Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-06-24

wreath, which seems worn carclessiy, circles her
forehead. In the curling stem of a honey suckle
that winds along the marble, you may clearly
discern the initials 81 L. E. L." together with
the following epitaph:
" , beauty. a feeling, an instinct divine,
4 thirst after loneliness, brea he'd III her line.
4 rose ola Rainbow, n hy. a lutte
Ifthese were IN sight, she could never be mute.
If she luok'd on an eve, or an exquisite cheek.
or u lip -'twas because she could paint them next
week.
A whisper of music. a glimmer of light.
she described Til one echoed, the other grew bright.
Still dreaming of sunshine and doating on hue,
She lancird bright scarlet q species of blue;
But Nature, WHO never intended that she
Should pluck the sublime from the depth ofthc sea,
The Beautiful onl, Designed her TO trace
| An %influt's pure glory, and womauy grace;
To sing of heart broken and wounded IN lot,
Aud to charm and take captive ofthose that were not.
Genius and Neutrality-suspicious. Moore, in
his life of Lord Byron. has devoted four or i've
pages to reflections on the u%nftness OF men OF
genius for the married state. That they are un-
fit, that they are disinclined, or that they are un-
fortunate in their endeavors to enter into that
state, would seem, at least in many instances,
to require no other proof than is to be found in
the numerous cases Of celibacy IN the history OF
men o f%genius. That many of them are unfit,
or unfortunate in the choice. is also proved by
the repeated instances of unhappy wedlOck to
be found among that class of men.
Among distinguished poets, VINO never mar
ried. NAV be mentioned, Thompson, Goldsmith.
| Cowper, and others among the moderns; and
we know not how many among the ancients.-
Of those who have married and been unhappy,
may b. mentioned Dante, Milton, Shakespeare.
Dryden. Byron. &c. Dean Swift. though mar
ried. would never acknowledge, or live with his
wife.
r. poets be, as they have been represented
from old time. an irritable genius. this very pc
~culiarity in their temper sufficiently accounts
for their want of harmony in married life. But
what shall we say Of philosophers, whose tenn
per. Que would suppose was better calculated
for the exigencies Of matrimony? And yet it
would appear that they are not the men for the
ladies. Whether it is that men of the most
powerful minds have not that sof'ness and gen.
%tleaess requisite to win the love Ut the fair, and
retain it; or whether they think it beneath their
attention to devDte a thought to those things
that engage the minds of ordinary mortals; or
whether the occupation of their thoughts in he
field of philosophy prevents their attention to
the soft endearments of the heart certain it is
that many of the greatest men have trod the
path of life alone, and gone Down to the grave
unblest with the sweets of welded love.-Amons
these NAV be named Newton, Bacon. Locke,
Calico, Descartes. Bayle, Leibnitz, Boyle,
Hume, Gibhnn, and a long list of others, H.
~lustrious for learning, science, and intellectual
greatness.
From these, and other cases in which histo-
nv is fruitful, one conclusion must naturally be
drawn-and we leave our readers to decide
which ii is,-either that philosophers and men Of
genus are not formed for the blessings of the
MATRIMONIAL tie, or are exceedingly negligent or
unfortunate in 80 often missing them.
". \. Constellation.
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few days since a respectable young man in
this town, among the thousands and thousands
who had drawn blanks. blanks, blanks, drew a
prize of FIVE hundred dollars. His friends we
have no dubt, trembie Tor The consequences. least
it should lead him TO uab5le in lotteries till he
was ruiaed. We were pleased however the 9TH
err day 10 hear him remark that on drawing the
prize, he Immediately came to the resolution
nerer to purchase another lottery luke! and the
reason which he gave pleased us still more
He had heard folks say. fha' lightning was
nsuer knoun to strike toice IN one place"
Portland Courier.
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NeU fGcfory.-Mr. Glfes Tinker OF this VII
lage is constructing a Cotton Factory. the ma
chinery of which, is propelled entirely BY dogs.
In this factory all the processes of making cotton
cloth from the raw material, are to be gone through
with.
The power is produced by the weight of four
dogs walking upon an inclined belt. This belt
although of wood. is so constructed with legs, as
to be capable of a rotary notion, and in lis evolu-
tons passes over succession of cylinders.
1t is impossible for US to describe. in an intel!i-
gible manner. this singular production. and ap-
p~IicatiOn of power; but to express 1t in as famil-
lar a manner as we are able. would su,gest, that
it is the weight of the dogs upon the inclined belt
lying on a succession of cylinders. that puts the
whole machinery in motion. This wonderful
Factory is nearly completed. and is soon to 20
into operation, when we shall endeavor to-give
a more detailed and ineligible account of it.
Berkshire Mass. .imerieaa