Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-06-06

A correspondent OF the Wheeling Intel
rligencer, who accompanied the troops from
Camp Carlisle on Monday last on their
way to Grafton, furnishes an account of
the progress of the soldiers.
He says the passage of the troops who
left the depot on Monday morning has
been one continued ovation as far as they
have gone. All the way through Marshall
the utmost enthusiasm was awakened by
the appearance of the soldiers -
Owing to the alarming reports of the
night before, rumors that Southern troops
were approaching. we found crowds at
every stopping place. who chcered the
/, trains as they passed with wild vehcmence
AT Glen Easton we found company of
% or 80 rifcmen, and further on passed
another company of them. numbering per-
/, haps. 40. all marching towards Cameron.
which they had heard was to be attacked
and burned by State troops. At Cameron
we found crowd assembled of some 900
perhaps. who insisted on standing ont III
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
hundred riflemen had been under arms,
guarding tho town. all night: and at this
time men with rifles on their shoulders
were coming il from all directions. word
having been sent out the night before.
Our trains reached Warrington a little
after noon, and the appearance of the
troops there. as everywhere else. took the
people completely by surprise. They had
heard, however that a train was coming
from the West. as as this was unusual
since the burning of the bridges. ccnsid-
erable crowd was at the depot waiting.-
As the trains rolled in. they displayed the
American flag. ard with that and the
cleaning Of a thousand bayonets. the peo-
pie almost went wild with enthusiasm. In
fiery few minutes the whole town was
there. and the gladest 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
arrested and undcr guard, as many Se-
ccssionists. viz: tavern keeper named
Wells; Mr.. krotts, a merchant; Charles
Matthews. Superintendent on that section
Of the Baltimore d Ohio Railroad; DIR.
Grant, defeated Secession candidate for
the Legislature; and one Zekc Sncdprass.
a constable. who tried very hard to give
leg bail. but didn't succeed os.ite sufficient
ly to save his bacon. These men all
seemed to expect nothing short Of an exe-
cution right on the spot. They were ar
raigned before Col. Kelley, who released
Wells. krotts and Grant, on their taking
the oath of fidelity, bxtretaincd Matthews
and Suodgrass.
The trains soon after moved on down
to tho first burned bridge. where the men
6 disembarked and paraded in meadow
, Col. Kelley then detailed six companies
and started for Pennington. a notorious Sc.
cession nest some three miles below, from
which it was said the men who burnt the
! bridges had come, and where il was re-
ported some fifty armed secession troops
were stationed. Meanwhile the remain
der of the troops stacked arms, after
throwing out pickets and scouts on the
neighboring Mills. with orders to bring in
any persons they might find. In less than
: ten minutes after their arrival they brough,
in six, some of whom. it was positively
asserted by some Union men, from the
!. country around, were accessory to the des
. truction OF the bridges. Squads Of mel
/ continued to go out in different directions
and to bring in prisoners. until they mus
have had at least dozen under guard a
once. Several of them were released afte
h an examination by the officers. but at leas
; six or eight were retained until the return
of Col. Kelley.
In the evening the companies returne,
! from Farmington, bringing with then
several prisoners, and reporting that thei
' scouts had killed one secesssionist ane
wounded another: When they got t,
= Pennington they found it almost entirel,
i deserted. the Sccessionists having got win,
' Of their approach through the good Office
!. Of one .Joliffe. who. when the trains enter
:. ed Huntington. mounted hose and gal
. loped of in hot haste to Pennington I.
: warn the Secessionists of their danger
\ Finding the town deserted, Col. Kelley or
: dered his men to scour the woods surround
, ing it; ard it was not long until they ha,
!, unearthed several Of the fugitives. most o
: whom. they captured. The men who wer
r shot were running from their pursuers
: who called ont for them to surrender
A Not needing this they were .old they woul,
= be shot unless they did. No attentio,
!. was paid to the command and several shot
!. were fired, killing one instantly and wound
/, ing another. Their names at this tim
are not known.
!, have not learned. at this writing, wha
: was done with tho prisoners. The i'm
q preston in the camp was that they woul,
. be tried by court martial. Agains
: some of them there is very strong positiv
!. evidence that they SET fire to the bridges
The Ohio Regiment reached Manningto,
/ Monday evening just at dark having fcl
: their way over the road. examining all tn
bridges to see that they had not been in
jured. The whole town assembled to re
lsceeive them. They paraded in the stree
|, I'm front Of Hough's hotel. while their band
superb one. played the. Star Spangle'
!. Banner and other sirs. At the conclusion
i the crowd gave three, cheers for Ohio
: which compliment was returned by tn
!. Ohio men. who gave three cheers fot tn
= citizens Of MAnnington. The citizens the,
fprofforod their houses for. quarters for tn
/, soldiers Some were put in the church
I" some ia Odd Fellows Hall. Others atth
thotel. others 'inkprivate houses. until nthe,
'e were all provided for. the people all mani