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Arrive at Columbia at.-.0.30 V. M, mar 23 ' ? g. to POETRY. i ; V afea ' ? 'i . Hard Times. ...&-!- }" . ?*??,.. , No business stirring, nil things at a stntid, i People complain-they have no cash in hand. "Dull Huics," ro-cclioes now from ev'ry quarter, Even from father to (he son and daughter. 5 MerohaniB'cry out no money to bo had, Grocers say the times arc very bad; Mechanics .work, but thoy.can get no payy B c au x drcssgentoel, ahd ladic-s .top,are gay. > Cash very scarce?daneit>g twice a Weel* ' v ! Business dujl??W?brnent still we i*""8* ^TT' " : Some lire awhile?and then' pej*?Pe'*aiB* faH? ": Whileninny run in debt an<' go.toJaiL . . the fein ales must hayo ribbons,-gau?e and laoe, ?And-paintbesides, to amootE a wrinkled face; The beaux wUl dress, go to the ball and ptay, Sit up all night and lay in bed all day, V' ' 'Brush-up ah empty ftoMs tooV?uiarl'and prim, Follow each trifling fash ion or odd whim. ' Arc t hose bad times when persons will profess . To follow fnshionB and delight in dress ? ' -NoI times arc good, but people are to blame, 'WJio spend too much, and justly merit shame. - [An*Old Poom. ' LITERARY. 'i - E E L E G TED . MUSTAPIJA ,. ? . , THE..-.. ? PHIL AN TH RO P 1ST A TALE .OF ASIA MINOR. . .[Continual!] ' The summer was beautiful, mid the Bey ex ulted in the- success . of . his . experiments. Wherever he had directed the husbandry, all scorned to be more luxuriant than iu. the whole rauge'of |he land beside. But, .one evening,: the sun plunged into a belt of tOouds which mounted rapidly from the Mediterranean. The wind roeo in wijd gusts?night, sudden, chill and .starless, povcrcd the mountain forests as with a pull, under which the work of doath was to go oa undisturbed. Tho-pcasnntry *were f Juscd from thai r sleep by the. roar of ;?uddcn 'torrentB, the thunderstorms sot their nioequcs iq a blaze, the/ lightning rifled and scattered Iho ancient trees which for centuries h d been the shelter of their cottages; all was ruin. Wlun d*y JobOj glow, sad', and' imperfect, bite la,ndsc4>pe f?~ and" iT'de was one scene of dc so* intiou But. if aii TV?-ro surfeits, the chief.' havoc fell upon the unlucky cxpCriuienff^kts pf fjhc Bcy. A new process by which the tu"d was to bo pr;;.r.rcd for a tenfold harvest in the ensuing year, had stripped the soil of its usual autumnal covering of shrubs, weeds and copse,, The wind aud rahi had taken full ven geance on the attempt to disturb the old plan. The soil was torn up to the vory bowels, and the Boy was to find bis palace surrounded by the multitude in a stale of insurrection,? charging him with their calamities, denoun cing his rashness as the cause of the suf ferings which had fallen on the soif from angry heaven; aud demanding bread. The Bey was overwhelmed. The cry of a multi ?tudc was not to be resisted. Yet how ? was he to remedy the sufferings of thousands? He gave them all that his palace contained. It fed a .few for n day he sold his jewels ! all was but a drop in the sand. The popular cry was raised louder still, whon it was discovered that tho Bey's liberality was increased in propor tion to tho clamor: Ho was embarrassed and turned to the young Soribo in his anxiety. "Stop !" was the brief answer; but tho spirit of Mustapha was not made to stop in anything. Liberal, eager and lofty, he determined to show himself superior to this emergency. He now proceeded to strip himself of all that could bo turned into value. The populace lived a week in lazy luxury, and liked this style of life so ?well, that thoy determined to con tinue it as long as they woro able. They at length used threats; Chose > revolted the high mind of tho Boy; ho drove thorn from the palace gates. That night he was roused by a knocking at his chamber door. As ho oponed his eyes, a broad glare of light burst across ther?