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f v* The Oriental Merohant.Ajt". f When lify ifcmifetl borrowed a hut ??,,? drcd dinars of, tjrt^niercliant Kodhdpd, 1 Hfforu by tiiottitb ul tho |>foj>liet to rutin Nv> .Jlhi stini'williir) Six months i'roni llint. linv , and tixed tlio?Ii<-?ur nucl day. . Ho ?Has h 4 vouug' ni:i? .full of b<>j>u uuil confldene I' VJ^^d ivodndfld was olU and- wary. '"M ' - * aolf," saUV tlio latter* "tlfis is pefliaps a rat pftjjnise. "#&iy?one year.,f JJut IbiJ Ilatnc .would, iiot'ac.eept a fort lifer delay. lie w; goihg.'froin .Taraiii to lJeiiiiscus on a con uh^hI jotirnfljy, aud tiad'accurately calci (. . r~ I?tod:tlVe tiine? " Ouo ffTontli to go; 01 -moiitb'toxuinio lwii b ! tlin>? mmillis 1 > nil' hi i goods; a whole inbuth to spare. l??i the accidents of^the roid?sickness, ro! H " bcrpj.tihforeson delay ! IIo relied upon tl j ' r * mercy of God ^ and with many assever lions said that at the appointed time I r;.y ,* would present himself at the kiosque v the merchant Kodadad, on the banks of tl ! riy^rj and lay before hiui a hundred goklc ; ?, . dimfe; The money was lent without intci {y- , e&t>auj?p*ymeut was a'sacred obligalioi | - ' , .i "The caravan set out, flags flying an ; v, drams beating, from the rendezvous on tl: ' ? " opposite"sido of ihe river, and soon eutere |;V ij^vthegoYgas-o^lite-nvjuntains. After pr< cowling a^JUUo way, a halt was agree )"' tipon; for-, many Of the merchants ha I *_* v.drtayed behind; saying their Inst adieus I [ > ^ ..l6eirfamili^and maHing^cldttfons to the i * ^lercHaiftliae>-?'JLI.'.j. Hatnet)f.who possoast r yseveraTpimebloads, obtk bn? been anion - the^isfcto be ready at th|a place of ineoi t. \ * ?t this deiay. f . * ile had earned his title .of Ilaj, or Pi ! ' .grhn, when <a boy; by going in coinpan ; his fathor. to the shrine of the propitv -t"but this was the first journey he had ui dertakun since. .His impatience, thsret may berexcused., Ho had started- v illi tl ... idea of. making a fortune ; 1?nd was imp; tientrto.be doing. -Beside?,; there was h f. , promise to Kodadigl. If lie forfeited tha his credit was gone forever. According]; | *" : iia Spent the fust part of the day that fo j lowed the halt, sitting by .the road sidi counting the stragglers that came in, an jeering them for their tardiness. "Thi young man," said sonic, "believes that tiin was made.only for him. "What matters day more or less-? At the end of life w shall bnv% to regret^our impatience. TJhm are evils by ,the wavsi^e. * Why should w bf" eager td cQmo^ip frith them ?" ..^SSHflsse rphilosopbical remarks found n rate* willr*tts$'t*ilareied, who, instead < * imitating "Companions, .and loci in in ^.^iiCfily^TJiideiiXhe shadow of frees on tL . - . jif<#o?; grass, listening"' to the songs < tho<'t.<t)i{ds and the gurgling of lli . sti^umf began at length to roam .uneasil . about?" saw that another sun woul set arid perluips another, and behold thei WU in tho lap df . the same valley. II t climbed the m&ufrtnins, endeavoring to di: *traotr'his thoughts, and whenevor- he ol tanned5<i -glimpse; of the encampment b< low,^'?gnzed atJ it, endeavoring to dis^er signs of a forwaftl - movement. But, tli tents pgm^ined uivftruck; the people n olin^d, in^ro6pi^'liie ;tamels aud horst were dispferfeed here and . there'; ' aud -tl lazy-trnkling'p^' tlieir bells showed that the i" at nUy rate, were erijayjug themselves, TL y.?ui]g merchaut at length turfied away an j\ plui^d iutQ^t^g'dCep retoesies of thu fores >- Natuj^Kad^^pcfiarms for hiin. As 1: ^?nt, lie 9punlW'4n bis lpernory the nun b*r o^gieces^f cloth'- his bales containei ! . ^COmpareilbe oo&pricp with the probabl "^fijrfket pricei &i^roYelk'd in the anticipi t'on>of gigantic profits tq bo realized in tL Paradi?e orchis imagination?some dust b{J701 ! in Vin *?i? aP V W i,MV? i,y t ,y>* vit-j U? JUaulAdl?Ua< v J ' . 'Whilst'W waVmeditittiftg-ou tbe?e so u -did matters, .tfo was suddenly recalled I 9 ' himself bya'^rprjsing accident. A bu? mantle was thrown over, bis bead-; an iJcfore bo?fcy?d,^irue to struggle, be was ca: t ^-oo tSe grfrjCm^nd rolled lip, like a bale < hjs own goods; in complete darkness. A firsjt borih<^igbt,in9tont death was to be b L; fat^'aiid- Jie jmnrranrdd: "May Ilea** pay ^^yl>t;i(^tb& merchant .Kodadad ! f. ? Soon,^b<^ever, it appeared.' that lie wi prison ei^ smothered laughU c>nje to ?)* cxt? Ho t;ied to spe'nk, but n ans^er^ w^s ifetutrflid, except reeled laugl ter. ^^fentfy^'thpse.who carried him st ffim^fly^Swkoiid? tha{ Confined liij werVlooSfencsdf^the mA'atlq' ysm^.whisked i .way, andr^^U.sUrpris^,-be fofltid- himse in a beautifuK^akloq, surrounded by a bev of nrtHdens. who iAflttowi/l t.liftir lmnJ= nr. '^enj6y^^is>ma&e5 appearance. * ;*ffid|Tame3 wa? toorthordhghly no Oi ^entetnotto understahtL^fe^position, after few thornent^.thought, tleiiad- evklenti , .been watolied during his. progress throug - , tie forest^y.t^e. in mates of some haroi Tmerteumbeoad Ljr male aUeodahts, who i a,j^irit of?tfu$.