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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
AUGUST 1. 
CONDUCTED BY AZILE. 
For Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
TREASURES OP THE DEEP. 
BY IDA FAIRFIELD. 
Count me thy treasurer, Oh! King of the waves, 
The burled wealth ot tliiue ocean caves, 
The pearls which gleam on thy sandy shore, 
The diamonds strewn on thy rocky Hoot; 
The golden broach and bracelets rare, 
Which thy green haiml nea-Dj-iuphs love to wear, 
Thou hast sealed the bars of the great deep well, 
And its hidden treasures, who can tell? 
I know that thy boundless waters sweep, 
Where the ruins of ancient cities sleep, 
That tbroneB and crowns and heaps of gold, 
Have added their wealth to tby sums untold: 
That the rarest gems of sculptured art, 
With the breathing canvass bear « part. 
In thy richly freighted argosies, 
Eut thou hast dearer things than these. 
Lo! I trace in thy glaffly waters now, 
The gleam ol many an upturned brow! 
Grim, ghastly warriors they, who stood 
The test of mingled fire and flood. 
Still grasping battle-axe and 6pear, 
As if some viewless foe were near, 
They counted upon Heroe’s graves, 
But sleep beneath thy surging waves. 
And I see where Murder’s ghastly head, 
Looks out amid tby slumbering dead, 
A Felon band in silence met 
Death's seal upon their foreheads set: 
A pirate King and Robber bold, 
A Miser clutching etlil his gold — 
All these have owned thy conquering will, 
But thou hast other treasures still. 
Aye, I look on the face of a fair young bride, 
Her loved one slumbering by her side, 
On her lip still trembles the farewell kiss, 
But changed to a welcome, in bowers of bliss. 
And a gentle mother, lies still and pale, 
Unheeding her living orphan’s wait 
And a hoary man, reposing sweet, 
With a dimpled baby at his feet. 
Show me no more, let the dream depart. 
For the King of a charnel realm thou art, 
But the time is coming, the judgment day, 
When thy massive wall shall be swept away. 
To Him who hast given, must then return 
All the buried treasures of thine urn. 
And the broken links of love’s sweet chain, 
In Heaven shall all be joined again. 
WaltoD, N. Y., 1847. 
For Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
SIGHTS AND SCENES IN EUROPE. 
BY MBS* L. W. BROWN. 
No. Ill—Florence and its People. 
“Fibenza la bella,”— Florence the fair—did 
not present a very beautiful appearance as I enter¬ 
ed its streets on the morning Of Nov. 29th, through 
the gate or “ Porta San Frediano.” The rain was 
falling in torrents. 1 had never seen such a rain 
before. It was so dense as to hide every thing 
from view, except hackmen, soldiers, Police and 
Custom officers, who are on every hand to wait 
upon and beep safe watch over strangers. In such 
a storm, to be frequently intercepted in our pro¬ 
gress, taxed the patience considerably, but excited 
curiosity more. I afterward learned why the rain 
was more violent in the streets than elsewhere.— 
The cornices und eaves projec t several feet beyond 
the buildings. This causes the accumulated water 
to shoot into the middle of the street, which, being 
narrow, gives a stranger some fearful ideas of the 
antedeluvians. 
In the haste and confusion of passing the station 
or dogana, the custode snatched only part of my 
Passport, leaving the most important portion be¬ 
hind. We had made considerable speed beneath 
the pelting rain when the loss was discovered and 
we at once retraced the distance. After a little 
delay, the precious document, which had all the 
way been watched more constantly than the few 
Napoleons in my wallet, was returned, Bomewhat 
injured by the careless hands through which it 
had passed. It was a timely hint for caution in 
future; for had it disappeared altogether, my stay 
in Florence might have been brief. Not only is a 
permit necessary to enter the city, bnt if in forty- 
eight bonrs after, the Passport is not sent to the 
resident Consul, who returns a certificate for resi¬ 
dence in its stead, the unfortunate owner may be 
ordered beyond the walls, or otherwise subjected 
to trouble by fine or imprisonment. Notice must 
also be given a few days before departing, when 
the certificate is exchanged for the Passport, 
which mast report the place you next wish to visit 
So strict are these regulations everywhere, that by 
searching the records of this peculiar form of Na¬ 
tional Government, parents have found their child¬ 
ren who had been loBt many years. 
