The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-04
Personal GOSSIP.
Senator spraguc has had n tlouph,c,

London Times complaining that the IIcrads Col
lege won't change his name to Brown. He says
his SONS arc tcascd by his schoolmatcs and 10.
body VIII HARRY his daughters.
Mrs. President Grant is the cllairwoman or q
committee of ladies' appointed to raise $50 900 to
| pay or the debt OF the Methodist Metropolitan
Church in Washington. The committee appeal to
i've thousand Methodist women to send $40 each
| to lift the burden.
Louisa Muhlbacll, Whose historical novels have
been 10 widely read, has abandoned her Intention
OF making lecturlng tour through the United
States. professor OF medicine In the Berlin
University Is responsible for this change OF plan
for lie has Induced Miss Nuhibach TO marry him.
| "'Twas ever thus"
-Adviccafrom Tennessee regarding the future
movements OF en- President johnson are decided
~ contradictory. Is Is assorted, among other
things, that lie viii settle in ana run ior Congress
from tile Nashville district; That lie is absorbed
with projects regarding the Tennessee Constitu.
tional Convention, ana that he Will decline to do
anything ut present which may complicatc his
Chances for the next vacancy In the United States
Senate.
-OfelIbac'l, rs is well known, was u musician
from MS childhood. When only ten years old lie
volunteered to play the vIolincello In auartettc.
the person who was 10 take that instrument not
making his appearance. He did so well that lie
joined the quartette. 1t is said that Willie IN tho
orchestra OF the Opera Comique at Paris, he
shared the desk OF Scligmann, q well known
Vloiinceilst, and the two used to am,lse them
selves by playing only alternate notes, Instead of
each playing the entire part, which almost drove
tie conductor Into u lunatc asylum.
When General s. b. Buckner came soutb ,ur.
ring inc war, he convey cd hts i'hir,,uv prouorer
which really belonged 10 his wife, 10 her brother
to hold for her. The brother subsequently mar
rlcd, entered the Union army, and was killed Mt
Gettysburg. Ills widow had son few months
after his death, and 1t was claimed that tue child
was r'lc heir OF oil his property. Shortly after
the child died. and the mother became his heir;
and not long after that the mother died, and her
father now claims to be heir OF all his daughter's
property, anu consequently Of oil General Buck
ncr's property, derived detailed. General Buck
ncr hopes to recover it for his wife through the
courts.
Tile youngest son OF Prince Lucien Murat has
become common sailor, and gone TO the West
Indies. lie is the brother of the Baroness Chassi-
ran, of the Duchess dc Mouchy, OF Colonel Prince
Joachim, married to Mile. Berthicr de wagraiil,
and OF Prince Achc Murat, married TO the PrIn-
cess Of Mlngrela. The sailor prince Is eighteen
years OF age and has great love for the pcrndious
wave. His father, Prince Luclen, one day meet
Ing the Marquis dc Bolssy dressed in the style OF
Louis Nv, asked him rather malIcously ais
that the coat Of your grandfather sn "Monsigncur
treplled the Marquis) II everybody here wore the
coat OF lbs grandfather 1t would not be me who
would be most ashameu.n
-Eugcnie has, in her extensive wardrobe one
dress especially that has caused great excite
ment among the I'arisian elegantes II is made
OF q beautiful silk Of mile water, color Il mix
turs OF gray and green, one melting into the
other with slivery glaze, which, at the least
movement OF the body, gives TO the dress the
changing aspect of an undulatng wave. The
skirt ia long, with long train, without other or
naincnt tnaun touHsio" or mu,crgrcru ss,,zc ut
the bottom; no pufrs, simply belt OF gauzc
knotted with Incompatible grace. The opening
OF the body Is square, and framed by another
ooniUi0n Of gauze that allows white lacc border
to be seen. At the bottom OF the wide sleeves
the same ooufHfon is found.
The Marquis Of Sligo uvea in Westport, Ire.
land. He owns the town, and the botics, II not
the souls, OF the Inhabitants. They cannot sell
anything without his permission, and when lie
gracionsly accords that, he makes them pny for
1t according TO tariff posted conspcuousiy upon
the gateway leading to his palntlul residence. To
sell calf the fee Is one penny; tosell leg OF
mutton ditto; 10 vcnd molasscs or hobnalls In n
tent Ii one shilling. The list IL long one, md
the best commentary on the federalism OF Ire.
land. The rule applies to all persons, whether
they live in or out OF the town. Tile New York
York Express thinks that the Marquis OF Sligo
would make good man to hold Office In the
South and "reconstruct" the whites there
M. De Lesseps, OF Sucz Canal celebrity, has
just taken to himself, in Egypt. young bride.
Letters from that country state that the bride Is
beautiful creole, twenty-five years OF age The
distinguished bridegroom Is slNty-four, but his
years sit very lightly upon him. and that his ener
gies are In no Eise impaired by age is testified by
the unnngging tcnacity With which Inc pursued
the great purpose Of his ,irc-.hat OF connecting
the Mediterranean with the Red Sea In his pre-
vlous nlarriage-ths being his second one-M. Dc
Lcsseps was peculiarly happy, his wife having
been woman Of remarkable amabillty and force
OF character. 1hs, as a French paper remarls.
INSPIRED him with faith In conjugal bliss" ana
SO hc risked once more the matrimonial tIc II
would seem as though the management OF great
public enterprises werc promoter OF May and
December marriages; and SO 1t is that, If we have
our Vanderbilt, Egypt has her De Lesseps.
Count Wratislaw- -MItrowitz, royal aud i'm
perIal privy counsellor, curate of tho Austrian
museum, and president OF tho Vienna Bank, was
found dead in his study last week. He had stabbed
himself onoe IN tho neck and once In the breast
near the shoulder, with stout, sharp dagger; but
neither OF those wounds, though both were severe
having proved mortal, the Count, with grim deter
mination had contriyed to gather up strength
enough to force his dagger, literally Ike screw.
driver, between two Of his ribs, into his heart
Ills suicide Is result OF the recent financial
panic. The Vienna Bank suffered tremendously
In the financial crash-thc decline LII Austrian &C.
curltIes for single week, from the 10th to tile
Goth September, amounted to no less than $685.
100000 OF guldcn, or about s176,o0o, 900. Count
Wratlslaw HIMSELF 1t seems, was involved In the
general catastrophe to the extent OF some three
millions; and finding that he could not meet more
than twotblrds of his obligations, he gave way
to sort of despair. 1t was testified at the in
quest that ever since disaster overlook the bank
this despair had been gaining on him vIsibly.
IL Is reported that the Emperor Francis Joseph
was so profoundly distressed when lie heard the
news that hc wrung his hands and cxclaim
"0h why did he not reveal his troubles 10 mo 81,