^/^eilnm-* $rrsoger., Tl . fc 4riCi<tent is not'mWiltycommon o?, if y - ' but it jjQneraV ^^d^oJdlsagreeableVeluUs. Ourmeroliai *. , ^ffitt&ncofafortable. These roerrj girls we ;r %aMbe#t?ight, after having mac , : a '0WB&1O? of. throwing liim down' i:. - ^ '^af^rtntoi^jiom]. _lld looked ftrouWtf? '<6??'' ^hifftKmpng thein, r^bef anxious! . .r^sogBizcd bftr in a very youn ~mrofer>. wb'oj-after having laughed with tl ;'?jS^tkad-41uogvherself carelessly on a pile ant^ waa gazing** < [ * ?". ,7^ |T y HL'.' ? jFVi jSl m VfB fc& v* - r^hiuti mCdBWBWfo^^wSiW^HBBS^^BMMBB tiated eloquently oil the happiness of meetitfg,"Whilst the attendants played on their le ' lutes, or sang songs illustrative of their situ 11 . atio'.i. The shadows of night wore coining e, on, when a peculiar sound at the outer galv a : announced that tlio father of the maiden, e, ; w lie so name was l.cilah, had cotno to visit y her- So, Haj 1 lamed was thrust uncere Ji ; moiiionsly fortli; an.I was awakened amid 'd | tlie deepening gloom of the forest. lie re is turtle I, bowed down and heavy hearted, t?J l- the encampment. n- : Many thoughts kept him awake for man} le i hours; it was tint until the sky that stretchli ed betwixt the mountain tjps overhead had il, begun to whiten, that at length, overconu b- with fatigue, he fell asleep. l'leasant vis le ionsspakj beneath his eyelids. When In a- 1 awok?*, the tents were struek, the camels ic j were laden, and the people were filing oil of "Why this hurry ? " he cried. "Was not je this a pleasant place to tarry in? Time i.' Hi : eternal. There is no need to hasten front r- | the present, which is joyful, to the future ii. which is full of danger." Several merchants d 1 thought he was jeering tlieni for their phi le losophy of the previous dav. and hastened id to complete their arrangements and follow 3- ! the curnvau. llamcd's camels had been id ] laden by his servants, and were ready t< id I proceed. Ho hesitated a moment; but, reLo membciing his debt (o Kodadad, ciied irj "March!" and went away with his hearl d lull of new recollections. g The journey was prosperous, but tedious t- j When the cavern reached Damascus, the ! market was found to be encumbered with I- | merchandize; and sales were with diiliculiy ty elfected. Mouth alter month passed at; way; most of llamcd's bales still remained l- on his hands. The fifth mouth from the o, time of his departure had arrived, and hu ic i was beginning to despair of being able t<i \- ; perform liis engagements. At length, howis i ever, a merchant about to proceed to 15ag(, | dad, made hiin an advantageous offer for the v, j whole of his stock, and he was enabled to 1- i depart, after having realized a good profit, p, : Several accidents and delays occurred on the d journey; but the caravans reached the valis ley, one march from Tarsus, oil the eve of c : tlie da y when llamcd had promised pava ment to Kodadad. Most of the merchants e immediately rode forward to glad their fam e dies and friends; but our young merchant, c fooling his love for Lcilah revive willi inten; sity, determined to spend that day in cno deavoriug to obtain an interview with her. )f lie wandered into tlie mountains, endfeavorg ; ing to follow the same tract as before ; but 10 although he several times imagined he rocif I ognized the trees and the rocks, his search re : was unsuccessful. All was wild, and seeniy 'nS'y uninhabited. He called aloud '*Lclid j ah ! " but the echoes only nnswerod, '*la! n la!"?no, no ; and when night came, he e knew not which way to turn. So he sat j. ' dbwn beneath a huije sycamore to wait pa). j tiently until morning. j. I When light came, lie remembered his i, i promise to kodadad. lie was to pay the ! hlllldri'il diriMPK "it nnnn Mo b- | to hasten to Tarsus on foot on foot over tin ;3 I mountains, fur lie knew tiio general direoie ' titfti in which it lay. 'Many hours of travel ! were before him ; Init h^ was light of foot, Ie | and at length beheld in the distance tin J ! minarets of the i:ity, anffthe winding courst I of" the river. Suddenly, the landscape darklc | ened. Clouds seemed to come out of every ). ! valley, and to inundate the plain. The rain ]} ! fell ; the wind blew?"' lie hastened onward, |e j clutching his leather puise in which he car| ried his wealth, aud invoking I lie assistance lo of the Prophet. When he reached the y banks of the river, he heard, through the mist, a muezzin proclaiming the hour ol r. noon from a distant mosque. The waters >0 wtfre turbulent. Xo ferry boat was in sight It was 5mn(issil?li? in 1.1..5 II 1 - r- - ""J j prayed ; and an i?lfca came to his mind. lie st plucked a large reed, and hollowed it. nti?J 5f ]>l:iced therein a.hundred pieces of gold, and tied other reeds to it. and floated his raft upis .011 the stream, and confided in the mercy ul n God. " Now, it happened thnt Kodadad, remeinis ber'mg ll?j l^tuied'a promise, had gone tc >r his kiosque that dayj tp wait for his money 10 The wind'hle^ the rain fell. The debtui i- did nofi|ppear. .''We, must allow him an jt hour's grace for the storm is violent," said a* Ivodadad. The muezzin chanted tlie houi (V- of noon. The merchant called to liis slave slf to bring another pipe. 1'resently, n bundle y of reeds came floating along the nusty wa> d ters; a black boy stooping forward seized them as they passed. lie was about tc J. -cast thein awHy again, when the unusual a weight prevented him. "Muster,"'said he |y "thisjs a reed of lead." 'J'lie merchanl 1, who wiSlied (o pass the time, told him U break the reeds, lie did so, audio! a hun t> ! nieces of cold-fall Sllddflilu linrm <liA n...... .. . o J "I ment of the kifosqne." <e This story Mfhich is told in many differ|y ent wayj, illustrates the Oriental "idea ol ,1, mercantile probity, * Turkish merchants, in re their dealings amori? themselves, arc fa je mous fojt Keeping their engagements with a scrupulous exactitude ; and the example oi )r I Ilaj llamcd is often cited as a model. Ol yt course it is understood that the debt, in all (g g??d golden dinars, came to its destination ,o J in some miraculous way; the Prophet being 0f' always deeply interested in the good deeds at j of tii?4&vants. The young' merchant was L I not l?5o ?