The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-20
Personal GOSSIP.

--Ts:is said that the Car has change bis
mind about removing the Russian capital from
St. Petersburg to Kieff.
-Alphonse Karr maintains that Soatag,
Grisi and pMalibran in their best days were
superior to any singers Of the present day.
Prince Arthur was honored with grand
ball at Quebec, on Thursday evening, by
Lieutenant Beleau and lady, at which there
we're five hundred couples.
The editor OF the Irish American was ar
raigned before court in Dublin, Thursday,
charged with participating in recent fatal
affray at Tobbermore, and remained for trial.
Prince Napoleon is said to have sold his
estate on the banks of the lake of Geneva to
Queen Isabella, who appeacs to be investing
in real estate in every country Of Europe-ex-
ceptng Spain.
Shortly before his recent severe illness
Conncau, and his other physicians TO quit
smoking cigarettes. The Emperor is said to
have replied that smoking cigarettes was as
necessary to him as food and drink.
The Washington Chronicle says: "Promi-
nent colored men in South Carolina have COM
municated with Mr.. John q. Butler, asking ii
he will accepe the position OF assistant COM
missioner of education Of South Carolina. Mr..
Butler holds the matter under advisement.
-Udolpho Wolfe, of "Schiedam Schnapps'
fame, died Of congestion OF the lungs at Staten
Island on Tuesday last. Mr.. Wolfe was ma
tive of Virginia. He removed to New York
many years ago and engaged in the wholesale
liouor business, in which b. accumulated
large fortune.
All the posthumous works Of Heinrich
Heine, with tue exception OF his memoirs, have
come into the possession of his publishers and
will be given to the world before Christmas.
Some Of the works are said 10 be quite impor-
tant and equal to the best that has appeared
from the great poet.
-Choy-Chew has been interviewed since his
returned to California, and expresses his pleas
ure at what he saw 10 the East He still holds,
however, to the opinion that California is at
present the best field for the Chinese. He
thinks the farmers of the West are impoverish-
ing the soil, and, paying loo little attention to
its fertilization.
Dana ingeniously manages to lash Grant
ove- Louis Napoleon's shoulders thus "Exces-
sive smoking is evidently fa'a to the heart and
the sensibilities. Though Bonaparte luxuri-
ates in cigars free OF expense, 1t does not seem
that even the gratifying thought that the luxu-
nv is economical can avert the evil effects OF
the weed. Even when costless, much smoking
Injuries the cardiac, the pulmonary, and the
mental condition of men in high station"
Nov that the Emperor Napoleon is conva-
lescent, the truth in regard to his illness leaks
out. II seems that he has really been in dam
ger but during the crisis the greatest pains
were taken to conceal the facts OF the case. 1t
was stated that he was transacting business
with his ministers and taking his usual exer-
cise, when in fact he was confined to his bed
and allowed to see no one save his physicians.
When the Empress and her son left Paris for
their jaunt to Corsica, oil danger was consider
ed to be over; but kilograms passed almost
every hour OF the day between the palace Of
st. Cloud and the anxious Jewellers, whose
minds were doubtless filled with the most
narrowing emotions. The exact nature OF
the Emperor's malady is kept so carefully
concealed, that it Is really Difficult. to
give any precise information about it; but
one thing is certain, that he is suffering from
"a chronic affection that is steadily growing
worse with every new attack. The m l!ady
which is said TO be disease Of the bladder and
adjacent organs, is very simi lar to that which
so recently carried off the Minister of War,
Marshal Mel. The weakness Of his majesty,
and his state OF nervous rritability, doubtless
tends to aegravate his disease. On former
occasion, the Emperor, having called in we'll
known homo oathic practitioner, told him, II
cannot afford to b. i'll; it is necessary that 1
should be setup again at the risk OF & relapse.
His majesty wanted on that occasion to attend
a very important cabinet council. 1t will be
understood that this impatience and his pre-
occupations render the Emperor's condition
far more serious, and it is alleged that during
the late crisis his majesty several times coa-
templated the advisabihty OF an abdicatlon.
San Francisco has slipper manfactoury
which is worked by Chinese. The slippers are
of every imaginable cat and pattern, and the
grouping OF coors is something astounding.
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