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WEEKLY INTELLIGENCE
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PUIIMSHKD DAILY AND WEEKLY HY
JARED I. WHITAKER,
PROPRIETOR.
JOHN
H . S T E
KDITOK.
OPFlf H-St-cond Floor Crew’s Building, entrance
Wide Stairway, Alabama street.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Wednesday. September 6, 1865-
It will be s-ekn horn the i
nwii'g t r
y of VV*r, Hint tin- Tcn-
t* to he tnrn<il ».v* r by
rii i's ici th< i o wm rs, <#iti
.! rtiomag. has tuL'-u the
1 li nr*ii*r in'o . ff‘ :ct as
i--r;8 prescribed areeoui-
pu’fiisli the entire pro-
b at; (1 in both order?} (nr the
■ it the people of oar Bta'c, and
der ol the Secret i
nessee raiiioud- i
the military a'tMi
ttsat M jor (tenet
initiative to cai ry
goon hh lIn c ireii
plied wi:h Wi
giamine en
information
those ol them i s; e ially who have manilest-
ed much suite tu li: in regatd to the State, or
“Western & Vlamie K .ilroad,” now under
military cuiiduc . We kdo v nothing as to
the future conduct of this great work, l,ut
natuiuliy picsutne that it also will be re-
atiiri d to the Sta'e upon conditions wiiicli
may be prescrib'd, somewhat similar to
those prefeCidied to the Tennessee roads, at
what may be c »nc ived liy the S *cretar> of
War and the military authorities, a proper
time. Whe'berth s will he previous to, or
alter the convent o i ass. in ties, we know
not. Perhaps beloie winter sets in, it would
he well that this q icsti u sh uld be settled,
for should it need i x enoive repurs, these
should In' made hi fore the c *ld and inclem
ent w< allier sets in, else the running of the
road may be^impeded to an ex cut injurious
to ti iiv« 1 and to fi ade :
War Department, )
Washington. August 8 f
2o Afoj. Gen. George H Thomas, Comm Hid
ing Mi ll try Decision of Tennessee, Nish-
vtle, 'Tennessee.
General: I* having been determined by
the Government to n Imquish c mtrol over
all railroads m the Btateol Tennessee, and
tueir contiu-ilMii in a. joining B ates, that
have beeu in charge ol, and are now occu
pied by the Uui'ed Biates military author!-
WEEKLY INTELELKjENCR.
“ ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS WHEN REASON LEFT FREE TO COMBAT WY—Jefferson.
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VOL. 8.
ATLANTA, GA., SEPTEMBER 6, 1865.
NO. 6
WANTED.
The following expresses the feeling of young person*
in want of “partners through life —
Wanted, a hand to hold ray own
As down life’s vale I glide;
Wanted, an arm to lean u, on
Forever by my s'de.
Wanted, a firm and steady foot.
With step secure and f ee,
To keep a straight and onward pace
O’er life’s path with me.
Wanted a form erect and high,
a h ad above ray own,
So much that I might walk beneath—
its shadows o’er me thrown.
Wanted, an eye within whose depth '
Mine own might look and see
Uprising from a gu leless heart
O’erflotvu with love for me.
Wanted, a lip whose kindest smile
Would speak for me alone,
A voice whose richest m 1 dy
Would breathe aff ction’s tone.
Wanted, a true religious soul,
To pious purpose given,
With whom my ow.i might pass long
The road that leads to Heaven.
Lull'd I
lies, ami 1:0 i nger needed lor military pur
posts, you are hereby authorizes and di
reeled to turn over the stun: to the respec
live owners then of at as early a day as
practic ible, causing in all cases of transfer
as ahm’suU, Hu? following regulation to be
observe 1 and can ied on
1. Each and t v ry company will be re
qmred to reorganize and elect a board of
direclois wlmsi; loyal y shall be ealablished
to your satisfaction.
2. YhU will cause to be made out in trip
licate, by biich person or persons and as you
may lmlicati a complete inventory of the
rolling stoek, tools, and other materials and
property on each road.
3 S- p irate inventories will be, in the
same manner, made ol the lolling stock and
other property originally belonging to each
of said roads, and t hat iumishid aud belong
iug to the govern men'.
4. Each company will be required to give
bonds satisfactory lo the Government that
they will, in twelve months from the date
of transfer as aforesaid, or such other rea
sellable time, as may be agreed upon, pay a
lair valuation lor the Government property
turned over to said companies, the same be
iug first appraised by a competent and dis
interested parly at a fair valuation,— the
United State; reserving all Government
dues tor carrying the mails and other service
performed by each company until said obli
gations are paid; aud it, at the maturity of
said debt, the amount of Government dues
retained as atore.-aid does not liquidate the
same, the balance is lo be paid by the com
pany in money.