Thus after a lone, safe and pleasant journey I 
reached the friends who had invited me to a for¬ 
eign land. I found them occupying a suite (sweet) 
of rooms on the first floor in the Piazza (pe-at-sa) 
Santa Maria Novella, near the noted church which 
gave name to the public square in front 
The houses are generally in long blocks, built 
of brown stone, and very high. The chimneys 
are not square, hut irregular in form and fantastic 
in appearance. Throughout the city extensive ac¬ 
commodations are made for visitors. Hundreds 
of buildings are ready furnished with every article 
for house-keeping. Meals can be prepared in the 
family, or obtained at other places. This mode of 
living,even for a few weeks or months, is the most 
independent, and of course generally preferred by 
Americans. Great decision and watchfulness are 
necessary in making bargains with the crafty 
padroni who are generally females. In renting 
apartments, an inventory of every article, of how¬ 
ever small value, should be taken in the presence 
of disinterested witnesses, and every item com¬ 
mitted to paper. And often when the contract is 
being druwn, a sly hand may enter unobserved and 
steal some articles for which, in the settlement, the 
tenant is charged an enormous price. Many 
Italians deem it a privilege to outwit a foreigner, 
while many foreigners in turn think it no disgrace 
to lay aside every principle of honor aud humanity 
while dwelling among this oppressed and, almost 
broken hearted people. They go to “Sunny Italy” 
in the wealth and pride, and selfishness of moie 
favored countries, to gaze upon the honored ruins 
of a once great tuition, of behold with increased 
admiration and reverence what is still seen inper- 
- feetiou as living monuments of their unrivalled 
power and glory—forgetting that while tbatcrush- 
; ed people mourn their lost freedom, a love and 
pride of country remain, which no tyrannical foe 
can destroy. 
The first floor is up a flight of stairs and rents 
for more than the rooms above, unless the location 
command somo delightful views; then the ar¬ 
rangements for rent are reversed. The basements 
of the older buildingB are used for various shops, 
stables, and for camping places for thousands who 
live in the streets. They are of massive, rustic 
stone work, of such apparent solidity as to resibt 
the most destructive forces for ages to come, as in 
the centuries gone by. The windows are small and 
square, and secured by a network of Btrong iron. 
These foundations of ancient architecture, so 
prison-like, are called the “Tuscan style.” 
My first meal in Florence was at the table of my 
friends, furnished by what they called a “ Tratto¬ 
ria I saw a man coming across the square with 
something on his head vesembling a New England 
refrigerator, little anticipating that it contained 
dainties to satisfy a keen appetite. These pedes¬ 
trian cooks engage meals for families at so much 
per head, deciding the quantity and variety them¬ 
selves, knowing full well that if their patrons 
have occasion for repeated displeasure, they lose 
both their coveted custom and recommend. The 
chest contained soup, (without which no dinners 
in Europe are served,) several kinds of meat, a 
greater variety of vegetables, with puddings and 
frosted cakes, or “ices,” as they are called. The 
best part of the dinner was put in one division 
and kept warm by a brasier underneath. I saw no 
fruit pies like ours on the continent; bnt, what is 
better, no regular meal is complete without a full 
supply and choice variety of native or foreign 
fruits. Food is much mixed in preparation. One 
kind is often used to season another, as powdered 
cheese for soup, green olives with boiled fowl, &c. 
Dishes ere frequently set before you, the ingre¬ 
dients of which puzzle a stranger as much as 
Sampson’s riddle did the Philistines; but one is 
not so apt to fear harm therefrom, or even to 
question either the quality or cooking, as to lament 
the limited quantity. If over fed, dainty, half- 
sick persons wish a recipe lor good appetite, they 
will find it across the ocean. I am sure that the 
best meal at the loaded tables of our high living 
farmers never tasted half so good, as will a corn 
cake and a cup of goat's milk from the hands of a 
peasant among the mountains of Italy. • 
My first view of Florence was from the Tower 
San Zanobi, the only lofty tower that remains of 
the monumental relies of the early Republic.— 
They were built for the nobles, and thickly studded 
the ancient cities, a token of power, and means of 
protection and defence. The city is surrounded 
by hiilB and mountains. The summit of the Ap- 
penines at the north-east, are covered with snow. 
