Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-10-18
Marriage i'll High Life.
From the Baltimore Gazette.


icksburg, Virginia. on the banks of the his
torc RappahaDnock, underwent a pleasing
variation from It's usual mouotony on Thurs
day, the IA instant The occurrence which
calls for SO unusual au announcement was the
marriage Of Miss Nanuic FlckIen, daughter, of
the late j. 3. Fcklen, esq to Mr. Daniel NJ.
Lee. AS the parties are all residents of Fred
erlcksburg much interest was manifested ia the
concluding ceremonies Of the marriage.
A representative OF the Gazette, who was
present, sends the following entertaining &C.
count ct the ceremony aud the contracting par
ties: The far famed beauty of the bride and
The high character OF the parties most interest
cd, caused an cXpectant interest 10 the cerc-
mony rarely equaled in tn, o i Dominion. The
father Of the bride was for many years promi-
ucntly Identified with the growth aud prosper
lty OF fredericksburg and vicinity, and sue
ceedlng the war he was manly Instrumental 10
building up the proS'rlted energies Of town
and country. The groom is worthy scion of
being nephew of the grea, S,uthrrn leader
aud brother of General Fig Lee, who was
lately received with such enthusiasm at Boston
readers of the Gazette will recall the bride and
her lovely sister, Miss Edmonia, as the leading
spirits at the Virginia Sprlugs, notably the
W hite Sulphur, during the past few summers.
where their beauty, culture and grace, and
above all their mutual sistcrly devotion, have
won Tor them hosts OF admirlng friends.
1t was announced that the marriage would
take place at st. GEORGES Church, aud long
before the appointed hour the cdiice vas en-
| treiy tiled with friends aud relatives, many of
whom had come from distance Rich muud,
Alexandria and Baltimore ali being represent.
ed. While waiting the arrival of the carriages
an opportunity was afforded to admire the
tastctully arranged ADD beautiful decorations of
the church, which we're completed under the
direction Of the bride 5 sister.
Over the balustrade, enclosing the chauccl,
was beautiful arch of eYcrgreeus from the
centre OF which was suspended the marriage
bell, a triumph Ut artistic taste aud beauty, 10
SLOW white flowers. At the top of the arch
was white floral monogram, composed of the
initial letters Of the names Ut the happy pair,
which sto)t 10 against a b ck ground of holly
aud evergreen, while graceful estoons of the
latter, pr3!uscy dotted with white roses, were
suspended from the sides Of the arch to the
galleries.
At length the Interest cuInuatcl amid
tuuer OF excitement by the arrival of the
groom and his charming bride, with their uear-
est friends As the doors opened the six
groonsmen entered 10 couples, and after they
had reached the altar the bride snaids followed
Ia the salre order, aud quite far enough apart
to give Iul effect To their long sw:e ping trains
! The bride succeeded, leaning upon the arm OF
the groom and was picture Of womauly grace
and beauty.
The bride was arraycd in handsome gros
gralD silk, exqulsltely TRAINED with the richest
point lace, crepellsse, orange blossoms aud
crushed roses Around the end of the train
the broad satin thinning was Hoped with
beautiful clusters OF roses. All women are
| thought TO look pretter In IA wedding dress,
the conventional white. than IL any other, but
all have seen beauties who uever shouc 50
! brightly as when the borrowed charm Of coIors
heightened their biiliancy Fortunately on
the pre&eat occasion, for it is but uatural for a
woman to desire TO look her hes, as a bride,
the tender sw9etneSs OF tbs face found happicst
expression III IT'S soft white setting Irlmcdi
atey to the right Of the groom STOOD the
brides sister, Miss Elmvua ticklcn, as frat
! bridesmaid.
The ceremony over, the bridal party repaired
to Belmont, the beautiful home of the bride,
"hcle sue auu the groom, StaGung uuuer the
marriage bell which had been spirited thiher,
received the congratulations Of friends and rel
at!ves.
Among those whom the mother, who had
remained at home during the ceremony, wei
coined with her cheerful hospitality aud digni
fed ease, were Gen. Fllz Lee aud wife, Mrs.
). 5. Lee, widow of the late Capt Smith Lee
and mother Of the groom, TX Governor Marye,
Mr.. and Mrs. William A Little. Mrs B. G.
| Conway, Miss Waller j. B. Fickleu, jr. and
wife, the latter locking very beautiful iu
| handsome gros grain black silk, trimmed with
rich black velvet aud with full set of pearls
aud diamonds, At the side Of the room one
saw the magnificent bridal presents of gold aud
silver, the latter including every conceivable
description of tableware.
The congratulations over, the happy pair
lett the city on the same evening for the
North, and there remained topic of pleasure
bic conversation for long time to come, to-
gether with very macy friends who can only
hope that their welded life may be one of un-
alleged happiness.