Litchfield enquirer., 1871-05-04
News of the Week.
FOREIGN.

France.-There was heavy fighting about Paris, last week. The Versailles troops claim to have driven the Communists out of Fort 'Issy, but later dispatches do not confirm the report They also claim large achievements, and the cutting off supplies to Paris from the North. On the other hand the Germans talk of Interference on the ground that there is no prospect of an i'm. mediate settlement of the difficulty by de- cisive military results. The firing throughout Sunday night and Monday morning was fearful. There has been nothing like it since the civil war began .....
 The Prussians will not eYacuate their present positions until the insurrection is quelled. 1,s~ '" -- Gen. Cluseret has been removed as Com munist Minister of War, and M. Rossel has been appointed. ! -- The Archbishop of Paris has been re. leased
 The city is now completely encircled with barricades.
 The provincial elections in all parts of France have resulted in the choice of con- seryative republicans in most instances.
 The Government troops are building pontoon bridges across the Seine.
 The Commune is enforcing the levy en masse in Paris.
 The insurgent gunboats are retarding Government operations.
 Great Britain.- The Government has withdrawn the Match-tax project from the Budget.
 The House of Commons has decided that the people own the public grounds, and not the Grown.
 D,,lo :z :.o the House of Commons.
 The hdbeas corpus has been suspended in 8 portion of Ireland.
 Canada-A proposition for a union of the lower provinces is to be brought before
 ChinQ-The Government has forbidden any further Missionary work in that coun- try. F at "~I
 Austria.-The lower branch of the Par iament has ratified the naturalization trea. ty with the United States.
 Aaly.-A bill for the separation of Church and State will shortly be introduced in the Parliament.
 There is queer contested election from Dacota territory. There were three can- didates and the vote is so close between
 
 Judge Chase is very bitter about the re- versal of the Legal Tender case and es- pecially about the disclosure of the decis. sion before the time appointed for it's pro- mitigation. ~ EAfs 4sA 'S'-
 Washington gossip asserts that the pres ident does not approve of Secretary Bout wells policy regarding the purchase of bonds, or of continuing the income tax. ,Oyrille Dion has won the billiard cham. pionship. ;. ! A lady, was killed by lightning at New Orleans, last week.
 Coal mines and oil wells have been dis covered at Aspinwall.
 The dedication of Gen. Lawrence. the pension agent, is $47, 900. His bondsmen are good for the amount. ! The British High Commissioners have the of the home government for their action on the Alabama claims. They have spent over $1OO, 900 on cable despatches.
 The eldest son of the Czar of Russia is to visit the United States, this summef. ! I
 Cabral protests against the statement that | he is favorable to the annexation of San Domingo. aaa1 sf 2. F siIa ss'4 The St. Louis schools, conducted on an 1 entirely secular plan without any kind of religious observances, are succeeding ad. Catholics and few ProEestants | object, but they are generally popular. The State of Missouri has constitution | al provision forbidding the application of | public money to support sectarian schools. | The Tribune thinks Mr. Fish will retire from the State Department and be sue. , ,eeded by Mir. Evarts. G@
 There are but ten contested elections be- fore the House of representatives, this fs l. Ee fs st A
 One man was killed and four others were injured, in New York, Monday evening, by | two explosions of steam apparatus. "A young English drug clerk, three months iii this country, committed suicide | In New York by drinking prussia acid.
 Dr. Cobb of the Wilton (Me.) Academy