<* 5. Tabular statements will be made of all
expenditures by the Government for repair
ing each road, with a lull statement ol re
ceipts from private freight, passage aud oth
er sources, and also a full statement of all
transportation performed on Government
account, giving the nninberot persons trans
ported, and amount of freight, and the dis
tance carried in each case, all of said re
ports or tabular statements to be made in t im
plicate,one ol each lor the Secretary of War,
the military headquarters of the department,
and the railroad company.
6 All railroads in Tennessee will be re
quired to pay all arrearages of interest due
on the bouds issued by the State, prior to
the date ol its pretended secession lroru the
Union, to aid in the construction of said
roads, before any dividends are declared or
paid tc the stockholders thereof.
7. All buildings erected for Government
purposes on the tine of railroads, and not
valuab'e or useful fur the business of said
compafiy should not f.u m legitimate charges
against such companies; nor should they
be charged tor rebutidiug houses,- bridges,
or other strnc’ures which were destroyed
by the Federal army.
8 You are au horized to give any orders
to Quartermasters within your division,
whicti you may de< m necessary to carry in
to extern ion this order.
By order of the President.
Edwin M. Stanton, Stc’y of War.
lu accordance with the requirements con
tained in paragraph IV',
Brevet Major General Z B. Tower, U. S
Volunteers.
Col. Win. E. Merrill, 1st R -g*l U. 3. V. V.
Engineers.
Albert Fink. E q , Louisville, Ky.
Walter Me Queen, Eq, Superintendent
Schenectady L comotive Works; and
J. Farnsworth, E-q, Madison, Indiana,
are appointed a Boaul of Appraisers, with
Brevei Al j >r 8. Kellogg, A. D O., as Re
corder tm liie Board. It shall be the duty
of the Bond, in compliance wish the direc
tions given in paragraph IV, to assess, at a
tail valuation, all Govarnment railroad pro
perty, hi t>e deposed ol under the provi
sions of the foiegoing letter ol instructions.
The Board ot Appraisers shall assemble in
the city ol Nashville, at 10 o’clock, A. M,
Bepteinhei 1st, I860, or as se»ou theieaber
as piacticabiu. aud wi 1 coniiuue their ses
sions at (hi-a.id s ich oth> r points withip
this Mililaiy Divi-ion as the duties upon
which the ; arc c.tied together m iv require
By 0 nimsml oi M-j or General George
H. Thoumh. Wm D Wripplr,
B. ig. G«n. aud Ass’t Adj’t Gen’l.
Official :
Robt - H. Ramsey,
Uol. and Ass’t Adj’t Generd.
The potato rot is spreading to a 1 alarmiug
extent in the Northwest. The long con-|
tinued wet weather is believed to be the
cause oi iu
The uew’ Hotel Dieu, iu Paris, will cost
five million dollars.
From the Boston Journal.
A . EX t\DGR H STEPHENS IN
PRISON.
Not for three long years has the secure
and secluded fortress in B ston harbor,
known as F->rt Warren, been so barren oi
Confederate prisoners, in point, of numbers,
as at the present time. Since thesu Lien and
fatal explosion oi the Southern Confederacy
and the manifest appearances of loyalty to
'he Union on the part of those catted within
its strong wa'ls, the number of prisoners at
Fort Warren has rapidly diminished.—
Through the uniform lenity ot tlie Govern
ment which 'hey conspired to d-s'roy, sev
eral hundred have been releised from the
fort within a few weeks, after going through
the formality of holding up the right hand
and swearing allegiance to the country
which forgives them the crime of treaeou.
Theoa'h which they subscribe to is the or
dinary oath of allegiance.
The majority of the prisoners confined in
the fort at the cl ise of 'he .war—several
hundred in number—quickly availed them
selves of the opportunity to subscribe to the
oath of loyalty, and thus exchange their
pris m life tor one ot freedom. This gener
ous privi eee was extended to all, with per
haps the exception of Vice-President Ste
phens and P >stmaster G meral Reagan, of
the late Con ederacy. They were offered
the alternative of being released upon con
dition of leaving the country, never to re
turn, or remain i 1 prison, and take the
chances of pardon by the Government.—
They made choice ol the latt< r privilege to
secure the liberty which would be most
agieeaile to H eir tastes, and hence thetr
detention until ih« ir cases are acted upon.
