The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-01-04

IN company with goodly portion OF ms
worldly goods, had taken passage in stage,
and left him to regret his folly.
Lockh't Observatory.
THE REVOLUTION OF A YEAR.
"rhese regular returning aspects OF ma
ture which divide mans time into equal
parts, and which he has only to number as
they succeed each other, like the !ettercd
stones erected on the sides of our roads, TO
inform the traveller what space Of ground
he has traversed, serve to give notice to the
passenger through human life, how tar he
has proceeded in his path 70 the grave.-----
Most pointed are the marks, most torcible
are the momentos of their expiration. They
| irresistbly rouse our attention to the wings
of time and force us to take notice OF his
fight Nature signifies it to us by no faint
intimations; she proclaims it with loud
voice-she paints it in strong colours. he
monitor must and will be heard Negeta-
ton starts from the ground-a green rcsur-
rection surprises the eve--thc lear fades and
| falls-thc forest is stripped-the shower Is
| frozen--and the waters are fettered TO spur
to his duties irresolute and procrastinatng
man This repeated proclamation OF nature
to mankind, which revolving seasons sue
cessively utter, that their years are rolling
swiftly, once in every year 1t is their Gus
tom to echo. Once in every year they tell
one another what nature tells them more
than once---that those longest periods OF
their time are passing rapidly from them
another of those years Of which only few
make up the life of man, is become part
of the irrevocable past, A year is season
of magnitude i'll the little life ef man. II IS
an ample stride to the tomb. 4 few more
strides viii bring US all thither''
From a publication entitled "Some ac-
count of the Armenian Christians at Con-
stantnople, by late Chaplain to the British
EmbasSv,'' = is taken the annexed description
of the marriage ceremony OF the .irmenians
In their marriages they are very precise,
not only enforcing the canon of consanyuini-
ty which our church enjoins, but many 9TH
ers which our church does not. A second
marriage is allowed to the laitv, but the
third brings with it a scandal that no Arme-
nian will venture te incur. They are in all
things, anxious to maintain the fitness and
| propriety of things: widows are enjoined to
unite themselves to widowers only, and spin
sters to bachelors. AS the nation is really
Asiatic, their notions Of female proprlety
are all founded in oriental feelings. Their
women are kept in state OF severe seclu
sion and the parties to be married never
see each other perhaps, till they meet at the
marriage ceremony. There are certain ex-
perienced females, whose exclusive profess
sion it is, to make matches, and who are SO
numerous as to form, like all bodies of pco-
pie of the same pursuits in the East, kind
Of corporation 70 every family, one Of
these has access and when it is deemed pru-
dent or desirable by her friends, that fe-
male should marry, this person is commits
stoned to look out for suitable match, and
never fails to find one. was invited to the
wedding Of young lady of one of the first
{ Armenian families in Pera, whose match
was made in this wav, and who was assur-
ed, had never seen the man she was going tc
, marry. We went about eight O'Clock in the
evening, and found the house lighted up and
: full of the lady's friends among whom
where the priest and his wife, very plain
simple looking people. We passed through
several anterooms, IN which were groups OF
people, and we're finally ushe"ed into an in
side chamber, round which was tivan Or
long sofa, against the wall. On the diyan
; was number of Armenian ladies' sitting
, cross legged, two or three deep, and close
together; and at the far corner sat a still
motonless form. like bust in niche, COW
cred with rich veil, glittcring with gold
which hung down on all sides, so AS entirely
. to conceal the figure which stood beneath it
This bust was the pride Across the middle
of the room was line Of men standing, two
or three deep, gazing in silence on the bride
Out of Complaisance to our Frank customs,
chairs were brought for our accommodation
and placed inside the line of men ON those
we both sat down, and continued for a long
{ time, to gaze in silence also. The bride now
for the first time, permitted her veil to be
raised but it was Immediately again let fall
The short glimpse, however, showed us a
Slight figure and pale face, with AN express
sion exceedingly joyless and pensivc. She
formed strong contrast tn the ladies OH the
. divan, who, tho silent or speaking in whisp-
ers, were in high SPLITS. They were all
distinguished by glttering coronets of gold
. and diamonds, placed on the crown of the
!. head. from whence their hair hung down in
. the most beautiful and extraordinary profu-
e sion, n,-sweeping the divan on which they
were sitting. Their faces in general were
lovely, their manners very modest, but very
, affabe, and no one was veiled or reserved,
c but the bride. Refreshments were handed
{ to us by two of the young ladies. who step
d ped from the dvan for the purpose. They
consisted of little glasses of red rosolio follow
if ed by a spoonful of a sweet, white, consist
= ent syrup, like flour and honey, and wash
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