Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-04-19
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RICH WEDDING present. most mag
ni6cent and costly setof jewelry ever produce'
n America is now on exhibition in New York
At the ''Parlor Jewely Establishment" of MIR
John A. Reed, No. 573 Broadway. It ha
been made to the order CT wealthy Soutl
American merchant, and is intended as gif
10 his b'ide, a Spanish lady of noble blood, il
is said. The articles, which are of artisit
design and elaborate workmanship, are thus
described by the Home Journal:
The set of jewels under mention, in the opin.
ion Of Paris jewelers., is the most perfect collec
tion of femeralds in the world They are formed
into necklace and a pair Of ear rings. The
u,cklace is composed of fourteen perfect emer-
aids. each weighing five karats, and each sur
rounded with thirty two dismonde, all festoon-
ed and set in silver in similar fashion to the
court Jewels. The necklace is adjusted in two
paris, iu such manner that they may be
detached and each from bracelet The ear.
rings, also made brilliant with diamonds, set in
polished silver, are Of the pendant style, two
and hafinches in length, and consist Of three
eneraldS each The stone at the top, of the
earring weighs two and q half karats; that in
the centre, one karat while the lower stone
"a pear-shaped drop-weighs seven and half
karats. l'.E@ ~>- izs'5
Our readers will have some idea of the scar
city Of such a set Of gems, when we say that
they are the result of twenty FIVE years search,
in the celebrated mines of New Granada, being
the choice of the productions of those mines
during that period. Their worth will be better
understood when We say that they are valued
at SIS, 900 in gold.
WHAT IS A Quorum. The New FORK Jour
nal Of Commerce, discusses this now very i'm
portant question, What is House, Of Con
geSs? And what is a quorum? It says
tTothirds of the House can override veto
but adds: " .H
"Whatis two-thirds of the House of Repre-
antatives or of the Senate? The proclamation
ofths President has declared the pacifcarion
ofyarioasStates. ThoseStates have not seeded
from the Union, because they could not, either
legally or by torcible resolution. Are the Sem
ators and representative Of those States to be
counted in considering what is the House
They have been elected but their seats are, re
fused them. Can a majority in Congress ex-
clude members elected, and by so doing reduce
the number forming the House, so that quo
rum shall consist Of majority only Of those
admitted to seats, and two thirds shall be coun-
ted ouly as of those who are In their seats!''
The New York Express also aludes to these
very important questions, and upon their So
luton depends the sanction ofH'iLaws, . social
ed, as enacted by this Congress- Is the veto
Constitutionally over;ruled ?? Are. laws en-
acted by less than quorum, :, Law" at all? s5a
EDWIN FORREST The steamer Costa Rica,
which left New York on Wednesday last for
San Francisco, took with her Mr.. Edwin For
rest. In 1857, Mr.. Forrest received letter
from Sacramento, signed by many gentlemen,
the Governor of the State, aud all the Repre-
sentatves and Senators, asking him to make
California professional visit. He was COM
PEELED, however owing to i'll health, to decline
the invitation Subsequent to this, he had
large offers from the different theatrical mana
gers in California, one Of which was fifty thou
sand dollars for fifty nights performance, which
offers he refused. About six months since Mr..
Mcguire sent a special messenger to New York
Ior n the purpose of again negotiating with Mr..
Forrest We understand the terms offered by
Mr. Mcguire were the most extraordinary ever
made m to any actor either in this country or in
Europe, not only in a pecuuiargpoint, but were
such that, on arriving at California, Mr.. For
rest was not bound to act, if he did not feel dis
Posed to DO so; while Mr.. Mcguire made it
binding on his own part. .ur-ggi
y WEDDING-Miss Julia Green, daughter
OF millionaire. was married in New York on
thursday to Joseph E. Simpson, young law
yer from Troy. The dresses of the bride and
ne ner SIX maids were elegant beyond description.
ioe l bride wore white satin dress, very full
SKIRT, trimmed with heavy point lace a long
moving lace veil, and orange buds and blossoms
ID her hair. Her neck was ,encircled with a
beautiful diamond necklace, and diamonds
gAttered In her ears and on her fingers. Her
MAIDS, SIX 10 number, were dressed in tarletan,
iiully trimmed, illusion wells, frosted oak leaves
IN their hair, and coral ornaments Rumors
9i 9i the coStliness Of this wedding are as contra
uS,ory as some are extravaganza, but, we are
,oia by persons we'll iuformrd that the brides
sSlette e cost nearly $4,000, while that Of each
OF her maids was $1,000, and was a present
rom rom the bride. Rumor also says that the fair
BRIDE receives 100000 from each of her par
ents as wedding portion. Boston Post II Il,
lHE WINANs CIGAR SHIP.-The nautical
problem involved in the launching Of Mr., vi
mans celebrated cigar steamer has been at
least partially solved. On Thursday the ship
sg5t got ialrly out into the channel aud went round
me coast as tar as Brighton, where Mr. Wi
tS naos resides. At half past twelve she came up
from from the eastward, going very fast She came
within quarter Of mile of the shore, her
strange and ugly appearance. exciting the
SSfea'est interest among the crowds. who, as it
happened, in consequence of the fine weather
were We: just then on the sea font When ashort