The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-10 00:00:00

JENKINS OUTDONE.

Our thanksgiving to day was signalised at two o'clock
by the marriage of Senator Douglas of Illinois, to Miss
Ada Cutts, of Washington, after which the married couple
took the cars for their future residence in Chicago. The
bride was accompanied to the altar by several brides-
maids; but the senator, being a widower, went alone.
Only a few of his personal friends, including General
Shields and Senator Slidell, were present. The marriage
ceremony was performed by Father Byrne, of the Roman
Catholic Church in the religion of which the bride was
educated, at Georgetown nunnery. Senator Douglas
himself is not known to have decided leanings towards any
religious faith, though some of his friends draw a favour-
able inference from his recent land donation to a Baptist
College In Chicago. In the matter of age and personal
beauty there is a wide difference between the bridegroom
and the bride. Miss Cutts is tall, elegantly formed, with a
sweet oval face, large brown eyes, small Grecian foreheads
around which are entwined the heavy braids of her glossy
and abundant chestnut hair. On her clear, peachy com-
plexion there is a perpetual war of the roses—
the red and the white—each failing to maintain
a sole supremacy. Altogether her tout ensemble,
as the flunkeys say, vindicates the good taste
of the " Little Giant." For the gratification of your
lady readers the current story as to the way the match
was brought about may be worth mentioning. Three
months ago the judge—as Mr. Douglas is familiarly called
—called at the house of his friend, Senator Bright, who
lives just opposite Mr. Cutts', and it so happened that
Miss Cutts was there also. Immediately after she left,
Senator Bright remarked to his compeer, " Douglas it's
really a shame you're not married. You ought to find a wife
at once, and there's the lady for you." The suggestion
seemed to strike Douglas with the force of novelty. Accord-
ingly, procuring an introduction from Mr. Bright to
the house over the way, he soon found the recommenda-
tion more than borne out by the actual reality, in the
personal and mental charms of Miss Cutts. He became a
frequent visitor, and the engagement was made in the
latter part of the summer, though it did not transpire
until a few weeks ago. Miss Cutts may be 22 years of
age. She is a contemporary and member of the circle of
belles, all now married off, including Adelaide Smith Flo-
rence Greenhow, and others, who once formed a great
attraction at the receptions and balls of Washington-
Her father, James Madison Cutts, an officer in one of the
departments at Washington, is a nephew of Mrs. President
Madison and enjoyed a considerable intimacy with his
uncle, in whose family he resided. In politics he is an
Old-Line Whig, though not long since he volunteered a
communication in the Union testifying to the good
opinion which President Madison held of Mr. Buchanan.
He is a gentlemanly, quiet man, and much liked in
Washington society. As for Mr. Douglas, everybody
ought to be familiar with his antecedents and appearance-
In point of years he has decidedly the advantage of his
bride, being about twice as old. In person he is short and
stocky, a short of truncated giant, whence his well known
designation. He has a red, somewhat rowdyish face,
large features, the nose being rather retrousse, but still
with an expression indicating rather a rude, unrefined
nature, and an imperious energy, than any settled
meanness or malignity of disposition. In truth, I think
him a very good natured, pleasant man, individually.
He is perfectly willing after abusing, or being
abused, in the most violent manner, to extend the
right hand of fellowship to his enemy, though his
political hostility is unrelenting. He is said to be
worth at least 100,000 dollars, the result of fortunate
speculation in Chicago lots, aside from the property,
mostly in Louisiana plantations. left for his two little
boys by his first wife. While at Washington he lives in a
handsome, old-fashioned stuccoed house in the outskirts
of the city, together with a sister, who, with her husband,
superintends his domestic affairs. Whether Mr. Douglas
or his fair bride ever have the fortune to chance their
residence and dispense the hospitality of the White-horse
or not, I wish them both a pleasant honeymoon and a
prosperous and unclouded married life.— Washington
Evening Post.