Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-10-08
Foreign Gossip.

Switzerland has population of two mil
lion three hundred and Ten thousand four
hundred and ninety-four inhabitants, of
which three men and seven women are
over one hundred years Of age, while five
hundred and tbirty-seven are between
ninety and one hundred years old.
Prince Murat snd his family are travel
ing in Palestine, and wil-by orders Of
the Sultan-be received in Jerusalem with
special honors.
The Cardinal Archbishop of Cologne is
just dead His name was John Of Gals
sci.
The troubles in Tunis continue, and
secret agents are at work urging the sdop-
tion of the suzerainty Of the SULTAN,
Mr.. Spurgeon has retired from the
Evangelic Alliance, owing to the dissatis-
fection given to the Church of England
by his sermons On baptism.
The latest railway horror in England is
the case of an unknown young woman Of
twenty-five, who was terribly mutilated at
the Portland-road station of the Metropoli-
tan Railway. One of the railway inspec
tors stated that the woman was accompanir
ed on the platform by q man who pushed
her against the carriage door, and at the
moment she got drawn under a carriage
he ran away at full speed up the entrance
staircase and got of. The head and face
are uninjured but the right arm Is, torn
completely from its socket, and the left leg
is broken. The lower part of the body is
literally torn to pieces.
A fair lately took place atLondon in aid
Of the Gsribaldi Yacht Fund. ......
According to the French, the German
journals, especially those of the north, are
intoxicated by their ecsnt victories, and
imagine themselves the greatest nation in
the world, since their success in despoi ling
little Denmark Of the Duchies.
A Paris newspaper of thirty-two quarto
pages, including articles on the theatre,
fashions, music and all the features of
popu'a ar weekly, Is to be started for gratuit-
Gus distribution to all persons, its protector
adds, "who commission me to subscribe in
their name to daily paper, to one of the
principal French reviews or to q weekly
illustrated paper" While that subscrip-
tion lasts, the subscriber will receive the
Journal dss Abonsss, whose -proprietors
profit is to consist Of the trade allowance
made to him by the papers to which he is
commissioned TO subscribe
The English miners are on a strike, and
meet in little groups of seven thousand or
so to discuss their grievances. H.t
The reported discovery of extensive Ro-
man remains, found in the river Mersey
near Runcorn, proves to be hoax. The
alleged details were printed in full in the
English papers. .--.
1t is stated that upwards of three hun
dred brigaudS are now congregated on
Papal territory, and that their number is
constantly increased by the malefsctors
escaping from the Ponti1cal jails, or al
lowed 70 escape on the understanding that
they are to make their way without loss
Of time across the italian frontier.
b. A Paris correspondent of the London
Herald gives to his paper this profound
bit of information: -t,.
g Whilst on AmeFicsni isfairs may state
that the reported fall Of Atlanta is gene
rally disbeieved, and that the report Of
the total discontinue Of Grant Is very gen
orally prevalent"