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, 1864-02-23
SEVERAL LITTLE STORIES,
BY OF About President Lincoln.

From the New York Evening Post,1
It would be hardly necessary to inform the
nation that our worthy President, in the
midst Of the anxieties Of a state Of war that
continually torture his mind, is wont to find
occasional relief in an appropriate anecdote
or we1lturned jest.
No man, says Mrs. Stowe, has suffered
more and deeper, albeit with 8 dry, weary
patient pain, that seemed to some like insen-
sibility, thnn President Lincoln. (which
baye the impression that shan't last lons at.
ter it Is oyer.''' After the dreadful repulse Of
fredericksburg he is reported to have said:
- II there is a man ont Of hell that suffers
more than do, I pity him." In those dark
days bis heavy eyes and weary air told how
our reSerses wore upon him, and yet there
was neyeE-faiiing fund Of patience at the
bottom, that sometimes rose to the surface
In some drol. quaint saying or story, that
forced laugh even from himself =
PRESIDENTIAL PuNs.
Mr; Lfnco1n,. In his happier moments, is
not always reminded ofa ds1ittle story. i INT
o1lcn indulses in q vetItab1o joke. bae Of
the latest reported in his remarks when he
found himself attacked By the variolold.i BE
people askins asors zs' @1se *0tnief sad b. b
Wien the contagious disease Was comIng
upon him, tive got something now that I
can give to everybody" ."-Abopt the time
When there Was considerable grumbling ia To-
tue delay IN forwarding to The troops the
Tnsk tnI ofn1 ans t9em nt91, Western Paymaster In
ct public reception "Being here, ;Mr.
lincoln said be. II thought I'd cali and and
paay, my respects.'', "Fron. The Complaints
Of tie soldiers, :, responded tie President
!" guess that's about I'LL any Of you do pay.3
II Is told ~ general correspondent, who
Is probably "Ee1iablc,'' that Nj. Lincoln was
IT ,Sn~
day, relating "iittle story'' to Secrefnrv
Seward, when the latter called his attention
to Few sign bearing the name of ttT: R.
Strong" :" Hal" says Old Abe, his counte-
nance lighting up with peculiar smile. taT.
T. strong, but coffee are- stronger" Sew
ard smiled, bnt made no reply. We don't
thing Us that, s.-'
A Story coNcKRKMo 4 SECOND TERM,
= gentleman, It is said, some time ago hint
cd to the President that 1t was deemed quite
settled that he would accept renomination
lor his present office, Whcreupou aFr. Lfucoln
was reminded ola story of Jesse Dubois ont
n Illinois Jcssc, as Auditor, had charge Of
NC statc House ut Springfield An itinerant
for lecture. - -
m0n what subjcct:'' asked Jesse.
gn the second coming Of our 3aviour,''
answered the long -faced Millcrite.
oosh. retorted Uncle Jcssc testify: ii
Guess gois 91r SAVIOR had eyer been to Spring
field, and had got away with his Iife. he'd Ia
TOO @, smaft 10 think Of coming back again."
This, Mr. Lincoln said, was very much his !
ease s;a ap2aT ;tSsz ias sG,sesssian. D,s :, ~
estimate OF Presidential hoaors. atorV il fntd |
Of: how > eappEcsnt; til: :oface of more than in
ordinary apsetentions .ca1led upon him; and.
on:thesn snctirity!Hs Es71ahnxn Il
bohalf Of the: Republican tlcSot, asserted. a.
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DIR. B1EeI0W.

Como Genital PhysicIan. (fo9lDcrly Of st, Louis Mol
corner Of Monroe Ch1caEo, ILL.,, hall block ffom the
Ft once. Or alCllronic bAcases. and diseases OF
t1ssts Tttn unrara1lelcd success. Rooms separate.
with the tt11ctest privacy, Ouce honTs rom i. H.
70 s.; d; Sundays 70 !o y 4. u. C.,mnuntcatioas
Isl Euclosc two stamps and ger his ;u1de Health
from INC DOCTORS long experience tE Hospital and
antoe. perfect cures for Ill Chronic Diseases IN fheir
most severe sad complicated STAG cs in ytEy short
GClc, without the use VI mcftH3f.
xonnE men suffering from eelEsbnse nrc invited to
CAL. a perfect cure warranted. Female trrS=ulaEi-
n-s nttcnhont on Puberty NtIstrEatior, or persons
h.v!ns :Iy obetrucioak marriage. should can 1t
ability and 8acceas. lNHs6i.iw
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DROPOSAIS FOR FORAGE.

