The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-07-21

heavier and Htuplder 'tnan tnat Mt.VIatnef
handsome face Well, he is Engiands future
king.
THE TRUTH ABOUT PATTI.
Everybody knows, who know anything, that
rumors tongue, at no time very reliable, ls
never 90 Imaginative as when dealing with
persons who follow the stage as q PROFESSION.
Of couree 60 charming and popular on artist as
Adellna Patti could not be expected to escape
without full share Of the attention OF scandal
mongers and over-wise tattlers and all sorts OF
reports have been put afoat concerning the
domestic hfe OF this gifted and favorite lady.
rhe burden OF them all is the terrible misfor-
tune OF her marriage with the Marquis de
CAM. who has been described as very ogre.
q desperate gambler and rufian, who has seized
upon his Wife's earnings as soon as they nave
been realized, and who has stripped her OF the
splendid gifts Emperors have laid at her feet,
for the purpose OF gratifying his lnsatiate pas
sion for play. According to one story poor lit
tie PATH has been compelled to submit, heart
broken, TO the brutality Of De Caux, under
penalty Of severe beating at night after
she had finished her sweet warblings at
the opera or concert. According to another,
she has been firm enough to resist the de-
mands Of her tyrant, and has actually com
menced q suit, you know in the French
courts for the separate control OF her property.
All this time ''poor little Patti" has been look
lark, and has been singing as sweetly as q doz-
en- nightingales concentrated into one. Now,
the truth Of the matter ls, that the alarquls de
Caux is g perfect gentleman, devotedly ATTACH
ed to his wife, and that the couple, TO carry
out the feathery simile. live together like Two
turtle doves. The Marquis has been devotee
OF the turf IN years gone by, and. like many
other young men at the French Court. has
spent a great deal Of money. One OF his es-
tates on thu Seine ls un qualled ln beauty by
any place of similar description in France,
but it passed Temporarily out OF his hands.
through pscuniary embarrassment long before
his marriage, and Patti has set her heart upon
recovering and possessing 1t, no doubt cacu-
latiug on spending the greater portioo OF her
days there, after her retirement from the
stage. The Marquis, Sd far from gambling,
lives as quietly aud economically as possible,
and aids her IN every way IN the accomplish
ment Of the object OF her heart.
HOW NILSSON MANAGES HEB AFFAIRS.
Christine Nllsson's private aGnrs are no
mo e sacred than PATHS from the tongues Of
the gossips. Hers we are told that Christine's
family impose upon her very grossly, and that
brother, almost as terrible as the Marquis
de Caux. follows her about and swallows up
all her money. There We learn that Christine
is about to commit the same blunder that ls
attributed to her sister in song, and is on the
point Of throwing herself away on psnniless
adventurer. In one quarter We are assured
that the Nilsson Is soon to marry duke who
ls ali that can be desred-youug, steady and
well to do IN the world-and. in another, that
che will soon give her hand where she has al
ways given, her heart, to clod hopping
Swedish peasant, who wears wooden shoes.
as far as Chr1stine's heart is concerned, it
probably knows and keeps its own secrets;
but 30 far as regards her business affairs
he must be sharp map, be he brother, lover,
husband or manager, who gets the better OF
the Queen Of Song in money matters. The
Nilsson is, in fact, as sh.rp as needle and
perfect little Jew III driviugs bargain. She 10
her own agent, and when she makes On en-.
gag ement she names her terms, sticks to
them, and always insists on something down
by way OF a clincher and certainty. She 10
as industrious as abse in the honey-naking
season, and feels vexed il she is obliged to
waste day without making something ont OF
a tncert, public or private, in addition to the
handsome 50 she receives from her operatic
eugagementss she "pooh-poohs" any idea OF
bindlne herself not to sing elsewhere during
an engagement for an operatic season. Her
voice is her own. and she claims The right to
make what she can out Of 1t. She fs saving i,
very SAVING. but takes q pleasure in making
her family comfortable.