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Jfaiiij gutcUigeuccr CAMPBELL & M'BEEMOT, raxxopa a>*d raopKiETOBa. T ERMJL?I?*n.T.ieilT?r^CltiCU?, per week, 10 en'? OiJiT,by tdruce. ?? Tu-Wrmr. hr xntfl, ia binufv <?* W?x*iT,by eafi.iaad\aa?r, l.- i W H E E I. I >J O : Monday Morning. June 3.1861. G&i gn*r1 Mr fUc- ?rd keep Meh ?tar E*cb ?trfpe m brigLt m now tb*y ?c*^ Still m?ke it lend oar rank* in war. Sttn float above etch pernor*# Peatb to the traitcr that woo!d <Ur* To trail tt through the dn?t of ftbacs*. AJi hon**t h??*ru iu I*h will there ?ad follow it to Death or Fes*. Tb* CoDTentlon to be held la Wbeel lag* It h*? been officially determined bj the Central Committee, in whose bends the power was placed, by the Ute Convention, to call the convention of the 11th in*: to meet in this citj. Oar exchanges will please take notice of ibis fact. X Change. The wonderful change that has come over this community within the past month cannot have escaped the icon ordinary observation. Secession has been laid low?has been made to bite the dust. And it has all been done peacefully, too, been done just as freemen do those s^rt of things, by the power of the billot box and of public opinion. But a month or *0 j ago the secessionists around Wheeling ! were rampant, full of their boastings of j what would soon come to p*s3 in our j midst. Tbey were graciously g->ing to permit Union men to hold ou in their ! coarse until after the election, but with | the closing of the polls the career of j Unionism in this State, in this part of the 1 State as well as other parts, would also close. Many were the annonymous notes which they sent to prominent Union men. telling them of the delightful prospects which awaited them, such as hanging, tar and feathers, riding on a rail and other . pleasing and frolicksorae gaieties. It was j not long ago that a high official of the city revealed to us the fact that a plan was on foot among a select party of these tolerant traitors to come to the fntelli- ! geneer oQSce and take down its flag-? i About the aime time a prominent man, ? on the street was heard to express him ?elf that, "the d 1 abolition flag ought to We taken down." And there was, no djubt, a hearty good will among a number of the traitors to see the Stars and.Stripes taken in from our win- I dows, as well as from all other places i about town. We were kept pretty well advised of their plottinga and doings most all the while and felt well assured that their time would, in all probability, come about as soon if not a little before ours. The doings in Baltimore were about that time at their zenith, and the traitors here, abouts were possessed with great hopes j for the success of their brother traitors in i Baltimore. They sat up late and got up j early to get the Baltimore papers. A rare i batch of them could be seen any night waiting on the train. They were all eager ness for the successful denouement of the grand Maryland plot. And no wonder!? They doubtless thought that if a megro minority could successfully precipitate things in Baltimore there was nothing to keep them from doing the sumo thing in Wheeling. But all this sort of thing has changed now. The Baltimore plot failed. The ; Government and the Uoion men of Mary- ! land pnt the thing down?their legislature adjourned without calling a Convention, ' the Secession cause went under in that State Soon the election came on here and the cause went under here also.? And not only here but throughout Western Virginia. The traitors were beaten beyond all precedent. They were so stripped and cut down as to be left perfectly at the mer cy of their opponents. Especially was this the case in ail the region above and below this city. And we venture to assert the fact, that history does not record a victory so overwhelming, so one-sided, that has been used by tho victors with so much of forbearance and mercy. Not a single deed of violence has characterized the victory. There is a moral heroism in this tact that will forever illuminate the annals of these tiroe3. Despite the knowl edge that we all had, that the darkest ty ranny was being practiced on the Union men of Eastern Virginia; that they were driven from their homes; that their pro perty was confiscated and their estates wasted and plundered; despite all the in solence and Insult that bad been practiced In our part of the State, despite every thing that could aggravate poor bnman nature, the Union men of Western Vir ginia have borue and foreborne, and to day their record stands without a siogle blemish. Are not sucb a people fitted to rule the destinies of a State?people who ao well know how to govern themselves ? Con trast them with Eastern Virginia. There, violence rules and riots. There, there is no security of life or property for a day or ?a boar to tho minority. Brute force ter rorises over the land, and even such gal lant men as John M. Botts are stricken down Are such people fit to be the rolen of Western Virginia ? Is sacb des potism the standard that we should bow to ? Never! Western Virginia, loyal and i troe af ?hc is, is the Suit? of Virgiuia, and it only remains for the coming Convention of ihe ilib of Jane to declare her such; to declare tbe place? of the unbolt con rpiratorc over East vacated, and to "pot good and loyal men in tbe vacancies. The Sece?*ton Hcgiraat Fairmont. Vanity Finr missed i figure by not hav ing an artist at Fairmont to sketch tbe | flight of Dr. Kidwell, Jim Xeesoo and Alf Hay icon d when they heard of the approach of the Federal troops. Poor Kidwell al most went off in the costume of tbe Geor gia major, viz: "A p*?r of specs and a pair ? of spur?