Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-09-30

A BALTIMORE BELLE.-In our vision Of fair
women, next in the order of fame and foreign
conquest come the fair daughters OF the house of
Cation. Richard Cation, an Englishman of
credit and renown, espoused Mary, daughter OF
Charles Carroll of Carrollton, and from that
grating of choice stocks three dainty roses
doomed. Of these, the fairest flower was Mari
anne, who was married at Annapolis to Robert
Patterson, brother Of Madame Patterson-Bona-
parte. The ceremony was performed in the
chapel In the upper story of Mr.. CAROLS house.
and the attendent festivities were magnificent
and prolonged. Three charming bellies from
Baltimore were the bridesmaids, one of them
being Miss Mary Chase, now the venerable Mrs
Barney. The bridal pair visited Europe,
bearing letters of introduction from the British
received with fatterlng attt ntions AMI presen-
ted at court, where George W., on beholding
the fair Baltimorienne, gushed with admiration
sis it possible said he, ''that the wosld could
produce so beautiful a woman"
Her husband dying shortly after their return
to Maryland, Mrs. Patterson again went 20
England, where she married the MARQUIS OF
Wellesley, then viceroy of Ireland She was at
one time first lady-in-waiting to Queen Adelaide
at Windsor Castle, who in an autograph note to
the marchioness, wrote: ellis Majesty admires
gailantry." Whereat, knowing the nice virtue
of the sailor king, we smile "sarkastikul."
During her period of attendance on the queen,
II was the habit of the marchioness to rise at six
repair to early mass, and afterward to visit the
poor and afflicted She was voted the most
beautiful woman at the court Of st. James. 81
sdW says my entertaining Sulue, ''Wnlle
She was residing at ST. Johns Lodge, Regents
Square. She was then superbly handsome, and
thought her portrair by Sir Thomas Lawrence,
at her fathers hou: in Baltimore, did less than
justice to her charms A singular grace adorned
her simplest movements, and her loveliness of
manner was most engaging. From the City Of
Monuments, BY J. W. Palmer, in the October
number Of Lirpincoh's Magazine.
THE NATURE AND SOURCE OF THE Suns
LIGHT AND HEAT are at present attracting
much attention from scientific men in Europe,
many of whom have Endorsed the theory pro-
clusion, after long course of observations on
the solar spots and on the remarkable features
which from time to time appear on the suns
surfaces, that, whatever be the nature of solar
light, its main source appears to result from an
action induced on the exterior surface of the
solar sphere, Mr.. Nasmyth was led to consider
whether the true source of the latent element
of light might not reside, not in the solar orb
but In the space itself-the grand function and
duty of the sun being to act as an agent for the
bringing forth into vivid existence its due
portion of the Illuminating element, and this
element Mr.. Nasmyth supposes to be dihused
throughout the boundless regions of space, and
which, III that case, must be perfectly exhaust
less. Accepting this theory, Mr.. Nasmyth
argues that We have but TO imagine the existence
of a very probable condition, namely, the
unequal diffusion of this light yielding element
to catch a glimpse of a reason why the sun may
I'm common with his solar brotherhood, in some
portions of his vast stellar orbit, have passed.
and may yet have to pass, through regions of
space in which the lisht-yielding element may
either abound or be deficient, thus causing him
TO beam forth with increased splendor or fade
in briliancy, just In proportion to the richness
or poverty OF this supposed lght-yielding
element as may occur in those regions of space
through which our sun, in common with every
stellar orb, has passed, is now passing or is
destined to pass in following up their mighty
orbits.