\. He looked.out from the easement; a wing of his palace was in flames; and some thousands of the peasantry wcro flinging torched and combustibles - on the remaining wing; while a host.of womonyvith children in their arms, woro exclaiming against "the ty raut who hud starved them.!' Mustitphu grasped his scymetar, and would have rushed out among tho ingratcs. He Was checked by a. gentle but firm hand. It was .the young Scribe's. "Your timo .is not yet como to bo torn to pieces by a'rabblo," said to; "follow me.'* 4/And loave thoso heartless wretches unpun ished?".- Was tho quick exclamation of the. Boy, * ? "Better leave anything, than leave your own head on their pikes,"- was the calm answer-, as the Soribt led Kim, fthnofit' uucousciotndy. down a dark corridor which opened on the palace ?' ??? - ' * ? ... ? ' ' . * - - , i?- "i> : i ? .... .1 i , ; ", t ,; ? : i gardens.. The shottte.rose again, and the flj,hg bujrajt triumphantly-ever the gilt ou?*v Bey turned; but the m ^%^T%ot wa^on lnm ; aucUe AiyjjJn 84ddlod. be. r W taJger8 Wtt flames roso wilder foro him. --The top- '. ?T\j x. 0 together ?T: ^ precious," said the Scribe, mouuti )<- a<i ?^ nor8e8' ??I^]ie r0^uc/ te' #) mounted the othbr. The Scribe gaVo <tg charger the; rein. 1 -Both were ? instantly at' f?ll speed, and rushing like the* wind towards the long and Bandy shore of tho Mediterranean tf here it curves like; a ring of gold, With Samoa, bluo and beautiful, a huge saphirc, in the rim. : For two days they wandered along the coast until they reached tho town of Scala Nova. The prospect had the usual loveliness of the Westlof Asia; Tho bright stream, the noble bills, the brilliant sea, the magnineout forests of Ionia, were before his eyes^ but he could see - nothing but the flames' rising over his palace, and hear nothing but tho roar of the ungrateful multitude. ?''J^ool that I was 1" he exclaimed, as ho dashed'his band against his ample forehead; "doubly fool, to expect that a generation'Of those souls of cloy could understand my inten tions." ' "Time is the-teacher." raid the young Scribe; "the man who does in oho year what he ought to. do in ten, must -have a master of his own. who will nuikc him pay .dear for his lessons. Try the world again." ? But the Bey scorned the world ; and resolved on turning dervisej or fakcer, or hermit. "Let nie' go," said the impatient exile, ''where never sight, or sound of man will reach me. Ur let mc wander- where the earth will be all alik^b " to mc, where in the length and breadth iff nnivorsril brotherhood all individu ality is forgotten; *or let mc be tho bandit of Rounielia; the Arab of the Zaara, or the Tar tar of tho northern wilderness. Never will I be the friend, the protector, or the prince, again." ? ? , Tu two days more, a Venetian ship was to sail for Egypt with pilgrims for the Holy House. ' '?jJefdrc youjnmke your trial of soli tude," said the .young Scribe, -"try how yak like the march to ."Mecca/' Mustapha.was in di/Tcrent to everything j ho would have marched to Chiiia, or the moon aliko, if he could, 4,To Mecca then,"- was the answer. And they both went ou board. The passengers wore like the living cargoes, which aro yearly thrown on Arabia, composed of the produce of every nation, of the Mos* ?lem, Turks, Tartars, Persians, Indians, be-' Hovers in all the shades of creeds which make tii? map of Mnhomctanism as motley*as ? the pathos ?f a Jewish garboruine. The season was loVeJ**tBCa waB smooth, the wind was fair, and with a hawing sheet the vessel glided from the bay, and flua'ed along the shores of that richest landscape of the world. Mustapha was delighted" with the scene. All to him was new, and novelty wa?J the food of his -eager spirit; but tho seuscof beauty, of grandeur, and of the overwhelming power of nature, .uXUfia ted in the perpetual magnifier-nee of tho nicy, the mountains and tho ocean that now expanded on him for the first time. He hud never be fore seon the sea ; the Propoutis was but a lake