Connecticut western news., 1882-08-16

ment has asserted it's right of emf. nent domain in the Indian territory ; the letter-carrier and railway mail ser vice have been placed on better basis; a law relating to the tonnage measure ment of American vessels, and placing them on the same footing with the ves- sells of other countries in foreign ports, and several other measures looking to the revival of Amnrican commerce have been adopted, and joint seiect committee has been appointed to inquire into and report upon the condition and wants of American shipbuilding and shipowning interest. An error in the Revised Stat utes relative to the knit goods industry has been corrected.
 Secretary Chandler has directed Lieutenant Harber to bring home from Siberia the bodies of Lieutenant De Long and his companions of the Jean- nette expedition.
 Both houses of Congress have ad- journed sine die.
 The Joint Congressional Committee to devise measures for enabling Ameri- can shipping to compete with foreign countries was named in both houses.
 The value of the exports of domes. tic merchandise from the United States during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1882, amounted to $733, ,073, ,937, as against $883, ,925, ,947 during the preced- ing year, falling off of $150, ,852, 01O. The value of the imports of merchan. disc amounted to $724, 623, ,317, as against $642. .664, ,628 during the preced- ing fiscal year, showing an increase of $81 ,95S, ,689, or 12.7 per cent. Dur ing the fiscal year ended June 30, 1882, the value of the ex- ports of gold and silver coin and bullion amounted to $49, 412, ,576, as ] against $19, ACC, SAY during the preced- ing year-an increase of $30, ,005, 729 i; and the imports thereof amounted to $42. AZ, 390, ss against $110, 575, 497 during the preceding year-a falling off of $65, 103, ,107.
 The Secretary of the Navy has in. vited plans for the construction of two steel clad vessels.
 The House, having concurred in the Senate amendments, passed the bill subjecting foreign steamers carrying passengers from United States ports to inspection.
 The Naval Appropriation bill, as agreed upon in conference, passed in the House.
 President Arthur signed the Legis- lative, Executive and Judicial Appropri- ation bill.
 During the present session of Con- gress 7,182 bills and joint resolutions have been introduced in the House of Representatives. Of this total sos have been reported favorably, 245 unfavor- ably, and 6,134 remain in the hands of the various committees. Three hun dred and three bills and joint resolutions have passed the House 287 h ve become laws and forty one await the Presidents approval. Twenty-two hundred and eighty-three bills and joint resolutions have been introduced in the Senate, 466 of which have been passed by that body. There are upon the Senate calendar about 190 Senate bills and joint resolutions, and 71 House bills and resolutions, all of which will have to take their chances at the next session. Aside from the regu- lar annual appropriation bills, about 170 bills and joint resolutions of pub- lic nature have passed both Houses this session and have become laws,
 The bill to protect manufacturers of knit goods was passed 6y the Senate.
 General Grant and William Henry Prescott were nominated to negotiate treaty with Mexico.
 Rear Admiral Nicholson has been instructed by the Navy Department to send vessels to Tunis and Tripoi to remove the consular records, and also to distribute the heet all along the North fNI %r,r nNt s-.A ests during the complications now inn pending.
 FOREIGN ITEMS.
 Henry George has been released from h,s English prison after ten hours detention.
 In Ireland there are TO suspects in prison; 231 outrages and 321 evictions occurred in July; 2S3 outrages and 515 evictions in June.
 The population of France is ST. 672, ,O48.
 Mir. Lowell has little hope of the success of the negotiations at Washing. ton for an international copyright.
 The British Government is about to institute an inquiry into the grievances of the Irish constabulary.
 The Ladies' Land League in Ire- land has been dissolved.
 The restoration of King Cetewayo to the Zulu throne is under contempla- tion. z-sr ...
 A large number of troops lover 5000 of all branches of the army left England Wednesday for Egypt.
 Greece is having number of war vessels built in En gland.
 The North German Lloyd steamer Mosel, bound from Southampton for New York, went ashore near the Lizard on Wednesday. She is 8 total loss with her cargo. No lives lost. Twenty five Apaches who were cap- tured by Mexican troops were publicly shot at Chihuahua on Monday. They died bravely.
 Two men were struck dead by touching an electric wire in the Tuileries gardens, Paris.
 Eight persons have been arrested in connection with the recent riots in Trieste. s@
 It is expected that the Amateur Rowing Association will refuse the chal. lenge of the Hillsdales.
 A destructive fire has occurred in Stavropol, Russia.
 The treaty of the United States with Corea is said to form the pretext for the revolt in that country.
 Relations between England and Turkey are not as amicable as they were few weeks ago and more compile ations are feared.
 The first detachment of Indian troops has sailed from Bombay for Egypt.
 Six killed and fifty-one wounded were the total losses of the British