- ,! icmiiiu. ijlis* *,*reon lt waa'Vti faWro unlimited. JJut not only oo ft Koda'dad mait>tfet} on giving him his daugh ter. in marriage. Ajul it will surprise noiy ^ matter offaut people?to whom wt \ -do ijQt ffthlrefA tlu? lcKond?tha^liisMaugh' _ 4er lutn?3 out to TO the sdhic" very'- i#r>pru Jf dent Ixjflah, whoso fSftdrtflkion'- had <flfcrl> . caused ilajilamed fo41slfonor his verbal promissory n&e. We learn, moreover "s that sho settled down into a most prudunl ? and (Exemplary wife?-which relieves qui f1" miucl^-rfor, except Under extremely Orienta f cir<?limBtances, wo sliould not. recommeni ? her cot?<iuSt. (or imitation.. 111 * * ^/(M^B2rjK3i^y,liri^fcA"*iR^u3?3i^^By '*56B1 tSZrS+Wtj&SB&^K^B^tt^^^^^S^tyi^SpF' *jy ' ;1Vi3MfeK?C3l . j -Rhlnology?A Phiocopblc I^oem. Motto : "I Xosc wluit 1 Knows." . ! Ilnil mighty nose! though much insulted part! I Tliy praises like thyself,,shiillaooii be "blown,' ! Ami witli the rise of Science mid of Art, , Tlion shnlt rise, 'till nil the world shall own I Thallium wort formed for nobler ends than these To carry spectacle?, t.ike suulf and sneeze ! : Ilnil mighty nose! thou pnlace of the soul! Thou never-failing index to the heart ? j Thou Bishop of our life?made to control, , ! With proper supervision, every part, ' Assist the bard whose unpretending lays I i Would gladly prove thy worth and sing tin , ! praise. : Thy IJynologic science?that's the name? . 1 ii.... i.?.i . ...~ ' Although, ns yet, 'lis unite unknown to fame ! And ne'er adorned the philosophic page; ' I I uii'an to pay the maxim* of mankind < Associate the human nose and mind. Which prove the mind dependent on the nosv .lust as the nose is pendent front the faee; Ami this depciidaucy most clearly show | i The nasal organ is the real plttec , ! Where thoughts nre horn and where they al ! ( ways stay , Until they brihe the lips and get away! I int. to the maxim?if a man's aggrieved, > "His iiosc is out of joint," we all exclaim! And if hy any one a slight's received, j lie cries?"They've bridged inv nose! <) wha ' J n shame !" ; And when a cunning demagogue proposes 1 To learn the people's mind, "he count* theii noses." 1 We say of one a little oflieious, > j Prying nnd peering with unMu-'hiir.r faee, l "He |?tits his nose in oilier people's dishes? i | IIoM better keep it in its proper ptaee' Ami when a person very scornful grows, You'll licar it sniil that lie '"turns uj> bis nose!" , i Our doctrine proved, \vc now proceed to >liow "llow t<? determine diameters nt oneo, Tlmt. every man with certainty may know Whether a stranger be a sage or diuivc, Witty or dull, courtier or a lout, Just by inspection of the person's snout! The lioimiti nose betokr.ns manly sense, The humble Snnh bespeaks the modest man But then, 'twill never rise to eminence, The least aspiring of the nasal chin, ' j ?.Vith but a moderate love of fame or pelf? (I've got, they say, a suiibbish nose myself.) I lie .l</it alt if proclaims tin: keenest wit. I Hut full of guile ns any linwk?or lunvljcr ' The Turn f'/i iiimo?as ancient Horace writ? uvorywliero^n seorncr inula mocker; Sonic crooked en* it certainly proposes ? iJon't hang your liat nor hope oil turn up noses [ Tlic Bolllr nose is cojninunly n feature _ One doeen't frem paternal b!oo<l inlierit; And hence discloses not so much the nature Of mind ami soul, as of sotue other "spirit!' ' . Its meaning therefore is of small avail, 1 As in a drouthy time the sign must fail. , The G'imlrf nose betray* an iutermed llcr ; j When'er you see a gimlet nose before ye, It augurs J lint sonic new opinion pedler. Or special agent, now intends to liore you, , The very chap who, when he pricks your joint . With hideous siuilc, cries, "don't you sco tin . i point I" ' Observe the point??yeOods!?of course yoi do? % .? i You sbe it. all transparently enough, A \l'atl>CA tlliHl tllill'A > <? ! *!.../ ??^i If you are made of penetrable s-t.nfl"! ' i YouM belter fur encounter, on my wonl, j. i A tailor's jiecJle or a tailor's sword! i ' Words. , ! If words could satisfy lite heart, [ | The heart might find less care ; ! ! lint words, like summer birds, tit-part, I | - And leave hut eiuj?ty air; The heart, a pilgrim upon earth, Tinds often, when it needs, ? That words are of as Jit}.le worth As just so inahy weeds. a :i - - i ??i ? ? > ' . ji 111.111; rmu?miu irui v ? w ^ j Can deeper joy Hii|?nrt Tlinn host of \vor?1? which roach the licn< 15ut never toneh tlie heart: The voice 1 lint wins its sunny way, . i A lonely limno to cheer, , ! Ilntli oft tlio fewest wotxU to snv ; ' lint. 0! those few?how dear! . j If words eonhl sntisfy the breast, [ I The world mig^t hold a fenst; , | But words?when f>iiiuinoit?d to the test? [ Oft satisfy the lenst 1 , ; Like plants Hint timkc a gaudy show, t I All blossom to the root; lint whose poor nature cannot grow One particle of fruit! * Drink. Lkss with Vol*u Mi-:ai.s.?On> i great error, wc drink too ihmcIi nt ou p meals, lletbre. wc liavo sufficiently innsli . cnteil nnd insalivated our food, to enable n ! to swallow it, wo force it down by taking ] watenor \vt\rm <1 links. This not only di p lutes the saliva, but weakens the action o r | the gJ^trie juice after the food gets into tin ] stomach. 