w4suEa7n.. 49, i:assnss. p7gER' 79gg?IER'
| bEAlED PROPOSALS are lLyttea hy. la4 ueoaf
nxnea for aurrlyiEg this U. s. QuaEteFmt4tsr,1 n.
A1e1A1d1ta, md Fort Mopros Va sltber .; eh..e
plis;;es El;h A=y. Com, Gats aad straW.
ofcorr cGts 50 Of aaY o. ss:a9 o. usz sE
| BtacrTs must state Ut wEf.h 81 t.e abdts ..-ed
Eotnts thsy prolo7s make deltTrTie& rs s7
.hen eatd eel1yestt3 lhau be cpIameareF sny =1es
u be completed
Er1ce rust b stttsa out n Tcr65 Oh TIC OIL
oI to Z put 1T In stout Hack3 OF about *;TE
-u.hea each Orts ifxe sacks ot about th ee but6as
each Th5 S2EB 70 be f1fn shsd without 81s1a ctsr1e
% tfe Government The tA9 AMI stsaW to be seeurai9
Tfb !@uaz 1inl o. description Of o4ts COTE, aaY
ftfay Eropo.c. to te cellYrred mnst ia aIntc IL
,he pIo2l:als. - ~ ~ 4t~'N -
Al the srtles cHaFsd nIdaf tho bids herein sitc4
XII: ce EutfeEt t. I'LL! Inspection b Tie aoyrFH
HeDx Inspector before raiux 1<cepEed
CQntsac;a v III Re ewaro e toM lime 10 tina 10 t.:a
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.VlaI ann Den1p.


DEPARTMENT OFAGRICUL-
~ TUE. WA6a;Eo1ox. .. C.r Dec, Is. 1s6s.
RE co@fss.oners anpen1 s. If. sna nsp
T;9, 81 ;n9stisg Of 2n j. AorehtAd, q PennJlTana.
nsdes of Oho. TO consider the following Appropri1.
uon mafe by the last Congress, viz:
cbiuvatine and preparing ra1 and hemp rs snhsti.
TUE I9f COT: On. ,weuty Thousand dollsrs."
nAEn& met. and attef several days Investigation,
belisvr. that further and ,uller Gotce Of Their In
tstiEa!lpDk might produce valuable refuit8. Ad.
tcIrnsd to meea again Weaptsdsy the am day OF
}his anpsorr1aton, an1tosa e Gersop the subject
q befofe That day. samples o1 hemp anr nax 10
fas didesent stages u prtpaIaucn Of ths bros and
nents q the various pr oceses ESD sud the Of
pe lucffon in carh Gaze: 1s*o, tc+crtrdoue OF the
EtnCs and cpft Of machinery peed. where mhde, dc
toeesher Elth any .and 81 Information that msy b
useful to tht Cocsmfksto3.
Thls reformation ID necet<sry before Intelligent
distribution Of the app.ofr7stioE can he made.
SAAC NEWTON.
ofzs4ts,2M Commissioner
, 1864-02-23

Formerly Assistant Surgeon 10 Do Noyo Hospital.
saiis AaFte. Lisbon fortnEa. and Surgeon 10 Hos
himself to the treatment OF contAglons blood diseases
tof more GtAn thirty years. Ten years practice in
Chicago, Ill., has cs3Abl!ehed him an nppreeeden.
I'd reputation IN curing scrofua, Eryslr!as, Raeo.
e ~boa IL the us ooq o ersas sa4aGs DsptS @
Illcatsd and distressing diseases sema,es
treated E4th tniuent succets. 0lcc &nt Anatomical
Museum ~ 178 sonth Clark street. r q. Box u. By
1LcostnE Is cents In posnEc stamps, TIE Onofunn&cs
Guide shall be forwarded aEy HddFess In the United
States. {t3w63&N1A
, 1864-02-23
Human Frnflty, or PhysioIoS7-
cal Ekekearcf1ek.

should be Rad By everybody. It lreats On, and
9h2Nh 1pT. the evil results ar!stn. from early abuse
M unhappy contamination NAV be eubycrted 1yith
e1ic method Of dsspellinE The misgvtnEa many C.
P&Hence IL entering The alhto- Sold br Dr.
Z. a. BAHR0N. 1871 Blocker street, New TprE,
Tree IS cents Nailed nee everywhere
Ie ee hHd also Of L. EC0NIL, IL Randolnh Eueet.
-sQll LEO m. de1s.tN-1y.1S
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{: Brtx1attf Ge- er1t n. Il RUuKHR,
-. =, =, Chief Depot Quaxt<11naste-,
p Wasnluxt1a4 2. C.
arti6riaI leQs,

