Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-12-02

with a slight balance in favor OF reduc-
ton. The following is an abstract: Six
per cent bonds, SLIGO, 274.700; five per
cent bonds$$552, 525, 200; total coin bonds;
S1,19.799, 900: lawful money debt. Sl4,-
67S, 900: matured debt, SlS,4l6, $50; le-
gal tenders, S3S2, 075,267; certificates of
deposit, ST., 1000; fractional currency,
S47 $50, sos; coin certificates. 500. O45, 400: ;
total without interest, S499, 626,365; total
debt, s., 252 80 800: total interest, SIS,
2jl, Ill. Cash in treasury-coin, 1888, O43.
7G2; currency, SIG, 500, 81; special depos-
it held for redemption of certificates Of
deposits Si7. 120 O0O total in the treasury
SIG, S63 ,073: debt less cash in the traasu-
nv S2,13S. 93S, 33l; decrease during the
month of November S123,42 decrease
since June 30th 1874, St,149,9 O7. r. r.
bond, outstanding, s64 ,623, 512; interest &C
cured and not yet paid Sl,6l5,5S7; inter-
est paid by the United States S24, 325,396 :;
interest repaid by transportation of mails,
etc, Sl,j10, Oh; balance of interest paid
by the United States, SlS,Slj, 352
SUNDAY LAws.-The Sacred Con-
certs that are coming to he the order Of
the time in New York city are stirring
up good deal of opposition. They
amount simply to the production of reg
ular theatricals and concerts on the
Sabbath. SO earnest is the opposition
that influential citizens Of New York
have petitioned the police board of the
city to enforce the law against theat rcal
and other entertainments of the stage on
Sundays, apparently quite regardless of
the fact that the police board is under
injunction from the supreme court not
to enforce the law, at least against Stra-
kosch The list of signers to this paper is
heavy with responsibility, wealth and
talent, including Thurlow Weed. DR..
Holland, DR.. Willard Porter, Vanderbilt.
Jr, EvartS, c. w. Field, J. j. Astor,
and also Lester Wallack and Dion Bou-
cicault.
This shows that many of the supporters
of the REGULAR drama are strongly OPP
posed to the misuse of Sunday which has
become 50 common The YriJlulc which
is, to say the least, very liberal in it,
theological views, earnestly supports The
movement to stop the degradation of the
Sabbath, as it calls it,
KING kALAKArA.-The king of the Sand
witch Islands arrived at San Francisco
Saturday. in the United States gun-boat
Benici;,, AMI was received at the wharf bv
a military escort ordered by Gov Booth
and commanded by Col. w H. l.. Barnes.
Sunday morning >alutc> We're fired from
the forts and from the government steam
crs Benicia, Saranac and Portsmouth, \
large number Of people Were present to
witness the landing of the rov.u visitor
The king i accompanied by two of his
governors and Minister Henry A. Pierce.
The royal party have apartments ut til,
Grand hotel, and will remain in san Fran
cisco a few days. when they proceed +,
Washington, after which they intend to
visit the principal eastern cities. The
king in an interview sail he had come
merely on u visit to the President. and
should take no part in the negotiations fol
4 reciprocity treaty. Tho city authorities
of san Francisco took no part in thc rc-
ception of the royal party
William f lIavemeycr. Mayor Of New
York City, died Of apoplexy Just after noon
Monday. He visited Flushing. Lon-
Island, that morning. and on rcturnin.
the train broke down and he wa, obligc,
to walk two miles against Il strong wind
He came into his Office at the city hal
about noon. and fell into 4 tit of apoplrN,
and diet i'll three minutes. : b. II
Vance. president of the board Of Aldermen
will act rs MAYOR until January.
3 Mr.. Wichham who was elected in No
vember to succeed Mayor Havcmcvcr i
said to be able and honest. two thing
pretty hard to Get together in New Yorl
City. Mr.. Wickham used to go t,
school in Manchester. VT The deccaSc,
mayor was scventy-tive years Old an'
rather crochcty.
TAXATION IN NEW IoEK.-A. r. Sew
arts taxes are estimated at 500. 600 pc
annum- Aston tax for this year is $40.
coo. which is an assessment Of $1,000. oct
-One-tourth of tic estimated value O
his entire property. The estate of Pete
! Lorillard includes thirty stores on Broad
way, worth from SlJ0.U 900 to $500. OO
each. The Fifth Avenue Hotel /, take,
$50, 300; the Grand Central 81 900. Thu
new DreNcl building, corner of Wall an,
Broad streets, pays So. 900 taxes. and i
considered for It's size the most valuable
property in the United States The Ian,
on which it stands was bought two wear
ago at the rae of Sl4, 900, 900 per acre.
TwEED.--Judge Barrett Of New York
granted Il writ of habean corpu, on whicl
the officer holding William NJ Tweed il
durance vile was to bring the portly bod
Of that convict before the judge this Wed
nesday morning. Twccd's counsel pro
pose to argue the question of the juriSdic
ton of the court that tried the boss
Tweed gets along much more comfortabl,
in prison than the average criminal; il
fact has things IN pretty good shape, bu
the being in prison isn't pleasant and tn
disgrace cannot be sugar-coated.
There is Il custom by which the Govern
ernor Of Massachusetts pardons annually
on Thanksgiving Day, four convicts il
the State Prison. Last Thursday whe
the first choice fell to u white haired pris
oner. who had been twelve years behin
the bars, u shout of approval went u
from his eight hundred fellow -unfortu