The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-07-02
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

the coming Emperor.
Baron Rothschild's estate in Paris pai6
$3.50 600 legacy duty.
The Gear has sent the President a smal
cannon, on which is engraved the names o
| some Of Grants victories.
The largest returns made by newspaper
! men in New York City are those of the Ben.
netts, Senior and Junior. The form Or returns
$186 500, and the latter $4,000.
The marriage Of Lord Byron's only grand
daughter, Lady Anne Isabella Noel King Noel,
has just taken place, and she is now Lady
Anne Blunt. Her mother was Lord Byron's
only daughter, Ada.
-Ristori, it would appear, is not desirous Of
establishing branch Of her mily in America,
for we hear that matrimonial engagement
contracted by her daughter while in this coun-
try has been broken of:
"A newspaper called The Western World has
just published o communication asking g. Are
we to have an Empire?" and from the fact that
it bears Millard F1llmore's initials and dates
from his city. the anxious inquirer is supposed
to be no other than the ex-Presldent himself
Here is bit Of French philosophy. II is
set down to tho credit OF Alexander Dumas,
Jfls:-sWalk two hours every day. Sleep seven
hours every night. Get up es soon as you
wake. Speak only when necessary, and say
only half what you think. Don't write anything
but what you can sign. Think neither too
much ncr too little of money it is good SER
want, but a bad master. Beware of women be-
fore you are twenty. Avoid th en- after you are
forty"
DIR. Bayne, the Norfolk negro, who persists
in running for Congress, has been mobbed on
az r. loo
men of his own race, who have been paid by
the Wells party to run him out Of the district.
because his color is too strong for the mid
summer canvass. No antidote, seems, how
ever, to have been found for this Bayne, be-
cause he is likely to be elected, and 70 be one
OF the two black men whom carpet-baggery
will send to Congress from the Old Dominion.
The Russian Princess Suwaroff is the
greatest female gambler in Europe She
makes the tour of the various gambling re-
sorts, going from Baden to Monaco, and spend
ing all her time at the tables. She is still
young, but has been married three times, and
Is now separated from her last husband Some
times she wins largely, and at other times
loses very heavily, but plays incessantly, and
is still very rich. She is superstitious about
her luck, and sometimes holds her face in a
particular position to attract good fortune. At
other times she is careful to ask unlucky per-
sons to leave the table, and those whom she
regards as lucky to stand by her side while she
plays.
The Rev. Rowland Hill used to ride to and
from church in q carriage. This gave offence
to one OF his members at least, who went 80
far as to hand in, among the notices, one re-
questing 1.-THE prayers Of this congregation TOR
the pastor, who, yielding to pride, is IN the
habit of riding in his carriage, not content,
like his Divine Master. to ride upon an ass"
1t was not until MIR. Hill had read the paper,
and observed the sensation create1, that he
noticed it's import; and then laying it down he
said: 1T is true, brethren, ride in my car
riage; but If the author of this notice will ap-
pear at the door at the conclusion Of tho ser
vices: saddled and bridled, I will do my best
10 ride him home."
Havana advices mention that on the 10th
ult., detachment Of Spanish soldiers brought
to Villa CLARA. as prisoner Of war, Donna Pas
tora Gonzales, captured q few leagues in the
interior OF the district the day before. She is
q member of one of the best Cuban families
She was taken to Villa Clara handcufed, and
was shown many indignlties on the way. She
is to be tried by military commission for dis
loyalty. This lady is probably relative, per-
haps sister, Of General Gonz ales, well known
In this city, and who is reported to have been
treacherously arrested on his return to Cuba
last winter, and transported as political pri-
soner to Fernando Po. The general has sis
tegs IN Cuba, and from his prominence in the
fof<&er Cuban insurrection under Lopez, it is
! Ilyr11v ,c1, hat kl,o
ers with the present revolution.
Robson hauled up Borie by the ws;sttbana
at the naval ball at Annapolis where the latter
fell down and broke his crown. And when
Grant came tumbling after through the lam
GERS, t'swing,ng corners" worse than he ever
lodged round them in earlier life, it was Robe
son who took him through, telling him that
the ''grand chain was not the one worn by
Mrs. admiral Porter on that occasion, who was
also in the set. And now Robson is made
Secretary OF the Navy. He is fair, tat and
forty; has hay colored whlskers and straw.c COL
ored hair, is five feet eight, weighs 1879
pounds. wears spectacles, drinks, smokes, has
q colored housekeeper in Camden ESQ did
lhad. Stevens at Lancaster,) has never
been married, and was never ANYTHING
worth speaking Of His standing at the Jer-
sey bar ls not even frst-rate second-rate, and
the greatness thrust upon him amazes all in
the state who knew him. 4e
-Connop Thirwall, Bishop of st. Dsvid's,
stands prominent among the distinguished
members Of the English hierarchy; and those
who read in the cable kilograms that he voted
for disestablishment of the Irish Church, saw
in the fact nothing surprising nor unexpected.
but the speech with which tine great historian
supported hrs vote Is one OF the most remalka.
BILE that has been delivered on this subject, oc-
cupyine, as it did. the minds Of some Of the
fret of the Enghsh st ,tesmen. Hardly cleri-
cal advocate Of the Irish Church has ventured
on an argument stronger than ''Sacrilegti" or
"Wili you rob the Lord Of his inheritancep"
But Thirwali laughs at this. He rerainds his
clerical brethren that this idea OF proper be-
longing to tho Lord, 90 If he hadneed Of it.,