A KTIFICIAL LEGS-C. Staf.
~ forh. sole Proprietor and manufacturer OF DE-
WHCoX'6 PATENT ARTIFICIAL. LEE; hse betn
spproved and adopted BY tho Union states Govern
mSut which haa appointed him to supply them to d,s-
E0hD, lA South Clark street. Chicago, viii receiTo
I'M medtate attention. Bend for Fanphists.
... osA .eeo- uet7.s7N7m m s1ATu
, 1864-02-23

hrs loGhfcd 1t lG Dca born greet opposite Port l
re-: tacaEe H. Me snscssstIly kills and extracts
t1rf hours. Also, cures all E1Edt Of sores and Al
chroolc diseases md piles. 4 crft always guasau-
teed or no ray. P. o. Box GAGS. fa6E35Idtm
, 1864-02-23
NEWS PARAGRAPHS

i
A negro had been waiting in the Provost's
o1iice ut Nashville for SONG time without
making known lis desires, when ono Of the
aclcsks asked his business, to which the negro
replied that he had tho small pox, and want
cd pass to 60 to thu hospital We need not
| ea5 how promptly that darkey was attended
10, anu mo further questions asked hin" !"
Two Yale College students were detected
| II stealing SO worth Of neck-ties, in New
Haven furnishing store, Friday evening Lust
>. Ihe Merchants Bank Of Lowell las voted
10 organize under the national banking law
and lncrense its capital to $500, 600.
4 Worktngmen's Protective Union has been
formed at New York for the benefit OF sew
Ing girls and others, and to protect them from
the oppressive extortions Of unprincipled en-
ployers. =
There is loan society at Paris which loans
security at a1l saro theverbil assertion; Of two
OF the borrowers frienus that he Is an honor
able man. Tho society docs large and sue
cessful business, rate1y having "bad debt"
~ woman at" Johnstown, N. r, forctold
the time Of her deeease, made all her prepa-
'ratlons for that event.. did a days washing
away. saying she should never need them
again, and next morning was found dead in
her bed. :. +: -.
There has been much controversy, first and
last, as to who may be considered the greatest
writer Of fiction. The Taunton Gasette de-:
cides the point in favor 0f JET Davis.
At 2 recent sale in New York Of the library
Of Southern gentleman, Mr.. Woodward Of
Boston purchased ia rare old manuscript OF
the fifteenth century," on .vellum.
An easte1n exchange has the following
"The man who gets up early in the morning
to steal his daily reading from his neighbor's
doorstep had better skip this paragraph
The defalcation Of the Durham {8Ie.) Sc
lectman who recently ran away with fast
young woman, is now said to reach $4,000 Of
the towns money.
In u suit for damages recently tried before
the Superior Court Of Connecticut in session
at Nor" ich brought for an assault, alleging
awarded so5.
In Nicaragua they produce variety Of cot
ton OF buff color-darker than the yellow
cotton Of Nankin; the fibre is course but
strong, and the color remains unchanged in |
manufacturing.
Z, Nursery Song for the New Prince. /
Punch has written q fine nursery song for |
the new baby:
Q slumber my darling thy airc Is a Prince
Whom mamma beheld skating not i've hours since, t
and Grandpapa Christian IL or to the fray
With Germans who'd steal his nico Duchy away, /
But slnmbcr. my darling. the English ase true,
AEd they'll help him for love OF mamma and you1
And re channel fiect's coming with powder and |
And the. Germans must rrn or they'll catch It all
hot. :f,
Punch has only to add that the infant Prince
will be christiened Edward Christian Punch |
Alexander John Bull Slesyick. = j..
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ITO CONTRACTORS-PROp,
IL SAILS FOR SUBSISTENCE STORES.
IGYtfE axIs1A1 es.tzG Gsz,.