/* He even left his trunk in the i street after be had got in his buggy. And ! then tbe wi*y be got through his stable out I into tbe alley! It was too bad. We can- ! not tell all a correspondent hn? told us.? Tbe poor Doctor?he has sown the wind: 'just now he is reaping the whirlwind. Un der tbe guise of a good deal of smoothness and moral and even religions pretension. ; he concealed many of the worst practices of j a professional politician. Auy man who j could blabber as be could ou a short no- j lice at a public meeting, bad too mnch of j ; tbe Job Trotter in him to tie to. As for Xeeson, be left in tbe guise of a Doctor; took & pair of saddle-bags with I him, and when stopped at one of the : ontposts, got through by bis argent profes sional representations. So m? body was "at ; the point of death, and Keeson was their 'family physician, riding post haste to their relief. When last beard from he bad been arrested at Pruntytown by the Union men, bnt was likely to get away again, through I tbe appearance of acme of tbe secession j forces. Alpb Haymond neither left in a bugjry nor went off horseback. He took a few | clean tbirts, stuffed thim in barpet-bag and struck out across a cornfield at a fast gait. lie was beating double quick time when last seen. Drinkard, tbe secession e'iitor, promptly cut dirt too, leaving his press to be run by Capt. Fordyce and tbe the rest of our boys. We really hope tbe boys will keep it snug and trim and not harm a singTe type, for we want to bear from our old friend M.tcDonald occasiona! ly. As to how many of the secession bank directors, who voted away nearly twenty five per cent of their capital the other day to the fticlimond tr?titors, fled, we don't kcow. Let 'he roll be called, and see whether Hood, Merrill and Straight answer to their names. Their little ??aid and com fort" appropriations should be looked into by Col. Kelley. Under the ruling of Gen. DutU-r, such chaps are considered contra band of war. On the whole, this Fairmont hegira is rather a good thing tu its way, and will be as famous, by and by, to the people of that locality, U3 old Mahommed'3 vamous. Marion county is well rid of these men.? They have ridden her like a night-mare for years, and were never anything but u set of non-producing, blood-sucking politicians. It seems to us that the rebels at Har per's Ferry are not in a very desirable position just now. . Our forces are bear ing down upon them from tbe west, the nortb and tbe past. It is simply a ques tion of will with Gen. Scott when be will take them. Their connection with Rich mond is by no means as secure B3 they would like since our troops bold Alexaa dria and threaten the Manassas Gap Junc tion. If the rebel forces at Culpepper and the Junction attempt to relieve the men at Harper's Ferry they leave tbe road to Ricbinoud entirely exposed. It we seiie the Junction the only path of escape is up | the Virginia valley to Staunton. There is j railway connection for only part ot the I distance. Indeed, we believe that there | are Ohio troops enough at hand so that | a portion could be spared for the attack j and enough remain to intercept tbe retreat! of the rebeis. Nor can any force be spared from the, vicinity of Richmond for their relief. Gen. Butler's command and the force at Wash ington are a standing menace to tbe State capitalj* The former are already creeping up Jatnes River and ktepiug watch ou Nor I folk, and the latter seem to be threatening j the route to' Richmond by the Orange and Alexandria road, and may threaten that by Acquia Creek and Fredericksburg. York river, too, must be guarded by a strong force, for as tbe Richmond papers haw truly said, it is tLe most direct nnd easy path to the city. Southern Virginia then can spare no men for Harper's Ferry.? Strong as is the natural ppsition of the forces entrenched tbere, wo think that their stay will not be prolonged a great ! while, and they will be pretty fortunate if I they make their escape They may fight with desperation, but if our commanders use ordinary prudence, Harper's Ferry may soon be cleared of rebels. Tiiey toll fearful tales of 1167 Arkansas ' men, with the Secessionists, near Norfolk, | who are armed with rifles aud very long i J-owie-knives. They say they mean to fire j one round, then close in and disembowel tl.eir antagonists. All of them made their wills beforo leaving home. It seems high ly probable that U. S. troops will stand quietly and submit to the hari-karu opera tion in favor with the merry Arkansas gentlemen. While the latter are looking for loyal bowels a long bayonet may furn ish them "happy dispatch," and destroy forever their capacity for the Pike County whiskey, which is their natural element.? '?Stranger, avoid a snag!" Iris said that the gtrablitig saloons in Washington are languishing for want of business. The patriotic excitemAt in tbe city has been tbe ruin of faro, and the aboard of gr<*en cloth" has adjourned sine DtC. ^ A Nashville," Tenn., paper begs the pat riotic ladies of tbe place to do their shop ping in the morning, so fij to allow tht i 8c Idier clerks time in th? .afternoon ti drill". FHO.M ORAFTOBt*. Camp Dolnga atthc Burnt Brldec?~. The way tlie Boy a Employ Tucm kelvci?Matter* aud Tilings about Falrmout?KJow the R?ceMlouUu I litre Acted, and how They Kltd? The Jubilant Demonstration* of the Union Men?The Troops tu Grafton?Their Capture of Sece? kionlati?