Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-24

Ank lHt btEuNNlU QtDtuuE IN n IMIED uU|rnH
upon the sanction accorded to the system Of
privateering, 1t becomes of extrcmeimport.
ence to consider in whatli this peculiar
mode Of carrying OF hpstilities viii be re-
garded by European Governments. The
Ameficans have settled the question for
themselves. At the time Of the Treaty OF
Paris, the Government of Washington, sem
sible OF the aisadYaEtage At which Il was
placed relative 70 the great maritime powers
OF Europe by lite want of a large Standing
navy, refused to adhere to the principle
agreed upon by the parties 70 The trestE
that the issue Of letters-of merque should Be-
disalloYed for all future time. General
Cass, who was the organ Of communicating
and defending this resolution, never an
tieipsted that the time was near wheA his
OWE country would be placed toward its
only enemy in exactly the position in which
be ~apprehended that Great Britain might
possibly be placed toward the United States.
Such, however, is the curious ~conjuneture
which the revolution has brought about.
The Southern Confederation, being totally
destitute OF any regular naval force where
with TO cope with the navy of the remnant
OF the Union, is compelled 70 enlist in its
service the combative and predatory instincts
Of volunteers upon the ocean and the legal
right TO avail itself of this means of ~retaiia-
ton and annoyance has been reserved to it
BY the act of the Government against which
il is now in arms.
Pleasant PIeIure Of a uIIItary Marriage
An Incident Of Camp Life Mt Washington.
"Asa TreDchard," the gossiping corre-
spondent of the Philadelphia Press, describes
the recent marriage Of . Massachusetts Ser
gesnt to q VivdRdiere of his regiment in
Washington. The fact has already been
stated, but "Asa Trenchardn paints q pleas
ant picture of the scene:
THE MARRIAGs AT NIGHT.
Six bold rilemen, clad in blue, with scarlet
doublets over the left shoulder, bearing blaz-
ing torches six glittering Zouayes, with
brilliant trappings, sparkling in the light;
and then the hollow square, where march
the bridegroom and bride; then seven row
of six gIoomsmen in a row, all armed CAP. a.
PIE, with FURNISHED weapons, flashing back
the luster of the Zouaye uniform; and all
around the grand regiment darkening the
white ent-folds, as their rudy faces are but
half disclosed between the red and yellow
glare of the fires and the soft, silYerlight Of
the May-moon. This is all, you will bear in
mind, out in the broad, open air. The en-
campment occupies a conically- shsped hill
top, thanked around the rear crescent by q
wood of fan.leaved naples, sprinkled with
blossoming dogberries, and looking out at
the cone upon the r~iYer-sW6rds below. The
plain is full of mounds and ridges, save
where it bulges in the centef to a circular
elevation perfectly flat, around which, like
facsdes about a courtyard, are arrayed the
spiral tents, illuminated in honor of the COM
ing nuptials.) The bride is the daughter of
the regiment; the to-be husband q hvotite
Sergeant. Marching thus, preceded by the
two files of skies, and followed by the glitter
ing lows Of groomsmen, the little cortege
has moved out of the great tent on the edge
of the circle, and comes slowly amid, the bold
strains of that grand "Midsummer-Nights
Dream" toward the regimental chaplain. I'D
THE BRIDE.
You have seen the colored prints of Jenny
Lind on the back of the music Of YiVe Ia
France. You have noted the light flowing
hair, the soft Swiss eye, the military bodice,
the coquettish red skirt and the pretty
buskined feet and ankles underneath. The
print is not unlike the bride. She was fair
haired, blue. eyed, r~osy-cheeked, darkened in
their hue by exposure to the sun, in just the
dress worn by lea flkeS du regiment. She was
formed in that athletic mould which distin.
guishes the Amazon from her opposite ex-
IRENE Of frailty. You could not doubt her
capacity to undergo the fatigues and hard
ships of a campaign, but your mind did not
suggest to your eye those grosser and more
masculine qualities which, while girting the
woman with strength, disrobe her Of the
purer, more effeminate traits Of body. You
saw before you a young girl, apparently
about eighteen years of age, with clear,
courageous eye, quiYerless lip and soldierly
tIead-a veritable daughter of the regiment.
You have seen Caroline Richings and good
old Peter (St. Peter march over the stage
as the coporal and Ia flle. We'll, this girl,
barring the light haxen hair, would remind
you of the latter, drilling q squad Of grena-
diers.
THE BRIDEGROOM.
The bridegroom was of the same sanguine,
Germanic temperament as the bride. As he
marched, full SIX feet in hight, with long,
light-colored beard, high cheek bones,
aquiline nose, piercing, deeply studded blue
eye, broad shoulders, long arms sturdy legs,
cooked hat with blue plume, dark blue
frock, with bright scarlet blanket, tartan
fashion over the shoulder, small sword, you
would have taken him for a hero Of Sir
Walter. Faith, had Sir Walter seen him, he
himself would have taken him. In default,
however, Of Sir Walter, / make bold to APP
propriate him as a hero on the present oc-
casion. Indeed, he was a hero, and looked
it, every inch of him, leading that self
sacrificing girl up to the regImental chaplain,
with bis robe and surplice and great book,
amid the stare Of q thousand anxious eyes, to
the music OF glorious old Mendelsshon and
the beating Of thousand earnest hearts
TIE CEREMONY.
The music ceased; a silence as calm as the
silent moon held the strange, wild place; the
fires seemed to sparkle less noisily in rever-
ence; and q little white cloud paused in its
course across the sky to look down on the
group below the clear voice Of the preacher
sounded above the suppressed breathing of
the spectators, and the vague burning oftho
fagot-heaps; q few short words q few heart
felt prayers, the formailegal ceremonial, and
the happy amen 1t was done. The pair
were man and wife. In rain or sunshine ioy
OF sorrow, for veal OF woe, bone Of one bone
and flesh Of one flesh, forever and ever
amen a
The Rrooms people formed a hollow square
around the n~ewlyswedded couple. In one
corner a gateway was left for tbs entranes
Of the men. Then cam one By one the mem
bers of that troop, with q kind word each, e.
each touched the bride lightly on the cheek,
and grasped the bridegroom heartily by the
hand-Of one the sworn fathers, Of thesothsF'
the friends and brothers, comrades in arsns.
Where was her mother2 Gone gone
away of beyond the clouds that play about
the moon. There she stood, out / 1.-THE Oman
night under the glare of the flames and the
moon, without anothertemale soul near her,
a lone orphan, far from home and the COM
panions Of home. There she stood-a single.
brGve-hearted girl, fathsrless and mother
less, save in the hearts Of those thousand
surrounding soldiers, who, among the con
ficting emotions of the march, had not for
gotten their vows TO protect "a cherish hor,
the daughter Of the regiment. There she
stood by the side Of that stout great bearded
man, the emblem Of wOmanly faith, Is she
was the picture of womanly helplessaes5 q
patient follower Of the lives and fortunes Ct
those brave fellows. The dr. IN rolled forth
sgain.
The skies glowed brighter than before.
The fires flashed more proudly. Zach cheek
glowed with a nobler, purer hue. And here
let the green baize tall all on the circle OF
camps and camp. fires and brown. braWhy
heads, and hearts and hands.
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