The North-Carolinian., 1855-09-15
VOLUME XVI-NO. S69.
Premature Matr;eaony.

Marriage is Divine and beautiful arrange
ment. 1t was designed by Providence not sole
ly as Il means OF keeping up population, as Il
mere social and economical convenience but as
the blending OF two spirits into one-the mas
cune representing WISDOM and the feminine
affection. When there is trne spiritual afini-
ty between the two, then the design is accom-
plished
i Premature marriages are among the greatest
evils of the times; and it would not be a bad
idea in these days of reforms, if All anti-marry-
ing a-hurry Society were instituted Nova
days, people leap into the magic life-crcle with
no more consideration than they would pertakc
of dinner--little thinking that, when once in,
they there until their end comes There
is little, sometimes of mutual analysis of dspo-
sition, and comparison Of taste and affections.
They seem to fancy that, if there any dis
crepancies, the fatal Gordan knot, which can
be seldom cut and never united, will harmonize
all
The numbers who have felt this trnth-tic
numbers still feeling it to their hearts core-are
! incalcuable. They recognise it the great
mistake of their lives. The chain is not to them
a s!ken one, but cable of iron, that tightens
around them more and more, crushing out all
hope and energy, substituting hate for love, and
eating out with its rust, the very inner life of
the soul.
! Boys and girls now marry to greater ex-
tent than ever before, instead Of waiting till they
| become fully grown and matured men and
| men lne young udHuv, us SOOu as he petS Dub
| of short jackets, and finds furZe gathered on
his upper lip-and the young miss, soon
she energies from the nursery and abbreviated
| frocks-thiuk they are qualified to the
most solemn responsibilities of life. And so if
| "Pa" and Ma" won't consent, they post of to
some Gretna Green, and there take obligations
| that in ninet y-nine out of hundred, they
will never cease bitterly to repent.
Marriage should never be the result of fancy.
The ball room and the evening party rarely
develop real character. Under the exhIarating,
! influence Of the dance, the glare of the lights
and the merry squib and joke, the dssolute
young man may appear amlable, and the s1at-
| ternly schold loyeabe. Matches made at suclt
places, Or under similar circumstances are not
| of the class that orr gnate in heaven. They are
more generally conceived i'll the opposite place,
aud bring forth only iniquity. The true way to
learn each other is to do it at hOme III the par
| !or in the kitchen, and on occasions that test
the temper Wesee the result of these unions
i'll the almost daily divorces that are taking
| place, in The running away of husbands, leaving
| their wives and children to starve, and in the
eIope,nent of wives. Not only this, but
witness it III broke,rsprited men, made old in
| the prime Of life, struggling on for mere food
| and clothing and shelter, and iii women cross,
dirty, sluttsh and wrnkled
II would be quite impossible for us to depict
faithfully the multitude of physical and moral
evils that result from these sinful marriages
the morals, and stultify the mind. And the c.
suit does not stop with husband and wife. There
are the children. They partake of the feeble
ness and vices of the parents both physical and
moral, and go out into the busy world stuntcd
and gnarled. God pity them.
We would not be understood as speaking
! aganst the institution of marriage. 1t is holy,
beautiful and benefcent. But let every
take his mate or none. Let not the brave
-lc pair with the stupid owl, nor the gentle
dove wish the carron crow. Like should have
like 1T is a glorious sight to see two old peo-
pie who have wcatlered the storms and basked
i'll the sunshine of life together, go hand in hand
lovingly and truthfully, down the gentle decliv-
ity OF time, with no angers, nor jealousies, nor
hatreds garnered up against each other, and
looking with hope and joy to the everlasting
youth OF heaven where they shall be one forev-
err That is the true marriage-lor it is the
marriage of spirit with spirit. Their love is
woven into woof of gold, that neither time,
nor death, nor eternity can scver.-IHe Ecectsc-
SIR JOIN FRANKIIN.-Lady Franklin has
addressed letter to the chairman of the re-
tic committee, urging the claims of her late
husband to some portion Of the reward offered
for the discovery of a northwest passage She
says:
"When it is remembered that these brave
and unfortunate men, after years of intense
suffering and privation, found dead of
starvation upon a spot which they could not
have reached without having first solved that
gcogra phcal problem which the object and
aim of all these painful efforts; and when it is
also remembered that they beyond the
reach of their country's rewards you will not
think, refuse them the acknowledg cement that is
due to their memory"
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CAPTURING SEBAsroroL Balloons
The skill, science, and daring of of the
most accomplished engineers in the world hav-
ing thus far been employed in vain against the
stout walls of Sebastopol, resort to aerostatic.
engines is seriously thought of, if credit
can be attached to the reports which have re-
cent? y. appeared in certain English and French
journals We see it stated that experiments
France, for the purpose of testing plan for
dropping shells and carcases upon the Russian
shipping and magazines. The balloon is to be
sent up when the wind is favorable, and is to
carry up l3-nch shells, which are to be fired by
electricity aud dropped upon the objects Of
attack.
Before the American army under General
Scott sailed for Vera Cruz, one Of our most
celebrated Yankee aeronauts offered to capture
the famous castle of San Juan dUloa with a
few balloons fitted mp i'll the manner already de-
| scribed The offer declined, the sagacious
old Commandcr-n-chief having little or no faith
| in military operations of so fiyhty a character.