New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-10-24
EIsOyE LONDON.
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From Our Special Correspondent 80,
I LONDON. October g, lsih
We have. during The last week as matter o.
cor-c talked ard thought moro about the s'hpo""'
explosion N &c tIith marshes than OF ony other "l'''
domestic or foreign can add nothing 10 The enormous
amona, already prated The subject but my own "'''
mite "a. por,oaal experience Which, viii sihgul = nus'
uau,1ity have RETAINED from communicating !" 'He
daily papers might TO ~ sure have put Il ~ ny ''
SATURDAYS letter TO THs TRIBUNE had then a''''"'l
any it,nor4apce 70 H. or Understood lbs origin Lu.
did noitcr For lying in bed at my residence N ''
New Kent Road on the SurTy sde Of TIE Thames "o'
suddenly aal alecd violently aroused 81 @"out 'A "
the inera.us by what At FIRST, instnctivey' SUPPOSE
10 be ito Involuntary precipitation Of large op's' 49,
lobecuona.e pct deg who is allowed 10 sc'P "H ']'
sofa In an adjoining apartment, 70 the foor-a''onpi
Mod with great bursting conclusion CT tfe "h"""S
simultaneously one of the Young ady-owne1 OF 'Ae ~"
dog emerged from her door in hor nightdr' ana i'
sisted that either burglars had Effected IN eT'ee mo
lo,rcr story BIZ smashing in The SIDE OF TIE louee 'u'
her brother overhead lad had NJ; o. !hti VIC i"u "a
pcrie1ced m earthquake. Tho cook " TIE aniF tnso
oycrhoad) declared that 1T was in hr ioo ueee"'e
sbo WIS obliged TO hold Up the wifGowf. NoDo-'
thought cuupowder Nor until the runor Of inc 'u'
nature of occurrence reached usn the alI'i4o"H
I'VE were told at Grs, that " o0lwich hnd eHPo1cu,
bodry) did We understand tho caree Il our awake
an Raid that have suffered liiile IN tie e'u"''h
OF the family because. having smeit sanro"alF oaio
On TIE yirguiaa Peninsula. when Cen Mcclellan us'u
I'D great deal which might, alao have oXpodod N t'o
Firth marshes for al that II effected 0"aia pH''hh
down the Rebellion INT IN have known MI about u
THO n,wsDapors h.ve made and are making iAe most
Of it. hot TO speak light, Of such caiam.i!-""icH'
thanks 10 English caution in locating the magazine IN
eorcarayey isolated spot destroyed lcs' thsn dozen
inec lit has succeeded to the place ei va at u ne
r,'l'r mind hv the committal Of Muller 10 Newgate
Vow We arc ;nrr5yiuc orr scare by writing and reading
ialrm.st letters published by fhe Column IN ihe 'ai!
lnos.papers. over such signatures as Take CAFe'
ALARM. "Trcpi3ons. One who lives on Volcano
Id Tie IKE lsroa occasion Tor apprehension Tor
l1,e3it, Incis caailon which have dcscryedy COM
ueniod 81 IS known that other inreazncs containing
onur oTs crs-t il,s + runIoTir ase eth existing ca
the riser shore tets,cl Bsy'dc.' rnl Wooiwich NJ
sena Oae II iess stores bat quarter OF Hie from
the scene Of tie accident, contained % TIC iiHe :" Us
occrronco nearly thousand barrels ofgnnpoTdeF not
one Of which was exploded though the oorcussion Do
stroycd every window in The building. Then 100 We
were exposed 90 peril from nnofar clement. The shock
The explosion away MI 40 foot Of the liver ON
haukncnt which protects TIE Low lying laFah country
ss lie long hne 81 TIC Mississippi lcvoc oornr's ih'
Father Of Waters % his toTtu0us beicEoepi when he
ovoflcaps H. II the thames tGo bad boon d; US hcsh'
nnd :, two thousand q engineer, saprcr1 rarer ind
marines from woolwish. including s the nayfi's nat
could ,, got together, Lad not se, to work ".il I'll
and snoceelsd In Cling the breach with ssnd bars ar
ra,smod clsy be,ore'h;h vaisr sn ias south side Of
. Ioaloa mgh,-ard tho greater portion Of t rs-hay'
been inundated. We live iow heres tie house IN ph!c-
write sometime. has is Kitchens flooded through 30.
