The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-06-08

court house and on the fair grounds, tn
largest number occupying the fai
grounds.
At the proper time, and all things be
| ing in readiness for the coup d'etat, thu
Jefferson City force being within strik
ing distance Of st. Louis, the governo
| naturally supposed that Nat Lyons, the
captain Of the United States regular
| troops, would employ his small force II
watching the suspicious movements o.
the armed state troops, thus leaving The
! United States arsenal wholly unpro
I tected At this juncture of affairs sc
cleverly prepared by Governor Jackson
| the 'unarmed" force at Camp Jackson
were to quietly take possession OF the
| United States arsenal with all its
arms, cannon, munitions OF war and
| other military supplies. This done, the
| city of st. Louis captured, the gauntlet
thrown down by the capture of the ar
senal, the state would become out
| lawed and must go over to the Confed-
crate side and thus was the great
surprise" to be Witnessed by the south
ern leaders. But as Burns has aptly
said: 1.-THE best laid schemes of mice
and men gang aft aglee." Captain Ly-
| ons got on to the scheme and in con-
junction with Frank P. Blair and a
1erliiali haihed baleistelh' ne AastiiS
sot tosetner Volul!teer lolce, anu WIN
tlls Iorce u1loer blalr anu paleAsteli.
hln'seI commanding Inc slllall lorce "
regular troops, he attacked, or rather
suffouLueu camp oachsoii' coiiipeliiiis
us uhco'iuillolial sufieliuei, anu 'ne
governor great SUI prlse "eLI a
sllllleflhs.
10 cap the clnlax' captain Lyons
sent reqtlest 10 Governor 'achsoii
a. 'eileisol IVY W uiaoanu eli.
s.ale troops tiieii ieiiueANouseu a. ene'.
piace' otiiei WISE .nes "ouia NC :. 80,
as an aiiilea iesis.aiiee " 'iie t'o'iio. =, =,
W VI tne oiiieeu STATES eU ', ~,
In 'he even. VI hoii-coiiip !, 49,
this reques.' Lyons "ouiu ..., ploS 90
once 70 oellelsoii ol's a. .ne ilI" ~, -
loui tiiousaiiu 'ioopS anu o''--po-
ulence " my leques''
On receipt of the request Governor
jackson and his advisers, one OF Whom
was General Price, held council OF
wal NiAiiS iiAeeAfJ ~ SN,S-N- -
armed resistance to the usurper,
General Price favored compliance WIN
the request and immediate dlspano-
ment of the troops. Others We're for
resistance, knowing that clash Oh
arms would then and there cut the
Gordon knot and the state OF Missouri
would be forced into the coming great
conflict on the side of the Confederacy.
At the supreme moment, however, Gov
ernor Jackson weakened; Price had his
way; the troops were ordered home,
but "to hold themselves In readiness for
further orders and the state OF Mis-
souri, did not secede.
Stump" Price, son of General Price,
took his company back to Brunswick
by steamer, where the men were told
to "go home till you are wanted.
Stump was a nickname; his name
being Edward. Young Price afterward
Joined the Confederate service, in which
he was made brigadier general.
During the progress Of the war Major
General Sterling Price and his Missou-
ri troops were ordered south and took
part in the Kentucky and Tennessee
campaigns. About this time stump
Price became incensed at the Richmond
over alleged mistreatment of
his father, Major General Price, and re-