Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-06-12
PROM GRAFTON.
[srecial Correspondents Of the 1ntelligene

not far distant. The strictest possible dis.
cipline is being observed every where, and
the close inspection and study of maps and
drawings by Gen. Morris and officers, iudt-
cate ADVANCE movements. The General is
lust the man for the place and times.
learn that parties in the employ of the
Railroad company at Grafton and other
points, are to be removed on account Of
their we'll known sympathy with secession.
This is good move, and one that should
have been made on the day the Federal
forces entered Grafton. It is. my honest
opinion that every man of Porterfelds
Fcommand Mt PhilliPpi would this day he a
prisoner of war had this been done. Bnt
better late than never. Let il we'll done
now and it, the General would do II little
of the same kind of business east aud west
of Grafton IL WOuld be all the better for
himself aud the Railroad company in the
Hong run. There are plenty of good Union
men to fill those posittOns-men of the
IlArgest and most comprehenstveknow iedge
IOf railrOading such az 6. w. Harrison,
]. C. Jones or Jim Schroads, of your city ;
Yeuglin and Scott of the N. wv. r. R.,
Bob French of Grafton, and Capt. Perry
Willard Of the b. 4: o. R. R., than whom
EtTleE, drawer or more reliable. Railroad
Union men never lived. $40
The soldiers Ia and about this place put
10 from four to six hours eAchday drilling,
mud may now be ynt down MS effective
What q. contrast between them and Porter
fields Cod fjrsaken, detected. drunken
band of maurduders, bridge burners and
destroyrrS of public and private property.
On Sunday mOrning ! saw detachment
of capt. Hays company, and one of Capt.
| Stephens Iron Guards sent out for guard
duty, aud don't think ever "a " meO, for
| the opportunities they hAvr had, show II
more soldierly bearing, or handle their
shooting irons with more ease and grace
fulness. Capt 8. was the commander OF
the Virginia forces at this point BY right
of seniority. The regimeGtnl officers are
living at PhilIippi. The two companies
named were the only Virginia companies
Mt Grafton except Capt. Trimhle's, which.
by the way, from some cause unknown to
your correspondent, WAS not represented
in the guard detail.
Cnpts. Chapman and Donlnn, with their
companies, are doing guard duty ut Cheat
River. a joke is going the rounds MT their
expense. Il runs thus 0Ae of their men
was taken prisoner bS n secession scout.
and made to swear allegiance to the Com
! feds. Licuis. Lloyd aud Stidger have gone
with detachment of rs men each to
well known secession locality for the Pur-
pose of capturing armed hAnds prOwling
around after night They will give good
! account of themselves when an OppOrtn.
nifty Offers. Five of the virginia COmPan-
les ut PhiIIippi. Not having visited At
place in the last few days, am unable to
give particulars.
Capt. Britt's company is Mt the Monon-
g"heln bridge, in charge Of the first Lieut..
r, D.ss a.. Z = Al
TO command. The lieutenant grOwls once
in n while like Gagged tiger because, rs he
says, the company has not iiSi true posi-
ti"n, but should tie in all advance move
mentA. The 81 Lieutenant, O'Brien, has
put very little of his time in at the bridge.
saw him enter Grafton on Saturday
night, and understood he came through
the mountains in great haste, on horse
back. Something upl He returned to
FIirmOnt by the first train on Sunday.
The Rough and Realizes are spilin' for a
fight, they say they didN't enlist for the
purpose ofperfOrming ordinary police dn.
ties, but 10 fight the nHke'l hOriPs of trait
0rs thmt intest Harper's Ferry, Richmond,
DC, and like the other Virginia companies
I assure you they would rather meet the
enemy in North or South Carolina. than
on Virginia sUil. This thing OF being kept
do very well ut the time of mastering ia,
but don't hint anything of this kind to the
boys now, they want TO he the first to at
tack the enemy. Let the First Virginia
Regiment he informed that they must stay
aud guard the bridges between your city
and Cheat river, while the Ohio and Indi.
| ana boys would go forward to meet the
enemy, and my head for cent nothing
but their love of order and discipline, to-
gether with regard for their official oath,
would prevent n mutiny. Away then with
the idea ofeulisting with prOvisO
Marion county will in future tie the ban
ner Union county, and FAirmnnt and Palh-
tine are the soundest Union. places on
earth. can't even except ietchietown.
| For people that were cGrsed. as they
were, with an internal band of Vampires
thnt uad no regard fur official Onths, tor
private or public obligation, s0>lOng, they
have acted most nObly. The wives of the
secessiOnists (who ny tho way are Drawer
than their seeding lordsl say that Gen.
Raymond will soon he here and put his
foot on the neCks of those who dare resist
the mandate of Lctcher, the degenerate.
Union folks smile ut such news And 90 OH
perfecting their military Orgnniz ,tiunS.-
There will not be less than two hundred OF
the best, most respectable and truly relia-
be Union meu ct FAirmont AMI PAla.
tine under arms ny the morrow The
arms and munitions of war arrived to-
day. They ara the very best style OF
Minnie muskeI furnished BY our good
Uncle Samuel. They must be knaves
or fools, or both, that expect to enslive
this people, or bring them under the infa
nous rule of JEFF. Davis. When Porter.
fold and Wiley threatened them with Gre
and sword, they remained firm. When
the villainons Neeson read to them the
treason acts of the Convention, they deiie,i
him and Letcher, an told him and his as
sOctates in crime, that they would be the
first to dAnHle in the air and kick at the
United States. I have good reason to be.
lieve that Marion will furnish few cool
companies to the General Government, in
a few DAYS. and still have an efficient hohne