The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-10-30
Marriage Of Secretary Sessard.

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Marriage Of Secretary ses1ard.
Washington Correspondence Hartford Postl
... WASHINGTON, Oct. 8, 1868.
1t cannot be premature, since Journal
which ought to know the proprietles OF
life rs well as the New York Tribune has
already adverted to 1t edltorially-for me
to speak of the alleged wedding of Mr..
Seward. It's believed around town gen.
orally that Rlsley, daughter Of either the
Assistant Solicitor of the Treasury, or Of
the Deputy Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue. .,. 81. .,.
Miss Rlshlcy has been a familiar friend
of Mr.. Seward, n good while the sharer
Of his carriage, the appreciation Of his
conversation, and, think, q vlsitress to
his house. She was out of the party OF
eXcurslOnists West, n year or more ago.
and distinguished herself rs brilliant
and vlvaciOus conversati0nalist, and with
all as a good and sensible woman. Her
family came from Chatauqua County,
New York, have understood, and II this
be true, perhaps Mr.. Steward made the
acquaintance of her family when resi-
dent of that region In 1863, as the agent
OF the Holland Land Company. MISS
Rlshley Is not above twenty-seven,
should Judge. She Is what We call "fine
woman, large shoulders and figure, with
hight to give her carriage. fine large
eyes, the features about the mouth and
chin being less delicate, but altogether
she is perfect physical presence.
am only repeating lwhat Will prob
ably get to the public through other med
iums before my letter reaches you, that
the story goes here to this effect:
Within recent period Mrs. Rlshlcy,
mere died, being supplied by Mr.. Seward
with his own physician from New York,
and otherwise tenderly treated. She
called up the future groom and her
daughter, and told them that she wished
her death to embarrass no wishes which
they had entertained. II Is therefore,
current all over Washington, that two
weeks will not elapse before the nuptlals
will be consummated. Mr.. Seward will
gee an intellectual helpmate, equal to the
expectations of his house, and Ofa person
and temperament which young person
might be glad to possess. His great
place ut New York Is quite lonely now.
Providence having afflicted him In his
family, beyond the lot OF few men, with
approximate public responsibility. He
lost his wife and daughter mt time when
patrlzan malice had scarcely enough de-
cency to spare him alive while he pro-
ceeded to their graves, and his large edl-
flee here demands q matrOn to preside
ut Its receptions, since pretty little Mrs.
Fred Seward loves her family more than
this ostentatious grandeur. and will readl-
ly yield her place. say again, that II
any case seems to be hard one, It Is Mr..
Scward's. A social being, still wlthIfnc
powers Of endurance, fond OF glass OF
wine, who can ride all day up the banks
of Rock Creek, walk two or three miles
and talk all the distance, write and de-
liver speech that almost tires his hear
ers, and stand up In public receptions
from nine to twelve o'clock, and be a ver-
satile miracle. Weddings Of this sort are,
SO far from being dlsproportlonate,
quite the custom In Europe. The deplo-
mat there never turns gray, but turns a
sort offoxy silver, like GrOtschakoff, who
grew more foxy and willy, capable Of div
Ing deeper, swimming further and coming
up oftler as he approached one hundred
years. Mr.. Seward was born In the
year 1901. and we hope he will continue
with us all the year 1899. BY this time
full justice will have been done him.
This last conquest Of our distinguished
dlplomatists Is truly an unasslsted one,
and a compliment to those rare powers
of fascination which are the admiration
of Europe as of his c0untrymen. The
aged s0lder-not to speak of the first
black Republican, OthellO-neyer seemed
so victorious rs when he came from the
camp to wed. So with the diplomatist,
whom We may admire In his own descrip-
tion Of the State, quoted by him In the
pcroration Of his Auburn speech In 1865,
with nothing changed but the gender:
"Go sound his gates with solmn pomp
Ills towers, count every onei
Mark every battlemcnt and SEQ,
nthere ye miss o stone"
grieve to quit this subject, as II Is so
exquisite relief to my duller duties Of
registering "moves," checkmates, and
material matter. 1t demonstrated that
Love rules the camp,
The court, the grove,
For love Is heaven,
And heaven Is iover
At that rate could quote poetry all
day, and cite instances Of happy state
marriages. The renowned Lady Frank
lin, pursuer Of ler husband Into the pol |
ar seas, was q second wife, ana when
Mr.. Seward gets so far Into the fHesse Of
dlplomancy that he disappears nom
our sight, he may find his Lady Frank
lin also. James Madison was nearly
President when he married d-nearer h; 1
think. than Is Mr.. Sewarl-and Dolly
Madison made the most brilliant house
keeper In history. Therefore, In the
words Of Robert r. Conrad over Seh'
Tylor: Tr'E2 1.
..weep not for himi Tho 1hreaelsn Wise rave ~ |
Tears 70 the birth couch, triumph 70 t"e s"'o
Cited to posterity with Otensuen'
Tallayrand, Richelieu, Cayour, GoItscnss
koff. Nettei nick, ,Coruell Jewett, anu
particularly Palmerston, whom nc mo.s
with Hoods most beautiful invocation:
"TAke him In tendcriy,
Lin him with care,
rt fashloned % sleuderiy,
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