-Kewa from Down the XorUiweMtern Road?Thompson** Men Entrenehlng Themnci-ves at Phllllppl. i From Our Special Reporter.] Gbaftox, Fbiday Night. We were detained last night At Manning ton, as 1 told you in a basiy note this morning. We left tltere this morning pret ty early, and in a very short time arrived at the Burnt Bridge. Here we found all the Wheeling bars except the Clajr Guards and Rough and Ready's, together with the Plttsbnrgbers and the Ohio Sixteenth.? They were all iu good health and spirits, and enjoying themselves as much as was becoming, in view ef the fuueral that {was to take place during the morning. Most of them were lolling and strolling about the camp, and several squads scouting around the woods, shooting at squirrels and woodcocks, in lieu of more enticing game. Some were going through their drill?some lving in their tents reading newspapers. lor which they all have a great fondness?some washing their clothes and banging tbem out on bushes to dry? ; others engaged in brightening their musk- I eta, while here and there might be seen i one of a more philosophical or imaginative tnrn of mind, lying oa bis back in the shade, g?*i?g into the serene sky of a sum mer's morning, revelling in the luxuriance of surrounding nature, and wishing, por baps. that there was no clouds of war to throw its shadow over such a scene, to disturb such quiet eojoyment. A good force of men were at work rebuilding the lower bridge, the upper one having already been finished before we arrived. Here, under guard, was the secession prisoner of whom I told yoo, Martin, from Worthing ton. He is said to be very defiant, avows himself a secessionist, and declares he never will be anjthing else?that be will die a thousand deaths before he will change his professions of sentiment. It is not ex pected that he will have to go through more than a thousandth part of that hero ic programme which he has laid out for himself. The man who was accidentally killed yesterday was Frederick Torrel, of Alle ghany city, and member of a Wetlsburg company. His body was conveyed this morning to a graveyard uear Manning ton, aud buried with the honors of war. The I wounded man is Alex. D. Mather, of Pitts burg. He is doing veiy weli. Such care lessness on the part of the troops as that from which these men suffered is very re prehensible. A couple ot meQ in camp yesterday pre pared themselves for serious business.? One was baptized, and the other made his will. Both are now ready for the ensan guined field of battle ; one having dispos ed of his earthly possessions, and the other having secured a place in a mess in heav en. When our men go into battle with 3uch sober preporations "secessions*' had better look out Th**re w-.?s yet nearly half a day to spend heforc we couid get away, and as the sun was coming down wsth a fervid glow, you may well suppose the subscriber spent it in the shade, looking down into the clear, placed pools of Bn flalo creek, and wishing bi m self, as Dickens says, 44a whale or :v minnow," or anvthing else that swims iu water. Meanwhile the troop? had pone to pack ing up and loading their camp equipage, and by the time the lower bridge was rea I dy tor crossing, the train9 were filled, and I about ten o'clock all the troops comprising the Virginia Regiment, except two comjm i niea, and the Ohio Sixteenth, except one company (which was left behind to I guard the bridges, steamed away on three I trains for Grafton, leaving a round of their I heartiest cheers for their cororadcs left be hind, who looked doleful euough because they couldn't come along. At Fairmont a great crowd of people were collected, and as the soldiers went by, their band playing, these people sent up some of the biggest cheers that have yet been invented in thi3 country. The j people at Fairmont cc'ipsed.those at Man | nington in their joy at the appearance of | the troops. To tliein it was a real deliver i ancc from the jaws of seeessiou, and they we.e so glad over it that it wasn't possible for them to be any gladder and contain themselves. The two advance companies who got there a day or two ago, were lit erally overwhelmed with gratitude. Tables were spread all over the town, houses were thrown open, and the. soldiers were pressed to eat and drink without stint and without charge. Everybody?men, women and children?vitd with one another who should show them the most attention and minister to their wants. The scenes about Fairmont are described as exceedingly ludicrous, when the first hint of the approach of the soldiers pot to the ears of the secessionists. The Union men had been living for some time in hourly dread and under a system of threats of intimidation, and when they snw the secessionists running to and fro, and gathering in eager little knots on the street corners, they supposed some new stroke of the enemy was to be the result and were in a bushel of trouble about the impending crisis. Well he impending crisis arrived, and they too got the news-. Then the secessionists made tracks iu all directions, and with the most laughable speed?taking whatever means of conveyance they could get, some of them taking their neighbors horses, even. Nonody knows where they went, and it is doubtful if they knew where they vould go. The terrific and all absorbing idea that an Immense army who would just slaughter them off like beeves, was right alter them was all they could think of? and it has been sufficient to rid this sec itlon of them for a while at least. The Hon. Z. Kidwell, valiant though he has here to - I fore been, was seized like the rest with the panic. He rushed to the stable got out a horse and buggy, and fearful of being seen drove out a hack way and fled mo^t ignominious!