The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-06-06
4 COSTLY WEDDING
NuptiaIs OF a Daughter of William M.
neutrality-suspicious. OF tie seecePtion-
The Trousseuu-Expensive Gifts.

Observation-Disclosures of the Reception
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Gifts.
The marriage in New York on Wednesday
| evening of Mr.. Arthur Ambrose Maginnis, of
| New Orleans, to Miss Mary Amelia Tweed,
daughter of William N. Tweed, the we'll known
New York politician, has been announced.
| The marriage was o notable affair. as rich as,
If not lar richer, than the celebrated Ovidio
diamond nuptials which created so mich talk
some years ago. Trinity Chapel was the
scene of the Maginnis-Tweed nuptials, and the
streets for blocks around were Tiled with car
riages, while the church was crowded to ex-
cess. Afterwards. when the married couple
proceeded to the elegant Fifth avenue man.
sion of the brides father, they received their
friends, standing under a magnificent mar
rage bell of iaponicas at the: end Of tire reeep-
tion room. :
THE DECORATIONS
of the Interior of. tine house presented a mar
vellous scene of floral magnincence. over
the door of the great parlors, on one side Of
| the entrance hall, hung a sort Of star, with
points projecting In all directions, made of
| white tuberoses and crimson roses and japeni-
cas-. On the other side, in corresponding
position, hung a huge globe OF the same Hoy,
ers wrought into rnamental devices, and
| showing the letters NJ. and 7. in scarlet.
Along the centre of the hall depended masses
| of sofia flowers In basket form. The musicians,
who sat In the semi:circle between the stair
ways in the hail, were partly hidden from
view by a. great harp OF green and white,
! edged inside and out with white roses. In the
reception room. on the right OF the entrance
| door, one Of the principal attractions was a
| monstrous two-decked basket of flowers at
least a yara in. diameter. On tile mantel and
| stand, on the chandelier, everywhere, flowers
met the eye. Even the CRATE was o solid bed
| of eXotics. Il would be impossible, by details,
to convey an idea of the marvellous quantities
of extensive flowers which met The eye every
where.
:. THE PRESENTS
we're a chief centre Of ~attraelonto the guests.
They filled an entire room when crowded close.
There were forty silver sets, any one OF which
would have attracted a crowd ii placed In a
Jewellers window, and!one single one contain
sent a frosted silver continuance representing
an iceberg, evidently Intended to hold ics-
cream or some equally frigid substance. The
association was beautifully sustained bS the
presence OF Arctic bears repos!ng on the icicle
handles Of the bowl and Climbing up the
spoons. .~IStagularly enoughi Mr.. Fisk display.
ed the same taste as Superintendent kslso,
and their offerings were exact duplicates.
Among the anne on the silver were Shant-
lev, Norton, Williams, Corlochan, Maginnis,
and many others. There were forty pieces OF
jewelry, Of which fifteen were diamond sets. A
single. one Of the latter is known to have cost
$3.50 1t contained diamonds as oig as d.
berls. A cross of. eleven diamonds, pea size,
bore the name of Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. w. Geneta as
donors. A pin OF sixty diamonds, represent
ing a sickle and .sheayes of wheat, was Inc gift
of J. Il. Ingersoll. Peter b. Sweeney's card
appeared on diamond bracelets OF fabulous
magni6cence. Cornelius Corson gave q ring
with a tiny watch as the seal. Bronzes, thread
lace, Cashmere shawls, rare pictures. every
thing that could be conceived OF which is Itch
and costly filed the room with splendor.
THE TRoussEAU
O fthe bride, which was designed and cat by
MI. Eustace Roberts, was superb, the MAZE
rails being of the finest quality and obtained
from a leading, Broadway dry goods house
They are Of the most costly description, and
the labor in preparing them has consumed
nearly two months. The dresses are models
OF elegance and the most renned taste, and u
carte blanche was given the maker will. The
simple injunction that the outfit should be
ssthe richest ever prntllaed' and tit for n prin-
cess The wedding dress was composed Oh
white gros graia with a train three and a halt
yards In length, and was lri!nined Win. real
point lace, costing near $4,000. The front Oh
the skirt was eut with a deep scollop, and the
overskirt consisted OF lace ornamented with
orange flowers. The price Of the material
and labor required in making and trimming
this dress was $1,000, making with the lace Il
total cost Of 5000. The other dresses forming
the trousseau are fourteen in number, and. are
oil elegant and designed IN The most ar
tistic manner, First, there is a black walk
ing suit in heavy rich gros grain, in which
thfrty=dve yards Of sill were used. 1t is trim
med with two pieces Of AuiuIlly guipure and
two pieces of rich heavy Cluny. Three hum
bred aud eightyAtwo bows are used in the
trimmings. The front Is cut with deep side
plating the whole width Of the skirt front,
and the train is white, mingled artstically
with black. Fhis dress cost $500. Next is q
brown silk. The front Of the underskirt con-
sists OF three regular reverse plaits interpolat-
ed with three deep Hat falls. On each size the
box plaits are narrow at the top aud Wild at
the Bottom. The back part is very deep,
houEced, scolloped and trimmed with narrow
piping, looped In each corner with scoll0ps.
The front is perfectly plain. The polo1aise
has a very deep position trimmed with fringe
looped on the left shoulder. The back part OF the
polonaise is Topped on both sides with fringe
oapitonel. Tie front Of the polonaise Is 6at, 4
making, on 'esctr side, two deep points, .each
point having a heavy fringe OF brown. The
sleeves are entirely pagoda, trimmed with
flowers, and deep at the Top and pointed at The
bottom. The inside sleeves are trimmed with
thread lace, mixed with tulle, Us Is also The
front, giving the dTess'G very rich appearance.
The cost OF the Inside sleeves and waist was
,s35, and the cost OF the entire dress 5000. Then
there are a walking suit of torty.two yards Of
blue striped silk. costing $3.50; q. lilac walking
suit OF striped silk, costing $500; a nlack aud
white silk walking suit, containing lhirty-fve
yards, and costing $500; a brown walking suit,
containing fifty yards, costing $500; a purple
silk reception dress, containing thirty yards,
costing $500; and a silver gray reception dress,
containing thirly-lwo yards, and costing $1,000.
The total cost OF these dresses WAS $4,000.
TIE RECEPTION.
The evening was passed in dancing, conver-
sation and yisits 10 the supper-roop: The din
ner was the chefd'9uure OF Drlmonico's estab-
lishment, which had been occupied for two
days exclusively in getting 1t up. GraGnla
himself played in the band. which furnished
music for the dance. 1t was late IN the night
before the festivities were brought to @ close.
GREELEY RoNEWIRD BOUND.