I
saS43ss4s. g. SsssslsrMFsir M
sn aa.a as2afssse S b
TgEsDAT February sd. s, ior fafnisins t,s = Isl. 81
aa e Issi:S SS5sS BREAD
Reett Or two pieces 10 d tonsaed s
9e d.. sfss 5! quality crushed vn s
1 io ea.5sls osss auai!y aour. nanufac,u-ca from
pIlMe p fpFlng Eheas, Or good sound winter wheat.
pee 70 s. psstsd Z Is 81 esas ss
SlstsEF r. s9uud or Lat hoop hatr1s the barrels to
saa brls best quality kiln dried Corn Meal, to b.
msnntaetqred non. prime corn barrel heads iincs
the l,ds md a Hhs1neE u round at hoop b:rTsss
GG59 e E
Tfads re- M 10 suss inspectes
1sSes 1s. g pounds & ~ 6qfSsl ges& ordinary. =
s5ss IL s - GOD I'll a4, e
ssssss aaa s!h i Sateh IS e'aa' H.
each arc!a anun4erased and biiless may proposs ios
ampss 4 e oa , N,
prfoosaIs and referred TO therein
81 IT,
.oL In paper parcels.
:. printed copy of his sdvertisement mus. be at
- u R!sRfs s:E b
81 Sc: S ssssss sSHs
falel!cd according to IL tEne aal coudtoaa
1alas o %
to r. iG5nlahed ehall e e1e:uted L roauiEca"
ii e.
rs a1a e1 I'D shpn5g ma5s 70 Be
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8os7oE CoRAERs, N. T., Dec y. tssi.

[ExE II.
WX. &. GaR7a 4 CO.:
Gents. freely give yon liberty to make use OF the
1n1noWang EGrtineate of the value OF Constitution
ner. Aa''7s nla1@
y VIE, Tho Mss attacked with pain In the shoul-
PalpsasIon ot t Hears attended With Falling 81 ia
called physician, who attended her aboat thTsc,
months Then he left her To1se shan 20 fodnd hef
taea @ ep.dsGd on9 q tac Pest physicians could md
e Tas ,s5 qafE T. h5 S7Fo she did not sa; qne u
vas incurable. For said be, sha Les such ecr SsTe
o141a q SGnpants aat eacns
thls time she commenced the uge OF Constitution
Maser ana TO * or ntter astonisaent almost Tie list
on impEoV!ng rapidly under It's tseat1cut. and naT
a. entirely hef domestic Affairs She has
four weeks. and We are happy to 5py that it as pro
WV. q. VAH Bksscaorxy,
, 1864-02-23

un1yt rsa1 ph1tanthrophy Nearly one ,n,,.lon hoxes
o. Fin arc syezy month dstribuied taroughont tue
@ o. ane xluaEes 9. the United states md Canada.
vs. o5esss l. ns s.!a xth .Futa MT
1hE 1esLK on theF wingx' to millions oppressed Gy
!ofn arc type of disease Sold by Alt Druggists
Nt ~, A-c. REQ 81 per boz OF pot. 3l:Y221Ele
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.DASVuI1, Pa., June 7, 1867.
De. WE. 3. GRHaa-Dear Sir: In February, 1861, I
Eas Afflicted with augar dlnhetea md for ve montha
M nassed more than tEo ga!lons ot watcr ID tweuty-
twelve times during tho night and in i've months /
let nso1t nfty ponnIs L weight During the moath
Water and In tWo days after ustng It e1peztrncod
relief, and alter taking two bottles was entirely
cured-soon after reg0inlng my usual good hea1th,
Yours trnIy, J.V, L. DN Wrr
, 1864-02-23

