Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-11-16
Review OF the.week.

expected at any moment--The general re-
suit of the election is overwhelmingly In
favor of Republicans. New York State has
struck Tammsny a death-blow by choosing
two-third majority in the Legislature
d stroit was redeemed" on Tuesday last,
the Republicans succeeding in the muni
cipal election there, for the first time in
dozen years.-Annexatiou was beaten in
Chsrlestown, Mass, on Tuesday,-but 1t
is believed it was unfairly beaten In
California trees are breaking down under
the weight of the fruit they bear. IT'S
the owners of trees that break down here.
Common colds" are most uncommonly
common. They're the rage.-Mesdames
Woodruff and Clsfflin were not allowed to
vote in Nav York, on Tuesday,-but ladies
we're allowed to vote at Nyack.-Mexican
news is, that "anaroby prevails in many
States" This may be news, but there is
nothing new in it.-Among all the disas-
ters-this producing year, not one is more
extraordinary than the destruction of 80
many of the vessels comprising the Arctic
Whaling Fleet, whereby New Bedford
has experienced so very severe loss. Or
twenty-five vessels belonging to the feet
from New Bedford, nineteen were des-
troyed. Edgartown lost four vessels, New
London two, and San Francisco two, max
ing a total of twenty-seven. Several yes
sells belonging to the Sandwich Islands
were lost. More than 10000 barrels of
whale oil were destroyed, and almost 1000
barrels of sprm oil, and 100000 pounds of
bone. Ice did the deed, and very clean
work it made of it. 1t was mostly done in
the first ten days of September. Some OF
the vessels were crushed, and others were
abandoned because it was certain they
could not be saved. There were some mar
row escapes from death. About l 200 men
belonged to the lost oraft.-Hog cholera is
making pork scarce in Iows.-Hayti has
large coffee crop.-Silver mines of the rich
est sort have been discovered in Arizona,
near Prescott.-Small-pox is raging in
Jamaica-also in Trinidad.-A national
labor party is to be organized, and candi-
dates for President and Vice President of
the United States will be nominated at q
convention to be held on the 9th of next
month at the city eff Washington. Re-
cent elections do not encourage such a
proceeding,-Grsoe Greenwood classes
Brigham Young among " the masters and
leaders of meD, though he has proved
himself to be rather the master and lead
or of women. She thinks he is less fan
attic than a fatalist.-There was a heavy
of Nov. 4th. A severe winter is antici-
pated, and such anticipations mostly are
not deceptive. Later accounts show that
later severe snow storms have occurred
regions, and it will be deeper there
Victor Hugo has made an effort to get a
pardon for Henri Roohefort-but M
Theirs, though he received M. Hugo
kindly, would not carry bis kindness so
far IS to release the Red man. So M.
Rochefort must march out of France
but as he need go no further than the
Channel Islands, where they speak very
good French, his punishment isn't 80 very
severe that he need wilt nnder it. M.
Theirs is ready enough to pardon him
only that he knows that Rochefort never
would pardon him for having sent him
to trial, but would do his utmost to tear
down the present French government.
The exile is an exile, not because of what
he has done, but because of what he
would do were he to be forgiven.-Rather
an amusing story is told of a French flag
being still flying from the top of spire in
Metz, which the Germans cannot get
down, though they have tried hard to
take it, and they have taking ways with
them. They can console themselves with
the reflection that wind and weather
cannot fail to turn the flag black-which
is their color.-Cholera is active in Con-
stantinople, and the consequence is a
panic This disease seems to have ceased
operations in Germany, even Konigsberg
being almost entirely free from it. AS
for its presence In the East, it Is native
there, and to the manner born of killing
Mussulmans,-dispo of many of them.
The British Parliament has been pro-
rogued, again, to the 9th of December
and should it meet on that day the Christ
mes holidays would be finely interfered
with, much to the disgust of some folks
These holidays include the last week in
December and the first week in January,
and they ought net to be interfered with,
and it is probable that there will be
another Propagation, when the close of
the year shall be close at hsnd.-Details
OF the "interview" which an English re-
porter had with Louis Napoleon show
that the ex-Emperor said as little as he
possibly could say on such an occasion
and that he was by no means so decided
In his language concerning the Theirs
government as was stated. Another
reported interview" makes the En-
peror talk more freely, bis words indi-
eating that he hopes for q restoration
The new French army consists of nine
corps, with 10S regiments of 5000 men
each-sll infantry, and making total of
$4,000 men of that army. The artillery
and cavalry may carry it up to 100000
men,-and $4,000 men are to be provided
besides for Algerian business.-ReportI
says that Bismark has offered to return
Metz to France, if she will cede to Ger
many, either Pondicherry or Cochin
China, but that Metz must at first be dis
mantled. The French could not do bet
ter than to accept the offisr, if it has been
made.-Count Won Beust has resigned
the CHARACTERISTIC of the Austrian EN-.
pire, and the Emperor has accepted his
resignation,-in other words, the Count
has been forced to leave the place he filled |