The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-11-26
The Nuptials of Miss Chase.


Ho,o the Bride and Groom ,oere
Dressed The Celebrities Present.
The marriage ceremony between
Senator land EX-GOVERNOR Sprague, of
Rhode Island, and Miss Kate Chase,
the beautiful and highly accomplished
and eldest daughter of the Hon. Secre-
tary of the Treasury, took place last
evening, at half-past eight O'clock, at
the residence of the brides father, cor
ner of Sixth and + streets. Although
the contemplated nuptials have been
the occasional subject of newspaper
comment for some time past, yet to the
public at large the definite time of the
marriage was not announced until
within day or two past.
The invitations to the wedding were
as strictly private as it was possible to
be in consideration of the high social
position occupied by both the parties.
Yet, notwithstanding this fact, some
five hundred invited guests were assem-
bled at the mansion of Secretary Chase,
between the hours of halt past eight
aud twelve o'clock. The representa-
tives of the newspaper press, with one
or two exceptions, and these personal
friends of the Senator and Secretary
Chase, were, on this occasion, non-re-
cipients of cards Of invitation.
The reputation of Ex-Governor
Sprague, not alone as executive officer
of the State of " Little Rhody" and as
q statesman, but as brave and gallant
soldier, is world wide. The part he
took in defence of the capital, in July,
1861, at the first battle of Bull Run, is
known to all our readers AT this bat
tie be personally commanded Rhode
Island brigade, and behaved with great
gallantry. Subsequent TO this he was
conspicuous as an officer upon Gen.
McClellan's staff, during the Peninsula
campaign. Besides these personal acts
OF merit in the field, Senator Sprague
has on numerous occasions requested a
large proportion of his immense wealth
to the organizing, equipping and sup.
porting of the soldiers from his own
State, and by his personal influence
and example has, up to the present
time, encouraged vigorous prosecu-
tion of the war.
Miss Kate Chase, the bride of the
distinguished Senator, is a lady pos
sessed of those rare virtues of hear,
and mind, which alone can he recoc-
nized and appreciated by those who
are daily thrown in contact with her !:
and it is in the modest retirement of
her own home that these graces sparkle
and radiate like gems of dazzling splen.
dor. Modest and retiring in her man.
ners, yet blending withal dignity and
ease that singles her out to the least OBJ.
servant eye as woman endowed with
a nobility of heart, fitting her for any
position in life, no matter how exalted.
During the day everything bad been
properly arranged for the reception of
guests. A roll Of mating had been
run from the main entrance down the
steps to the carriage steps. Shortly
after dark large crowd of all SEXES,
ages and conditions began to assemble
around the mansion of Secretary Chase.
Iney were very good-natured, as large
crowds generally are, and waited pa
tiently for the arrival of the first car
riage. About ] O'clock it drove mn
to the door, the occupants alighted and
proceeded within. Shortly another ar.
rived, and then another, and soon a
continuous line of carriages ranged
along E street, from Seventh street to
near Fifth street As one after the
other discharged their inmates, some
spicy and good-naiured remarks were
passed by the eager crowd in attend.