The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-10
Personal GOSSIP.

Personal GOSSIP.
The eldest son of the Prince of Wales bears
the most striking resemblance to his grand
father, the King of Denmark.
The Sultan intends to have his son educa-
ted in Vienna. He is to remain there at q pri-
yate school for two years, and to receive tho
same treatment as the other pupils.
Mr.. Pratt, United States Senator elect from
Indiana, is to have special chair made for
him in the Senate chamber, his dimensions
being too much for the present style Of sena-
torial chairs.
Some admirers of Lamartine insured his
life on the 1st of January last, for the sum of
one hundred thousand francs, for the benefit
Of Lis niece, his only relative, who after his
death would have otherwise been left penni-
less
When thu Princess Alexandra arrived at
Korsoer, during her recent trip to Denmark,
the King and Queen, her parents, awaited her
at the landing. The poor lady seemed 10 have
grown twenty years older slace she had left
Copenhagen, in 1868. and her mother shed
tears as she saw her painfully and slowly step
ping on shore. Not word passed between
her and her parents for several minutes after
she had embraced them, the Queen trying to
restrain her tears, and the King holding out
the hands of his daughter IN his own, and
gazing tenderly at her. He then lifted her
into the carriage, handed the Queen into it,
took his little grandson on his lap, and d rove
away with them
-Fuad Pacha, whose death at Nice was an
nounced by the Atlantic Cable d few day 8 ago,
won, last fall, five hundred thousand francs at
the Baden-Baden gambling hell. 1t is be lieved
that he had become Christian in 1864, and
that he had secretely married at the same time
the young woman with whom he lived. This
mistress or wife OF theaaistinguished Turkish
diplomatist is the daughter OF a Bordeaux
lawyer, aud made the acquaintance of Fuad
Pacha at Biarritz. She left her parents there
and accompanied the Turk to Paris. He
lavished marks of his affection on her, and her
influence over him was so great that at the
Legation in Paris every body that wanted to
obtain favors of the Paeha first took pains to
ingratiate themselves with MADAME"
What is history worth? The correspon-
dents Of Oil the papers differ even about the
details of the clothes Grant wore at his inau-
guration. The correspondent of the New York
Herald says he wore corn-colored kid gloves;
the correspondent Of the World says he wore
canary-oolored kid gloves; the correspondent
of the Times says he wore straw.colored kid
gloves; the correspondence of the Tribune gives
no information on the point probably because
discrimination Of color. Again, the W orld
says that at his Inauguration Grant had on
''sbirt pierced by three spiral small-nobbed
gold studs;" but the Herald says that ''not
single ornament OF jewelry appeared : :1e"s big
person, not 'even&old shirt buttons" and
''upon bis shirt bosom nothing glittereS
brighte- tnan agate buttons" Now, if such
points cannot be accurately settled and pre-
cisely stated, how shall we give crede ence to re-
ports about weightier matters?
"A correspondent OF the Bost on Journal,
speaking OF Queen Victoria, says: Gas asov-
ereign she is the hardest worked WON an In
England. Her official duties usua lily COM
mence at seven o'clock in the morning, one
hour before breakfast. Wherever she is, dis
patches are sent daily in by messengers, who
ride in frst-cIass cars bearing what are called
baskets. The papers from all the departments
are submitted to her. These baskets are dark
morocco boxes about q foot in length. These
ara sent from Doa oing-street, the Admiralty,
the Home Department, the Head Of the Army,
&c. Each basket is locked by the minister
who sends it. A card hanging from the in
side contains the name of the minister. Every
Gain to Windsor. Balmoral and Osborne car
ries messengers with these boxes. Ihe
Qleen and the minister alone can unlock them.
All these documents have to be read
sby them, for she signs nothing which
she does not .aad. Every bill, act, treaty,
document, petition, or paper requiring her
name, are subject to her personal attent ion.
Her majesty is admitted TO be oae of the best
business women in the kingdom. Each days
business is finished before the day closes.
Usually the messenger waits and takes the
basket, locked by her Majesty, back to the
Minister from whom it came. The Queen holds
a ready pen and carries on her personal cor
respondence, which is very large. She pays
her own postage like any lady in the land. She
has always given personal attention to her
children, and their religious training has been
the object OF much solcitude and care. Her
favorite pastime at Balmoral i, among the
poor, the lowly and the sick, with whom she
talks, reads, prays, and leaves medicine, food,
money, and little tokens of her regard"