Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-30
THE CAPITALS TALK.
ExcrrrxTETovER THE APPROACHING
MARRIAGE OF THE PRESIDENT.
What the Ladies ssy-The Last White
House wedding-A Picture In
ths House.
Iron our Regular correspoudsnt.l

WASHINGTON. May s9.-The oeicial an-
nOuncement of the marriage Oh President |
Cleveland this morning bss thrown TIE /
feminine portion Of the community inlo |
terrible state Of expectancy. In fact the |
sleepy denizens OF the capital city bad no |
sooner been transported from the Land o |
Nod by the yeget able-veDders with thei' |
ipcessant cries " "Cabbages Cab |
b-a.g.e-sl" than the fair creatures paused |
In their pilgrimage 10 the culinary depart
meut 10 inspect the morning papers. ioi-
traits Of the President and the bride-elect |
drove all thought Of household duties ito |
the bOw-wows." and many Is the poor |
beuedetine Department clerk that went
breakiastless to his daily toll, by reason OF
a tardy wife and a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
President The affair Is TO be very private
/; i said. but what OF tbat' Prom
this DAY to the date Of the fatefui
event every lady Of high and low
degree will attempt TO carry out her
slreadv-aunounced intention Of inspecting
The Blue. Room Of The White House, IN
which the ceremony will be performed by
pr. sunderland. Of the Four-and-Hat-
street Presbyterian church on the evening
OF June %. The tirSt Democratic Admins
trailon in twenty-iour years, II would seem,
is TO indulge al the possibilities OF TIE
White House. even 10 a wedding therein,
but there Is a great deal Of comment among
the manageable misses over the affair.
SOUR GRAPES or WHAT;
Whether the inspiration be from what i
known as e" sour grapes or not, no one
can tell; but With nose elevated untlI II
nearly forms junction with tle oVerhanS'
inc brow, the average miss Is won't 10 eX-
a .f..f nj IN
wants 10 marry that old thing for, even n
he i President" II Is really miraculous
what an interest Ms, Folsom has excited IN
the bosom Of every marriageabe miss in
the city. one would imagine 20 hear
the comment fiying thick and fast that she
had been the clas>mate, IL not In reality the
room-mate, st some boardine-sch0ol OF
every Young lady in Washington. This
chat viii Inlure no one. and the kernel j.
in the form Of a mistress for the White
House who l. to bc the first lady Of the
land. Il is in this latter position that the
bride-elrct will bring the greatest relief to
the official circle. She will be the plnacea
10 the hearlhurns and ieaIousies that have
run rampant through the families o. Cabi-
net ofic, rs since the day when the spirit OF
! Garfield winged lis way out into the great
unknown and lett a widower ~ the White
House.
WONAN's INFLUENCE.
Mrs. Lucy HAYES j. said to have eNer-
| cised A powerful influence over public AZ
| fairs. Let u hope tha, the Mrs. Cleveland
! that /. 10 be. if a good, solid Democrat, UNI
! tainted with mugwumpism or ciNu-service
| reform. will do the same thing. Mrs.
/ HAYES, tall. robust. and digni6ed. was
charmed with and charming in the White
! House. Notwithstanding her ianatical tenn
/ Derance view, which banished the wine
| from the table At state disners. secretary
| of.State Evarts. however, succeeded IN e.
! fcCting compromise on Roman punch
made OF saint CroiN rum, whic1 Wa
! served on stale occasions once IN the middle
| II meal and was deDouiuated the HE
saving station. What Miss Foisom's views
| on hi, subject may be are unknown. Ii l.
! probable. however. that a. the ward OF The
! President she deferred 10 hi, wishes. anu
that a. wife she will continue 10 do the
same. A. the President is known 10 have
| taken his "eye-opencr and "night-cap "
in spite Of the protestatIons Of Sister Rose,
| The Hospitality inclined have no cause for
| Il prthensiUn on this score.
THE LAST WEDDING.
The last wedding at the White House
was during the administration Of General
| Grant. bis daughter Nellie being the bride
and Algorou Sartoris, an Englishman con.
nectcd with the British legation, the groom.
SartOris was and l. q worthless fellow.
The only virtue discoy erable 10y American
ewes being titled family In the back
ground. | met Sartoris about three year,
2gi9 81 ysaie fgoW Gr tG5 .B399x Wis to
looking bore lever bad the misfortune 70
come In contact with. An old wsrsted
shirt. gray of color and rolled under at th'
collar TO exhibit a neck and shoulders reo
and freckled. an unsbayen face, low shoes
knee breeches, with coarse woOlien socks. 3
tbreadbare coat. from the pocket Of which
protruded q tobacco pipe, constituted the
makeup OF this man FOR 4 hundred-milt
Journey in palace-cT with hlie'
and gentleman. He owns larI
near Green Bay, and had been living on II
since the early spring. II wa, ID June OF
July that | met him en- route for MllWau'
See. About three weeks LATER he developed
a. one Of the principals In scandal, and
wa, threatened with personal cl'tlgatlon
| by General Grant, but was very particular
to Keep out OF the way % The old warrior
and / believe never saw him after tht
scandal became public.
PICTURE.
Among the tmrty-odd pages dong duty
on the tloor Of the House T. one dlnlnu
tive embryO man who seems % Dc pe
with the entire party. He il pretty lllti'
fellow. neat in drc-s, and bright oieVe am
, mind. one day this week the hgbiiue1 O
the gallery and the members on the h)ol
were crauing their ntcks 10 catch glimps'
Il u very pretty tableau in one corner o
the chamber. The lt,le tot had climbed
into the lgp Of Congressman Bennett, o.
! North Carolina. and was engaged IN tryinl
10 lie the congressional bearl over tn
! congressional nose. Both the page anl
statesman were unconscious OF the atten
ton they were attracting; both were pic
turo, Of happiness. Mirthful wrinkles "a
dated from the North Carolnnn's m1ut'
and chased each other 10 coucentric circle
7 up his forehead and over his smooth. Dai'
| head 10 the back Of his neck IN rapid sue
| ce,.ion until the SPEAKER gave! an
, , nounccd the end Of routine business au4
the light against bogus butter began.
Hon. George y. Wise called on the SEC
rotary u the Navy to-day, and va, ~
formed bv that oaici4l that the Department
; bad decided 10 comply with Mr.. Nise's n
que.t that samples ~ tobacco TO De- iuT
, / ui~hfl under Ceutrlft Tor tut btNs bf -hi
mitted 70 experts. Two experts, one fror
! Baltimore. the other from New York, vi
De appointed for this purpose.
PERSONAL.
Congressman Barbour paid bu.ine,
visit 10 Acting-Secrotary-Oi -thc-IreasUr
Fairehild this morning.
Mr.. Tucker will spend decoration-da
E with his brother, Captain II. Tudor Tucker
D at Middleburg, LOudoun county. Captai
Tucker IL sixty years Old. The other Day
E while out fishing. he failed TO see the cor
on bis line. aud becoming alarmed starte
for home. before reaching which he becam
totally blind. II j. hoped that surgica
operation 70 be performed ,oon will II
] | store bis sight.
Nr. c. J. snyder, 81 West Virginia, Z.
= day presented The petition, Of Philip Got
: | don. George ". >pott,, and G.. W. Ban
I al Of Charlestown, W. Va, asking ID.
: their re- pectiye cl1ims for property take
, | by United states troops during the war
D | submitted 10 the Court ~ Claims.