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Correspondence OF the Chicago Tribune.I
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 10, 1861.
The circulation Of such large amount OF
god IS has been scattered in our midst the
past few weeks, and the presence Of SO 1Rrge q
body Of troops IS We have qusrtered In our
1icinity, all OF whom have to be provided for
to great II Or 1ass degree BY car population,
ust Of cou1ee have it's effect upon all depart-
1neuss Of .x2de. The results are every day
becoming more apparent to u, and a& last We
have awoks to the eo1z zcionAzess Of the fact
that re ate really do1ng quits u little business
il St Louis Fourth, Second and Main streets
seem quite nkers+.a2ld times,''. md most re-
treehtng toe, is the sight Of 6 little hurry and
hustle, atter he Rip Van Winkle sort Of Life
VIC have led the aast feH uaon+ 49, But 70
WHERE you will ycu are continually reminded
that re are not row living in The piping times
ef peace. UnifoEEs 6ud epaulettes hive be-
come 60 1umeTeaa Oh I'll OF tne principal
thcropghfaress " the hotels, aad other public
piseee, thA& the civilian hss become to be the
whsck is rafting heaylE over the pave
ment, ten TO one yen will discover upon the
boxes tie words; = army stores, 81 IS {ieaerl
Fremont" s*Msjor KcK.nstry," I" cr some other
similar =dErsss indicative Of its military des-
tiuatlen- The hoztheada, bArreas aad bags
which ob6+Tuct che walks In front OF the bust
rees houses On Second and Main streets, are
invariably Htor the kzmy.u The t&dlo,s hang
ont the mp6t Tesplendeat Of military tcggerY.
The zispanh make nothing ~app&rsntiy bat
"feld boats.s which certainly appear fo:mida.
bIe CROUCH te hat throxgh one OF Two de-
N E: fftYyA .1-k<r
deal a.most entirely in tactics and illustrated
newspapers, while the jewelers., following the
TIDE, ctu6ne their trade almost exclusively to
thtsword and sab line. Andso Wa Ep-Ehlth-
er, the Lord ou!y Nor.
The great military centre here is ut the head
quarters M %Quaxtern4aster and Provost MIR
nhai AcKinstry, corner Of Fourth aud Wash
tngton Ayenas. During. especaa14y, 3hH ar
Ier portion Of the day, this vicinity press1ts
one OF the most lively Of scenes. 4 large
exeiuaiVsly occupied By the Quarter1naster'a
Department. The large force of clerks are
obliged To- he early at their posts, &ad touas
come ez1aping in from Ill quarters wiah
clsrking sahFes and juggling spnrs hosts Q:
,nts.s 6.g % t s9a sapfs 4hss
aze noT encnmPed n our vicinity. A. the
forenoon wears on the number Of these 10.
c4eates military men swarm in from al
directions, drs5s and ar11y wagons &c
sum1sase s ;sc,.e asovss Of mn mules, H. perbap:
renewed energy contractors push anu jostls
through the crowd, sad the whole assumes :
Heterogeneous military ma&s, never. ! cp!ne
seen befoss III tais part OF the world, nor,
strongly sEsPect, 80 aay aEAar..: "a shoFt das
tanee from heFc, too, Is The Qt6ce st the Fto
voet Marshal, where all ffH ANXIOUS appll
cAnts fcr pesses are obliged to repair. Her,
1e another grand rush 1ke axtsnt Will mex
no connae1t when tel you TINT 400
printed .FaPe7s hare been nea1Ig~ ex
hrasted hi the little eyef veel
since The ukassc Of the Fzosost Mxshal "a
sent tmth- u must not be inferred from thlf
1hat Ee AE4H 4eaa dassopuasted 20 that ex teaI
during the past Fesk. fcr it b not probahi,
list mast than one twentieth portion Of thost
securing pnsteG haVe used then or ever In
tend to ne them. But It is not to be sup
posed that the universal Yankee nation, viii
its nonaat1e nnkasns, copl1 Qsiet1J an BIZ "a
hive their ASaesya * ze9tgaAs Infringe
rpon without zenaedying Il Il Poasiele A.
hsss Z r. III; :ss e xSe 1s faess sash. saa
the5 might want to Iesye suddsnly some day
and 70 for thaea AR8 tdtvezs otaef sesaoal
almost ever perkan In town who has no os
}ectlous 1e s3ennS. Nc Pna4pst A9Ysha1k de-
slson m Of loyalty, has net rested easy mt
1e ae I'll the nae9abszs Of The fanaily,; f:o'
n MMaea1ae -own to habE ,had The doetnae1t b.
+tae -. our secession xflendRt Il this iaE coa
aase u FORCE, en sfraid fhtt, uke Tie POO
c,5sSeA* sn A*1ss have them with us. They d
- 10y, abjeo TO the declaration that the pa!
sse~ @1se9s .a on aes3r word OF honor 'thet
ed sntss; and If heses5taT fo.rnd ~ ;n Avn
&e a0s1 The Union, or il xuv ~av ssf5ao II
enc The fsaalsats satssuM Be- Ieath "a ~ mrs,, &
lne3 setsct 70 IT, tast Zone hut xhoae ~
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