New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-16

The army ana INC peoPi0
in a mutual focus
Tho, tho exolosion originated from the careless
ou1,;ro and management Of the ammunition
..s,os no W to be the settled theory. Atany rate,
susb earelessness has frequently been noticed and
spoken Of and approximations expressed OF an
explosion on that account The theory Of rebel
torpedo. though strenuouely urged by it's origna-
tore, has few espouserr, and seems to be going
further than is necessary for solution Of the
dreadful catastrophe. If there had been no
ammunition in the neighborhood, to say nothing
about the careless handling Of it, torpedo, or
something of the kind, would be necessary for
solution but az it was think the theory is
making a confession and suggestion TO the enemy,
and giving them credit FOR military enterprise
that they do not deserve have heard NJ argu-
ment in favor Of the torpedo theory that does
rot apply equally we'll to the other The fac! Of
part Of a hulk being thrown up into the town,
as il by o torpedo underneath, while it was
most extraordinary and frgbtfal occurrence. is
coupled with another known fact, hot the most
Of tho kuiks seemed to hare he'd a dorn~avd ten
i.neu But let the torpedo theory have its good
result in conaantcigilance aQe:nH any seh 800: go:
hot the RsJ. undertake 10 play upon US, here
or e,serlfre. As to the theory Of rebel emissary
having applied fuse to our ammunition, coupled
with the apoebryphal statement that one or two
suspicious looking individuals had been seen run
ming away from the barge Just before the explo
ion, | have tried to Offset this by suggesting
that great many suspicious looking individuals
we're seen running away about the time Of the
explosion, but Il confess that the Joke 80 stuck
in nv own throat, on account Of It's seriousness,
that II did not have much effect either as joke
OF an argument Such theory would, indeed
assume great lexiiy on the part of the custodians
Of our ammunition, and especially on the part OF
the poor fellows Of the 10Th n. Y, who were
instant y blown into eternity in the very act of
guarding it.
Well, think am about done writing morning
dispatches on those ammunition boxes, if that is
the way they act
I understand that Gen. Grant also had a
pretty loud call on the occasion Of the explosion,
one or two shots or shells having obtruded them
selves into his tent in rather an unceremoniors
manner, and made themselves al home ameng his
maps and papers, to degree hardly warranted
By 80 short acquaintance. 1t is said he treated
them very civilly, however, and handed them
over to al orderly to receive the Inequalities OF
the camp. / wonder, by the way, if the Licuten-
ant-General's first thought was not that the Rcbs
had got the range Of a certain important point.
Several persons Were killed on the hill by the
falling and flying debris. One or two, whose
names have sent you. Zone by ragged piece Of
ship timber,) near Gen. Granite headquarters
t A handsome girlike boy, namei Hayden, con
' nected with the quarternsstcrs department,
whom any fond mother could easily dolize, and
any father have an excusable weakness towards
had nearly all his clothes torn of of him, without
sustaining any other injury.
The greatest damage the "subscrber" sGs-
tained were the loss of favorste pocket carried
away with nobody +. replace it, His Id straw
hat 30 beautifully spotted by the nky MET Of the
explosion he hereby wills. in case Of accident, to
lPTIs
i THURSDAY MonyNc, AuGusr llru
Thank God for the bright beautiful sunlight,
awaking us from sound slumbers 10 enter again
upon the wide world with unimpaired life and
limb, TO work out our labor of love, and solve, ii
possible, this great problem of our existence.
OF the military situation this morning, or the
side of American Union, Liberty and Human
Progress. it can be said that the great explosion
here day before yesterday, extensive ard terrific
as it was was the inerest ripple on the surface Of
our vast operations here, and is already in cur
gnifcentpregress, enc of the trifes of the past
hardly remembered at the immediate scene Of
the catastrophe, where everything again is new
and onward.
return front again this morning, If We do not
have any more mishaps meanwhile, TO where
ordnance stores are more evenly and systemsti.
caly distributed than they are here, and where
fellow stands better chance Of lodging.
But the plank Of the Keyport is going in and
| must close. ILLISoIgs
| Indian Attrocitics, &C.
| LEAvESwoRTH, aug. Is 1864.