New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-23

The De Riyiere romance" as II has been most
absurdly styled seeHs rear its end. In cholera
times, We should consider it 10 "He blue stage"
according to the latest slang it is nearly "payed
"Out." Anything less romantic, except (perhaps)
on the part of the young lady, could hardly be con-
ceived. penniless, characterless adventurer, n.y.
ing from a conviction for completely in very vul-
gar swinde in Paris-who does not appear to be
even "Zouave, bad eminence, in the way OF
character, as bis being one would argue-cOnes
smopg US, without any credentials 80 far s We
can learn, and eoon marries one woman, whom be
matreats and deserts shortly after. Pursuing bis
travels to Mobile he gets decent man to fight a
duel with him, and, on the strength Of this quasi
indorsement, induces matrOn of middle age, mov-
ing in respectable circles, to second his designs
upon her daughter, an educated girl of seventeen,
moving in good society and reputed worth
$50, ALI that foowed-if we charitably pre-
sumo the mother to be monomanisc-is but mat
ter of course.
the impression prevalent in Europe that We are
semi. .barbarians. There is no country in Europe
where go transparent a vagabond, without even
face to recommend him, could have been enabled
even to speak to such young lady a. Miss Bount.
He could no more have obtained access to gentle
mans family circle in London or Paris than he
could siDgy have taken Gibraltar. Such "dukes
may possibly strut their brief hour in some very
rude hamlet or low suburban cabaret but they have
never the audacity even to mediate admission into
gentleman's household. And the European rule
is undoubtedly safer and more rational than ours.
"Who is this person What is his standing at
"homel On what Endorsement does he come
"amopg us' Who guarantees his personal re-
"spectability l"-Such are the questions instinct
lively asked whenever one Of these blazing comets
makes its appearance the verge of society 1t is
not poverty, as the vulgar aud the vicious pretend
against which the doors of hosptable mansions are
barred; for men are welcomed and priced in the
most aristocratic circles who are known to be not
worth dime; but swindlers and vagabonds are ex.
cluded, as they should be. By-andby, our people
will see the propriety Of adopting the same rule
or rather, the thousands Of reputable people who
no v disregard will be compelled to observe it.
But in the matter of encouraging the attentions
of dubious foreigners, with reference to matrimony,
our people are pre- eminenty lax. If we are to
suppose this Riviere case but one of q thousand,
we know that there are many less glaring in which
intmacies have been unwisely permitted, and even
encouraged, which have had far more disastrous re-
suits. There is not city, there is scarcely town
ship, which does not number among its inhabitants
women who have married on very short acquaint-
ance, only to be abused, deserted and left burden
and lifelong sorrow to their families in which
they were born and reared, and which they most
imprudently and improperly deserted, to share the
fortunes of relative strangers. If young ladies'
could realize how grossly ndelicsts as well as
culpably reckless such marriages appear in the
eyes of the observing, they surely would forbear
A years thorough acquaintance, with tie most cir
cumstantial accounts, from disinterested and rel
able witnesses, of the antecedents from childhood
are tie very least guarantee which any woman
who realizes what marriage is, will require of a
stranger. Even then, if her parents are not fully
satisfied as we'll as herse she should still hesitate
Marriage is an undertaking in which no delay can
be 20 hazardous as undue precipitation.