Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-09-01
PERSONAL.

-. A young Irish couple were married oa
Saturday evening and on Sunday the bride
diedAof cholera a. Fall River and was buried
sad conclusion to o hopeful and happy mat
rimonial alliance. -. y
-. Miss Dix embarks for Europe In tho
steamer Baltic, on Saturday next, fer the In:
proYement Of her health. - j.
-. Edwin Croswell, Esq, returned to New
York last week, after several weeks stjou1n In
the country. His health, though notre estab-
ished. is nevertheless such as to give encourage
ment that it will steadily improve.
go. The Rev. Mr.. jackson, the popular
pastor of ST. Paul's Church, Norfolk, returned
to his charge last week, from four months
travel through Europe, having visited many OF
the principal cities and places Of attraction,
and met with near relatives whom he never
met before. A few weeks ago, he says, he
looked upon the towering snow-clad heights
and icy peaks of the Alps, and the adjacent
valleys Of startling beauty. His return Is
hailed with profound delight by his chur oh
and congregation, and he has entered upon
his clerical duties with renewed health and
vigor.
1.-THE Limerick ureland) Chronicle. of
August H. has the following interesting intel
ligence in regard to Smith ORrisn: -
"The family Of Mr. ". Smith O'Brien re-.
ceived letter this week from that gentleman,
dated the last week in May, from Van Die
man g Land, when he was preparing to avail
bimsslf Of her Majesty's gracious pardon and
10 leave the colony for Europe. Mrs. Smith
O'Brien and other relatives will meet the lib
Grated exile at Brussels, where it is probable
he will reside and We have the pleasure Of
informing his countrymen that Mr. O'Brien
accepted with the best feelings his sovereign s
spontaneous clemency in remission Of the pen
atty for q political offence"
80. AS an affecting evidence of the indy
ing confidence of lovely woman, we copy the
following from Knoxville paper:
Married, on the 10th july, in Knoxville,
Tennessee, by lack. Boothe, Esq, Mr. Patrick
WEIGH to Miss Sarah E. Davis.
Died, in )! Knoxville, on the oath July, Mr.
Patrick WEIGH. ..-..-
Married. on the 18th August. in Knoxville,
Tenn. by W. F. Seay, Esq, Thomas Collins
to Mrs Sarah E. WEIGH, relict of the late
Patrick WEIGH. -
This is funny world
.... The New York Sunday Atlas thus talks
about the Hon. W. M. Tweed in connection
with the Mayoralty of that city:
Tho fact is, that Tweed can rally the
strength of the party LADDERS in both factions;
and notwithstanding all that can be urged
against him, for his connection with the old
Common Council, and on account of his vote
for Nebraska, he will be found mighty strong
man with the, people. His nomination, how
ever, will meet with very serious opposition,
both at Tammany and at the Stuyvesant In
stitute; and although he is personally confident
hat he can 'take the pot" we do not, at the
present writing. see his way so clear as bis
friends would like to have il"
80. M. and Miss Richings are playing at
Cleveland.
-. The members Of Fire Company, in
New Orleans, lately turned out for the purpose
of giving Recorder Filleuil a washing with their
engine, in revenge fer his having fined one Of
their members S. for some offence. Twenty
six of the company were arrested, tried on the
22d inst, and were each fined 500 and re-
quired to give bonds of $1,000 each, or DO COLI
fined in the parish prison for SIX months. The
greater number were incarcerated in default Of
bail
80. Capt. Marryatt's daughter is about to
appear before the public as novelist. Her
fret work, In three volumes, is entitled TEN.
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