Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-03-26
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE
MARRIAGE,

for its indissolubility, Chateaubrand presents US
with the following beautiful observations:
d" Habit and long life together are more ne
generally imagined. No one is happy with the
object of his attachment until he has passed una
ny days, above all, many days Of misfortune,
with her. The married pair must know each
other to the bottom Of their souls; the mysterious
veil which covered the two spouses in the print
tive church must be raised in its Utmost folds, how
closely soever It may be kept drawn to the rest of
the world. What! on account Of fit OF caprice,
or burst OF passion, am | 10 be exposed to the
fear Of losing my wife and my children. and to
renounce the hope OF passing my declining days
with them! Let no one imagine that fear wi
make me become better husband. No; we do not
attach ourselves to possession Of which we are
are not secure; we do not love property which
we are in danger Of losing.
owe must not give to Hymen the wings Of
Love, nor make OF sacred reality fleeing
phantom. One thing is alone sufficient to de-
stroy oar happiness in such transient unions; you
will constantly compare one to the other, the
wife you have lost to the one you have gained;
and do not deceive yourself, the balance will al.
ways incline to the past, for so God has con-
struc.ed the human heart. This distraction of
sentiment which should be ndivislbls will EN-.
poison all your Joys. When you caress our new
infant, YOU will think Of the smiles of the one
you have lost; when you press your wife to your
bosom, your heart will tell you that she is not
the first Every thing IN man tends to unity; 10
8 no longer happy when he is divided, and, like
God who made him in his image. his soul seeks
lue essantiy to concentrate into one point, the
past, the present aud the future.
&" The wiffof q christian is not simple NOR
tal-she is my terious angelic beiDg-the flesh
Of the flesh, the blood oil the blood OF her husband
Man, in uniting himself to her, does nothing
but regain part Of the substance which no has
lost. His soul as we'll as his body are incomplete
thout his wIfe;h he has strength, she has beauty;
he combats the enemy and labors in the fields,
but he understands nothing Of domestic life; his
companion is awaiting to prepare his repast and
sweeten his existence: He has his crosses, and
the partner Of his couch is there to soften them:
his days may be sad and troubled, but IN the
chaste arms Of his wife he finds comfort and re.
pose
=. Without woman man would be rude, gross
and solitary. Woman spreads around him the
flowers of existence, as the creepers OF the tor.
ests which decorate the trunks OF sturdy oaks with
their perfumed garands. Finally, the Christian
fruits Of their union; in the dust they lie side BY
side; and they are reunited beyond the limits Of
the tomb"
Retention of Fatality IN Frozen Fish end the
Leech-We have the best evidence to prove
that fish, and some muuscous animals, may be
frozen without DESTROYING their vitality. A
friend OF mine at Camberwell, had an inflamed
| Al. thako
piled to the temple several times; it was kept in
water in phial, aud placed OIL the carpet near
the fire place of the parIor; the cold at that time
was very severe, and every night the leech was
frozen, and thawed the following day. Mr..
Knight was there at the time, witnessed the fact,
and expressed. am tutd, no small interest at
this curious incident. 1t was observed BY Cap.
tain Franklin, during the severe winter they
experienced near Coppermne river, that the fish
frozs as they were taken out Of the nets; in
short time they became solid mass Of Ice, aud
BY blow or two of the hatchets were easily split
opsn; if in the completely frozen state they
were thawed before the FIRE, they recovered
their animation. This is u very remarkable in.
stance how animation can b. suspended in cold
blooded animals.-Hhite's Seiborne.
Indian reasoning. bad rule that Uont
york both ,Days.-A missionary who bad used
this saying in the hearing Of an Indian whom he
was instract,ng, on an occasion Of listening to
his pupils progress in arethmetic, asked him how
much is twice Two! Indian. Four" How
much is "twice fpurl" Indian, " Two" How
can that be- said the missionary. Because, re.
piled the Indian, lit is q bad rule that wont
work both ~ays!" So much for pfoverbial say.
inys, SAYS Sancho the Proverbialist.
A duel is said to have been lately fought in
England, in which bread bullets, rolled In oack
lead powder, were used. Three shots were ex-
changed without injury, when the parties we're
satisfied. As notoriety is often great object
with duellist, It is to be hoped that universal
celebrity will be gwen TO this affair.
4 Bad Character better than None -" Sir,
observed publican, Of Doncaster, to man no.
torioss for never speaking truth, lyon have ia
ken away my character" How sos" said the