The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-05-10
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WAsHiSeToR, May 2. 1850.
Last night was goriods night for tho lovers
Of the UGion.' and hundreds upon hundreds Of the
lads Of the clan were congregaied together at the
hospitable mansion ofihe Secretary ofthe Interi-
or, on the occasion Of the marriage Of his daugh-
ter. Ellen B. Ewing TO William 7. Sherman, ofthe
U. s. Army. The bride and the groom Of course
were the centre Of attraction, add considering
their yOuthulness, and surrounded by such nu |
merous assembly Of The magnates oi the land. |
they acted their parts with ease simplicity and
eegance. OF the groom, Lean only say. having
no acquaintance, that fame speaks IN the highest
terms Of him Us a young gentleman OF high toned
honor and spotless integrity. OF the nietrOpo-
Titan layorite, the lady. like Ellen eau speak by
The card. aud inform You That in every quality
that constitutes charming woman, there is not on
this broad and her superior. Atiectalion, pride, !
show, parade, are oil strangers TO ber, aud any
one. rich or poor, having an unblemished reputa-
tion, is always considered by her good society,-
Her iather appears to have inken uncommon
pains IN her education and in giving proper die
rection TO every act aud lhodght.
IL wanted 10 adduce other evidence than
that known to the world oi the honesty and :,er.
ling integrity Of Thomas Ewing, aye, even be-
lore the Richardson Committee, l would Just
point them TO his dat ghter. broughiup under bis
own eye as yoncher. She strongly resembles
the Secretary III riud aud Judgment, but is great
ly ahead Of him in making friends among the de-
mocraey.
The rooms above and below were crowded
with "1el es, mud matrons, mlijs aud niAdams,
The President was there. The Vice President
was there The Cabinet were there. Judges cI
tile Supreme Court were there. Senators and
members were there. Sir Henry L. Bulwer, lady
and siie, with muny OF the DiPlomatique corps,
were there. Citizens aud strangers were there.
aud .c
Taylor, Clay, Cass Benton and others,
Moved along like loving brothers.
The many pleasing incidents Of the evening the
sayings and doings Of sdcl men as Winthrop. Cor
win King. OF Alabama, McLain. Butler, Of S. c..
Wilton, Pearce, Jones' Of Iowa, would fill vol
ume instead OF this short letter. The most pleas
ing incident Of the night was the presentation to
the bride oil a beautiful boqdet bt one oil the
talest plumes OF the conlederacy Harry of the
West. He went through in fine style, and she re-
ccived il accordingly
The Brte's cake was ne plus ultra.-The
popping of the champagne was like the peals Of
artillery at Buena VistG aud the feast was all
The art OF Udeco make it, while Mr.. aud Mrs.
Ewing aud every member of the family made all
fell as ifthey were really "at Home
TAE CONVENTION which framed the
present Constitution of Ohio consisted Of
thirty five members. We believe only
three Of them still survive, viz, Judge
Ephraim, Cutler Of this County Gather
of our present delegate) Ex Gov. Nor
row, and John Riley TIE two last
named were both delegates from Ham
ilton county. There were then bat nine
counties in the State, and the represen.
tation in the Convection was divided a.
mong them as follows: Adams, 8; Bel
mont. 9; Clermont, q Fairfield. 2, Ham
il,on, 10, Jefferson 8. Trumbull, 2; Wash
ington A. The delegates from this coun-
ty where Ephraim Cutler, B |. Gilman,
John Mclntyre. and Rufus Putnam.
A correspondent Of the GAINESVILLE Cour-
ier, in speaking of that Convention says:
al wish it was in my power to give the
occupations of the individuals who
formed the present constitution. am
Of the opinion that there was large ma.
jority of them who were NIT professional
characters, and WHO fdtiied Consliid-
tidn Under which the State has been gov
erned for nearly fifty years.
The convention assembled al Chill;
licethe, on the lst Of November, 1902,
and finished its abors on the 29th of the
same month. Allowing three Sabbalhs I'd
have been included in that time, leaves
tDeniy si1 working days that were oG,
cupied in lie iurriitiun of the present
constitution. Will 50 short period he
occupied in making a new onel | ieai
not. The love ofmaking png speeches
has become so fashionable of late, that
we need not be surprised if three month,
will be required to do that which ou hi
To be fnished in 80 or 80 days, and one
hundred and eight men are now sent ,c
do what dirtyGge men could aud did do
forly,eight years ago.
1.-THE occupation in life of Messrs. ABRAMS and CAR
rENTnR, the Delegates from this County, that @
Farmers =EDs
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