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There is regular importation to Athens
every year of young Wallachian ladies' who
have arrived at a manageable age, and am
pie means are thus afforded us OF an insight
into their manners and customs. The city Of
Bucharest, large, rich, and prosperous, is,
perhaps, OF all the towns which have been
rendered by fashionable vices, the very
nest Of corruption, the most utterly detesia
BILE, from the extent Of deprivation to which
society has there attained. The mania of
the upper classes Of its inhabitants, who are
extremely wealthy, is to initiate Paris and the
Parislans in everything. which they attempt
by exaggerating even the vices of that cor
rupt city and its gay inhabitants. They re-
sort to every species of luxury and dissipa-
ton, and are constantly making display
Of their riches in the worst possible taste !;
dsdaining TO drive with less than four horses
to their gaudy carriage, along the streets
soaked with mud. and laid with beams of
wood and rough stones. Gambling, and
similar proPensities, absorb all the young
men so completely. that even the most i'm
provident parents could not venture to con-
sign daug hter to their hands, and they are
therefore obliged to seek husbands for them
elsewhere, which accounts for the yearly
cargo that arrives at Athens.
There is a regular system OF negotiation
for the arrangement Of these marriages,
which is carried on and terminated by some
intermediate person, without the parties ever
meeting at all. Pecuniary considerations
are Of course the basis to the whole affair.
Some shrewd and obliging old lady in
Greece proposes the young girl, or rather
her portion, TO various eligible persons, and
consigns her to 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. Strange to say, this
hateful mode Of bargaining, generally, pro-
duces very happy matches. 1t is extremely
rare that the persons most interested make
any objection to each other when they meet.
The only instance which came to my know
ledge was the case OF a couple who are now
a perfect picture Of Conjugal felicity. A
marriage had been negotiated, in the man.
ner described, between a Greek, high in
office, and Wallachian lady Of consider
able wealth; the whole affair had been con-
cluded, and they were to meet, for the first
time, at Syria, where the bride had to per.
form her quarantine.
Now, it so CHANGED that the gentleman
was, without exception, the Plainest man in
Athens, and the young lady noted in all
Bucharest for her deficiency in good looks.
The first meeting took place in the lazaretto;
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; but they had no
sooner caught glimpse Of each other, than
they both started back with a cry Of horror,
and fled, exclairning. "Jamais jamais ;"
This first demonstration Of natural feeling
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was invited to partake Of family din
ner without notice or ceremony, at the CON-
Portable "log hut have before mentioned.
use this woodland phrase without the least
idea Of disparagement to the dwelling, but
TO make you exactly aware OF the nature OF
its architecture and arrangements. A hut
may be large or small, clearly or other
wise, comfortable OF not, but if built Of
logs, prefer calling ii "hut;" for its claim
TO any OF the household attributes | have
named, you must Judge for yourself. AT
halfpast three, On lovely afternoon, prob
ably score Of people met at the rustic rem
dezrous. The floors were strewed with the
sprigs of the juniper and flowers; the fire
and rough places decorated with the oak
and lilac branches, in true country fashion.
The reception was everything that kindness
and true hospitality could prompt, when
with little Of the "horrid half hour" to bore
Us, we were turned loose at a table covered
with plates Of salt herring Cut in slices, an
chovies, Bologna sausage, pickles, cheese
bread and butter, with dram for tbos'
who liked it. This was all intended for
"whet," and very generally resoIted TO b.
the party, all OF whom, from health, spirits
or youth. appeared in little need Of a hone
however. they strapped and sharPened away
ill some excellent roast beef and 'potartls,
with salad, spinach, and other vegetables
were handed round; after this came bow
of most exquisite sour cream. which so el
! celled all that had before eaten, that
made friends with the kind-hearted FIu fo
a receipt. She Justly piqued herself uPo
her sour cream, and of course had way {
: her own in preparing ii. | give it you f
: your edifcatiOn; il is too good to pun uPoI
, so do not imagine intended one. Fir
+ keep your COW! then put quantity OF ne
milk into linen or calico bag, leave it su
e pended for twenty -four hours in summe
j perhaps a longer time in winter may
{ needful; in that time all the water will hay
( drained from it, leaving a curded, thOus
scarcely TO be called curded, lhicken,
!. substance. to which add plenty Of fre'
cream. and serve with powdered sugar al
ginger. both Of which are in my opiniC
quite superfuous, it being as near periectiC
as possible, without either, and we'll wort
your immediate essay. After this We HI
some excellent perch; other viands. to To-
at which was an impracticability on n
part, concluding with wholesome iroth
cream and preserve, or country triie, q
homemade, there being cows lowing with
ear-shot. We had beer and porter, b
deaux and home made wine.-Rambles
S,ceden aud Goaldnd.
