Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-04-30
Foreign News.

Foreign News.
4 Rome dispatch reports thas joma 81 the
Catholic governments have sought Information
relative to the basis Oh which it Is desired &C.
gotiatioui should be opened in favor OF the Holy
Sec, supposiug such etcpisto found practicable
From Cardinal Smcouis reply it appears that
the Vatican desires that the Pope shall he in
surcd complete personal aod spiritual Freedom
without being called upon 10 say whether he
will at any time reassart or renOuIco bis Claim
to temporal power, The Pope, amongst other
precautions relative to the election OF slccts
sor. has instructed Cardinals Simconi, badoH-
ni and Nina TO act as kind OF committee Of
observation, in order 10 guard against anything
which might initiate against the liberty OF the
next cOaciaYc or constitute as obstacle as 10 the
place Of its assemDIagc.
The commander Of the United States skip
Essex, writing from off Vera cruz to the Navy
Department, says that peace and confidence
have beeu fully restored throughout the RcpuD-
lie OF Mexico, with the uod!-puted eectioa OF
Diaz lie speaks OF the couytcs!e5 extended
to the officers Of the Essex by the Officials Of
Vera Cruz, aud says that the Interests Of our
people on the coast aTe 10 IL way manaced.
An extensive CONFEDERATION occurred Saturday
ia the phauar quarter Of CGDs;aGiin0p!e. SIX
hundred houses were destroyed. The fire orr
ginatcd accidentally about o'c!3c: Saturday
afternoon, and ragged until . in the evening.
The NoakO!ic district was cntircy destroyed.
4 mosque built all Of stone vas ruined by the
flames Two womeu we're killed.
'SOUTIIERN MEN FOR SOUTHERN OFFICES.
Now that the federal interference in the South
has ceased the President bcgla5 to ,hinE oy a
reform in the Southern federal Offices. Wash.
ngtou reports say that he Is bu3ying himself
first with the Louisiana Offices. Collector Casey
and Marshal Pltkin arc to have successors, aud
they arc to be Southern men. mea Of lollucDce
aud character. The President doubtless re-
members the advice given him last fail by the
venerable ex.PreSidcnt WooIscy. Of Ial", TO
put Southern mcn iuto Southern Offices We
trust he will warn the new mcn TO keep their
hands away from the politics ni the State. let
the federal officers attend to their duties. 1t Is
an ndcconcy, as we'll as Il gross improperly,
Tor federal Ollie huidcrS TO presume to NEEDLE
10 politics as party leaders; and the country has
suffered too much already from such i0tcrtcr-
cncc. 1t has not forgotten United States Mar
shall Packard, Chairman OF tho Republican State
Committee of Louisiana, and. more scauda-
lous yet, Secretary ChaDdIer. chairman Of the
Naioual Republican Committee. Whenever
the President arpAntsa federal officer he ought
to give him one piece OF warnlng-"A As soon as
| catch you mcddling 10 politics IF goes your
bead" II he kept his word this would 20 4
long way toward reforming tho civil service
" T. Herald.
A CoLoRED ACTRESS AT TIE BoWERY.-
Miss Abby Hampton, who is advertised as the
wonderful coIored artistic" made her appear.
ance at the Bowcry Theatre, New York, on
Monday evening, as Topsey. in UucIc Toms
Cabin" She is said to have been born Il
slave in South Carolina, and the impression is
given cut that she used to belong on the plan
tation Of Gov Wade Hampton. The New
York World says her bearing on the stage was
quite Datural, and as "Topseg" she was
about all that "Topsey" could be. She did
not frign to catch flies on the wall, as some
lopseys do, but she enacted many an!ics with
commeodablc skill.