}*. All the leading secession* ists about the place have done the same, and it is no wonder the Union people re joice. Lieut. O'Brien, of the Rough and Ready**, succeeded in making four captures at this place. One was Walker, the tele graph operator, a Mr. Nicholson of Web ster, who It is believed is largely in the secrets and can make some important dis closures, Geo. D. Mathews, son of Charles Mathews, now a prisoner in your city, and Austin Merril, a very prominent, shrewd And enterprising Secession leader. Young Mathews was arrested yesterday, and re leased. and on an order of the Colonel re* arrested to-day. These prisoners together with Martin are nil here. They will proba bly be sent to Wheeling shortly, or as soon as enough more are caught to make up a . car load. We arrived here In Grafton in time for . supper, and found the whole town alive , with enthusiasm and wailing for the sol diers. I have already exhausted all my , slender stock of expletives in attempting to describe the joy created farther back 03 ibe road, by the appearance of the troops, { aud cannot undertake to picture to you j what it is here. Just imagine a man re- j prieved under the gallows. and restored at j ono stroke to an honorable position in so- ; ciety; or a drowning man, in the last sgo nies, snatched Irorn the jaws of death and ' brought to without the recovering pangs or any thing else unraeasurably extrava gant, and you may, by drawing largely on imagination, conceive the feelings of the ? people of Grafton at their deliverance.? For the last hour there has been such a j terrific uproar in the streets that I could ' scarcely write. What with drumming and t fiBing, and cheering and singing, one can , hardly hear hit ears, much less think his ; thoughts. Shortly after onr arrival, the J 8th Iudiana Regiment, which had come to } Ben wood yesterday just as we started, ; came in after U3, only to add, by its pre- ? sence, to the already overflowing enthu-i- j asm. Shortly afterwards the little pirls i and young ladies of the town paraded on i the street, dressed in a unique but appfo- i priate dress, that appears to be peculiar j to this place and Fetterman, where we j saw a few. It consists of an apron, which ? is simply the American flag, the blue j ground of stars coming up over the bosom, i and the rest being the stripes of red and j white. It is very beautiful, and the effect ! is striking. The soldiers cheered them j tremendously, and brought out their band , and played several of their best pieces. ; After this was all over, the fifers got to tooting on that ear-piercing instrument, and all the martial music ever invented, together with your humble servant, has been tortured with them most unmerciful ly for the last half hour. The Secession-troops who fled from here so ignomintously, it is saiti arc at Phillippi. entrenching themselves in expectation of an attack. It is not improbable that a force will be sent out some time to-uight as far as Webster by railroad, for the pur pose of dislodging them. There is a great commotion among the trains and the troops at this writing, but nobody knows what is going ou but the officers and they won't tell. It is generally understood here that Anderson is advancing over the North Western Virginia Railroad, but has been detained at West Union (Doddridge, Co.,) by burnt bridges. He is expected here shortly I believe. While 1 write, an officer of the Indiana regiment is making a little speech to his men under my window.? Something is up, I think. Can hear per haps before this is closed. Neesun was taken prisoner at Prunty town by a few Union men night before last, but was released next morning by a troop of 75 Secession cavalry. I find here our friend and fellow-citizen T. B. H. David, who is government super intendent of telegaaph, and has full charge of all operations connected therewith.? He has done an amount of hard work since the government look po3e?si??u of tiie telegraph in this part of the State,, that would seem incredible to those unac quainted with the character of the busi ness, and very much of the promptness and success with which things are being done up on this line of road between G*af im and Wheeling is duo to his efficiency. The line on the N. W. It. R. is yet to be set to rights. It is late and the subscriber tired. H. Graftox, Saturday night, 1 half-past 10. f Grafton, which 13 now the point of so much interest throughout this section of Virginia. contains ordinarily about 1,000 ?otil-<. It is built ubout a* scattering and irregularly ns it -well could he without a good deal of ingenuity. The prinL-ipat portion of the town lie3 along a rough hill iide on the Northern tide uf the Tygarts valley and Three Fork, (which here tonus a junction with it) there being some rew houses across Three Fork and a few more over the river. There are some four or five hotels in place, and about as many stores. There are two or three churches, one printing office; and these together com prise about all the public buildings io the city of Grafton, for it has a city govern ment, if nothing more. The B. k O. II. R. have several buildings, among them a large engine house and a still larger machine shop. Indeed, the. distinguishing and only feature of thi3 town is that it is n railroad town. It was created by railroad enter prise. built by railroad money nnd inhab ited, for the most part by railroad men. who are at the tame time Union men of the true blue and r unconditional