'Most persons takt^fl swallow o : fluid with almost every ny^uthful of food f | Look along the siJe of t'.ie dinner-table ii ' i any of tlic liotels, anil you lyill be surprise) t ' at the quantities which nre drank during t I the meal ; ami, if your mind l>e not to< . ' much taken up witlr observing the errors o | others, you may discover the same evil ii , { yourself, arid thus bo led to correct it. Tlii \ ; habit, sooner or lalef, ends in pr.oduciu< j dyspepsia attd constipation, than wbicl _ j there are ho affections more destructive o , ! comfort nnd health. When we nre thirsty I j at our meals or at other times, we shouh i driuk.to allay such thirst only. - All solii P, food should be thoroughly ground ant r I mixed with saliva in the mouth, unaidec I undiluted by water or otber driidb. , ltelj I upon it, this apparent necessity for drinking is a rtere habit, which we can correct a will J' flndull who prize health at ita tru< value> vw not consider its*prcservution 01 1 purchase tpohigh at tho cost of attentior 3 . to ?o,jrtrnpjg a matter. t [" 'this age of . tobnero-smakinor ami Fhkk Skats in Uiurciiks.?Seveial ol our religious contemporaries, and not a few cleigytncnftoc urging tho general estahlish' nient of tree seats in churches, tjiat ull inaj hear the preached word. Kudgere struct church, under llie lead of one of the mosl . eminent-Jfninisters in the Presbyterian ehurcli makes ample provision in this kind in its own house of-worship, as do many otliei churches of other ami various denomination: in the metropolis ; where even pew rents are so reasonable that any one who can af ford to pay at all, may hire a seat. ltm where pews in fashionable churches ("/ash iomthle churches !'"?do but think of tlit term!) are put up at. auction, what chano is them for a per.-?>n of moderate means t< obtain a seat t That acute observer am eminent philosopher "1 Joysticks" well set: ; forth tlie evils of thi< pew auction system lie attends a crowded one : " I vcrv soon discovered," hi* says, "tha 110 ''deadheads" were allowed on this lino and that il":i man couldn't pay, he was pn I oil" the train. Alter some preliminary cha i ahotit the foreign news, the state of the mar ] kets, the hope of a revival of religion, tli< rise in "Erie," (lie progress of the work o j grace, and the priee of pork, the ones ?ji?th ; ered around, and the s ilo began. 'J ho?i pews nearest the pulpit, or perhaps I shoul< i say, those seats next th<j locomotive, wer< : sold first ; ihey brought seventy, eighty, am even one hundred and twenty dollars pre Hiinin ; I!>? prieo was to he ]>ai<l merely to I a choice of seats, in ion to the rcguhi ' rent. I in-tantly ?aw that I hadn't inonei ' j enou?h Id I alee a first-class cahiti passage I hut hoped there might ho a place lor m< : somen hero, .loiies bought a ticket, nn< 1 Smith, Tonipkin*; hut, there was not ; single seat that came <h?wn to my pile ; ailI fell 1 mu-t i^ive up the journey, or liml ; cheaper conveyance, fur 1 certainly conliln1 ' atl'onl to go lo heaven at such exoibitau rates." i lie makes a little "calenlation,"ami fin-1 i that to he .>:ive<l at (lull ehnrch would he ; 1 irreater expense to hint than his sins ha< ever been : "Prayers cost mo forty cents ai hour, ami sermons four <lo!lars ami a lial apieee ; an-1 if I'm a< great a sinner as I'll , minister says I am, it wotiM break ill . I5asrfc of Kn^laml to t?ot me *in!<? t!i?* l'< I I ; miles* they <"in <jf?t a heavy lisc-ouut, 1 lea I shall have lo j?ive it up ami t*o to (lie ilevi A nii krrfii'i /,1 / ,1 [iii/azius. A Kaiu Victim ok ihi: iIki.i.knic km iikmic.? A young lailv of our eitv? i prettv ami interesting, ofeotirse?rcjiu-ste a private interview with Iter papa, in hi library, one 'lav last week, ami to|.| hiii J. tlint she hail lixeJ her a flections upon : I ' gentleman whom she knew he wouM b unwillinc sho^sllouhl wed : hut witiion ( whojii she coiiM uot and would not live. I'Mpa ro^nosled Jhe namo.of the genth man wlio had vfron liis daughter's heart , but sin*, going into dramatic platitudes, de flared >he felt assured he would not giv his consent, l>nt that fate liad united then in soul ; that the heliotrope of her existed* must ever turn to the: sun of liis love; th:i tlis harmony of earth and heaven would In marred if two'adoring spirits were divided if the divine stream of their life did n? ' unite, and How through the veil of Tim< clear, blight ami beautiful. ' Hut who, who is he ? Pray tell me," in ii ! terposed the father. The name was given, aud,.?U?e paren WlUIUllLa lliUIIIL'Ul b iiL'MUUIUIl, t'UIlSUIlLC ?, to tlie uni6n'. The daughter then burst into a Medea storm of seeming grief, winch very uatura ly astoni.-hed licr parent. "Why, what ails you, my dear child Have I nut granted your wish ? I am pel . fet-tly willing yon should marry him y?? ' love. What more can 1 do?" Sighs, tears, groans,* and wringing ? hniids, were the only answer. "Tell me, my darling, why are yo , wretched ? Have I not given my consent: "Yes, yes, (sobbing violently) ?butbnt? j "Hut, what ?" "WITy, now, now?T enn't?" i J ^"SiMfak out, my child?what is it ?" 1 i 'ill i. _ - i ? . c I a ciiu y?^wiiii a gmu uursi 01 cmouon ?I can't; O, dear f:ill?cr?1 aiu wretched for now?I can't elope. 1 ' Cincinnati (fazcltc. Invu'encr Of a Litkuailv Tastk.?T a young man away from home, friendle! alid forlorn in a great cilv, tho hours < ! peril are those botween sunset and be lime ; for the moon and stars see moi evil in a single hour than the sun in h whole day's eireuit. The poet's visions < evening are nil composed of tender an soothingjinages. -It brings the wandert to bis home, tl?^ child to his mother's arm ? the ox to liis stall and t lie weary laborer t fn liis rest, lint to the gentle hearted vonll who is thrown upon the rocks of a pitiles s ciiy/aiu) "stands "homeless amid a thotisan T homes, the approach of evening brings wit ' it an aching sense of loneliness and des< j- lation, which conies down upon the spir . like darkness upon -tfift earth. In ill f! mood, his best, imputes become ft snare t { him-, and be.is led astray beeansc be is sc , eial, affectionate, sympathetic and warn I ' hearted. If there lie a young man tliu 1 circumstanced within the pound of in ; voice, let nie say to Mm thai hooks arc th ' friends of the friendless, and that a librar is a home to' the homeless^ A taste fc rending will carry you to convert-so wit men who will interest .you b^heir -wisdoi I and charm you by their wit?