The Pearl River banner. (Monticello, Miss.) 1837-18??, 1838-03-31

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lsry-yet how keen--sfIlictioDs Of con
mon life--thc imminent prospect j. wha
the world calls ruin 1.-The constant drea
Of failure, not for pecuniary losses, b
The violation Of plighted faith and ID
disappointments Of others II must ne ces
sarily inyo've-- perhaps the injury or ri
70 Of some generous friend, whose uncsl
culating devotion is thus unworthiIy requi
ted? These are the considerations which
render year like the past 10 many thou
sands one Of sleepless horror zach day
perchance. crisis--eaeh night disa2
pointmeDt--onIy the more forturing in
lthat it's not the grave Of hope. Such
are The caIamities which through the past
year have been The portion Of many :
which some have sarmounted, to which
others have faiien victims. and with
which thousands, less fortunate lhan eli.
Their are yet struggling. Heaven send
them good delIverance! while we drink
in crystal water (bIest emblem Of Lethel
Oblivion 70 '37!'
We are not 10 the vein for numbers
this evening; psrchance the dim yearn
ing toward the poetical we felt or fanc,,
ed in better years has been stfed by the
harsh, repulsive realities Of This. Aad,
in ruth, the world wears not the brave.
ry and gladness Of an earlier day; the
sky is but a Geld abstraction, and its N.Y.
Rad stars are again but far off spangles
that relieve its sullen leaden aspect.
You've MEN WHY DON'T you MARRY
As TO The old yotary of ceiibacy that
hangs on the skirts Of society. resting id
confirmed habits Of BacheIorisD; we
have nothing TO say to him. Ii he has
proved inyulnerable to the charms and al
fractions Of female delicacy, much less
can we expect to reach him by argument !
Little hope remains but for the old bach |
Flor to die 10 his sins. /
= But there IS generation OF young I
men. now in the maturity of youthful
vigor, whom we ask, feelingly ask Dhy
aont you marry! The iocular answer IS
always ready (aye, and the TOO serious
,ne often --'yon can't get any body
when il any other were to whisper it
bout that you 'coud't get any body you
would feel il as an unpardonable insult. |
rhe truth however Of this jet will ulti
nately overtake you. before you are iul. |
y prepared for lis sad reality.
GENERALLY speaking, man ought 10 mar
y from 81 to 27 years Of age, Ii he
entures 10 pass 80 we call him on The
Srong side Of the tence. Il sno excuse
hat you wish to rove atlarge, and see
BE world, that you may be the more use
II to society--Ies society take care Of Il
Elf. Charity begins at home; and your
rst great duty is to secure your own sub
'antial happiness.
Young men, the advice commonly Civ. !
h is wrong. You are told that if one
Oman sights your preteasions. Try ano' {
'er." No SO: BY this means you will !,
ION get out of credit tSith the girls. Our ],
Twice, is hang on and perseusre. We
lppen just now to recolec. an anecdote !
at may serve here as d practical illus 7
alton. An ardent lover had long, as 1t
emed at times, tnsuccessfully, attemp- :
to court The sole object OF his afec- !,
ms. Atlsstin hasty Ct ofimpatiencei !,
e seized The Bible from the shell, and Y
ising il 10 swearing posture, exclaim
/, $50 sure as there IS truth contained !.
this Book, | never intend to accede % "
'ur proposals of nafrisge!' Our hero !.
;tantly seized the same book and with "
less esrnesihess replied, $50 sure As Z I,
ere il truth III This book, never was 50 !
re Of you until this moment The Z.
r one Instantly melted into tenderness, 1,
aided W her hand and the sequel Of Z
story goes on 70 state happier cou i j,
! never lived. ~
Those ranks OF society who compose Ia
highest and most refined may posi-
object 10 this plain, straightforward
,g- On course we recomnend--as being
icient' in genteel delicacy: but after
we think The common country meth
Of old fashioned courtships, let the -
ties be high or low, best calculated to ~
fance The happiness Of domestic life. "
[Southern Citizen "
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rHE BoTToMtEss Pin. --The Nam -
ID Cave Of Kentucky is suspected by =,
ny to run through the whole diameter n \
lhe earth a branch terminates in il. ~.
the explorer suddenly finds himself IL II
ught upon ils brink, standing on . pro- -.
ing platform surrounded on three sides e. e.
darkness and terror, q gulf on the ",
4 and guIf m the left and before