The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-06-02

ne, IL IS positively forbidden. Marriage Is indiss0i-
bic, and the parties are bound TO preserve mutual
fidelity. ..-..
the husband may take a second wife, II may be ia
ferred, says Ephinstone, in his History OF india
from whom in part we gather these points OF Hindu
law, that with these exceptions he must have only
one wife; but the marriage Of widows is discouraged
If not prohibited except in the case OF Sudras. a
wife VINO is barren Tor eight years. or she who has
produced male children in eleven, may be SUPER
seded by another wife 1t appears, Notwithstanding
this expression that the first wife married retains
the highest rank in the family. Drunken ana i'm
moral wives, those who bear malice to their hus-
bands, or are guilty OF very great extravaganza NAV
also be superseded. A wife who leaves her hus-
bands house, or neRlec's him for a twelyemonth
without a cause may nc deserted altogether A man
EolhB ABROAD must edVe provision for his wife.
The wife is hound to wait for her absent husband for
elght years II he be gone on religious duty; six, II
IN pursuit OF knowledge or fame; and three, IL for
pleasure only. The practice OF allowing a man to
raise up issue TO his brother If he died without chill
drcn, or even If, although sti alive he have no hopes
ol progeny is reprooated, except for Sudras or in
case OF widow who has lost her husband before
consummatiOn.
"SN forms OF marriage are recognized as lawful.
vi these Tour only are allowed TO Brghmins, which,
atnough diherng IN minute particulars, all agree In
insisting that the father shall give away his daughter
without receiving price. The remaining two forms
are permitted 70 the military class alone and are
abundantly liberal. even with that limitation one
~ Whcn soldier carries or woman after victory
and cspuusas her against her will; and the other
Wneh cohSunnauou taxes place 10y mutual consent,
without any formal ceremony whatever. In the
Institutes of Menu marriage 10y capture is mem
TONED as one of the forms Of the nuptial ceremony
RGcshasa ana is described as 'rhe seizure of "A
maiden 10y force from her house. while she weeps
dIu du SIIs IVI asnls,ill'e e, aIteI hef knsinen and
IiltuGs nave becn SLAIN IN battle or wounded, and
their houses broken OPEN The form OF Capture is
sti. IN use among the H'udus, and in fact it is pre-
sCl1eu as marriage ceremony in the 'Sutfas, in
which II is provided tlat at a certain important
stage OF the rites str"lg man ana the bridegroom
snail tcrcioy draw the bride ana make her sit down
on a red OK skin.
Two sorts OF marriage are forbidden; namely.
when the father reco yes a nuptia present; and
has been incapable OF giving a real consent to the
union. The prohibition, so often repeated in Menu,
against the receipt Dy the brides father Of any pre-
sent from the bridegroom is now more strictly Oh
served than twas in his time. The point Of honor
in this respect Is carried 80 far, that 80 is reckOned
disgracciul to receive any assistance in after life
from . sOn-n-aw or bIJ.her-in-laW.
1t is Indispensable that the bridegroom should
come TO the house OF the father-n-aw TO for the
bride. ana the marriage must be performed there.
AT the visit OF the sutor the ancient modes Of hos
pJalY are Malhlaneu, according 10 a prescribed
form. The sort OF entertainment still appears i'm the
production Of a cow to be killed for the feast; but
the sut0r now lntercedes for her life, and she is
turned loose at his request In the case OF princes
where the bride comes from another country a tenn
poTary building is erected with great magnldcence
ana expense, house for the brides father; and
in all cases the procession in which the bride IS
taken home after the marriage is as snowy as the
parties can afford. In Bengal these professions are
particularly sumptupus. and marriages there have
been known to cost lacs of rupees"
From the same house we have received
"The Dodge Club; or, Italy in $50" by James
de Mile. This lively series of sketches was
published in H0rpe,'s Magazine,
where they attracted considerable attention, and
there are doubtless many persons who will be
pleased to reperuse them in their collected FORM
From Turner Brothers IL Co. we have re-
ceiyed Contribution to the Border Minstrelsy
and Ballads" by Sir Walter Scott, being the
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Scots works This is a cheap, elegant, and
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The same house sends us the second monthly
part OF Applston's ,F0urnrl and "Appleton's
Railway and Steam Navigation Guide" Tor June,
1869.
The Little Corporcl for June, published by
Alfred /. Shewer q Co., Chicago, H.. has an
attractive table OF contents, as usual.
Grace Greenwood has sold her Ljlle PHI
GRIM to the publisher, of this magazine, and it
will hereafter be issued in conjunction with the
Little Corporal. Grace Greenwood, however,
will continue to write for it rs heretofore.
From Turner Brothers IS Co. we have re-
ceived villa Eden by BerthOld Auerhach,
Part II, translated by Charles @. Shackford, and
The Virgnians," by W. NJ. Thackeray both OF
which are low priced paper cover editions,
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fourth and concluding part OF AuerOach's "Villa
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narrative.