The more adjacent, beautifully sloping hills are 
diversified with olive orchards, vineyards, gardens, 
fine palaces and country residences. Though late 
in autumn, the hues of the fading year were few 
and dim, and the prospect, so grand and beautiful, 
seemed to promise a perpetual summer. 
The river Arno divides Florence into two un¬ 
equal portions. The more compact and greater 
part lies on the north. The sonth side contains 
much open space, a good share of which is occu¬ 
pied by the Grand Duke's Palace and the Boboli 
Gardens. These gardens join the palace and rise 
to a great height beyond. From their summit is : 
one of the best views of the city and surrounding 
country. The piazza in front of the Palace ib i he i 
central place of the city for bnsipesa and pleasure. < 
To attempt a description of the interior of the ' 
Duke's residence, would occupy too much space, 
if any correct idea of its magnificence and wealth 
could be given. The grounds around the palace , 
are adorned with many statues, as stately, and , 
much more reverenced than a hand of faithful , 
sentinels on duty. Nearer to the vast building is \ 
a noted fountain of Neptune, called the “ Fountain , 
of the Giant.” Such relics of ancient art and j 
gjory, and which are seen on every baud, are cal¬ 
culated to arouse feelings of enthusiasm and awe, j 
bnt I was more attracted on that spot, by the Grand 
Duke’s soldiers, who were out on parade. It was , 
my first view of an army devoting their lives to j 
the service of one imperial man — a splendid, yet ( 
sad sight. 
THE NIGHT. 
BY BARRY CORNWALL. 
O, the summer niglit 
Hag a smile ol light, 
And she sits on a Fnpphire throne, 
Whilst the sweetest winds load her 
With garlands of odor, 
From the bud of the rose o’erblowD. 
Bnt the autumn night 
Has a piercing sight, 
And a step both strong and free; 
Aud a voice for a wonder. 
Like the wrath of thunder, 
When he shouts to the stormy sea. 
And the wintry night 
Is cold and white. 
And she singeth a song of pain, 
Till the wild bee hummeth, 
And the warm spring coraeth, 
When she dies in a dream oi rain. 
0, the night, the night, 
Tis a lovely sight, 
■Whatever the crime or time, 
For Borrow then Boaretb, 
And the lover outpoureth 
His soul in a star-bright rhyme. 
It brlDgeth sleep 
To the forest deep, 
The forest bird to its neRt; 
To care, bright hours, 
And dream of flowers, 
And that balm to the w eary— rest. 
For Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
POWER. 
For Moore's Rnral New-Yorker. 
EXAMPLE BETTER THAN PRECEPT. 
It is generally admitted that men are more 
drawn to the paths of virtue by the influence of 
ASHAMED OF ONE’S BUSINESS. 
It was a blemish on the otherwise noble charac¬ 
ter of Sir Walter Scott that he was at heart, asham¬ 
ed of his business. Enjoying a reputation in 
good example than by even the best system of English literature second only to that of Shaks- 
_1 i . . i, _ A * _ X. _ A. 1 _ ... • . 
HEROIC WOMEN. 
The following is one of the new passages intro¬ 
duced by Mr. Everett into his oration on Washing¬ 
ton as recently delivered at Cambridge, Mass.: 
Witness that heroic, aye that angelic vestal, 
Florence Nightingale, who beneath the eyes of 
admiring Europe and admiring Asia, walked, with 
serene unconcern, for more than a twelvemonth, 
the pestilential wards of a hospital; witness our 
not less heroic countrywoman Mary Patten, whose 
name is hardly known to the public, the wife of a 
merchant ship-master, who, far off on the lonely 
Pacific, with no eye to witness and no voice to 
cheer her, when her husband was taker down by 
illness, now tended him in his cabin, as none but a 
devoted wife can tend a stricken husband, now 
took his place on the quarter deck of his forlorn 
vessel; took her observation every day with the 
sextant, laid down the ship’s course on the chart, 
cheered and encouraged the desponding crew, ar¬ 
rested the mutinous obief mate, who was for creep¬ 
ing into the nearest port, and who, on the score of 
seamanship alone, was not worthy to kiss the dust 
beneath the feet of the lion-hearted little woman; 
and who, poor young wife as she was, hardly 
twenty yearg of age, and already over-shadowed 
with the Bacred primal Borrow ot' her sex, yet wifh 
a strong will and a stout heart, steered her hus¬ 
band’s vessel, through storm and through calm; 
from Cape Horn to Ban Francisco. 