stamp.? Their vote on the ordinance proves this beyond cavil, there being nearly 500 Union to one secession ^ote. I saw the man to day who cast thAt vote, and he look9 as though he wouldn't do it again if he had | it to do over. Many of the houses are now I vacant here, the owners having gone off' during Bill Thompson's reign of terror. ! The Wheeling boys are quartered in some j of them for the present. Doubtless the fugitives will return, now that Uncle Saiu is here to protect them. I And speaking of Bill Thompson, reminds ] me that I was turning over the register nt the Railroad Hotel, to-day, and found reg istered, some days back, his name, "\Y. P. j Thompson, Pro v. Army," (the landlord say3 he left without paving bis bill.) and'a great many other names equally distin guished; among them the redoubtable ,4Tho3. Surghnor, Captain of the Barbour forces," tb<j whilom editor-in-chief of the B'irbour Jefftrgonian. This same little Surghnor wouldn't make more than two mouthful* tor a big seven foot Indianian, 1 saw stalking around town to-day. This registry is quite an interesting record.? Nearly all the prominent secestionista in the country appear to have stopped here during Thompson'*) reign, many of them registered "Provisional Army," and some with a little note appended in pencil, 4,uot4 paid." I suppose the "fearful emergency," hs Carlile would say, under which they left, was ao terrifying that they forgot to i liquidate. It is not to be supposed for a ' moment, that such cbivnlric Southern gen ? tlemen bad not the specie about their j clothes. But I was speaking of Grafton. When I the B. & O. R. R. was projected, nine years j ago, or even at the time the X. W. Va. R !R. was begun, four years later, the ground on which this town now stands, was a primeval forest, with but a single log hut and a small opening nround it. The junc tion of the two roads at this point was what created Grafton, nnd what at the same time killed up Fetterman.a couple of miles below ; which place was becoming a considerable railroad tott*n, and which, even in its declining days, has had the re I nowu of quartering the first Coufedcrate '? army in this part of the State?and very j likely the last one. | Tbere is a small snspension bridge here j over Three Fork, and a very fine railroad { bridge across tbe Tygart's Valley, on the | S. W. Va. R. R. It is a matter of surpriee, ; that this was hot destroyed by the retreat t ing malcontents on their nrf5y to the mountains of Hepsidam. Nothing could 1 have been easier, and the loss wonld have f been very grest. But the scoundrels were ao frightened that they conldn't think of any j thing but putting distance between them . and Col. Kelly's command. Tbe Wettem Virginian, which was com ; pel led to succumb for one week, li out (again to-day in full blast. Long may it wave. Several prisoners have been brought in ! to-d?r, and many secessionists have corns in voluntarily And given tberaielrcs up.? They^have all been treated courteously and released, where there were no specific ' cliurges against tbeni. Some half dozen prisoners are yi't confined up stairs over the telegraph office. Martin. Merrill, and some others, arc out on parole. A great many people from the surroun ding country were in town to-day, among them many men who had voted the seces sion ticket, and up to this time sympathi sed with the movement. Most of them hrtd interviews with Col. Kelly. They told him they had been deceived by their leaders- Tiiey bad been led to believe that northern troops would "invade their sacred soil" to kill, burn, pillage, devns t.it*?? and commit the most barbarous out rages. Here were these troop among tLem now; they found them not only sol diers, but good citixcns and gentlemen, who respected them and their right.*, both of person nnd property, aud who came among them not to oppress and outrage, but to reiieve and protect. The people and soldiers mingle freely, and the best possi ble feeling prevails.. A revulsion is taking place very rapidly, nnd it will not be sur prising it it spreads in a short time all over thi3 part of the State Those who sympathised with secession from honest iguorunce, are beginning to realize that they have been misled and deceived. At Clarksbnrg, so 1 hear, prominent seces sionisu are turning over. James Jack son, Esq., h leading?as he is the ablest? disuniouist in Harrison, is now going in for the Union, so is Ken Wilson, and every body else, except those who ran away. So much for the persuasions of powder and lead, and the strong argument of bayonets. To-day has heen very dull here, nlthouph the town is alive with soldiers and citizens. So stirring iucidents, nor "moving Occi dents by flood and field/' to record. One of the Ohio volunteers has relieved the tedium somewhat by making little speech es to delighted crowds. All agree that he is r tip-top speaker, if he is only a private. There is good material of mind as well as physique, in the buckeye boys. About noon a train came in on the North Western Virginia railroad and reported the road now clear to Parkershnrg, also a regiment at Clarksburg and more coming. A gentle man who came throngh from I'arkersburg c nfirms what we have heard about Oen. Jackson growling because the soldiers en camped on his grass. He came into a room where the officers were counselling and told them angrily that if this was Union, he wanted no more of it, that they had violated his rights of property in u shame ful manner. &c.. &c. A gentlemnn who was present at once ottered his fields, nnd the encampment whs moved