, 1861-05-31
Progress Of the Wheeling and Ohio
Troops Towards Grafton.
TBEIR ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTl0I ALONG
TIE LINE.
idees and Telegraph Lines Repaired
by the Soldiers.


B,ide es and Telegraph Lines Repaired
BY the Soldiers.
4 correspondent Of the Wheeling Ea1eUi-
qeneer, who accompanied the troops from
Camp Carlile on Monday last on their way
to Grafton, furnishes an account Of the pro-
grcss Of the soldiers.
He says the passage Of the troops who left |
the depot on Monday morning has been one
continued ovation as fr as they have gone. ;
All the way through Marshall Co. the utmost ;
enthusiasm was awakened by the appearance t
Of the soldiers
Owing to the alarming reports Of the night |
before, Iunors that Southern troops were up. |
proacnfng, we found crowds at every stopping !
place, who cheered the trains as they passed
with wild vehemenee. At Glen Easton We
found company Of Is or 80 Tidemen, and |
further on paEsed another company Of them,
Numbering perhaps 20 all marching towards
Cameron, which they had heard was to be at.
tackled and burn tby Btate troops. At Cameron
haps, who fnsisted on standing out In apelIing
rain and cheering the soldiers nearly all the
tine they were there. The report Of the
advance Of Southern troops had been re-
ceivcd the night before, md hundred riaemen
had been under arms, guarding the town all
shoulders we're coming in from all directions,
word having been sent out the night before.
Our t1ains reached Mannington . Little after
noon, and the appearance Of the troops there,
Is everywhere else took TIE PeoElc complete. Saae
that train was coming from the West, and
as this Ras unusual since the burning OF the
bridges, . considerable crowd was at the depot
waiting. AS the trims rolled In, they dis
played the American flag, and with that and
pie almost vent wild with enthusiasm. In &
very few minutes the whole town Was there,
| and the gladdcst set Of people man ever laid
| his eyes on. Their joy scarcely knew any
bounds. Hardly had the soldiers been there
| five minutes, till they had arrested md had
| under guard mary seccssionists, viz: t2ycrn
| keeper named Wells; Mr.. krotts, q merchant;
| Charles Matthews, Supe7inte endeut on that sec
| ton Of the Baltimore d. Ohio Railroadi Dr.
Grant, defeated Secession candidate for the
Legislature; and one ZcEc Snodgrass, con
stable, VINO tried very hard 70 giTe leg bail,
but didn't succeed quite sufficiently to saye
his bacon. These men all seemed to expect
nothing short Of execution right On tho spot,
They wc.e ar1aigned before Col Kelley, who
released Wells, Krotts and Grant, on their
thcws and Snodgrass-
The trains soon after moved On down to the
first burned bridge, where the men d1sembark-
cd and paraded IN q meadow. Col Kelley
then detailed Elk companies and started for
I Fmmingtor, notorious secession nest some
thr< miles helow, from which It was said the
men who burnt the bridge had conc, and
where it Wns reported come fifty armed eeces-
eion troops we're stationed. Meanwhile the
remain der Of the troops stacked arms, after
throwing out pickets and scouts on the neigh
boring iills, with orders to bring IN any per
| Ion6 rev might find,
In ltzs than ten minutes after their arrival
, tEcy brought In sf1, some Of whom, it was
= positively asserted by some Union men from,
obstruction 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 ut once
) Several Of them were released alter an eKamt
+ | wcrc retained until the return Of Col. Kelly.
In the evening the companies returned Tou
Pennington, bringing with them several pris
5 one1s, and reporting that their scouts hat
:. | killed ono secessionist aud wounded another
When they gotto Pennington they found i
having got wind Of their approach through
! the good Offices Of one Jollide, who, when tn
trains entered Huntington, mounted hors
! 1ad gAiloped off in hot haste to Farmington
e to warn the eecessionfsts of their danger
>, Finding the town deserted, Col Kelley OF
IL dered Lis men 10 ecour the woods surround
Il | ing it, and it WAS not long till they had IN
"a ealthcd scve4al Of the fugitiyes, most 0
:" whom they captured. The men who wer
shot ware running from their pursnert
needing tits, th<y were told they would b
d shot unless they did. No attention was PAL
! to The cGmmond and several shots Terc fired
= killing onc instantly and wounding another
q Thei1 Ianee at this time are not kuoMn,
have not learned, at this writing, what Wa
done with the prisoners. The impression i
camp was that they would be tried By cou1
8. martial. Against some Of them there Is yer
X strong positive evidence that they set fire
T. The Ohio Regiment reached Mannineto
- Monday evening just at dark, hnying felt the
vay over tbe road, examining all the bridE
5, 10 zee that they had not been injured. II
xholc. town assembled to receive the1
On lotel, Hhile their band, superb one, playt
At the star spangled Banner and other airs: .
