Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-08-25
News Of the Day.

Miss ELIZA y. Bennett, young LADY OF elgn'
teen, and teacher of swimming, accomplished
the feat of swimming the Hudson river yester
day morning At precisely 1880 o'clock Miss
| Bennett, who was attired in close fitting
orange suit accompanied by Prot. Leach, leap.
ed from the top Of the bath at West Twentieth
street, n. Y, distance OF twenty feet, and
started bravely tor the jersey shore. The tide
was against her, but 10 spite OF all difficulties
she reached the opposite shore 10 thirty i've
minutes. Miss Bennett expressed desire to
swim back to the New York shore, but was pre-
vented from doing SO by her friends, who have
regard Tor her deolte health. "a her return
to the bath house she wa5 presented with
twenty dollars by her admirers.
The Army and Navy Journal says that The
victor of Plevna, Osman Pasha, it is confidently
asserted in England from private sources, is
none her than that celebrated fugitive from
French prisons, Marshal Francois Achille Ba.
zaine. The Journal also states that Mehemet
Ali is Of French decent, was born at Magde-
burg and originally named Julius Detroit; that
Blum Pasha was Prussian lieutenant OF engl.
neers thirty years ago; that Rcschid Pasha was
a Lieutenant Streekey, Of the Russian artillery,
and that Fa;z, Pasha, who beat the Rulsans
10 Armenia, Is Swiss
The Chicago lnterOoean has received re-
plies to circular ettar addressed to members
OF Congress asking them 10 Indicate their posi-
ton on the remonetizlng OF silver, and has ro-
ceived replies from one hundred aud ninety
seven. Of these 81 favor repeating the law OF
1873; ID favor il with conditions; IS oppose it,
and 81 arc undecided.
The hotel at Yellow Sulphur Springs, Va,
was burned last Thursday night. No livts lost,
nor aCy one Injured.
Tho winners at the Saratoga races to-day were
| Courier, Lady Salyors ard Bounbast.
Foreign News.
N. Rouher's organ, the Paris Ofdre, pub
lishcd yesterday au uumeasurcd eulogium Of
him. This sudden outbreak OF self:prase.
coupled with NJ. Rouhers departure from
Chiselhurst before the 18th inst, the anniver
sary of the late Emperor's fete, which has al.
ways hitherto been celebrated bya gathering Of
leading Bonapartists at Cbselhurst, helps to
strengthen the report that the Prince Imperial
has sided with NJ. De Cassaguac.
The Deputy Mayor Of Evreux has been dis
missed by decree Of President MacMahon.
On the occasion ofthe Presidents recent visit to
Evrcux the Deputy Mayor made a speech 10.
forming him that the population Of Evrcux and
Normandy generally were deeply attached to
the Republic and desired the present crisis to
terminate as soon as possible.
General Grants visit to Paris is still delayed
TO avoid the possibility OF attentions paid to
him rclncting indirectly on President MacNla-
| hon.
The French transport Correze, with one hun
drcd and thirty cases of chocra 90 board ls not
allowed to pass through the Suez CANA or COM
muuicate with the shore. She will perform
quarantine one hundred miles below SueZ.
The Germar Press exhibits bitter hostility
towards Turkey The Turkish Embassy hav-
! ing denied that the perpetrators of the Saloui-
ca massacre lad been released, tie ministerial
organ Nord Deutsoh observes that the statements
OF the Turkish Foreign Department are notori.
ousIy untrustwortby.
The Town Council of Glasgow on Thursday
unanimously resolved 10 present the freedom
Of the city 10 General Grant on the occasion of
his approaching visit.
LONDON, August pa Paris dispatch says {:
1T IS rumored that Father H9scnthe intends
standing as candidate for one ofthe arrondisse-
nlcnts OF Paris but his chaoces Of success are
considered TO be small. -.
PARIS, August 25.-Ex- President Theirs 10
receiving the republican deputatou, at St. Ger.
main, said that Republic was the only govern
ment possible in France. He pointed out at
the SAME time that it should be Conservative, in
order not to create alarm. NJ. Theirs said he
did not doubt the triumph of the Republican
cause and severely condemned its adyersarles.
Ex-Presidcpt Grant and party arrived 10
| T Il -
Bristol Hotel.
The London Times, 10 an editorial on the
British Columbian Indians, says: 'rhe local
government and white population Of British
Columbia ought TO intcrpose no further obsta
Giles in the way OF a settlement of existing
grievances. The Indian policy OF the Cana
dian government has been eminently pru.
dent, pacific and humane, and has been
emincnly justified by the results. Canada has
hitherto been justly proud of the peace main
tanned with aboriginal tribes, and her trlumphs
havo been won by equity and kindness. Any
delay in settling the difficulties ia British Co.
umbia would be supremely dangerous to the
the credit and tranquility of the dominion"
TIE u. S. SENATE-The Washington Star
says
The table Of the next Senate iools up-ro-
publicanp SO; democrats. 33. and independent
republican, l. On tho meeting Of the Senate
in October there will be three vacancies-one
| from South Carolina caused by the retirement
Of Senator Robertson, and two from Louisiana,
one being the vacancy caused by the retirement
OF Senator West, and the other being known as
the Pnchback vacancy, which has existed for
four or five years past. The applicants for the
South Carolina vacancy are David T. Corbin,
republican. and M. G. Butler, democrat. The
applicans for the Two Louisiana vacancies are
| William Pitt kellogg, republican, and j. B.
| Eustis aud James Lewis, democrats 10 view
of the overthrow Of the republican government,
in party sense, in those States, it is safe to
predict that all these vacancies will be filled by
democrats This would give the democrats Sc
members 10 the Senate. Should the seat of
| the republican Senator from Indiana become
vacant his place would be filled by democrat,
probably by Voorhees, or Hendricks, when the
Senate would stand. counting David Davis with
the neutrality-suspicious., 49,; democrats,
81. A few casualties occurring among the re.
nnhiican Senatnrs from Alabama Arkanaas.