Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-01-06

VOL. ID. NO. 9.
Roman People and Customs.

We clip the following paragraps from a
letter from Rome to the n. Y. Post
THE ROMAN PEOPLE.
1t is strange fact that, in this birthplace
of the beautiful in the fine arts, nature has
been so niggardly of her gifts towards the
inhabitants personally Seldom does one
meet a beautiful face, never an elegant or
stylish person. Nor is this confined to the
bourgeoisie; indeed, as you ascend tho So
cial scale this want of delicacy of feature
becomes more striking, and palmer women
than the ladies of the great houses can
scarcely be imagined. Yet the men are
strikingly handsome. 1.-the of limb, with
classic faces and marvellous compilations
a little barberesque perhaps. You will meet
q score III . half-hour's stroll who might
serve as models for a sculptor, exceedingly
well dressed. The dandies pay their bar
bers to tie their cravats; they seem to be
| types of the genus gentleman" But
they are all Dead Sea fruit, for they are
ours who will cringe and whine whenever
their insolence subjects them to deserved
chastisement.
There is one among them whose portrait,
carried by an American girl to New York,
won the heart of an heiress who would not
be consoled until her parents brought her
TO Rome to see the original. He is the
handsomest man in Italy, with bold,
frank face and clear blue eye, which be-
speak courage and honor. An offshoot of
| that unfortunate woman whom expediency
sacrificed to the crime of another, and
whose sad features have been trans
mitted to posterity by the genius of Guido
Reno, this noble Roman rejoices In the
soubriquet of Beuf u la mode, and, as he
struts along the Corso, is the cynosure of
!
saw, and was conquered; Boeuf Ia mode
could not mistake the overtures; Il was
willing, like Barkis, but he would make
his conditions. He admitted that "he was
for sale," but added, "my price is two hun
dred thousand dollars and so the matter
has dragged on for nearly two years, the
girl refusing persistently to be comforted.
Boef u mode declining to abate his pre-
tentions. But SO much firmness has at
last won its reward. The American family
went to Paris; the Roman followed, and
within a faw days has telegraphed to his
papa: Tout est arrange, js fdis une bvnne
dtfdire." A phrase which means here 81
have got the entire control of my wife's
fortune"
Foreigners pretend that desire to mar
~ a title is the motive of the self-exile OF
so many of Our country women unfortu-
! nately, experience has too often given col
or to the calumny. But, admitting that it
were SO always, which is the most honora-
bic, to endeavor to ally ones self TO ancient
and noble souveneirs. to a name that has
been illustrated in history by great deeds,
or to sell that name, to barter ones ances-
tors. and, naturally, ones descendants, for
a sum of money more or less considerable?
For. il is noteworthy, those who marry TIE
A sIair for ffcr,
with actual deformity; but you never see
an American girl who would accept even
prince or duke, did he not present at least
the outward semblance of refinement and
distinction.
We may deplore the vanity of our coun-
try women, but we must look with contempt
upon those penniless mobiles whose sole
pursuit in life is that of Mis- Dollar.
Another marriage is announced between
New York lady aud gentleman from
Naples. But this is quite another affair, as
the lady is very wealthy; but so is her cho-
sen. He bears a grand old name, which for
three centuries has been Synonymous with
honor, and this, the last of his race, is no
exception to the house of Brancaccio. II
is love match on both sides. and if there
happens to be u fortune, why, tdnt niear!
LEvEEs.
About one hundred and sixty bishops
have arrived; of these some ten or twelve
are from America. including the Archbish-
op of New York. So far they are very
quiet, but little later 1t is thought that
some of them may consent to show them
selves in society, as they will do tonight at
the riceuiment0 of Cardinei Moreno, Arch
bishop of Madrid, new appointment, who
will receive visits of congratulation this
evening and Saturday at the Palace of Card
inal Rarni, and be presented WITH the Hat
on Monday next.
These ceceuimenti, or levees, are q pecu-
liar feature of Rome, except to very dis
tinguished persons. No invitations are
sent. the saloons are thrown open to every
one, provided the men have uniforms. and
the women are en- grande toilette At the
Cardinals receptions the ladies are not ad-
mitted unless in high-necked dresses, and
! the uniform is de requelr At some OF the
Ambassadors, ball dresses and black coats
are allowed to come in. They are the oc-
casions on which the Roman princesses
display their jewels, aud no one who has
not secn it can form any idea what this dis
play is. The Priucesses Borghese, Yiano
Rospigliosi and the Duchess Salviatif rep
resent together more than one m;llien ster-
| ling in diamonds.
Let it not be supposed that this is an ex-
aggeration; they are the accumulated
wealth of centuries; as much part of the
| family estates as their palaces, and as
strictly entailed. When to be worn, the
owner for the time being gives a receipt
for the came TO the custodian, a conhden-
tial servant, whose father and grandfather
before him have probably held the same
Office. The lady may wear them when and
where she pleases. always with the form
ality of the receipt, and followed by q res
titution of the same next day; but she can
not take them with her to ioreign parts;
they cannot leave Rome; in short, they are
loaned to the wife of tine head of the fam-
lily, and aae considered pretty much IN the
light of Crown jewels.
4 One of tho pecuharities of the official
recerimento is that unmarried Roman girls
never appear there, the fair sex being ex-
clusi Sely represented by their mammas :
usually vinegar-faced, scaggy matrons-
and by pretty foreigners, who go to see
and be seen, Another is that the same
lperson, be he an Ambassador or Prince of
the Church, never gives but one, in the
whole course of his firial career; in the
first case, on the evening of the day on
which he was formally received by the
Pope; and in the secoad, on his appoint
| IOus W tnO nov uiSuie@fs' H'O ehS AneoA 'A4
between the nomination and the presenta-
ton of the Hat, the candidate, if he can be
so called. must not show himself to the
public, and, should he leave his house.
etiquette prescribes that the blinds of his
carriage should be tightly drawn; SO when
Bishop Moreno went on Wednesday to the
Vatican, he was admitted by q private
door and led without any ceremony to his
laudieDce with the Pope. -. .... $780,,
J The last and most remarkable ''doctor-
/ ing" Of wines is one recently discovered
lby member of the FreAch Academy OF
Sciences 1t appears that he was first ava.
kened to the eminent services which may
. be rendered to wine by the voltaic pile by
having his own cellar broken open by o
fash Of lightning, which converted his In
, lferior wines into valuable liquor. Elec-
tricity applied to cask of bad Moselle en-
, ttirely changed its character, and experi
tments with other wines, at least SO DR.
I Sconfa aesrred the Academy. had