Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-10
FROM GRAFTON.

general Kelley In GS% %%,n~ at at that that
Vicinity.
Gen. Kelley is now Post Commander at
Grafton, and deservedly enjoys the conf
dence of Gen. Rosecrans and the Union
men. Upon taking charge of the post, he
at once Instituted Thorough discipline, and
will establish valuable police regulations,
which will be extended throughout West
ern Virginia, especially upon the lines of
railways. There is no doubt that the
rebels have been well informed of all our
movements, through secret emissaries and
private correspondence. Men have been
permitted to travel back and forth who
were unknown and untouched for. PasseI
have been given to strangers with very
little enquiry as to their anteCedents or
present objects.
Hereafter all this win be stopped. Men
will be detached for the various important
points along the line ofrailroad as tar East
us Cumberland, who will take the name,
age, residence, business, destination, and
general description of every stranger who
travels, and those who cannot give satis-
factory account of themselves, will mol be
permitted TO take the cars. This may &C.
casionslly cause some Inconvenience, but
il uppp1rs to be one OF the stern necessities
of war. There are traitors all through the
country, and a single match might do such
damage 10 five minutes as would take
weeks To remedy. TIE ounce of pre-
ventioa is to be hereafter applied with
the most strict imparIiality and most eff
fective energy. One lady, whom it wonld
be ungal!ant to particularize, has eight
uephews in the rebel army, and day or
two pgo acknowledged that she was in
communication with them weekly. II she
receives intelligence, of course she COM
municates it also, AID thus our own move
ments are made familiar to the traitors.
4 line of communication is now fully
established as far east as Cumberland and
west to the KanOwha, so that every matter
of interest will be communicated by cour-
iers or telegraph to General Rosecrans, who
still makes Clarkshurg his headquarters.
There is no indication of O movement of
any importance ia Western Virginia, and
our troops are inactive simply for the lack
of au enemy to fight.
Wise appears to have got entirely be-
yond reach, and the only use for our troops
now appears to be to keep down the spirit
of rebellion and strengthen the Union men,
until the new State Government is thor
oughly organized and made efficient in all
its details.
Eight companies of the Fifth Ohio. Col.
Duuning, arrived at CIarksbnrg, from Park
'ersburg, yesterday morning, and imnledi-
iiateIy took mp their line of march for
Buckbannon, where they will undoubtedly
remain for some time 10 garrison that post
and project the army stores. Two compa-
nies of the Fifth, Capt. Fletcher and Capt.
jackson, still remain at Parkersburg. The
two companies of the Tenth, which have
been stationed at BuckhHnuon for some
time, will probably proceed to Bulltown,
to join Col. Lyle.
The Ohio Seventeenth, Col. Cornell,
marched in CIarksburg from Weston yes
terday morning, and at once proceeded
on their way to GAINESVILLE to be mustered
out OF service. This Regiment, although
they have seen no fghting,. have done ms
much hard service rs any command in
Western Virginia. They have guarded
bridges and passes, and marched here and
there through the country for the prOtec-
ton of the Union men. The regiment has
had nothing to encourage them as vOlun-
teers. They have had no pay for their
four months service, and now return to
their homes with clothing ''nil tatterad and
torn" many of them barefooted and with
anything but "regulation" hats. Upon
reporting themselves ut headquarters yes
terday, Gen. Rosecrals made brief adj
dress to the men, in which he compliment
ed them highly for their energy aud
promptness in obeying every order, and
tor their really lRborious service in the
campaign. a goodly proportion of them
will again be found in the ranks after q
brief visit to home and friends.
A young man who was in the battle at
Rich Mountain and taken prisoner, arrived
here to-day, having been discharged on
taking the oath. He joined a company of
Home Guards at Buckhsnuou, aud which,
on Il bit of lark, went into the rebel az
my. Once in, it was impossible to get out,
and so he went into the fight with his COM
pany. He says he is satisfied with the
war, and that the kindness with which he
was treated after his surrender will never
be forgotten. He thinks that the seven or
eight hundred prisoners who were liberia
ted by General Mcclellan will faithfully
observe the obligations OF their oaths.
The division OF the army with which he
had been connected commanded by Col.
Pegram) had never been paid n cent pre-
vions to the engagement ut Rich Noun
tain, brt it was understood that the pay
master was at Beverly the day previous to
the battle, with cash to liquidate the pay
rolls. This, however, is probably one of
the encouraging little lies that were used
to keep the spirits OF the soldiers from
tagging. He did not himself believe the
statement, but hundreds of his comrades
honestly expected that if they were taken
prisoners they would be shot or bayoneted
by the northern troops without mercy. an