Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-06-04
OPINION OF 4 NAVAL OFFICER

Capt Englc, OIL the Navy, mas returned 10
| Washington from a survey Of Scawr!ls PoI:-
L, is said he reports that the Point is held By
four thousand Southern troops, and liza! E
powerful battery is erected on the shore. TIE
place is skillfully defended by works, and tue
task Of capturing it would be great Captan
Engle, however, does not regard its capture as
at all necessary for the purposes CT the Coz.
eminent, for the present at least, especially As
vessels Of war can pass the Point without in,
curing the peril of injury. from tue battery.
Captain Engle reports that the position csn BE-
turned by a rear movement, and that BY cu;.
ting of their communications with tho real,
the Southerners can be starved OFT.
MOVEMENTS AND DoINGS OF FEDERAL rgoopl r.
WESTERN VIRGINIA.
The correspondent Of the Wheeling Intel.
ligencer" of Thursday supplies the following
additional intelligence Of the movements Of
tho United States forces from the Ohio river, "a.
ward Grafton:
At Warrington We learned that Stephen E3-
bcrts, the leader Of the secessionists p; Clio
yer's Gap, seven miles west Of ManningtoH,
was shot and instantly killed by a squad Of
Capt. Hayes olncn, who have possession OF tbs:
post IL dppCdko LINZ w SIuut 81 ~
ing on Tuesday morning and calne across Ro.
berts and two other men, all armed. The leu
tenant in command Of the squad called upon
the seccssionists to halt but instead o; dong
50, they wheeled about and fired upon the SOL
diery. The fire was retired and Roberts wa
killed, though the others took to their heel:
and made their escape. The Mimic bsii pass
cd entirely through his body. Capt. ll,yes
has succeeded in arresting several secession!sl.
about the Gap who are suspected Of hsr'nsa
hand in burning the railroad bridges. The
Captain has them confined in an old barn, which
is well guarded.
After breakfast we moved down to the burnt
bridges, this side of Pennington, where We
found Coils. Kelly and Irwin busily engaged IN
maturing their plans and directing the more
ments of the camp. They have lhrosn up
temporary pens Of brush and logs covered viii
grass, in which they will manage to sleep coin
fortably in dry weather. Col. Kelly has rig
ged up a house car in o prominent spot on the
grounds, in which he has established a tela'
graph Office, and is in constant communicative
with all proper officers in all directions.
Parties of Union men were constantly or
irving on foot and on horseback, and ASSURING
the soldiers that they were in the country o.
their friends, and had a common cause viii
them. One party came into camp and reported
to Col. Kelly that they had just been ott!
upon by a man named Hess, in q secession
neighborhood some miles distant, because the!y
cheered for the Union. About this time Il bro.
ther of the Hess alluded to was discovered III
the camp by some of the Union men, who re
ported him to the Colonel as one Of the bridge
burners, and he was Immediately arrested sd
confined in q railroad car with the other pr.
soners. While We were there the wife and
daughter OF Matthews, confined for barnIrs
the bridges, came to See him. They wep. pro-
fusely at what they considered his dangerous
position, but he treasured them BY sayTs
that he had been well treated, and had NJ pei
sible doubt but he would be able to estsbits5
his innocence. The town Of Farmington Is
completely deserted, not a man or "on'0,
chick OF child remaining in the place. In lac
the secessionists generally have fed, and "s
supposed to be ranging the hills aud hidInt'
The Union sentiment and tue Secession seq
timent goes altogether By neighborhoocs. 10
some precincts there are no Secessionis;s >. a.
and in others there are no Union men.
On Tuesday afternoon the Henry ~!
Guards and Rough and Ready Rifles 81 Si
Wheeling Regiments, and .wo conpan'r'T
the Ohio Sixteenth, left the camp nad as';a~
up to the own Of Fairmont. a distance OF :;
miles. They succeeded in taking po'.'''.r,
Of the town peaceably, aud 1T last acc 1"E
were guarding the bridges in the r''io'!
The burnt bridges arc being speedily rci''"
by a large volunteer force FROM tie c''y.
AS We pissed Cameron, V,rgiaia. np'" '..
return. We found tho Union men tnH-.as 10
! The Sprp4SInnjgts Tr,rr tbu r,,ufrE Ia iAAN'
them take the oath Of allegiance an ''r'''s
support the constitution OF the Cni,e4 Ia,
just AZ VIZ were leaving the c''np ~.
burnt bridges, yesterday, nbon; '.' 81
Ohio 18th were ordered TO march, lhcI w.
soon ready and under way, They star -
I'd" direction Of Fslrmont, and I no'hlns
psn'd Ia them. they reached sh'' pIat'
dag afternoon.