off the premises of the irate General. No troops have yet arrived from that direction. Two more Indiana regiments arrived this eveuing from Kenwood,?great stalwart, splendid looking fellows. Thev were ic ceived with immense applause. A short time before dark seven compan ies,?four of thetn Wheeling companies, received marching orders, and soon every thing was activity?drilling and preparing while the Iraiu was getting ready. They were to go out to Webster on the North Western Virginia railroad nnd thence march to Phillippi, where the Secession force is encamped. They were to move in two divisions, one on each side of the river, and thus surround the enemy. The boys were eager for the fray, and every body anticipated a stirring night of it ; but just about the time everything was in readiucs-H for starting the order was coun termanded, much to the chagrin of the soldiers and the disappointment of every body. The countermand was giveu by Brigadier Gen. Thoa. A. Morris, who with his staff, arrived, this evening with the Indiana troops, after the order to march had been issued, and who nww takes com mand here. it for ward this morning to guar4 the biitfge and the great viaduct on Cheat river. We have heard here this evening of the accidental shooting of one of the guards at Burnt Bridge Camp. It ought to he called Camp Calamity. There have been no accidents here as yet. All the bars are I closed, and no firing of guns is allowed within the corporate limits. i The Ilough and Rsndjr Guards are still j at iheMonongahela Bridge, excepting H>de- j tachment of ten, under Lit lit. O'Brien, ! who brought the Fairmont prisoners up, and are still bere. Two of these prisoners, ! Walker and young Matthews, who were telegraph operators at Fairmont, com pletely destroyed the machinery in the office there before vacating it. Any speculation as to the future move ments of troops from here, is mere guess work. Of course none but the command ing officers know what is going to be done, until it is done. For various reasons, however, I think it improbable that any important move will he made for two or three days. There is yet a want of organ ization in the different departments, that needs to be supplied. I hear the Ciav Guards and the other I Wheeling companies very highly compii- 1 mented here for their good conduct, their ! gentlemanly and soldierly bearinjr, their activity and efficiency on duty, their sub ordination and respect for their officers, and for their entire general line of con duct, as gentlemen and soldiers. .Many of them have had a hard time of it,?a great deal of duty to perform, and bnt little to eat, owing to some shortcoming in the commissariat. It is hoped this will be different hereafter. If. Capture of Important PnperiMijr Col. Kelly, at Grafton. Ghaftox, June l?t, 1861. Ed*. Intel.:?Among the papers captured at Grafton, from the rebel army, by Col. Kelly's troops, a.e the following. I am permitted by the Colonel to enclose them to you for publication. From what I can learn-, tbo Confederate troops spent more time in mixing and drinking hot apple toddy and hot whisky punches, than they diftl in drilling. A more mean, despised and God form ken rabble nerer cursed a place, than the rebel army which occupied this town, and which left an suddenly on the re ceipt of the news of the approach of Col. Kelly's forces. H. ' The following is one of the papers al luded to by our correspondent. The oth ers are not fit matters for polite eyes : TO KAKI HOT APLPK T0I?DY. 1st, the Hot Roast Apple. 2d, Sugar. 1 Table Spoon. 3d, Brandy 4th, Hot Water. 5th, Nutmeg TO MAKE HOT WHISKY PCKCQ. l*t. Hot Water. 2d, Lemon Rine 3d, Sugar. 4th. I Wine Glass Scotch Whisky. Camp Poetry. I One of the hoys is responsible for the j following It was sent in to as Saturday j Jeff. Pari?* men are in the pen* 1h*y only get ont now *n?i then, Bnt when they are ont \ They go roenkiug about, Afraid of the Union gentlemen. FLAGS I FLAGS 1 i A NOTHER LOT OP BEAUTIFUL BCXTIXO - J\. FUgi bar. Jut boa recelrad ?t JOSEPH O It AYES, CfSTW )Vn?us?. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS STOLEN. STOLEN from Ihe tbo ..ib-cribrr, off KltcbMovn Ommoiw. * Ki?r ?|*Ur.l b?r?f 11 high, 11 r?ir? old ?hi? Spring. ahlla n?W?ni Ull. l?rCe bbifc .pot on brv^t, .bod .11 round, iu fir.' talo cu d"\,K'fw?nl of 1". will be p*M for ?ny InfirmMloii thfttwill iMd to HU recovery. ?9CTB WsitUJG, V*., Jung _ Hancock County Meeting. THEIIK will beiMau Meeting ol the Citizen* of IItncock county, at New Manchester, on Tues day. Jc.u 4tii. *t '2 o'ciock, p. to elect two Dele gates to rrpre?ent the Comity in the Convention to meet at Wbediug on the 11th of June 1S61. mv31-'2t Rv ??nler of the County Committee. Photographs, Ambrotypes, &Ci PARTRIDGE, No. 118,4 BIAIX STREET, H ATI NO PURCHASED A LOT OF CASES and FRAMES at PANIC PRICE*. propose to till them with picture* at prices to astonish the MIL* LIONS. , , Come in. readies and Gentlem-n. while the assort ment incomplete and nvallyonr*elve*of the GREAT EST BARGAINS ever offered in Wheeling. l'botopapht and Picture* of evei j* style, as nsual. made in the best manner. A variety of Ix>cketsnnd Pin* at a discount. Also, a larco and beautiful as sortment of Gilt Frame*, cheap. jauS 111 It R All FOR TIIEUMON! TIIE FINEST ASSORTMENT OF Ilavaiuiii Cigars & Tobacco. 'pOGRTUER WITH EVERYTHING VS IT ALLY L kept iu a first class Dhtj; Store. can l?e found at E. BOOKING, Ag*nt. Odd Fellow** Hall Drug Store, opposite the Cort llouse. myl3 STAPLE GOODS. 