The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-05-06
THE ARMS IN THE ARSENAL or ST. LOUIS
THE MoDUs orERASDI og THE REMOVAL.
Especial detpa,ch 10 the chicago rrIbane

Specal detpa,ch 70 the chicago lffbane
spsnGittiD, April -, 1851
IAN now able TO give omnlcte aod accurate nara
tive u the transfer Of the tsenis thousand stand Of
from 81 Lonr 70 Springfield
Captain james stokes Of Chi-aso, lae OF The r.gu
army volunteered 10 undertake the perous miss
Yates placed in his hands the reqaisl,oa
o. the secie iary OF War for ten inousanu masEeis
Captain stokes went 10 81 Lo1is and mate his way
rapidly possible to the Arsenal He found surround
60 by an mmenee mob and the poetern gates all ekecd
His utn efforts to penetrate the crowd
lorg tine uuavailiDg. The reqnis'tion was shown
me IL He said the As'nsl was surrogadea
by thousand spies. and every movement
wa ohsd and reported 70 the heacquariers Of the
cetsionsts, who could throw an overpo serns force
upon them Of any nsn, Captain STOKES repfascn,ei
that every hours oeay rendering the capsre %
Arsenal more tain and the must be removed
Illinois nov or never Ms,r Calender agr ed with him
10 him tase them at his own time and IN his
own way. THIS wa. Wednesday night ,aptain stokes
nso y spy in the camp whom he met at intervals
sin place in ,he city. On huasosy ne received In
that t;ov Jackson had ordered thou
ssrd armed men down from Je0er on CITY, whose move
mens could osiy contemplate SEIZURE Of the Arsenal
By OCCUPY Hg ths hes his around H. and planting batter
,es thereon 1h- Job would have been an eA~s one.
rhey bad alray plan e0 one battery on the ~ Louis
levee and another ut Powde. Point short distance BE-
low tn. Arsenal Captain stok Immediately teegraphsi
TO Alton To have the steamer City Of Alton drop down q
the Arsenal. landing midnight He returneo
the Asepal nepced moving the b,1es % guns
weh rome three hundred pounds each, down 70 the
lower floor
About seven hundred men were employed in the work
he then took Nv. hundred Kentucky lint lok maskets
70 DO plsced on steamer az blind TO cover his real
Tho secession ists nAbbed them once,
raised perfect Bedlam over The capture Als-gs por
ton OF the OUTSIDE crowd left the Arsenal when this
movement Was exe1utec and Captain Lyon TOOK tbs
maind n, who were lying around spies, and Locked
them up In his qua dhouse About eleven O'Clock the
steamer City Of Alton c-me along side; pl.nks we're
showed out from The wndoss 70 the main DO r. and the
boxes slin down When the ten thousand were ss'e
board Captain Stokes went to Captain Lyon and jor
Calender urged them by the most pressing appeals ~
let HIM empty the arsaDa they told him 10 60 Ahcai
and take whaever he wanted. Accordingly he tsot
eleven thousand more muskets Ave hundred neg ride
bnes nve hundred reviewers one hunired aud ten
thousand musket cartridges u say nothing Of the can
n large quantity OF miscellaneous accoutremeute,
eavi only seven Thousand mufkets IN the Arsenal 70
arm the 81 LouF volunteers.
When the whole were or beard. about tv0 clock on
Friday morning the order given oy the captain Of
the of Jucge OF the nation OF all
hands when II wss found that she ~oud not move The
had been piled iu great Quantities around the
sines protect them the battery on the levee,
and the great weight had fastened the boz OF toe boa.
firmly on a rock when tsa'ing hole through the
bottom at every turn OF the wheels man Of lcss
than Captain Stokes would have gone Grassy the
spot He called the Arsenal men on bad,
and commenced moving the boxes To the stern
Fortunately, when about two hundred boxes had
been shifted, the boa, fell away from the shore
.pd noaied in deep water (Which w~Y" sad
Captain Mitchell, OF the steamer "S,raisht 70 Al
ton IN the regular channel" replied Captain stokes
Thea We w VII are ush 1: .ad .p.a sSss Ws
we are overpowereeY' said Captain " "Run her 10
the deepest part OF the river AID sink her. replied
Capt y "rn DO it, wa tho heroic a CAPTAIN
MITCHELL away they went past the battery
past The entire St Louis evee, ami Alton in the
regular chsnpe where they arrived at Ave O'Clock In the
mo ming. when the boat touched her landing Captain
stokes fearing suit BY some tw three OF the
a'oD military companies, by which the city of u Louis
ia osgaced ran to the Market House and rang the nre
bell The crzens came nocsiDg pell mell To the river m
all torts OF habments Captain Stokes informed them OF
the situation e things ami pointed the FIRE ght sars
nstann, men, women children the steamer
seized the freight ard cambered mp the leveee TO Toe
cars. Rich and poor tuRged together with might sad
main for two boure when the cargo all deposited IN
TIE cars and The tam moved OF amid their euthasi
astic cheers Tor Springfield.