Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-09-29
STORM TROUBLES.

Although the troubles of Memphis
have been great, we still have not all
the evils that wing their way
over the earth. While pestilence has
brooded over our people, the skies above
have looked down kindly upon US, and
no fearful messenger he's come from the
clouds to increase our dependency and
our loss. It has not been so ia Florida
aud other places on the southern Allan
tic coast. The Tallshasse Sentinel gives
us an account Of a terrific tornado, which
swept over the State Of Florida on the
nineteenth instant, bringing destruction
on its wings. Its effects i'm Tallahassee
were indeed terrible. "The countless
trees, says the Sentinel, '1ying in al
most every direction, in many places
blockading the streets, the fences pros
trated, the houses unroofed, and in many
Instances a total wreck, were terrifying
evidences Of the power Of the storm. In
and around Capitol square many trees
were unr0oted, fences blown down, and
the Capitol building very seriously
damaged. The stating was blown from
the roof, windows were blown in, and
water flooded the senate aud assembly
halls, and poured through into the
supreme courtroom, the clerks office,
the comptroller and secretary Of states
offices. The top OF the chimney
Of the executive Office was blown
of, and some Of the slate from
the roof went sailing through the air."
This Is but specimen Of the injury
d)ne to the city, which is damaged to
an amount equal to one hundred and
twenty thousand dollars. But the iniu-
~ TO the city is nothing, it is contended,
TO that visited upon the country. "Dis-
astrous, however, ss haq been the storm
in the city and az args, the damage
throughout the county by the desiruc-
ton Of the cotton viii be well nigh over
whelming. From all we can hear every
particle Of cotton in bloom has been
blown out and beaten into the sand, and
50 badly damaged as to prove a total
loss. Up to Thursday the hopes Of our
planters were bright that a fair crop
would be made, despite the rsvages Of
the caterpillar; but these hopes are now
blasted, and the prospect is indeed dis
heartening. in the face Of so terri
bic blow, we are at a loss TO find
any words of consolation. We can
only hope that the result may not prove
50 utterly disastrous as at present ap-
pears. Cut of, as we are, from all COM
munication with the outer world, we
have no means Of knowing whether the
storm has been confined TO a compara-
lively small portion Of the State, or
whether il has extended from the At
lautic to the gulf. II the latter, and the
storm elsewhere has been as disastrous
as here, il will take years for Florida TO
recover from the blow" The news
from 81. MUrk "gives the information Of
the utter destruction Of that place. By
the flooding Of the water every house
bat one is washed away. Twenty fami
lies are homeless, and an earnest appeal
for help comes up. The city council
have appropriated one hundred dol
lars for immediate relief, which
will be expended in provisions and
sent down by extra train to-day"
Nor are the Floridisns the only suffer-
ers, Georgia and other places along the
Atlantic were also visited by the storm
king who left them a heavy loss in the
destruction of property and blighting
OF prospects. We find that other people
are suffering as well as ourselves, and no
place is exempt from afiiiction.