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One, however, Of this motley circle de-
served all my admiration as Mauritanisn
Venus. This was a delicate looking girl;
her age, | thought, was sweet fifteen--the
prime of womanhood in this precocious
country; for their beauty seems to fade with
the teens. Her complexion was very fair,
her eyes dark hazel, 10 which the black Dor
der of "Kohol" gave languid expression.
She had corallipped mouth, round as a
ring, as the Moorish ode describes the iea-
ture. Her black hair, braided with silver
cords, waved in prolusion over her shoul-
ders. Her sylph-like figure was clothed in
pale green cafian, embroidered on the bo-
som and skirt in silver thread. This gar.
ment reached little below her knees, and
over il she wore an outer robe of light
gauze, confined around the waist by red
zone Of Fee silk. The sleeves Of her caf-
tan were wide and open near the wrist,
showing at every turn an arm like alabas-
ter, which was encircled by plain but mas
sive bracelet of Soodan gold; and her un.
covered legs were seen below the caftan
clasped with chased silver; her feet were
also bare, for in her sally with the rest she
had forgotten her slippers, her feet, as well
as her hands, were dyed with henna OF a
bright orange color. Over her head she had
thrown light muslin 'kerchief; but in this
sudden tumult her curiosity got the better Of
her national caution, and she stood before
me quite unveiled.-Hay's Barbary.
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As We were proceeding between Niche
deea and Rabat, we were Joined by troop
OF mounted Arabs, one Of whom was riding
notified grey, the handsomest barb | ever
saw.
Riding up TO the man | entered into con-
versation with him, and. having put him in
good humor by praising his steed, | told him
/ would make him rich if he would sell
me the notified grey.
"What is your price,! said the Arab.
offered hundred and fifty mitsakel,
about twenty pounds sterling, large sum
in the interior.
at is a good price, said the Arab; ''but
look, said he, and he brought his horse on
the other side of me, ''look at this side OF
him-you must offer more"
"WelI, come" | said 'you are a poor
man and fond OF your horse; we won't dis
pute about the matter, so give me your hand.
What say you-two bundIed!
THAT is large price truly" said the
Arab, his eyes glistening. and | thought the
horse was mine. But my eagerness, sup
pose; had been too apparent, 50 the Arab
thought might go still further; and, sha-
king the bride, off he went at full speed.
The notified grey curled its tail in the air
and vanished TO a speck in no time. |
turned to speak to Davidson, and the next
moment the Arab was at my side; and pat
ting the neck Of his grey he said, "Look at
him-see-not hair is tuned What will
you give me now!
Davidson prompted ME to offer even four
hundred ducats rather than let the animal 60.
Again | began bargaining, and offered three
hundred. On this the Arab gave his hand,
and thanking me said. Christian, | now
can boast Of the price you have offered, but
it is in VAIN that you seek TO tempt me, for
| would not sell my horse for all the gold
you, OF any other man, possess. Having
said this, he Joined his companions.
Calling the Kaid, or chief Of our escort,
| asked him II he knew the rider of the
grey-adding, that supposed he must be
rich, as he had refused so large a sum. The
Kaid said. Cali know is, that he is a great
fool; for he possesses nothing in the world
bu. that horse, which he bought when a colt,
selling his tent focks, and even his wife,
TO buy it"
think | have read tale similar to this
in Malcolm's Sketches Of Persia" but
what have related occurred to myself, and
precisely as ! have descIihed il.-Hay',
Barba,g.
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AGRICULTURAL.