OF BOARD OF
- 1otttE' taz1soo, r., :a:h, tYis.
=" PIfPDRtT4 ANvrrf,N

f,FFICE OF BOARD OF
~ fottlE- ta11soo. r., :a:h, tsj'.
-, PROPOSALS aNvrEED.
Sealed proposals will be .ecc,vca bv III. Noar4 at
! onrc e Polite HcacGua1tcrs. nntIt TCE. ~, III
.st ~ Il o'ccek. fer Il sale ef i've w.; .1.suf
tot q LOT and bulldog, With privilege NJ
"e ,ts same: M sE1tablc 1Sz Police t.t.on u.Es-.
- r.st ~ II nas ~ Mruatsd IN the Teat Iivist0n
en or sccth OF AXE street aau On Or nJ.:a o!
s.1sainRtoo stfees, or within The bouad1 ahoYa
BIDS ehouid hc msIe nepns.te. e,la.. f,s .,,~ or
is:Sr E9 r1fxlrge OF purchase soa MI. :sfia''sa
tciawe7G5s Secretary Do.sd of po;,ee.
ITO RAILROAD CONTRACT
\ OEs.-scalcd Proposals " II be r~e ~:-e: >: tho
prce OF the Pacinc Rstlfosd {cf Ni*.,"-al "a 81.
L4tt.. tt liuch 18th, 1sst for doing so ~ .:ustsua
cEd Easoar7 OF about tntstynSe ts3} r::ts u. ths.
foao being ffoE Holden, IN Johrs0n cnno'F. n
i;oh IN Jacf son count, between 1ha IitEc ,'. s1t
r1yns n1 PEoaies List o9 seeto:ia: :so +, ~
g. tit, se e. as 70 EEsn they must be 2Ens
ts Snt1 Engineer. In St. loul5. tIdj. sacH:i b3
;t,s toe teh section tot about one ~ mill. sal 40
us.4x c Ihan ten 10, mIles viii ~ let to an7
n. meots will be made monthly In cash af,r.a rtss
Twn. eeht nelns Fessl1ed TIL he com2issisu Of lie
80. shop,o be addressed 10 ceorss r.r.
nd. NJ, ;. ;Sp t9r 01aauatton and Masoary
aatLt Or Engineer. be must acconyanr M sSaS n Nc
tcfeFencts, and shouId ste1 1ive hs tsry
Ucc aootets and be WAt be informed 81 d. cr,Hs
a1Ee q rejection OF his oIsr. =, "~~eP>'
q s!fat e Eject anz or ali
FaCe
, 1864-02-23

reason why the Office should be given to
him, that he lad made Mr. Lincoln President.
" You made me President, did you, ''said Mr.
Lincoln, with a twinkle OF his eye. s Think
did," said the applicant. tsThen precious
mese you've got mefnto, that's ali, 7 replied
tie President, and cPsed the discussion.
ABOUT TIE HoRo quEs:I1tH
The story will be rimembered perhaps;; of
Mr. LiDcoln's replytto q Springfield {ni.)
Clergyman, who nss4 him what was to be
bis policy on tic 81; 1.ry question. -.
s'Well, your guest tl,n Is rather cool one,
but will ansEer it IL telling story Ton
know Father B.. the id Methodist preacher?
and you know Fox River .nnd its frcshets?
Well, once IN the iEcsence Of Father B. a
young Methodist WIS worrying about Fox
River, and expressing fears that be shou!d'be
prevented from fulfilling some ofhis appoint
meuts BY freshet j the river. Father 3.
checked lin in his gaFest manner. Said be:
Young man, hayctllways made it rule in
my life not to cross Fox River till get to
it, And," said tht President, !" I am not
goingto worry myecaf over the slavery, ques-.
tion till get to it." a few days afterwards
Methodist minister,callcd on tho President,
;" Nj. President, have come to tell you that
think VIC have got to Fox Rivcr!' Mr.
Lincoln thanked the clergyman and laughed
heartily. Il
One day, it is said, a. distinguished New
York official was at Washington, and In IN
Interview with the President introduced the
question Of emancipation. Swell, you see"
saia said Mr. Mr. Lincoln, we've got to be mighty
If we're not, NE shall be like the barber out
in Illinois, who WIS shaving fellow with q
hatchet face and lantern jaws like mine. The
barber put hfs finger in his customers mouth.
to make his cheek stick out ); but while shay.
, 1864-02-23

1srisatc and drench the Kidneys and By constant nj
soon lead to chronic degeneration and Confirmed 1T
coee. ~
, 1864-02-23
SUPPRESSED MEMsTRUATI0N.;

Hare long SINCE gven up the usa OF buchu. cubebs.
anu 1nnpeF In the treatment Of these dIscases an1
on1s uso them for the want Of better remedy.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-11
NEWS JOTTINGs.

in his last fight, General Mcpherson rode "A
favorite black horse that had borne him through
every battle from Shiloh to Atlanta. A member
Of his staff says that the General had almost
come to feel that horse and rider bore charmed
lives. He would mount no ether but his fiue
stscd in the hour Of immiIcnt peril. The nov
ridegless War-horse is recovering, aud is on HIS
way from the battle fields Of Georgia TO the
clovor-felds Of Clyde, Ohio. --
"A resident Of Hartford bought dozen eggs
The other day, and by Inadvertently placing five
Of them ia warm panty, set them as nicely
hatched into five chickens as il hen had sat
upon them. One fine morning the little animals
"peeped," TO the egg purchasers great astonlsh-
ment. OF course he went 70 the newspapers 20
tell the story every good American goes to his
newspaper when he sees OF hears anything "out
of tho common"
Captain John Q A. Cobb, Of the pilot boat
Hornet, who brought the ship Contest into New
Bedford on Friday evening pulled twenty-five
miles in an open boat TO reach the vessel. He
was making for the ship in advance Of another
pilot boat, when It fell calm OFF tho Sow ai,d
Pins lehtboat, at halfpast o'clock Thursday
morning, aud he launched small boat, aud 10
four hours reached the ship OIL Block Islaud,
but 30 exhausted that lac was hoisted on board
by rope.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-11
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS

