of
the inhabitants Of the place, the Union
men were recognized and released,
amounting to over half of those taken
prisoners. Some fifty of the scces-
sionists were also released, on parole
of honor, after subscribing to the
usual oath, not to take up arms
against the United States, and nine of
the leaders were marched off to the
cars. The guard then made de-
scent Oh q secession lead manufactory
and captured some four hundred pigs
of that very useful article in time Of
war, which belonged to man who
had been furnishing lead to the South
ern rebels. The mans name is John
Dean, and he is now a prisoner at the
Arsenal. 1t appears he was not sat
isfied to simply sell the lead to the
enemy, in defiance of the authority of
the government, but was engaged
with his own team in hauling it to
near the Arkansas line, where the
traitors could get possession of it
without danger. The guard captured
several pistols, rifles, shot-guns, and
a quantity Of secession uniforms, most
Of them unfinished ; and some uniform
cloth. After being furnished with
breakfast and dinner, and very hand
somely treated by the Union men Of
Potosi, and invited to stay a month
in that place, at their expense, the
command started for home. On their
way back, the train made halt at
DeSoto, in Jefferson county, where
there was to be grand secession
" love feast" and flag raising Here
they found a company of secession
cavalry drilling for the occasion which
took to their heels as soon as they got
q sight of the L. S. troops. In their
flight, the cavalry left some 80 of
their horses, which were captured by
the troops and placed under guard.
The pole, one hundred feet high, on
which the rebels were going to fly the
secession flag, was soon graced with
the stars and stripes, amid the widest
enthusiasm of the Union men and
Government troops. The next move
was to capture the rebel flag, which
was known to be in town, and for
this agreeable duty Captain Cole de-
tailed guard of six men, under COM
mand of Sergeant Walker, accompa-
MED by DIR. Franklin, Surgeon of the
Fifth Regiment. The guard surround
ed the house supposed to contain the
flag, and DR.. Franklin and Sergeant
Walker entered. After searching in
vain for some time, the Doctor thought
he observed the lady of the house
sitting in rather an uneasy position,
and he very politely asked her to rise.
At first the lady hesitated, but finding
the Doctors persuasive suavity ire
sistible, she rose slowly, and 10 ! the
blood red stripe Of the rebel ensign
below the lady's hoops. The
Doctor, bowling graceful beg par
don, madam" stopped, and quietly
catchinp hold of th, rauIy cnlnr