, 1873-11-21
MARRIAGE OF ANAsA sPRAGuE.
FccNlinr1y 1ntorcstfng Ceremony In
EFoVfuGncc.-NO ExtrnvnQnllt Dis
pl0Y, 1lT1h Httt EOyv Guests.

AEc6NltNr1y 1Mtcrcstfng Ceremony In
. EFovfucnce.-NO ExtrnvnHnnt Dis-
pIny, il1ta nut Eosv Quests.
10 1'ror'dcnee Dispatch to ihc Ntio FORK Herald.
An Important oyont III the sprayno falnily,
which, In anticipation, haB been tho subject Of
much talk in tho community during Tic past fow
WoekB, occurres ti,is evening, viz. tho marriage
OF cdl. Amasa Srrasuo. Of tho firm Of A. l. W.
: sprasne, to daughter Of tho late byron
spraguo. Whom tho crlns in tho spraguo affairs
Aroso, the engagement, which oxistol Aince last
spring, naturally entered Into tho consideration
Of ,mnttors and things In connection With
tho srragucs, mud among people iii their circles
OF wealth and fashion expectations of the mar
siago have boen hold for oyor q fortnight Such
ceremony Under existing circumstances, cA1l-
not. ono would Think DO worry joyful, But, DO
Tint "a It may, tho Eroat nfair has ut last nkcn
place. and TINT too, before Tho business intoroHtH
OF tho great house arc sottted. LII marked con-
trust with tho brilliant wedding which occurred
Mt tho sp.agno mansion noary year ngo. whcn
anothor daughter Of tho late byron Bpraguo was
tho bride, thla marriage was quiet and without
No unusual preparations wero made for tie
event, and no allch Btir or futter sas created in
the fashionable world ~ would be expected
Bic couple. Cards this Time were issued to s only
about hfty persons. At tho proyious Wedding
hundreds woro invited and came, brilliantly mud
elaborasoly coksumel. Aa your reporter this
evening approached the boautiful inansion In
Mrs, Byron srraguo, and her daughter, and
which adt toius tho otlor elegant Sprague man.
Bion Iii which Mr.. p. A. Doyle, brotiior-ln-law of
Amasa nhllW ilia1n Srrague, ,resldeB, ho found tho
rooms lighted from sop to bottom, but in and.
around the house all was apparently quiet, o
Stiffness aa at q funeral rather than TINT OF a
wedding. A police Sergeant and six OF his sub
ordnatos. detailed by Mayor Doyle. were on duty
tile attendance was small, nor were there any
peertng eycR Of intruaiug porsons on the'prcnl-
iAeH. About 1880 o'clock tho carriages con-
tanning tho invited, guests began to or
rivo, and whitc-gloyod and full-uniformod po.
lcenen nssiated the. guests to clght. At
o'clock, tho hour for tho ceremony, oil tho
glests-not moro than fifty or sixty altogether
had arrived. Among those in attendance wero
Senator William Sprague, Miss Fanny Sprague.
Thomas A. Doyle. with several other mombcra Of
the family, besides their prominent aud wealthy
fuends
The ceremony was soon proceeded with. and
WIS marked with peculiar interest in viow Of tho
sleumaaness. The cessymon who Psrferea
rector Of Grace Church {Episcopa), and the
Row. Mr.. Henderson, Of the Episcopal church in
Crauston, which ad5oins Providence, md which
ia the residence Of the bridegroom. The bride,
and 20 years Of ago, MAS very pret-
tily, though not gorgeously, attired, Nor,
indeed. we're my Of tho Attendants dressed
in any remarkable degree Of splendor. The
whole affair and usual accompaninonts did not
occupy more than an hour and half, and tho
pasaora.by would not imagine On glaneing ut the
residence that wedding waB celebrating by ono
OF the wealthiast houses In lshodo Island. Tho
whole aquare and adjacent strcots wore, on tho
occasion Of the previous big wedding, throngod
With carriages and people, and tue mansion pro-
sented the appearance Of brilliantly -illuminat-
ed palaco:, Bat tho circumstances attending tho
however much the bridal pair and thor guests
may be inclined to display, their interests appar-
emily folbaGo any dnzzlo or unusual rejoicing on
this occasion. In the present unsettled state Of
Affairs the bridal trip must be postponed. What
effect the marriage will havo on tho future rela-
tions OF the house ROMANS to bo Boeu.