Litchfield enquirer., 1838-02-15

! ten, and you look in vain to the same source. TOT reliet. Let death invade your social c'rcIe, and lay his ruthless hand on your hrst born, shrouding all around in darkness aud gloom, and where do you look for a ray of hope2 It is under circumstances like these, that religion transforms a wife into ministering angel. She will bind up your bleeding heart, lead you to the foun- tain ofliving waters, and change gloom and despondency into light and cheerfulness.- As the sun in setting, lights up every hill- top, and tree, and cottage, so religion gilds with it's heavenly beams every feeling, en- jovment and occupation.
 Most persons, on entering the married state, (par,icularly in you,b) fancy it con- diti"n of unmingled joy and plcasure-that they arc within charmed circle, the bounds of which no sorrow or trouble can pass. They forget the new and immense responsibilities that are incurred, and the trials which must necessarily accompany them. Not that these should deter any orc from taking this most important step, for it is the high road to improvement and happiness. What are the boas,ed plea- snrrs "fintcllect compared with those ofaf- lection The latter are as truly heaven born and immortal as the former; they are the earliest developed in our nature, and the last touched by the finger of decay.- Woman thy empire is in the heart, and he wh" would know the capacity of the hu- man soul for happiness, must yield hiMself to thy sway.-Boston Evc. Gazette. ANCIENT CITlEs.--At one of the lectures l sIo Ensr l,,M ingham,, that gentleman delighted his audi tors with most glowing description of the ancient city ofAlexandria. This city, said the lecturer, unlike most others, either an- cient or modern, had the advantage of be- ing built, on pre-conceived plan, extend- ing fifteen miles along ,he coast; its form is that of a bow ready bent for use, and the principal street running from the sea, rep- resen,s the arrow about to leave the hand of tho archer. The length of the street is five T;;;!!ss; and it's breadth proportioned, being one thousand iee;. This harmony is preserved in allt he works of the ancients; whether it be the votive altar or the colossal temple, or the stately avenue, there is ever the same beautiful u niformi,y. They possessed a great advan- tage over IDS, inasmuch as their magnificent works ofart were constructed at .he nation- al expense; and they could command. therefore, an unlimited area of space, boundless wealth, and, to crown all, arbi- trary and despotic power. In modern cons tracts, the question asked is not now 1t may be done best, but cheapest, and competition helps to make economy the order of the day. This avenue is beautiful in the ex- trcmc.
 In the centre was way eight hundred feet wide for horses, carriages, armed men, and the multitude, and on either side, a paved way, bordercd by a colonade of pil.
 lars, with roof resting on pediments, light ed from above, preserving the traveller fronI dust and heat and from this col0nade, tn either direction, might be seen the forests of mnsts which crowded the port of Alexan- dria, reminding the spectator at once ofthe source of the grandeur and opnlence around him. This avenue is crossed at right an. gles by another street running parallel to the sea, and at the intcrsec::u., of ,hose stood the Temple of Seraps, erected on a platform 100 feet high, 1000 feet square, and ascended by l2O marble steps. ltwas the first object seen from sea fragments of it still remain.
 The pillar known as Pompey's pillar, was one of 16 similar pillars which formed the front of this temple. The other fifteen were destroyed when Egypt was ravaged by the successors of Alexander, and this was subsequently, re-crected on new pe- destal. When conquered by Caliph Omar. Alexandria contained about million and q half of people, 4,o0O public baths, and 400 theatres. and the library, which comprised 200, ,OOO volumes, when presented by Mark Antony to Cleopatra, had since then re- ceived large additions. After the lapse of thousands of years. what city of modern times will compare in maRnificence with Alexandria 2-N. r. New Era.
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