The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-10-26
A Very Golden Wedding.

Not golden by the virtue of the half GEN.
tury of welded life which usually confers
that auriferous distinction of title, but gol-
den in its gorgeous profusion OF vast dis.
bursements and fabulous luxures of open
handed outlay. was the wedding OF Miss
Francis Amelia Bartlett with Don Esteban
Sancta Cruz de Oyiedo, which took place
on Thursday, the 18th of October, at st.
Patrick's Cathedral, in this city. The beau
ty and innocent youth of the bride; the
wealth and birth and personal characteris-
tics of her betrothed; and the reckless prod.
isality with which the shining path OF prep
uration to the event was strewn, combined
TO attract the attention OF fashionable New
York with a magnetism wholly irresistible.
Public feeling reached height from which
the descent-now that all is accomplished
and over-must be difficult if not dangerous.
The mysteries of most sacred privacy were
penetrated and openly revealed to the eager
and excited world. No particular-delicate
or otherwise-of the origin of the affair, its
progress, its elimination, has been permit
ted to repose in obscurity. That Don Este
ban first encountered the lady of his love
last New-Year's Day while eating chocolate
at the house of one of her friends with whom
she was residing, and on whom he CHANGED
to call; that he slrove with earnest to pour
fervent admiration through her interpreter
into her ear; that his heart !eaped with Joy
upon the hidden discovery that her lingua
capabilities included his native tongue; tina
their two souls were thus welded by idio
matte sympathy, indissolubly and forever
that Don Esteban, overcome soon after b.
fever and ague, suffered in silent solitud
until his chamber at the st. Nicholas wa
Frightened, and the acuteness OF his mise
ries were aleviated, by the tender and devo
: ted visits of tho true hearted American grl
that his gratitude found eumptuous expires
sion in ceaseless heart offerings OF the natur
of glitte:ing jewels and purest metals; th'
= the bonds of affection, already made To-
v and firm, were afterward clenched with do
r BILE force at Niagara and Saratoga; that fl
:; many months few hours had been occupi'
y by the affianced pair otherwise than in syr
81 netrically shaping the arrangements
their approaching union--aIl this, dnd mu
e more, h ad been ventilated with an assidui
le which proved beyond doubt the depth of co
r. Germ experienced upon the Subject by t
n "crcles" of New York. Of circumetanC
s. less minutely personal, but not less imp'
se tant to the apprehension Of public curiosi
may lave freely circulated. The wealth
no Don Esleban, who is known to be the p'
Nv SCISSOR of some of the most valuable esta
all in Cubs, has received proper considerable
,r- As to the number of millions over which
e. exercises centrol there has been dispute
We Successive series of anxious feminine CT
I'D claves have failed to definitely settle
G. matter. Society has been distressed at
inability to determine whether the income
I'D five or ten millions Of dollars is lavished
1t. the Don, and has revenged itself by fast
es ing with zeal upon every fragment of inl
Or. ligence respecting his manners, custo'
re, and appearance. 1t has discovered that
'es is ffty.fv years old, and of short stat'
*. some what shorter than his bride; that
10. deep Castillian tinge of his Countena
finely relieves the blonde purity OF her &C
mo plexion; that the curl of bis beard and
I'VE flash of his dark eye bespesk bold enc
and decision of character. 1t has discove
his that noble generosity animates his acti
yht IA generosity first exempli6ed at
red long ago given by him at the st. Nichc
ed, for which occasion he provided that the
of every lady invited should be dresse
me his exppnse, and since more clearly en-
by his hmitless expenditures in favor Of
,or. young bride and her friends. The exam
old are multitudinous, and csn no more be
lea. thered here together than ocean sand
The more prominent. however, are not
"a worthy Of record. We know not wher
ina turn with most OF admiratiou-to the se
non ty.five guy and brilliant silks purchase