and the Bosphorus but a riwer; he now. saw ?the majesty of the w'atem^preading without a limit, sending, forth the suu at dawn, as from some pearly' palace in the depths of ocean, and at eve, opening their bosom for his de scent among' pavilions of purplo and rose, and closing over him with billows of molten gold. As the vessel swept eastward from the G ?lf of Maori; the mountain ranges, that make the rampart of the land from the violence of the winter storms, seemed to fly away behind him, light and rich colored as the clouds, and swift as the clouds themselves. All was wild, fan tastic and vivid. The marble range of the Gulf of Macri Was,followed by the promonto ries that girdle the great Gulf of Satalia. M'ustaphn, without the consciousness of a poet felt the.cr'cativo thoughts id' poetry ;. and com pared the summits of the mountains, as they sparkled with incessant radiance, to crowns of living jewels dropped on them front the skies; or to the thrones of spirits that stoop froui the Stars to koep watch ovor the world. The glo rious scene Vanished,?only to bo followed by a ncw.multitude of all the shapes of beauty, rising from the (Jistant waters like floating pearls, and constantly spreading and ascending, until they stood above him in gigantic heights and forms' sobie frowning in savago grandeur, sonic clothed with sunshine Jiko sheets of gold, some winding away bathed in twilight like the figures of a long procession veiled in vestures of etornal purplo. During the whole voyage down the coast between Rhodes and Scande roon, Mustapha and the Scribe were constantly on deck together, enjoying the luxuries of this' great banquet of nature, but each according to his own feelings. Mustapha, with loud and eloquent delight; the Scribe, with deep and silent rapt uro 4 "Whou the tonguo.of the no ble lley loftily poured out bis wonder, .the eyes of his youug companion spoke it in the quiet tears of the soul. ? Vet this difference of their faculties was^ mndranoe to their Friendship. Wh** gave" a fine .variety to-their thoughts; fluid ^uTsUrphfeLn?w?>t? .the world, and newer slill to;himseif,:ofton turned uway from /?II the splendors of earth and heaven,-to fix his eyes qn tho coun.tenahce beside liim, as its expression was t^nched^by the moment, glowing.with solemn oathnsiasm, and alternately pale and crimson with .the high devotion of a worship' per of nature. * , But they were^.now to foeo tho enchanted shore j^and the vessel, leaving.Scoudoroun, ran down jme CoastuOf Syria., Jflo change could~be more complete ; all was the barren wilderness; even the sea seemed to share the 'melancholy monotony of the land, t All around was intole rable glare'; the horizon of the waters had the look of a vast' buckler of brass. The air was Stagnant;. human life soured in the universal scorching; and as pilgrimage Was .the frieght, bigotry broke out like a. pestilence on- board. .Mtistapha listened, first with astonishment* to the bitterness of men for opinions, and then with laughter at th6 absurdity" of thu opinionS.' tic saw the Persian ready to talic the Turk -by tue hoard, and the Tur"k ready to return the insult by the poniard, for the .question* which qf two men who bad,died a thousand years ajgo'was the true descendant of. the prophet. "May the prophet spurn thoni both out "of jiara dise"," was his laughing exclamation; for the Shiitc and the Sonnite would quarrel about tho number- of pearls in its pavement." . Even while he was speaking, a furious battlo arose in the fore .part of the ship. He was rushing, towards it; but tho Scribo pulled his robe, and h;o turned. "They," said the youth, "are two .doctors of the mosque fighting;'* Mustapha stopped nt once. He had no-possible desire to interfere between such . slippery personages as doctors of the mosque, and'-he returned his half-drawn scynictar iuto its.sheath ? But he had not far to follow the combatants, for one of them, a huge