The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-06-07
Arrest of seoessionisHs
Bridgesand Telegraph Lines RO
paired by the Soldiers.
Reported Retreat Of the
SccCssIOnists nt Grafton.

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from Camp Carlisle ON Monday last on
their way 10 Grafton, furnishes an &C.
count or the progress OF the soldiers.
lie says the pasa1go Of the troops who
lelt tho depot on Monday morning has
been one continued ovation as Tar az
they have gone. An the way through
MARSHALL the utmost enthusiasm was
awakened by the appearance Of the sol
soldiers.
Owing to the alarming reports Of the
night before, umors that Southern troops
were approaching, we found crowds at
every stopping place, who ehecrcd tho
trains as they passed with wild vohe-
mence. At Glen Easton wo found
company Of 25 or 30 rin emon, and nirth-
or on passed another company Of them,
numbering perhaps 40, all marching to.
wards Cameron, which they had hoard
was 70 DO attacked and burnt BY State
troops. AZ Cameron, We found a crowd
assembled Of some 900, perhaps, who it.
sisted on standing cut IN pelting rain,
aud cheering tho soldiers nearly al. the
time they were there. The report Of tho
advance Of Southern troops had becnr .
coivcd tho night before, aud hundred
riAcmen had been undor arms, guarding
the town, oil night and ut this time
men with rifles on their shoulders wero
coming In from all directions, word
having been sent out the night before.
Our trains reached Mannington a little
oncr noon, and tho appearance Of tho
troops there, as everywhere else, took
the people completely by surprise. They
had heard, however, that train was CONF
ing from the West, and as this was unus-
uil since the burning Of tho bridrns, a
considerable crowd was at the depot
waiting. AS the trains rolled in, thew
displayed the American nag, and with
that and the cleaning Of a thousand
bayone' the peol 10 Ulmt 81 went " I'D with
c thlsiasm. In a very few m ties the
4 whole town was there, and tac gluddcst
: set of people man ever laid his eyes on.
4 Their joy scarcely knew any bounds
+, Hardly had the soldiers been there five
I minutes, till they had arrested and under
guard, as many Seccssionists viz a
, tav rn-kccper named Wclls Mr.. Krotts
a merchant Charles Mathews, Su,erin.
: teudcnt on that section Of the Baltimore
g. Ohio Railroad DR.. Grant, defeated
I secession candidate for tho Legislature (;
: aud one Zeke Snodgrass, constable.
,,"V -.,~.. ,s,y ,'~s~ y 49, =, s1.., -
7 didn't succeed quito sufficiently to save
his bacon. These mon all seemed to cx-
4 pect nothing short Of execution right on
. the spot. They wero arraignod before
q Col. Kelly, who released Wells, Krotts
(. and Grant, on their taking the oath OF
!, fidelity, but retained Mathews and Snod.
grass.
The trains soon after moved on down
to the first burned bridge, where the mcr
disembarkcd nnd parbdod in a meadow
q Col. Kelly, then detailed six compani,
aud started for Pennington, a notorious
p. secession nest some three miles below
+ from which il was said the men whC
burnt the bridges had come, and where 4
was reported some fifty armed Sc cessior
. tro Jps were stationed. Meanwhile tn,
4 remainder of the troops stacked arms
n after throwing out picket and scouts OF
"a the neighboring hills, with orders TO brinl
N In any persons they might fud. In les
i than ten minutes after their arrival the
- brought In six, some of whom, IL was pos
l. itiyely asserted by some Union men lrur
10 the country around, were acc ssory I
~ the destruction OF the bridges. Squad
10 of men continued 10 60 out In dinerc1
10 directions, aud To bring in prisoners, ur
NJ ill they must have had at least doze
~ under guard at once. Several of thei
IA were released after an examnati IN by III
officers, but at least six or eight were n
to tanned until the return Of Col. Kelley.
If In the evening the companies returns
a- from Pennington, bringing with the
several prisoners, and report rg thl
., their scouts had killed one Becessionii
" and wounded another. When they gS
" to Pennington they found il almost ei
tirely deserted, tho Socessonists haVin
got ~ind Of their apps roach through tn
ly good offices of one JOliffe, who, when IN
lg trains entered Huntington, mounted
u horse and gallopped of In hot hasto /
oy Pennington to warn the Sccessionists {
O. their danger. Finding the town desoi
" ted, Col. Kelly ordered his men to scot
y the woods surrounding Il, and Il was n,
long till they had unoarthed several (
the fugitivos, most Of whom they csI
turcd. The men who were shot wei
10 running from their pursuers, who eallc
A., out for them 70 surrender. Not heodin
-, this they weTo told they would be sh,
- unless they did No attention was pai
49, 10 tho command aud several shots wei
bo fred, killing one instantly and woundin
"a another. Their names at this time a.
no not known.
~ / have not learned, at this writin
IN what was done with the prisoners. III
impression in camp was that they wou
rs be tried by court martial. Against SON
,r- of them there is yery strong positive eY
M dence that they set fire to the bridges.
~ The Ohio Regiment reached Manning
go ton Monday evening Just a. dark, huyin
,,v felt their way over the road, examinin
all the bridges to see that they had nC
l., been injured. The whole town asseu
~ bled to receive them. They paraded
- the street in front Of Ilough's Hotc
.esn while their band, superb one, played th
~ Star Spangled Banner and other airs.-
- AT tho conclusion the crowd gave thre
. cheers for Ohio, which compliment wa
,,r returned by the Ohio men, who guy
I, three for the citizens Of Mannington.
oos The citizens then proffered their house
M for quarters for the soldiers. Some wei
n pu. Ia the church, some Ia the Odd Fe
IA lows Hall, others at the hotel, others
III private houses, until they were all prov
~ ded for. the people all manilesting IA
b. most cordial feeling for them.
r. They were immensely plessed with u
as reception all along the road, and parti'
cs ulurly with the substantial complimcn
Of The good people Of Cameron and De
n ton. The citizans Of Cameron were tai
he en- by surprise by the train that conyeye
es the Wheeling regiment, but learning thl
no nore were ON the way, they went 70 VOL