The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-06-15
PERSON4L GOSSIP.


Dickens, how, "that during some theatrical
performances in Liverpool, he acted in play
and farce, spent the rest Of the night making
speeches, feastIng and drinking at the table,
and ended at o'clock in the morning by jump
ing leap.frog over the backs Of the whole
company
Nathaniel Hawthorne, while in England,
wrote: ''Thackeray has dread Of servants,
insomuch that he hates 10 address them or ask
them for anything. His morbid sensibllity In
this regard has perhaps led him to study and
muse upon them, so that he may be presumed
to have more intimate knowledge Of this
class than any other man."
-Abont five hundred of the fathers present
at the Gcumenical Council has been photo
graphed by the well known photographer, AL
essandrim. Most striking, says letter from
Rome, are the heads ofmany illustrious speak
ers and theologians. "Dupanloup is dlgniaed
intellectual and decisive in appearance. Hay
nald has charming, smiling face. Stro So
MAYER looks keen and vivaclous, and his hair
rises high above his head. bending back behind
his ears like two black horns; he Is fifty and
looks as fresh as young Hungarian hussar.
Manning is wonderful; one would think it was
81. Bruno, the founder of the Carthusians,
come back 10 earth again, perfectly bald, at
tenuated to knife-like sharpness in the project
ing features, almost ghastly. 1t is feared that
his health is seriously broken >,
Napoleon, while visiting carriage manu-
factory in Paris the other day, was approached
by workman, native of Corsica, who re.
marked, with familiarity enough, that they
were cousins, since Bonaparte married one
of his ancestresses in the last century. "My
cousin" said the Emperor, II am incognito-
be you equally so."
When Mile. Morio was singing in the grand
Conversations Hall, at Baden, an Englishman
besought her to sing for him one minute. She
complied, while he counted the notes watch in
hand. "sixty-three exactly!' at the expira-
tion of the lime "You're blonde, and I'll
play sixty-lhree dollars on the rouge" He
did so, and swept the board
When General Grant makes present 1t Is
usually in the form of tobacco or pipes. He
probably has had more of those articles pre-
seuted to him during the last two years than
he can use during his lifetime, so why
shouldn't he be generous and distribute them
pro bono puJlico9 When one can be generous
and economical o. the same time, 1t is big
thing.
-Thackeray had nose of most peculiar
shane. as NAV be seen from his portrait The
bridge was very low, and the nostrils extreme,
" we'll developed. On one occasl Il, at par
tv where DOUGLASS Jerrod was present, 1t was
mentioned that Mr.. Thackeray's religious
oninions were unsettled, and that lady OF his
acquaintance was doing her best to convert
him TO Romanism. "To Romanism,' exclaimed
Jerrold, ''let us nope sue IL oeS'h WIN 'N'
nose"
The stockholders of the New York Daily
Star are so much pleased with the manage
ment off its editor, Mr.. 10. Howard, Jr., that
they last week took advantage of bis thirty
fifth birthday to present him with splendid
gold watch and to ask his permission to have
his salary raised from $4,000 to $4,000 year.
W., have little doubt that this modest request
was complied with.
Madame Olivier, the wife of the French
nrime minister, has recently been admitted to
th, Snanisll order OF Noble Ladies" The
decoration consists Of 4 vlolet-colored RIBBON,
strincd with white. to Which medal is at
| toched. Members of this order are grandees
in rank. and bear the title Of eXcellency.
There are In France ten other ladies members
of this order. the chief of which is the EN-
press.
-oucen Victoria has lately paid very I'm
usual honor to q little subject Of hers by, In
uprson. standing sponso; to him. The infant
fins distinguished is the Earl Of Burford, 6
direct descendant OF Nell Gwynne, being the
oldest son of the Duke of st. Adams by the
DAUGHTER of the Qneen's late valued friend and
secretary. General Grey. The boy was born
under very melancholy circumstances, Tor MS
Grandmother lay dying in an adjoining room.
The other godmother is Il lady as popular, and
almost as we'll known, as the Queen. Miss Bur-
dett Coutts, and it may be added, one whose
sponsorship is likely 10 have more solid re-
| suit.
Legal practice pays when one reaches
..thc upper story" David Dudley Field re-
ceiyed 100000 fee from the Erie Railroad
jeremiah s. Black got sl35,OOO from the New
Almaden mine case. William NJ. Evarts has q
professional income of sl25,000, and recently
charged $1,000 for one speech, which occupied
eighty minutes.
-Tennyson is to accompany the English ex'
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pedition, which is to sail next winter to OBJ
} sarye the next great solar eclipse.