From the tact that. Alexander H. S c-
phens waM the V ce President of the Sou h
ern Confederaoy, and, of cou'S \ one ot the
leading men in the sic. ssion g >vernment,
theie is a superior in’erest fell ie ihe history
of his prison life. His incareersilou has not
alf-eied bun to such a degree as lm« 'he im
prisonment, oi bis associate traitor, J< fi Da
vi-, iu Fortress Monroe Tfiis tad mac,
perhaps, be attributed to t wo reasons, one <fi
which is that the confinement ol .Slept ens’s
not. so close as J ff.’s, and be does not re
gard his crime so enormous or its pm ish
inent so certain or so wne. When 8t»
pheus first anived at Fort Warren, he was
kept in close confinement, which wore
greatly upon his physicd c nsiimi m. N >w
he has lull liberty to go and t ome w hen and
where he pleases about the lorn ess—always
of course, being kept. w;tiiiu the ipelotuie.
He spends much ct Lis time in walking
about, and finds great consolation in smok
ing an elegant aud costly nuersbattm pipe.
One of the soldiers who bad seen it while
on guard duty expressed ’.lie opinion that
it was wm ih about oue hundred doll its.—
Stepli ns also sports an elegant gold wa’ch,
which is the envy of all who have seen it.
It is w 11, peihaps, in speaking of the
valuables possessed by the prisoners when
they are committed to the fort, to remark
that, they are not taken from them, a fact
in very decid< d contrast to the c.uel and
shameless robberies of the officers in com
maud of the reh.l prisons in the S, uth
during the war. Stephens is inc'ined to lie
social and communicative to all who come
around him; and in his conversation upon
the la’e war and i s cause be says be is a
good Union man, but als > eu earnest advo
cate of “ S mlhern right?.” He has made
application for pardon, aud has many Sou
thern fiiends constantly besieging the Pres
idcut in lus behalf. S >me three or four ol
these have been permitted to visit him
within a lew weeks. He often 1 xpresses the
wish that he will soon either have a trial or
receive a pardon, hoping, oi course, for Ihe
latter, lie endeavi rs to keep well posted
ou affairs going on outside, it the presence
of the Journal and other daily papers in his
quarters is any evidence. Stephens is not
umnindtul or unappreciative of any little
favors or attentions which aie shown him,
even by jtiveuiles. A little girl who recent
ly sent him a boquet to adorn his Lonely
quarters, received his tha ks and a fine gold
d-dlar coin in return
Postmaster General J is. II. Reagan takes
his confinement in a manner i qua’ly as phi
losophical as Stephens. He is awarded the
same privileges and k» pt under ill ■ same
restraints. He is a much younger man,
however, ami probably not possessing ihe
intellectual abilities of S ephens, the fact of
bis being a prisoner is mo so morti’ying to
him. He spends a great portion of 1 is
time in promenading the grounds inside the
fort, and like bis fellow-prisoner is inclined
to he sociable aud talkative.
The quarters*of the prisoners are below
the level of the ground, a distance perhaps
of about eight teet. They are, ot course,
provided with separate apartments, and
each is furnished eomiortably. Being be^
low the surlace of the earth, some dampness
is inevitable, and to counteract its effect
stoves are provided, iu which fires are built
whenever the prisoners desire it.
There are only three Other prisoners conn
fiued in Fort Warren besides Stephens and
Reagan. Two of them are blockade runners
who refused to take the oath of allegiance,
and the other is Charles Cneshire; formerly
one ut the Supervisors of Brooklyn, N. Y .,
who is in close confinement for frauds per
petrated in recruiting.
MR. A. n. STEPHENS AT FORT WARREN.
F.om ihe Boston Advertiser.
A paragraph appeared some time ago iu
the N ew \*ork Journal of Commerce, and
was giveu some slight circulation in thi<
city, making statements to the effect that
Mr. Alexan ier H. Stephens, >^t Georgia,
I ice Rresideut ot the .ate Southern Con
federacy, was uncomfortably confined and
unkindly treated at Fort Warren. Feeling
assured that such reports were the exact
contrary to the truth, we took the pains to
send a reporter to the fort to investigate the
matter for the benefit of the public. As
we were sure ot doing, we learn that the
distinguished captive is treated with the ut
most kindness, and granted every privilege
compatible with his position and safety as a
prisoner of State.
Mr. Stephens is quartered in a room par
tially below the level of the parade-ground,
to the left of the entrance to the fort, nis
apartments are on a level with those occu-
[• 1 by the subordinate officers of the garri-
m* i. i-oine of whom vacated their quarters
that lie might occupy them. There is plen
ty ol light from windows opening upon the
parade ground. The walls of Fort Warren
are so thick that the air in the officers’ quar
ters is often so damp as to require a fire in
the middle of summer, and Mr. Stephens
shares the necessity with the rest. He has
fire whenever he wishes it, and is so accora
modated nearly every day at present, as he
is in ddicato health.