Tbial8. —It is not in the light and sunny places 
of the wilderness that the traveler most sweetly re 
poseB. It is under the shadow of a great rock, or in 
the depth ol a sequestered valley; and so it is with 
a Christian. The sun of prosperity withers onr 
joy, and changes the green leaves into the Bickly 
colors of autumn. Adversity is like the winter, 
which prepares the ground for the reception of 
the seed, and for the rich and glowing luxuriance 
of spring-time. 
1 Tee general definition of the word power is 
l doubtless universally well known, yet the current 
, exposition thereof, as given by society in the 
; modus operandi exerted to acquire the same, would 
seem to indicate the lexicographer had made a 
. sad mistake. The means employed by man to 
, possess himself of that which shall invest him 
. with power, are oftentimes anomalous, presenting 
, strange ideas of its nature, advantage and secret 
organization. To gain its favor, to acquire it, 
subservient to thei/ command, is an absorbing, 
tireless, life-long effort on the part of many. Many 
make the sentiment of Siiakspeare a rule of 
action, 
‘ Tlrey do say if money go before, nil ways do lie open." 
And for the possession of this goldeu key, which 
shall open to them all that pride, selfishness, envy, 
or ostentatious caprice may exact, how many toil 
with sweating brow and aching frame through 
weary years in restless straggling alter the power 
which money gives. Truly, money is power in 
ir.ore than one sense. Rightly applied how vast 
its power in aiding science, progress and improve¬ 
ment— in benefiting and elevating the human 
family. How really beautiful, when united in one 
cause, the one subservient and always obedient to 
the other’s command, these two great powers ap¬ 
pear. How triumphantly grand when the thun¬ 
dering engine comes panting to you; when the 
Suspension Bridge swings firmly over the awful 
chasm, or the submarine trumpet heralds the pro¬ 
ceeding of that far-away Parliament, three thou¬ 
sand miles across the “ wide waste of waters"—the 
vast results of two great powers combined. Yes, 
money is power, and yet its greatest power is 
never so well exhibited as when obeying the dic¬ 
tates of its superior knowledge. Thus it is with 
all things. There is a greater power behind, which 
gives the weaker all its strength and efficiency, 
and yet to the weak ascribe we all merit and lion 
or. Knowledge is power, and money powerful.— 
United their strength is incalculable. 
" Money is a good soldier si-, and will on." 
Aye, and hard fighting would it be without, how¬ 
ever patriotic one might be. We could cite one 
or two instances in our own nation’s history, when 
in the absence of the power to procure necessities, 
the sufferings of a noble patriot band were such 
as to send a chill creeping over one at its simple 
perusal 
There are still other shapes assumed by power 
in the myriad dispositions of society. There is a 
power in the wine cup*-a fatal power, enticing its 
victim down “to the ways of death.” There is 
power in the love of wisdom—a power which ad¬ 
duces the strength and energy of the human 
mind, and awakens high resolves, pure aspirations, 
and leads to eminence and usefulness. We love 
to witness the workings of this power when the 
fetters of grosser nature are burst asunder, and the 
Btrong mind, invigorated by contending obstacles, 
steadily pursues its upward path till it may in¬ 
scribe Excelsior above its exalted station. 
Some One. 
INDEPENDENCE. 
