Litchfield enquirer., 1868-02-06
News of the Week.

FoREIGS.-Mr. Gibson M P. and Rev. Newman Hall have made speeches in favor of an immediate settlement of the Alabama claims. 4 terrific gale on Saturday caused much destruction of life and property thoughout England. Another Fenian Head Centre has been arrested Geo. Francis Train is featuring with great sue. cess in Cork. Mr. Sullivan, of the Dublin Nation, has been held for trial on the charge of printing seditious libels.
 II. Thiers and the Liberals are making strenuous opposition to the Press law. Ali the Paris journals regret the tendency oi the debate in the Corps Legislatif in rt. gard to the Press bill, believing that the withdrawal of the project of the law will lead to the extinction of whatever liberty the French Press may still possess.
 Gen. Carl Schurtz has been treated with high consideration by Bismarck and others in Prussia. The object of Prussia in sus- taining the temporal power of the Pope is understood to have been to conciliate Cath ollie Germany. The bill granting large in demnities 10 the dispossessed sovereigns, has been passed by the Diet with some op- position. Herr Twesten, the member of the North German Parliament sentenced to imprisonment for language used in de- bate, has been liberated. The decided at- titude taken by Parliament, no doubt led to this result.
 The General Roman Catholic Council is expected to meet in November next. There is much fear of a coup detat, said to be con- templated at Florence. The relations of France and Italy are not so cordial at pres ent as they have been.
 The Spanish Government is organizing 0 legion intended for the defence of the Tenn poral Power.
 Late advices from Athens announce the occurrence of battle between the Turks and Cretans. and the victory of the latter.
 The Danish King and Parliament have ratified the transfer treaty between Den mark and the United States
 New ports have been thrown open to foreigners in Japan.
 On Tuesday night one of the city gates O. Cork was destroyed [some Fenian Sam son suspected and the telegraph wires cut.
 Minister Rouher urges the adoption of the Press law in the Corps Legislatif.
 Garabaldi has written letter to Admiral Farragut considering the presence of an American fleet encouraging to the cause of Italy.
 DOMESTIC tremendous fire occurred HI OHIcsASo OH NeuHeSuay OI ItSG Week. Loss s, 600, ,000.
 Hon. William D. Bishop, lately nomina- ted Commissioner of Patents, will certain ly be rejected, 1t is said.
 The Suffrage clause adopted by the Lou isiana Convention, disfranchises certain grades of criminals, persons who have been members of the State Legislature, or held important state or national offices, and participated in the rebellion, and commis- stoned officers of the United States army or navy who joined the rebellion. The oath to be taken by officers is as follows:- s'I do solemnly swear that I accept the civil and political equality of all men, and agree not to attempt to deprive any person, on account of race, color or previous con- dition, of any political or civil privilege or immunity enjoyed by any other class of men,.
 In the Virginia Convention, three mem- bers of the Committee on franchise signed the majority report disfranchising those persons who are disfranchised by the re- construction acts. A substitute is report cd by a Republican member of the com mittee, and minority report is made by the conservative members.
 The South Carolina Convention seems to be the most conservative of any.
 The Alabama election on Tuesday passed of quietly. Ire Conservatives did not vote.
 The tone of the correspondence between Gen Grant and the President regarding the Stanton affair is extremely severe. The probabilities of the case as well as the char acter of Gen. Grant leave no reasonable doubt of his version being a correct one.