sescragc ty an uuusua 70 ia ihc Tyer. a0eg heavy
rain. OF siofms On Size coa,L SO na-oT cha G.
o! iud:.rs ay as lett. % yol f,n - ttna uPI1'
story nud then looking out or boat 20 ccl''- 20 a q
Il o. fhe 1esresi available p,s,olcc. J. Ga o. v-h
. subject .horli have hrd. 'ti- wee. matt to
ta,e fccn enabled - r,a.Eo soi1.t1g no Do nn'''r'
bourdae- ofthe river. before eight c,i n'' &C efl
lied &. when ia cor ties 81 Kent uof iVt.d hy IL
turbd but orderly Thaine- were partial GO" IoH 20 n
On arm VI Tic sc 50 hat bru.d estuary up n fs'
a. ioh and tho waters rp.t'd on hoin sides y
Ing o ;oot % TO NeH;sA uplrds o. ie solh ari find
ling boundary % c uol.h "a tlc scAL f.aiag ground o
T.seg Then the noath u tie svcF. propcT fle king
was s..aa;cA three o.. is0T m.ei from Waffe London
Bridge now stands aud instead Of bc.rf confined De-
tween banks ss 20 pfescnt tie IAamos oycsao~cd -
.., beyond london saiEng up tAc broad stream. th'
exploring aarcn; E-og n is '2racle ~ g." nynins
Roman rom bis galley, vou. have found the y n
nre,d'c fs- On olthor .iGo Il him hs reehei the
.r.;. n,. known "a Chelsea and Batlersea-n fict q
Wild The record Is preserved ia those very names
trac fa,d would then have risen The ncra aide o.
tie river bounded 90 the wee, ly Of counirY
gucc. 70 lnuniaions and mainly cuN,tiar ~ bed. Of
rushos oud o.icrs and boggy grolnl. !ni"s"cted by
streams and % the north by lir - d. forest .-n.
: on he edge Of . rgst pea lake covering tie who'll
distrc. now called Fnsbury Che city o; ihe len an'
y s;re,oiiug away for mics D'yoni bis tract Of land
ririnc In = broad knoll formed 40 sto OF tho mgatl
: LONDON. So izgch f0s IN antiquarian squirt = ro7
lei I.c set h',h 20 my correspondence
! Noi--spoasiDc nctio ll,Y--aavo heos Down out o
ruS.ic ste a.oa. tsaror. -. by tie ezplaaion- ~
tailed Vol Of tie American ~. lrcsinntiai cleo
ton th!s week rer wrote OF il, unless ottf!..y hard
e up" iar q subject. Next peTbSps sAal got g 90
= old business Of proving ta,t Union victories IL
Victories that Victories they effect anything !;
- rolk cf ercep, the exhaustion OF tlo North tha' n
9 collapse cant Ia far on; that tie South = !" tia
r Mcclellan .ausl be elected aud end ihis ,s.-kod m
proGt ,lle &C. &c Old "hayers." Mrs Q,icly call
= them t. moaton which Is 10 proyos sheer nausea en,
% WEAKNESS Of sp,rL Ine news Of Sherida's mesaiG
cent IN Tho Shenandoah Neoy las just reached
p NJ and 80 Gre about delighted with them She Cop
r. poricads are your siio Of the Atlantic. san W
adhere 70 waut Of principle aGi hope 90 poTatoy
. in Co5ar Is Leo and Mcclellan. especially lie latter
Speaking Of him. I have private iniima'.oa %. clrot
sc evidence. from entirely unexpected source. of TN
. peculiar charact. c. the General military AMI polioa
, CAREER about 10 be forthcoming Ia EH-lud. n rue
coed in getting early sight 81 them, promise nysei