Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-11-11
NEWS
mr. TELEGR.1PH,
TO THE DAILY DEMOCRAT.


NEw loAK, Nov. 1l.-By arrivals from
81. Thomas, VIC have particulars Of great
hurricane which lasted about four hours
tearing up trees, lifting houses from thei,
foundation and dashing them to pieces.
dashed together and sunk. Fifty or sixty
vessels were run ashore, dismasted or sunk.
A number Of crews were lost.
Thousands on land are homeless and suf
fering. The excitement is very great. |,
| 10 impossible now to estimate the loss, bul
It must be immense.
During the STERN the Rhone struck or
Peters Island. Her boiler exploded and
nil on board were lost wlth The exceptions O
II or To-
The Conway was thrown on Tortola l.
land knd ali hands were saved.
| Nothing definite in regard to other ISLAND,
mad been heard with tie exception OF To-
/ tola, OF which report says that the town i,
totally destroyed aud a number OF live.
! lost
rhe steamer Columbian camc in a
about | | O'Clock, and ut o'clock was sum
and d persons lost. Her cargo was yauee
ct from : 900 900 to 81 600 900.
The track Of the hurricane seems to have
been usrrow, as the Larm,on IRON Rio, aut
the North American from New York al
rived the day after. neither having expcr
| fenced more than u stiff breeze.
A Richmond special says: John A. Gil
mer yesterday deposited with Gen. Soho
field the charges and apeciticstions against
Lieut.. Col. lncs. Rose, for misconduct in
the super,ntendency OF the late election in
Richmond. The charges are four in mum.
Der:
LIST. Conduct unbeconing an officer and
| . gentleman.
"a. For drunkenness when on duty,
| "a. D,sobedience OF orders.
Attn. Violation Of the 9Jth Article u
| Wsr.
Ike names 0. upwards OF one hundred
citizens have been sent up as Witnesses
| An invest cation Of these charged and spec
lica,ions viii shortly take place, thong h 1t
IS not thought cour. martial viii be
| ordered.
A Washington special says: Gen. En-
cry has is.ued an order disbanding all IRE
sponsib!o military companies, black aud
white, organized in this district. This has
been done under the special instruction
| oil Zen. Grant.
A special SAYS: Gen. Sheridan being
assured OF the good conduct of Gen. Hayes
IN the future, tc.egraphed to Gen. Grant
| recommending tho disapproval of his re-
! novai as Shcriti. Mr.. Bullet then dec,in-
ing tho appointment, Hayes was re-
stored.
Another special says: It is expected that
the President will during the present week.
appoint successor to Mr.. Stauton a. Sec.
Rotary Of War As yet no selection has been
made, but it is believed that the Executive
is DESTROYS Of bringing into his Cabinet enc
IS near IS may be typo Of .he conservative
sentiment of the people as evidenced in the
recent elections.
Another special says: Representative
Ashley has prepared and will introduce on
the first day Of the session = bill to prevent
the present Ohio Legislature from re- dis
trcting the State so rs to give Coneression-
al districts to Democrats ct the elections
next year.
PorGnKsrrsIE, Nov. 11.-By the acc;.
dent Of the displacement Of . switch ct
khinebeck, on the Hudson River Railroad.
on Saturday night. eight cars Of "a extra
freight train. bound south, we're thrown
from the track, and badly smashed M
Nobody Was injured.
SYRACUSE, Nov. ll.-W eston. the pedes
srian, arrived here from Oneida, distance
Of 70 miles, about nine O'Clock shis mcru
ing. lie says that he Is now eighteen hours
ahead Of time.