Litchfield enquirer., 1876-04-13
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN

strike at Liverpool is ended. The increased income tax was approved by the British House of Commons, The transatlantic steamship comp panies hay edecided to reduce the number of voy. ages.
 France.-Twelve hundred tons oi goods were shipped in France for the Cen tennial Exhibition.
 M. Rouhers election. at Ajaccio is to be declared void.
 Iurkey.-The revolt was ia active progress on the North Bosnian frontier.
 The insurgents in Herzegovina laid down their terms for peace.
 South Anaerica.-Yellow fever is in- creasing at Rio Janeiro.
 Hostilities are expected between the ar mics of Guatemala and Salvador. k The revolt is checked in several Mexi- can States. F
 There has been fighting at New-Lereda, Mexico, near the American frontier;
 Capt. Kahn of the Franconia, which sunk the Strathelyde, was found guilty oi manslaughter.
 The steamer Agrigenti was sunk by a collision off Cape Malea ]; 29 lives were lost.
 Secretary Fish peremptoriiy refuses to give the pledge that Winslow shall not be tried for any other offence than the one for which he IS claimed for trial deman- ded by England
 Thirty distilleries have been sent to Charleston, $. C., for trial.
 The Greenback Mass Convention at Co., lumbus, Ohio, was attended only by about 9 persons. .5
 Two men wers killed and three fatally wounded by the fall of trestle-work near Paterson, N. J. Monday.
 Andreas Fuchs was found guilty o1 murder in the first degree.
 The Court of Appeals has decided ad. versely to John Dolan who is now to be hung. April IA
 Four large powder magazines at Salt Lake City blew up, last week, sending 8 shower of rocks into the city, killing foul people and doing great damage to prop erty.
 The Beecher demurrer in the Moulton suit was sustained by Judge Dykman.
 The New York Association of Congre- gational Churches favoring the Advisory Commission, Drs.j Srorrs, Buddington, Taylor and others have withdrawn from it.
 CONGRESSlOSAL.
 Mir. Schenck has been defending hlm- self before the Congressional committee He claims that the Emma mine is a good mine. Both Houses accepted an invita- tion last week to attend the Lincoln Monument celebration on April IA.
 iSendte.-On Tuesday of last week, Mir. Belknap was impeached by the Managert of the House. Boutwell,, Game ron (Wis). Oglesby, Bayard, and and Nc Donald were appointed as the committee to investigate the Mississippi election frauds,
 On Wednesday Chief-Justice Waite swore in the Senators present as Court of Impeachment and Mir Belknap wal summoned to appear on the 16th,-Mr Hamlin made long speech on the posta bill for which there has been so loud { call. He opposed the carrying of mer chandise by mail.expect short distances and sand the transmission of newspapers cost the government more than sever times what they received for the service On Thursday the question of postage was again discussed, opinions generally favoring cheap postage and transmisslor of merchandise by mail.-Ajourned till Monday.
 On Monday the Silver resumption bill was passed, with amendments.
 House.-On Tuesday of last week bills were offered to restore the Japanese In demnity and to prevent further Mexican 1 raids.-A resolution passed inquiring into the absence of certain army officers now in Europe.-A bill was reported authoriz ing the President to issue orders to pur sue raiders across the Rio Grande into Mexican territory On Wednesday Mir Cox spoke against the bill restoring control of Indian affairs to the army.-A bill restricting in- terest to six per cent was reported against and rejected. On Thursday the Senate bill reducing the Presidents salary to s25, ,O0O was pass ed.
 On Friday the bill allowing the appoint ment of a trustee of the Southern Centra railroad was defated-A League Island Navy Yard inquiry was voted. On Monday the River and Harbor bil passed under a suspension of the rnles I'll to 15O. the appropriation being largel, increased by amendments offered by, in terested members.