\yho wi f sooth you when weary, ccglnpel you whe I perplexed, and sympathize with you at a I | times. Evil spirits, in the middle-agei j J wore ^exercised and driven a\vayfcJ>y bel I j book and candle; and you w/int but tw I I oftheso agefits, the book and the candW j j Geo. firHilliard[. [ ! Good (SosImon Sknse.?A New Ei I 1 gland lady thus discourses on "down-tro<l '' j den women r | llelievo me, wo *jjapincn]^"nro not si >; much slaves to the Tyranny of husbandi dinners, children and servant* as to onrsclvfi I and false social customs. "We are afrwi ; of cadi oth'eft - V&? doiftitypf in rafcrenc ' to ogjofort, or to our osvrfWtnerfns, "but t I what jteople upy of i? or and' i i ovs^op-lbia ode or the other. I fiave seo P irfc nfc f! t&f&tiil rti, .x. fy n " * ^. . if $ ' .-t . f " ' - " r Origin of Great Moll. i ' Some of the greatest men the world hns 1 ever produced, either in nucicnl or modern } ' times, Were of very humble nn.l obscure orii j gin. Columbus, the discoverer of America, was ^ I the son of n weaver, and n weaver himself. . I Homer, the great Greek poet, and the prince of , j ancient poets, was a beggar. Demosthenes, the . great Cireeiiin orator, was the soil of a cutler. ; Oliver Cromwell was the son of a Brewer. Ben- i I jainin Franklin was a journeyman printer. I : Ferguson, the Scotch astronomer, was a shepherd. Edmund llallcy, nil eniiiicnt English | astronomer, was the son of n soap-boiler, at | ; Shorediteh. llogarth, the celebrated Knglish | painter, was put apprentice to an engraver of ; j pewter pots. Virgil, the great bit tin poet, was j the sou of a potter; and Horace of a shop | ; keeper. Shakspeare, the greatest of Kiiglish ! j dramatic poets, was the son of a wool-stapler ; ' j and Milton, the greatest of English epic poets, : was the sou of a money-scrivener. I'ope wa? j j ! the son of a meivhant ; and l)r. Siitn'l Jon.sou, ^ ! of n bookseller at l.ilchtirld. Akciiside, the J j author of that elegant poem, the "Pleasures of i > the Imagination," was the son of a butcher at fj Newcastle. Robert. Hums was n plowman of : . j Ayrshire, Scotland ; Gray, the Kiiglish poet, ! s the sou of a money-scrivener; and Henry j ] Kirke White, of a hutch or at Nottingham, ' I'li^hiixl. MIoomlicM an<l (rilFonl were shoe- j 1 niakvr- ; ami Addison, Goldsmith, ()t way, ami - , Canning wore sons <>f clergymen. The present ' r l.ord l.ymlliurst, the Lord Chief Justice of f i Knglaiid, was the son of the painter Copcly. j * ' and an American l?y liirth. This list eouhl be | doubled, but it is unnecessary. These exam- i ' |>les slmw that there is no si ale or condition of | 1 life, however humble or obscure, from which 1 talents an.1 " iiius may not rise by individual ^ 1 exertion to cmin#iicc ami distinction. I'articu 1 larly is this tho^nsc in our own country, where | - ; inciv is tio iinlulily, nml no privileges confer- ; ' red I?y liirlli, and where the road to tlie highest ollices and tlie proudest distinction* is alike i > open to nil. * I i .!i:i'ki:issonv Oi'imox <>f F.mimino.?Whatev- j II er may l?e your choice of future occupation? whatever calling or profession you may solccl, lliere is certainly none more honorable llian ; '' ' that of a farmer. The patriarch of the fields, v ... . i aslirsi.s beside his cottage door, when hid ' ' <laily toil isov< r, feels an inward calm never known in the halls of pride, llis lahor yields ! hitu un|Mir<-hasahle health and repose. I have I- oWl Voil. Willi lllill'i* iri'ii.f fUt.l !? ? ? I #? ?.. - express, tlio visible tokens which appear in all il directions of iv growing disposition to avoid is , agricultural pursuits ami to rush into Home 11 ; over crowded profession, because n corrupt ami | ^ debasing fashion has thrown nround il the tin - J c : sel of imaginary respectability.?Hence the i it farmer, iusteail of preparing his child to follow j in the pall, of usefulness himself has trod, . ' educates hint for a sloth ; labor is considered j ' ' vulgar, to work un.enteel, n jack-plane is ; : less respect able than a lawyer's green bag ; ! I the handle* of the plow less dignified than the ! II . yard sti<-k. I'lifoitniiate information! 1 low C nielaueholy is this delusion, which, unless it be chocked by a wholesome reform in nublic i L. ' opinion, will cover our country with wreck and j ' mill! This state of (hint's is strikiit" at the ' >t . . . , very foundation of our national grcsitncs?; it is apou agriculture that we mainly depend our continued prosperity, ami dark ami c.-il will 1 he tlic day when it falls into disrepute.?What { other pursuit offers so sure a guarantee of an L| honest independence, a comfortable support j for a dependent family? Where else ran we U look hut. to the productions of tfee soil for tlic | J. , safety of investment ami for nuiplc returns? In commercial speculations all is chance ami . ? uncertainty, change and fluctuation, rise ami j p. fall. In the learned professions scarce one in ; II ten makes cnou<'h to meet his incidental ex I 0 1 penses ; how, then, are we to account for this ' jf fatal misdirection of public opioion ? 11 A Vot'Nci llnto.? Master Walters had bee'n , ' much annoyed hv some one of his scholars j ? whistling ill sclioo'. Whenever he called a | liov (n n<*?