Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-08-06
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TnE ArLa&Tic TEIEGRaP,i.--Tt afforded us
more joy than words could tell lobe able last
eveniugtin our sextra editions, TO lay before
ourreaders the newsoft the arrival of the Niagara
aud the successful laying of her portion of the
great Atlantic Cable: She madea speedy trip
from mid:ocean, aud seems to have borne her
self throughout most gallantly. The only fears
We can uow have, are for the safe landing of the
Agamcmnon, us it was on board of her before
Lhattthe accident occurred. She is now in COM
plete communication with our. end, md will, no
doubt, take great care and use every preyenta-
tive.to guard against my accident. She Will, no
dnubt, put inreqnisition every appliancewhich
the Ingenuity of her scientific men on board
can Suggest, to buoy up aud preserve her part OF
the cattle, even in case it should snap ere it was
landed. @5
We have fuIIconfldencc ttnt the whole affair
will be brought to most glorious and tri-
umphunt completion,
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MARRIED LIFE or AurnoGa-We notice that
the recent difficulties between Dickens and his
wiEe-Bulwer and his wife, have offered text
to some of oar exchanges, for quite elaborate
reviews of the Raes1lliances of English authors
in general; one ofonr exchanges gropes many
ofthesecases together, showing very cheerless
picture for the married life OF English men of
letters. Shakespeare even is brought in among
thcuntortunates and it seems pretty accurately
$ shown that the ''bard of Avon had but little
comfort in double blessedncss
1t seems that the only bequest to his wife he
made in his will was his second best bed
Even a second best bedn is good thing in
its place, but in will tSdoes not Indicate an
nnquenchabIe affection on the part of tho tesla.
tor. 1t seems also that Milton's four trcatises
ON Marriage and Divorce were prompted by his
conjugal griefs. Mira Milton, who was a CAV
Young lady, the daughter Of a cavalier, did not
relish the puritan poets life of hard study and
spare diet. and deserted him only ono month
after marriage. OF the three great writers of
what is called the Augustean age of English
literature, Addison married Countess, and en-.
joyed such happiness as might be expected by
the husband off Turkish princess who is given
TO her by the Sultan with these words: ''Daugh.
ter, give thee this man to be thy slave"-
Swift after long and dishonorpble eourtship,
married Stella privately to ease her conscience,
bnt-neEer lived with her; while it is a mercy to
womankind that Pope, the other member of the
4rio, never married nj ALL A stunted, diseas.
ed capricioasly peevrsh piece Of deformty,
Pope would have heen an unpromising hus.
baapA Byron's separation from Lady Byron.
and the astraeisn with which English society
saw opinblish him, are fresh in everybody's
recollection. i(sulwer was long ago, and Dick.
ems has beenfregentIy added to the list otillus.
trions unfortnnates
Concerning the general misfortune of these
nnfortunates, it is well remarkedIby the Buffalo
Commercial that zsss
The large proportion of authors who have
heen unhappy in theiIr domestic relations is a
curious psychological phenomenon for which it
Is not easy to account. The peculiar nervous
constituencies which belongs to what Horace
calls the irritable race of poets, is perhaps n
Disqualification for consiugal felicity. The habit
nal contemplation OF Ideal excellence NAV give
defects aud totblcs of 9,n intimate companion.---
The eager thirst for Reputation which is tho
bcsetting weakness of tanthoys, is an intensely
selfish passion; and while their thoughts are
absorbed in fever lsh desire to shine on n
broader theatre, authors may nnder-value tho
tranquil enloymenbs of their own homes. and
omit those little CgourteSies and attentions which
lnpart sweetncSss snd serenity to married life,
However we N lay account for the domestic in
lelIclty OF so Jnany distinguished authors, their
misfortune ought to go a great way in recopcit-
ing tue less gifted part of mankind to that hap.
py medloFfity which would seem more consist.
entwithR q true enjoyment of life
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