Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-24

things settled down, and the foregoing may
be depended on, unless an expost facto law
has gone into effect.
.rt THE FAVORED FRIENDS.
The names of some of those present
were Vice President Wilson, the Secretary
of State and Mrs. Fish. Secretary OF the
Treasury and Mrs. and Miss Richardson,
Secretary Of War and Mrs. Belknap, Sec
rotary Of the Navy and Mrs. Robson,
Postmaster General and Mrs. !. Creswell,
Attorney General and Mrs. Williams, Sec
rotary and Mrs. Delano, General and Mrs.
Sherman, Admiral and Mrs Porter, Surgeon
General and Mrs. Barnes, Sir Edward and
Lady Thornton, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry How
ard, General and Mrs: Ricketts,, Senator
and Mrs. Conkling, Senator AID Mrs. Car
penter, Senator and Mrs. Frelinghuysen,
Senator and Mrs. Oglesby, Senator and Mrs.
Stewart, accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Hooker, nee Bessie Stewart, the bride OF
two weeks; Senator and Mrs. Chandler, Mr..
and Mrs. Eugene Hale, Mr.. and Mrs. Phelps
of Boston, Mr.. and Mrs. Latin of New
York, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur, Judge and
Mrs. PierTepOnt Mrs. Henry Cleys, MIR.
George w. Childs and wife, Mr.. and
Mrs. Drexel, Mr.. and Mrs. Borie, Miss
Paul, General and Mrs. and Miss Zalline,
Mrs. Grants cousin; Marshal and Mrs.
Sharp, General Fred Dent and wife, Colonel
and Mrs. Casey, Mr.. and Mrs. Potter
Palmer of Chicago, Captain and Mrs.
Thomas Sherlock, and Judge and Mrs. NJ.
f. Force, Of Cincinnati.
COSTUMES OF soiiR or tits GUESTS. ]
Mrs. Palmer was exquisitely dressed In
white silk, brocaded in lilies and leaves.
She wore superb diamonds. Lady Thorn
ton, who is in mourning, but laid it aside
for the wedding, wore lilac silk, with lace
and handsome iewelry. SIR Edward wore
all his ribbons and orders. hfrs. Chandler
laid aside her mourning, and dressed in
lavender silk, with white lace and dia-
monds. Mrs. Conkling wore rich steel
colored silk, with flounce and oyer-dress of
black lace and ornaments of jet. Mrs.
Mrs. Richardson and all the la
dies were dressed in exquisite reception |
dresses. Quite a party accompanied the |
bride aud groom on their journey.
THE CHIEF CHAMBERLAIN OF THE ROYAL |
HOUSEHOLD. IN BAD ODoB.
Among the gosSips tonight it is charged |
that Gen. Babcock, who acted as chief |
TO the royal household, was |
TOO officious, and. made himself obnoxious |
10 the family, as well as scores of outsiders, |
of families ia intimate social and |
personal relations with the Grants, news
paper people, and others. So far as Mrs. |
Grant and those most directly interested |
and concerned in the event of to-day were |
the desire was that the affair |
should have been differently managed. |
They were in favor of extending a larger
number Of invitations, and not ayerSe to
having a reasonable number of representa-
ives of newspapers in attendance to wit
hess the ceremonies, for they were con-
7inced of the folly of trying to make the
Wedding absolutely private, and were,
therefore, satisfied to yield to the we'll
Known desire of many Of their friends to
ret glimpse at the bride and groom, and
o visit the gorgeously decorated rooms Of
he mansion. But Gen. Babcock had set
lown his foot, and his arrangements should
lot be altered, no matter what might be
Wished for by others. He was impetuous
md almost rude to persons who presumed
o ask privilege or make request regard
nc admittance to the sacred house, or who
we're short-sighted and weak enough to get
within seeing range Of the interior of the
astle he go calamity guarded with all his
OrceS.