The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1867-08-21

10 obtain c0rpuience Is regarded as lhe
only real comeliness. A female VINO can
move with the all of two men is but mo.
derate beauty. while the lady who cannot
stir, and is only to be moved on camel,
is esteemed perfect paragon. Nor isthis
queer fancy for obesity in women confined
to the savages in the torrld zone, since we
read in Wraxails Travels in Russia tina:
i" in order to possess any pre.eminent de-
gree OF loyeliness, a woman must weigh al
least two hundred weight" The Empress
Elizabeth, and Catharlne III both accuunt-
ed very fine women, were OF this massive
KIND.
10 Italy, matches are made with provers
bal l.yity, and marriage vows. If rcport
speaks truly, are easily broken. Young
virgins are systematically bartered and
sold by their parents. aud young people
are married every day Who never saw one
another before. Concubinage is aconstant
remedy for these i'll advised and deceittui
marriages, and the peculiarly Italian term,
.icisbio. indicates the indemnity which cus-'
tom prescr bes for the fair sex iette,ed to
hu stands unlused.
La France, as has of:en been remarked.
women monnpolize all the society and q
large share oi the business OF lie. The
coffee hou,cs, the lhe4tr-,, the shops, the
cabarets, or drinking shops, are filled with
somen. Women lori II At all assemblies,
aud are better informed aud more capable
managers than men. Marriage is iouked
upon nut 50 much matter of affection
as oil interest. aud the sacredness vi the tie
j. prnportionately slender.
Mrrlase IN 5 edcn i commonly 90
serned wholly BY the will Of he parents.
aud Is founded upon interest. A stolen
match j. almost unheard OF, and persons
nl either sex seldom marry before the age
u twenty-five or thirty. Divorces are
very rare.
Russia appears 20 be the most preposie
rnu, coun,r, 10 Europe ~ Its treatment o.
women. The nuptal ceremonies. all sin.
gliar, are based upon the degradation ot
the female. When the parent, have agreed
upon Tie match, the Oride - examined ny
4 number 81 wolnen 10 see u she has any
bodily defect. On her wedding day she
is crowned with a garland OF wormwood,
to deanle the bitterness u the marriage
state. she J. exhnrted 70 DC obedlent To-
ner husband. aud Il Is a custom 10 some
districts Tor the newly mrried wite topre-
sent the bridegroom with a whip. IN token
ul subml ssipn, aud with this he seldom ialls
10 siiuw his authority. Ia this cold anu
cruel country. husbands are sometimes
knnwn TO torture their wives 10 death With
out ans punishment ior the murder. u
wnman prnye barren, tie husband general
Iy prevails OH her tp retire into convent
aud leave him At liberty. II he fails 10 per.
suasion. he i permitted 10 whip her INTO
condrscensivn.
Such Is tie slavery IA which the Mdsco-
sites are kept by their parents and guar
'lians. that they are not allowed TO dispute
any union agreed upon by their elders.
however udious or incompatible Il may De.
I'hIs extends - Tar. that officers ~ the ar
lny are not permitted 10 marry without the
consent ul the sovereign, AMI wives whom
they do not want are even sometimes tore.
I'd upon them.
Wnelher i, be The result Of this system
pf oppression. or uieir savage climate, or
II the unnatural ho, ar nl the Stove heated
apartments, il is certain that \ more un.
lovely race u wanen than the Russians
wnnld be diiIicult to find They want
say. an English traveller, " the genuine tia'
ynr which only nature can give. That
charming firmness aud elasticity Of flesh.
- indlspensa5ly requisite 10 constitute
beauty. and 50 delicious TO the touch. ex.
lsts not among the Russian iemllcs, o. 70
very Few ol them
We are told Of the Aleutian Islanders
who form a part Of our new Russian Ame'
rican acquisition. that they marry one, two
or three wives, as they have the means OF
supporting them. The bridegroom takes
,he bride upon trial, and may return her
to her parents, should he not be satisfied