Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-06-10

ship, with oil the delights of Washing
ton society and the advantages of her
position, and retire to a quiet Virginia
home. ''Ah," said he:
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove,
And love is Heaven and Heaven is love-.
Mrs. Tyler, who died the following
September after long suffering with
paralysis, was down stairs on this
occasion for the first time since she had
been in Washington. 1t is said ''she
gained by comparison with all the fine
ladies round her in her faultless yet
unostentatious dress, her face shaded
by the soft, fine lace of her cap, receiv-
ing in her sweet, gentle, self-possessed
manner all the important people who
were led up and presented, to her. She
was far more attractive to me than
any other lady in the room, and l be-
lieve such was the general impression"
1t is said to have been trial to her
children in June, 1874, twenty months
after her death, to see her place as
sumed by the young lady who figures
now as the relict of President Tyler.
President and Mrs. Tyler's wedding
reception was at the White House,
though not their marriage.
The seventh nuptial ceremony there
was that of Nellie Grant and Mr.. Sar-
toris May 21, 1874. Like the mar
riages of the two previous daughters of
Presidents, it took place in the east
parlor. 1t was snowy wedding, with
four bridesmaids, chosen from prom
inent families here. Colonel Crook,
the disbursing officer of the Executive
Mansion, who has been there since he
entered as a messenger in Abraham
Lincoln's day, has shown me the pen
used in signing the marriage contract
by the two witnesses-on the part of
this country Rev. DR.. Tiffany, Mrs.
Grants pastor, who had performed
the ceremony, and Sir Edward Thorn
ton, the British Minister, on the part
of Great Britain.
In the second year of the Hayes Ad-
ministration, in the blue parlor of the
mansion, which was decorated for the
occasion with beam of flowers, sup
porting floral marriage bell, the
Presidents niece, Miss Emily Platt,
was married to General Russell Has
tings, making the eighth and last mar
riage solemnized there. General Has
tings had been a member of the Presi-
dents regiment the 23d Ohio Infantry,
and was a tall, slender, soldierly-look-
ing man, who walked slightly lame
from wound received in battle, and
bore the appearance of delicate health.
Miss Platt had added much to the popu-
larity of the Hayes family in the White
House by her tact and amiability, and
every one who knew her was sorry to
have her 60 away. With her husband
she resides at Bermuda for his health.
One silver wedding, that of Presi-
dent and Mrs. Hayes, must be added to
the bona fide weddings above named.
1t was celebrated privately by them on
its exact date, December 80, 1877, in
the blue parlor, but as that day fell on
Sunday, it was recelebrated the follow.
ing evening in the east parlor before d
large invited company. This was one
of the most tasteful private parties
have ever seen at the White House,
but it does not rank properly among
the weddings, so that should President
Cleveland receive the blushing honors
of bridegroom there he will be the
ninth man, but the first President, in
the goodly list.
By somewhat singular coincidence
! find that the only Buffalo lady who
has hitherto presided there, Mrs. Fill
more, spent at least one year of her life
at Aurora, the village where Wells Col
lege, Miss Folsom's alma mater, is 10
Gated. Mrs. Fillmore taught school a
Aurora the first summer and autumn
of her married life. She was strong
and admirable woman and was yea
and ten months the senior of her hus
band, who, when she hrst knew him
was clothier's apprentice, teaching
school in the dull months of his master
business. A long engagementfollowed
during which he was struggling to &C
quire his profession, the law, and wher
she was twenty-eight and he twenty
six the marriage took place. She wa
always an inspiration and an ideal t
him. Probably no President, not ever
Andrew johnson or Rutherford B
Hayes, owed his advancement in lif,
more signally to his wife. When sh,
died he said: "For twenty-seven years
my entire married life, l have alway
been greeted with happy smile" H,
also said that he had carefully pre-
served every line she ever wrote him
and that he could never destroy ever
the little notes she sent him on bust
ness to his office Yet, though mourn
ing her so sincerely, Mr.. Fillmore sub
sequently remarked, this time
wealthy widow, who survived him
dying but a few years since.
The wife of his youth and the share
of his White House life died at Will
ards Hotel, March 80, 1858, the sam,
month they had vacated the Whit
House for their successors, the Plerces
Of the two other Presidents wives VIII,
have died in Washington, Mrs Letiti
Tyler's death, as mentioned above, oc
Cured at the White House at the ag
. of so, and Mrs. Madison's, at the ad
vanced age of 80, in the house built b,
President Madison in 1919, on tn
? Southeast corner of III street and La
fayette square. This side of the squar
. is sometimes called in its honor Mad
: ison Place. Mrs. Madison returne
to it in 1887 after her husbands death
{ ard resided there the remaining twelv
, wears of her widowhood, dying in 1S4S
, On New Years and Fourth of July sh
, was always honored at her formal re
ceptions by the presence of many dis
/ tinguished men. Her. home mex
i passed into the hands of Commodor
: Wilkes. after which it became Geners
: McClellan's headquarters during tn
t war, and subsequently the residence
{ Frederick Seward 1t has now bee
D purchased by the Cosmos Club an
3 will be occupied as its headquartel
I after May l.
E In closing this brief sketch it
t worthy of note that the two wome
e who have presided with distinction