The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-18

IoiPhefe is no, Disgusting. the fact that
the general feeling is, after 50 many fail
ures, thatthe Atlantic cable is a thing
which will never be successfully accom- CO
uiShed. >" e,4ltT 5.,
. All the visitors, from st. Johns and
other places have gone home, and the
and telegraphers are all. that
'remaiR of the thousands who filed the
village last week. '7+4' ;is!7.' -" 90. 'I' I
Z AT The tim TO- of, the cable breaking, IL
was about six hundred miles distant
from the coast Of Newfoundland: .'4 ,'.a b..
59.1s.'I i.t.H "a
Terrible Scene at Richmond. - Explo-
saW oH0 sion of Shells. :. II
The, frfghtful scenes Of the Sd Of April
were fe1ehacted in rRichmopd on Wedr
nesday,iias will appear by the follow
ing graphic description, Which we clip
from the Wing: '.i3ilti9 ehNC
T. Yesterday afternoon, about d clock,
q terrific occurrence, which was, on
small scale, a. repetition of the third Of
A prii, TRANSFERRED In. the block of wooden
buildings on tbs, canal above the Trede--
gar Works, and midway between Belle
Isle ferry and the Pump House. These
were magazines used in Confederate
times for the storage Of shell and fixed
ammunition for small arms, percussion
esttmatedeat the. Time of the evacuation
ofthe IeitX, from 10000 to Is, 900 shell
therein, of all sorts and sizes,
with a great Quantity zef cartridge.
for small arms Since the
10 r,,arI, hoe haar, ctaf tnn oI
there no one has been permitted to APP
ior0ach the magazine except those privi-
legged, and not shellhad been removed. ?
About "a O'Clock, John Hooper, 18th
Regiment Infantry, Regulars, was on
Holt, a negro boy, who was inside; get
without auth GRITTY, is not stated. The,
boy said he heard something IL 'pop,n
when about the middle of the shell
house, when he was struck in the knee.
The, report ALARMED the guard and he
5rar,; and, 30 did the negro. Instantly
explosion after explosion followed each
other in rapid succession. The smoke
burst from the building in great black
volumes 1T was in flames. All this
was but the prelude,
A;shell exploded, then tifty, then an
hundred at a time. and with a thunder
GUS report, and amid a canopy of smoke
increasing in "biackness and volume,
hprledthe buildinginto mass of ruins.
Thet ruins, falling upon the pyramids
and. boxes of packed shell, biazed up
anew, and the explosion Increased iii
frequency and fury; each successive ex-
[plosion sending up q great cloud Of smoke
-4-blue first, and blackening afterwards.
Hundreds of persons thronged Candles
Hill, and enjoyed from its height an ex-
Ecelleht view fIthet war of the shells.
Each report seemed reply TO the report
preceding; themres0raiit salyos would
trepeat, dixie theIdischarge Of opposing
batteries On the battlefield The whizz
land whirr Of the fragments could be dis
fStfnctiy heard, and sometimes seen, curv-
| ing the ait nItheir descent. About five
O'Clock Oregon Hill became a dangerous
and by no means a desirable place of
llr6siden6e. The: exploding shells opened
fAshat bombardnent nponyit. Great frag-
tmentsfaS big as a Id ans fist went crash
Hng ssluoughz the roofs. ; A fragment
WHigMng three or four pounds burst
! through the trent door of q house, and,
r Wnh0lit touching an inmate, went sing
layout OF the back entrance, and dashed
itself down against a brick wall. The
knowledge Of this avisitanti was equal to
1sH aiIotfcei to- ;utt- and OREGON Hili;was
] evacuated IN a greater hurry and in
more preeipltate haste, than Richmond
j at the great evacuation; Mothers ran
! with their infants, and these that could
4 run made the best OF time. Some OF the
4 most valuable OF the household goods
We're removed IN expectation that con-
ffagTatiOn would hregk7 out All. this
time thelshells, big, and little, kept UP
dup their incessant popping, The sound
indicating the calibre cucumber ofthem.
4 Qnthef canal banks. the cavalrymen
| rode up and down the banks, ordering
| the people into their houses and the
I doors to be closed. Missiles and frag-
men4s Of shell continued to fall in every
bdirection some half a mile distant from
! the point Of explosion. Most Of the
! fragments seemed to direct their course
up the sriver;l towards Belle, Isle. and
4 across to Hollywood, into which some
i fell. pa Several distant spectators were
struck by descending fragments OF isnent
a pieces, but not. severely hurt, 80
X To return TO The Immediate vicinity!
Of the, dangerous scene, as vet man
preached, save by a,few brave and ven.
d turesome men, with a view Of shvinS
tanY human life that might helm ;eone
dapely. oi Pq,ns,'%,.a' ~Af'
A = plo,,., l., sc,u>..us -,