MISCELL ANY .

From the Philadelphia Album.

 MARRIAGE.
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With exceeding few exceptions, it is or has been the desire of every individual to become covenanted for life to select one' of the opposite sex. We believe it to be the duty of every man to marry, pro- vided his circumstances admit ot such an accession to his expenses. Marriage, as Some one has already observed, enlarees inc sphere of our worldly feicities, attach es to us more rank and dignity in society,

 and is proper and necessary restraint up-

 on the improper exercise of the passions.

 Nevertheless, no earthly covenant requires go much fore-thought and deliberation as

 this, and if the importance ots the latter

 were duly weighed and considered by all

 who enter into its engagements, incalcula-

 ble priyations and misfortunes would te

 spared large portion of the human fami- lv.-Perhaps two thirds of the marriage

 covenants which are formed, arc entered into by young persons, when the judgment is entirely absorbed in the feelings, and when no provisions for future exigences ol sickness and misfortune are considered. 1t is impossible to point out rules for the regulation of this matter.-One moment of phrenzied emotisn will counteract all the philosophy of Hume. Again, we have heard it alledgcd when a case ofprecipi- tate marriage was recently entered into, that the individual had been waiting some favorable revolution for the space of five years, and at the expiration of that period, was precisely in the same situation with re- gard to worldly affairs as at its commence ment. Hope delayed is indeed the worst of tortures; but, would it not be far pref erable in such cases-cases where coup le are fondly attached to each other, yet

 whose circumstances are so depressed as to forestaM any present determination Of marriage would it not be far better for two thus situated to hold no intercourse with each other, beyond that of common acquaintance, until more suspicious mo-

 ment arrived for consumating marriage To this question prudence would have a ready reply, but how differently would love respond. Was there ever woman truly

 attached to one of the opposite sex who was not willing to undergo any privation, rather than forego tha society of that ob- '.jecl Never! yet while this confession is made, experience will teach the most of mankind that absence will soon erase the glowing image from the youthful brain,

 and oblivion roll its dusky tide even over the first fond dream of young idolatry

 The most important considerations which man should make previous to entering { into the responsibilities of husband, and z perhaps involving to them those of fa- fher, are these :-Am I capable, whilst take this young creature from her paternal prOtection--from the fire side of her kind red, and from the gentle felicities of theil