Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-10-22
From New York.

NEW 1oRK, Oct. %.
New York Tribune Lcavcnworth special
says: Gen. Sherman is hurrying troops to
The scene Of the Indian outrages.
The following is the report Of cash in the
treasury vaults at this date: Treasury
notes si3, 49, 400 national bank notes e..
s66.llo; fractional currency 1852, sol gold
s350d.j00; silver $25 600 fiyc-ccnt coin
- 900; three cent com $4,000; cents g..
5oo Total $50, 4ls,1ol
The disbursements for the week on ac-
count were rs follows: War department,
S3,e0i,6iS %; navy department, $l,433,-
5000; interior department, $l4S, 1873 50.
Total. 81 $40, 2433
The llerald's Ottawa dispatch says. 1t
is SAID curious row has occurred in the
Canadian cabnst Mr. Gait wishes to get
back into his old place as finance minister.
Mr. Rowland. who left the post office depart
ment Tor the financial ministcrship, refuses
To 20 back.
Lieut.. Commander Vim. Gibson, COM
mand'ng the United States steamer Tahoma,
reports TO the navy department under date
Of Nassau, New Providence, on thcn,h inst,
the following Tin the 81 and 4th, when
on u line between the Bermudas and Halter
as, we encount red revolving storm Of
hurricane violence. We are not in distress
but the damages sustained are serious. As
carefully computed from our observations,
the cyclone was moving +. n E., at the rate
Of lS miles per hour. Its centre when
nearest To rs, was in lat. 80 deg. N, long.
y deg. 10 min. 20 sec. W., bore 5. S. E., 10
miles distant. Its whole diameter was above
2Go miles. II came upon us suddenly, and
with little prcmonition, the barometer, regis
tering rather than foretclling tic changes Of
wind and weather The sea rose so rapidly.
aud grew SO dangerously heavy and con-
fused, that, being satisfied We were in the
lcit-hand circle Of the storm, deemed it
safe TO abide the issue, BY heaving the Tah0.
ma to on the port tack. The centre Of the
hurricane passed over the island of New
Providence on the 1st instant, and the
scene Of wreck and destruction is marvellous
aud very sad to see. More than half Of
Nassau is in ruins most Of the houses are
unroofed, many blown TO pieces. and some
moved bodily f'om their foundations into
the streets. Churches, warehouses, and
other buildings Of solid stone, are shattered
as if 10y a bombardment. The trees are de-
stroyed leaf and branch, as il BY conAag>
ration. Nearly every vessel and boat is sunk
of swept high and dry on the outer islands.
The destruction Of property, and the conse
quent suffering, is said TO be dreadful. The
important light 4. the "hole in the wall" is
no, burning. The harbor light hero
Is only II temporary lantern. The
lights in the S,irrup Key on the
| Great Isaacs, and on Gun Key, are reported
TO lie uninjured, though the tower Of the
first named is crooked. Judging from the
dismantled and otherwise distressed vessels
tha; we have seen. both at sea and in this
port, the chapter of casualties frbm this bur-
ricanc will not be q brief one
A more complete report, with oil the
dates and diagrams relating IA this hurri>
cane, the meteorological log Of her Brittanic
malesty's steamer Nimble, blow n ashore in
this harhor, aud other inter estihg informa>
tion, will send ~ the first opportunity {,
tee bureau Of navigation.