Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-12-09

Julia, with their two smiling children, as
they were gathered before a sparkling fire.
side, seemed the emblems Of connabial
contentmcnt and happiness, and were pom
| ted out by the ancient inhabitants OF Rose
vile as examples to their sons and daugh-
| ters to pattern after. The fondness which
they bore their offspring was uniniiuenced
by greater partiahty for one than for the
other, and although the daughter was more
especially under the charge other mother,
even in infancy, yet was there the same al
fection existing in her bosom for the son !;
and the father loved both as n father should
love his children IN their childhood, unbl-
assed by any foolish prejudice against sex
or disposition, uninhuenced by any other
consideration than parents feelings. At
the close of the day Charles returned from
his business with a keencr appetite to enjoy
the company Of his beloved vie, and ii
any thing had perpIexed him through the
day, he, gentle voice would soothe all his
troubles 10 rest, whilst
"rhe nspu, infant pra,tling on his knee,
Would all his weary cark'nS cares bcguile,
And make him quite forget his busness aud his
tol.'r
| there is bliss in this world, it must be
when two beings have been bound together
in an inseparable tie, who feel themselves
really and mutually devoted to each others
happiness through all seasons OF adversely
and prosperity, through all changes for
the better or worse. Too frequently in
married life, we discover that it has been
entered into merely for the happiness of
one object, and that instead OF endeavour-
ing to impart felicity to each other, The
great cause of inquletude and misery con
sists in having raised our expectations up
to 80 high IA degree previously, we are dis
appointed at discovering the most trifline
obstacle to mar the schemes Of enjoyment
our imaginations had depicted One i'll
timed expression or peevIsh remark has
frequently been the commencement of Sc
rious train OF miseries, which have render
ed matrimony's chains calling instead Of
blissful, iron instead Of down
" Bot i'm" ,aut "a, OF loge.
Oh II ym,n SIN lie on thy fair rite,
That cham wrt'ched weigh sha prove,
Thy lamp sad sepulclrni hy',t."
Misery and wretchedness must inevita-
blyo be the portion ol those mconsiderate
beings, who enter into covenant most a
cred, merely for motives of pecunlary con-
venience. Their days will be barren Of
genuine pleasure, their nights haunted by
dreams Of remorse and disgust, and how
ever dutitul and beautiful the offspring o!
such connections may be, they cannot i'm
part to the minds Of their parents such
virtuous feelings Of haliowed purity, as
those unions where the heart alone Is con-
cerned. Four years, have said, gided
on, heaping blessings around Eliison's tam-
ly, and holding them as example worthy OF
imitation to the surrounding neighborhood
That period had elapsed but few days,
when the whole village was alarmed by the
cry OF fire, bursting on the slumbers of
mdni hit Every heart bounded iearfully |
at the solemn warning, and as the inhabl-
tants started half waking from their dreams
and gazed from their windows, they per-
ceived, with sorrowiul hearts, the beautiful |
dwelling Of Ellison in flames As quick !
as their coming senses would permit them,
they fastened to the spot, and discovered !
that already one side Of the building had |
fallen, whilst the devourng element was
fast encomDassing the remainder. Every |
means in their power were Immediately !
put III NhVNutioh, W sup thO P'oSaS"" W (
the fire, but in vain; and just as a part of
the roof was falling in, out burst Charles,
with his wife in his arms, lifeless, and HIM
self almost smothcred. Revive her he
exclaimed, dcpositing her in the opposite
house, and Immediately ran back through
the cracking and burning element, in
search of his children For a long time
the spectators Of this awful scene had Civ
en- him up as lost, but just as every hope
was exriring, he again appeared, with one
child under each arm. He staggered for
ward a few PAGES, then tainted with his ten
der burthens upon the ground, completely
overcome and exhausted. He, with his
children,were carried to a neighbor's house
where his wife was just recovering but
beholding her children apparently lileless,
and her husband in the same condition, re-
lapsed into convulsions, from which she
was with difficulty recovered The next
morning shonc upon their ruined mansions;
not n ves'ige had been saved {; and the fair
and blooming daughter which had so fire.
oucntlv prattIed on the knee Of its parents,
wa an infant corpse The boy was recov-
"ro1 and the sun, which had set and smi-
ed anon the hnnpineas Of the Ellisons noxy