Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1839-06-06

sShLRa 81 DAcnEI.oRs.-Tt Is Tnhofsd
thar the iegislaiure Of n ennessee has pas.
sed Law making IL tie duty Of the Sheriff
Of each county annualiy, 20 make out . list
of the bachelors ID his county, and notify
all Of said bachelors who are ia . healthy
condition. that the law Requires them 10 get
married within two. months from the time
al, their notification. and that at the exnira3
lion of this time, all Of said bachelors who
have failed to comply with the regulations
Of this law, shah be set up, aud sOld At Pub-l
lie auction by the said Sheriff. tO'she high
est bidder, and that no persons shall be all
lowed to bid but old maids.
I & It is fdrtkerli0re rUuiored that sale
was recently had at JonesboroHgh, under
this law, at which forty old bachelors were
s0ld, who from long exposure % coli BY
sleeping atone, had dwindled down 20 such
fcompletc shadows, that the more srrightiy
old ,maidens who purchased them, carried
them home on their shoulders. n Z, 81,
| II is aiso whispered abont that the edi-,
tor Of the Tennessee Sentinel, q good
brother democrat bachelor, was auetiOned
Of al that saie, aud purchased By very
clever superaunuated miss, shout fcrty-fv6
years Of age. We most heartily wish them
great JOY, Perhaps IT lie mayor aud al
dsrnlcn Of our town would pass similar
law, they might be able. BY the sale 2, Fl
bachelors. 10 raise . fund 10 pave our side-
walks:-- Ala. Repa6lican. ef
TIE Devoted tV1e.--l drew the physi-
clan aside. Il Tiers any hops I'll asked
~ Nohe-he Is even now dying hpman
skin can be Of no farther avail y
understood the hint; the doctor fock-'
eted his last fee, and departed.
On re-eniering the apartments Hound
Marie engaged ia prayer beside her husA
band. Often in my visits had I seen s .rS
thus employed, and alwa;s with increasing
reverence-fof, beautiful 40 woman IS id
oil tho gentle charities OF lie Heysr does
she appear 20 eminently glorious, never 90
elevated above the things 81 time and SENSE,
as when miIislering ID the spiritual wants Of
those most dear to her, especially those a.,
bout TO be removed for ever from her cares!
4 The chamber of death ID The scene If her
greatest triumphs. There she Is no longer
The thing of hnaian impulse RI human pre-
ju,lice. Her very step u instinct With sen
sibililv and even when breath and hope
have passed away, her lisartsiill fondly lin.
gers near the temple whence the beloved
and immortal tenant has for ever departed.
! Aud the shadows 6f !" iIi6 night that
knows no morrow, were gradually settling
Eever lllal beloved counienanee on whichtlio
gaze ofthe heart-broken wife was Tivete6
with all tho passionate tenderness Of ono
abont 10 be vaScwd frUml the last Gle that
\ b0and her 10 earth. Tie inteAsisy Of her
woe, admitted pot Of tsars or LAMENTATIONS $
and there she stood, wiping away the clansS
my dew that hung 10 pearls prOn his fore
head, as nnmaved and nearly as death. like.
as him she sHttepded. The stopy eoMpo-'
SIRE of her manner didnot deceive me. for
ihefs was s6msfhing in the (6ksd sssse Of
her dark eye shat lnAde my soul shudder
within me. IwOuId have given worlds TO
see her weep--ra vs-dc shy thing except
remain thus highland moiionlsss Ger those
palIid lips. ,.a1s 1.s. N, s' M. -
They were silent for ever--tho heast
80 lately sensisnt Ind ceased 20 exist. and
Marie only clusg 10 awhas had been he's
hnsbahd. aaifa is@ itqt W u sS' :.
Madame al ciaisse's reascn meyer recov-
cred the stloek Of her hGsbahdss DEATH
| He: had been her Graf love- and ID her Boz
som, which was filed with snthpsiasm 10
oyssfowihg, there was no room fos secop-
diary passion. Even her affection for her
tchild had taken iss coloriag from her eenjp.
igal devotion and @ffom the moment that re-.
1upiied her 10 Do Ciaif9c. tsrail Of lilS con
licensed itself into he dream OF restoring
him to health. and retiring with him and
the wreck Of their fofsaHsto some quiet re-
treat in their native land. Bait tbe hait
bark in which ishe, had embarked al her
hopes foundered and tho dresnSsf vss n.
wsked, nsyer to sspess again IN such m
Eden |! Her powerful mind ger shattered
by its very strength. Had she Struggled
! less tor the painful pre-emjnence Of con-
Ecealipg the baFbed arFcw within her bosom.
sll might have been vel at Last. md Mad
anne de Ciairae AZ happy IN pfies years ~
her genius. and virtues deserved. Bot it V
vain to fancy what nlighl have been. God
wiIled Il otberwise. . 3E. .o
I They lio side BY side. Their lo~ly
4 grave lies = little spagi from the othsfs
which, GIL the enclossre. and shel,sfed by
n noble line-,ree; n sss.
"Nor storicd usaynr monasnsniasbass"
lis there. @iesa 'sie