The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-16
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

The Hon. Lot NJ. Morrill, will probably be
the successor of the late Senator Fessenden.
Ms. General Lee is 30 rheumatic that hel
only mode of locomotion is in a chair with
| wheels.
Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, described as a
youthful and attractive widow, is at Rockbridge
Springs.
The Prince Imperial of France is taller
than his mother, but does not stand 80 high as
his father.
The editor of the Times at Port Huron,
Mich, wrote to Carlyle for his autograph, and
received the following reply in Stephen-Hok-
inish looking manuscript: "Here is my auto
graph. Much good may it do you. T. Carlyle,
Chelsea, 29d June, 1862"
AT the last interview between the President
and Governor Walker, the question oftbe Vlr-
ginia senatorship came up, and the President
''unreservedly expressed his personal prefer
ence for General Robert Williams, Of the army,
the husband of Mrs. Senator Douglas"
MIR. John Lester Walack, since his return
from Europe, wears on full dress occasions a
blue swallow-.ail coat, with velve. collar and
gilt buttons, white vest, with rich, fancy but
tons, black knee breeches, and black silk stock
ings, and pumps with delicate silver buckles.
| This is now the correct thing for full dress.
.-Twitchell, the Philadelphia murderer and
suicide, is still alive. according to a "gentle-
man OF truth and veracity," who has seen him
in Montana and read pardon dated April 6,
1869, and signed Tohn W. Geary. He further
says that Governor Geary charged such big
price for the pardon that Twitchell hasn't
money enough left to start in business.
"A Miss Gray, of Washington County. New
York, milliner, thirty years old, was en-
gagged to young Englishman few years ago.
He died before the time fixed for their mar
riage, and left her seventeen millions OF dol
lars. The natural heirs of the young man
contested the will, but in vain, acd the young
lady is to receive the first instalment of her
large possessions in December next. Five
millions of dollars are to be sent her then, and
the balance as soon as possible.
"A New York letter assures US that Mrs.
DR.. Lozier, Of that city, has practice which
yields her an income of over twenty thousand
dollars, and that "the best physicians in the
city recognize her ability. her honorable posi-
tion, and are proud Of her. She is small and
very beautiful. Her voice is low and caressing
in its tone, and she enters directly into sympa-
thy with her patients, and they are devoted to
her." We are further told that she has
daughter-in-law who graduated last May, and
who ia also doing paying practice.
-Adah Isaacs Menken's body was buried in
L. in NH hoo o1
for five years, the longest time that her
friends could get. But the cemetery authori-
ties, in violation of their contract. hnriAa
another body over the corpse Of Menken; and
her friends, not knowing that fact, moved the
deal box containing the unknown body to
Mount Parnasse, where they had erected
monument. That body lies under the Egyptian
obelisk to the memory Of Menken, while the
ashes of Menken lie in Pere Ia Chaise, without
stone to mark their resting place.
Victor Hugo lately gave new proof of bis
modesty. 1t is the annual custom OF the
French Academy 10 give purse to whoever OF
their number happens to need assistance. In
order to render the reception Of the purse as
little abhorrent as possible to the member for
whom it is designed, it is cffered in the first
place to the oldest member; he declines, and
il then goes TO the next Oldest, and 80 to the
member previously agreed upon. This year
the purse was to go to NJ. Jules Sandeau. It
had regularly passed down the list to the next
preceding NJ. Sandeau's, which happened to
be that of NJ. Hugo, who, instead Of declining
with thanks, kept the money and sent letter
full of gratitude for the liberality Of his fellow
academicians. The disgust of the academy
may be imagined.
General Beauregard, it seems, dyes. letter
from the White Sulphur Springs, in sketching
the notabilities at recent ball there, says:
"But what young man is that whose raven
locks and moustache may be seen wherever
beauty and grace reign most decidedly Some
one whispers that it is General Beauregard,
the great engineer and gallant soldier; but
surely that cannot be, for the last time 1 saw
that great chieftain his hair WAS as white as
driven snow, and his bronzed features were not
those of the ball room gallant. But another
look convinces me that my friend is right, es-
pecially when I remember the ready reply
uoOO Oy lAO pldNO SAlSAeoiA W SIS Va VIZ DSiASS
who twittted him on this change. when
was in command OF an army, said he, I used
to dye my hair white to impress my soldiers
with proper respect for my age and position;
but after the war closed and the necessity
passed away, 1 allowed it to return 10 its natu-
raj colorp May his locks never turn gray,
and may he live long to enjoy the society Of
which he is SO bright an ornament"
Somebody has recalled paragraph which
went the rounds of the newspapers in the early
years of the war, in which it was stated that a
son of Lord Byron was major in the Federal
service, and that he was not, as might be
supposed natural son, but the fruit of the
poets secret marriage with Spanish lady of
rank and Catholic. Major Byron was de-
scrlbed as man we'll advanced in years, but
erect and vigorous, and bearing a remarkable
personal resemblance to Lord Byron. He was
familiar with the noble family OF which he
claimed TO be scion, and, indeed. had written
o three-volune history of its members. He
possessed many manuscript letters. personal
relics and other mementoes OF the man whom
he claimed as his father, and could repeat
almost every word of Lord Byron's poetical
works. A correspondent of the st. Joseph
Miecouri Harald wrIee IN that naner statin o