New-York daily tribune., 1861-06-07

would go. The terrific and all absorbing idea that an
immense army, who would Just slaughter them on ike
beeves, right after tbem all they could think
of and it hss sufficient to rid this section Of q en-
for while at least. The Hon. z. Kidwell, valiant
though he has heretofore been sezed like the rest
with the panic. He rushed to the stable, got out
horse and buggy and fearful Of being seen, drove out
back way aud fed most ignominiously. All the
leading SeceSsioDists about the place have done the
same and il is no wonder the Union people rejoice
Lieut.. Bren Of the Rongh and Readys succeeded In
making four captures at this place. One was Walker
tie tel graph operator, a Mr. Nicholson OF Webster
who it is b lieyed is largely in the secrets and can
mase some important discosuies Geo. ID. Mathews,
son OF Charles Ma hews now prisoner IN your city,
ara austin Merrill, very prominent, shiewd anu
enIerpiising Secession leader. Young Mathews was
arrested Yesterday, and released, and on AL order Oh
ibe Colonel resrresed to-day. These priso'ers, to-
gether with Martin: are all here. They will probably
be sent TO Wheeling shortly, or az sson as enough
more are caught TO make up carload.
We arrived here lii Grafton in time for supper, and
fonnd the whole town live with euth,sia,m and wait
ing for the soldiers have already exhausted i'll my
slender stock of expetives in attempting to describe
the JOY created fudter back the road, by the ap
pearance of the troOps and cannot undertake to pic
lure to YOU what it is here. Just imagine a man re-
prrved under the galIo~s, and restored at stroke
to an honorable position in society; or q drowning
man, in the last 0g0nes, sDatched from the jaws of
death and brought to without the recovering pDgs, or
anything else unmeasuraby eAtravaeant, and you
feelings If the people Of Grafton at their delyerance
For the last hour there bas been such terInc upfoar
in the streets that could scarcely write. WHAT Win
drumming ana fling, and cheering and Singing, one
can hardly hear hi ears much less think bis thoughts
Shortly after our arrival the Slh Indiana Regiment,
which had come to BenwOod just as we started, came
in after u.s. only TO add by its presence TO the aeady
overilcwing enthusi Shortly afterwaro the ilttie
lTls and young ladies of the town paraded on toe
street dressed in unique but apprt pirate dress, that
appears to be peculiar this place and Feterrnan
where we saw few. II consists Of an apron, wblch
is simply the American hag the blue ground OF stars
coming up over the bosom aud the rest being
OF red aud white. Ii 10 very beautiful and the effect
is striking The soldiers cbeered them tremendously
aud brought out their band and played several of their
best pieces After this all over the fiers got TO
tOoilg on that ear-E iercing instrument, and al me
martial music invented together with your humble
servant, las been tortured with them most numerically
Tor the last half hour.
The Secession troops, who fed from here go igno-
it il said at Phippi, intrenchng tuem
selves ia expectation of an attack Ii IL not lnprob-
able that force will be seht out time tonight az
far as Webster by railroad, for the purpose OF dls-
lodging them. There Is great eommolion among the
trains and the troops at this writing, bnt nobody
knows what il going on but the officers, and they
won't tell 1t is generally understood here that ADdeT-
son IL advancing over the Northwestern Virginia
Railroad but has been detained at West Union
(Doddridge County, by burnt bridges. He expected
here shortly believe. While wIite an officer OF
the Iudana Regiment iu making little speech TO mia
men under my window. Something is mp, L think.
Can bear perhaps, before this ia closed.
Neeson was taken prisoner at Pruntytown by few
Union men night before last, but was released next
morning by a troop OF IS Secession cavalry.
fhd here our friend and fellow citizen, L. B. H.
David, who il Government Superintendent OF Iele-
grapn and has full charge OF all the operations con.
Eecied Herewith. He has done an amount OF hard
work since the Government took possession OF the tel
egraph in this part of oe State that wouli seem in
credible 10 those unacquain,ed with the character OF
the business, and very much OF the pronptness ana
success with which things are being done upon TINS
line of road between Grafton and Wheeling is due 70
his efficiency. Tne line on the Northwestern Kali
road Is vet to be act TO rights.
Ii is late, and the subscriber tired.
GRAFTON, Saturday night, lO3 o'clock
Grafton which s how the poiut OF so much interest
out this section of Virginia, contains ordinarily
about 100 souls IL is built about as scattering aud
as il well could be without good deal OF
ingenuity. TIE principal portion OF tho town lies
al ug rough hillside the northern side Of the Iy-
oa,,, Valley aud Three Folk (which here forms cnc.
lion with III there being few houses acrOss Three
Fork AID a few more over tie river. There arc some
four or five hotels in the place, and about as many
stores There two or three churches one prlntng
Office and these together comprise about all the publc
buiLlinu. in the CITY of Grafton for IL has city gov
erument il nothing more. The Is. n q. X. X. have
several buildings, among them large engine house
and still larger machine shop. lndted, the distin-
gushing and only feature OF tins town l. That IL -
built by railroad money and inhabited, for the most
part BY railroad men, who are at tie same ume Union
men of the true blue and unconditional stamp. Their
vote the ordinance proves TINS beyond cavl mere
being nearly 800 Union 10 one Secession vote. saw
the man to day who cast that vote and he looks ~
though he woul int do It again II lie had 70 90 over
Many of the houses are now vacant here, the owners
having gone off during Bill Thompson's reign of terror
Tie Wheeling boys quartered in some of them for
thu present Doubtless the fugiyes will return nog
that Uncle Sam il here to protect them.
And speaking of Bill Thompson, reminds me that
was turing the register AT the Railroad Hotel to-
day snd found registered, some days back, bis name
= ". F. Thompson, Prov. Army" the landlord Gays
he left without paying his bill and great many
other names equally distinguished; among them the
redoubtable "Thos. Surghnor, Captain OF the Barbour
forces" the wbom edltor-ln-chief OF The Bar6our
il sersonlaR This same little Surghnor wouldn't
mike more than two mouthfuls for IA big seyen.foot
Indianian saw stalking around town to-day. This
registry il quite interesting record Nearly all the
prominent Secesionis IN the country appear TO nave
storped here during Thompson's reign many OF them
Registered " Provisional Army and some with little
note appended III pencil, "not paid suppose the
fearful emergency" as Carlisle woud say, under
which they left, was 20 terrifying tha' 'hey orgot 10
liauidure IL il not TO be supposed for moment that
such chivalrc Southern gentlemen had not the specie
about their clothes. -
But WAS speaking of Grafton. When the Balt-
more aud Ohio Railroad was projected nine years ago
or even at the time the Norn-Nestern Virginia Rail
road begun four years later the ground ON which
Mi. town now stands was primeval fore,t, with but
single log hut and small opening around 1t. The
junction Of the two roads AT this point was what
tctented Grafton aud what at the time killed up
Fetterman u coupl. OF miles below which place was
becoming considerable railroad town. and which,
even in lie lining days has had the renown OF quar-
[. ring the fret Confederate army IN this part OF the
State, aud very l-ely the last one.
there is u snall suspension bridge here over Three
Fork, aud very fine railroad bridge scross the Ty-
CART Valley, on the Northwestern Virginia Rail.
I'd IL ia matter of ,urprse that this was not de-