The New York herald., 1871-09-01
The Hurricane ut st. Thomas.

The special dispatches to the HERALD this
morning give fearful account of another hur-
ricane which occurred at ST. Thomas, in the
West Indies, on the 2lst inst. Tho storm
veered round to every point of the compass,
and an earthquake made itself felt at the time
the hurricane was doing its devastating work.
Trees were uprooted, houses unroofed or
blown down, and in one or two cases ships
were torn from their anchorage and dashed to
pieces Many lives were lost and much pro-
perty destroyed. st. Kits an English island,
about sixty miles to windward, is also reported
in ruins. In many respects it was a.
destructive as the noted hurricane which pre-
vented the ratification of Mr.. Stewards famous
bargain, but was less disastrous to the ship
ping. In the hurricane of 1868 the great tidA
wave which came rolling in from the sea de-
stroyed many vessels and submerged the
noted dry dock in the harhor. Nothing of this
kind is reported in the present instance, the
the only death-dealing agents. The little
town, perched upon its three picturesque hill
sides, and seeming an earthly paradise as its
red roofs and lovely surroundings reveal them
selves to the traveller approaching it for the
first time, is, indeed what our dispatches
characterize it-a most unfortunate village.
1t seem, a spot marked out for the violence Of
the elements, and has suffered more from hur-
ricanes and earthquakes than any part OF the
West Indies In the present case the destruc-
ton of human life is unusually terrible, and
the motley population are as nearly in mourn
ing as is possible TO the careless and unthink-
ing natives Of the island.
The Wisconsin Repubicuns-The Platform
and Their Presidential Candidate.
The Wisconsin republicans have had their
State Convention, have nominated c. G.
Washburn Ga brother Of our Minister at Paris4
as their candidate, and have resolved, in sub
stance, that the republican party deserves the
applause Of tho country; that the new amend
ments to the consultation are just the thing,
and that Congress, with the right to enforce
them, shonld enforce them when necessary
that they rejoice in the recIperation of the
Southern States, but regret the existence Of
the Ku Klux Klans that they believe in the
prosperity of tie country and the payment OF
the national debt; that they are In favor of q
tariff which will satisfy everybody that actual
settlers have the paramount right TO the public
domain; that new safeguards are wanted for
the purity Of elections, and that, glorying in
"the wise and prudent administration Of
General Grant," in its foreign and domestic
policy, sit deserves and receives our hearty
approval"-which, being interpreted, means
that General Grant is the Presidential candi-
date of the Wisconsin republicans against all
comers for 1872. And so, State by State, in
their State Conventions, the republicans pro-
claim their admiration of General Grant; aud
yet Mr.. Greeley, who can see nothing else
while Mr.. Murphy is in the Custom House,
still goes for cutting off the General with one
term. But Mr.. Greeley will get to the end Of
his rope before the month is out, and then,
perhaps, as a Grant man, he will make up for
lost time Who knows2
PHILOSOPHER GRRELEY's COMMITTEE are
already coming to terms with the Murphy
Conkling Committee, in view of the coming
conflict against Tammauy. ''We are ready"
said the Philosopher, at the meeting last night,
''to act with the republican party" How
clearly the wise Ulysses gauged these little
men when he told our correspondent recently,