DIRECTIONS FOR S.CKING WOOI-Wool, IN
tended to be sent to distant market, NAV b
put up and pressed in bales after the manner Of
cotton, or il may be crowded into sacks holding
from 200 to $50 lbs. II designed 90 be shipped
on a long voyage, IL would BE- more economical
TO press II into square bales as il would then oc
cuPy less bulk, and consequently effect a saving
Of freight But in the interior Of a country,
where convsniences for baling are not always at
hand, sacks may be employed. made Of io-insh
% burlaps," OF i5-ineh "gunny CLOTH" n feet
long. Each Of these sacks NAV b. made Of a
piece Of cloth yards in length, Dy doubling the
ends until they meet and sewing up the sides
with Irvine.
The mouth Of a sack may next be sewed TO
strong hoop Of wood or iron diameter - inches
for the burlsps and 2S inches for the gunsy-
cloth;) then let down its body through a eircu-
lar hole, two inches less in diameter than the
hoop, cut in an upper floor of a building, Of
temporary scsffold erected for the purpose, where
"a can swing clear beneath. One man may then
get into the sack. while another hancs Ann the
ieeces, which he should place in regular layers,
pressing them down in the meantime, with his
feet, until it is filled. After this, the sack may
be slightly raised. the hoop disengaged, the
mouth Of the sack sewed up with twine, and the
operation Is complete.
EXPERIMENT WITH AsPARAGUS-Ihe lsohdoh
Gardeners Chronicle gives the following meth
cd Of growing asparagus 1t Nice. Take quart
wine botte, invert IL over an asparagus root Just
rising from the ground, and secure it 10 It's place
by three sticks. The asparagus will grow up
into the interior Of the bottle. and being stimu-
lated by unusual heat and moisture, will sPeeli-
~ fill il. As soon az this has taken place, the
bottle must be broken, when the asparagus viii
be found 10 hsvs formed thick head OF tender
delicate shoots, all eatable, and as compact as
caulifower.
REMEDY Fos ScALD OR BURS.-SeraPe, or
crate raw potato and apply the pup, as Poui-
tice, TO the scsld or burn. When dry, repeat the
operation until the smarting shall cease. II the
skin be broken, the sore may be healed with
basilieon salve, or merely by binding on some
dry lint. covered with linen rag burnt brown
Should the part affected be very bad, il may Be
washed with alum whey; but the operation OF
the potato poutice is so eff-ctual, that the burn
seldom causes an after break in the skin
EFrEcrs or CuLrIvArIoy. asserts that
wheat is a fictitious grain, and that there IS
scarcely vegetable, whatever its present char
scter on our farms, that can be found growing
naturally. Rye. rice, barley, and even OATS
cannot be found wild; that Is to say, growing
naturally. in their present state, in any part oil
the world.
How TO MAKE MEraEsLIN.-Take honey lOO
lbs; water - gallons; put them in a eask' and
stir daily until dissolved Then add yeast pint
and decoction, from ID. Of hops previously
boiled In water, sufficient TO make 6gallons OF
liquid. Mix well and fsrment.
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one Of which he was venerable and most
distinguished member, will, doubtless, Pre-
scribe appropriate ceremonies to be observed
as a mark of respect for the memory oil this
eminent citizen.
The nation mourns his loss; and, as a
further testimony OF respect for his memory,
direct, that all the executive offices at
Washington be placed in mourning, and
that all business be suspended during this
JAMES X. POLK.
WAsmINoroS, Feb. "A, 1913.
The Supreme Court adjourned Oh the
24th in compliment to the deceased.
WAX DEPARTMENT, Feb, "a, 1913.
The President OF the United States; with
deep regret, announces to the army the
death Of John Quincy Adams, our eminent
and venerated fellow-citizen.
While occupying his seat as member oil
the House Of Representatives, on the >2lsi
inst, he was suddenly Frustrated by disease,
and Oh the 23d expired, without having
been removed from the Capitol. He had
filled many honorable and responsible STA
TORS in the service of his county, and
among them that Of President Of the Uni
ted States, and he closed his long and
eventlul life in the actual discharge OF his
duties as one Of the Representatives OF the
people.
From sympathy with his relatives and
the American people for his loss, and from
respect for his distinguished public services,
the President orders that funeral honors
shall be paid to his memory at each OF the
military stations.
The Adjutant General will give The neces
saIy instructions for carrying into effect the
foregoing orders.