Arab of Medina, came running to tho stern, drugging the other along by the ncok^tb throw him overboard. Mustapha's humanity instinctively made him grasp-the de feated party, as lie was on the poiut of being &<*k^~io tho dtolies: - - While - with one hand hd held up the unlucky combatant, aud with the other kept his vanquisher at bay, he asked, what could have been the cause of this mortal hatred ? "Ask the villian whom you have barely kept from .my murder," exclaimed the. defeated Mollah. "Docs the miscreant dare to repeat his impious words," roared the ninn of Medina; "I call every true Moslem to witness as I call heaven and earth to avenge the crime that he dared.to doubt that the sacred camel which carried the prophet in the Hcgirn was tchifr!'" He cohld utter no more; he stood choking with fur}*. "Bared to doubt it?" ex claimed his rescued antagonist; "I never doubt ed for an instaut on the subject. I said, and say, that the sacred camel was black. And if that misbelieving slave's dagger were at my throat, I should say it still;" the saying was unlucky, for iu the effort to second his demon stration by a blow of a knife hid in his slecv?. his foot slipped and ho fell under tho very heels his enemy. The Arab instantly rushed upon him, 2nd before an arm could be raised for his protection, na*I hung him over the ship's sido. Even Mustapha not* shrank from advancing, for the Arab swore by the holy stone of Mecca, that at his first stop he should sec the heretic tossed into the sea. "But to show that I understand justice," he exclaimed; "I shall give the wretch one chance more : Achiuet Ben Saddai, son of an evil mother, do you acknowledge that the camel was white ?" "Black," was the outery in answer ; "ay, black as midnight!" . Then, down to Satanai"" shouted the Arab, at tempting to fling him iuto the waves; but the Mollah would not. bo shaken off; he clung to him with the nerve of death ; aud tho struggle was fierce, until the Arab utterod a scream of agony, and both plunged out of sight together. On their rising to the surface, the Mollah was seen dead, strangled by the grasp of his pow erful fellow disputant. The Arab was dying ; his broad chest displayed a mortal wound, which tho Mollah had contrived to give him, at the close of the struggle, as a final specimen of his skill iu the art of controversy. A boat was ordered to be let down to recover their re mains, but the sailorsbip of the Mediterranean is tardy, aud in the mean time the disputants were taken possession of by more interested activity. A couple of sharks had continued eyeing the' struggle at the ship's side, in fair expectation of the consequences. They now pounced on both the doctors, swept thorn through surges, whose foam they soon turned red, and left the merits of the black and white camels to be sott led by posterity. "Well," said Mustapha, gravely, as the wrecks of those unfortunates disappeared; "I ^fiopc tho rest of our disputants will be taught by their example?" "When," said the Scribe; -.were fools etcr taught by example?" i '/'a b, conliuui'J. ?:?7~*?'?" 1 ?>????-?1. .? '''???i* ?. The JloTy land in ?8G7. ^jjfi "V ? ' -?' Tho^Ghioago- Journal baa a corrcapondcuf who is strpjling-through, the; ^oj^j ^aaij jmd; Palestine', jfo'tt'not particularly*^ 'impressed'' with .Us present State, whatever its past' may have beenl'1 Ho; ?<ayif*i UI have' not seena wagon-road in Palefltine. Even the stones and timber for building the bouses of Jerusalem must bo brought in. the city upon the Vacka of camels and doukeys ; and the roads over which Abraham, David, Christ and the Apostles once, traveled ate but paths winding over rocks and. around tho .base of sterile mountains. In fact' this whole land, said to have been once so' beautiful; is now but a rocky barren graste,. I think I have* seen ? more good -land. in 0*$% square mile in Iowa'or Illinois than in all -Pair estiuc. . Much of the country is occupied'by the Bedouin Arabs, and tor the privilege of visiting the river Jordan and Dond*8ca their-. Shiek requires$?.60 'from each i pecio.n. - For this .amount ho sends a guard of Arab's with yo?. 