CHAPTER V.
TO SPRINGFIELD AND BEYOND.
Conduct of the St.Louis Secessionists .-- Collisions between Soldiers and Citizens .-- Indignation of the Guests of a Hotel .-- From St.
Louis to Rolla .-- Opinions of a "Regular."-- Railway-life in Missouri .-- Unprofitable Freight .-- A Story of Orthography .-- Mountains and Mountain Streams .-- Fastidiousness Checked .-- Frontier Courtesy .-- Concentration of Troops at Springfield .-- A Perplexing Situation .-- The March to Dug Spring .-- Sufferings from Heat and Thirst.
The success of the Union arms at Booneville did not silence the Secessionists in St.Louis.They continued to hold meetings, and arrange plans for assisting their friends in the field.

At many places, one could hear expressions of indignation at the restrictions which the proper authorities sought to put upon the secession movement.

Union flags were torn from the front of private buildings--generally in the night or early morning.

Twice, when Union troops were marching along the streets, they were fired upon by citizens.

A collision of this kind had occurred at the corner of Fifth and Walnut streets, on the day after the capture of Camp Jackson.