}, w. L. MARCY. Secretary of War.
II. On the day succeeding the anlva
, of this general order" at each military
5 post the troops will be paraded at II
: o'clock, A. H., and the order read to them
after which all labors for the day shall
D cease.
q The national flag will then be displaye'
J at half staff.
+ AT dawn Of day thirteen guns will b
II fired and afterwards, at intervals OF thirt
;, minutes between The rising and setting sur
n a single gum at the close OF the day nj
7 tional salute of twenly-nine guns.
: The officers of the army will wear crap
e Oh the left arm and on their swords, an
n tie colors of the several regiments will B
d pat in mourning for the period Of 81
y months.
} By order: X. JONES, Adj. Genera
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-03-11
LITERARY EXAMINER.
The Royal Pedigree.

BrJAMEs RUSSELL LOWELL.
Let those who will, claim gentle birth,
And take their pride in Norman blood
The purest ancestry on earth
Must find its spring in Adam mud'
And all, though noble now or base,
From the same level took their rise,
And side by side, in loving grace,
Leaped, crystal clear, from Paradise
We are no spawn Of battered love,
That's welded TO the heart with gold'
Put on as lightly as a glove,
As lightly DOTTED, scarce three days Old
A love that marries lands TO lands,
A passion Of two title deeds,
That loosely riyets two cold hands,
And idle heirs 10 idler breeds.
Large-limbed, the friends Of sun and air.
lis sinewy arm with labor brown;
With glad, strong soul, that seemed 10 wear
Its human nature like crown
Such was the love from which We sPrang'
A love r-hearted as the morn,
Which through life's tolls and troubles sang
Like tall reaper mid the corn
Life Law before us, bare and broad,
To conquer with two hands alone
Bat we had faith in man aud God.
And proudly claimed our fathers ihrone'
We made our vassal Of the Now,
And, from its want and VIC and wrong,
Our hearts rose lightly as bOugh
From which bird hath SCARED in song.
Among our sires no high-born chief
Freckled his hand with peasant gore,
No spurred and corOnetted thief
Set his mailed heel upon the floor;
No! We are come Of a nobler line.
With larger heart within the breast,
Large hearts by suffering made divine
We draw our lineage from the Oppressed
Not from the sceptered brutes who reigned,
Bat from the humble souls who bore,
And so a Goc-like patience gained,
Which, suffering much, could suffer more
Which learned forgiveness, and the grace
That cometh Of Blended knee
From martyrs such as those We trace
Our Royal genealOgy.
There's not a great soul gone before.
That is not numbered in our clan,
Who, when the world took side with Power
Stood boldly on the side of man;
All hero spirits, PLAIN and grand,
Who for the ages ope the door,
All labor's dusty monarchs stand
Among the children Of the poor.
Let others bozst of ancestors,
Who handed down some idle right,
To stand beside their tyrant's horse,
Or buckle his spurs before the tight;
We, too, have our ancestral claim
OF marching even in the van,
Ofgiving ourselves TO steel and flame,
Where aught's 10 be achieved for man.
And is not this family free,
Worth keeping up from age TO age
Was ever such an ancestry
Gold-blazoned on herald's page
In dear New England let US stall
Maintain our race and title pure.
The men and women of heart and will,
The monarchs who ESDURE.
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BY wM. ID. GALLAGHER,

81 WIN. ID bALLathhhs
A Nation mourns, to-day,
Its fallen good and great,
Whose noble spirit pass'd away
Amid the high debate:
Pass'd where he long had stood,
COntending for the Right,
Still firm, and true, and unsubdued-
Still unsppall'd by Might.
How earned he the need
OF lofty, bright renown,
For which through life men toll, and bleed
And sink exhausted down.
Stoop'd his high soul TO court
The pisudits Of the crowd
Deign'd he, with demagogue resort,
To ring mems praises loud ?
Did he, on fields OF blood.
Midst cannon belching fame,
His sword dip in the purple flood,
And trace with it his name y
Or. on the far, deep sea,
His nations flag below.
Blend il with shouts Of victory,
Death groans and curses No!
Not on the death-strowu vrvck,
Not on the CORY plain,
Sought he a mortal name to deck
With trophies Of the slain.
