The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-12-29
Cincinnati Correspondence.
CINCINNATI, DEC. 22, Is


The cold winter has fairly come
over us 1t is not, however, as in New
England, accompanied with visions of
snow-covered fields, sleigh rides, frozen
noses, SC. far from it. With us, win
ter is associated with streets filed with
mud, air filled with fog and SCOT, sudden
changes in the weather, colds, and all
the disagrccable things which in most
other places are distributed throughout
the whole year. 1t is the time when the
all-absorbing topic of conversation is the
sta tie of the pork market. Our city is
properly termed Hamburgh, and this is
the SEASON. which gives it this title.
Pork. this winter. has excited great
deal of interest, from the unprecedented
he 'ght to which its price has risen Seven
dJlIars per hundred for live hogs makes
many curious people cape and wonder
what is com ng next. Spectators whisk
around and swear at the dull prospect
they haye Of their usual game. The rail
roads connecting the west with the east
ern states have opened such an oatlct
Tor the produce Vi 'nesc r,Gh Vail'cs
mat 'rauers no io"Sc. are aD,c " in'He
these enormous Pron's wn'cn : nave AVE-, m"uf
should not be surprised to find many of
our careless traders, at the present high
prices. failing ere the spring has opened
upon them business o' al k'huS now
appears 70 DC III u nou ar,. s'a'c
ohris'maS - just upon us MS 10 gre",
feature III 'neSc reg!ons' anu Is ~clcon nc,
WIN lar ino,c Jo,i'ii' a. ''a" any nDi'
iuay IN stcauy New hnglanu' al 'nc
,n'crnieuia'c ''nie oct"ecn 'na' anu -,c"
ear > uay Is ue'o,cu " l'crr ''laN'ns
Al 'nc PUBIC anu private scnoo's arc
c.oSeu anu Il eehci"i reiaAat , iron, ou,
s Ti taxes pi"ec Eve. wnerc, . Ialn.
N, ",i Vi cNcry ucsciiP'io,'; WIN Pu'
pS'i'cs :., 'ops.ei e'0s' anu snou'u,'9 iJ"u
60 WIN motley 'oyS' are sc'h PoAep
out r a! every coi"er'
MS seasol i 70 o' ''.''aS 10 loso 'o"Io
Mna' ., lbs uu'ness' III 'nc Draws epu
hremehs mops whlch take place daiy'
almost. Our city was last night dlsSrp-
ccd with u tiremen's riot, in which pis-
tolls were freely used aud the lives Of
hundreds of our citizens endangered.
One company felt itself aggrieved in 4
scuffic into which it had fallen with an
other company last Saturday. 1t ac-
cordingly prepared itself with clubs,
brickbats, knives and pistols, and made
false alarm to call out the other COM
pany in another part of the city. The
two parties met, and the riot commenced.
Pistol after pistol was discharged stones
were hurled to and fro and shouts and
curses filled the air. The people in the
vicinity closed their houses, and others
fled from the scene of danger. The as
saultcd party drove the assailants before
them. and Selling their fire carriages,
stove them in pieces and hurled them
into the canal. Only three watchmen
could pluck up courage to minglc in the
melee and arrest the rioters. Several
of the bellegircnts were wounded
A most aggravated case of speculation
among some of our merchants, came to
light yesterday Last wintar the steam,
er Martina ashington was burned ull
her way from this city to New Orleans
ana tnirty iives destroyed: 1t was al
ieSed py the ohited states Deputy Mar
shai, mat ms terrible disaster was