Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1849-03-07

ROXY ana Exer0v0gnmcr.
o. Mr.. T. Bgelow Lawrence of Bo..
, ton. was recently married in Louisville n
Miss Sal.ie I. Ward. the Belle of the
: West" The wedding party is said 10
have been most magnificent affair. Ths
. beauty. wealth and fashion o, Kentucky
. were present. Among ,ac guests we.a
Gov. Criitenden. EN-Gosernor fletcher,
: Messrs. Powell. Prentice. Drake. and a
host of other distinguished mon
Afriend IN describing 10 us some oftha
eiegsnt exiravagancies Of the wedding
says: "ln the style royal, the bed -cham.
Der was thrown open for the Inspection of
the wedding guests. Upon Gn eiecan,
Toilet Table. were displayed various cost
~ bridal gifts. On a handsome Ottoman,
lay the Robe dc Chambre." OF White
Cashmere, trimmed with ermine. Tha
night gown and cap OF the most CONNIE X.
FAuT material and workmanship. The
window curtains werc Of pink silk. richly
fringed: over which hung elegant ones of
worked lace. The bed curtains were of
French ernbroidery-,he spread of heavy
CRIMSON satin-,he shee's and pillo~.s!ips
of the finest linen. ruffied and laced--,h.
bridal robe brought from France, cost eli.
teen hundred dollars; The necklace. brace,
:
lady present, heard Mrs Lawrence. The.
mother-inlaw from Boston. make several
cuts at the extravaganza and folly Of Lon,
svilie-she wore ia conirRs, To ali This 80,
magniticence, n plain black ve.ve, dress
from the time Of her arriva, III. her ,,ena,.
tuFe-which was two weeks"
Such consumma,e folly and sx,r,v,.
gance as the above, is extremely causu,a.
ma -
same money Nigh; have been more use.
fully expended, For instance, how much
better It would have been to have given il,
to the poor and destitute Of Louisville, and
oy mat means. have brougl., Joy and hap
piness 10 the hearts Of thousands
FACTS RELATIVE TO GxS. TArLan.s
/ AAiLY.-A correspondent O! the Nation
al in'elligencer, signing himself.Calye.,."
correcis some erroneous staten ents IN re.
gard to Gen. Tnyor's family. and saws
General and Mrs. Taylor have no chill.
dren young enough to be going 10 school,
IN Baltimore or elsewhere. Thcv havs
there daughter married 10 DIR Noaas
of the Army. and now on tina, s.a,ion
Col. Taylor, the Generel's brother. WINS.
lady Is daughter Of tho Hon. John Nc.
Lean, is also in Baltimore, and attached
10 'nat station. The public attention and
curiosity seem to have been won awav h.,
the General entirely from his better half
Tor his biographers have not told us who
She Is. Now. for the honor of I'D ri.
cert County, in Maryland, be i, know
whom Gen. Taylor ever has sur,eraor.,
Mrs. Taylor comes not only from Ca,v,,,
county, but from. it is believed. The yt-y
estate Oh which Mrs. Adams's father +
not she herself. was born--on the sbore, or
that river, the patuxen;, which nay;,a,o~s'
have said was the boldest and the mos,
beautiful they had ever entered. Mrs
iayior's father was Captain Walter Smith.
an independent s. highly respectable ma
whose estate was situate on the right hand
of st. Leonard's Creek, in which Comr,,.
dore Barney's fotilla was b.ockaded ia
the late war. She is the sis.e. Of the l.,,
Major Richard Smith, oftl,e Marine Crons
well remembered in Washington and NV
York, especially for his gaiian. and cal.
dierly appearance and bearing, and hi,
fine social qualities. Ii was in Kentucky.
that the General, then very young man.
saw her, and was conquered. With tina,
il may be said, 10 use the
words Of young Crittcnden 10 Santa An.
ia, General Taylor never surrender,