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Show MAY AND DECEMBER. Vaaezal Cauda M. Clay's Wedding Co EOa Fifteen-year-old Ward. The only witnesses to the xnarriag were McClelland Richardson and Dr. Cassins Clay Smith, the latter a physician physi-cian of Richmond, Ky. Dr. Smith refused re-fused to say anything faboat the wedding, wed-ding, explaining that he had promised General Clay not to do so. It was learned that the ceremony took place in the 6itting room. The bride was not dressed as brides usually am 8he wore a plain dark dress, was bareheaded, bare-headed, her long black tresses hanging in an almost disheveled mass down her back. She wore no gloves, had no orange blossoms and carried no bridVs roses in her band. It was a simple ceremony. cere-mony. The girl, who had remained sitting sit-ting until General Clay and the magistrate magis-trate arose, got up from the divan and took her place beside her white headed bridegroom. It was a touching scene. The man who had led admiring thousands thou-sands in a crusade for human liberty, who in his youth was a perfect Apollo Belvidere in appearance, if not a Na poleon in the cause of abolition, stood as meekly as a little child, with an expression ex-pression of unspeakable happiness upon his time worn but still fresh and almost youthful features, and by his side that fimple, trusting country girl, as shy a a gazelle, knowing as little of the grea world in which her venerable hust33&l had played so conspicuous a part as the most untutored daughter of nature. The ceremony was very brief, and when it was over the bashful child went back to the kitchen, and General Clay and his family physician sat talking by the large open fireplace, in which glowed E.-o bushels of burning coals. And thus was celebrated one of the most remarkable weddings that evjr took place in the United States. Lo isville Courier-JournaL |