The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-20
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

Won Bismarck, it is reported receives q
salary Of eighteen thousand dollars as Chan
cellor OF the Northern German COME federation
and q similar sam as Prussian Minister of For
eign Affairs.
Nearly two-thirds Of the persons that are
nowadays presented to Plus the Ninth are
Americans. Russians who visit Rome carefully
avoid coming into, contact with the Pope or
any Of his dignitaries. Next to the Americans,
Frenchmen are the most numerous of those
who wish to got acquainted with Plus the
Ninth.
-Rossini's ''Petite Messe Solennelle" was
performed at the Italian opera in Paris on the
night of February 28th, and was pronounced by
amateurs q masterpiece. The execution, ex-
cept as regards Madame Alboni, whose voice
is still divine, was Indifferent D The receipts
exceeded twenty FIVE thousand francs, and it
was expect ed that the next performance would
produce sum equally as large.
IT. G. Appleton, OF Boston, now in Rome
with the party Of the poet Longfellow, has
bought the late Cardinal Tosti's, splendid col
lection of engravings, ten thousand in number,
and has presented them to the Boston Public
Library. Six hundred Of them are understood
to be handsomely framed. and the rest are
bound in folios. They are accompanied by an
antique bust, presented at the same time to
the library by the Cardinals representative.
AT his reinaugurati on as President, in
Philadelphia, March 4, 1898. Washington lwas
dressed in full suit OF the richest black VEL
vet, his lower limbs In short clothes, with dia-
mond knee buckles and black silk stockings.
Els shoes, which were brightly japanned, were
surmounted with large square silver buckles. In
his hand hs carried q plain cooked hat, decorated
with the American cockade. His hair, pow
dered, was gathered into black silk bag, on
which was o bow Of fblack ribbon. He wore
light dress sword, with green shasreen scab-
bard. and richly ornamented hiiS.
1T is said 10 Paris that we'll dressed stran-
Rer WAS arrested on Inc night Of the 18TH Of
February. in attempting TO force his way into
the bedroom Of the Prince Imperial, General
Frossard hat the intruder arrested and search
cd. when revolver and dagger were found
in his pocket. He refused to give his name,
and as nothing seemed to indicate thai he was
insane, 1t was thought that he intended to as-
sassinate the Prince. Ho is still confined in o
cell at the guardroom OF the Tuileries. Steps
were immediately taken TO prevent any bot the
servants from entering the pavilion now oocu-
pied by the Prince Imperial. }s@s
The tutor Of the Pr.ncc Imperial has the
utmost difficulty in weaning the .child oil
France" from calling his iIlustrious father
''Todo.p In tho drst years OF her welded life,
the Empress Eugenie was in the habit OF call
ing the Emperor "Mon Todo."a French and
| Spanish word, meaning ''rny All" Tho child
Beard 1t SO csssssn that, as soon as he was able
TO talk little, he called his father 'Todo, and
not "papa." Fhe Empress now addresses the
Emperor with ''Louis, " and tho Emperor adj
dresses her with mamma" The favorita
word OF the IMPRESS Is 5oHp (nice), which
she often uses IA q very ludlcrous manner.
i For instance, she said the battle Of Montana
was .sune joltis a6i ssad she alsc speaks oil
dangerous diseases and wound dsas sjoij.'', n ! !