Litchfield enquirer., 1871-01-26
News of tie Week
FOREIGN.

General Bourbaki has been beaten in the East, and Is on the retreat; Gen Fartl- herbe has been defeated with the reported
 loss of l5, ,OOO prisoners, in the North; Gsn Chazy coniiuuts his retreat; whili the
 most serious sorie from Paris yet made,
 has been repulsed. The news, therefore,
 from every side, is adverse to the French.
 The bombardment of Paris is proceed ing, Fort St Denis being nearly silenced
 A concentrated fro has been directed OH 1 Fort D D'lssy and the French are removing the heavy guns 1 New batteries were opened by the French south of Paris. but they Were immediately silenced by the Prussians Favre has been refused permission to pass through the German liurs to attend the London Conierence on tLe ground l that it would be an implied recognition yf the Republic
 l The Prussians have occupied Beaumont, AlencOn and Tours Bourbaki has been repulsed from near 1 Belfort, and the pursuing Prussians have occupied Dole Sud iuve sted Diion 1 Longwy has been invested; the lombard ment continues vigorously, the town be. ing in flames -r'gD J Peuce negotiaiions, it Is reported, We're in progress in Versailles, but have proved unsuccessful. sra----sr ...t. The Prussians have expelled the Poles from Alsace Bismark is recovering. ] King William was proclaimed Emperor of Germany, at Versailles, ou Thursday. l A French vessel, loaded with provision, has been captured by Prussiau frigate. 1 Gambetta still advocates resistance. G''em Britnin. .-Qneen Victoria will per. 1 ,r.f ment.
 The Conference on the Eastern Question is now in session.
 The number of deaths from small pox in England is said to average 150 weekly.
 Hay.-Much sympathy for France is ex- perienced in the Chamber of Deputies. Diplomatic intercourse has been sus- pended between Italy and Tunis.
 f ..l. DOMESTIC.
 The weather in the Eastern States Was intensely cold, Monday, the thermometer Indicating, iu some cases. 30 degrees below zero. ..... k Two steamboats have been burned near La Crosse, Wis. tt | A Workman fell down the central shaft of the Koosac Tunnel Monday. distance of 1,030 het. LEY
 Capt. Hahis in Washington, preparing his Arctic exepaition. aa i''. i More troops arN asked for in North Car Iolina. -.El.t N..1sAFgE. An insane woman ln>Steuben county, \. Y, shot her brother and NSnot man.
 An attempt has been ma0e to assassiuate the Superintendent of a Pennsylvania coal mine. s....... .. .\, .... Another terrible Ku-Klux outrage has occurred ill Georgia, eight negroes beiug whipped and muiilated, and one killed.
 A congratulatory letter has been seut tO Victor Emanuel from Boston, signed by Governor Claflin and other prominent cit izens of that State.
 Three persons have been killed and ons injured by Q boiler explosion in Illinois.
 Another Pacific railroad robbery has oc- cured. $10.000 being stolen.
 Cattle are dying in some portions of Cal sifornia for waut of grass.
 2. Seven illicit distilIeries have been bro Ken up ill Tennessee.
 A rei= cted suitor in Baltimore killed the object of bis affections, and then commit ted suicide
 The San Domingo Commission sailed on Tuesday of last week.
 o A severe snow-storm has occurred in Illinois; xAEEs ss q ..t.
 Two destructive fires have taken place in Chicago. = adr sr -.'. .- | Serious bounty swindles have been dis covered in Maine. b1id q. baroiofr
 Filkins, the Albany Express robber, has been identified by the wounded messen- ger. att@ sraf
 4 raid has been made on the Mobile jail, several burglars being released
 Several Gloucester (Afe) fishermen lost their lives in the gale of the 9th inst.
 An Earthquake shock has been experi- enced in New Hampshire. sred ,a1
 Another Japanese Embassyto this co,in- try has arrived at San Francisco
 Frank Blair, in the Missouri Legislature has reiterated the sentiments expressed in the famous Broadhead letter.
 Messfs. Wilson of Massachusetts, Nor Till of Maine, Frederick T Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, and Frank F. Blair of Mis-. souri, have been elected to the U. s. Sen- ate. sag --f3.ffte i .ssi5 nsij ' s aa 1f ql ff
 A Richmond (Va) merchant has been burned to deathg ba@s i,iR vasf's N
 A man accused of stealing has been lib- eratsd in San Francisco under the recent decision of the California Supreme Court, that ChinaIaer cannot testify against a white men.
 The released Fsnian prisoners have aps