New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-08

him. ana 1S enutleu, ny VTCue VI tudt pre-
emneuce. to make servants Of servants of his
oretIren until tapped on the shoulder by that
fen -sergeant, Death, who alone could outstalk
him.
we should have mentioned that this We'd
ding in High Life "arOused state OF SenSa-
tional enthusiasm ordinarily permissible only
"under spiritual movements, or amid the emo
ttonal inspirations of camp-meetings ana re-
"Hgious reviyals." I'VE should greatly nave
preferred giving this information in English as
is our custom, but no one in our office was fouhd
capable of understanding the extraordinary
dialect in which it was written.l Moreover,
"all creeds were represented. Baptists ana
Catholics, Presbyterians and Epscopalans'
"Universalists and Methodists, Jews, infdels
"and idolators, white and black, old and young,
90 male and female, Americans, Europeans,
"Asiatics and Africans, all alike fOcked to
witness. ETC., etc.n If jenkins could be be-
lieved-Which, as he sets down all in malice,
we know he cannot-this state OF things
would be q curious revelation OF the Vaculty
of mind of the modern Philadelphlans, VINO,
having nothing to do and less to think
Of. rush off to a church to assist at
wedding to which not one of them was
invited, and pound and batter the doors
to get in. Why, this is more appalling IMAM
the mobs of the Faubourg st. Antoine IN the
Revolution. For this is at our own doors, as IL
were, and these are the weak, piping times OF
peace. 1t is O record Of the civilization OF
sister city only paralleled in that historic re-
port of the authentic British Traveller who,
being asked to describe the manners and Gus
toms Of certain Islanders, wrote, Manners
they have none. and their Customs are
disgusting.p And where, 0 where. were
the Unitarians and the MOhammedans,
the Parsees and the followers of Buddh,
the Swedenborgians and Miller's Saints !
Where was the gentle Polynesian, or that
isolated savage tribe known as the Moyamen-
sing Repeaters2 Had they all torn of In
body, brandshing umbrellas, and crying "amok'
"amok,n to funeral at the other end OF the
town, TO which equally they were not invited,
and were they banging down the doors OF the
House of Mourning with equal energyY
Royal Jenkins, speak! Let us not burst in ig-
norance but tell
All the invited gentlemen, even the Presi-
dent, wore remarkable article of dress, usually
black, called "pants," whose use is not de-
sclibed; but as one guest is reported as enter
ing with his right hand thrust deep in his
"'pants pocket" we take it to be some useful
if not necessary garment. The costumes OF
the ladies are given with conscientious fidelity,
TO the color of their shoe laces, and the
number of their cOrsets. All but one.
Once our peeping Tom failed us. 'Tis
not in mortals to command success, but
he did more, Sempronius, he deserved
it. The distinguished Somebody wore
black. His IadNo-courtly Jenkins :" had
"a dark suit the particulars of which our re-
"porter was unable to gather" Unable, mind
After the ceremony, which was really per-
formed, notwithstanding that the attention of
the ladies was distracted by the bowling mob,
and that of the gentlemen by that new toy,
their "pants, land during which "the BRIDE
groom recited the formula without the prompt
cling of the clergyman, distinctly enunciating,"
(Which was certainly remarkable triumph of
memory and elocution, the formula" being
fully two lines long, and jenkins, though
he hates him, insists on doing him that
much admirins justice,) the bridal train
left the church, but Mr.. and Mrs. Bishop went
over to the pew in which sat Mr.. and Mrs.
President Grant, and-talkedl Jenkins here
audibly hOps down on his knees in the presence
of majesty, and relates, with bated breath, that
the President and Mrs. Grant sat, but Senator
- and Gen. - stood! Whereupon we feel
bound, in the interests of elegant literature, to
think of historic parallel for this august
spectacle, but can't. Charles the First
holding Van Dykes pencils, comes the
nearest to it. But there is the
difficulty of deciding which repre-
sents monarch, and which artist. Besides, it
might have been Francis and Andrew de
Sarto, after all. So, duly abashed, we follow
the wedding party home, but are grieved to
find that those dreadful Philadelphia people
of all creeds, and people Of none," must
have broken into the supper-room before us !;
for though by what we must be allowed to
consider direct interposition of Providence,
"the supplies held out till midnight "un-
"ceasiDg assaults were kept up on the
salads, ices, etc, ETC." renewed attacks,
"etc., etc.n Nothing better could be expected
of Jews and Inidels, of course, but de-
cent people could not surely be so rude, not to
say greedy. AS for the presents, " the display
"Of siIUer-icare alone gas as great as can be
found iN many stores claiming TO be largely
in the business, etc, ETC." THE presents
"were all cdrded with the names of the giyers,7
whereon follows an inventory of articles with
"the names of the gives," and nothing omitted
but price list, which mistake is evidently
blunder of the printer.
We have been forced TO omit unnumbered
gems of thought and flowers of feeling, as our
model would describe his own sentences. But
what is here printed will serve as the text to
our sermon. Are we reading of Yahoos or of
the fine American of the year of Grace 49,
Can we call ourselves civilized while Jenkins