There is a satisfaction in the exercise of candor 
and independence, unknown to smooth hypocrites 
and cringing minions. Uprightness always proves 
to be better in the end than mere expediency. In 
sacrificing the feelings,and insmotbering conscien¬ 
tiousness, honor, just indignation, and oven con¬ 
tempt and scorn, in order to secure a present good, 
a man not only commits a folly in itself, bnt sins 
against his manhood. If any person is to be 
pitied, it is he who believes that, in order to live 
and prosper, he must submit cheerfully to imposi¬ 
tions from certain sources—smile, and smile, when 
his heart is, perhaps, full of disgust. Of Buch we 
would ask, what is wealth when built apon the 
ruins of self-respect; or what is bread, even, when 
eaten in slavery, if not of the body, at least of the 
mind and soul, which iB the worst slavery? For 
our part, we would prefer the satisfaction of ex¬ 
pressing our frank opinion of dishonest, mean, or 
tyrannical men, to their face, oven if beggary was 
the consequence, to climbing into the richest 
branches of the tree of prosperity, assisted by n 
hand we loathed, but must pretend to love—a hand 
we burned to spit upon, but felt compelled to kiss. 
Wealth is useful, prosperity is sweet, for our few 
years on earth; bnt honor, which cannot live 
without independence, but which we believe none 
need sacrifice, wc place above every worldly bles¬ 
sing.— Cobbetl. 
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I have found by experience that they who have 
Bpent all their lives in cities, contract not only an 
effeminacy of habit, but of thinking.— Goldsmith. 
rules, but it is not apparent in what this superior 
power consists, for even the truest life is less per¬ 
fect than are the precepts by which the man pro¬ 
fesses to be gnided. Whatever our standard of 
excellence may be, our practice loo generally falls 
far below it. None reach the high ideals of perfec¬ 
tion they strive to attain. We should do far bet- 
ter to follow the advice rather than imitate the 
example of our friends. But tblswe never will or 
can do. Wc are all imitators, and the great por¬ 
tion of mankind cannot appreciate abstract truths, 
but need to have a representation of them which 
they can see . The life of the good man is a living 
picture of truth, and hence theBecret of its power, 
which can never be attained by dry, abstract rules, 
however perfect they may be. 
Then, too, example presents truth in a loss 
oftensivo form, because it does not remind us of 
our inferiority. The very fact of giving advice is 
an assumption of superior wisdom, which few are 
willing to acknowledge by following it, but if the 
same truth were seen in the example of a friend, 
it would have been noted and almost unconscious¬ 
ly adopted, for the man would not have been re¬ 
minded of his ignorance by any impertinent ad¬ 
vice thrust upon him, but would have taken credit 
to himself for discovering the truth which he has 
found in the example of bis friend. This silent, 
unobtrusive influence is ever strongest beoauBe it 
wakens no opposition, while all efforts to drive 
men, (even into the true path,) or even to persuade 
them by words, will prove unavailing. We must 
learn 
‘ To tench men truths as though we taught Ihem not, 
And speak of things unknown as though they were forgot." 
And so, too, every person, when giving advice, 
should examine himself and see whether he is 
prompted by an honest love for the truth, or 
whether he is not merely seeking to display his 
peare, he yetsecretely believed a duke, ami much 
the more a prince, to be a better man than him¬ 
self, and worshiped them accordingly. The am¬ 
bition of his life was to found a family. For this 
purpose be toiled to acquire acre after acre; for 
this purpose he became a partner with his book- 
sellefs; for this purpose be accepted a baronet¬ 
age, flattered a royal debauchee aud defended 
more than one flagitious public act. Part of this 
had its origin in the natural cast of his mind, 
and part was nourished by bis study of mediaival 
and knightly literatmo. Alas! he paid the pen¬ 
alty for his weakness. His son learned to blush 
amidst his aristocratic fellow-officers, that his 
father Hail labored for his bread as an author; he 
himself hecamo a bankrupt in Lis old age; and 
now, though scarcely a generation lias elapsed 
since his death, his name no longer reigns at 
Abbottsford, his baronetage is extinct, and bis 
dreams of country or family destroyed forever. 
