Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-09-06

heels of the disaster on the Eastern Railway
on Saturday of week before last, by which
thirty persons were killed outright, and over
fifty wounded, we have news of most de-
structiye hurricane at St. Thomas, IN the
West Indies, which overturned nearly every
house on the island. 1t occurred August
2Sth. The gale lasted over twenty hours,
but the destructive wind lasted but two
hours. Six thousand people were rendered
houseless. and nearly one hundred and fifty
disabled by the falling OF dwellings or flying
Of bricks. The island Of ST. Kits is also
said to be in ruins.
The public debt statement for the lst Of
September shows a reduction of the National
debt during the past month of59 200, go 90,
or ut the rate of over 100000 900 per an
NUN Since the LIST Of March, 1869 bonds
have been purchased and Cancelled by the
Treasury Department to the amount OF S2l9,-
375, 200 The total reduction OF the public
debt, since Grants term begun, now reaches
upwards Of iioo hpqdref and my millions Of
dollars
The Internal Revenue taxes yielded $500
600 900 in 1866. In the year ended June
30, 1871, the Internal Revenue produced but
Sl43 ,O93, l53 90, of which SIS, 500, 600 came
from taxes now abolished. The last rcduc-
tion, made by the act Of July, 1870, has left
an Internal tax only on six classes Of objects,
rom which revenue was produced, in mil
lions Of dollars, during the year ended June
80, 1871, as follows Spirits and fermeuted
liquors, 50 ID tobacco, 80 ID banks and
bankers, 3 81 illuminating gas, , ID /;
stamps, 10 l-2 incomes, 10 -. Total,
Sl2S GOO 600
The programme for the purchase OF bonds
and sales of gold during September, by tho
Assistant Treasurer at New York, is rs fol
lows Etch Wednesday during the month
buy 81 600 600 of bonds, and each Thursday
during the month sell $4,000, 900 of gold
The American Reform party" which has
just been extemporized IN Boston. Is very
close-moutsei and secret in ITS do.ngs. NJ
body MT OF IL knows vino is oft. Its reso-
Iutions, which have been promulgated, don
amount TO much. The first adopts a name
but W hats IN a name The second accept,
of course) the amendmen q the Fed
eFal Constitution. The third kindly declare
the perpetuity of the American Jnjou- The
knob Of the thing is in Two resolutions favor
in, the Bible in the pub lie schools, and con
demniug the use of public money for the sup
p.rt OF sectarian churches There is To be
public meeting called soon.
some statistican at Washington undertook
,h. other day 10 give from the statistics %
tie census the homic.des IN tie United States
for the year ending with Nay, 1870. Il,
said the number of h5nic,des in Maine W.
r.. New Hampshire I Massachusetts, -
Rhode l-lani ; C1nucetica, s. waile -
we're ercI.teI - Vermont. OF course It oe-
CURED to many people that there was SOM
mistake about the matrer It TURNS gu
chat the hlunIer was substituting Vermont
nr Virginia II Ms the :. I4sl.e 1t Pre-.-
dents thar had - h1mic,I-s last wear ana
g,....f'.
TIE Boston Irae-rpt says . LEI TIC
Na--ach usetts Republicans be permitted th
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