Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-08-10
Review OF the Week.

crops are large. Wheat turns out well
and even hay, which was expected to b.
failure, has yielded largely. The gene
raj Canadian report ia that all the harves
will be above the average.-Phebe Cary
died on Monday last, July 81, at Newport
after an illness of some weeks. She sur
vived her sister Alice only about si1
months.-Great alarm exists in Englane
concerning the Asiatic cholera, which il
expected to reach that country by water
and it couldn't very well get there
without crossing the water, though il
should, as usually it does, travel through
the air. 1t is probable it would not be
long in getting to the United States
should it become establish ed in Britain
This, it must be understood, ia the AsiatiC
cholera, which is a very different thing
from conn mon cholera. The latter is chol
era Americanized, and though sufficiently
nasty to meet even the worst requirements
in disease, is seldom fatal, because very
very vernable-whereas the Asiatic
cholera is another sort of fellow altogether,
and doubles you up, and twists you out
OF lie like New York steamboat on a
pleasure excursion, taking you into the
other world-whither, whether you are
wanted there or not, you do not want to
go-before you know you are out of this.
Whittier Asiatic cholera goes Death is
well served. But by proper preparations
its force can be much absted, and such
preparations should be made here. We
have trade with Russia, and Asiatic chol-
era may become one of our importatiops
from the wide dominions of his CZarish
Majesty. Who knows but that it may
be brought over by Grand Duke Alexis,
in that squadron which he is about to
bring to America ?-Mexicans are discus
sing the question of annexation and alb
sorption of their country by the United
States Americans say nothing about it,
because they think little about it. At no
time for about forty years have Mexican
matters been OF so small interest in this
country as they are at present.-The
tragedy that took place in New York will
give precedence to that city in the his
tory of the year. horrors. To blow up q
steamboat with 800 persons on board, and
to kill and wound more than two thirds
of those persons, astonishes no one when
''the eff air" occurs at the West, but here
in the East we are apt to think the bust
ness a bad one, and to be shocked wehn
it comes home to us, or very nea1 to our
home. The Westfeld appears to have
been in bad order, and her work was by
no means we'll done. Such sacri-
Ace of life, and such an infiction of suf-
fering in .. variety of suffering's
worst forms, require that there should
be something intensely rigid in the in
quest as to the cause thereof. So far as
we have seen the accident &? could not
have happened rad the Westfelds boiler
been in proper order, or had the work on
board of her been properly done.-Con-
nectiout has a small hay crop. What
State has large one ?-There were sever
Il earthquake shocks in California.-Ter-
,jfc thunder storms are very common
his season.-John Slidell, the partner of
Mason, has shufasd off the coil, and has
gone where people never secede.-More
than $8,700,000 of the public debt was
paid in July, and more than S37, 100000
has been paid. since the first OF March,
above s7,450000 month. Good work
that.-A provisional government ia sug
gested for New York city, because the
present government is so good at making
provisions for it's members at the expense
If the peopIe.-TAe Prince of Wales is
IN visit to Ireland, "doing" that coun-
ry as the English say. The Irish say
hat that is just what all Englsnd has
lone for them through no end of centuries,
out there is no such thing as satisfying
he Irish. Hit EN- where the English may
md yet, no matter how hard the hitting,
hey will still complain loudly. A most
people to have to do With,
DIR. Dollinger has been elect |
d Rector of the University of Munich, |
y a majority of 48,--the vote standing
a to6. This is regarded as a slap Ia the |
hops for the Pope from Catholic body. |
AT the late elections in Alsace and Lor-
inc, many voters would not go to the
,nl1 I'D ho >
lidaies were beaten where elections were
leld. The French carried Metz,-and tits
pity they didn't keep that place when
hey had it.--There is movement in be-
alf of bringing about another union OF
Belgium and Holland, with republican
oliey for the new nation. We will not
o so far as TO say that those engaged in
uoh movement aim at the impossible,
ut we do say that they aim at some thing
7hich it will be found exceedingly diff
ult to accomplish. The same things
hat broke up in 1o30-31 the Union form
d in 1S14.15 exist now, and will be found
perative against a re-union,-diverse in
erests, and differences OF religion Bel
ium is strongly Catholic, and Holland
, stronly Protestant, and there is no rea
On for supposiug that Belgian Catholic.
Inn or Dutch Professionalism is more liver
to day than it was forty years since,
then they neither could nor would
stick" together, and the European Pent-
rchy had to divorce them, putting ssun-
er what the victorys of 1S1415
ad Joined together. But this is
OF all, supposiag that consider
lions of trade should give NO trouble, I
i'd religion very little, what would be '
one with the two dynasties that now
lie, or at least reign, the one in Belgium /;
I'd the other in Holland? 1t is possible {