The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-15
Personal.

-Jubal Early declines to be dined in public
by his towpsmen Of Il nchburs.
1t is now positively asserted that Gene
raj Sickles has declined the mission to Mexico.
Louis Napoleon has just given dowry OF
$40, 600 10 one of the daughters Mrs. Howard
bore him.
We see it stated that Mrs. Harriet Beechcr
Stowe is about opening d school of aSricul-
ture for girls, at Aiken, $. G..
The "airy, fairy Lillian" Of Tennyson'a
early, dainty muse, is Mrs. Rawnesley, the
stoutish mother of seven children.
"A New York exchange says that e1-Pres-
ident Tyleris daughter is one of the most
graceful riders to be seen in Central Park.
The London Examiner says: "Of all
American poets, MIR. Longfelow is still the
only one who is widely popular in England
Queen Isabella is so disgusted with the
stories the news paper men write about her,
that she has given orders no more shall see
her.
Baroness Barbette Beyfus, the last sur
viying sister of Mayer Anselmc, the founder
of the famous Rothschild house. died at Frank
fort, March 16, agod 95.
Thomas Mast, the artist, makes two hun
dred to three hundred dollars week by his
cartoons and sketches for Hlrper's Weekly
and other illustrated periodicals.
Jennie June"-otherwise Mis-. Croly-
says that when she was requested to respond
at Sorosis press dinner, she told her husband
she was afraid she would break down; but ne
replied, "When you blow me up you never
break down." and she was thus encouraged to
make the required response.
Tho leader of the "ctaque' at the Paris
Odeon Theatre is wealthy man. He accurnu-
lated a fortune by blackmailing dramatists,
managers, actors and actresses. Some vain
artists often pay him thousand francs for one
nights enthusiastic applause, with the nc
cessary "encores," c LIS before the curtain, &c.
The bill amending the juaicial system OF
the government having beeu passed by Con-
eress and become Law, the additional Judge
of the Supreme Bench, it is said, will be taken
from the South. Among the names mentioned
for the position are Judges Underwood, Of Vir-
einia; Speed, of Kentucky Durell, Of Louis i
ana Thomas Durapt, of New Orleans; Mar
vim, of Texas; and Joshua Hill and Joseph
Brown: Of Georgia.
The estate of Mile Rachel, the celebrated
French actress, has not been settled until now.
Her brothers and sisters have succeeded in
securing the bulk of the property and cheating
her illegitimate children out Of tho sums Of
money which their mother had intended to
leave them. It is said that as soon as Mile
Rachel had died, her brother, Raphael Felix,
very avaricious man, black mailed a great
many gentlemen who had written love letters
to his sister, and whose biiIets-douz he held in
tcrroren, over their heads. In this manner he
secured very large sum. He tired also 10
extor, money from WalewsFi, his sisters lover,
and father OF two of her chillren; but Walewski
laughed in his face, and told him that every
body knew of his ndison with Rachel. and that
he himself was not ashamed, but on the con-
trary was veryy proud OF it.
MIR. Minister Hale is charged with what,
unl ler the circumstances, is worse than grand
larceny. Members Of the diplomatic body in
all countries arc allowed to receive, free Of
duty, such imported goods as they need for
personal, official or family use. Mr.. Hale, in
tho all of 1856, made an arrangement with one
or two merchants in Madrid, by which consld-
erable quar- rtities Of carpeting, linen cloth,
window curtaining and table napkin stuff were
imported from England, free Of duty, on his
diplomatic privilege, and sold for the joint ben
eft of himself and the merchants. In October
of that year. he was detected in thus importing
$50 pounds Of cotton stuff called 'crock, y
1900 pounds of woollen felt, and about A 900
pounds of moqueta carpetinf; and in Febru-
ary, 1867, OF thus bringing in 400 pounds more
s'crock," 375 pounds Of linen damask and 76o
of curtain goods. Information Of his transac-
tioLs as dry goods importer did not reach
our government till less than month ago. AS
soon as President Grant examined the papers
in the case, he determined to remove MIR.
Hale-graciously giving him the opportunity
to resign.