Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-09-07
vHE RUTLAND HERALD.
Review Of the Week.


The members of the Government have
agreed upon bill for the prolongation OF
M. Theirs powers, which differs but
slightly from that reported from the as
sembly committee. The Conservative
journals of Paris are satisfied with the as
sembly's disposition OF the prolongation
question, and declare that the recon-
structed opposition to the Radicals in
that body will support M. Theirs policy
and government. The Radical journals,
on the other hand, denounce the action
OF the Government on the subject of the
constituent powers of the Assembly. The
powers of Europe have sent congratula-
tory messages to President Theirs on the
passage of the act by the National Assem-
bly prolonging bis term Of Office. Presi-
dent Theirs has sent message to the as
sembly thanking that body for the conf
aence reposed in him, and repeating his
protests of devotion to the country, and
expressing the hope that he may succeed
In the rehabilitation of France. The de-
cree prolonging the powers of M. Theirs
also provides for vice-President of the
Council of Ministers, to occupy the chair
ia the absence of III. Theirs. In conse-
auence Of the change in the constitution,
the members of the Cabinet resigned, but
resumed their offices at M. Theirs re-
quest.--The anniversary of the downfall
of the Second Empire and the proclams-
ton of the Republic was.obscrved on Sun
day the Sd inst, and passed without
dangerous demonstrations, military pre-
caution for the preservation Of public or
der having been teken.-The disarming
of the National Guard will begin in the
cities of the South of France on the 10th
inst. Troops have been concentrated at
various points in that section to be in
readiness should outbreaks occur during
the work Of disarmament.-M.G ambetta
has withdrawn his proposition to dis
solve tho assembly, aud it is reported
that there will be no vacation of
that body until after the evacuation
by the Germans of the department sur
rounding Paris.-Anotber half millisrd
francs of the indemnity have been paid to
Germany-The Communists on trial at
the court martial in Versailles have been
sentenced. Fevre and Lullier are to suf-
fer death and imprisonment at hard
labor, deportation and confinement in a
fortress, Punishment, six months impris
onment, and fine of six hundred francs
are yariously imposed upon twelve 9TH
eIs. The female prisoners accused of fir
ing buildings with petroleum will be
tried before separate tribunsl.-Ah &C.
cident occurred on a railway in Northern
France, on Monday the 4th inst, by
which ten persons were instantly killed
and large number wounded.-The EN-
peror of Austria has left Vienna for the
forthcoming Imperial conference at Salz-
burg-The anniversary of the victory of
Sedan was very generally celebrated
throughout Germany on Saturday.-The
cholera has appeared in Hamburg, Ger
many, and sixteen deaths occurred last
ing Hamburg. The disease is still rag
ing in Konigsberg. One day last week
there were one hundred new cases and
Twenty-Five deaths, and the day follow
ing eighty new caees and fifty deaths.
The village of Chimochon, East Prussia,
with a population eff 479 has been invad-
ed by the pestilence, and forty-six deaths
have occurred in seventy nine cases.-The
British coast has recently been the scene
Of several marine disasters. The bark
Ermandine and the brig Peacock were
capsized in gale ard all on board both
vessels persisted. A fishing schooner
foundered on the Sd inst, in the Pentlend
Firth, and five persons were drowned
Fuur thousand more emigrants sailed
from Liverpool for this country during the
month of August than during the same
month of any previous year,-A riot occur
red in Dublin on Saturday night, Mt the
amnesty meeting, when six policemen
were badly and eighteen slightly wound
ed and twenty-six rioters were arrested
r.,
Saturday, expres'ed biz joy that Enalish-
men can now look upon Americans AS
friends, and may indulge in the hope
that all controversies between the two
governments are settled.-A general
strike among the Northumberland coal
miners is apprehended. The engineers at
Newcastle-upou-Type, at mass meeting
OF 5000, on Saturday, determined to in
sist that days work shall consist of
nine hours or fifty four hours week.
A boiler exploded on board bark at Car
diff, on Saturday, and the captain and
engineer were killed.
The approach of the fall elections is
causing increased activity in political
circles. Ben Butler is continuing his
eleotioneering tour through Massachusetts
being greeted with immense audiences.
In a speech at Leominster, Mass, on Fri.
day evening, he in,imated that be should
fight the campaign through whether he |
received the regular Republican nomina-
tion or not. The opposition be has Gu
countered appears to have excited his
pluck, and he will at least make the can
vass lively one for bis opponents. -Sena-
tor Conklin has written letter to Hou
John A. Griswold replete with sound ad
vice to the Republican party of the EN-
pire State. He deplores any division or
hesitation in the Republican ranks, and
appeals for harmony and united effort
He heartily endorses the administration
of President Grant, and considers bis re-
nomination foregone conclu.ion.-A cir
culsr has been published by the State
Department requesting all claimants who
have not already filed their claims for
losses sustained by the depredetions of
the Alabama to file them at once in the
State Department.
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