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

1t is said that tho Gear has chang ed his
mind about removing tho Russian capital from
st. Petersburg to Kieff.
-Alphonse Karr maintains that Sontag,
Grisi and Malibran in their best days were
superior to any singers of Tho present day. :.
Prince Arthur was honored with grand
ball at Quebec, on Thursday tyening, by
Lieutenant Belleau and lady, at -shich there
wore five hundred couples.
The editor of the Irish Amer can 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 hsye sold his
estate on the banks OF the lake ,ar Geneva to
Queen Isabella, who appears to Be investing
in real estate In every country Of Europe-e1-
'cepting Spain.
+ Shortly before his recent severe illness
the Emperor Napoleon was urged by Nolaton,
OonuUau, and his other physictlcs 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 coored men In South Carolina have COM
municated with Mr.. John n. Butler, asking il
he will accept the position OF assistant COM
"tontouok VI OuuCatlou VI SUutu ,OAfOuQRs mCs
Butler holds the matter under adyisement.
Wolfe, Of "Echledam schnappss
fame, died OF congestion OF the lungs at Staten
Island on Tuesday last. Mr.. Wolfe Was p ma
tive Of Virgins, he removed to New York
many years ago and engaged in the Wholesale
liquor busineis, in which hs accumulated q
large fortune. 10, tsG
~ y; ALI the posthumous works Of Heinrich
:Heipe. withth 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 to be quite :impor-
tant and equal to the best that has appeared
from the great poet. rs
-Choy-Ohew has been interviewed since his
returned to California, and expresses his pleas-
ure at what he Baw In 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
It's fertilization. = e
Dana ingeniously manages to lash Grant
over Louis NapoIeon's shoulders thus: ''Exces-
sive smoking is evidently fatal to the heart and
the sensibilities. Though Bonaparte luxuri-
ates IN cigars free Of expense, IL does not seem
that even the gratifying thought that the luxu.
ry is economical can avert the evil effects Of
the weed. Even when oosless, much smoking
injurez the cardiac. tho pulmonary, and the
mental condition, OF men inS high station 4.
-i;NoY thst the Emperor Napoleon Is conya! rys
lescent, the truth To regard to his illness leaks
cont. !! seems ,thath has really beoa lii daI!
'gers but during thed crisia,thel greatestipains
were taken to conceal the facts OF the case. It
was stated that he was iransaoting business
With his ministers and taking bis usual exer-
else, when in fact he was confined to, his bed
and allowedto see no one save. his physicians.
When the Empress and her son left Paris for
their jaunt TO Corsica. all danger was consider.
ed to be overs but telegrams 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. Ths exact nature OF
the eEmpsror's malady is kept so carefully
concealed, that it Is really difficult to-
give any precise information about 1t; but
one thing lis certain, that he is suffering from
q chronic Affection that Is steadily growing
worse With every new attack. The malady,
which Is said 10 be disease Of the bladder and
adjacent organs, is very simi lar to that which
30 recently carried of the Minister OF War,
M2rshal Mel. The weakness Of his majesty,
and his state OF nervous irritability, doubtless
tends to aagrayate his disease. On former
ooeasIon, the Emperor, having called in WE'LL
known homeopathic practitioner, told him, ~
cannot afford to be III; 1t is NECESSARY that I
should be set up againarthe risk OF relapse ..
His majesty wanted on that occasion to attend
very important cabinet council. II will be
understood THAI this impatience and his pre-.
occupations render the Emperor's condition
Ter more serious, and IL Is alleged that during
the late crisis his majesty several times coa-
itemPlated the adyisability Of an abdicaHon.
Ban Francisco has slipper pnaptactoury
Of every innaainsbie cut and pattern, ana li,o!