Connecticut western news., 1882-01-18

| A~@SAOA OA tAO 44APCA1A IcSCI1pb uAk caused great uneasiness in foreign markets.
 I The Russian garrisons on the .Mery frontier are being reinforced and the outposts advanced.
 r The steamship Lion, of about 5O(
 tons capacity, left St. Johns, N. F., or Wednesday evening for Trinity Bay There were on board when leaving St Johns an aggregate of forty three souls
 Of this number twenty five formed tht ships company and the remaining eighteen were passengers bound fol different harbons in Trinity Bay. It i
 believed that she was lost with the whole party on board.
 General Garibaldi has been severely injured by the upsetting of his carriage
 The death in Rome of Richard Henry Dana, jr., of Boston, is an nounced.
 | England and France have issued 6 collective note to the effect that they are determined to maintain the authority oi the khedive against all attempts tc create disorder.
 The Worlds London correspond. ent believes, the assertion of the London detectives to the contrary notwithstand. ing, that an attempt was made to rob the vault at Chiselhurst. The Queen has ordered special precautions to be taken at Frogmore.
 UNITED STATES CONGRESS. l SENATE.
 On Mr.. Hoar's motion to have his | Woman's Suffrage bill referred to a se- lect committee the vote was 35 to 23, two Democrats and MT. Davis, of Hi nois, voting with the Republicans in the affirmative.
 | In the Senate the House resolution oi thanks to the Khedive of Egypt for the Cleopatra Needle was passed. MT. Sherman's Three Per Cent. bill was dis | cussed. ., - The bill introduced by Senator Windom for the construction of 8 Con- gressional library building and other purposes provides for the purchase of | all the squares of ground immediately adjoining the Capitol grounds on the north and on the south, and ap. propriates $2. 900, 900 for the building.
 MT. Bayard introduced the Merrill Tariff Commission bill. Mir. Beck de- livered long speech in opposition to 1t, and was replied to briefly by MT. Merrill.
 MT. Anthony, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported favorably the bill to promote the efficiency of the navy.
 MT. Voorhees, introduced a bill to re- peal the Atlantic and Pacific land grant, except so far as the road was completed on July 4, 1879.
 The bill introduced by Senator Ed munds to provide for the bliuging of suits by citizens of the United States against the Government in certain cases, authorizes citizens making claims against the United States to apply to the De- partment of Justice for leave to sue. If leave to sue be granted the petition CT is authorized to bring suit against the Government in the Circuit or Dis trict Court of the district in which he resides.
 MT. Ingalls, offered 8 resolution de- claring that the pension arrears act ought not to be repealed. He said that, having introduced the measure and hay ing been chairman of the committee on pensions when 1t passed, he proposed to give Senator Beck an opportunity to prove his allegations that the bill was a fraud. His own belief was that the bill was just iu principle, but had been misunderstood by the country.
 MT. Teller's resolution calling on the Interior Department for the facts about ex-Secretary Schurz's action in con- nection with the Northern Pacific land grants was passed. The debate on the Three Per Cent. Funding bill was con- tinued, MT. Plumb, Republican Sen ator, denouncing MT. Hayes's veto of the bill passed by the previous Con- gress.
 In the House 675 bills were intro duced. Some interesting developments are expected from MT. Neal's resolution calling for information about ex.Post- master General James's appointments and removals. MT. Whitthorne intro duced bill to provide for commercial treaty with Mexico.
 In the House the contested election case between Messrs. Cannon and Camp bell was referred to the Committee on Elections, though not before an inter- CSLAnS ucOdbo Ou LILO 1MOTuOQ question had sprang up. MT. Beck introduced a bill defining the law of insanity in crim- inal cases. ls..'s '..4t.
 MT. Orth, of Indiana, offered reso- lution, instructing the Committee on Civil Service Reform to inquire into the expediency of providing mode differ ent from the present for the appoint ment of the committees of the House, with leave to report at any time. Re feFrsd. sa ssA# 5 Mir. Robeson. introduced 8 joint reso- lution to declare certain land grants to railroads forfeited, so far as they have not been earned by the fulillment of the condition of the grants. Several hun dred millions of acres were included in these grants, s--s
 MT. Robeson presented report from the Committee on Rules increasing the membership of number of important committees. The Census bill, appro- priating $540, ,OOO, was passed.