Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-08-18

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~ c.scnd. they have suspended payment and
II s.-raticne. Third, they hsve assigned
49, nropertv to p. g. Calhoun, President
s - ~ 1Oth National Bank, and @. Bro
...rt former partner Of Morris Ketchum,
2or the benefit Of their creditors
rr,,th the balance due customers mainly
from New England banks, amounts to the
. tenn sum Of $35, o0O, 900. Fifth.
they have published remarkable card IN
which they have given the public an idea
Of their business, which differs materially
from the idea previously entssiained- II
ia been truthfully stated that Chas. Ora
ham 4 CO. paid on fraudulation $4,000
of The forged gold checks on Modnay, and
that Edward Kstchum gave them on that
morning 1850, 900 to do it with
The public received this transaction with
sone distrust, and we deem II due to the
honor Of Mr.. Graham to record the facts
drawn from him in conversation ysster.
p M. at o'clock, in Wall street.
Times-Mr. Graham, you paid &285, 900
of these forged checks on Monday We
know that Edward Kctchum drew cheek
"a H3OO. COO before be went off. Did be
rive YOU the money to pay these checks
with.
Mr.. Grahsm-he gave me no money
but a was his constant custom, be gavem me
check With which to meet his obligations.
The check was for $4,000. deposited
il and drew against it; but what do you
think is the RESULT Morris Ketceum refus-
"a to honor the check, and find it thrown
out BY bis bank, returned to my bank, and
am notified Of the overdrawing Of my &C.
count TO that amount. 1t is . most extra0r-
binary and cruel business: the check was
drawn by Messrs. Ketchum, Sons Co.. be-
fore they suspended, and was received by
me in good faith, deposited in the bank,
drawn against and passed to the bank where
Ketchum, Sons L Co. deal. It seems that
il is rather hard that should have to suf-
fer to this extent, in addition to what have
already borne.
New YoRK, August l8.-The Tribune .
TYLER, Texas correspondent describes Camp
Ford near that place prison pen second
only to Andcrsonville in the barbarism and
atrocities inflicted upon Union prisoners for
two years. The correspondent says they
were shot, scourged, beaten and tortured.
These prisoners were too far of and too
closely guarded for their groans to be heard
by those in the outside world, their sad
story only became known from their own
shrinkcn lips after they had been exchang-
ed. 1t is a stockaded enclosure OF, judge,
eight or ten acres This estimate includes
al adjuncts Of the prison. II is situated on
the side Of sandy slope 1T the larger edge
Of which is spring that supplied water to
the prisoners.
The enclosure, which seems to have been
enlarged at different times to meet the re-
quiremcnts Of rebel captures, is filed with
huts and shanties Of almost every imagin-
able shape, and constructed of every avail
able material. Two boards, one on top 81
| the other. form the chimney OF hW MADE
Of bushes, the limbs Of which have been
pressed together and plestered with mud.
Near the point 1t which we entered there is
number Of grave like mounds scattered
over the space Of about one acre. At first
thought they were graves. but on examina.
ton, found they were excavations in the
ground, which had been covered with bush
es and earth. They had been made by our
men who had been captured last, and for
whom there was no room in the huts above
ground
Everywhere are blackened spots which
showed that they had formerly been used,
by means Of which those who had no
shelter at all, cooked their daily mite Of
meat. fragments of kettles and stoves,
old cast off pans and fiat rocks, the cook
log utensils which they had used. arc
strewn about. Toward the upper side of
the Enclosure, there seems to have been
prison for the confinement Of offenders, in
which are several stumps, on the top of
which those who violated any of the prison
rules we're made to stand and mark time for
perhaps whole day, while the guard had
orders to shoot any one that stopped or fell
off from exhaustion.
The Words special says:
The total loss by Ketchum's forgeries
will amount to "a, 600, 900.
ST. LOFTS. August 18.-The Jackson Iron
| Works, 203 North Main, owned by McCord
& Co.. were destroyed by fire last night
Four firemen were badly injured by falling
off the walls. Loss about SIS, 900; insur
ed for $l1 900. Partly New York Offices
The Government workhouse adjoining was
slightly damaged.