Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-12-07
THE RUTLAND HERALD
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 2. 1871.
Review of the Week.

recognized as belligerents.-The Grand
Duke Alexis has been feted and lionizsd
by N4w York in royal style. Banqu cts
and balls have been given in his honor,
and upper tendon has been in it's glory
over the presence of real live prince.
The Duke left for Philadelphia on Sstnr.
day. He will visit Boston to-day
1t has been decided by New York
court that a mock marriage is not a nook
cry, bat the real thing, provided the par
ties publicly acknowledge each other a.
man and wife. This is an emf, eutly just
decision, and should rule everywhere, for
the protection of women and their rights
ANY man who would deceive a woman
by means of the false use Of the forms of
marriage IL a scoundrel of the deepest dye.
As ia wall known, blood is shed in Cuba
in the most cruel manner. A number of
medical students. at Havana, probably
when drunk, demolished the grave OF
Gonz 40 Castsra, a Spaaish journalist,
who dad in 1870. aad for this eight OF
them we're shot Such savage action will
do the Sp ,ni-h cause much harm, and
help to clear the way for American &C.
oui-ition of the i-land.-Cold weather
came upon Us last week Monday, and we
had a coutiu nation Of the same for some
days. On Wednesday forenoon there was
an effort made to get up 3 snow storm.
and for a short time The appearance put in
waa promising.-hut 1t didn't last, and
the chance of s'eiQhin9 for Thanksgiving
faded fast Nevertheless, the weather
continued wintry, and the sunshine that
took the place of moonshine. was as bleak
as II it had belonged to the last DAYS
Of the &" dim December. " The
night was brilliant from moonshine
and "a cold as ice. Thsnka2iv-
ing come in ne cold as If it had been held
in January, yet bright as the presence of
the aun and the sbsence of the clouds
could make 1t +; bat the wind wes high
and fierce, and the bitter blasts cut
through one like the duuning of q credit.
or or the stroke OF a tesk.master's whip
in slave field. We cannot call to mind
q clearer or a colder Thanksgiving Day,
Tor Though stormy ThanksRivinRs are not |
uncommon, it ia not usual to have the |
weather savaQely cold and brightly bitter
on the festival of St. Billious.-Mr. Con-
molly was arrested on Saturday last, and
required to End bail in the sum of ST.. |
100000, but such bonds are not easily got. !
not growing on every bssh, so that Mr.. |
Connolly decidedly found himself Cup
tree" and was imprisoned in the New
York Hotel. but has since been removed
to the Ludlow street jail. The charge
against Mr.. Connolly is the same as that
against Tweed, and which gives Mr.
Tweed as much concern of mind as
ne wonld have concern of cor
science fer having killed mus
Illinois is making desperat~
ex,erminate the Canada tb' enO'. ~
raids and forays of 49,
much. 1t is ihouD' VIM" oAo
81. .h;a,1o IT Ut she'll not succeed.
bow. ,a ag one of the most persis
pr;,o;. .coessful of the many that the
L
ho. ,,le of Evil takes in marring the la
a of man. The thistle is sll very fine
as the emblem of Scotland, but when the
Canada thistle comes into land the poe
try of the thing goes out. Old Frederick
of Prussia used to ssy that after n great
deal of thinking on the subject. he never
had been able to come to anything like q
rational conclusion why 20 much sand had
been made.-and it is much the same with
us all when we reflect on the fertility and
powers of evil of Canada thistles, Ameri-
can rattlesnakes, tropical serpeuts, and
sharks of the sea--and land, and many
other vile Thugs. They are great and IN
fashionable Nurseries, and having been so
from immemorial time, we presume they
will be 30 as long time shall endure
The Prince of Wales continues very i'll
from typhoid fever.-General SickIes. our
Minister TO Spsiu, was married last week,
and ia now on hia way home, having been
granted leave Of absence by our govern
ment in order TO have a consultation on
-Disturtances continue in Brussels. and
the Belgian governne sent hes piled with
the demands of the mob. is to have q
new Captain Gpneral-snd more troops
are TO be sent TO tire island. The civil war
ests up soldiers ftet,-Sir Charles Dixie is
delivering lis rel ublichn lecture in vari.
ous ppr,s ot Englsnd.-The Prussiar Diet
met a week go Monday, at Berlin. The
Kings speech WAS coptined to local mat
t4rs His Msj"sty was received with en-.
thusiasm-C Count Gargepti, son.in-lsw OF
txQueen I-shella, lately killed himsel'
at Iucrrpe He wss one of the Bourbon
Plncts- being Of the siPilan branch Of
The family, ~ bis title indicates, that be.
ing taken from what was called ARii
gentum in the great days OF classic
Greece. He had a good deal of domestic
trouble, poor fellow, and 80 he concluded
TO drop out of life. His wife was not to
blame, but himself-Oount Won Beust's
retirement from the Austrian Chancellor.
ship il said to be approved neither at St
~ Ouo ebabO'
ment, when we consider how little love
there is Lost between the two capitals Of
the two empires of Russia and Germany
One of the causes of opposition to the
great statesman was his having brough
about the alliance with Germany, meas
ure we never supposed could be popular
in Austria, where the very name of Ger
man is sbhorred by most of the people o.
the various races that own, but do moi
always obey, the imperium of Francis
Joseph.
A SCHOOL OF JogRNALIsM.-A most
admirable course of study has been re-
Gently established at Yale, and is known
aa the DEPARTMENT of Political Science. oil