--The following is telegraphed from
St. Louis to the
Northern press, (May 15,) and some portion of it has the usual Black Republican tinge:
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A legal demand has been made upon
Gen. Harney to give up
Capt. McDonald, who was taken poisoner by the U. S. volunteers after the affair at Camp Jackson.
The General answered in writing, refusing to give him up till he had received instructions from
Washington, and declaring his determination to obey the higher law of his country.
The decision of the
Judge has been postponed.
Yesterday
U. S. Commissioner Hickman visited the arsenal to testify to
McDonald's affidavit, and was informed by
Gen. Lyon that
Capt. McDonald was a prisoner of war, and, moreover, he was not in
Missouri.
Gen. Harney denies that any insubordination has taken place among the U. S. volunteers, but on the contrary, says that they have submitted with alacrity and cheerfulness to the discipline of the services.
The public schools of this city will be closed after Friday next, in consequence of an act of the Legislature, prohibiting the distributing of the school money
A dispatch from St. Albert says that
Dr. Seimer, residing at Liberty township, near Osdgebridge, has been arrested and sent to
Jefferson City, for trial by martial law, for raising a company of Union volunteers.
A military encampment of about 200 State troops at
St. Joseph, mostly armed with guns recently taken from the arsenal at
Liberty, dispersed on the 13th.
Enlisting at the arsenal at
St. Louis continues active, about three hundred having been received yesterday.
It is understood that
Hyde Park, in the northern part of the city, has been leased by the
Government, and that a regiment of troops will be quartered there
The
Keokuk and
Quincy papers say that hundreds of Union men have been driven out of
Missouri under orders issued by the ‘"Council of the Southern Legion."’
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