>rkiint <Vn? ' 1 I would plo:nl -Unit it irns nuiutciitionnl?'lie forgot n II about where lie was."?This became j so frequent, tluit the master threatened a so j '/ ' vere punishment to tlio next offender. The j 1 ? | next day, when the room was unusually qiet a I j loud .sharp whistle broke the stillneAs. Every j one asserted that it was a certain boy who | i> had the reputation of a mischief-maker and a j liar, lie was called up, and, though with a >t ; somewhat stubborn look, he denied it again j (I and again?commanded to hold out his hand, i "W ^ At this instant, a little "lender fellow, not more ! i than seven years old, came out., and with a j ! very pale but decided face, held out his hand, d saying ns lie did so, with the clear and Arm tone j :r , of a hero. "Mr. .Walters, sir, do not punish him?I ; ? whistled. 1 was doing a long sum, and in : ' rubbing out another, rubbed out by mistake, j j and spoiled it all, ami before I thought, I | J whistled right out, sir. I was very much a j fraid, but I could not sit here and act a lie, j i when I knew who \v:i3 to Ulaiifp. V<>n may f*?fnlc iiio, sir, as von said you should." And IS , J \v itl^all llie firmness lie could command, lie again licld out the little hand, uever for a iuoi incut donbting.tlmt lie was to bo pintislicd. 1S i Mr. Walter* lunch affected. y | "Charles," said lie, looking at tlio ercot form 'c of the delicate child, who liad made such a y j conquest over his natural timidity : "1 would 'r | not strike you a blow forthc^ world. No one |, j here doubt^ that j-ou spoko the truth ; you j n i did not mean >to whistle. You have been a 1| hero, sir." [I The boy went back-In) his Beat with ft flush|| ed face, and quietly went on . wi^h hi* sum*. ?, lie must have felt that every eye was upon him I, j in admiration, fop the smallest scholar could ap0 prcciate the moral courago of such an notion. 5. i Charles crew up, and bocamc a devoted. I consistent christian.* Lot nil our. rendors imitatc his noble, heroic conduct. |?. Twilight Ilonrt. IIoxor tub Good.-?The true buds offlistinc 0 lion among mon is not ii^ftosftion.por po*seM' ion?It is not in the cireuiustancci of life, b?:t in Ut.^^ndnct: d I It^rti^tters not howenvh?y? A poj^ljon a man eTpoct?p*ici, nor how ipufh.?e^fclijH^W.afe>re, 0 if theijybe defect* io^U t?H?T)o3iV^? not en0 titled to tlint consi(S#?tioa Artd reFpeqt ifuc to llon^.'wjw is Jhit #up*r+or in tumoral; point oL . tfarU#t&XJftfi neither riches nor "j|f . jtl? notlhiit^wrifgi^* oaplnoe.but condaet rwiiku makes. tf?* solid distinction. We should nay be much stlporior to the president of sonic | Mink, sonic eminent liipior-ilenler, or Wall ' street bl'okci', or tlie rich nabob who dwells in your marble plnces. The virtuous ami right-minded sons of (oil ( uv Nature's twbfrmen. They arc lovers of! lood, lovers of truth, lover s of nature, lovers i i?f each other, ami lovers of (Jod. They Were, not born to shilie, nor to be the recipients *?f | empty honor*: but they wore born t?? be men, ' the leaven ol'eartli, ami a nation's bulwark. I J.if'v Mux! ratal. j Tiik Ni.w:.\ha in Km:i.ani?.?The London ; News lias a long article upon the Steam frigate Niagara, most of wbieli is taken up by a des- ! cription of (lie vessel and will not, therefore ] be ?f interest to our readers. We publish the 1 following prefnee to the article : Half A-niile or sw below (Jrnvesend, just a-' bout where the river tourist might vxpcct to I recover from having seen the Crcat Kastcrn at Mill wall, another monster ol the decpstand full 111 view. rMic is vast ns an ink, with a peeu- > liar defiant air, an expression which tells you ntoncc that she wa-> made for other thnn the pcneeful purposes of commerce, though nothing in the way of armament, or even in the trim of yar<h-, denotes the man-of-war. This ship, along whose decks a crowd of fashionable vis tors daily and hourly stream, a:id all arouml which lie a lloet of shore boats "nuutcrof the situation," and making as much of it. as if the President himself was on view, is the farfamed frignle Niagara. She is, we believe, the lirst States' frigate that has ever anchored oil" (Srnvesend. l.et onr readers, therefore, or at. least such of them as love to gaze upon noble specimens of naval architecture, avail themselves of the unusual opportunity. Such an one will not soon again present itself for in size, form, speed, and intended weight of arma iiicni. iii<- .Mii<;nr:i is liuytuiil <!oiil>f, tho first man-of-war of lier elass in tli?? \vli?>lc wnr! J. As tlio visitor approaches lier lofty Mile.*, lie is struck with th? easy graceful manner in which she *Vit?" tin; water, with lier liows well tip, slowly rising, un<l showing olf her beautiful linos ami jclear run to fine advantage. Jlut lievoiol this feature 111?- general ellVet of her cxx-rior is not wry pleasing. The dark l?la?-l; I.nil, unrelieved l?y a single streak of white, rives a heavy appearance ipiite foreign to lier -1 ui. :. . i. i i> nin: aimi mt\ iiuiiuw in mu wjiwi, which impart* that wnll-si-lc aspect so characteristic ?f (In- Aiii<-ri<'aii liner.-*, but which their line fritrnles, except in this instance, have niaiiaiietl to nvoi<l,*or at least militate. ^fhcisshipriirgcil, with lull aii'l somewhat heavy spars? a novel feature in an American screw, ns their luiihlcts hav.- ju.-tly pri-kd tlictiiselvo.s on av>i<liiif^onr practice of overmnst iiiir our steamer. IJiit, heavy us the Niagara seems aloft, she hus no rope orspar too iiim;h. On the contrary, the marvel is that, they can tlo the work ascrilie.l to them, for, nmler sail alone, she call run. it is said, from 10 to IT knots nil hour! This spectl which even our river steamboats WOllllI COUllt 1L-* l-Veclirnt. l-Yilln t ll Kl 1:1 r-ilcel.