The prisoner is allowed to commute hi
rations in money, and now has his meals
sent him from the officers’ mess, sharing the
expense equally with the others. A corpo
ral is detailed to wait upon him, and "the
guard who paces before his window gives
him the means of communicating his wishes
at any hour oi day or night, lie is not res
tricted in his liberty, however, but having
given his parole, is allowed to walk where
lie pleases, and as much as he pleases, on tne
island, between reveille and retreat, except
that at one hour during the day, that assigns
ed for Mr. Reagan’s exercise on ihe ramparts
Mr. Stephens is required to"remain in bis
room. By the terms of his parole, while
walking wherever his fancy dictates, he does
not speak to any one except the commis
sioned officers ot the garrison, and neither
the enlisted men nor the occasional visitors
to the fort can enter into conversation with
him.
Mr. Stephens exercFrs > n privilege very
sparingly, aud spends much of bis time in
writing in his room. He could m >ke some
very valuable contributions to the inner his
tory of the late rebellion, it he were dis
posed to do so; and it set ms bigh'y preba
b!e that be is occupying h s leisure in such
a work. We are inhirmed that Mr. Ste
phens «x|fc*sses himself perfectly satisfied
with his whole treatment. His health is as
it has been since his entrance into public
life, variable and precarious; he lately re
marked that the air at Fort Warren suited
him belter and seemed more delightful
than at any watering place he hai ever
visited.
Mr. Reagan, the rebel pos'master general,
cap ured ai the same lime with Jtff-rson
Davis, occupies rooms on the same floor
with and quite near those assigned to Mr.
S ephens. He takes his exercise in the form
ol a daily walk on the ramparts, in the
company of a commissioned officer.
Captain Livermore' is now in command ol
the.,post at Fi-rt Warren, Major Appleton
having resigned liis commission. Lieut
Woodman, who has for some time had
chaigeof the prisoners confined there, be-
i-. g about to leave the s'ervice, was lately
presented by Mr. Stephens with a valuable
woik from that gentleman's library, as a to
ken of appreciation of the delicate and gen-
ilcmauly manner in whiclrhe has perform
ed liis duties.
Popular Fallacies Concerning the
Dead Ska.—A somewhat interesting letter
by a reverend gentleman, who is about to
publish a work on the Holy Land, tor the
Christian Knowledge Society, appeared in
the early part of tiu* week in the columns
ot the daily papers, on the subject ot the
Dead Sea. The reverend gentleman, who
has for a long time resided on the shores of
this famous lake, with a view to the study
of the natural history of its environs and of
the land generally, brit fly dissipates some
ol the most erroneous but best established
traditions aud illusions respecting this ma
ligned spot. Hitherto, it has been sup
posed, aud even decided in school books,
that the margin ot the great salt sea was
fatal to animal and vegetable life. This
is the *■ first foolish fond tradition” which
tHis new authority hastens to dispel. Bo
far from beiDg fatal, 118 specimens of birds
either swim through or fly over its wafers.
The birds which ieil plumb down dead—a3
Coleridge’s albatross, killed by the mephitic
vap >rs of the gloomy pool—are a mere
my'h. More than forty specimens of mam
malia fi mrish on its banks^in its canebrakes
and jungles. Indigo, maize,and barley grow
on some ot its approaches-to within a few
feet of its margin. Hence it must be con
sidered rather a paradise than an Aceldema.
The reveri nd writer, indeed, suggests that
on account of its salt and sulphur, spring-s
it. should be adopted as a sana'orinm. Fancy
ihe Dead Sea as a nevv Baden, and a com
pany established to make it a fashionable
res rt. Things more unlikely haye hap
pened ere this; and ssve that bathing is
more or less impracticable, because one’s
feet will rise ab. ve one’s head iu swimming
on ;hese great waters, there appears no
practical difficulties in the wav ot such a
scheme. London Cor. Boston Post.
Tna Doctors of 13-JO - The Worcester
Spy prints a genuine cui^gdty, in a doctor’s
bill, dated no longer ag > than 1830. The
price of a visit in those days was fifteen
cents; but, when tli ■ conscientious pin si
cian tO( k one riue to ste several patients,
he divided ihe piice auwng them, so that
the most frequent it m in the bill is “to part
v si , eight cents.” The charges for medi
cine range lrom five to t wenty cents ; and
the highest amount in ihe bill is, “to sundry
med c.ncp, compound tincture and tiu-box,
thirty Dine cents ” The total of the bill,
wh'ch is for c -rs ant attendance and medi
cine lor a period of eight mont hs, the visits
averaging as «-fien as once a week, i; less
than five dollars.
With the foregoing charges a man might
ojford occasionally to get s'ck
A Pertinent Question.—The New York
Weekly Review—one ot the best publica
tions of the kind, by the way, which we
receive, and one which cultivated people
will read with pleasure and profit—puts a
question pertinent to the times. It asks:
“Has the Devil broken loose?” It strikes
us that so far as New York is concerned
the evidences are decidedly in favor of the
affirmative side of the question. Steps
should be taken to appieheud and re-cha n
him. There are rascals enough loose with
out having an unchained devil.—Louisville
Journal.