Spccidi DcSplt-h 20 The ErsHiRg TtiyFGoA.
On Strtt1e.
WASHINGTON, August 1.-The Joufneymau
plumbers and gas.htters of this city arc on strike
for four dollars per diem, in view OF the in
creased price Of livlg.
From General sherman.
There Is no news from sherman this morning
up TO the present time
General ShcFidRn's Army.
Reports from the Shenandoah valley indicate
that Sheridan is closely following up Early's
retreating command, and there is a prospect Of
its being ovorraken and forced to fight.
The baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
have large force of wurkmen repairing the
damage done by the Rebels in the vicinity of
MaTtnSburg.
The most of the damage done to the road was
between Martinsburg and Opequan bridge,
where some seven miles of track were torn up.
They burned, twisted, and bent the rails, and
all the bridges, both iron and trestle.work, were
destroyed. II is expected that the road viii be
in full working order to Wheeling again in about
ten days.
Removal OF Prisoners.
Forty.nDe Rebel officers will be sent from
the Old Capitol to Fort Delaware to-day and ono
hundred and twenty. five priyates will b, sent TO
Elmira, New York.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-11
TERRIBLE CATASTROPHE
AT CITY POINT.
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OUR SPECIAL ACCOUNT.
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AMMUNITION BOATS BLOWN UP.
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GREAT DESTRUCTION OF LIFE.
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Sixty Persons Killed and Three
Hundred Wounded.
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Twenty-seven Sacks Full of
Human Fragments.
BABLE CAUSE OF THE
ACCIDENT.
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FULL PARTICULARS OF
PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE
ACCIDENT.
FULL PARTICULARS OF
THE EVENT.
special 10 The EvcnIng Telegraph.

Special 10 The Evening Telegraph.
WAsHNGToS, August ll.-Tne ShIrslys The
mail steamer c. Vanderbilt has arrived from City
Point, bringing PARTICULARS of terrific explosion
at that place on Tuesday morning last. The mail
steamer Dictator had just left the wharf, provi-
oentiay, when the explosion took place, other
wise the disaster would have been greatly more
deplorable in its extent. Tho explosion took
place on board two barges loaded with ordnance
stores, belonging to the 9th Corps.
Opinions differ as to the cause of the explosion,
some asserting that it was occasoned by one of
the workmcn dropping box of ammunition,
while others contend that it was caused by the
sparks from cigars used by persons on board.
The loss of life was fearful, but when the Haa-
dcJ6R left City Point yesterday morning the
exact number Of killed and wounded had not
Teen ascCrtained.
Sixty are reported to have been killed outright,
and between two and three hundred wounded.
Heads, arms, and legs Of victims, filling
twenty seven sacks, were pitched upon the
beach, and the water is said TO have been literally
filled with limbs and bodies, in every state Of
Disagreement.
The goth New York militia, doing provost
guard duty at City Point, lose live men killed
and twenty wounded.
Pieces of shot and shell were thrown over the
Corps Hospital mile To the rear OF Cry Point,
and parties one hundred yards away from the
scene of explosion were killed by the falling of
fragments of shell.
The keel of one of the barges wls thrown up
hill forty feet high
Most OF the buildings at the wharf were de-
molished, and some four hundred feet of new
warehouse wharf destroyed.
= he Office OF the Adams Express Company is u
complete wreck, hut the employees of the com.
pany who were in the building escaped un-
harmed.
\ number of officers and men Of the Commits
saTy Department are missing, and supposed to
baye been killed, but their names have not been
ascCrained.
Colonel Babcock, of General Grants staf, was
slightly wounded, and DR.. PrcDtss of the 73d
New York, had his left foot mashed.
Mr.. BAXTER suter at CITY Point, is among the
killed.
The explosion Is said to have shaken the earth
for miles around, and TOR q limo caused the
greatest CONSERVATION.
Many OF the buildings on the wharf at City
PI int are u mass ofruins, and the amount Of loss
il property will be very heavy.
The Pander5iH brought up several wounded
lAbJrers.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-11
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