New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-10-08
The Army and Navy Wedding.


The event last week in Washington So
ciety and official circles, was the wedding
on Thursday last Of Miss Marie Ewing Sher-
man, eldest daughter of the General of our
army, to Lieutenant Thomas William Fitch,
United States navy. The papers are filled
with glowing accounts of the affair. and
the Jenkinses of the press were as active
and minute in their descriptions of the ap-
pearance and dress of all present, az they
were in recording the events of the wedding
of Miss Nellie Grant. In this, as in the
former case, the union was one of hearts a.
we'll as one Of hands. These young ladies'.
the pets and idols of society have both mar
RED young men of their own choosing
Their parents before them were SINH
larly united, and to old officers, the
wedding Of Miss Sherman, Minnie, as she
was called, reminded them of the time
when, twenty four years ago. Hon. Thomas
Ewing, then Secretary of the Interior under
President Taylor, gave the hand of his
daughter Ellen to Captain William Tecum-
sch Sherman, humble line officer of the
old army. The bride and bridegroom of
y
eral w. T. Sherman, the mother and father
of the bride Of to-day, Minnie Sherman
Fitch.
The wedding of Thursday was celebrated
at St. Aloysius' Church. Most Rev. Arch
bishop j. b. Purcell, of Cincinnati, officiat-
ing, and effectively rendering the solemn
nuptial mass of the Catholic Oh urch, of
which the bride and her mother are de-
voted members. The wedding was at IL
A. NJ; then followed breakfast for the
clergy and family ut the house of the
brides parents, and at one O'Clock was held
q bridal reception, when the happy bride
groom and the bride-radiant with smiles
and modestly wearing the tulle veil and
wreath of orange blOssoms-received tho
congratulations of thousands of friends.
At the wedding the bridegroom and the
gentlemen attending him wore the full
dress uniform Of the navy. The brides
maids all wore white tulle veils in honor Of
the church ceremony. Their dresses were
Of white gros grain, with plaisses OF
tulle trimming the skirts. The waists
were cut high at the back and heart shaped
in front. Four wore pink flowers, and four
blue. For the benefit of lady readers, Jens
kins paid more attention to the dress of tho
bride. which was of rich white Grape finish
silk; was trimmed entirely with itself
and satin. Two narrow plated flounces
of silk piping. with satin, ran across the
front. Above was box-plaited hounoe
Of satin. two triangular shaped revers Of
satin. edged with plisses of crepe lisse, beo
gun at the waist and ended above the satin
hsunce in the side seams. wreath Of
orange flowers and leaves reached from the
left side far down on the train, where it tere
minated in q large bow of satin. A deep
box-plaited silk ffounce. piped with satin
trimmed the bottom OF the train. The
basque was quite deep, was cut high at the
back Of the neck, and heart shaped in front.
with sleeves half length. Both neck and
sleeves were filled in with plsses of crepe
lisse. No lace was used. The veil of tulla
fell over the brides face, and envelopeA
her graceful form. It was fastened with =
wreath OF waxen orange flowers and leaves,
Her Ornameuts-hev mothers gift-were
pearl.
The bride is described as q fair young
lady of near twenty-t three years of age, nos
BEAUTIFUL, as all brides are supposed to be-
but lovely In goodness and possessed Of
most amiable traits of character,
Lieutenant Fitch is splendid looking
young fellow, as he ought to be, about
thirty years of age. He is passed assistant
engineer in the navy. and has been nine
years in active service. He is a native of
the State of New York. At the end of his
leave of absence he will resign from tho
navy. and reside at st. Louis.
The young couple are now making .
bridal tour Of the North and West, and
with them 60 the best wiehes of all friends,
and every American soldier and sailor