Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-25

ard Mortimer is very handsome and very
rich. Miss Katherine K. Walker, who
marries MIR. j. Howard w wainwright, on
April %, is beautiful young girl, one
OF four orphan listers who are less eX-
tremely we'll of, and who are all very
much admired. The elder sister is a girl
of remarkable character, firm and self
possessed, a father and mother and broth
er to her sisters. Mr.. j. Howard Vain
wright is grandson of the beloved old
Bishop, and son of the noted wit and
clever man OF business, now dead. but af-
fectiOnately remembered in New York.
! This wedding takes place at the brides
house. On April % will happen two con-
shicuOus weddings, Miss Margaret Wal
ton Chandler Will marry MIR. Charles Err
nest Pellew, at St. Thomas church. Miss
Chandler is daughter OF Prof. Chandler.
She has very ladylke. superior mother.
! Mr.. Pellew is Jay on the maternal side
and is English on the other, his father be-
ing son to the Dean OF n 1rfolk and grand
nephew OF Lord EXmoutb, the great friend
OF the Duke OF Wellington. These are
marriages in high life. Tnen comes the
! marriage Of Dr.. William Appleton, of
Boston, TO Miss Nina Hargons, a fine
! Spanish brunette. and young lady of
most winning personal attractions. DR..
Appleton was sad 90 be engaged TO Mrs.
! Grace Trumbuli. OF Newport, whose fail
IRE to gain her divorce last summer
| broke up the match.
On Wednesday, April -. Miss Harriet
/ Baysrd Townsend msrries Mr.. Thomas
! ii. Barbour. she is one of the old aristo-
Gratis, granddaughter OF the last Pa
/ troon; she has the blood OF the Schuylers,
the Bayards, the LivingstOns, the Van
COurtlandts, and the Van Renssalaers.
| Her mother, very thoroughbred woman,
has been Vice Regent of Mount Vernon
many years; Miss Townsend is an own
cousin of Bradley Martin. Her father,
Howard Townsend, was one OF the best
men in Albany, but died young, leaving
the inheritance of his virtues to two very
handsome and intelligent sons and to two
beautiful daughters. one of whom is dead.
MIR, Barbour is an officer in the army and
very rich. On Tuesday. April y, the
grauddaughte" of Prof. Morse. Elizabeth
! 3reese Morse, Will marry Mr.. Rufus Del
afleld, of the famous old arist0oratic fam
lily of that ilk. 1t is very rare that one
week holds so many notable weddings,
old family, blue blood, money and lash
ion. Mr.. William Waldorf Astor gave a
gentlemen's dinner on Thursday 10 Sir
George ErringtOn, the English Catholic
Ambassador to the Pope, who is most
accomplished man, a member OF the
House of Commons. Sir George as Mr..
ErringtOn has been faVOFably known in
Rome for many winters tor his social
qualities and tor his public services. Ihe
Queen knIghted him last year. He is 10th
an Irish and an English landowner. and
a parsonage OF great cons deratiOD, re-
ceiving much attention in New York.
! The number of titled people VINO live in
New York is beginning to attract atten-
ton. The Marquis and Marquise de Lam
"a { DR.. HammOnd's daughter. bear one
of the prOudest of NeapOlitan titles. Cen.
di CesnOla is a Count; tne Countess Har-
old Moltke HOrtteldt is a daughter of Mr..
Hutton. and a very beautiful woman. We
have Sir Roderick Cameron; and abroad
we have the Princess VicOvari Cenci
Miss opencer), the Princess BeaucscciO
Miss Field), Lady Randolph Churchill,
! Who kisses coal heaviers for a vote. in en-
ulatiOn OF the beautiful Duchess of Devon
SHIRE; Lady Vaudeville Miss YzuagO),
who played a role in "She Stops to Con-
quer" 80 admirably, and now soon, if he
does not change his tickle mind, we shall
have Lady GumOOil-nO, Lady Cairns,
Miss Adele Grant, who takes what Miss
F0rtescue left of a valuable heart. We
also have the Marduise-
But no; shade of Thomas Jefferson, who
tied your horse to the palings of the cap
itOi, we have done! Where is Kepubi-
can simplicity?
The American "Almanach de Gotha"
should contain only the names of the old
glue boiler, Peter Cooper; the tailor, the
shoemaker, the carpenter who has made
a fortune, the sutler in the army, whose
daughters marry into the OLD families.
/ Those are our aristOcrats, ''whOse hands
are hard with honest tOil.''
AMY CLAYTON.