Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-03-14
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Inc accompanying dispatch to the.Ds part =
ment OF State from Mr.. Thayer, United States
CONSUL oehersi In Egypt, communicating the
PARTICULARS OF the recent death of Mr. Charles
Marsh, OF New York, will be read with sad I'm
'eTest by the numerous friends of the deceased,
.e.rs L. 5. CONSULATE GEHHsAL
.se ALEXANDRIA,, Feb, 4, 1851. s
SIR: rave 10 report the painful .tid ;oyS n
the death OF Mr.. Charles Marsh, Of Nsw YorI,
who has recently been acting as .he Vice Con
sui u The United STATES at Cairo. -
his sad event took place very suddenly At
1heSt ms ularresldence in Alexandra on the eve
hlhE OF SUNDAY, The 2ith of January last Nc
Marsh, WI hife ON visit here, was confined 10
US beo q lew days by typhoid fever of SO mild
"S le t'dt heiiher himself nor his physicians
*pt rahende6 ATTY serious result, alttIonrh snch
att els are generally more irving 10 m IN Of nj
Niseious physique aud sanguins temperament
uan 10 olEEfs. Tn SUNDAY, the oath, he for the
irst time expressed himself as feeling serious
y nnWelI, and NJ p. N. a rush of blood 10 the
head rendered hin insengible. In this con-
Clt-CE lie remained until his death, seven hours
later. lie was assiduously attended by three
OF the most skilifni European physicians in
the Niceroy's service.
On tie afternoon of the Goth ulhmo the
innefai eeremoi-irs were solemnized at the
Consulate and in the Church of st Catherine:
they were attended by the chief functionaries
OF the local government, and the Consular rep
resentauyes OF the different nations in uniform,
beside very large concourse Of European res
ldents, many OF whom, notwithstanding the
shortness OF his stay, had known the deceased
well enough 10 feel sense of personal loss in
his death. Among the pail bearers were Con-
suIar officers OF England, Russia, Italy, and
Holland. The remains were placed in the
Catholic cemetery OF Alexandria
AT the time OF his decease Mr.. Marsh had
nardly attained the prime of life, and up TO
the last illness seemed the embodiment of Wig
orons health. No requisite of happiness and
prosperous fortune was wanting to him. HIS
eminent social qualities, his generosity aud
talent, had gained for him an unusually large
circle OF friends in America and Europe. He
mad been the trusted associate of MIR. Webster
and others of our leading statesmen, hut rs a
rule had declined TO accept official prefermant
for himself. Only once, l believe, he consent
ed 10 represent his native city (Portsmouth) in
the New Hampshire House Of Represa IN tatives,
where he was nominated by one OF the TWO
great parties for the psakership. He was a
graduate OF Harvard College, and his PUB
lished volumes of "Reminiscences OF Mr. Web
ster and of Travels in Madeira and Spain, as
we'll as his various contributions to ma gaines
and journals, had given him creditable place
in American literature.
II was but November last that Mr.. Marsh ac-
coppanied me from Paris to this country in
the tulness OF health and pleasant expectations.
Few indeed Of his many friends Will be pre-
pared for the aGliciion which thus befails them.
l am, sir, very respectfully, your obed eat
servant, WILLIAM s. THAYEE.
Hon. WIN. H. SEWARD, Secretary of StaUe.