Litchfield enquirer., 1871-01-05
DOMESTIC.

Fears are entertained for the safety of the U. s. Steamer Saranac, which left Hon. olulu four months ago for San Francisco and has not since been hearl from.
 The bridge across the Aleghany at Franklin, Penn, has been destroyed by fire :; twenty persons were pefcipitated in- to the rlver, one being buried in the rniEs and ten seriously injured.
 Gen. Schenck proposes to resign his seat in Congress, Jan. 10, and will sail for Eng land, Jao. IS. 41-i1rG
 Thirteen vessels of the Gloucester (Me.l fishing fleet were lost during the past year. ai .l
 Several persons have been murdered in California by a band of Mexican outlaws. The Tammany leaders have subscribed $22, 500 for the benefit of the Fenians late ly imprisoned in England.
 mass meeting of sympathizers with the French Republic has been held at Cooper Institute, N. Y.
 The New York Crispins are establishing cooperative shops. .e ..- .
 Over 70 buildings have been burned at Miffiin, Penn., l6 buildings at Galveston, Texas, and five steamers at New Orleans.
 An ice boat was blown up near Annapo lis, Md, two men being killed and several injured @se2 satr t5
 Navigation on the Potomac and James Rivers has been suspended by ice.
 A blast of 6O.OO0 pounds has been fired in California gold mine.
 Orders have been issued from the War Department for the forcible removal of 5000 settlers on the Miami ReservatiOnaiu Kansas ssele as Ri& ,9AEss 5sa -"f r. 9tCL
 The steamship De Soto has been burned below New Orleans, in the Mississippi.
 A., ra,.p.larod his mother.
 Aboiler explosion in Williamsburg. kil- led two men.
 A boy of years shot his sister, age 10, ill Washington. last week.
 Senator Abbott of North Carolina will contest the election of ex-Gov. Tance
 Broon's Theater, in Memphis, has been. burned. ftsas.sssts
 A serious accident has occurreN on the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad near Meadville, Ohio, ono man being killed and IT injured. 5-.5... .....>..
 Georgia Republicans have carried three Congressman, and will contest the election in another district. The Democratic ma jority in the State is from 30,O00 to 4O,000.
 Mir. Motley has written a letter vindica- ting his official conduct to the s ute De- partment
 The Rev. ALDefC Barnes AubADF or va rious commentaries on Scripture, died at Philadelphia, last week. bas xsatt.
 MT. John M. Morris, one of the editors of the History of Connecticut during tue War, has bought Forney's Washington Chronicle.
 Mrs. Belknap, wife of the Secretary of the War Department, died at Washington. last week. H4YaEKEnB H
 Several Philadelphia repeaters have been convicted and punished by fine and i'm prison ment. -s.-s.-----s
 A fire at Poughkeepsie, last week, caus- ed losses to the amount of $70,000.
 New Years Day was celebrated in New York, with a marked decrease in the use of wine and liquors.
 There were forty one homicides in New York City in 1870. s44 ls. IR The negroes in tbe Southern cities oels brated the lEmancipaSon Proclamation. A New York negro mNSdered his wife, | Monday.
 | , A man was accidentally shSt dead in 1 New York, while preparing to mSSe New. Years calls ~ZsH sE. gp wy Al 1 It turns out that Republicans oarRed Arkansas in November, by a majority oS> 1000 to 10,0OO, and elected two thirds of the Legislature.
 One Democratic official shot another ih, New York, Sunday. FAA sSS 70 !" '''