ali The cor c'usicp The crowd gave three chez
It tor Ohio, which compliment was returned
the Ohio men, who gave three cheers for 7
at citizens OF ManninEton. The citizens tn
pro fIered Their houses for quarters for t
lat tolGiezs. Some were put in the church, sou
10. | In the odd Fellows Hall, Others at the hot
~ others in priyate houses, until they were
M provided Tor, the people all nanifesting t
"a most cordial feeling for them.
a, They were immensely pleased with tue
~ ccption al along the road, and particular
up with tic substantial compliments Of the 60
.r people Of Cameron and Belton- The cltize
~ Of Cameron were taken by surprise BY
NJ train TINT conveyed the Wheeli4g reg1mIee Ie
went to work and got together all the prov
icrs in the place-bread, pics, cakes, bar
Of crackers, meat butter and eggs, and
I them al boxed up and ready for them.
= | the time the Ohio men reached Cameron tn
- had collected from the surrounding coun
tea 1sa scmc eight hundred or one thousand peoI
Elo who received them with enthusiastic dem
Ca strations. The mcn got out and mingled II
r-a :hem, shaking Lands with al, men, Won
~ and girls.
!1 ite. ard I'll along the way they were greeted u
!oy still stronger demonstrations of joy than y
a. ehowe,ed nrcn the others. During the nig
"as orips 20 the breaking down Of the wires
l., Glover, Gap, 100 men were sent up TO
ae1, Wn po:sefsion OF the place, and guard the
"n and telegraph.
-. This mo1nlng the Ohio men will 60 dc
2at, to the camp at the burnt bridge 1t Is
me rccted that MI hands will 60 to work rebu
N: no ing the bridges, SO that the trains will be
Aen bltd to 20 on in day CT two. There are I
=. more than 2Ic00 men at Mannington and
pe camp tCloW. There is no doubt that they
I'll I'll rush through TO Grafton as soon as pract
I1n |.ln bic. Col Kelly was heard to say ycster
1's' that he WAS deeiro1s Of paying his respect
+ha that pl4ce and to Fette1man, At as carly a
|
,nce companies the troops, to rcps|r the lines
NE keep up Communication With Wheeling.
c1ea At Cameron, yesterday, they hauled up 81
~, seccsEionists, and made them swear to
port tho Constitution Of the United Sta
5laR To-day that place was full Of armed Il
MI Sounds Of them Ecre going out to brinI
;. eorae more Of the same stripe, intending
ngo 4,9a make them take the same oath also.
The Way the secsas1onIsts Took r
eut eess1cn OF Grafton on Sunday no
the tBs.
yard The Wheeling Intdligeneer, Of Wednes
noF- ety6:
tbc Mr. Fred. Duval and Nj. Joseph Fulton
thAt eaneeIs On me nu1uaule o. oGio na.1o y
500 l.ft Grafton EhortiJ after the secessiontsts
possession Of the town, and about the
4, the bridges were burned between Msentn|
! i'm and FarminEton. When the t1altors mar
= a ~ In srd commenced taking control Of thl
:" VA they ordered Mr. DuTM to remove an en-
,4,fn1 which was In the way, and In ord:r to do
.rtjaj vas necessary to get up Steam. This D
~ All proceeded to do, and after removing It to
1nht. place requested, got It upon the main II
With it, head towards New burg, ,elghteen I
ttcad dIEtA1t, and before the seceshers knew
hove, they were doing, Mr: Duyal, Mr. Fulton
infn Others mounted the iron horse, and ST.
fcnT with the speed Of fast passenger locom'
towards NeWburg, where they are sHgpos
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