The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-29
PERsoNAL.

PERs0SAL.
john Stuart Mill has written book in de-
fence Of women, advocating their rights.
A rumor comes FROM Berlin that Mrs.
Abraham Lincoln is to marry Count Schmid-
stwill, Grand Chamberlain Of the Duke OF
Baden. ",
Horace Greeley has accepted an appoint
ment as commissioner 70 examine the Pacific
Railroad which was rendered to him by the
President last week
MIR. Kavanagh, the .I-ish member OF the
BPitish House of Commons, who has neither
legs nor arms, recently made his maiden
speech, and was loudly cheered.
1T is rumored that the Prince Borghese, of
Rome, the owner Of the finest gallery of paint
ings after thai Of the Vatican, is about to sell
his art treasures to Russis for the sum Of 49,
600, 900 francs.
George Dalton, Of tho firm Of Fearing g.
Dalton, Wall-street brokers, blew his brains out
in bis carriage on Saturday afternoon, while
going up Broadway to his home. 1t is said
that he had been engaged in recent heavy
speculations in New York Central stock which
proved disastrous. sr
"A letter from Rome states that the pres
ents in money sent tdSthe Pope, from his own
States and abroad, in honor of the late fete, are
estimated at 100000 france. During the re-
csption seven military bands executed togeth-
or, under the windows ofithe Vatican, hymn
composed for the occasion 10y NJ. Gounod.
The Washington correspondent OF the Gin
cinnati Commercial says that Simon Wolf Jr..
recently nominated to the lucrative Office of
Registrar Of Deeds of the District of Columbia.
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campaign approving Of Grants Jew order. He
also circumcised his boy and named him
Grant. 49,
The rumor started some time ago to the
effect that Senator Sprague had bought or was
about to buy the National I1teligencer is now
renewed in slightly different form, but with
greater positiveness Of statement than before.
1t is said that he has paid of a mortgage of
forty-efght thousand dollars. andnow owns
controlling interest in the paper.
-Rumors Of Cabinet changes are again cur
rent. It is now said not only that Secretary
Fish will soon retire to private life, but that
Secretary Borie and Attorney-General Hoar
have informed the Presidena that they would
like at an early day 20 withdraw from the Cabi-
net. From the present aspect Of affairs, it
seems safaAp say that probably within thirty
days there viii be changes in three Of the Cabi-
net Offices.
-Qpeen Isabella, on Sunday (the 11th) at
the races, was walking upSand down in tho
crowd. accompanied by heTfamily, when the
Emperor, who had just sarrivsd, on seein ? the
group, at once went down and accosted her
Majesty, and Offering his arm conducted her
to the Imperial Tribune, when Don Francis
d'Assises, the Prince Of the; Asturias, and the
Count and Countess dc Ghgenti, were also pro-,
vided with places. A M ,5is
The banquet recently alven to Charles
Dickens by the Liverpool psfiple does not ap-
pear to have been the most Sai icable and har-
monious gathering ever held IA The world. Lord
Houghton, In his speech, rallied the guest on
not paying sufficient respect to the House Of
Lords. Whereupon Mr.. Dickens asked him what
!" amazing devil" possessed him to make such
a charge. and he proceeded to draw parallel
between 'sRichard Monckton Mines" and Lord
Verisopht. Another speaker complained that
while the press was toasted, the dranae was not.
Still another improved the occasion to strike of
on political speech. He was. however, cried
down. and Dickens was obliged to rise to his
feet and deliver humorous speech on women,
before ''brotherly love" and convivial feeling
were I0StOT0Us
IA Parliamentary return has been publish.
cd OF the names and sentences Of the Fenian
convicts mot proposed to be. released - and
showing what portion Of their sentences is un-
expired. The prisoners in Great Britain and
Ireland, not including military convicts, are
Thomas F. Burke, J. McCaherty, j. Mcclure,
J. ODonovan Bossa,) T. @. Luby. J. O'Leary,
n. sheehy. J. Dewey, W. Halpin. J. F. Kearns,
E. Power, P. Walsh, p. Lennon. B. Dillon, @.
N. O'Connel, d. D. Mulcahy. w. F. Roantree,
e.. Browne. e. st.. Clair. M, Shea alias Moriar-
~. w. Mackey.J. Murphy alias O'Leafy and NJ.
b. Carey. In Australia there are: b. J. Kelly,
Dunno alias Cody, J.. Flood, O. d. Cane, T.
Baines. d. Bradley. F. Fennell, G. f. Connolly
and J. Kearney. The persons now in prison
under sentence Of penal servitude for offences
In connection with what the return calls s'the
Fenian Conspiration, and who were convict
ed in England are: Il. Shore, fP. Melody, j.,
Brannon, T. Soatley, r. Featherstone, !. W.
Murphy. p. Doran, a. Shaw, R. Burke, @.
Moorhouse, J. Carroll, D. Radden,sJ. Anderson
alias Loan. P. Ryan, W. P. Thompson andvP.
Mehan.slssso3 ssgssaass ..5ss ~
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THE HEA0RICULTURAL FOTEEENE 7
letter from tho United states commits,
sioner OF Agriculture. .sr,
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WARRINGTON, D. c., April 20, 1869. j.
! The following letter will be read with pleas
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