Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-23

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cAMERoN-rNTEREsr OF THE LATE JUSTICE
MATTHEWS IN THE BErRoTHAL OF HIS DAUeH-
TER TO JUSTICE GRAY-coMMASpER PICKING
AND MISS SHERWOOD.
The marriage Of Miss Margueretta Cameron
to Mr.. William Clark. son OF the great thread
manufacturer of Newark, which will take place
at the residence of her brother James, at Har-
risburg, Pa. on next Thursday, will be an event
OF state, if not of national interest. All the
arrangements have been in charge of her eldest
unmarried sister, Miss Mary Cameron, who
presides over her brothers house. The bride
elect made her debut in Washington society
two seasons ago, and very soon after met Mr.
Clark while on a visit to her sister, Mrs. Brad
ley, at Newark. A year ago she was the guest
/ of Miss Clark during winters cruise in the
| West Indies on the elder Clarks yacht. The
| admiration inspired by conventional meeting
! In society in Newark bloomed into love i'll the
Antilles, and ripened into an engagement at
| Washington after the return. Miss Margueretta
Cameron has not been as widely known IN
Washington society as her elder sisters.
MISS Eliza Cameron, now Mrs. Brad
| ley presided over her fathers Wash
| ington household until his second mar
riage in 1878. The first Mrs. Cameron died in
| 1874, or two years before Mr.. Cameron became
| Secretary Of War, which was his first introduce
| ton to Washington politico-social life. The
| present Mrs. Cameron now presides over the
! Washington residence and the summer seat at
| Lochiel on the Susquehanna. Miss Mary is the
| presiding lady of her brothers home in the
fathers former homestead at Harrisburg. In
this way the two families have their own es-
adjustments. The Senator and Mrs. Cameron
will, therefore, be almost like guests at the
| wedding.
| THE WEDDING.
Although the marriage will take place at the
| house, it will be conducted with as much cere-
mony as the simple forms Of the Presbyterian
| church will admit. The Camerons and the
| Clarks will be represented by the nearest
relatives The friends of the families will also
| be there and nuptial feast will celebrate the
! conservation of the hymeneal knot. The bridal
| couple will pass their honeymoon in the United
States and later will go to Europe. A large
| mansion suitable for the home of young mil
honaire husband and sensible wife. who pre-
lfers the substantial joys OF domesticity to the
| empty baubles of fashion. will be ready for the
i young couple i'll which to settle down in the
| real pleasures of home by the time of their re-
| turn Senator and Mrs. Cameron will leave
Washington ON next Wednesday and will go to
! Lochiel The next day they will go to Harris
| burg. few miles distant, to give the occasion
| the dignity and authority of their presence and
| the paternal blessing.
THE GRAY-MATTHEws ENGAGEMENT.
The death of Justice Matthews. following
| so soon after the announcement of Miss Jean
Matthews engagement to her fathers associate
| on the Supreme bench, presents another of
those sad lessons in life which illustrates how
| closely interlaced are the supremest joys and
the profOundest sorrows in the little circle of
human experience. A year ago the departed
jurist was the proudest of fathers as he stood
by the nuptial altar reared in his own beautiful
home and gave his paternal blessing to the
union of his Youngest daughter Grace in mar
n Iampg (lpyplnn1 IF
his brother ON the bench, the eminent Justice
Harlan. of Kentucky. Long and painful i'll
| ness supervened but on his couch of disease
the late justice was again looking forward to
the month of June, when his eldest daughter
Jean would become the bride of his other
eminent brother in the exposition OF law,
Justice Gray, of Massachusetts,.
The degree of ceremOnious display which
should attend the sacranental transaction was
as late as Thursday afternoon topic of con-
sideration. In that respect everything was
contingent upon the condition of the Justices
health. So far from encouragement was his
condition then that the approach of mild
weather was regarded as the harbinger of con-
! valescence and the beautiful month of June
was anticipated with thoughts of marriage
| VOWS, joyous fluctuations and honeymoon in
| foreign lands.
The no of prospective Joy thus suddenly
| turned into mourning finds its most sympathic
| friend his future son-in-law, the eminent
| justice, who has all through the long illness
been a constant and welcome visitor to the
bedside of the deceased. The marriage of his
daughter Jean to his distinguished associate
was one Of the brightest subjects of contem-
plation by the ill justice and seemed to give
him new hope.
The second daughter, Miss Eva Matthews,
has taken no part in the social gayeties of the
past season on account of her fathers illness,
but has been constant in her assistance in the
sick-room, and has much relieved Mrs. Mat
thews and Miss Jean in their sleepless attention
| to thewants of the sick husband and father.
COMMANDER PIcKINa's WEDDING.
The naval circles are also interested in an ap-
preaching nuptial event. Commander Fl. F.
Picking, the superior officer of the naval forces
of the United States On the great lakes, on the
| last day of April, at Baltimore, will wed Miss
Laura Sherwood, of that city. The bride-elect
| is daughter of the late Robert Sherwood, of
| New York, and granddaughter on the maternal
| side of the late John Neal, of Portland Me-
| MIR. Neal was one Of the lights of the small
| circle OF American writers at the beginning of
the century, and like Washington Irving went
| to England, where he was writer from Lon
| don for the Edinburgh Review. Her mother,
| Miss Neal, of Portland, possessed fine literary
abilities She made an excellent translation Of
| Daudets novels, Jack and Sidonie, and has
| written for periodicals and newspapers. Miss
| Nellie Sherwood, sister, now deceased, was
the wife OF Robert Hodges, brother of the
| mayor of Baltimore, andanother sister. Margaret,
was Mrs. Wilson Patterson. of the family allied
by marriage with the BOnapartes. The pros
| pective groom is a native of Somerset county.
| Pa, and entered the navy from the Annapolis
academy in 1857. In 1861 he was made acting
master and assigned to duty on the st. Lawrence.
| In 1862 he was lieutenant on one Of the block
| aiding monitors off Charleston, which is recog-
nized in naval circles as the severest service
afioat Of the late war. In 1903 he was navi-
eating officer of the frigate Colorado, Admiral
John Rogers flagship. He commanded the
launches and boats conveying the marines and
sailors ashore in the attack on the Corean sea-
port during that expedition. Upon his return
he was naval secretary and afterwards light
house inspector on the New England coast. 1t
was while in the line of this duty that he met
his bride elect at Portland. After the death of
her grandfather Miss Sherwood resided in An
napolis and in 1879, with her mother removed
to Baltimore. The ceremony will take place
at st. Pauls church of that city.
| Commander Picking is sixth on the list Of
his grade. He may soon expect to reach the
rank of captain. DEB. r. X.
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/ THE STALWARTS; or, WHO WERE TO BLAME.