The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-06-30
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

General Longstreet Is in Washington.
in Indiana, girl OF eleven has applied for
divorce.
1t is stated that beautiful quadroon girl
will soon make her debut on the New York
stage.
One of Dickens's sons is in literature, one
in Australia, one in the British navy, and a
fourth at university.
"A petition is being signed at Paris asking
that the Grand Rabbi Isidor should be nomi-
mated senator-a dignity to which no member
of the Hebrew persuasion has ever attained.
"A brother of Senator Revels, Of Mississip-
pi, lives in Nashville. He is q successful ply
sician, and was educated by the American Col
onization Society to be sent to Liberia.
Madam Olivier has abandoned the effort
to set modest fashion of full dress, and gone
into fawn-colored satin, neck or nothing as re-
CARDS corsage.
An Indiana divorcee is engaged as cham
bermaid to her remarked husband, at So per
month, and finds it more profitable and agree
able than her former situation
Clara and Blanche Gottschalk, sisters to
the deceased pianist, are to make concert
tour in the United States next winter One is
vocalist, the other pianist.
-Audubon's own copy OF his birds OF
America in four large volumes, half bound,
and FIVE volumes of letter-press, with his auto
graph in each volume, are advertised as being
for sale in England.
Dickens was never formally connected
with any religious sect, but his rule was to
worship with the Unitarians. While living in
London he attended one Of their places Of
worship regularly, and had atamly pew there.
Lord Eldon, who has just died in London,
has left his whole fortune for the establishment
of an insane asylum. 81 restore to madmen," !"
said he, "the fortune owe to them" Lord
Eldon was lawyer.
Charles Dickens lived longer than Shakes
peare, who died at fifty-tkree; than Byron,
who died at thirty-sevea;t than Thackeray, who
died at hfty-two; than Burns, who died at
thirty-seven, and was one year younger than
Macaulay, who died at ffty-ntne.
The announcement Of the death of the
Earl of Clarendon having been made by the
British minister to the United States Secretary
of State, the President directed message Of
sympathy and coincidence to be sent by tele-
graph, through our minister at London.
The Prince of Wales, in recent speech at
dinner given in mid of the London Children's
Hospital, said "There is one fact, gentlemen,
to which I wish to draw your attention, viz :
that one third of the adult population Of this
country never arrives at maturity
"A Florida man says he will have about
5000 dozen pineapples tor market this year,
and that he expects to realize from So so to So
per dozen for them. He further says that he
and his three little sons do oil the labor neces-
sary to their cultivation.
1t is announced in San Francisco that Col
onel James Fisk, Jr, is about TO make most
gorgeous visit to California. He has secured
the most expensive suites of rooms at the
principal hotels, and promises To give the 10
dies of San Francisco $40, 600 ball.
-kbrd Clarendon was prostrated hy exees-
sive labors, and had for long time been sub
ject to violent. attacks of gout, but the imme-
dlate cause of his death was diarrhGa. When
first attacked, his lordshlp paid no attention to
the disease, which, operating on debilitated
system, soon became dangerous, and within
three days terminated fatally.
Bishop Grlswold, of Massachutts, once said
to clergyman who asked him why he was so
often silent, when he had 50 much to say that
was worth saying: 81 talked as much as any
body when was young, and I said great
many foolish things that have been sorry for;
l have never been sorry for anything that
never said"
"A young man in Nevada had courted
young lady Of New England by mail, and ex-
changed photographs. An engagement was
made, and the young lady started over the
Pacific Railroad to meet and marry her afianc-
ed. On her arrival, however, she promptly
declined the alliaLce, avowing that while his
face looked we'll enough, she would never
wed with such a little spud of fellow as
him