The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-06-30

Nearly ali the houses along ora5os
stfeetas far as tenth have he glass bro.
ken, and he plaster 81 the inlelior shatef.
ed and broken
On Market street. adjoining lbe residences
Of James Z Price, the elegant dwellings
ofgohn R Platter, join Fl. Price and 10
sePhi4. PJse vere grsa.lg, injured and ih6
lnFnitursi glassware dc broken Seven
dwellings on Thirteenth street called
Bfighisrow, we're much damaged, the
window shattered, and the plaster dslaoh-
ed from The walls and ceiling.
The explosion caused terrible sensation
throughout the city. II tie neirhbor
hood che people rushed from the houses
IL great terror. A gentleman riding on
horseback some distance from the head Of
the wagons feIt The ground trembling, and
and The same moment was Iifed from lis
horse and seeing The windows falling into
the street, thought an earthquake had oc-
Cured. Many suppose that persons passing
along the street atthe time we're killed.
So fer only five are known to have been
killed. The bodies Or fragments Of four
have been found, and an inquest held on
the remains By John Moore, deputy eOro-
Iner.
The explosion was felt at the brick meet
lino house, thiftv-iVe miles sontb of VIII
mington
The total loss is estimated at not less
than $4,000, including the powder and
teams, valued at $4,000.
The Messrs. Dupont are on the ground.
actively engaged In doing al they can %
relieve the sufferers They declare their
intention to pay forallthe damage to prop.
erty.
A LADY living near Bishop Lees resi-.
dence says that 4 few moments before tie
explosion she saw man walking towards
the wagons. The explosion prosltated
her. and when she recovered she could see
nothing Of the man, and thinks, without
inOubtb nc was hlilSus .e..'
APPREHENstoNs OF INVASION AT ST PErER-
sDUae.-Mr. Frederick Buchnall son Of
Mr.. w. Bueknall ofthe late eminent Bris-
tol firm Of Bucknall and Spark. has Just re-
turned from St. Petersburg. where he had
been for five years occupying respectable
position in connection with one cfthe larg-
est mercantile firms there, and from the &C
counts which Mr.. BucknaIl brings with him
tits evident that, in high circles, The posi-
bility Of an attack By the combined forces on
the capital Of Russia itself is seriously en-.
teftained. Among the masses Of the city 4
supsrstitious confidence in The successful is-s
sue Of the war generally prevails. Thisis
founded on the widely spread belief that the
war is religious one, undertaken for reli
gious subjects and leads to a condolences
that God being with the Emperor be must
prevail. The imperial Mdsccvite himself
does not appear to Be SO well at ease. It
is understood that the commahdant 81 the
important fortress Of Cronstadt has informed
him that. although Of great strength, Il is
nOtimpregnable.
The Emperor Nicholas is obviously very.
anxious on the matter, for he goes himself
to Cronstadt twice, and sometimes thrice
week. and all conceivable efforts are being
employed 10 strengthen it as far as possible
Meanwhile. the imperial city is being crow
ded with troops, which are continually pour.
ING in, IN large masses. The barracks being
ali crowded, these are al quafered On the
Inhabitants, to their very evident and great
annoyance Mr., lueknall saw body Of
1850 Cossacks marching towards lhe capt.
tai. which is.itself significant mark Of the
feeling ofthe Government. for The troops ~
that classare rarely If ever employed ID the
city. Many of the nobility and families ars
qui. ing their town residences End retiring
into the interior, carrying with them ihNif
plate, jewels ana portable property p values
and The English, French and other foreign
residents were quitting in.such numbers thai
MI. Buoknall had to wait six weeks before
he could get place BY The contefaneei
which runs twice week from. 81. Peters
burg to Tukum. tAs q further evidence Of
the apprehension fclt touching a. invasion
Of the capital NJ. Bucknall noticed that
some houses 81 tho sids q tlie Nera we're
being pulled down. ahl delenees erected
oppositeth the main part Of 80. Petersburg.