Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-02-01

Correspondence of the Philadelphia Press.
ANN ARBoR, MICH, Jan. 1O-Think-
ing you might be interested in some
facts which picked up while en- route
to this place, take the liberty OF send
ing them to you, inasmuch as the Cen
tennial has made Ann Arbur, as well
as the ends of the earth, Philddelphia's
neighbor. The friends of Mr.. L. p.
Bliss (the sweet singer and coadjutor
of Moody and Sanky in Chicago, and
tor several years previously OF Major
Whittle) having failed TO find any trace
of the remains of himself and wife af-
ter the Ashtabuia disaster, repaired TO
the family home, near Tow and,, Penn
sylvania. There, on Sunday last, they
had a funeral, or rather, memorial SER
vice, and several We're on our train,
including Mr.. Young, the brother o!
Mrs. Bliss, and Major Whittle, the
Evangelist. 1t had been reported that
Mr.. Bliss was unhurt, but rushed into
the burning car where his wife was,
and perished. This, however, is incor-
rect. They were returning from one
of their periodical visits to their pa
rents (and their two little children al
so, boys of two and four years respec
tively), W no are among the highly re-
spected families of their neighbOrhOOd.
Not being able to secure a sleeping car
for Chicago, they entered drawing
ruom car until they should arrive st
Cleveland, there to change. Mr.. Bliss
was observed during the day to be
writing another of those hymns which,
sung by Mr. Sankey, have thrilled so
many hearts. His last hymn vas
merged into the new song above. At
about d. I'D. this car, With the others,
was precipitated from height equal
to the upper floor of the Philadelphia
Masonic Temple. Not a single person
In that car escaped from death by that
awful fall, and the even more awful
eonfiagration which followed. The
warning is not unheeded if the care |
witnessed and our many consequent
detentions mean anything. Railroad
men, no less than others, speak of Ash
tabula with bated breath.
In conversation with Major Whittle,
1 found him man of young middle
age, with black eyes, and whisker5,
wearing fur turban, and looking like
q thorough going, like business man,
full of energy and of devotion TO his
present work-and full, also, like Mr..
Moody. e tc., of his Bagster's Bible.
!. / alsu found him q former comrade
of the glorious old Army of the Ten
nessee, first on the staff of General Nc
Pherson, and after the death of that
Iamented officer, that OF his successor,
General Howard, in the capacity OF
provost marshal. f.ual l.li
Itwas during that period that the
Thermopyle fight of the Georgia cam
paign occurred. / mean, the battle Of
the Allatoona Pass, of which a parti-
cipant wrote
OH who can tell the story
OF the terror and the glory
Of the battle of the Alatoona Hills,
and where General Corse, with 100
men, held the pass against the rebel
General French with 6000 large part
of a day, losing 900 brave Union boys
killed and wounied-more than half
his whole force. t.s- if.-.-gIl.5..
Kenesaw Mountain stands about
tw enty, five miles south of the pass, If
my memory serves me; and here Sher-
man with his signal Corps. A beautiful
bright day made signals Ineligible,
and Sherman received, information
and returned answer. ,COrse was
wounded and disabled. The colonel
next in rank (the reader can find his