'The p?p?Tatipn'of. Jerusalem is rfpw said, to be but 14,000." The correspondent upou this fact, moralizes thus*: "while looking' at the city as it now ' stands," with the bnrroW' streets filled with dogs, Arabs arid' filth, :it is hard to realize that it was once the jhome. of more than one million human beings, and. the proud metropolis of a mighty nation. While looking out of the window at the Mosque of Omar, where the Turk, b*eara rulo, I can .but ask myself the question. Its it possible that on that spot stood the temple of Solomon ?**' Is it the.ro that David hold his court! The pages of history answer, Yes: . That spot is Mount Moriah. Upon that ground..stood that Temple' whoso'glory filled the whole earth. ' Cut This Ontr The Mercantile Times, gives tho. following seasonable rules -for young men commencing business: . ? : ? ?' - ? ... ? Tho world estimates men by their success in "life?and, by general eonscut, success is evi dence of superiority. Never, under any circumstances,. assume a responsibility you can avoid consistently with ' your duty to yourself and others. ? Base all your actions upon a principle of right; preserve your iutc'grity of character, ?and in doing'this, never reckon the cost. Memember that self interest is more likely to Warp your judgment than all other circum stances combined; theroforc, look well to your duty, when your interest is concerned! Never make monoy at the oxponse* of your reputation*. Bo neither lavish nor niggardly, of the two avoid the latter. A mean man is universally despised, but public favor is a stepping stone to preferment?therefore generous feelings should be cultivated. Say but little?think much?and do more. Let your expenses be such as to leavo a balance in your pocket. Ready money is a friend in need. Keep-clear of the law ; for even if you gain your caso, you are generally loser of money. Avoid borrowing and lending. Wine dunking and cigar smoking arc bad habits. They impair the mind and pocket, and lead to a waste of time. Never relate, your misfortunes, and never grieve over what you cannot prevent. HTJMO ROUS. Yours is a very hard case,' as the monkey said to the oyster. Indulge in humor just as much as you please, so it isn't ill-humor. The only blusterer from whom a brave man will take a blow is the wind. Present your wife with everything sho wants, and perhaps sho will bo quiet/sr the present. When is a wave like an army doctor ? Whon it is-a-surgiu. "Never was ruined but twice," said a wit; "once when 1 lost my law-suit, and once when 1 gained one." The captain of a vessel is not governed by his mate, but a married landsman generally is. , * . V ' ' ? '? .. -v It is always excusable to "put the cart be fore the horse," if yonr horse travel* hack? ward, -- ; . The following list of refresh in en tu includos many individual drinks not found ob the wine lists of the popular hotels^ For Bankers?Current Wine For S t ock b rok era?SI i a re -y W in o. For Shipmaster*?The Old Port.* I Kor.Mining Operators?Mineral Water. . For <H'togciuriaus? Klder Wine. Vor SeaiiK-lro.- ses?So-d.t Water V % lady out w>h her .little: -gjr^ and. boy. . * bought him a rubber ,b*ilo?on,-whicV;;<?eiir>?l^' ? him, OTd>flew^-np^in/tiie^air. 'The giri; Boeing.*' ? tR& tears in hifl.eyea,'mid,itNeveriuindNcddy^.. ? when You die and do to Hoav.cn, you'll dil. \ f .. ?? ':';;jy l.~v; ??/,-? v ? ? good.story, ja told sof ^n^eccontrio old par-, ,. son, who wa? sorely annoyed by tt ? habit b^jjj^;. people bad acquired, ^and-*^hich;! .frails,, byv ; tho way,^ in -?U ofhor^^ 'herp about?- to some extent,) of twiBtlti^'Uici-h' necks around eyei^' tiine ai-jlbc^*^ K door Faa/paWed up 'the aisle bf^tKo-rae^^i^f-^ Jh??se, t?