Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-09-23
Terrible Disaster af iie A!Fe.
SiseBy Arsenal.

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4 friZhiiul ex; lision occurred al tie L
/ s Arsenal this afternoon at = u'cl .cs. in a
large frame building knasn as the IaJ.r-
/ atory. About l5G bows vBi girls were er,.
/ F!oyc2 IN thi- building ar the zine OF tue
d.sa-t"r, Of hlD - ~ 80 were killed -
( Ore explosion fol we'd o. 0.he- usti' .r.r
/ sHUTo tu5iiiug was Ge-trJFeI Those y..
/ ",i not escape ~ lime were barre! u..
/ The scene WAS must appalling p-at
! bodies were l}ing ~ heaps is they hg.
/ fallen. Syme places where tie heat WIS
/ lntcH-e wije0ed blnas clulI be seen fhr.,'
smoke and flame. in ether places Ig-ys
masses ul black encj fa>h rg.e visible. n
10 the present tir1e s!xIy-'hr.e bodies btse
heoH taken from the ruins. Tho cause Of
the cxilp,iOn i MT Known his admit.
ted by oil 10 &c accidental
P.t~hGr-h. Sept. Is.
UaiyarsaI gloom per a la tle city H.
Consequence OF the tcrrstle disaster a,
Allegheny Arsenal yesterday ArgF-
iIc mee,irg WAS b II al irc 3 ard If T,.,se
room by The cit zors. 10 make a!-arcelnof :
Tor the relief u the families IF the suffer
ers. Business was entirety >peuerd d all
the stores being closed at u a',I .cs. Tna
number killed and missing. az Far ss gs
eerrainetr e 76 1t is sujpvsed il viii
reach upwards Of 50.
GrS. PorE's OrFlcrAL REpopr -Tbo
Washington Star. ref-rri. Z e. G ~. Pore,
recent account u the battle vf Manassas.
say;
The pul l.ca'ion Of The paper from Mai
zen. ropes IN, purporting to be The
o!h,l-! rep RI o! the army la.ely nm.
der his COMMAND from Cedar MJurtlin
hack 10 Washington } by the New York
INES yesterday, IS 80 sinsl lVrly iil-i!mpd
taat the government will be likely = make
an examIle of the nal thus workiro
mlstI'ei' W know that no sufficient au-
thoFiiy was gwen to make the rublicatioD
and that tue act is severely derre,atej
here. Tue paper itself il not what it mar
p 'rts to be but s!mEly Gen. Pores bud
get OF excuses and accusations, under cover
oil which he seeks to change public and
government opinion with reference TO his
management ~ his late trust. lie wrote
1t CefoTe receiriaJ a single report from, his
$a0oTdlaates, which fact Of Itself take,
from It tie character ofGR official n7,fJrU
report, ond stamps it with that of a mere
special plea IN his own behalf, at the ex-
pense OF ms officers aud army.
1t reached the government here on tbe
very day the rebels commenced crossi,
the Potomac ; and thus found them to1 irs
tensely busy with the threatnirc enemy in
front, to dispose, at that time. Of ouarreIs
among generals, the services Of mos, or
whom were for the time being absoiu,eIv
necessary at the head Of their rosoectiye
corps Gen. P.'s accusa'i, rs were. how
ever, deemed of sufficient importance tn re-
quire the court of inquiry upon them now
10 session here, by the result Of whose ~.
VeStigatIons the accused officers will stand
or fail.
A CONVERT To McCLELLAx.-Tbe fol.
lowirg is from volunteer If the I4tb
Connecticut, to the Hartford Cyurant-
Republican:
My purpose is to ask few questions
which have been in my mind, DESTROYING
my appetite for food, and precludinc sleep'
labor and study to q considerable degree
Tor eighteen months, aud to answer them
In eSndor according to my own experience
and observation.
Is Mcclellan patriot: / have been
able to Ind no man amongst tho thous-
ants and tens Of Thousands here. VII,
fought IN that series of battles from Rich
mond to HarriSOn's Landing, who does not
seem ready TO vouch for him with his life.
ls Mcclellan soldier! Every inch Of
him." Is the sole response from the heroes
OF Fair Oaks and Malvern Hill. Itittrue
that the army IS enthusiastic at the sigbt I
OF mcclellan Let me explain Men |
VINO nave slept less than ten hours, eaten
less than would be sufficient for two COM
,o meals, marched upon an average,