Litchfield enquirer., 1877-11-15
NEWS or THE WEEK.

The report of the surrender of Ezerum was premature. Mukhtar Pasha claims that he defeated the Russians before that city and that he still holds it.
 The Russians are constructing entrench- ments at Dove Boyun, near Ezerum. The Turks made sortie from Kars and were repulsed: nevertheless the Kars gar ison declares it will hold out to. the last.
 The Russians still continue to close in around Plevna. They have captured Vrat. ga, town halfway between Plevna and Sophia. ,-.-. .....
 A Turkish attack on Gen. Skobeleff's 8 positions near Plevna has been repulsed.
 Mehemet Ali is taking steps to protect the Western Balkan passes.
 The Montenegrins are about to lombard Podgoritza.
 The Russians have occupied Rahova on the Danube.
 England. The Premier spoke in friend ly terms of both Russia and Turkey, in his speech Friday night
 France.-All McMahon's attempts to form new Ministry have failed. He in- sists on having Conservative cabinet.
 Forty Conservative Senators have re- solved not to support the Ministry.
 If the Senate refuses dissolution, Mo Mahon will probably resign.
 The Republicans have had net gain of III seats in the French Councils General.
 The Chamber of'Deputies organized by choice of M. Grevy, president. and has taken steps to have the misconduct at the recent elections investigated.
 Itoly.-The Pope is dying.
 DOMESTIC.
 Wdndell Phillips lectured at Philadel- phia, last week on Charles Sumner, reply ing to ex-Secretary Fish's charges of neg lect of duty. ---
 Henry s. Sanford has been nominated as Minister to Belgium; there is a lively opposition to him outside of the Senate, and an equally earnest defence of him by his friends.
 A new fishing bank has been discovered by Professor Baird.
 A bonded warehouse at San Francisco was destroyed by fire, with it's contents, last week
 Disoourag1ng reports are received of the condition and prospects of the Republic of Liberia.
 A band of Ponca Indians are in Wash ingtop. to claim damages from the Gov ernment.
 A scheme has been prepared for the re- organization of the New Jersey Central
 Mrs. Robert Stuart, the wife of the step son of General Elijah Ward. committed suicide at the Berkeley apartment house. Monday. About seven months since, she had married a drHnkard.
 Gen. La Grange, Superintendent of the San Francisco mint, has resigned
 Congressman Robert Smalls, of South Carolina has been convicted of bribery while State Senator
 In the Vandrrbilt will contest scandal. ous charges have been made about the Comodore's private life.
 The Setting Bull Commission have left Bismark for the East.
 Robert l.. Case, former president of the Security Life Insurance Company, is on trial for perjury, at New York.
 The Governor of Tennessee has called a special session of the Legislature for De. cember 25th to consider the State finances.
 Legal measures have been taken to put an end to the Vermont railroad war.
 Mexico claims that the La Abra mining claim and another one are fraudulent.
 A decree has been granted, foreclosing Ere.
 Six suicides in different parts of the country are reported in Tuesdays papers.
 CONGRESSIONAL.
 Colonel Goodloe. of Kentucky, has been agreed upon as Minister to the Neither lands.
 The President will not sign the Bland Silver Bill.
 One provision. of the Paris Exposition Bill before Congress is to provide an American kitchen to cook corn. Nh.nh noA proposes to grant an exclusive right to land cables on the Atlantic coast if the company will reduce tolls two-thirds and telegraph for the Government free. | The case of the Pacific Railroads was tee, at Washington, Saturday. SenGte.-Senator Wadleigh will proba- bly fill the vacant chairmanship of the Committee on Privileges and Elections. The Republican Senators held caucus Saturday night in which much complaint was. made of the Presidents for taking doubtful Republicans into his cabinet; for appointing Democrats to office Tn the South and for removing officers without cause. Messrs. Hoar, Dawes, Mathews, and six or seven others seemed favorably disposed towards Mir. Hayes.
 The Democrats of the Senate will sup- port the Presidents nominations. On Tuesday of last week communica- tion was received from the Postmaster General, asking an appropriation of $681, 6S0.37. to supply deiciencies.-A number of resolutions. memorials and bills were introduced. On Thursday bill was introduced repeating the charter of the Nation al Capital Life Insurance Company; also, 8 preamble and resolution of inquiry in relation to the default in the Pacific Rail- roads to fulfill their engagements to the Government.- resolutions of inquiry in regard to the Texas border troubles. and the progress of the Union Pacrfic Railroad, were called up and agreed to. On Friday, in the Senate. bills were in- troduced to authorize the payment of Cus tom House dnes in greenbacks, to extend the time of the construction of the North ern Pacific Railroad. -Mr. Kirkwood was made member of the Foreign Relations Committees; Mir. Ingalls,, of the Commit tee on Privileges and Elections. aud Mir. Saunders. of the Railroad Committee. MT. Bainbridge was made chairman of