, 1874-05-22
The Nuptials Celebrated in Brilliant
Style at the White House.
4 Very Select and Fashionably- Dressed
Company in Attendance. !
Appearance Of the Bride and Brides.
maidg--.Ceremonial Incidents, .
Tho Bridal Presents 81. List Of the
- Donors Thereof.

tho United States, to dir. A1gornon Charles
Frederick sartoria, OF Waro-Ash-Houso, pitoh-
fold Hauts, England, took plaoo at II o'clock
q. m. today at the Presidential Mansion. With
In, tho house presented d fine appearance, With
out, howayor, turn which way you might, you raw
groups gathered discussing tho wedding ut tho
White House, or solitary individual, with pencil
and paper, akotchiug tho trees outside Of the
executive. mansion, or tue. point at which tho
bridal equipago passed. on the way to the depot.
De 1t known to all men, that :.
NO NEWSPAPER MAN DAnKENED THE rHnE8uoLD
Of tue Presidential mansion today. Tho doors
we're closed to such intrudore from Wednesday
to Friday, but ."Womon go whore angols foar to
tread"
All tho loading papcra having failed in gloan-
ing any information, they wcro coEapelled to
resort to all kinds OF strategy. Bernard, Of
Philadelphia, sold presents to tho amount Of
SIS, ZOO. Mr. Bernard accompanied tho articles
to Washington, and brought with him two u.s..
eiBtants td,
uNrAoK AND ARRANGE THE PRESENTS
in tho library Of the Whito House. Last eyen-
Ing, whon Mr.. bernard and hts mon return ned to
the Arlington Hotol to dino, tho mon wero beset
By reporters, who wanted to hear everything.
Not succeeding In this, they did succeed In
MAK1No TIE Ass1BrANTs DRUNK,
and thoy spent tho night in tue atatio1a-houso,
Mr. Bernard with difficulty liborasing them this
morning.
+. Tic uBhors at tho White House were in full
evening dross, and wore wedding -fayors. Tho
marine band, In .white and scarlet, with their
highly-polished brasB instruments, besidos play
Ing the " Wedding March," ,gnvo choice soloc-
tions Of music. All the parlorH wero decorated
With. flowers, but tho decorations we're most
tavta, In +,,o rnat noon, .,yhorc tho
ceremony took plaoe. sS' This' room, WITH
dows WITH 1aco dranorioa' crSyetai Sti chande]iors.
with thrne tinrs of h,r11nris md the n'anfs md
fowora which today nidei to it's aeoustolnod
boauty, presented 'NN' " D
tn trout Of tho largo double windows was
aais. caspated With = plece OF Turkey carpot
J. presented by tho Sultan OF Turkey. Tic floral
| 1narriaga-boil was suspended from tior Of
to tho other. Tho bridal party entor-
t cd and we're grouped upon tho dais,
tho bride and groom In The contle, with the eight
bridesmaids forming circle, tho clergyman, Dr.
faoing tho group, The President mud Mrs.
Grant atood short distance from tue dais. The
groom was supported By his bent mau, Col. Fred
Grant. :.
81 :. THE nn1pEsmA1Ds; ;.r.u
fho Secretary Of State Miss Dessle donIiing,
| tlauriter OF tho Senator from Now York: bIfsa
| 6ailio Fteiiii0buyseu daurhtor Of The .Sona-
| tor '.i from m IN NEW Jors;ey; ; % Miaa Lizzie For Por-
| ter. danrhter Of tAo Admiral OF the
|. Eayy :. Hiss Minnie Sherman, daughter Of
| the General Of The army Mis5 broxoI. daugh-
Dant - Janoh.ar ~ Han TroJ -; nnnt T1n33tnd
e,ates ote, uHn6u'oA ar,6u - eoA' HA'"' - o"''
As~S'8 N>A14s' rnr .an,np,a 'nnrsa -
was Of the rfohobt whito satih md was literally
eua a,d "rn,,a;tn tot }airv cs1anr mioht
nnot TT t1a', ~ %or hr;ioi Wro,ts ~ ora6go
hiosso,na I vii n to,r tn Nat,;5o
Il ntMstefs VIII IL" aowcrs of tha ioyay inontl,
tha ~@y; ,y3ra;tt~ 1eoi haad Tin vs,1 of ijjmsion
san nj, Jt-,,,, a., fFoan nI fon,o5 ovo,
~ ao - ~ dtns. tnS ta"c,,inn n ainonsl r. tha
hnttoT, ~ ~, - tha train ',cf, ,saa t;rao yar]a in
icnath.; Tlio ID hoitcs VAS lifah At tho back. and
9Pen IN ana hea Sfe M h
fInGn"ss md tEe f]owera @ corrcsnonc1 viii, tl,oao
~ ta airt ~ a. t,anr1aoc rao por' ,viIi nenJ.
ant Of pearls, md diamond earrings to match.
warn MI droaond a1tia a1cant .hat yor ivora mini
Towor and 1onr hIno Thaso drosses wsre TnT1
H. s,t;t,1 ~ ~ ao,,,;atoI - ,1,;tn mi,
.ooyerod COZ, WITH illusion In narrow tlutcd rutIlea
!aao saa ~ d. umo Y" ,i aI4 =, ,ar,a ,,,,y
wh1ob % aaa a}d ' IN % naoo by tha a. aas Il ,whito
siIi 1incd with % lie snne and irinSe ont at liz
! j.. =. .J 49,. y,.k.., ~ ,rftt, .1ra ~
mSn nn to train TeFe wepe
nnrsra ~ nwara ~ dom hoth siea Of tha dreeaas
f. 5psata varo nado ~ Vita Hili.' coyerod
viii t,,ilo. tha ak beinr low ii tie nook and.
| finished by:a tucker iiiusion' covered tho neck
ruchina Of TITLE was becomincly arranged about
tho throat. Tho sleeves reached the elbow, aud
ware flnished with dozen auilting Of the illualon.
spray of flowers rested upon the bosom, and
sleeves. There waa much ILLUSION about these
| dreHses. Like Now York dress-maAess.' every
advantage vas taken Of tic occasion, and though
each drens cost s110 they were not aa elegant "a
was promised, and they did not TT, and, there wae
only throe daya after they arrived to i1avo them
i altered but tho young ladies' all looked lovely.
THE GRANT FAMILY.
{. Mrs. Grant wore black eilk, with puiIlngs Of
| black tulla, The groom and tue President were
IN full evening dreaa, Col Frod Grant woro Aia