* tin; Niagara looks by u<? mentis imposing. The bulwarks are of .-such unusual loftiness, and so curved in as apparently to iliiuiiii.sli her real size. In tact, many of our (iignt.es, l<Ss ' than half her siz<\ ami not to he compared to her in any war like or sea going quality, seem larger mi the deck. Not till the visitor lias walked forward ami perched himself somewhere near the bowsjiiril, can lirt fully appreciate her immense size ami beautiful form, ami fell that he is looking down on such a war-steamer as the world has uot yet seen the equal of, and by the siilc of which tlu: Knglish 11UV3" can sho\y nothing to compete. 1 11 i' - ? " > ? 1MU.AM r l.l.Lll.l.KU. A'MOCK lllll)bell, of Westchester, county, Now Yo?k, communicates ti> the Phrenological Journal his remarkable experience in dreams, in \yhich he excels Joseph of old. When a boy, some fifteen or twenty years of age, ho dreamed that he was in a strange city in trouble, having spent all his money, and to add to his distress his boots ripped from the sole; but while he walked along he felt something collect between the sole of one boot and the bottom of his foot, and found it to be a quantity of money, partly in the small Spanish coin, but chiefly in pieces about halfas large as six cent pieces with three straight marks on one side anil a star on the other. Mr. Ilubbcll was so much impressed with the singular appearance of this unknown coin that he retained a vivid recollection of it. Last fall, while itinerating as a tem pern nee lecturer, lie visiteu -Newark*. where ho had never been before, and there everv circumstance of his dream occurred to liiin, with tlio exception that tlie coins were placed in his hat instead of bis boot, after bis temperance lecture. lie recognised the three-cent pieces at once as the strange coins of his dream, though the resemblance had never before occurred to him. lie says, also, that the streets of Newark were familiar from the iccolleetions of his dream, and yet he had never before been in litem. Mr. Ilnhhel. is anviriiis to know how he gotl liis vision so long before its corresponding rcjility. ]>k Peti:iiminki?.?The earnest man wins way for himself, and earnestness nnd truth go together. Never affect to he otlie.- than 3*ou nre?either richer or wiser. Never bo ashnmcd to pny "I (lo not know." Men will then believe 3011 when yon say, "1 Jo not know." Never be ashamed to sny, whether or applied to time or money, "Ijmnnot afford."?"I cannot nfford to waste an houi* in the idleness to which 3*ou invite?I cannot afford the guinea you ask me to throw away." Once establish 3-our?' eeJf and 3*our inode of lifo ns? to what they really ure, and your feet is on solid 'ground, whether for the gradual step onward, or for the sudden spring over the precipice. From theso maxims let me deduce another?learn to say "No" with decision whenever it resists temptation ; "Yes" with caution whenever it implies n promise. A promise once given is a bond inviolable. A man is aTriftdy of conse*quenoo when it is known that we can implicitly rely upon hiro. 1 have frequently seen in life a pefton preferred to a long list of applicants, for some important charge .which iifta hOb at ohm into atntionCsAnd tortnnn moult. bccause he liaa thia reputation, tkat *hen he says be ltnowaa thing lie %>ond when I he^ays |ie will do a thing he will do it. Muse, genllomen, >#cr these maxim* will flrtd it ewily to^nwUo? flr^&ir wtar-'you bare fcdded'lheBDr 4egetoer the jroa totB ^boka very nrtidi HVt^.^^hanan. ' AYElt'S isr pills. FOR ALL THE PURPOSES OF A FAMILY PHYSIC V f Tiikiik has 1mm c>.ist? d :i public demand for an cllcclitc purgative pill which could bp relied on a* sure iind perfectly safe iu its operation.- This has been prepared to meet Hint demand, and an e-xtcnR!ie trial of its virtues has conclusively shown with what sueceSH it accomplishes the nurposc designed. It is easy to "make a physical /?'./, hut not easy t<f make the best of all /?'//* ? one which should liavo none of the objections, hut alt the advantages, of every other, -fj'his lias lieen attempted here, and with what success we would respectfully submit ti/ llie public decision. It litis been unfortunate for tlie patient hitherto that almost every purgative' medicine is acrimonious and irnlutiin; to the hntrels. 'I'liis is not. Mnny of them produce so much griping pain and revulsion in the system a.s to more* than counterbalance the i-ontl to l>e derived front tin-in. These pills produce no irritation or pniii; unless it arise from a previously existing obstrue| linn or derangement in the bowels. lieini; purely I vegetable, no harm can arise from their use in any ' quantity; l>ut it is licit if tliutmn medicine should | lie taken judiciously. Minute directions for theif * j use iu tin- several diseases to which thev are np-* plicahle aie given on the box. Among the riiiii' I plaints which have been speedily cured by them, fn' j may mention l.ivrr Compla? .it, in its varioitK fiitMnf. of Jaundice, Indigestion. I.-iUv.ii'ir and l.oss of Ap-f I petite, I.istlessncss, Irritability, ISiliuiis Headache, j ISilious I'Vvcr. Kever and Ague. l'u'n in the Side' j and Loins; for, in truth, all these arc but the conj sequence of di>c.T-ed action in the liver. As air ' niicricnl thev afford ii<.i:>:>t sure relief in | liwtH-ss. I'ilCs. Colir, Dy*?-iilriy. Humor*. Scrnftilrf :iml Scurvy, CnMs with ?cr<m's. <if Vjic l>mlv, Llccn) in:i.!!i!( v t.| lln- ii1ik.it, In :-?i?il:irili?-s: ill hhnrt, J any ami every ?