The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-22
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

DIR. Charles Mackay accompanied Jefferson
Davis to Edinburgh.
john Morrissey is going to build a, club
house near Congress Spring, Saratoga.
"A. T. Stewart will be ready to receive in
his Flfth-avenue palace, New York, next New
Year.
DIR. John Lynch has declined accepting the
position of demonstrator of anatomy, rendered
him by the trustees of the South Carolina Uni
versity.
Mr.. Henry Sedley, the editor OF the late
Round Table, has accepted the position OF liter
ary. art and dramatic reviewer on the New York
Times.
-Valese, who arranged the betrayal OF Maxi
milan. has been appointed Governor Of the
puebla district, in which it is feared another
rebellion is brewing.
One of Brigham Young's daughters recent
" fell in love with handsome young Gentle,
and an elopement to land of liberty was plan
ned. Relays Of horses were stationed along
the road, and late one night the lover pro-
ceeded in buggy toe place near the premises
of Brigham, where thy lady was to meet him,
and they were to begin their flight. The old
man had got wind Of the affair, however, and
lust as the damsel was about to join her wait
ing lover, several policemen seized her, and
putting her into Brighams family carriage,
which was promptly at hand, she was driven
back to the paternal home, to await there the
destiny that Mormonism has in store for her.
Mr.. Joseph Jefferson, the actor, has already
made great many improvements upon the
country seat recently purchased by him in
Hoboken, New Jersey. The house is an old
BY beautiful grounds which run down to the
shores Of Meadow-Mere Lake and Saddle River.
The buildings, grounds and shrubbery have all
been redressed, the lake and river have been
stocked With bass snd trout, and MIR. Jefferson
has collected here all his books and pictures,
his splendid stud Of horses, and his souvenirs
OF play and travel in all parts Of the world.
Here he will make his permanent home, and.
surrounded by his. charming family, he will
enjoy the fruits OF his labors and dispense an
elegant hospitality to his troops OF friende.
-Cespedes, the leader Of the Cuban reyolu.
GO0, lB tQub UoSCt iUcu Uy OIL @AheAiS"h oNA]"S
man who has returned from the island: "He
is man about forty-6ve years OF sge; is q
niddling stout gentleman, OF agreeable tenn
per, and is quite mild hammered. His COM
plexion is fair. though Of dark brown hair and
eyes. There is no pretence about him. He is
no talker, yet when he speaks it is to the pur-
pose. BE reads English we'll and speaks it,
though not fuently. At first view one would
take him for plain, quiet, unpretending gen.
tleman; but on acquaintance he discovers sa-
gacity and o profound knowledge OF men and
of the world. It may be said that he is man
of eminently practical ideas. He is unmoved
at reyerses, and has high, undoubting conf
dence in the success of the revolution. There
is Nd gentleman more amisble than he, and
one more beloved BY everybody. Cespedes is
a large property owner; was at the opening of
the war the first lawyer at the Bayamo bar,
and has been eninently successful in all his
efforts and undertakings. He can endure
much, for his physique is we'll adapted to labor,
either mental or physical. Perhaps he would
weigh one hundred and Fifty pounds"