Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-13
MIR. LAMAR's MARRIAGE.
No Doubt Now that 1t VIII Shortly
Take Place.
From the Waslinqton Posi.

From the Washington Posi-.
There is no doubt now that Secretary
Lamar is going to be married. Those who
are most intimately associated with him
in office believe it; his personal friends
are sure OF it; the ladies who are best ac-
quainted in his family circle assert il, and
in Washington society 1t is generally &C
cepted. The lady who is to be Mrs. La
mar has many friends and correspond
ents in Washington. They all talk about
it freely as a settled affair. The date or
the wedding is still a matter of conjecture,
but all expect that il will be within n few
weeks. None suppose thati is more than
two months distant, Those who seem
best able TO judge believe that the date
will he some time in November. probably
in the latter part OF the month. About
the middle OF Novem Der the Secretary VIII
have his annual report completed and of
his hands, after which for some time the
cares Of office will not weigh so heavily
upon the minds OF Cabinet Ministers. In
the latter part of November the Secretary
is to deliver an address at the uuveIling
OF statue of John G. Calhoun at
Charleston. ). G. 1t is thought that
from Charleston the Secretary will go to
Georgia, the lady's home, to be married.
In December the Secretary's new resi-
dence at 1915 Y street northwest will be
ready to receive Mrs. Lamar, who would
thus arrive al the capital in time to take
her place among the ladies OF the Cabi-
net at what will probably be the first
state reception of the season. And all
accounts agree in attributing TO the lady
those qualities OF person and mind
which will adorn even the high social
position of Cabinet Minister'S wife. She
is said to be botn beautiful and highly ac-
compiished, In manners charming and In
tellectually brilliant. Some say she Is
rich, too.
AN OLD STORY.
Enthusiastic Georglans say che is one
of those magnificent middle-aged wome
to be found only in the southern States,
and IN such perfection rarely even there.
Like the Secretary, she has been married
before. She has a daughter married, and
her sOn-ln-law has paid several visits TO
the Secretary in Washington lately.
Among some Southern ladies in this city,
who were discussing the coming eventthe
other night, there was one who said that
year ago Mr.. Lamar did not make any
secret (among his intimate trieDds) of
the fact that he had popped the ques-
tlon and that the lady fingered. All the
others declared that that was no news to
them. But now 1t WAS known through
the same channels that the lady no
longer fingered; that she had consented.
1t is asserted also that this is not the first
engagement contracted between MIR.
Lamar and the Georgia lady. That the
pair loved each other ever so much when,
as merry little boy and pretty little girl,
they skipped together about their native
village In Georgia, is a tale old enough
for the schOolbooks; but that a matrlmo-
NAL engagement existed between them
while the maid was barely sweet
sixteen and before the bright
boy had attained his majority is
not generally known; but within that Sc
lect circle of Southern ladies, where so
much inside knowledge of Georgian
society seems to be concentrated, such is
said to be the fact. The people on this
end OF the line claim to have observed a
very discreet silence about the whole
affair, which is now likely to eliminate
soon In the happy union of two devoted
souls so long separated by an early mis-
Observation-Disclosures ratification of
the old proverb, Better late than never"
From this circle comes the whisper:
when the Secretary went TO Macon,
Ga, year ago, we knew what he went
for, but we never mentioned it to any.
body" rhe first intimatlon of the com.
ing event was given in Georgia news
paper at the time OF the Secretary's visit
last year, which now appears to have
been premature publication; but the
Georgia newspaper man apparently got
on the right track ifhe,tailed to sufficiently
consider the proverbial difficulty of win
ming fascinating widow. Everything
takes time, but it is now generally, al
most universally, believed and admitted
that Secretary Lamar has succeeded,
In fact, next to the President himself,
he is regarded as the most success sfui
member OF the administra tion.