-:i c wlirrr :i imp/alive is if-(jiiircrl. 'IVv liavo silsg jiroilm-eil mimic singularly suoI irc-sslisl i-'tres in li'iii-iiiiin'isiii. (iiiul, Dropsy, (jravel, ; Krvsijiclas, l'iil|i:tii':i>li lit' tin- ilrail, I'ains in tlie J Hack. S|oni;irli. ami Sills-. 'I licy sltmiUl lie freely ' taken in the s;,." i,f tin- vfM-. to purify (1;c IjltoOd I !!: ! prepare t! ' system f. I li.c rln>l)?P of sciirfftys. An occasional (io-o stimulate- the stmuurh and mv.i-'s into he.a'fl:* action. nii<l rr- lijH's the aiipel -i <i _k: i - -i . .. j <tin:lll:ilit :irl':n! nil tin- cirii;!:ili.}v system, rpiin( t?-i- >?f liii! liixlj. iMul rc;ti>rc tho w.i- ti :l nr di* * ii * l:'V_^ii'S of till* v. In 'It' nrnjiiuMn. I 11;.n iii-r i i pi'.kisniHgroiis, ovt-j; , t1init?h ii>. si'ijns* i!<-iiii:L('iiii'!it i-xi'-ts* !.llt Mil| ni'iwarr liirtiin sltimM m\i r t.i- ivrripjl too f:tV, 1 an rvoiy j!iiv*:.iti\r iiifiii iui' H'llin-Hft.tlin fitrciiuth, | when taken \>> er>ri";s. Tin- ilii'iisam! iiprliiHl a |iii\-ii- ! - ' |i!ii'< il t'iiiiinil In- I'liiuiii ial'.-tl hi re, but thov Mijsw-t iin in-< !*In tV n-itsmi of I'vcrv | Iiik'.v ; av.il it i? iniil?-n;!v Vi-lii-t.il llrfs |iill wifl ! aii'.vrr h 'i Iter tl.ru n\ \htiig whirh lias ! iiithrrlo >-i?li u\r-U:il.!i' t" When thi-ir i virtui' i an- I'lii-c V nonti, {hi |*ril.lr?- will no to|ij{(-r , ' tl'MiM what v<'iinil\ In mij l' V v.lien i:i r.i'cii of a ' c-:illi;n lii'iin'ilii-iiiV. Jifin;: mii;:ii- vr;'|>p: il; tlii'\ aro |itia-:nil In take. aiil lioiiijs jiinj'v *rt;L't;:\.!o, no harm run :i i-< tVniii Ihi'ir it-r in quantity. I-'nr iititiuU* iliii'i'Siims, si nni|i|.i r on thu 15ox. rin i AI:I.:I itY i DR. JAMKS ('. AVICIi, Prarlara! su??l Analytical Miviatisl, ? * ? IA-T M IT# I.I ?, M I Prico 25 Cents per Eos. Five tuxos for $1. AVER'S : CHERRY PECTORAL, For I 1m* Cvn*r of vV ; ('Ot'GIIS. < 0 li !i S, KOAUSUXKSS, Miownms. uisoon.vj-iTorcjii, 'tKOl'T, ASTHMA, AAD>i'OXSI"'MPT10.V. V i Tuts remedy lias won fnf itself sinli notoriety from i.s cures of everyuaricfy of pulmonary disease, that it is entirely nil necessary to recount the evi- . I deneis of its \ ill lies in ant ciiicniujiif)' vvlwre it lias been tinplojid. iSo wide is ihu tickl of its ummfulncss, ami so numerous the crises of jt? cure*, j that almost every section of (lie country nb?nudn , i:i persons piibliciy known.-vrlitf have been restored from planning and even desperate discuses of the limits by its nsc." When own tried its superiority I over every other medicine, of its kind is Jtio apparent to escape obtervrition. qml where its virtues are VUIM11I, ill*.- lit* Uii{;yi Iiwium: ?iuh itlllimJIC to employ fur the distressing "nnd dangerous atfertio?s of (he pnlmoliitry organs which are incident *; to oui climate. Not only in fun nibble attacks upon" tho lungs, but for Ihe milder varieties *of Coi.iis, C'orrjjis, Hoahsv.nkss, Xo. ; mid for'Cmi.i Dims it in the nleasantcst and safest mcdii-ine that ! can be. ohtaiuca. " As it has lon^ been in constant use throughout : this seotio'n,-we need not do more than assure" the : people its quality is kopt up Is the best that it ever has been, and that the genuine article is sold by? ' WAfiUf-AAV ?fc LYOX, AM?e<-i(le C. JL, * ' A11 1 by"< vorv'M.ffc4jnlit in the I>istriet. j IfAVII.AN!\ IIAURAL A CO., Charleston, j Dec. 5, Gin] - General Agept?. J riTli<* Sjnlc of South . ' J Althrvillf ftis/ru/?la the Cor.nmm P/rax Amos Clark, Jr., ) Attadmorft. r.<. J- Mci^nWfin "iVerriii, .Tames A Liddeil. ) - IMft's Att'vtj.| \\J IlKKKAS, tlie I'laiutili' did..on the Orii.tyj Y V first ilny of Oetober, ISOtf, lile his'decl.'iraiion against. llio 1 k'fclnlaiiL ."who, (as it in j said) is absent. from ami withiiti'b'the Tvmit^of ' this State, ami has neither wifo or att<*rjicy known within the Fame, uyon whom of the said declaration might be served.' It. w 1 therefore ordered, that the said 1>ef$bd&n).dt>' ' appear and plead to the said deelrnTion','^)D'or_ j In-fore the first day of November,- whicj , la-in the year of our l.ord Kightecn JUmiurad . j and Fifty-Seven, otherwise final and db*$lutc- ' Judgment will thcii be given" and ' against him. * ' MATIIEW McDONALD,p. Clerk's Office, Oct. '27 ^ / ly j Tlio Stale of Soutli Carolluu, j A hhevillr. JJislri< l.-*-In the Covnnou \ j William Wilson, 1 ' > vs. > Foreign Attachmci^ 1 Jas. A. 1.id dell. ) Thomstyj A Fair Attorjiej?^* WUereii* the I'laintifTdhl, on the^fljcventli " day of April, eighteen "hundred^nd i1?f' tv seven, ii it; his deelnruttion against <lio Dcj feudunt, who, it is said, is abseut^rfoin.^nd ! without the limits of this State, an3 | or wife nor attorney known wi upon whom a oopyj of theSfllaS^Oelsrutioa. ! might be served? * *" ? .Jr? | jt in therefore ordered, that tlio Vjaid Defondant do and plend to'Uifc^jd., deebv- * ' ration, on oV l??fore the. twelfth day" of,.ApSl, eighteen hundred and v$fty-eipht, olwrw^ final and obsolnte jiidirnrrtMjt WlH-tlieii begl^*; en and awarded n?a?Q8t lijaK?* /; .M ATTu KW a p. Ocrk's (thee, April IT, 18W~? . ?v ... . . ?. Jp .1. ' ? Tli? Slalcx ! 8on||?' CuroUga** ABBg&LLE T)ISTJtlC^^ : - ' Office Court affyommon Pica* qii?Qtoif?Stt*i<)mt ""V* I A?.cin,MCv * Hm? r.tKfat<w! E-"ki"' \\j lUKftEAS tlic PTaintiff <Hd, on tk^eyfT^ , ? T too nth da}', of October, cigTitfrjm., (hundred and fiftv-sijt, filo h'rt^BleolarauonTtgainst. the Defendant, who, (it Is Mid?) Abrt*Wfc8n|?&. and witliout tlx' limit* of tfiis Jqd J?? neither wife nor attorney itno^n'nMHH^tliei same, whom a df.g*JA tuight be served: It is. alrolarcd. that tiro said Ufefendaot do appyi*' to the said i]i;i}larat)Bn, Oh Or .nifJB' teenth day of October, ciaht?Mr'btiMMlV*n<i*