ANOTHER GREAT ROB BEft F.
A sfa> ling case of forgery and larceny
whs broR hi to light yesterday at the T< mbs
police coart before Jadge Hogan, by the
arraignni'jnt of George Gladwin, a native of
Connecticut, aged 29 years, who was ar
rested by -JaptBin Jourdan and Officer Wool
bridge, cf the Sixth precinct. Yue circum
stances or ihe ctse tend to show with what
ease seme bank officers can be victimized
l>y a shrewd operator who has wits about
him. They also exhibit a negligent man
ner of tra leading business at one ol our first
class holds which is truly alarming*
The foftowing details of the case are fur -
nished to our reporter by Captain Jourdan,
no forma; complaint having as yet been
made against the prisoner:
It appears that Gladwin, who is a dis
charged soldier, hailing lrom New Haven,
calle-d at. the post office in that city and en
quired It the letters of Messrs. Trowbridge
& Sons, inercbauts, doing business at No
16, Long f' 11, and at the same time gave
the nunh*jj/ of the firm’s letter b x. The
clerk, bC.Yiv’rg lln-.t all was right haaddti
the lettoit) to Gladwin, who left. On open
ing these let!ers he found inclosed in one of
them a ff'uft drawn on the “Manhattan
Con;pan. ’ of this city, for $3,966, 76, bear
ing date, rt \ugust 12, 1S65. The draft was
made by Burdick Frisbii & Co., brokers,
doing bu iness at No. 93 Wall stiect, to the
order of Messrs. Trowbridge & Sons, but of
course bore eu indorsement. Elated at his
good fori iae, Gladwin sought the acquain
tance of a female of ra'her ioose character,
to whom ae was introduced by a hack man
at his owe solicitation.
With his fair but frail inamorata he started
for this c y, and on arriving here he put up
at the Si. Nicholas Hotel, registering his
name as “H. Trowbridge.” He d< posited
the draft with the cUrk lor sife keeping on
the df*y of his arrival, and it was duly placed
in the sale. The next day he called tor the
draft and in the evening, lie again deposited
the draft. %The rule at ihishou-eis that
gucs'.s depositing valuables for safe keeping
sign iheiT nanus iu a book kept for that
purpose, and when they ended for their
property*!hey again sign their names, and
it is said*’ that the only safe-guard the h
tel proprietors Imve is in compar.ng the
sigDaUiits. Gladwin several times deposit
ed the draft and called for it again, thereby
et joying frequent opportunities ot study iug
the signa’ures of guests depositing valuables
and his reasons for so doing will be made
apparent hereafter. 01 Wednesday last
Gladwin called at the jewelry establishment
of Thom .s Fi zpa'rica, at the c uner
Broadway and Duaue street, and staled tha
he desired to purchase some handsome
jewelry. A number of articles were shown
Him and be finally selected a handsome gen
tleman’s gold watch and chain, of Jurgen
sen manufacture, a beautiful lady’s gold
watch and chain, a diamond and amethyst
ring, a set of pearl jewelry, and a diamond
ring, for .all of which Mr. Kirkpatrick
charged him $1,200. He thereupon lender
ed the djaft iu payment , the document at
this timt, .^riog the endorsement of “fl
TrowbiftTgr,^ which Gladwin Lad no doubt
affixed to it aftir the paper came into hi
possession.
Mr. Kirkpatrick sent the draft to the
banking house of t he “ Manhattan Compa
ny,” and it wag pronounced good, and
Gladwin received $2 706 76, the balance
after the purchase- money of the j welry
was deducted in cash from Mr. Kirkpatrick.
The draft Was in due course of time depos
ited in the Tradesmen’s Bmk. In the
meantime Gladwin returned to the hotel,
where lie again managed to examine th
deposit book. On Tuesday Gladwin called
at the office of the hotel and demanded a
package left there by a Mr. Aaron Smith, a
guest of the hotel. He had noticed the
name ot. Mr. Smith on the book several
times, and when the clerk gave him the
package he signed Mr. Smith’s name to the
book. This package contained over $250,-
000 in thousand dollar seven-per-cent, first
mortgage bonds of the T'ffia and Foit
Wayne Railroad. The bonds belonged to
number of parties, who had, no doubt,
intrusted them to Mr. 8mith tor the purpose
of ccllectiug the coupons which had laden
due, and which were payable at the office
of the United »tate3 Trust Company, in
thfs city.
The draft in the due course ot business
reached the bank of the Manhattan Com
pany, where the endorsement was immedi
ately discovered to be a forgery, and the
bank authorities at once took steps to dis
eover and procure the arrest of the forger.
