The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-26
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

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Paul Feval proposed recently to Rosa Bon
heur. He was Immediately rejected.
The son Of Mrs. Hemans, who became 8
Catholic has rejoined the English Church.
General Francis +. Carey is the first public
speaker to take the stump for MIR. Pendleton
in Ohio.
Tho Springfield Republican thinks that
John T. Hoffman will be next President OF the
United States.
One man and one woman believe the Lady
Byron slander in the United States. q. G..
and II. B. s.
Mr.. Jefferson Davis health is much i'm
proved in consequence Of his recent tour
through Scotland.
Miles O'Reilly's poems have sold so well
that his widow gets comfortable little for
tune from the sales.
Francis Joseph. of Austria, will visit Flor
ence in October next. The Empress and Arch.
duchess Sophia will accompany him.
| The talk is revived OF bringing 10 France,
with great ponp, the remains of the Duke Of
Reichstadt, the son OF the first Napoleon. z.
The Prince Imperial is discovered to be a
fine dancer, daring horseman and to look
like his grand-uncle oy those who write about
him.
Mile. Dejazet is preparing to retire from
the stage, which she has graced for sixty
seven years. Her farewell appearance will be
in play by Sardou.
General Longstreet, the new surveyor OF
che port OF New Orleans. has appointed several
colored men to positions in his department.
The Republicans are delighted.
Bishops OF the Established Church in
England are, during the next two years, to be
allowed to retire upon $4,000 year, or one
third of their present revenues.
Poor men and women In Paris receive two
and three sous for attending some OF The fash
ionable churches, 80 that the preachers may
say that they always have crowded audiences.
AT Frankfort-on-the.Main journeyman
tailor lately married, vino had been betrothed
to his bride for thirty-six years. The BRIDE
groom was sixty-eight, and the bride sixty
four years old.
The King of Prussia had, the other day, q
bad fall from bis horse. he came near break
ing his wrist. The horse he fell from was the
one on which he pursued the Austrians after
the battle Of Sadowa.
Mrs. Josiah Mason, citizen Of Birming-
ham, England, has erected an orphanage at
Erdington for three hundred children, at
cost Of ESQ, 900, aud has endowed the charity
with landed estates valued at f200. 900.
John @. Breckenridge recently made his
first appearance at the bar since the war. The
theatre Of this interesting event was Lexing-
ton, Kentucky, and the case, as Louisville
papar assures us, was an ''obstruse" one.
The parents Of Heorew maiden OF the
Rhine having withheld their permission to her
merging young Christian, she drowned her
sell, and her lover blew bis brains out. This
tragedy occurred near Caub, picturesque
locality weI-known to tourists.
On the books Of the bank OF England there
are five thousand four hundred and twenty
nine Smiths, who receive dividends on various
sums in the public stocks. There are also
two thousand four hundred and seventy-eight
Brouns, and two thousand one hundred and
ninety bear tn name of Jones.
The royal family Of Prussia has subscribed
literally for the Humboldt monument. The
Queen gave three hundred dollars, and the
Crown Prince and Crown Princess five hundred
dollars. The Feudalists in Prussia have taken
umbrage at the course pursued by the royal
family in this respect.
Mr.. Tennyson and his party we're mex
pressibly annoyed while in Switzerland by the
hero worshippers, who stole every piece OF
property that they imagined might have be-
longed to the poet for relics. Even the most
worthless articles were appropriated by the
treasure,seeking thieves.
Mile Heissler, the morganatic wife OF King
Ferdinand, Of Portugal, is native Of Berlin;
she is the daughter Of an honest merchant
tailor, and vae member Of the Royal Corps
de ballet. about four years ago she left Ber-
lin, went to Paris. and nothing was heard Of
her until she was found again by the side OF
the king OF one OF the most ancient houses in
Europe.
"A son OF the late pugilistlc Tom Sayers
has made his debut in London as a comic
singer. He sings song recounting his faith
er's istic engagements, and points with mo-
tural pride to the drawers he has on, stating
that they were worn by his father when he
fought with Heenan in 1860. The sight of this
interesting relic has a magnetic influence on
the audience, who greet the drawers with loud
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