1 A An/\ YARD* Calico front 6^ to 1'iUr. 1' 'j' MM" 8-4 9-4 10-4 ami l;'-i bleached ami brown ?hectinj:. W W nn<l 0-4 pillow cum? muslins. The < best 4-1 blenched nhirting* in the city at 12Uc< ?4 7-S '* *?. " at Ice. Just received. fjel] COOPER k SENSENEV I^XGLISU CHINTZES?Yard wide English _l Chintzes at 1214 cents. Jel COOPER k SENSENEV. Mourning goods.?our stock of Monnf ing Good* ??f all kind* Is very fall and complete and we wiil?ell them very cheap for Cash. jm! COOPER k SENSENEY. Hydro-Carbon Oil. 'IMIE Subscribers desire to inform Consumers an-l I Dealer*in Carbon Oils, that they have it-cently erected a Refinery. for the d'atillation and manutac ture of n very superior Ilvdro-Carbon Oil. for illumi nating purposes. All the latest improvement* in tho purification and preparation of Native I'etrolium | have beru adopted. Tho great advantage of a b&illxivt light, and the ! chop cost at which it may be had. will Indureal: j economical honfe keeper?to adopt onrOil?Its 0'itire j safety wid recommend it strongly iu the itead of all j explo-dre bnrning fluids now in me. According to a careful te*t made by o*. one pint of our "Hydro-Carbon Oil'' x* ill give a brilliant light, (equal to at leust 3 star candle*) l?>r '28hours, miking | the cost only i!-a of fcceut per hi-nr, the size of flume I can l?e regulated as required and a go.?d light pro duced for cbre?- hours ever> night at a cost ot one ! CENT. I To persons in want of a cheap and good *Lubri 1 eating Oil' for machinery of any kind we can rec on , mend our '? Machinery nip undo in part from l'etro ! leum and furnished of any required density. I Oil ou hand, put up in* packages of any desirable i aiz* from barrels to quart cans. ' Warehouse* on Market Alley. j Jel-2w ' WARREN k SON. Executor's Notice. VLL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS AGAINST the Kfltate of N. McS'azhten. dee'd.. will pre ; sent the same t?-- nieror payment, duly uuthent letted; and dl who are indsh-e! to said Estate, are hereby notified that payment must he tnr.de without delay. T. SWiiENEY, Exec titer. Wheeling, May 22. lSGl-lm. Notice. r|MlB CO-PARTNERSHIP HERETOFORE FX 1 isting between Jacob Kigcr and Patrick Ken nedy, under the title of J. Kiger A Co., was dissolv ed on April 1st. by the decease of .1. Kiger. All j persons indebted to the firm will please call inirne dlately and settle, and thoiehaving clainn will pre ? sent them for *-ettlcment PATRICK KENNEDY. ! 'IMIK UNDERSIGNED DESIRES TO INFORM t I liia friends and the public that having bought j tha entire interest of J. Klgcr. In the late flpn. ho i will continue the business in all its branch*.*, At the nhl stand. So. 1G3 31 tin Street. Thankful for the patronage heretofore extended to the firm, ho hopes by strict attention, and by spailng no pains to give satisfaction to all who may favor him with a call, to merit a continuance of the Mine. He I* now in re ceipt of a large and well selected -took of Dry tio^-la. to which he would respectfully invito th-j attention of ail iu want of anything in his line. P. KENNEDY. Wheeling, May 22, 1861? lw. OUR country'S SONGS. Junl Received, Song fur my Countrymen. Columbia, ilie Gem of ihe Ocean. Yankee Doodle, Star Spangled Manner, Hail Columbia. Our Union. Right or Wrong, Colnmbia Itn e* the Sea, Our Good Ship Sail* To-Night, new and popular, America, Vive W America, 4c. Arranged for the Piano; for wile at tho Variety Store ,{ 1). MCOLL A BKO., my20 109 Main Street. "W O O X>' s Improved Mowing Machine, FOE THE HARVEST OP 1861. Price $80 in Wheeling. j The Beit and Cheapest Mowing Jfjchine in the United Stute*. j WHEELINO AND BRANCH BASK NOTES TAKEN AT PAR. JOHNSON AND FROST. General Agents. for the West, of this fustly popular Mowing Machine, would particularly request Fainter* to give their or der* early, sis our orders at Ia?t h irve.it were for double tho number wo bad to *ell, and we have but 400v*cinxE4 roRinu skaso*. of uldchmore thnn ! half were engage*I by tbe 15th May We warrant I every machine sold to give full and enti" tati/ftc ' (/on, or no ?t?lu. We also warrant it to be tbe m"NO J UT MOWING MACHISB IS TUB COUNTRT and of the Itght i ett draft, that it will cut more grass and with erent ; er care to tho team thnn any other inower. Call and i get or send for a catalogue with certificate# of thoee j who u?-ed it last year. 21 Main St- Wheeling. Ya. "NOttEGE. I HAVE SOLD MY Hat and Cap Store to MR. QUINTKM McCLYMENT. and rejfcctfnlly re qtiMt thcfM customers and patron* to continue their patronage. Mr. T. W, niias will manage the ' concern, hi* practical experience in the bn?ino?* will enable him to clve fiitire Hatisfaction. 1 can He fonnd for a time at the old establishment for the puip"we of settling the bntines*. I'ernons indebted to me will please call and settle. iny8 S. A VERY. MORE 2MEW GOODS! JUST RECEIVED PROM NEW YORK ?AT? JOHN ROEMER'S, . No. 33, Maw Street, CENTRE WHEELIXG% j A IL OF WHICH UAVK BERN BOUGHT TOR l\. CASH; and will be told for cadi, and cash only, ? at extraordinary low tignrea. Ladleaand Gentlemen from tbe city and country, ( ere respectfully invited to call sopn if thejr vifth to get something handsome and cheap, in the way of ;X>HY GOODS, i Foreign aud Domestic. Lares and Embroideries, Ho siery, Yankee Notions, Boots and Shoe#, 4c.. Ac.? Please call before purchasing elsewhere, and not for j get the place, one square below the Creek Bridge, on the West side, thelir.t Dry Goods Store. JOHN KOKMRR. mplfl No S3, Main St., Centre Wheeling. Lace mantl.es, Stella Shawls, Crape Shawls, English Berege Shawls. Parasol* and Sun Umbrellas, At the lowest Cash Prines. mylS COOPER L SEN8BNF.T. Virginia Money RECEIVED ATVAlt FOR BR V.VDTES. W1IIS kles, Wines, Oin?, Tobacco. Cigars, Teas. Bran dy Fruits,Cocoa Broma, Chocolate. Ac. Also in pay. ment of accounts. W. A. EDWARDS k BRO. May 13.1WL SPRING STOCK ?or? CAEPETSi WALL PAPER AND Furnishing Goods JUST RECEIVED AND FOP. SALE CHEAPER THAN EVER ?BT? J. C. HARBOUR, apln-lm 143 MAIX s DETE7Gr\^mClIELLT ; DENT 1ST, Office stud Residence 145 Market.S|. WHEELING. V.i. ALL T1IR REAL IMPROVFMKXTi: IX Till! A IT that have Wn tl-.inn;-bly t?