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
inc most striking resemblance to his grand
Aather' the King Of Denmark.
The Sultan intends to- have ...s ..a soa o""oa-
ted 1n Vienna. He is to remain there at pr,-
vate school for two years, and to receive the
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
Il 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 his niece, his only relative, who after his
death would have otherwise been left penni-
less. :
When the 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 since 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 gr andson on his lap, and drove
away with them. sS
-Fuad Pacha, whose death at Nice was an
nounced by the Atlantic Gable a few days ago,
won, last FALL five hundred thousand francs at
the Baden Baden gambling hell. It is believed
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 the distinguished Turkish
diplomatist is the daughter OF Bordeaux
lawyer. and 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 Pacha first took pains to
ingratiate themselves with MADAME"
What is history worth? The correspon-
dents OF all 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-colored kid gloves; the correspondent
of the Times says he wore straw-colored kid
gloves; the correspondent Of the Tribune gives
no information on the point-probably because
the new constitutional amendment forbids all
discrimination of color. Again, the World
says that at his Inauguration Grant had on
''shirt pierced by three spiral small-nobbed
gold sfuda.D hat tha Heraj6 aovo hot stpot
single ornament OF jewelry appeared about his
person, not even gold shirt buttons" and
''upon his shirt bosom nothing glittersd
brighter than agate buttons" Now, if such
points cannot be accurately settled and pre-.
cisely stated, how shall we give credence to re-
ports about weightier mattersi
"A correspondent OF the Boston Journal.
speaking Of Queen Victoria, says: s'As soy.
ereign she is the hardest worked woman in
England. Her official duties usually 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 tirst-class cars bearing what are called
baskets. The papers from all the departments
are submitted to her. These baskets are dark
morocco boxes about o foot in length. These
are sent from Downing the Admiralty,
the Home Department., the Head of the Army,
DC. Each basket is locked by the minister
who sends it. card hanging from the in
side contains the name of the minister. Every
train to Windsor, Balmoral and Osborne car
r1es messengers with these boxes. The
QIeen and the minister alone can unlock them.
All these documents have to be read
by them, for she signs nothing which
she does not read. Every bill, act, treaty,
document, petition, or paper requiring her
name, are subject to her personal attention.
Aer majesty is admitted to be one Of the best
business women in the kingdom. Each days
business is finished before the day closes.
esualy the messenger waits and takes the
basket, locked by her Majesty, back tosthe
minister from whom it came. The Queen holds
"a ready pen and carries on her personal cor
respondence, which is very large. She paws
ner own postage like any lady in the land. She
mas always given personal attention to her
onlldrsn, and their religious training has been
Ine object of much solcitude and care. Her
Asvor1te pastime at Balmoral i, among tha
Poor, the lowy and the sick, with whom sbe
Sslks, reads, prays. and leaves medicine. food.
money, and little tokens Of her regard.
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