The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-20
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That naughty noble, the Marquis OF Caux
hypothecates PATHS coming concerts for i'm
| mediate coin.
-Theryiinises, the Prince and Princess O
Wales, have done Constantinople the honor O.
arriving there.
Edmund Yates attributes the maternity O
the Girl of the Period" al ticles to the wife o.
MIR. Linton, the engraver.
An Indiana compositol lately s'set up'' fo,
insertion in the paper q notice Of the marriage
of his own father and mott, y. They had been
several years divorced.
-Menard has moved his newspaper to New
Orleans, and seeks TO attract subscribers by Of
fering as premium photograph of "the first
colored Congressman elect.'
Prentice gives this advice to young men
wishing success in life : 'Be Industrious, prac.
tice economy, say your prayers. and contribute
to house and lot for Grant,
Another convert to the Jewish religion
was made and married in Chicago last Sunday.
The bridegrooms proselyting powers were so
great that he converted bis mother in law.
1t is said that Breckinridge will 20 into
the Kentucky Legslaturo-that he is worth
not less than sixty thousand dollars, and that
his health was never so good as it is at pres.
ent
The last thing talked kbout in Paris is Gus.
tave Dores picture Of s'Tttania." 1t is oply q
square foot Of canvas, but is filled with minute
fairies, IA such way as to be subject Of long
study.
-Bjoernson, the Norwegian poet and novel;
ist, is delighted with The favorable reception
with which his books have met in the United
Ia ;o a.
America.
The late John Minor Bolts had siguet
ring made of filings from the old Independence
bell In Philadelphia, and ut his death beuueath-
ed it to General Grant, to whom it has lust
been duly presented.
-Meyerbeer always feared that his family
would come to want, and he left number of
compositions which his executors are instruct.
ed not to open unless their publication is ne
cessary to the support Of his heirs.
Both Girardin and Gounod have German
wives. Alexander Dumas, Jr., is married to
russian lady, and his old papa is living with
young English girl, Of whom he is 80 fond that
ne willingly submits to all her caprices, and
spends for her nearly every sou he receives
from his publishers.
"A French stock company which intends TO
start new daily paper in Paris, has offered
Emile de Girardin the sum Of 500, 1000 francs il
he will leave the Liberte and take the manage
ment or the new paper. The offer was declin-
ed Girardin values his share of the Liberte
at fully one million franis.
1t is said that the Chateau de Maison La
fitte has been bought for eleven hundr ID
thousand francs by thS Prince Imperial. 1t
was built in 1857 by Francois Monsard, in the
centre of an immense forest, which has now
been cleared away, and the estate supports q
population OF thirteen thousand souls.
MIR. Burlingame see.as to be very popular
In Paris. He is looked upon as being the best
authority there upen American matters. He
is an enthusiast in his mission, and does not
disguise his feelings as an American. He sets
forth his mission as one calculated to carry
the American institutions and ideas into the
Orient and to make 100000 600 Of Eastern men
Americans in government and practice.
Miss Janauschek, who knew not word OF
English when she came 10 this country two
years ago, has since studied the language 80
assiduously as to have become quite proficient
in it. On Monday she attempted to perform in
English, before private audience, parts Of
Deborah" and Macbeth" in order to try her
ability, and was quite successful, speaking with
eloquence and power. It is stated by the New
York Herald that she means to study more aud
perfect herself 80 as to take English parts on
her next visit to this country, which will be
next winter. There are some defects III her
pronunciation and accentuation which she
hopes will be overcome by close study and
practice.
"A correspondent Of the Cincinnati Com.
mercial quotes one of the old citizens of Nash
vile as saying: "Johnson ia the old idol of the
Tennessee Democracy. He built the party up
IN Tennessee, and was it's head and front for
many years. When he ran for Governor
against Gentry, the odds were thousands
against him; but at the end Of the canvass he
had killed Kuow-No.hingism and very near
killed Gentry, and was triumphantly elected.
But as popular and strong as he was then. I
Delieve ne is still more so now. You see he
used only to have the support of the Demo-
Gratis, but now, here in this State, he has nearly
all the old Democrats to back him, and about
half the old Wings.
Mrs. Scott Siddons, the actress, was lately
telegTaphed to in the West to know her terms
for playing the part Of Miranda in the ssTem.
pest" at the Twenty -third-street Opera Horse.
She replied: $4,000 week, third Of the house
clear once week, $1,000 to break an engage
ment in st. Louis, and railroad expenses for
three people from New Orleans" The mana
ger replied: ''Madam: Your terms are much
too low. You shall have all that come q in the
house; MIR. Fisk will present you with the
opera house and two hundred miles Of the
Erie Railway, besides what personal property
he has accumulated in a life of toll and self.de-
NAL; also all that he may make for the next five
years, which, II we may judge by the past, will
be no uncomfortable amount. II these terms
should not meet with your appreciation it may
be possible to make Gould give up what little
he has, that the light of your refulgent genius
may not be lost to the stage.'
Lord Stanloy's addresg To the cikizanc nj