The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-05-26

was no success TO Congress. y Like Snnder-
land who forgot the vice president in his
prayer az Summers funeral, the caterers for
got both the bride and groom, the queen,
and few other unimportant personages.
These decorations of the breakfast table
completed those on the frst floor. In the
respective chambers assigned the groom and
bride, there were baskets and bouquets Of
flowers. A few words preliminary 20 the /
nuptial ceremony, that filled to repIetion
the east loom, will picture the futter that
Washington japonicadoni has been in, In
anticipstion of this wedding. Society, il
may be said, has been in sn' ofaaWF
.8Va emIN A stats OF GNHEAvALo s3f
for the past week. which only can be
likened to the commotion in secluded vii
lage when a prominent church member Is
read out of meeting; for be IL known that the
larger proportion Of the Washington aris-
tocracy has been read out Of meeting 4or,
what is worse. left out of the white house
wedding. 1t has caused feeling of i'm
ward satisfaction,g however, for everybody
left out has been put straight into the pos
session Of a grievance and q topic of conver-
sation, which you know. are great bless
ing to society; and kind providence has
out of meeting from feeling unhappy that
they are behind their neighbors in the mat
ter-of q grievance, II by allowing the Dress
maker TO the bridesmaids to be an unnli6-
gated aggravation. The bridesmaids are all
chosen from among the rulers of the land,
except one or two who have olher claims 10
consideration % First, there is Miss Barnes,
daughter Of Surgeon General Barnes, Of the
army. She was the constant companion and
bosom friend of Miss Grant; so, of course,
she is first bridesmaid. Then the cabinet is
represented by Miss Fish, daughter of the
secretary OF state; the Senate by the.
md FIRE
lingbuysen; the army and navy by the
daugassr OF Admiral Porter and Gen
eral Sherman's eldest daughter. Miss
Drexel, whose father is wealthy Philadel-
phia banker, and intimate friend Of
ltal e-, arf THE PRESIDENT,
and General Dents daughter, complete the
number. In the meantime. as / intimated,
society has been boiling over ever since the
invitations were issued. Not hundred peo-
pie in Washington were invited and. while 1t
not expected that the invitation would be
general, it was believed that all the promi-
nent officials, army and navy officers, and
the residents who. had beeS1 ON socisbie
terms at the white house, and bad enter
tanned the family. and above all, the foreign
ministers would be included. But such was
not the case. Only about four senators,
scarcely any Of the heads of bureaus, and
the merest sprinkling Of army and navy
people, were asked But the diplomatic
corps-think Of that! Except Sir Edward.
thornton and lady, not one Of the corps was
invited. 1t is believed that, in view OF the
gfoom having no relatives present, the Brit
ish minister and his wife we're asked, to
support him. However this may be, the
diplomatic corps are in howlfng rage, and
are holding impromptu indignation meet
ings wherever two or three are gathered to-
gether; and you may believe American igno-
rance Of how to do q thing conme II faut. is
receiving severe diplomatic criticisms; for
know that the corps, prior to the issue ofthe
invitations, had met and resolved that in
order TO do ,iH,r ,--. ss,-.fl
-, ln. DUE HONOR TO THE OCCASION,
they would array themselves in fun eeurt
dress. Lackeys were kept busy busting and
repairing uniforms, and rubbing up orders;
and yet she diplomats, with the exception
sbove noted, were not asked TO do honor TO
the occasion in any dress. There is some
thing absolutely sublime in such lofty inde-
pendence. There was great trouble IN ar
ranging . program for the grand entree
ofthe bridal procession. In the rehearsal be-
forehand, each individual baked and got into
thewrong place, ,andit was at one time thought
they would have to rehearse this morning
several times before the final performance;
in which case DR.. Tiffany, OF the Meptropol-
itan Methodist church Of this city, the
officiating clergyman, would have ad to |
shoot them on the fly, as it were, promptly
reading the marriage service the moment he |
found them In proper position. Fortunately, !
however. all went smoothly this ~ln0rnihR, |
and, as proverb hath IL, "merry as q mar
riags bell" The ceremony, as stated. took |
place In the east room. Eleven O'Clock was |
the hour designated, and the affair was
about as prompt as marriase ceremonies |
arc. The bridal party, having |
assembled up stairs, descended by the pri- |
vate stair way, and proceeded down the hall
in 'l''l' t5Itf o3if 1
Us THE FOLLOWING oRpER:'
Mr.. Sartoris and his best man, Colonel Fred. |
Grant, amid the strains of the .weddine |
March," advanced to the foot OF the dais, |
whore the Rev. DIR. Tiffany awaited the |
bride. Miss ConkliDg and Miss Ffelinghuy- |
SEN were the first of the bridesmaids to ar
rive. They paused just after passing the |
ce1zter OF the room. Miss Porter and Miss
advanced beyond them; Miss |
Drexel and Miss Dent passing the last two, |
and Miss Barnes and Miss Fish passing to /
the foot Of the dais. Then came the bride |
with her father. As she approached, Mr.. |
from her father. The brideand groom stepped |
upon the dais, the bridesmaids forming |
3 semi circle. and the former being under /
the marriage bell. DIR. Tiffany then performed |
thej simple service of the Methodist church. /
lnclnding the placing Of the ring,-I
When the ceremony was completed, the
minister kissed the bride and the \
president shed tears, being the only one thus /
affected. Hearty congratulations then fol-
with an immense train hounced with round
point lace Of the most exquisite description,
,osti1g 5000, and further adorned with 1
wreaths Of the accepted bridalfiOWere. ofau9e Il