Litchfield enquirer., 1876-08-10
NEWS oF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.

FOREIGN.
 Great Britain.-The stock of silver in London is small.
 The Education ball passed, 119 to 46 votes.
 The Irish Public-house bill has failed.
 Further outrages by South Sea Isrand- CTS are reported. Fs'.. " ....
 The debate on extradition in the House of Lords is closed. T.i 'i-
 Germany. Emperor William in- tends being present at the Wagner festi val. >
 TWrkey.-After five days fighting the Servian have taken Gufousovatz.
 Two thousand Servian volunteers. have invaded Bosnia.
 Mukhtar Pasha retreated to Trebigne after the heavy losses at Urbiza he is besieged there ;and it is reported that he will have to flee with his army from Ire bigne into Austria. .-a-,
 A new Ministry has been formed in Roumania
 The Turks have paid the Salonica in- demnity. .e@
 Spain.-Ex-Q Queen Isabella promises not to meddle in politics.
 DOMESTIC.
 The letters of acceptance of Gov. Til- den and Gov. Hendricks came out Satur-. day: they both urge reform in the pub lie service and expenditures. and demand as early return as possible to specie payments /; Gov. Tilden favors the one Presidential term idea, and Gov. Hend- ricks repeal of the resumption clause of 1875. a-s '. ", E The national debt has been reduced S1.- 138. .034 since the last report.
 The verdict of the Coroner's jury in the matter of the assassination of cOlored men at Hamburg, s. O., charges 87 white men with murder. -f--sarit f>a. F.. The Sioux under Sitting Bull are said to be eager for fight with Gen. Crook.
 Colarado is proclaimed a state. Ex-AttorneyG General Williams denies the charge that anonymous letters were written by his wife. ,#.
 Commodore Vanderbilt rallied from the severe relapse of Thursday and no ap- prehension of immediate death is felt un- less another relapse should occur. ..
 Shit is begun against the Kansas Pacif- ic for SlO, ,751,284 for using fraudulent vouchers. Ess-. .--
 Gen. Terry is moving south to join Crook. The report that some of Gen. Clusters men were captured and tortured is contradicted. t#- .f
 Interesting testimony regarding the whiskey prosecutions has been given by ex-solicitor Wilson and others.
 The Democrats have carried the Ala bama election by 20.Oc0 majority, which is gain over 1874.
 Gen. Crook has fallen back 75 miles: the Indians are harrassing his scouts he IS endeavor1ng to join Gen. Terry. x1.
 AIdorpooV, N,,llovk1~ 1et plicity in the whiskey frauds at Chicago, is pardoned. 'y''t s."a .. :.
 The clothing firm of Max Stadler & Go of N. Y. has failed, with liabilities of nearly half amillion dollars. .'. ....t
 The answer for Gov Tilden and other defendants in the Terre Haute, Alton and St Louis Railroad suit was filed, and de- nied all the charges of the complaint.
 CONGRESSIONAL
 Senate. Tuesday of last week. MT. Belknap was discharged for lack of iuris. diction; the vote for conviction was 35 to 20, not two-thirds for conviction. spe. clal message from the President on the riot at Hamburg, s. O., was received On Wednesday pension of g, ,0O6 was voted to B. W.Hansell, who aided to pro- tect Secretary Seward from the assassin. Senator Morton asked that 10000 cop ies of the Presidents message on the Hamburg massacre be printed. On Thursday they passed the River and Har- bor bill without acceding to conference amendments.-A resolution passed per- uniting the Pacific Mail Company to car " the mails in the new iron steamship. -On Friday Senator Davis made long speech on changes in the Treasury debt statements. Senator Ham lin offered an amendment to the Post Route bill to restore the fast mails.-On Saturday the Hamburg resolution was debated and also on Monday. -The re. ports of the Committee on the Mjssissip- pi election were presented. The Confer. ence Committee on the River and Harbor bill reported that they had reached an agreement. @ltss L ts8 E.
 ' House. On Tuesday, os last week, the Real Estate Pool Committee reported up. on mr. Robeson, and the report was re- ferred to the Judiciary Committee.-On Wednesday. Mir. Lamar made a spirited speech on the political situation which at- tracted great attention. .-On Thursday there was fierce debate, raised by Proc tor Knott, who made a savage assault on Mir. Blaine Severe replies were made and the report exculpating MT. Knott was 'recommitted. "A resolution was adopted t6 adjourn on Monday.-On Friday Gen. Garfield replied to Mir. Lamar's political speech. The Blaine resolution on a con. stitutioDal school amendment was adopt. ed. -On Saturday bill passed repealine the Resumption act of 1875 by vote of lO6 to S6; another bill was passed proyid- ing for q commission Co consider the aues- tioa ofa double standard of value and the pEacticability of resumption. On Monday tilare vas n sharp struggle oyer resolution allowing investigating com mittees to report at any time. The mat ter was finally compromised. . 8# E8Stft9ss & ask4s ft .E