For this purpose they consulted Captain
Jourdan, of the Sixth precinct, who had
been engaged in similar business for the
bank previously, and lie was soon on the
track ot the criminal. He traced the draft
to Kirkpatrick, and lrom him obtained au
accurate description of Gladwin, and also
ascertained the fact that he had put up at
the St. Nicholas hotel. On making inqui
ries at the hotel he was informed that Glad
win. alias Trowbridge, bad left there on
Friday with the woman, ostensibly for New
Haven. Detective Officer Wooldridge, of
the Sixth precinct, was immediately dis
patched to New Haven in search of Glad
win, but Captain Jourdan thinking that his
departure might have been merely what is
known in police jargon as a “stall,” re
mained in this city on the watch. Officer
Wooldridge soon discovered that a man an
swering the description of Gladwin was
then staying at a certain hotel in New Ha
ven, and that he had attempted to dispose
of a handsome watch to a man named
Bradley at the hotel. He had been seen
about tbe hotel for. a couple of days, and bis
•whereabouts was not then known. On
Monday, however, while officer Woolridge
was watching the hotel, Gladwm made his
appearance, and was taken into custody.
His surprise at his arrest partook of the lu
dicrous. He made no resistance, however,
but was immediately brought to this city,
where he arrived yesterday morning. In
his possession was lound all the jewelry he
had purchased from Kirkpatrick, and but
very little money. When questioned by
Captain Jourdan, be stated That he had
found the draft, among some other papers,
on Broadway,and he thought all that he had
to do was to go to tbe bank and draw the
money. Captain Jourdan having received
so intimation that when Gladwin was in
ibis efty some railroad bonds had been seen
in his possts-ioi', he questioned the prison
er more closely, and by his shrewd interro
gations tre lain r was so contoured that
he determined to make a clean breast of the
whole, and gave the captain the information
from which the above fac's are taken. He
stated in what manner he had c me into
t possession of the draft and the shrewd op
eration by which he had obtained the bonds,
tnd also revealed to the officer where the
bonds were to be found
Captain Jourdan then proceeded to the
betel and leaving Gladwin in a coach ou'-
side, in charge of officer Wooldridge, lie
made inquiries of the clerk in charge of the
package department in regard to the miss
ing bonds. Strange to say, the clerks had
not discovered how they had been victim
ized, aud stoutly denied that they had been
robbed. Captain Jourdan then brought
Gladwin into the hotel and he showed the
counterfeit signature of Mr. Smith, which
he had affixsd to the book. The safe was
examined and of course the valuable pack
age ot bonds was missing. The greatest
consternation now prevailed, but the fears
of the proprietor and clerks were allayed
by the captain on his stating that he knew
where the bonds had been secreted. Capt.
Jourdan next proceeded to the place indi
cated by Gladwin, and there found a pack
age containing $197,000 of these bonds.—
S ven more of me $1,000 bonds were found
at the store of Messrs. Kohlsaat Bros., cor
ner of Broadway and Reade streets, where
Gladwin had left them for safe keeping.—
This makes $’204 000 in bonds recovered,
and this is believed to be the whole amount
stolen.
Mr. Smith has not been heard from yet, and,
therefore, this matter remains in doubt. On
comparing the genuine and forged signatures
of Smith a striking resemblance was found
between them, but a close scrutiny would
have at once discovered the forgery, this
appears rather a loose way of doing busi
ness, as the book which contains the signa
tures of almost all the guests at the hotel is
open to the gaze of any shrewd operator
who has only to deposit a package of old
newspapers to obtain a view of it. While
at the hotel Gladwin was known by his alias
as Trowbridge, and to further effeet the
metamorphis, he procured a number of cards
with his nom de guerre written thereon,
which he freely distributed among the ac.-
quaintances he made at the hotel. His fe
male companion has not been heard of since
his arrest. He calls her “Emma,” aud says
he knows her by no other name. It is more
or lack of courage* but simply and entirely
from want of experience. Mr. Hudson, who
followed me, passed over this part, and, as
far as I know, ascended the entire moun
tain, without having the slightest assistance
rendered to him on any occasion.
“Sometimes alter I had taken a hand from
Croz or received a pull, I turned to give the
same to Hudson, bat he invariably declined,
saying it was-not necessary. This solitary
difficult part was of no great extent, qer-
l tainly not more than 300 feet high, and after
it was passed the angles became less and less
as we approached the summit; at last the
slope was so moderate that Cros and myself
detached myself from the others, and ran on
to the top. We arrived there at 1,40 P. M.,
the others about ten minutes after us. I have
been requested to describe particularly the
state of the party^m the summit. No one
showed any sighs of fatigue, neither did I
hear anything to lead me to suppose that
any one was at all tired. I remember Croz.
laughing at me when I asked him the ques
tion. We had, indeed, been moving less
than ten hours, and during that time had
halted for nearly two. The only remark
which I heard suggestive of danger was
made by Croz, but it was quite casual, and
probably meant nothing.