-?:e<i will U.- prvBipt. ly adi<;ited lit liiisodre. " Pricc? a* luff a? gu?d and permanent work cbs be prodnced. All opentlctw warranted. declO " ape. R0n*nT50N. x. r. jamr* c?n ROBEETSON & ORE. Dentists^ Xo. 142 Mnrk-et-St., WHLELliG, \1. RtrtKE^CEs.?H.R. Weed, D. D^}!&a.G.U.T]xarp ?on, Hon. Alfred CnlJwIl. John Kncte. Esq., B. M Koir.Ksq., John FrtwelL M.D., W.J. Hates, M.D.. K II.Cummin*. M. P.. E. A. Hildreth.M. D- A. S.TuId M. D.. Tnlinnt k Delaplaln. McClnllenft, Km.* ? Co. Marsh & Tavlor. Bereer i Hoffman. Win. Krvter. 0 \V\ Frnnrheim. J. N. Ziromer. John ArnicV. JohnFsl. ade. John Pfarr.C. Dlekman. V. Miller. ??ptr. TWO llOCSES FOR RK\T tTx , TUB ISLAND?'One <.f them now.rccupied It i 51)1. Th?m is Moore; It hw * co>I truden attached ! to it. The other was lately occupied by Gta. Whrl. ! Her. E*q. Enquire of j jan25-tf _ C.L. ZAXEACO. ' FOR. REXT.?The new brick rimeliiri; j Efc* corner yt Monroe and Fifth street, 'containing I seven room*. Puue$?ion 1*? April. Enquire of P.C. II1LDRETH ? RHO . Jan21 M Mam ?trc?t. i TEE PEOPLE'S BANK OF WHEELING. ?"?nice Xo. ?9 Main screet, fir?t door .South of Da:>? at Wheeling. ' Discount dny*, Wedunday*, 10 A. 31. I riWAXSIKXT AXDSPEC1AL DEPOSITS TIlAM, j fully received. Interest paid on Special Depr??lt*. ! Kxelansfl on the Kn_<%t Iwiplit *in! sold. I Collections, at home or from abroad, will rerti:? | prompt Attention. marcxo r.a. John Knot v. John Yockltr. .1. C. Harbour, Christian lle??, T. Scott. l<orenso D. Wait, Richard Carter. J. It. DICKEY, Cuh., JOHN KXOTE, Prrft. oetl5 notice. ri'llE CO-PARTXtRSHIP IIKIlKTOFOniI TX I IsTIN'l Chft*. II. Rcrri 1"' I*wl<nn, lira of Berry 4 1W? n. wM.di:^|?l day br inutn.nl roi.?er.t. All per?ona know jne theni* M>Wes in.Jrbie.l t, tl.o firm w.llpwo cad Mid mN tlo.tbc ..Die. fin '. II.OM' ^Ti?*cW;**ri,rrn,r . ! for settlement. Htlser member of the .irn. .* *u thorUed toKttl. "V ?1? ^ ADAMS DODSOS.; Tbtj Curdaeo business wilt be continued ?t th?. warehonie. No. IS WMer ?.. hy the. ?nlwciiher. ! intention hrittc t.i cl<we out ilio rtock in Msre ?it::.? , low,.t Cfili price- CIIAS. IT. BI.M.l. i Wlxeelins, April IP. *G1?ln* Tuoa.w.xsanrrr. anneal x**?w*. nesbitt & beo., Mv.vuriCT^int o' i Coppei,M$Mlronfa NO. 40 51 All* STBEF.T, Centre Wheeling. Va. \\TE Will, KEEP CDXSIAXTUf OX IIAXP \ > nllkin.l. of the ?l">ve ?-?!<*. I""1';""'' thine nnpei t.lulns to our liimof (Matin**.. We-por licnlarlv invite cash buyer* tojiirena ft call be.er? p Mriitf *y.?niTT * BHD. I A Ft I. I.A8SOnT5IES T OF j Gentlemen's Fnmisliing Goods. | JCST RECEIVED AXD FORFAtK BT^. ' ap23 Merchant Tail1"* "bar iron. j -p)Alt I HON. Round, from 3-1'? to3in. i !> BAR IKOX, Square. fr?.m\f t"2W. BAR IKON. Flat, from UX1.* to It AII IKON, Oral, from tftlU. , UAH I HON. Half-oval. Irt.rn to 1>?. HAH IKON, cut tolenrih?for tl?, HOOP THON, from % to 4*4 in. *? low. Norway and Slit Nail Hod. a largo ??< r on hand at reduced price*, by . P C. IlILDItETII A HKO.. oct2? ** M<Un "HOWE'S" Standard Scales. nOU'K'S STANDARD SCALKS. *11 stae*? ?rt"r;?? P at form, Hay or Cattle Scale*. f ?r -ale? ?t 1% tory prices* by l?. C. II1LDUKT1I A WW* ocfJ5-dl%r Agents tor the Mannf.utnrfr? O* PRESSED XW,T?--.Vi- ?? ? H '~c te& Lf X i'llbSSBi" A* w ? , ,v Pressed Nuts,assorted?Vt to 1 r?r- w p. o ?i i i.dpktii jl imw. _ ~ SHJCKT IRON* fir n HDI.S.SIIKKT IHON.a<s?>rted.>?.?? ? ^Ov/30 " Galvanized Sheet do, 44 '* 20 u> - ? On hand and for ?*le cheap br ort2.s p.c. inipumi*^,. LACK RIVHTS, from Juniata Iron, as??r* _?i1rc"iv"' "r c ,h,.t,i,kt? t nn?. Wall Paper, Books and Stationery. at prices to sriT tiie times. T have JCST RECEIVED A VKRV LAIi". I n-Mitirn to mT ?tock of Willi P"P'r; <C,' prl.lnc nf? nnrt pWnt .trie., nrvcr lirfnj l?? ? city, which 1 will >. U at rric-f tb.t c.nnn't " nlensie. Mv stock in now larger than that cf ?w otli? r -imllar eatabli^hinent Intbe city an ^ ? greater variety of styles. Give me a call purrhaaincr eluevrhero. as it is my , .n ;a sell to all who rlosiro to pnrchwe -ST"* " ^ CT'h' corner ofV?& ?nd Cn^_ Editor"?l'l"? "."T,",' the f .ll'.wlns ',n"nVrM.? ? na dflec*te? t?> the Wr*tern nt \1T I, bcHM Jun. 11?h: JAMFSV J'\0'j LAMB. AI.F. CAI.MVKI.L. GEOnOfc HA1.KIJM jel-t? ? l>.tOP. A. F. K-l-S nnd 1.EV 1 MII L^ ?nilnhl. men tn r?rr?"*"' ohI" ??t.0? Of ,u. ,n..r ,V Jniin Convention?|J WS^nnnnrr tl? fo!l?.ri? ,-?" "^V? I r-r?m. to r.pc#.ent OhUr-.nn-T In ?. jKSE S^!?,A8 8" | HP.nOEIl. nn^ A.1t.C%I.l)WEl.f- " ?? M !tor?rrwnt th'? Oonntr In the (V>n?o"0,,c 5 j held on Jnne 11th. rmySl I ?? i Mwri. Editor.. ^^ . Wg^m?! tliefillowine i Pele*.t?i tnr?prwntu? In lheLnl..n . v,. .V, th. 11th of j?n,. ??'. Wo ,tp ? -w. < rlslit. hax1ki. I.AVB. M.M.000H. "? TON.S.WOODWARD. jjsjoX MK? tny31* I ? Uf S?" J M1F.S S WnvATF. J ycpTi;. TON. SltERRAltD Ct.F.MEN? 1a"^1^;r |n .k.f ' *> .nlt.1.1. men to t>ptw?t Ohio coontr in | ventinn of the 11th of Jnno. Wmtttiyo, May 80, 1861~te* -- lfcS^nT ^ ; sir^r^wrF.'rr^ELt,??s BnT.'FORD.OEO. HARRISON, ... pifTTtS mra ? -ZTcKTXti T AD IBS' COR8ET9*nO? Bp(),3 ? I j.<|n?t mM *1 D- SJC?t.t4?*' <ie?*