The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-26
Personal GOSSIP.

The son OF Mrs. HemanB, who became q
Catholic, has rejoined tho English Church..
General Francis L. Carey is the frst public
speaker to take the stump foi Dir. Pendleton
in Ohio. ~, '''..' 80"
The Springfield Republican thinks that
John T. Hoffman will bo next President Of the
United States t-
Ono man aud one woman believe the Lady
Byron slander in the United States. H.G.
and II. B. 8. a.,fi3es
MIR. Jefferson Davis health ia much i'm
proved in consequence Of his recent tour
through Scotland. trIt .t
Miles oRcilly's poems hayo sold go woll
that his widow gets comfortable little for
tune from the sales. eorm = -. !;
-Fgancis Joseph. Of Austria, will visit Flor
ence in October ne1t.t The Empress andArch.
duchess sophin will accompany him.
The talk is revived Of bnhEfng 10 Frauce,
with great ponpIr the rcniains Of the Duke of
Refchstadt, the son of the first Napoleon.
The Prince Imperial is discovered to bo
fine dancer, q daring shdrteman and to look
like his grand-uncle by those who write about
him. :: :.
Mile. Dejazet is preparing to retire from
the stage, which sho has greoed for sixty.
seven years. Her farewell appearance win be
iu a play by.sardou. .A
>, General Longstreet, tho new surveyor OF
tue port of New Orleans has appointed several
colored mon to positions in his department.
Tho Republicans arc delighted.
Of the Established Church in
England are, during the next two years, to be
allowed to retire upon $4,000 q year, or one
third Of their present revenues. Is lsi
Poor men and women in Paris receive two
and three sous for attending some Of The fash.
ionable churches, so that the pre- achers may
say that they always have crowded audiences.
AT Frankfort-on-the-M Main, q journeyman
tailor lately married. who had been betrothed
to his bride for thirty-six years. The bride
groom WAS sixty-eight, and the bride sixty
four years old. as-
The King Of Prussia had, the other day, o
bad fall from his horse. He came near break
ing his wrist. The horae he fell from was the
one on which he pursued the Austrians after
the battle Of sadowa. s'
Mrs. Josiah Mason, citizen OF -Birming-
ham, England, has erected an orphanage ct
Erdington for three hundred children, at q
cost Of 100000, aud has endowed the charity
with landed estates valued at s2O0. 900.
/ John G. Breckenridge recently made his
fret appearance at the bar since the war. The
theatre Of this interesting event was Lexing-
ton, Kentucky, and the case, as Louisville
paper assures US. WAS an ''obstruse" one.
The parents of Hebrew maiden Of tho
Rhine having withheld their permission 10 her
marrying young Christian, she drowned her
self, and her lover blew bic brains out. This
tragedy occurred near Caub, picturesque
locality weIl-known 10 tourists.
-On the books Of the bank OF England there
are five thousand four hundred and twenty
nine Smiths, who receive H7idends on various
sums in the public stocks. There are also
two thousand four hundred and seventy eight
Browns, and two thousand one hundred ALI
ninety bear tn name OF Jones.
The royal family OF Prussia has subscribed
literally for the Humboldt monument. The
Queen gave three hundred dollars and the
Crown Prince and Crown Princess five hundred
dollars. The Feudalists in Prussia have takon
umbrage at the course pursued by the royal
family in this respect
Mr.. Tennyson and his party were mex
pressibly annoyed while in Switzerland BY the
hero worshippers,> who stole every piece Of
property that, they imagined might have be-
loDged to the poet for relics Even the most
yorthless articles we're appropriated, by, the
easure-seeking thieves. p!.l, -.
Mile Heissler, the merganatic wife OF King
Ferdinand, Of Portugal, Is a native Of Berlin;
she Is the daughter Of IN honest merchant
tailor, and WAS member Of the Royal Corps
de batieL About four years ago she left Ber-
lin, wentto Paris, and nothing was heard of
her until abe Was found again by The, side OF
the king OF one Of the most ancient houses in
Europe, q s Ytiill.sa /
"A SON OF the late pugilisto Tom. .sayers
has made his debut.in London ss. q comic
singer. He sings song fecountfng tfs faith.
er's astic e6ga gements, and points. With q ma
.tursl pride 10 the drawers he hsso p,i stating
that they were worn by his father when 7he
fought with Heenan In 1850. The sight Of this
interesting relic has . magnetic influence on
the audience, who greet the drawers With loud
cheers. II 4 !, q ;ranf,,sa ny.
n Mn. PxABoDl's STATUS m LospoN. Mr..
Peabody's statue cannot escape the fate OF d,
London statnary. Il, no faults found with the
sculpture, its position does not escape crIti.,
cism. The Builder says: - !;
L., The committee went ali the nav To Rome IN