Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-09
New York Tribune. 6.

i AOA AEkAG1A ~
1859, caused a social sensation, wa
married yesterday morning in Trinit.
church, to Colonel Bodo Won Gluemer
OF the Mexican army. The ceremony
was very quiet and vas witnessed ONLY
BY a few personal friends. The or
ganist, Mr.. Thursch, played Horsleyl
wedding March" as the bride anC
groom entered the church and walked
up the aisle, followed by Mrs
Oyiedo's sister-in-law, Mrs. Marie
Bradley. and Senior Juan N
Navarro, the Mexican Oonsu
General. The bride is a handsome
blonde of fine presence, above the
medium hight, and her face resem.
bles the well known picture of the
Empress Eugene taken in profile
She wore a light blue brocade silk
dress and a wbiue chip bonnet adorned
with white ostrich feathers, and Mare
ohal Neil roses in her eorsage. HeI
diamond ornaments were very costly.
Large solitaires hung in her ears. and
her breastpin was a gold bar with
diamond pendants. Clusters Of dia-
monds adorned her bracelets, and her
necklace and chatelaine we're set of
with brilliant diamonds, pearls and
turduoises. Colonel Won Gluemer is
a fine looking German, thirty nine
years old, compactly built, Of ford
complexion, with a fierce black nous.
tache. He was dressed in the Mexi.
can uniform. s
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. David j. Ayres, one of the as
sistant rectors of Trinity parish, and
personal friend of the bride. William
h. Gebhard and Mrs. Marie Bradley
stood up with the pair, and the bride
was given away by the Mexican Consu.
General. There we're no bridegroom
or bridesmaids. Among those whC
offered congratulations we're Governor
| Loomis, of Connecticut; Mrs. Admira.
North, Frederick S. Stedman, Mrs. G.
+. S. Hall, Senior De Ramo and DR.. j
G. Adams. The strains Of Mendels.
sohn's Wedding March followed tn,
couple on their departure from The
church, and the party was driven t
the Park Avenue Hotel, where an in
formal reception was held and a wed.
ding breakfast enjoyed. The bride
aud groom started for Saratoga anC
other watering places in the afternoon
On their return they will live at the
S%turtevant House until December
and then proceed to Mexico.
The bride has lived in Havana fol
nearly twenty years, having gone there
after her marriage in 1859. The last
year she has spent at the Park Avenue
Hotel. In that time she has made
only one trip to Havana, aud on the
return passage to this city is said ia
have made the acquaintance Of hel
present husband.
Mrs. Won Gluemer, who is forty,
three years Of age, has still a large
landed property in Cuba, left her By
her first husband. Her parents are
dead and she has no children. Col.
Won Gluemer left Germany in his
youth and came to America; he served
in the Confederate army, and finally
entered in the Mexican army, where
he earned his military title.
There are many persons in New
York to whom the memory of the
former nuptials Of Madame Bartlett.
Oviedo, tWenty-three years ago, with
its lavish splendor, will be recalled to
mind by the modest wedding yester-
day. The incidents Of that social ep.
isode. aud the hostile correspondence
that passed between the father of the
bride and E. G. Steadman, because of
the publication in the Tribune Of Mr..
Steadmah's poem 1.-THE Diamond
Wedding, we're published far and
vide at the time,not only by the news
papers Of the United States. but also
the journals Of England and the con-
tinent. Frances Amelia Bartlett was
the daughter Of Lieutenant w. A.
Bartlett, Of the United States Navy,
who was also the first American
alcalde Of San Francisco. Miss
Bartlett was very beautiful and
reigned, at eighteen years, the undis.
puted belle Of New York. Tall and
digniied, with a fair complexion and
light blue eyes, her friends and rela.
tives proudly pointed out her resem-
blance to the Empress Eugene. of
France. In January, 1859, when the
social season Of New York was at its
hight, Miss Bartlett met a Cuban gem
tleman, Don Esteban Ssncta Cruz de
Oviedo. He was fifty FIVE years old,
swarthy as mulatto, with black eyes
that set of a c%ountenance Of resolute
earnestness. Wherever he went the
story Of his vast possessions, his plan
tations Of sugar and tobacco and his
countless slaves preceded him. He
lived in %princely style at the St. Mich
olas Hotel. He gave a ball at his
hotel, at which it was said he directed
the hair dresser to arrange the hair of
every lady in the house at his expense.
Don Esteban's visits we're most fire.
quent at the house Of Lieutenant
Bartlett, No. 80 West Fourteenth
street. The beautiful American had
captured the heart Of the wealthy
Cuban, 1t was said that through the
medium Of an interpreter he proffered
adulation." The lady consented To
his suit. The course Of their love was
smooth and serene until the Cuban
Don was stricken down with fever and
ague at the st. Nicholas Hotel.
Through a~wearying illness she nursed
him back to health. After his con
valescence the minds of the afianced
were absorbed in the preparations for
their wedding. The daily papers
teemed with minute details Of the
fabulous amounts expended. Hun
dreds Of thousands Of dollars were
discussed by the Cuban with
lavish prodigality. The trous-
seau at A. T.. Stewards was
said to have cost $780, 600. AS much
was expended at Genin's s, and at Ball
y Blacks. The wedding dress cost
$1,000, and was brought from Paris.
Titfany's Golfers were swelled to the
extent OF $4,000 also. The climax
was reached when, on October ID.
1859, Don Esteban was married "a
Miss BARTLETT. The bride had pre-
viously adopted the Roman Catholic
faith Of her husband, and the ceremony
was performed by Archbishop Hughes
in st. Patrick's Cathedral, in Mott
street. The church was packed Ia
the doors, and the crowds overhowed
into the streets. The description q