^^ltuU Tnanber.of ]^ : Wearieifti^, the' anuoynuec, the- old. toai* ex?fei[ine4^fl^nday : ^ : '-Brethran, if you. will vnjy c?% turning \/our beads-. r/tjund: whenever, the dtobj^pons, nn'djo*u will keep your attention on nYc,>wi^l'?;' promise to' tell you as I preach', Wljb it is that. * cobics in. ? ? - - Accordingly h?-'-vrCnt-on* with-the ^S'ice^ and* presently made a -stop as one. qf ^tho dea.- , * cons ?nt?r?d, sjiying: - . -.^.-.V.';. ! "Thai is'Deacon v-^, who kccps{thc grocc-' . ry opposite*.'1 - .' ??????/;.. ..: * Arid"-then" tie a'tinounccdin turn the atlvcnt.^. ? of oach. individual, proceeding the whiieuwith? his^ scrnion as composedly as the circumstances would admit, when at> last a stranger ??mc in ?when he cried* out,: .' ? ?' 7 V .. " "A little old man in green spectacles' aiid'n* drab ovcrpoat-pdbn't know hini-r-you rcarr- all" ' look. for! yourselves. ' * / * ?', - '* *' "' It is liardly necessary" to'a?d'tK^^fe-'oJ *': man carried his point, and there- Vfis tr/fr little - ncek-twisting seen in his cortgrcgatiA after . that day. . . /."' . i(?ft. Niggins Enjoys Married \AW:: Snakes and miskoeters !? but it's nice to b? a marricdman ; blow me upa ifit ?iir't \ ThcWs . nothing ljke it this side of Paradise, nor yon ? side of it cither 1. ^.You bet there ain't. And I've got t\w sweetest girl for a wifer ? too, that evor wore a waterfall. . She won't git mad, .nor won't scold; kick up Che dcuci?^ a.ud. sling chairs about uohow; no, not a bit of it. ? ' "We've been married; now more than a. mo.nJJj^ and -not Once has my dear Susan got into a ' bad temper?not once has she kicked the cat ?ripf once has sholooked black?'nor once has she slammed a door to. No, .sir; but my 8afty-valve,-*f-slio's done' one of these fhjngs ; and says f niysclf sdys L' * "Timothy P. Niggins. yoii'ro a -lucky cuss, you are, to possess sich a wife, and you. should, thank your stars to tho day you depart .thiir life for a better?"'. If you want to -know what's sweet?1if ynrr. want to know what's ccstoracious?if you*WanV to know what's clyeiutnantic?if you. want Ur know what's paradisctatic?and lastly, "H'ynu want to know what's trumps?gh ma'rried I Oh, the bliss of married life?\: * : . >?. F?r.then you always hove, a wife*. j . ' , V * '"' * "?' V . Getting married generates poetry in a mai?s*: id, because whenever a.man git&- married, it he has a mind above a mud wasp, .he- goes, td writing poetry. - ' , I con write poetry now, but I noVcr could do it before. I knew there was something wanting, but I couldn't toll what it Was til! i\ married my dear Susan ; and soon as I did, that genius stuck out and began to. show itself,, it did; and then sayB I to my soff, says I: . "Thiiuthy P. Niggins, you'll be" a" poet* You've got it in you j ?ud now. you've got a beautiful, sweet, dear, delighted, good naturcdl wife, and that will bring it out." Every cuss, when he gits a dear "wife, writes*, poetry about her; or, to speak in poetical 1an: guage, tSU^SB the flower-crowned It ? gifts of l^trnasa^^te astride of. Pogasua, and give* him n ol&k out of the Custui'ian fountain* thereupon. , Them'sKtg words, them are; and; it's^i big. way to say,. "Write poetry.-"' . f< ? Wal,.to return to*;, my subject, Prh gofrig to write poetry about my wife, Kkc other chaps?' so here goes:: Kaoh lovely stalk of beautiful clqve?' Which covers yon fields All o\vtf ' ? Hreuihes in Ms sweet delightful odor? . ? . ? ? My SusnnV- > . ? Ench skecter buying in toy room, '*. At night and morning, ?vc.nud pnou, Says in its soft, sweety humming tetio' ? ?' ? , My Sib?i?n. - Each star that shines in yonder sky, And looks from here so-nll-nrod high, Makes me think of tlioe nttd sigh? My Susan.. Each note Of yonder w'arbling frtg, Wlnt sits and sings upon a log; -'? Rcnr's to my curs from yonder hog? ' My So.-a st. This footing gilxRrtf, fitted .v)(h love, jftcnfs'bu. for rhci\ nr/ ?wertrut dove.' Aud "kisses"oft Her 4i ivy glove ? .-' '?*':' - ' ' My pHsnn.