“He said, after I had remaiked that we
had come up very slowly, ‘Yes; I v?8uld ra
ther go down with you and another guide
alone than with those who are going.’ As
to ourselves, we were arranging what we
should do that night on our return to Zer
matt. We remained on the summit one
hour, and during the time Hudson and I
consulted, as we had done aH day, as to the
best and safest arrangement ot the party.
We agreed that it would be best for Croz to
go first, as he was the most powerful, and
Hadovv second; Hudson, who was equal to
a guide in sureness of foot, wished to be
third; Lord F. Douglas was placed next, and
old Tugsvalder, the strongest of the remain
der, behind him. I suggested to Hudson
that we should attach a rope to the rocks on
our arrival at the difficult bit, and hold it as
we descended, as an additional protection.
He approved the idea, but it was not defi
nitely settled that it should be done. The
party was being arranged in the above or
der while I was taking a sketch of the sum
mit, and they were waiting for me to be
tied in my place, when some one remem
bered that we had not left our names in a
bottle; they requested me to write them,
and moved off while it was being done.
“A few minutes afterwards I tied myself
to young Taugwalder and followed, catch
ing them just as they were commencing the
descent of the diffieutt part described above.
The greatest care was being taken. Only
one man was moving at a time; when he
wa3 firmly planted the next advanced, and
so on. Tne average distance between each
was probably 20 feet. They had, however,
attached the additional rope to the rocks,
than probable that he lavished the ready
money he obtained from the draft upon her.
The police ai« in search of this female, I and nothing was said about it. ThesuggeB-
Gladwin having furnished an accurate des-1. tion was made on account of Mr. Hadow,
cription of her. j and I am not sure it ever occurred to me
Yesterdsy afternoon the prisoner was ta- 1 again. I was, as I explained, detached from
ken before Judge Hogan, at the Tombs po- J tl ^ e other3 and following them; but after
lice court. His personal appearance is I about a quarter ot ao hour Lord Francis
almost the reverse of that generally sun- Dou « las asbed me lo tie on lo old Taugwal-
posed to be possessed by a ihrewd forger d , er ’ he he 8a,d ’ that if there was a
and expert thief. He is a tall, lean lanky ^ Taugwalder could no t hold him—
’ j i This was done hardly ten minutes before the
an 1 ■ f ir nkee, with a sleepy, dull accident, and undoubtedly saved Taugwal
d unintelhgent cast ot countenance. He I d e r’s life. As tar as 1 know, at the moment
w , as , habited in a very ordinary cheap suit J of the accident no one was actually moving,
of clothing, with checked woollen shirt. He I I cannot speak with certainty neither can
appeared very cool and nonchalant, and ap- I the Taugwalder’s,J)ecause tne two leading
peared to give the police officers all the in- I men were partially hidden from our sight
lormation in his power. I by an intervening mass of rock.
The complainants not being in court to I “Poor Croz had laid aside his axe, and in
make a formal complaint, Gladwin was re-I order to give Mr. Hadow greater security
moved to the custody of Captain Jourdan. f was absolutely taking hold of his lege and
The affidavits in the case will be made be- I putting his feet, one by one, into their proper
fore Judge Hogan this morning, when fur-I position. From the movements of their
ther facts will no doubt be developed.—New I shoulders it is my belief that Croz, having
York Herald. | done as I have said, was in the act of turn
ing around to go down a step or two him
self ; at this moment Mr. Hadow slipped,
fell on him, and knocked him over. I heard
one startle’d exclamatioh from Croz, then
saw him and.Mr. Hadow flying downward;
in another moment Hudson was dragged
from his steps, and Lord F. Douglas imme
diately after him. All this was the work of
a moment; but immediately we heard
A TALK OF HORROR.
FATAL RESULTS r
The Eumupan mails by the steamship
Belgium, w$m dates to the 10;h, reached
our post office this afternoon. The advices
are one day later than those by the City of j ^ /rozs exclamation Tangwalder and myselt
Baltimore elswhere. A telegraphic abstract
of the news from Father Point was pub
lished in yesterday’s Express.
Mr. YVliymper, in response to fnumerous
solicits’ions, has written to the Times, an
account of the recent awful accident on the
Matterhorn, of which he was a spectator,
Ho states that he and Lord Francis Douglas
were travelling together, and formed the
resolution to attempt the ascent of the Mat
terhorn, when ai Z-rmalt, Mr. Hadow and
Mr. Hudson, who had formed the same in
tention, and were inviied to j un and form
one party, so as to avoid having two inde
pendent parlies on the hill at the same time,
Before admitting Mr. Hadow, inquiries were
made as to his alpine experience, to which
satisfactory answers’were received. The
party, as finally made up, consisted of Lord
Francis Douglas and Mr, Whymper; Messrs.
