Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1874-04-09
Miss Nellie Grants Wedding.

Wash'n Con. Louisville Courier-Joursai.
And now it is rumored that Miss Grants
wedding is to be hastened, and the pames
of her i've bridesmaids are given. These
are the Misses Borie. OF Philadelphia.
uieces of the ex-Secretary of the Navy !:
Miss Drexel, daughter Of the Philadelphia
banker; Miss Kitty Cooke, daughter OF
the ex-banker, Henry D. Cooke, and Miss
Anna Barnes, daughter of the Surgeon
General. have not yet heard the names
of the eroomsmen. Of course Colonel
Fred Grant win be Miss Cookies grooms
man she is his fancee. 1t has been
thought best since the arrival OF MIR.
Sartoris to allow the marriage to take
place next month, instead of waiting un-'
til October. The secret Of the engage
ment was well kept until the arrival in
Philadelphia of Mrs. Fanny Kemble, who
is Mr.. Sar,oris' aunt. She mentioned the.
fact first. When the elder Mr.. Sartorls
and his son met Miss Grant on the steamer
last October year, they were on their
way 10 Michigan, where Mr.. Sartoris
owns lands, and lie intended to locate
this his second son in that State to earn
his own living. The sudden death Of
their eldest son took place while they
were travelling in the West. and a telegram
was sent TO President Graut TO learn their
whereabouts and inform them OF the sad
news. OF course they returned to Eng
land immediately upon the receipt of this
intelligence. Now that the young man
has such different prospects he will not
cultivate wild land in Michigan, but take
his bride to his ancestral halls wonder
/! if there is as much sorrow felt when
death is so advantageous to the brother
es zti,s,.1s Is Pi"fn foiss where all
! the. children have equal advantages?
Every day or evening lunch or dinner par
ties are given to the happy young couple.
They were present at q lunch which Mrs.
Admiral Lee gave in honor of Miss Pres
tor, prior to her departure from this city.
General Babcock gave them a dinner par
ty Saturday evening, to which many of
the leading young ladies and gentlemen
of the city were invited
The carriage which conveys the happy
couple around attracts much attention.
It is drawn by four superb looking horses;
the harness is of silver, with glittering
chains and ornaments The long reins are
white, and TIE liveries of the servants as
handsome as possible. Fisk and Helm
bold brought such a display into such bad
repute thata.yarious comments are made
by spectators. Iaasmuch as, no modern
President has attempted such style, it
would have been better for the family,
considering what year of suffering this
has been to. thousands, and while many
considerit indelicate in the President 10
retain the extra twenty-five thousand ad-.
ded to his salary, after Congress was
forced to reduce their own pay, to abstain
from this daily display of their imperial
magnificence, while the whole country is
agltated about retrenchment. If the
horses need ex.rrisa.- boise.-l..-..-4sror..-o
TO grass than draw at eGtlon to overflow
ing Golfers and a superabundance Of the
good things OF life Ostentation is to
many worse sin than incompetency.
This strong and pointed language.
is from the Union- Herald: That
we are in evil simes, in bad way, is
rnhappily evident. That corruption
does exist; that the public moneys
are shared out; IS if they were the
legitimate spoils Of plunder; that
men go into Office with single shirt
and come out in few months with
splendid houses, royal carriages,
magnificent horses, palatial furniture,
diamonds, iegelry, broaloloths, silks,
satins and laees, on salaries that can.
hardly pay, their board, is not. only
trne, but is glaringly, deiantly, inso+
.lently true. The blood Of this poor
I".nple isEEbscdnlngEaot and anguya4
bearto t:seasl Tree aud gspefollis 81 3,
egl1ping ba pity ,their
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