Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-08
A Crnmb OF Weddinr.cnlke

The innumerable friends of the Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher would hardly forgive US if we
were to omit mentioning the pleasing incl
dent that occurred at his country residence
at Peekskill last week. On Wednesday
morning. after the dew was dry, Mr. Beecher
chose spot under the shadows of the trees
near his garden, where, in the presence of a
fiji circle of friends and neighbors, he gave
away his only daughter in novel ceremony
of marriage. The beauty of the day, and the
beauty of the ceremony together, rendered
the scene singularly charming, tender and
impressive.
No guests were previously invited, except
relatives and household companions, owing
to the impossibility Of accommodating 10
moderate county town 80 many acquaint-
ances as q famous special contributor has the
fortune to possess. But among the chance
guests, whose presence added not the least
picturesque feature to the scene, we're the
workmen of Mr.. BIS farm, who stood as wit
nesses in the field, dressed in their best.
Was ever such a church or dwelling for
wedding ceremony The Highlands swept
their glorious walls around the north and
west; gracefully sloping bills shut in the
! east and south; the heavens above were clear
| as crystal and without stain of cloud; and
| so in this great house not made with hands
| the young pair stood up, leaves quivering
above their heads, the grass, hardly dry of
| dew, under their feet and innumerable
flowers in the near garden filling the air
! with fragrance.
About the middle of the afternoon, after
| the wedding feast, the new-married pair set
| out upon their bridal tour; not on the steam
boat or railroad car, but with horse and
chaise--the gift of the brides father-trotting
off for the winding roads of the Highlands of
| the Hudson, thence to the homes of numer-
| GUS uncles and aunts in Connecticut and
Massachusetts,, to return after a few weeks
to the town of Norwich, in the Chenango
Valley of this State, where the bridegroom,
the Rev. Samuel Scoville, has lately been
called as Congregational minister.
This journey was begun under good au-
spices, for according to the Irish custom to
secure good luck, two of the party had pro-
vided themselves each with an old shoe, and
as the carriage started, the shoes were throw wn
after them with q good will, one falling Just
behind, while the other vaulting over the
top, pumped fairly within the carriage
thus bringing down upon the fortunate pair
all the blessings external and internal,
which can possibly be supposed to reside in
old shoes AS another Of our special con.
tIibutors was the thrower of one of these
tokens, we need not say that it i5 luck
enough for the young lady 10 stand in Mrs.
Stoves old shoes.
OF course we will not be public tell-tale
of the particulars of a private welding
party, yet we can not help mentioning that
the bride was dressed in pure white, with,
| out jewel Tor ornament except natures
jewels of fresh buds and flowers. But il
during the golden weather of the declin.
ing summer or the beginning of October
cOlors on the trees, any wedding ceremony,
or wedding Journey to follow it, can posi-.
bly, be made more beautiful aud de.
lighttul than this, we hereby give out our
intention to make public chronicle thereof
as hereof course begging all requisite par.
don of the parties at the foot of the notice
| Ne1C York IadependeRt