Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-29
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Night Dispatches.
WESTERN ASSOCIATED rsEss RErORTs.I

NEW ORLEANS, October 2S.-The
Picdyuqs hiss the following late sdvices
confirming the destructive effects Of the
late storm on the Rio Grande. A cores
pendent Of the 18th inst. says The hur-
ricsne was the most terribIein the mem.
DRY Of man or this frontier; perpetual
bOmbardment for q year could hardly
have dOness much damage. There were
t~WeBty-siK persons killed at MatsmorRs,
ten killed and twenty-One wounded at
Brownsville. At BraZOs, 50 far az known,
twelve persons persisted. The schooners
Ella and Kadosh were blown high ashore.
Only two houses are left at Clasksville.
None at Bsgdad. Loss OF life at the lat
ter place not known; ninety of the
inhabitants escaped by going on
board 3 vessel, which outlived the
storm. The rest must have persisted.
Negro soldiers and their officers are said
to nave acted UNANIMOUSLY at BrazOs, not
only refusing sll assistance to struggling
aud suffering families, bat retired 10 q
sheltered part of the island, returning
next day to rob wrecked goods, under
the remains Of warehouses aud dwellings.
| One OF them shot and killed g citizen
who detected him robbing. Their Off
GERS said they could do nothing to check
4 Nll1 DlEhuuA5Lls EIoul u lOLE IiHI Oh the
damages st Brownsville, we extract the
following King & Kennedyis ware
house roof was blown off and the building
badly damaged. The County Courthouse
and iail were completely DESTROYED
snd the prisoners were all at large.
rhe entire square between Fort Brown,
Fourteenth ievee and Elizabeth street
was destroyed, including the RGnchero's
Office and the Masonic hall The office
Of the Courier had the roof torn off the
residence Of J. Stark, correspondent Of
the New York Herald, was completely
destroyed POstofics building had roof
torn of hotel and elegant billiard sa-
loon almost in ruins; iron building Of
Wilkins, Hays & Co. totally destroyed ;
Episcopal church destroyed. Between
Tenth and First streets seven brick and
and four frame houses were either de-
stroyed or rendered untenable.
In MStamoros 1900 houses and huts
were blown down. The greatest distress
and want prevails at all points, and ap-
peals are being made for relief. Out OF
seven steamers only two can be repaired.
Ten deaths from yellow fever yester-
day and sixteen to-day. Absences are
cautioned to remain away for a short
time yet.
N~AShANHiUNi OCpODer &S.-iutelli-
genee received by the Union Radical
Congressional COMMITTEES, from the
Southern States, which have not vet
held elections, indicates that in ali Of
them the Conventionists viii be success
ful. Pope allows three days for election
Ia Georgia and Florida, because the
voting istO be dsne at county seats. This
arrangement was made for the better
protection Of cOlored men.
Internal Revenue receipts to-day
S7i ,469. l99. The Commissioners Of Inter
nal Revenue has decided that selling or
offering TO sell distilled spirits, at less
than two dollars per gallon, does not
raise any presumption In law thatthe tax
has not been paid, because the spirits
may be unrectihed and diluted. It Is not
intended by the recent cotton
speculations TO require permits
and bills OF lading for the removal
Of cotton from point TO point within the
district where the same i produced and
in case Of removal from such district, a
collector should not expect a fee of the
tax payer for marking his cotton.
An abstract from the quarterly report
OF the National banks shows resources
amounting 10 one thousand four hundred
and ninety-ive millions, including ten
mllilous III specie anu nearly utIy-seNen
millions in compound interest notes /;
capital stock of four hundred and nine
teen and a quarter millions ; surplus fund
Of sixty-six aud two-thirds millions, and
sn undivided profit OF thirty-thr and s
half millions.
ST. LOUIS, October 28.-Westher cool
and pleasant.
CINCINNATI, October est has been
raining since l pm, and the barometer
falling.
NEW YORK, October 28-The Tri6une's
special says Turkey has refused decidedly
the Russian demsnd to cede Gambia 10
Greece. Russia will not, however, force
Turkey to war until Europe is busy with
It's own affairs, but the way is bow pre-
prepared, and If war ONE this re-
jeeted advice will be presented as its
ifcStiOn.
The quarterly statement Of the na-
tionRl banks Of the city shows q surplus
of thirteen and a half million dollars
over the reserve required by law.
LOUISVILLE, October 2S.AThe river il
rising, with twenty-nine inches in the
canal,