New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-12
g6very Eouse In Town Shattered by
tie Conclusion.
Two Hundred Men Killed
and Wounded.
two Millions Of Property Destroyed.
0rom Our spseisl Correspondent


| Your humble correspondent, with many
otAers has lust come very being boi,ed out In
fc be Is 10, sure tina, he hss bevn and that this
n mot hi, spirit from the fotoe Of habit aud sense Of
dCty trying ts conuu with you But he feels OF
MA head physical ond thsk he still has one though
Hstle shaky perhsIsl and that he is unsettled from
Acsd to foot except little raimcnt; and he de-
sputly--ss Christian OF Nohammedan ever did-hanks
BOD for bis deyeraBee He accepts the awful call 50
hearY and 90 londly m-dc terrible warning OF The
hnoetaiuy al human life ad that in the midst Of life
Ne are IN death.
will endeavor n give some idea OF the terrible
Scene that ON about to record by 6rst relating my
own censetons i will first however. endeavor TO de-
ecrbc the rentive locality Of things thas you may
Snore clearly understand what ! undertake TO relate
In the first place. then, at the main steamboat anding
here where tue mail boat lands there IL whats ef Of
~ substantial beu pine harf third Of mile or 81
u length. siosg the river.
Buck on this ten or twelve feet frvm THE edge o. H.
ban mammoth pine Government warehouse.
nearly the length Of the wharf, along the river. built In
khe most substartal and which had jus, made
note OF o. being over quarter Of mile in length,
sixty feet wide and twenty feet high from floor 70
oFtI and capable Of standing the wear An tear u W
Dor al least quarter II a CENTURY.
soad track along the platform ofbe warehouse making
No transition Of freight from the boats to the ra'road
Grains simply through the warehouse Beyond the rail
ooad track from the warehouse at the foot " the bill
Upon which tie town is situated. WIS new pine row.
n which the Office. Adams Express ofee. and
eQuartermasers Office were kept and few old build
engs occupied Is suffers establishments. &c, While
upon the hill beside the city 81 Tent there were scat
oered about = dozen or m.re substantial frame resi-
Fences occupied mostly for various military pur
,eoses.
The nan brat bss lsndi"g abou, the middle ~
ehis wharf and wsIshonse VI the middle sections Of
s warehouse living fitted up los, ofeee and devoted
fne connisssry stores and such freight as Is usually
BARRED by the mil Does, While adjoining this section q
Ahe warehouse shove Ia another ss,t ton len open
court the passage of boIses pass hgeIs &C. 70 and
9ror the boats.
Just above this cpca section. and above who're the
anai.boats landed orpos.te on an n!union section O
Dbe warehouse. this Tmu'ne. icy. next To- the "laf
Che barge NsjorGep. a'caae. bsGed with CONDEMNED
stores (bcpdiug cot den "a on dn)i outside o
Der the AMMUNITION barge J. h. kendIek loaded Will
txed Ammunition for distribution. aud. ontside Of or
aeer her, the J. G. Csg,be hSded "iib eon missaiy
stores With other l01Ls sud vessels close around GC
above ard below.
O'Clock ailbont cue loolDg Upd tie town hOu
or so took tie I;;C freifh, tain. ~ Ii now woi
Cor the font. where ~ headquarters and Horse are
We frst went into the only opcn car iinmedtiyy 'Ipo
o3e tie an n, nop s'cti az the wsref use. but aln
cane one Il tar ei2h Il. et and said be- was ORDERED
% o.ose that car (whca bad barrels Of whisky In ~ a
xea us the v quenty had - &c! on top o
She train. which We lnq.sntit d.
walked well back the irais (u!-riyer~ofGs). -
o. ~ avoid tie cindcs aHG ,uoae 81 tho Oconoive II
Foing out "a precaation Shch experience had sangh
uel aud sat down the walk LosId slors TIE top o
She car aud comlner,eG p.usiEg letter had ust re-
served nom fiat isa yCangstr 10 the lfarie Sate.
had gotten about taf taiongh this wien, tho gst hni
Iluew did not know much Of any thing. rtlhnini
end defenirg SHOCK. " Of the terrific typoson "
monster shell heaf aud the concussioL ~ the air
uere beading nvonnarily over or the deck o. thu
sar as plant bending before the storm ard 1t seeme9
hat the conenssiou woaId ringing and sS ay
sne until II bred mole ard more danger.
Ny first tLodght was that s'nmunton cor had ex
oded Just ahead of the on. ahd that 10 wOuIC
b. VI little use try escape the .at hed gone
sp ard would come dowD--that one was sboLs sal.
h pace ss III Other. Bat tho dread iid CON
ncnce coming down. and oh how IL did raln and hal
al the terrible Instruments OF We felt that we
were ia the hands # a lorc,fi Providence, and that Il
Dur tine had come hsd and there hel.
.sor IT, We could Gal, shoter heads with our haiti
and our hands. We walked aft
IL ives not railTo ID or but the ammunition barg
T. T. Kendrick that had eIpb'de>i f'oD tho carelcs
Handling 81 percussion shct, or some other kind o
ommunition il 10 supf ed No one thet ~aa aboard q
She hoat ruans u tE tie tae oi 5or destruction Tn
ophBteTs that sifew the may b. bers or they ma
Rot. The section Of be twisted ribs OF keel that
IN TIE clGcntsd part u the town, On The h''
4wo hundred yards distant. mas DO hers' or sbey ma
'reelong 10 one Of her disei pcsred cohs"rta
You have read ci eTGItmus Of vesuI iuf, ssoh a
buried Heiouiai cum and ioLDpeiL Yea have 're
fluctuations Of them in the books This have bee
such explosion u iteee ercea tas in sead
lava and dust and ashes IL raiDed the circle Of
mile, In whole package AMI by Iiccemeal eyerythin
700 can imagine Ct o military depot Entire boxes .
AGED ammunition came down among the tens III IL
town quarter Of mite distant. and scarcely tent
losse or boat be fund within tie circle Of nil
shst l. not riadled by sns. solid shot ANAL amm
ALTON.
Tee massive pine whsTf h mont of where these boa,
b.. witch was b !. % dawn gpsn pies anil sieepsss
A,Ae tees IL brDs 4 lsiie iVt sb,ui tLird Of !;
knNih. asfit had b,es mace of the yaper write OF
eti.e tte glbstar.al plank wGe' ouse. with inessi,
,As,ns auiit ioi at ;s,s. gahtI OF a century. ha
lss crushed Ito leua II !, Lad been