There are thousands, even in this country, 
ashamed of their business, and with less excuse 
than Scott. For in England the law recognizes a 
hereditary landed aristocracy, so that a certain 
social sanction is given to the prejudice existing 
against “new men,” But here we have no govern¬ 
ing clasp, the descendants of conquerors, to boast 
of eight hundred years of political and social su¬ 
premacy. On the contrary, there is not a million¬ 
aire in Amorica who is not either the architect of 
his own wealth or the son of one who was. Not 
by knightly rapine, thank God, but by honest labor, 
have the fortunes that exist here been accumulat¬ 
ed. No man in the United States can look down 
on another as beneath him on grounds similar to 
those which induce long* descended English nobles 
to despise a parvenu; for here all are “ new men;” 
since even those who have been wealthiest the 
longest, differ from the poorest only by having 
superior wisdom, and make the commendation of possessed riches for a generation or two. A wise 
others only sweet incense to offer to his self-love. mtm w iR i an gh at the folly which induces even 
Is there not too much self-love masked under this the oldest families in England to claim snperiori- 
great zeal for truth? If you care only for the ty over others, because all claim a common ances- 
truih, act out the truth you would proclaim. Men tor in Noah, and because virtue and merit, not 
will see the good results of your oonduct and im- birth or wealth, are tho true standards by which 
itate it, and all after words of advice are bnt to judge a citizen; but how much the more ab- 
naught, or worse- Be not thus over-fearful lest surd appears the claim of one American to be 
yonr example fall to the ground lifeless. Have considered better than another on the score of 
not men eyes, and can they not see your daily ex- wealth and family, when all alike are bnt men of 
ample? If you every day act out the truth that you yesterday. 
would impress npon them, need yon enforce it by Instead of being ashamed of one's business, one 
words? And if you do not act as you advise, may should be proud of it. "Never despise your bread 
we not well doubt whether you believe your own and butter," says an old adage; and the words 
assertions.' 1 W. J. Fowler. should be adopted as a text by every yonng man 
Henrietta, N. Y., 1S57. begintyug life. The first duty of an adult citizen 
is to be independent of others, and this nobody 
COUNSELS TO YOUNG MEN. can become who does not earn sufficient for a 
livelihood. "Whatever work is honest is also hon- 
It is very important that Christians should be orable. Sociely demands dillerent sorts of bandi- 
men of high accomplishment. Crowded as is the craft and other avocations, just as a machine re- 
world, it has still abundant room lor first-rate qaires levers, beams, fnlernms, wheels, Ac.; and 
men; and whosoever would insure a welcome hence a blacksmith or plowman is just as necea- 
from society, has only to unite to good principle, 83ry t0 the common weal as a lawyer or doctor, 
emineut skill iu liia own calling. But. the day for 3 qiJ therefore need be uonc tho more ashamed of 
stone liutcbets and blunt axes is past; and, from his calling. To be idle,indeed,everi if one is rich, 
the humblest craft to the most intellectual profes- i s t-o piny the part of a useless appendage to the 
sion, in order to succeed, it is requisite to be clever State, and in conducive neither to the physical, in- 
aud active, and well-informed. Doubtless, sick- fellectual nor moral health. Of all the shams of 
ness and other calamities may be interposed; but, modern society, one of the greatest is the worship 
be assured, no one has a light to quarrel with the 
world, if it refuses to pay for mis-shapen garments 
and unreadable poems. And, therefore, I would 
say to my young hearers, make diligence in busi¬ 
ness a part of your religion. Add to virtue, 
knowledge. Whatever yon intend to do. pray, and 
study, aud labor, till no one can do auything better 
than yourself; and then, when you enter on active 
life, you will find that you are really wanted. And, 
much as you have heard of glutted markets and a 
redundant population, you will find that there is 
no surplus of tradesmen, or servants, or scholars, 
who with exalted piety combine professional ex¬ 
cellence. Large aB iB the accumulation ot people 
who through misconduct have broken down, or 
who through indolent mediocrity never can get 
on, you will find no glut of talented goodness, or 
of intelligence in union with principle. In that 
you will find that there is room euough for all who 
are able and willing to serve tbeir generation.— 
Dr. Ifamilton's Royal Preacher. 
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HOW TO MAKE A FORTUNE. 
Take earnestly bold of life, as capacitated for, 
and destined to a high and noble purpose. Study 
closely the mind’s bent for labor or a profession. 
