Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-06-01
Progress of the wheeling and Ohio
Troops Towards Grafton.

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Progress of the wheeling and Ohio
Troops Towards Grafton.
A correspondent of the Wheeling Intenissn-
Ger, who accompanied the troops from Camp
Carlisle, on Monday last, on their way to Graf
ton. furnishes an account Of the progress Of the
soldiers. s-r-I
He says the passage of the troops who leftthe
depot on Monday morning has been one contin-
ued ovation as far as they have gone. All the
way through Marshall the UTMOST enthusiasm
was awakened by the appearance of the SOL
diers. SIX
Owing to the alarming reports of the night
before, rumors that Southern troops were ap-
preaching, we found crowds at every stopping
place, who cheered the trains they passed
with wild vehemence. At Glen Easton we found
q company of 25 or 80 rifemen, and further on
passed another company Of them, numbering
perhaps 40, all marching towards Cameron,
which they had heard was TO be attacked and
burnt by State troops. At Cameron we found
crowd assembled Of some 300, perhaps, who
insisted on standing out 10 a pelting
rain and cheering the soldiers nearly all the time
they were there. The report Of the advance Of
Southern troops had been received the night
before, and q hundred rihemen had been under
arms, guarding the town, all night; and at this
time men with rifles on their shoulders we're
coming In from all directions, word having been
sent out the night before.
Our trains reached Warrington little after
noon, and the appearance Of the troops there, as
everywhere else, took the people completely by
surprise. They had heard, however, that o train
was coming from the West, and as this was uu-
usual since the burning of the bridges, q consid-
erable crowd was at the depot waiting. As the
trains rolled in, they displayed the American
flag; aud with that and the cleaning of a
thousand bayonets, the people almost went wild
with enthusiasm. In very few minutes the
whole town was there, and the gladdest set Of
people man ever laid his eyes on Their joy
scarcely knew any bounds. Hardly had the SOL
diers been there five minutes, till they had ar
rested and under guard as many secessionists,
viz: tavern keeper named Wells; Mr.. Krotts,
a merchant; Charles Matthews, Superintendent
on that section of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road; DR.. Grant, defeated secession candidate
for the Legislature; and one Zeke SDodgrass, q
constable, who tried very hard TO give leg bail,
but didn't succeed quite sufficiently TO save his
bacon. These men oil seemed TO expect nothing
short of execution right on the spot. They
were arragned before Col. Kelley, who released
Wells, Krotts and Grant, on their taking the
oath of fidelity but retained Matthewsand Snod.
grass.
The trains soon after moved on down to the
first burned bridge, where the men dsembarked
and paraded In meadow. Col. Kelley then
detailed six companies and started for Farming
ton, notorious secession nest come three miles
below, from which It was said the men who
burned the bridges had come, and where IL was
reported some fifty armed secession troops were
stationed. Meanwhile the remainder of the
troops stacked arms, after throwing out pickets
and scouts on the neighboring hills, with orders
to bring in any persons they might find. In less
than ten minutes after their arrival, they brought
in six, some of whom, it was positively asserted
BY some Union men from the country around,
were accessory to the destruction of the bridges.
Squads of men continued to 60 out In different
directions, and to bring in prisoners, until they
must have had at least dozen under guard at
once. Several Of them were released after an
examination by the officers, but at least six or
eight were retained until the return Of Col. Kel.
ley. :v.5s. s-.-
In the evening the companies returned from
Pennington, bringing With them several prison.
ers, and reporting that their scouts had killed one
secessionist and wounded another. When th ey
got to Pennington they found 1t almost entire
| " deserted, the secessonsts having got wind of
their approach through the good offices of one
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