But as mans truer friend.
The champion Of the Right
Unknown TO swerve, untsught to bend.
In Minds sublimer fight.
His glory twas, that though
of mark'd, and under ban,
lie ever scorn'd to Pow'r TO bow,
But stood erect-a man
Firm as the rooted rock
The bulwark Of the Free;
unyielding, whatsoever the shock
Calm, midst the dread melee.
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did not, however, in the slightest degree,
interfere with the ultimate arrangements;
the lady's father was not at all disposed to
give tie gentleman back his word, the gen
tleman Himself reflected that the lady por-
ton was all the higher for her personal de-
ficiencies, and the bride was consoled ty the
promise Of wedding-dtess from Paris; so
that the match was concluded, and they
are now the hapPiesssocPle know.-Way-
faring Sketches.
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lie who can take advice is sometimes 81
perior TO him who can give it.-Von KueJsl
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Tree lIOln Tie NtlSnt VI YuvSSC CdicS.
Punctual to every duty, death found him
at the post Of duty; and where else could
it have found him, at any stage Of his career,
Tor the fifty years Of his public liGs' From
the time Of his first appointment by Wash,
ington, to his last election by the people oil
his native town, where could death have
found him but at the post Of duty? AT that
post, in the fullness Of age, in the ripeness
Of renown. crowned with honors, surround
ed by his family, his friends, and admirers,
and in the. very presence Of the national
represeatafp ON, he has been gathered to his
fathers, lening behind him the memory oil
public services which are the history Of his
country for half a century, and the example
of life, public and private, which should
be the study and the model Of the generations
Of his counhymen.
When MIR. B. concluded, the resolutions
were unanimously adopted, and the Senate
adjourned 10 Saturday.
The President Of the United States offer.
ed the use of the east room Of the White
House to the committee, for the purpose Of
doing honor to the decease ex-Presdent,
and giving the public an opportunity for
visiting the remains. But the committee
declined the offer, and the remains repose
in the Capitol until Saturday.
The President directed all manner Of re.
spect to be paid to the memory Of Mr..
Adams. The following order was issued in
handbill on the oath. In consequence oil
instructions, all the executive offices were
closed for the day, and every department
was draped in mourning.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
Ii has pleased Divine Providence to call
hence great and patriotic citizen. John
Quincy Adams is no more. At the advan.
ced age Of more than four years he was
suddenly stricken from his seat in the House
of Representatives, by the hand OF disease,
on tbs 21st, and expired in the Capitol a
few minutes after Z o'clock on the evening
of the 23d Of February, 1848.
He had for more than half a century filled
the most important public stations, and
among them that OF President of the United
States. The two Houses Of Congress, of
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ceased, do adjourn to Saturday next, the day
appointed for the funeral.
Before the question was stated Oh these
resolutions
Mr.. Holmes, OF South Carolina, rose
and said: MIR. Speaker The mingled
tones Of sorrow, like the voice of many wa
tiers, have come unto us from sister State
Massachusetts, weeping for her honored son.
The State | have the honor in part to rep.
resent, once endured, with yours, common
suffering, battled for a common cause, and
rejoiced in a common triumph. Surely,
then, il is meet that 10 this, the day of your
aflliction, we should mingle our grefs.
When a great man falls, the nation
nouns when patriach is removed, the
people weep. Ours, my associates, is no
common bereavement. The chain which
linked our hearts with the gifted spirits Of
former times has been rudely snapped
The lips from which flowed those living and
glorious truths that our fathers uttered are
closed in death.
There was no incident in the birth, the
life, the death Of MIR. Adams not Intimately
woven with the history OF the land. Born
in the night of his country's tribula.ion, he
heard the FIRST murmurs OF discomfort; he saw
the first efforts for deliverance. Whilst yet
a little child he listened with eagerness to
the whispers Of freedom as they breathed
from the lips OF her almost inspired apos-
ties; he caught the FIRE that was then kin
died his eye beamed with the first ray !; he
watched the day spring from on high, and
long before he departed from earth it was
sraciously vouchsafed unto him to behold
The effulgence Of her noontide glory.
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s,a..a. on the DEATH .6 J.An Y. Adams.

h. JONES. Adj. General.
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