The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-02
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

"A southern paper calls Mrs. Stowe hter-
ary body-snstcher.
! -Csriotta Patti is expected to arrive at New
York September IL
"A Mormon Bishop thinks nothing OF losing
fifty or sixty children.
Prince Napoleon is called q "fat and gay
old carieature of Napoleon L )"
The Queen of Portugal is dying OF broken
heart at her husbands inadelity.
MIR. Robert Buchanan, the author Of "Lon-
don Lyrics" will publish long poem this
fall.
Tile year 1859 was remarkable for the
birth of four OF the most illustrious men Of mo-
dern times-Napoleon, Wellington, Cuver and
/ Humboldt.
| Anna Dickinson viseitd the Yosemite Va-
ley, few days ago. in full Bloomer suit, WITH
both sides of mans saddle occupied In the
true masculine manner.
Secretary Stanton is described as "a
| s,rono man bowed Iowa shadow OF his ior-
mer sell, thin and pale, slow walker, feebiy
spcakrng, and cordial to all.
| The autobiography OF Mr. Thurlow Weed
is said to bo progressing as rapidly as its
| suthors health will allow, but its publication
| is not expected for some time.
The daughter of an oil millionaire took
sixteen trunks to Saratoga. She dresses six
times o day, and sings two pieces which she
paid music teacher $4,000 to teach her.
Wales is enjoying domestic felicity at Wild
bad, dining at five o'clock and sitting with bis
wife on the Platz to hear tho band play in tho
evening, while the children dig IN the sand
with his cane and Ale1andra's parasol
-Mr. Disraeli is very quietly spending tho
vacation and accepts the situation, though
prepared to resume the Premiership on the
failure OF the attempt TO d,sendow the Eoglish
Church, sequent, he thinks, upon the destruc-
ton OF the Irsh Establishment.
-Madamo Ristori's success in Brazil has
been equal to that of Gottschalk The EN-
peror and Empress attend oil her represents
tions, and when delegation from other thea
tres camo to read verses in honor of her, the
Emperor and the public remained standing and
uncovered.
-Apropos of Mrs. Stoves Byron story:
"Mr. Thackeray," said an American lady. sis
1t true, this dreadful story which we hear
about you and Miss Bronte2" MADAME" re-
Piled the bury novelist 'It is, grieve to say.
too true. Six children were the fruit Of that
unhallowed intimacy, and 1 killed them all
with my own hano."
-Faure, the singer, recently lost his mother.
During the inte.,udos OF tho operas he always
wrote her note inf,rming Ter how the pub
lie received him, aud what he though, OF his
own performance. He appeared in Gull
laume Ten' the other cvenng-the first occa-
sion sinc3 his mothers death. AS usual be
Withdrew to his private room during the entire
ao!e, and when The manager cllled on him to
come on the stage, Faure was sobbing. like q
child before his writing materials.
On Saturday morning Oolonels Ryan and
Currier, the alleged Cuban leaders, entered
into negotiations with the United States au-
thorities at New York city, and at noon both
surrendered themselves on certain conditions.
They were taken before Commissioner Shields
and gave bail, Ryan in 1880, to appear for
trial on the third Monday Of next October,
and $2500 to refrain from violating the ncu-
trality laws for the period of one year; and
Ourrier in 5000 to appear for trial, and $500
10 keep the peace. The officers looked to
be in good condition, and we're in excellent
spirits.
e-Fraulein Time, whose death was chron,-
cled on Saturday, has been engaged for several
years in explorations of Africa. undertaken at
her own expense. She started from Tripoli on
the 18th OF January OF the present year, and
arrived at Moorsook. in Fezzan, after jour
ney Of about two months duration. She trav-
elled leisurely, her caravan consisting Of moro
than fifty persons and seventy camels. All her
followers, with one exception, werc either
Arabs or negroes, and she herself dressed like
an Arab lady. She was locked upon by the
Arabs with the greatest respect, and they
called her "Bent-er Rey," that is Queens
Daughter" Her long sojourn aul trav-
els ia the Orient produced q total ab-
horrence Of European habits. and she
became embittered against everything Eu.
ropean. Before starting upon her last
tourney she determined to go even furth-
er in getting rid of everything not African
about her, and so lett her owc aud her SER
wants watches IN Tripoli, in order to have
nothing, as she expressed it, ITO remind her
of The hated civilization" But she soon found
the need of something by which to know how
time fies, and was compelled to write to the
Dutch Consul at TIpol, requesting him to
send her time-keeper, not European, but
an Arabian saud.clock or hour-glass. She was
jealous collector of plants, and had num-
ber Of camels loaded solely with blosting pa
per and immense collections OF plants. On
her last journey Miss Time intended to pro-
ceed from Moorsook souihward to Borrou, and
$500 Uo.Iok-, .ol E.,.k