The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-04

Mayor OIL Norfolk, Va, by General Csnby vice
James E. Stokes removed. Mr. W. was ~
merly Mayor of Norfolk.
-Brlgnol is to give q concer. IL A,oany TO-
night; Miss McCulloch and s;.;4s. assls..
Prince Arthur has acquired another titlc
by his visit to Mo:.aw!l, the Headquarters Of
the SIX Nations. He was made chief of those
interesting warriors, last week, with all the
ceremonies.
The Hon. John p. Bigelow has retired from
the edltorshp Of the New York Times, which
he had occupied just sixty days. We trust that
we shall now see our old and valued friend
''Minor Topics" back again.
The President was called upon on Monday
by gentlemen from Alabama, with whom he
conversed agreeably on the subject, introduced
by them, Of complete restoration of law and
order In the South, and Indicated his intention
OF visiting the South during the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Stewart ore making ex-
tensivc preparations for opening their new
fifteen hundred thousand dollar residence on
Filth avenue. They will cxbit on the occasion
table service Of solid silver lined with gold
and costing about eight thousand dollars.
John Deery, Who holds the diamond cue,
em6lemadc Of the championship of America,
started overland for California on Tuesday
evening. He has received challenge from
Cyrille Dion, Of Montreal, and will return to
Play this match rs soon as the challenging
Mr.. Grants extensive circulation has in
duced his selection as an advertising medium
by an enterprislng cutlery manufacturing COM
pany Of Massachusetts,, which has presented
him with variegated set Of knives and forks
AS the forks are two-pronged, Mr.. G. is, in
this instance, prevented from saying: '.Let
| us have peas"
-Mdlle. Pauline Lucca has addressed O let
! ter to Mdlle. nilsson, after hearing her sing
the other day at Baden-Baden, in which she
says: II am charmed with you, 1t is not pos
sible to be more dramatic, to sing better
Once more, ma chere, you have been sublime.
and rejoice greatly at this opportunity of
saying 3d." Oh, yes of course.
| -Mr. George Peabody sailed from New
York for England on Wednesday in the Scotia.
He returns very weak; indeed his debility has
been such that he has been obliged during the
last three months to confine himself within
doors, lying down for twenty hours or more OF
the twenty-four, and only going out when COM
PEELED to do 30 by important business. He has
besides experienced an almost total loss of up
petite. Still, there are encouraging symptoms
in his case, inasmuch as his cough, which
weakened him 30 much, has nearly left him,
and he has lately commenced to gain in weight
It is hoped that winter residence in q warmer
climate, even If 1t docs not entirely restore
him, may so far improve his health as to pro
long his useful and happy life. >
When Miss Carlotta Patti was in England
several years ago, o very pretty little story
wss told about her, which has been revived
since her arrival In this country. She wa
once driving through one Of the London sub
nrbs, when she observed sparrow, whicl
4 seemed to have been wounded, flutterinl
,lr> s,-e. AZ. ,..,. -1..-
y sheA alighted from her carriage, and taking
up very tenderly, discovered that both Of 1t
, legs were broken. The forlora condition c
, the bird, ard the character Of its injuries wit
: which her own disability taught her so We
how to synpathize, induced Miss Patti to TAX
the poor. little creature homo, Since that hou
the bird; and tho cantatrice have been inseps
: rablo ntcnds. 1t has been with her in all he
$ journeyiugs, accepts Its feed from no othe
hands bit hers, and seems to watch and wa
! for her>as If it possessed an intelligence eap
BILE Of gratitude.