Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1848-04-25
Creek Marriages Of COnysnIrncs.

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d There is. q regular importation at
Athens every year Of young Wallachiai,
,aoies who have arrived at a marriages. !
Dle age, and ample means Are thus affordsi
60 Hs9ot an insight into their amanners
apo customs. The city of Bucharest,
large and prosperous, is perhaps. of ali
The towns which have been rendered bvs
tashiona Ole vices. the very nest bfeotran.D
ton, Jhe most utterly detestable, from .he
extent ofdePraEation to which society has
there attained. The mania ofthe upper
classes Of its Inhabitants who are ex-
lremefy wealthy, isito initiate Paris and
the Parisians ia everything, whichahey
attempt, by exaggeraiing even the vices
oifhat. corrupt city and is gay ,inha bitapts,
The resort Of every species Of luxury and
dissipatiun, and are constantly making a
display ofthe riches III the. worst possiblg
taste. disdaining TO- drive with less than
iohr horses to abe irl gaudy carriage, along
the streets soaked with mud, and full of
mud. and laid with beams Of wood and
rough stones. Gambling, and similar
Propensities, absorb all the young men 50
completely that the most improvident
parents could not venture to consign a
|'daughter to their hand and they are there
fore obliged 10 seek husbands for them
elsewhere, which accounts for the. yearly
cargo that arrives at Athens l,aa al, -,
There is q. regular system Of negotia.
tion for the arrangement, Of these mar.
RACES. which is carried on and terminal
led by some intermediate person, without
the parties even meeting at all Pecuniary
considerations are of course the basis to
the, whole affair. Some shrewd and
obIiging old lady in Greece PROPOSES the
young girl or rather her portion, to vari.
Gus eligible personb,G end consigns her
20 the highest bidder. The settlements
are made. the, ,trousseau, ordered, the
marriage announced, and then the bride
arrives from Wallachia, and sees her
fiance for the first time. I'D "aHe. baa "a,
Strange to Say, this hateful mode of
bargaining. generally, produces very hap,
py matches. 1t is extremely rare that
the persons most interested make any
objection to each other when they meet.
The only instance which carue to nv
knowledge. was the case of couple who
are now a. perfect picture of coningal
felicity. A marriage had been negotiated, :.
in The manner, described, between a
Creek. high in office. and a Wallachian
lady Of considerable wealth; the whole
affair had been concluded and they were
to meet, for the first time. at Syria, where
the bride had to perform her quarantine.
Now, it so CHANGED that the gentleman
was. without exception, the pialnest man
in Athens, and the young lady noted in all
bucharest former deficiency in good looks.
The first meeting, took place in the !azer.
etto, and they approached the rails which
divided them, with the anxious look of
scrutiny with which they could not fail TO
examine the future husband and wife; bu,
they had no sooner caught glimpse of
each other. than they both started back
with cry ufhorror, and fled, exclaiminQ,
"Jamais! jamais!' The first demonstra
ton of natural feeling did not, however,
in the slightest degree, interfere with the
ultimate arrangements; the lady's father
was not al all disposed to give the gentle,
man back his word, the gentleman him.
self reflected that the lady's portion was
allthe hgherfGr her personal deficiencies
and the bride was consoled by the promise
Of a Wedding dress from Paris; so that
the match was concluded, and they are
now. the happiest coupieI know Way,
faring Sketches.