Adopt it early, aud pursue it steadily, never look¬ 
ing back to the turning furrow, but forward to the 
new ground that ever remains to bo broken.— 
Means and ways are abundant to every man’s suc¬ 
cess, if will and action aro rightly adapted to 
them. Our rich men and onr great men have 
carved their paths to fortune, and by tills internal 
principle that cannot fail to reward its votary, if 
it be resolutely pursued. To sigh or repine over 
tho lack of inheritance, is unmanly. Every man 
should strive to be creator instead of inheritor.— 
lie should bequeath instead of borrow. The hu¬ 
man raco iu this respect, waut dignity aud disci¬ 
pline. They prefer to wield the sword of valorous 
forefathers to forging their own weapons. Tills is 
a mean and ignoble spirit. Let every man be con¬ 
scious of the power in him and the Providence 
over Lim, and light his own battles with his own 
lance. Let him feel that it is better to earn a 
crust than to inherit coffers of gold. This spirit 
of Belf-nobility, when once learned, every man 
will discover within himself, under God, the ele¬ 
ments and capacities of wealth. He will bo rich, 
inestimably rich in self-resources, and can lift his 
face proudly, 
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THK Wttl’ARTlSD. 
Oft may the spirits of the dead descend 
To watch the silent slumbers of a friend; 
To hover round hie evening walk unseen. 
And hold sweet converse on the dusky green; 
To hail the epot wVre ODce their friendship grew, 
And Heaven and Nature opened to their view! 
Oft, when he trims hie cbeeitul hearth and sees 
A smiling circle emulous to pleaso; 
There may these gentle guests delight to dwell. 
And bless the reeno they loved In life so well. 
[Rogers. 
of wealthy and titled drones, who have outlived 
their real mission, like the nobles of England have. 
Bat there is a sham still mightier. It is the sham 
of despising a man for his business, especially in 
a republic such as ours, for, in point of fact, a citi¬ 
zen is honorable only in proportion to the assidui¬ 
ty with which he follows some honest-pursuit— 
Baltimore Sun. 
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POLITENESS AND TRUTH. 
Many persons plead a love of truth as an apolo 
gy for rough manners, as if truth was never gentle 
and kind, but always harsh, morose, and forbid¬ 
ding. Sorely, good manners and a good con¬ 
science are not more inconsistent with each other 
thaD beauty and iunoceuce, which arc strikingly 
akin, and always look the better for companion¬ 
ship. Roughness aud honesty are, indeed, some¬ 
times found together, in tho same person; but he 
is a poor judge of human nature who takes ill 
manners to be a guaranty of probity of character, 
or suspects a stranger to be a rascal because be 
has the manners of a gentleman. Some persons 
object to politoness, that its language is unmean¬ 
ing and false, but this is easily answered. A lie 
is not locked up in a phrase; but must exist, if at 
ail, in tho mind of a speaker. In the ordinary 
compliments of civilized life, there is no intention 
to deceive, and, consequently, no falsehood. Polite 
laDgnageis pleasant to the ear and soothing to the 
heart, while rough words are just the reverse; and 
if not the product of ill temper, are very apt to 
produce it. The plainest of truths, let it lie re¬ 
membered, can he conveyed in civil speech, while 
the most malignant of lies may find utterance, and 
often do, in the language of the fish market. 
GREAT COUNTRY FOR THE LADIES. 
Tiie time for marriage in Sparta was fixed by 
statute—that of the men at about thirty or thirty- 
five years; that of the women at about twenty or 
a little younger. All men who continued unmar 
ried after the appointed time were liable to a 
prosecution; and all old bachelors were prohibited 
from being present, at the public exercise ot the 
Spartan maidens, and. were denied tho usual re¬ 
spect and honors paid to tho aged. “ Why should 
I give you place,” cried a young man to an un¬ 
married general, “ when you have uo child to give 
me place when 1 am old?” No marriage portions 
were given with any of the maidens, so that neither 
poverty should prevent a gallant, nor riches tempt 
him, to marry oontrary to his inclinations. The 
parents of three children CDjoyed considerable 
immunities, nnd those with four children paid no 
taxes whatever—a regulation which all married 
men with large families will readily admit to he 
most wise and equitable. It was customary for 
the bridesmaid to cut all the bride’s hair on the 
wedding-day, so that, for some time, at leaBt, her 
personal attractions should increase with her 
years .—Life and Travels of Herodotus. 
