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Newspaper Page Text/ / , WEEKLY INTELLIGENCE R 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. s 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.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Weekly intelligencer. (Atlanta, Ga.) 186?-1865, September 06, 1865, Image 1