Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-01-09

20 ~ ahAANFA hhfAA @Nfh'"'' w
unity nj s,utim,ut on thr temperance
e,usc. when they were int Tuptet by
G,n. Wa,hbmuc, who ssid that 20, ~
evidence OF this, the asromhlagc 1rhcld II
him thr miracle ot radical congressman
mdorsing everything Col, fhrcnrr SAID
This sally hraugh, down tile housr, and
the mcrrincut WAS Increased bay Cob flor
euer crossing the platform and taking
ten, Wa,hluruc by the hand aud remark
ing that IT was Gully another evidence o.
the good ot the temperance cause IN wh'ci
an could agree, Ford is one nj quite ,
number ul politicians. who have hsen in
.duccd to sign and keep the plcdgc,
Capt q, V, Fox, late Assistant S"r
Tctary ri the Navy, MAS examined, Thurs
day, before the Ordnance Committee in
relation 10 his knowlrdrr Of the contract
for fuse stock, awarded to George III, Fox
X Ca, Of Boston 10y the Ordnance Bureau
of the Navy II appears that thi, contract
ran through couple Of years of the war
and was made by the Ordnance Bureau
ia the rogulrcoursc of business, according
to law, with the firm, whose special man
ufarturo had been these articles, Tn,
total amount paid TO this firm was Sl5i,.
900, Of which they paid for labor, mater
ial, and expenses, sl3j,00O The whol,
cost Of machinery purchased from the
same firm during the war was $4,000
Capt. Fox did not soliui; this contract
nor was he aware that il was made, MOI
lid he hold any conversation with thai
firm or with the Ordnance Bureau on til,
subject The committee informed Cap,
Fox that the newspaper reports, published
several weeks since, rejecting upon him
in connection with the matter had no
foundation in any evidence before them,
EURorE.- Baron Marochctti, the ,culp,
tor is dead
The Austrian government has forbid.
len the recruiting within the Empire ct
fcinforccmcuts for the Papal army.
DR. Livingstone, the African traveller
is alive and well. Positive adviccs just
received in London, leave no doubt a, to
his safeti
On New Years day, in accorianc.
with the time-honorcd custom, the Am
hasSadors Of the foreign Powers in Paris
were received by the Emperor Napoleon
After the usual interchange OF courtesies.
.hc Archbishop of Paris, who was present
Turing the interview, prayed that God
would preserve the life of the Emperor on
4 guaranty of peace, He said the pro
yress Of religious and moral ideas in
France was the only safe basis Of the
throne. To this the Emperor responded
md said The wish deeply touches me,
Believe me, the interests Of religion, of
COUNTRY and of civilization are insepara-
able"
Dispatches have been received in Lon
lon giving the particulars of another Fe-
niAu outrage on the night Of Jan /, in
the County of Cork, and near the city OF
hat name Under cover of darkness
large party of the Brotherhood attacked
the house of Mr., Charles Mathew, q broth
er Of the late Father Mathew. Happily
the family of Mr. Mathew was appraised
II the villainous scheme in ample time to
successfully repel the attack. Quite Il
large force was quickly collected and con
ecalcd on the premises, When the marau-
Hers came up they We're met with a gall
ing fire, and they incontincntly fled Ssy-
oral were wounded, but they were carried
off by their comrades. The motive for
she assault is not known.