The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-06
PERso&A1 GOSSIP

Jenkins says that Queen Victoria is entire.
ly too fond of old port.
Miss Susan B. Anthony is in favor OF wo.
men riding astride on velocipedes.
. King John, of Saxony, has set about trans
lating all Of Shakespeare's plays.
The we'll known Marshal George p. Kane
is candidate for Sheriff in Baltimore.
-Gounod, the composer of s'Faust," is
vegetarian, and has not drunk any wine for
many years.
Henry Ward Beecher made $40 900 last
year, OF which $12 900 was made by preaching,
and $28, 900 otherwise.
-Mre. ,Beecher Stoves celebrated farm in
Florida is for sale. 1t is said to have proved
anything but @ success.
-Giacomo Meyerbeer, it has now been as
certained, left to his family fortune Of nine
hundred Thousand dollars.
The Austrian ambassador at Rome paid
$50, 900 for his servants iveries on the occa-
sion of his recent presentation to the Pope.
The Rev. Fl. w. Beecher said in his SER
mon delivered two weeks ago, 81 hate black
1t is not Gods color. Whue is Gods color"
One banker in Paris, M. Thibaudeau, holds
seventy thousand pounds worth Of Oonfede-
rate bonds, for which he paid fifty per cent. of
their face.
-Modesty is Carl Schurz's strong point. At
q complimentary banquet in New York, he
asserted that the Germans enigrating to this
country possess o cult tiSasi5n unknown to
Americans. addinga that hse ,was going to Con-:
sgreSH aroE0 itss
a once famous Bohemian man Of letters,
named Chavannes, died recently in Paris.
leaving the following burlesque will, which
was found under his pillow: ':I have nothing.
leave it ell to the iSociete de gems de Lettres,
and the rest to my creditors" @
The leading feuilletonist OF the Gaulois,
who receives fifty thousand francs year, is
beardless youth, who left the st. Barbe College
two years ago. He writes under various MONS
de plume, and is considered the most talented
of the younger Parisian journalists. His real
name is, for some reason or other, concealed
from the public.
A more astonishing musical prodigy than
Mozart is little Susie Medberry, of Baltic,
Mass. Before she could speak words, when
but ten months old. she would sing entire
tunes correctly. At two and half years old
she sang publicly before large audiences. and
now, at four years OF age, plays upon the piano
or cabinet organ with marvellous talent.
-Auber, Gounod, Verdi and Wagner, the
four great composers are worth together over
two million francs. Ofenbach has not saved
much money. He ia stock gambler, and has
been unlucky. He has also made some disas-
trOus theatrical ventures. Auber despiseS
Offenbach's works, and predicts that their
author will live to see the day when they are
forgotten.
= Henri Rochefort lives at Brussels in 8. very
fine house. for which he pays 20, 900 frapcs
year rent He keeps splendid carriage, half
dozen servants, and gives expensive enter
tainments. The Dix Decembre, the Bonapart-
list weekly, OF Paris, calls upon the French
Democrats no longer to patronize man who,
while pretending to be their special champion,
leads the life Of Sybaritic artist tocrat
Miss Kellogg's temperance at the Acade-
my Of Music Monday evening was decidedly
the musical event Of the year. Not only was
every seat in the opera house occupied, but
every foot. of standing room was crowded, and
already very large proportion Of the seats.
have been sold for the rest Of the season. The
Tribune says the acting was natural, the vocal
ism unaffected and simple, and that Miss Kel.
lcgg achieved not only fashionable, but an
artistic success. Y
Count Benstisa personal appearance has re-
GENTLY undergone q very marked change. His
hairs is turning very gray, and his handsome
face is becoming very angular and emaciated.
Hard work lie believed to be the cause. Beust
Is Thought to be the most indefatigable Of Eu-
ropean prime ministers. He generally works
iD his cabinet until one in the morning, and
rises again at seven. Tie Emperor entertains
the liveliest admiration for him, and often
says that he believes Beust to be the public
functionary who earned his salary more hon
estly than any other official In Austria. q
"A New York letter speaks Of Roger A. Pryor
as follows After the surrender OF Lee and
Johnston he came North, and has lived here
ever since. He says the South was whipped;
that he has accepted the esituahoD. put the Bit
ter past behind him, and gone to work, and
thinks IL would be much better IL his late com.
panions-in-arms would do likewise. Pryor has
little Of the old swagger, the overweening yan-
ity, the supreme sclf-consoiousness or other
days. He takes no part in politics, writes no
ietterss gives no counsel but yery .ssssSS aasSpS
silence, and submits gracefully to the inevita-
| bic. Pryor is picturesqu looking brunette;
slight, erect and graceful In figure; has an In
tcllectual face. with quite prominent features;
wears his hair long and behind his ears, Ia an
interesting and fluent talker, winning In man
ners, and socially q very pleasant fellow. He
has wife and family, and is getting d good
practice. On the whole, he 10 one Of the bcat
specimens I know Of d reconstrr rricSed rebel.
and shows how much improved q man may
| bs whom he has had the nonsense fairly salei,
| 0st Of hiT." M
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