The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-05-26

How the Ilfeu1eD0nfs7eMeR8 RU04 In
Love, and How ie WAAa Doa Ansa
wedding. HBisv aeaNzsssEI 5 THs1 I
[Ghicago Cor. New YORK Herald.lSd j
The Presidents iDstfuctions te
General Sheridan about the Louisiap,
matter were.. among othsf things to
give his trip the appsnranee Of .
pleasure party, but TO keep, his eyes
| about him, and, If need be, assume
the difficult reins Of conlmmaud
With this view he invited his brother
Colonel Michael Sheridan to accom-
pany him, aud to bring his youas
wife, niece of General MacFeeley,
who has just received his merited
promotion to the chiefAaincy Of che
sCozAnfssary Department. To still
55iNetlkge the numerical strength of his
party, he suggested that Miss Cirene,
the young daughter of his old army
friend. and valued staff officer, Gen
eral Rucker, of the Quartermaster-
Generals Department, be the guest
of his sister-in- law. He knew the
i young lady as bright, intelligent girl
who had made many conquests among
the susceptible young officers, but
had no thought of personal danger.
1t has not occurred to him to be
afraid. The political results of the
trip are known the nation over. The
personal results to Philip FL. Sheri-
dan will be knownIn June next. when
the estimable young guest OF the jour-
ney will, by the license of the State,
the word of the priest, and the con-
sent OF the parties most interested. be
entitled to write, instead of Miss
Rucker. Mrs. Philip HI. Sheridan.
As yet the engagement is only whis-
pered in the army circles here, which
as this is the headquarters OF mill
tary division. is large. elegant and
select. While the Generals choice
is applauded, the worldly minded
wonder that so gallant and distin-
guished an officer as the Lieutenant
General, who bad the entree of the
most fashionable society in the land,
and whose prestige as soldier would
confer distinction upon any family
which be might honor with a marriage
connection, had not long since made
an alliance with some wealthy lady OF
family known by its elegance, hospi-
tality, culture and fortune TO the
whole nation. But it is a warm and
manly heart that beats under Philip
Sheridan's brass buttons. With him
mereenary or merely social consider
ations could have no weight. Bayard
Taylor has sung:
The bravest and the tenderest,
The loving and the daring.
So it is with Phil. Sheridan. Such
a man must marry where his heart
prompts, not his pocket. For that
matter he is rich enough, and as to
social advantages, his rank will always
procure him such as he MAY wish.
All this may seem disparagingly to
tenant -Generaless But it is not.
All she lacks in the eyes of those who
would 6nd wife for Phil. is wealth;
she is young, beautiful. bright and &C,
complished. She is blonde. with
the vivacity usually characteristic Of
that type. Her father is an old and
seldom come to the man who devotes
his life to the army. Like all the ar
my people here, his social standing is
three daughters rendering home pc
ers. When the June roses are un-
folding Miss Rucker's orange bios
SONS will be in their most fragrant
bloom. Sheridan'ss campaigns are
short and decisive. So with the court
ship. The wedding will be of the
quietest character possible. This is
consonane with the excellent taste iOf
the Rucker family, and meets the
wish of the General, who abhors we'd
ding displays Even the bridal tour
will be short. extending only from the
Rucker house. which is on Michigan
avenue, near Fourteenth street, to the
Generals plain but ample brick, long
the home of his bachelor days, a mile
south on the same beautiful thorough
fare, a "a 8stl N4Esv asf