Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-10-05

men led the procession The bride came in
leaning upon the arm of her father, and was
given away at the steps of the altar. Follow
ing Gen. Sherman and Miss Minnie was a
long line of relatives of the family. There
were among them Mrs. Hugh Ewing and tw @
| daughters Gen. Thomas Ewing, with his sis
ter, Mrs. Col. Steele: sen. Charles Ewing,
and wife Senator Sherman and his sister,
Mrs. Reese; Judge and Mrs. BARLEY and
their second daughter. Mrs. Judge Granger,
a neice of Gen. Sherman, was escorted by
Col. G. w. Moulton, of Cincinnati, and his
young daughter; Mr. Alfred M. Hoyt. OF
New York, and his young daughter; Miss
Miller, of Ohio. Mrs. Shermans niece was
escorted by Mr.. S. S. L'Hommedieu, of Gin
cinnati. an old friend of the Sherman family.
The marriage service of the Catholic Church,
beautiful and impressive ceremony, was per-
formed by Archbishop Purcell, of Cincinnati,
who arrived in Washington several days ago
to attend the wedding. The marriage service
was followed by the high mass. Archbishop
Purcell was assisted by Rev. b. A. Mcguire,
S. j., Pastor of St. Aloysius Church; Rev. p
J. Healy, S. j, President Of Georgetown Col
i lege, and Rev. Thomas Mooney, Pastor of ST.
Bridget's Church, New York. The Archbish-
OF was waited upon by two young priests who
accompanied him from Cincinnati, Rev. Mr..
Quatman and Rev. MIR. Dutton. The vest
men,s of the Archbishop were costly and beau
| litul. During the solemnzati0n of the nup
| tiai mass the Archbishop, as he approached
the altar. wore, over a purple cassock with
| flowing train, beautiful rochetie of rich lace,
with silk tunic, heavy gold pastoral cross,
studded with dian onds, a stole richly EN-
broidered in gold, maniple of the same mate
rial, and outside OF all a chasuable made of
heavily embroidered cloth of gold. His san
dals were of gold and his stockings white silk.
He Bore in his hand a massive gold crozier
and wore a mitre respondent with precious
stones.
The Archbishop, in a brief address, called
attention to the unusual combination OF cir
cumstances in all the surroundings, that had
not, he believed, been witnessed before in the
United States. He spoke of this marriage as
ordained in Heaven. He made the following
touchi. & allusion to Mrs. Sherman's father
and mother, both of whom are now dead :;
"Wh hen think of the grandfather of the bride
MIR. Ewing, he who gave such pure example
TO all his children; when l think of the grand
mother of the bride, whom / saw laid out in
death when she looked more like bride than
when / remember how her noble husband
walked in,o the room and gazed upon that
lovely form, having the appearance more of
life than death, and walked back again to take
still another look at all that was left of the
wonderful woman, Mrs Ewing-when | think
of all that, it seems as if | see those blessed
souls looking down from heaven upon the
scene that is now spread out before US invok
ing Gods blessing" Speak ing of the bridal
pair, he said ''We pray God that their mar
rage may be suspicious; that their Gays may
be long and happy in the land, and that they
may live to see their children and their chill
dren's children unto the third and fourth gen.
Grafton" He also referred to the religious
character Of the marriage ceremony as dis
tinct from civil contract.
The ceremonies at the church occupied
over an hour. After the services the bridal
party left the church first ard returned to Gen.
Sherman's house, the wedding breakfast was
served, before the reception began. This was
necessary, as the Archbishop, bride, and
groom, who partook of the communion, had
tasted since the evening before. During all
the time of the reception, from to o'clock,
the residence of Gen. Sherman was filled with
guests. The Marine Band was in attendance
and performed an excellent programme.
The decorations Of the house were extreme
| ly beautiful. In the yard at each side of the
entrance were large tubs of palms, ferns, and
cac,uses. Inside Of the house the walls were
festooned with evergreens and wreaths of
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cealed by its mass of green and flowers.
From every doorway there were suspended
beautiful hanging baskets. In the back par
lor was an arch of moss thickly studded with
rare flowers. From the centre of the arch
hung marriage bell of flowers. This was a
work of ri, from Boston, and presented by
the groom, as were all of the bouquets for
the bridesmaids. The bride and groom stood
beneath the bel! of flowers, and were surround
ed by their attendants. They remained in
this spot until all the congratulations were
over, when the bride left to prepare for her
journey. An elegant lunch was served, the
menu embracing terrapins a la Mary land,
saumon-au bleau, sauce dauphn, birds of the
season, oysters, salads, and cakes, with creams
ices and wines in great variety and abun-
dance.
Among the distinguished guests present
were The President aud Mrs. Grant, Mar
shall and Mrs. Sharpe, the S, cretary OF the
Treasury, the Secretary of War, Judge Rich
ardson, Mrs. Dahlgren, GEN. Pail. Sheridan,
the japanese Minister, Col and Mrs. Auden-
reid; all OF Gen. Sherman's staff, the Judges
Of the Supreme Court, ex-senator Fnote, At
torney General Williams and Mrs. Williams,
Gov. Dennison, OF Ohio, Gen. Blow, of Mis-,
sonr, Hon. Mr. Ketcham, of New York, As
sistaut Secretary Cowan. Gen o. c. Bah
cock.
The wedding dress came from Paris. 1t
was OF white silk, cashmere finish, which is
new style of silk, and exceedingly soft and
rich. The long train was trimmed with a
deep tounce around the bottom, which was
edged with satin and plisses OF crepe lisse.
The front had revers of satin, and edged with
crepe lisse plisses beneath which was deep
box plating of the satin and two narrow
nounces of silk. The flowers were of wax,
and trailed over the skirt at the side aud back.
The basque was high at the back and open in
front, with bouquet de corsage. The sleeves
were only to the elbow, and finished with
knife plaitings of crepe lisse. The veil was
of ILLUSION, and fell over the face and then
swept back so that it entirely enveloped the
person. The brides ornaments were pearls,
a gift from her mother. Her travelling dress
is of beautiful shade of gray silk, with knife
plaitngs of the same; a polonaise of cash
mere, the shade of the silk and trimmed with
silk. Mr.. Fitch wore the full dress Uniform
of his rank. All the bridesmades wore illu-
sion wells and four of them wore pink flowers
and four blue. The bridesmaids and grooms-
men were Miss Ella Sherman, a school girl of
fifteen, and Mr.. f. p. Wood, Lieutenant Uni
ted States Navy; Miss Bessie Smith and Mr.
Russell, United States Marine Corps; Miss
| E,vp nd Mr.