Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-06-29
THE RUTLAND HERALD
Review Of the Week.

The supplementary elections in France
absorb all attention, and heated contro.
versy islwaged between the Republican
and Monarchist journals. The former
ara united, but the latter, although most
numerous. are weakened by dissensions.
Dsnnncistion of Communists continues,
and frequent arrests are made. The mem.
bers of the Internationa Society are active
ID fomenting strife, and their proceedings
have caused uueasiness to the Belgian
Government, and the gsrrisons have been
reinforced. -Instrnction have been given
from Berlin to stop the return OF the Ger
man troops from France, and to discon-
tinue the surrender Of French prisoners.
President Theirs has made speech in the
Assembly, severely criticising the policy
of Napoleon, and the course OF Gambetta
in not making peace when the failure OF
the army Of the Loire was demonstrated.
He recommended the increase Of the sink.
ing fund by 100000 francs annually.
The French loan is popular in Berlin, and
1t is thought large portion OF it will be
taken by German capitalists. 1t is re-
ported that the Communists will not vote
at the approaching elections on the I'd OF
July, for fear OF detection. The Repub.
lioan Committee has prepared its list OF
candidates to be supported at the election,
which is loaded with the mama of NJ.
aambetta. The Emperor OF Germany
has issued decree, recognizing the Ger.
man troops in France, to be called the
!" the Army Of Occupation Of France
with Gen. Manteuffel as commander. The
The French Government has adopted the
CORDS system Of the Prussian army.-lt
has been officially announced in the
British house of Commons that immedi.
ate notice would be given to the British
claimants, under the treaty OF Washing
ton, to file their proofs before the Com
mission created by the treaty within six
months.-Earl Granville has made the
statement, in the House Of Lords, that
April 9th, 1865, the date OF Gen. Lees
surrender, had been accepted as the
close of the war, but he thought that
claims arising subsequent to that event
would be considered. - The census OF
England and Wales, which has just
been completed, shows population OF
22.7OO,OOO, and that Of Ireland $780,
OOO.-The British steamer Colingwood
from Liverpool to Bombay, is believed to
have foundered at sea with all on board,
thirty in number.-A thousand workmen
have been thrown out Of employment by
the burning of Manchester cotton mill
There has been quite severe snow storm
in Shields. The ship Primos.from Havana,
bound to Greenook, has been wrecked,
with the loss of all on board.-Nine
thousand Welsh miners are now on
strike, and there appears to be no prospect
of a settlement.-The inhabitants of the
town of Sheffield are alarmed by the fear
that a subterranean fire which prevails
under the city is in an old colliery, which
runs TO the center Of the town.
Gen. Sherman has arrived in Washing
ton, and reports that the danger OF An In
dian war in Texas is not so great as
would appear from the statements re-
Gently made. The Indiana there can
bring into the field no more than seven OF
J eight hundred warriors, and the cavalry
force at the command of Gen. Reynolds
is sufficient to restrain them. The Sioux
near forts Berthold and Buford are raid
ing upon herdsmen, and apprehension is
felt that the Northern Pacific Railroad
engineers may have difficulty in running
the line in the up.river country. The
Indian Chief Satanka, recently arrested
at Fort Sill, while on the way under
guard to Texas to be tried, made a des.
perate attempt to escape, but he was shot
in six places by the escort, and died in
less than twenty minutes.-Gen. Edward
+. Noyes, of Cincinnati, was nominated
by reclamation as the Republican candi
date for Governor of Ohio, at the State
Convention at Cincinnati on Wednesday
last. Senator Sherman delivered speech
in the evening, exposing in very able
manner, the trickery of the democrats in
the "new departure" movement.-At the
Democrat State Convention of Maine
on Tuesday, June 9th, held at Augusta,
Hon. @. @. Kimball of Portland was nom
mated for Governor.-The third annual
session of the National Musical Congress
was held in Boston last week. Governor
Claim was present and congratulated the
association on its prospects and aims. A
grand concert by thousand singers, il
the mommoth Boston style, was among
the pleasant features of the OCCASION
The corner stone of the new State Capito
at Albany, was laid on Saturday last with
imposing ceremonies. miners of the
Lehigh Colliery, near Shenandoah, Pa,
have suspended work because three of the
employees are not members Of the "Be.
nevolent Asscciation."-It has been found
necessary to call out the military to quel
the disturbance among the striking
miners in Amsdor county, California
Notice has been given that the miners
who desire to return to work will be pro-
tscted.-A young woman, aged about &c
years, was murdered early on Saturday
morning last, near Chases Station on the
Philadelphia and Baltimore Railroad, by
apsrty Of strolling men, who claim to
have mistaken her for man dressed in
woman's clothes.-The stone cutters Oh
the new Capitol building at Albany de.
mand $500 for days work Of eight
hours, which amount they have received
for ten hours work. The Commissioners
refuse to accede to the dsmsnd.-The
president of the Newark, Ohio, Rolling
Mill Company was arrested on Saturday
night by a body Of the employees demand.
ing arrears Of wages. They placed him
under guard in the Office until he prom.