Hadow and Hudson, with their guide Croz;
and the guide Taugwalder. with his two
sons as porters. They left Z irmatt at 5:35
on Thursday morning, carrying provisions
tor three days.
Mr. Whymper then describes tbe actual
ascent, and the catastrophe as follows
“We were astir long before daybreak on
the morning of the 14:h, and started direct
ly it was possible to move, leaving the
youngest ot Tangwalder’s sons behind. At
6:20 we had attained a height of 10,800 feet,
and h»lted for half an hour, then continued
the ascent without a break uatil 9:55, when
we stopped about 50 minutes, at a height,
probably, of 14,000 teet. Thus far we had
ascended by the northeastern face of the
mountain, and had not met with a single
difficulty. For the greater part of the way
there was, indeed, no occasion for the rope,
and sometimes Hudsou led, sometimes my
self. vVe had now arrived at the foot of
hat part which, from Z-rmatt, seems per
pendicular or overhanging, and we could
no longer continue on the same side. By
common consent, therefore, we ascended for
some distance bv the arete—that is, by the
ridge descending toward Zermatt—and then
turned <-v< r to the right or the northwestern
face. Before doing so, we made a change
in the order of ascent; Croz now went first,
I followed, Hudson came third, Hadow and
old Targwalder were last.
“The change was made because the work
became difficult for a time and required
caution. In some places there was but lit
tie to hold, and it was therefore desirable
those should be ia lront who were least
likely to slip, Tbe general slope of the |
m-iuntain at this part was lees than forty
deg, and snow had consequently accumula
ted and tilled up ihe irregularities ot the
rock face, leaving only occasional fragments
pre j acting here and there. These were at
times coaled with a thin glaze of ice, from
the snow above having melted and frozen
again during the night. 8«U it was a place
over which any fair mountaineer might pass
in Safety. We found, however, that Mr.
Hadow was not accustomed to this kind of
work, and required continual assistance;
but uo one suggested that he should stop,
and he was taken to the top. It is only fair I Brigham Young keeps a fat deposit in
to say that the difficulty experienced by Mr. the Bank of England, and his daughters all
Hadow at this part arose, not lrom fatigue I -dance in the ballet at the Salt Lake Theater
planted ourselves as firmly as the rocks
would permit; the rope was tight between
us, and the shock came on us both as one
man. We held, but the rope broke mid
way between Tangwalder and Lord F.
Douglas.
For two or three seconds, we saw our
unfortunate companions sliding downwards
on their backs, and, spreading out then-
hands, endeavoring to save themselves ;
they then disappeared one by one, and
fell from a precipice on the Matterhorn
glacier, below, a distance of nearly four
thousand feet. From the moment the
rope broke it was" impossible to help
them. For the space of half an hour
we remained on the spot without moving a
single step. The men, paralyzed by terror,
cried like infan s, and trembled in such a
manner as to threaten us with the fate of
the others. Immediately we had descended
to a safe place I asked for the rope that had
broken, and to my surprise—indeed to my
horror—found that it was the weakest of
the three ropes.. As the first five men bad
been tied while I was sketching, I had no'
noticed the rope they employed, and now I
conkl only conclude that they had seen fit
to ti3e this iu preference to the others.
“ It had been stated that the rope broke
in consequence of its fraying over a rock;
this is not the case, it broke in mid-air, and
the end does not show any trace of previous
injury. For more than two hours after
ward I thought every moment the next
would be my la3t; for the Tangwaiders,
utterly unnerved, were not only incapable
of giving assistance, but were in such a
state that a slip might have beer expected
from one. or the other at any moment. I do
the young man, moreover, no injustice when
I say that immediately we got to the easy
part ot the descent he was able to laugh,
smoke and eat as if nothiag bad happened.
There is no occasion to say more of the
descent. I looked frequently, but in vain,
for traces of my unfortunate companions,
and we were in consequence surprised bv
the night when still at a bight of 13.000
feet. We arrived at Zjrmatt at 10:30 ou
Saturday morning.\
Two thousand eight hundred and twenty
five boxes ot cheese were shipped by rail
road from the village of Little Falls,. New
York, last week—weight 234,940 pounds.
Average price for dairies was 14| cents.
Factory made biougut from 15 to 152 cents.
It has been fully substantiated that the
fellow who attempted to steal Geo. W. San
ders was no other than the man that struck
Billy Patterson. What outrage will he be
guilty of next ?
Bishop Soule, of the M. E. Church, is in
very feeble health. He greatly desires that
delegates shall be elected from Virginia to a
general conference at the regular time ia
1866.