Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-24
THE WHITE HOUSE WEBBING.
Glowing Gush Over the Great Hy-
meneal Sensation of the Day.
BeWildering Details of Millinery,
Laces and Orange Blossoms.

All About the Ceremony, the Trous.
seau and the Rich Gifts of Plate and
GIIttcring Gems Washington So.
eiety and the Snubbed Diplomats I'm
a HOWIing Rage.
Washington Correspondence MAY 2D of the
| Cincinnati Commercial.
The marriage of Miss Nellie Grant,
daughter Of the President of the United
States, to Mr.. Algernon Charles Frederick
Sartoris, Of Wars Ash House, Tichfield,
Hants, England, [dOeS he tell all his
hauntsl took place at ii o'clock A. N. To-
day, at the Presidential Mansion. Within,
the house presented a fine appearance.
! Without, however, turn which way YOU
would, you saw groups gathered discussing
the wedding at the White House, or saw
a solitary individual, with pencil and paper,
| sketching the trees outside of the Execu.
| tive Mansion, or the point at which the
bridal equipage passed on the way to the
depot.
BoHEMrANs GET THEIR "EYEs BLACK
ENED."
Be it known unto all men, that no news
paper man darkened the threshold of the
Presidential Mansion to-day. The doors
were closed TO such intruders from Wednes-
day until Friday, but women 60 where
| angels fear to tread. AL the leading papers
having failed in cleaning any information,
they were compelled TO resort TO all kinds
of strategy. Bailey x Co., jewellers, of
Philadelphia, sold presents 10 the amount
OF $4,000. One OF the partners, Mr.. Ber-
nard. accompanied the articles to Washing
ton, and brought with him two assistants
to unpack and arrange the presents in the
Library of the White House. Last even
ing, when Mr.. Bernard aud his men re-
turned to the Arlington Hotel to dine, the
men We're b5set by reporters, who wanted
TO hear everything.
LITTLE ''STRATEGY, MY Boy
Not succeeding in this, they did succeed
in making the assistants drunk, and they
spent the night in the Slation-house. Mr..
Bernard with difficulty liberating them this
morning.
The GShers at the White House were in
full evening dress, and wore wedding favOrs.
The Marine Band, in white and scarlet,
with their highly-polished brass instru-
menis, besides playing the Wedding March,
gave choice selections of music.
THE DECORATIONS.
All the pariOrs were decorated with flow.
ers, but the decorations were most lavish in
the East Room, where the ceremony took
place. This room, with its finish of white
and gold, many windows with lace draper
les, crystal chandeliers with three tiers of
burners, and the plants and flowers which
to-day added to its accustomed beauty. pre-
sented a scene of great splendor. In front
of the large double window was dais car
peted with a piece of the Turkey carpet
presented by the Sultan of Turkey. The
floral marriage bell was suspended from
tier of flowers which reached from one col
umn to the other.
THE BRIDAL PARTY ENTERED,
and were grouped upon the daiS, the bride
and groom in the center, with the eight
bridesmaids forming a circle, the clergy
man, DR.. Tiffany, of the Metropolitan
Methodist Church, facing the group. The
President and Mrs. Grant stood a short dis
lance from the dais. The groom was sup
ported by his best man. Col. Fred Grant
The bridesmaids were Miss Anna Barnes,
daughter Of the Surgeon General; Miss
Edith Fish, daughter of the Secretary of
State; Miss Bessie COnkling, daughter of
the Senator from New York: MiSs Sally
FrelinghUysen, daughter of the Senator
from New jersey; Miss Lizzie Porter,
daughter of the Admiral of the Navy; Miss
of the Army; Miss Drexel. daughter of the
Philadelphia banker; and Miss Maggie
Dent, daughter Of Gen. Fred. L. Dent,
United States Army.
HOW THE BRIDE WAS DRESSED.
The brides dress was Of the richest
white satin. and was literally covered with
fiounces of round point lace, 50 fine and ex-
quisite that a fairy queen might covet them
for her bridal. Wreaths of orange bios
SONS, well fitted in their imitation to ma
ture to cluster with the flowers of the love
" month of May, adorned the dress, and
crowned the pretty head. The veil of IL
fusion fell back from the face, and flOated
over the hack of the dress, reaching almost
to the bottom of the train, which was three
yards in length. The bodice was high at
the back and open in front, and had Marie
Antoinette sleeves. The lace on the body
and sleeves matched the fOunces, and the
flowers cOTesponded with those on tn
skirt. A necklace was worn with a pen
dant of pearls and diamond earrings to
match.
THE BRIDESMAIDS
were all dressed alike, except that four wore
pink flowers and four blue. These dresses
were very beautiful and consisted of white
silk. covered with an illusion in narrow
flat rUfiieS laid in five pleats; the apron
front Of the illusion was drawn back and
caught in a large pouf, which was held in
place by the sash of white silk lined with
the same and fringed out at the ends. The
sash was fastened with a spray of flowers
quite far down on the train. There were
sprays of flowers down both sides of the
dresses. The waists We're made of white
six covered with tulle, the silk being low
in the neck and finished with a tucker illu-
sion, covered the neck at the back and was
open in front. A ruching of tulle was be-
cOmingly arranged about the throat. The
sleeves reached the elbow and were finished
with deep cuttings Of the illusion. \
spray of flowers rested upon the bosom, and
other sprays completed the trimmings of
the sleeves, but there was
GREAT WRATH ABOUT THOSE DRESSES.
just like New York dressmakers. every
advantage was taken of the occasion, and
though each dress cost one hundred and
ten dollars they were not as elegant as was
promised. and they did not fit, and there
were only three days after they arrived
TO have them altered. But the young
ladies all looked lovely.
Mrs. Grant wore black silk with puffIngs
of black tulle. The groom and the Presi-
dent were in full evening dress. Colonel
Fred Grant wore his uniform.
THE COMPANY WAS SMALL,
the Invitations issued to friends in and
near Washington not exceeding one hun
dred and sixty. With the exception of the
Cabinet and the relatives of the bridesman
most Of the guests were friends from other
cities. The British Legation alone repre-
scented the foreign embassies. There was
small sprinkling Of army and navy officers,
and there were some Of Miss Nellie's es-
pecial friends selected from the young
people, especially the officers with whom
She had danced. Uniforms were worn by
the officers of the army and navy, and re-
ception dresses by the ladies'.
The daiS was not large enough to accom-
modate the entire bridal party, so only the
bride and groom, best man and clergyman
stood upon it. The first bridesmaid had to
step up 10 take the brides bouquet and re-
move her gloves.
TIE MARRIAGE SERVICE.
Dr. Tiffany read the Episcopal service
NJ. Sa toris' family are Unitarian T 9