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Mrs. FANNY KEMBLE has left this country for England, on account of the
sudden illness of her father, Charles Kemble, of whose low state of
health we have been apprised by almost every arrival for a year.

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M. BALZAC's recent marriage, at his rather advanced period of life,
finds him, for the first time, an invalid, and serious fears are now
entertained for him, by friends and physicians.

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ORESTES A. BROWNSON has received the degree of LL.D. from the R.C.
College, Fordham.

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RECENT DEATHS.

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SARGENT S. PRENTISS, one of the most distinguished popular orators of
the age, died at Natchez, Mississippi, on the 3d inst. He was a native
of Maine, and after being admitted to the bar he emigrated to the
Southwest, where his great natural genius, with his energy and
perseverance, soon gained for him a well-deserved reputation as one
of the most successful advocates at the bar, and as one of the most
brilliant and effective speakers in all that part of the country,