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GAMBLING HOUSES.—It is the custom with the press of this city, when speaking of the capture of any malefactor by a police officer, or the apprehen sion, after a long and arduous chase, of a refugee from justice, to trumpet the praise of a police "of ficer who effected the exploit, and to designate him as "active,'t "intelligent," "indefatigable," and "vigilant," and to exhaust the laudatory terms of the dictionary in eulogiuius upon his tact and assi duity, his unerring sagacity, his skill in developing the deepest laid schemes of iniquity, and his inte grity in withstanding the most alluring offers to in duce him to connive at the escape and impunity of the offenders. VVe have 110 doubt that jail this is well founded, and that the police of New York is endowed with the most super-eminent keenness of observation, and that as a "committee of public safety" they are unrivalled!—and yet how is it, that, with such efficient, omniscient, and omnipre sent characteristics, we hear daily such complaints made of the prevalence of gambling, and the ruin of so in&ny individuals, and the distress of so many families attributed to this shocking propensity and infatuation] In the immediate neighborhood of the theatres, we are told, that these dens of infamy and villany, these veritable "hells," flourish ex ceedingly, and are carried on openly, and without precaution that access thereto is a matter of the completes! facility, and that young and old, trades men and clerks, are to be found there nightly, woo ing the fickle goddess, and rushing to her embraces over aground strewed with ruined hopes, perverted genius, mental qualities which have become a curse to their possessor, and all the bright promises of life tarnished and baffled, and offer up as a sacri fice to the fatal idol of excitement and avarice, which end in madness, and whose disappointment is met by despair and suicide. Th* approaches to this ensnaring vice are more insidious than the blandishments by which the young and inexperienced are allured to any other forbid den enjoyment amusement becomcs habitude and an evil habit degenerates into a positive vice vicious indulgences assume the aspect of crime, and the headlong desccnt to fraud, violence, and murder is marvellously rapid. While an individual gazes in fancied security at the scene, he is insensibly harried to the brink of the precipice and after merely hazarding his own means, he comes by de grees to take the property of others to feed his des tructive appetite for play, and his imprudence in the first instance paves the way to robbery forgery comes next and the fearful catalogue of mortal frailty is closed with self-destruction or murder. The number of these establishments where rou lette and faio tables are accessible in ihiscily would frighten the innocent, and should be a matter of deep anxiety to the city 'authorities,and their agents. It is not by adjudicating upon crimes already com mitted, and punishing the perpetrators, that the R£f.ce ""dgood order of society can be preserved. I his can only be effected by removing and destroy ing the facilities and means of crime—and this end it is in the power of the police to accomplish. They know the location of every establishment of this kind as well as of every biothel, and it is their du iml.and V,eco'ne ,he out this deadly evil. instruments ol rooting xf they do not choose to de tain and expose those caught in the forbidden game, they can at least destroy the implements of mischief —-and until this be done, it w ill be absurd for us to raise an outcry against the viciousness of other ci ties, and proclaim our own superior morality. The negligcnce and supinenessof the police is, in fact ^een*e• an(' of ®ve« i« Paris, the great sink Of European vice and depravity, they have refused to allow the existence of licensed establishments of this character! ihl8 "I'1 th°roughlyand timely probed, eradicated, and a searching caustic applied, the consequences will be awfully manifest, and the in- ®nme? broach of trust, plunder, forgery, and the other crimes which follow in the train ofd£ grace and despair will succeed in fearful and rap- 10 increase. We. have said our §ay. jy. York TratueripL A BACHELORS IDEA OP A WIFE. A wife should have nine qualifica tions which begin with the letter P. Piety, Perseverance, Patience, Pru dence, Patriotism,Politeness,Persua sion, Penetration, and portion.-That Which should be first of all, and most of all in consideration, which is piety, is now-a-day the least of all, the last of all, and with many not at all.-— That which should be the last of all, of all in consideration, which become first of all E E O OR, SCENES AT THE GENERA L.WAYNE, A TALE BY MISS LESLIE. (Continued from Nn. 20.) The (upper table was now sot, and Mr. Culpep per had aecome so gracious with his landlord, as to propose :hat he and his nephews should eat with the family during their stay. "That is what my guests aiways do," said Colonel llrighain "and then we can see that all is right, and th&t they are well served." When supper cK^ie in, -Mr. Culpepper declined leaving the drc-silo and having previously had some tapioca brought from one of his travelling box es, and prepared according to his own directions, he commenced his repast on a small round table or stand, that was placed beside him, declaring that his evening meal never consisted of any thing more than a little tapioca, sago, or arrow root. But after taking a survey of the variety of nice looking things that were profusely spread on the supper-table, the old gentleman so far broke through his rule, as to say he would try a cup of tea and a rusk. When Mrs. Brigham had poured it out, the four nephews, who at their uncle's sign manual, had just taken their scats at the table, all started up at once tohand him his cup, though there was a black boy in attendance. The business was final ly adjusted by one of the Mr. Lambleys taking the tea-cup, one the cream-jug, one the sugar-dish, and one the plate of rusk and he of the cup was kept going all the time, first to have more water put in to it, then more tea, then more water, and then more tea again. The inavlid next concludcd to try a cup of coffee to counteract, as lie said, any bad effects that might arise from the lea and he ventured, also, 011 some well-buttered buck-wheat cake and honey. He was afterwards emboldened to attempt some stewed chicken and milk-toast, and finally finished with preserved poaches and crcam. All these articles were carried to him by his ne phews, jumping up and running with an empresse mcnt, that excited the amazement of Mrs. Brig ham, the pity of Fanny, the smiles of her father, atid the indignation ot'Oliver. The females retired with the supper equipage and finding that Col. Brigham had served in the war of independence, Mr. Culpepper engaged him in recounting some reiuiniscncesof those eventful times for the veteran had seen and known much that was well worth hearing. The Mr. Lambleys, unaccustomed to feel or to afleet an interest in any thing that was not said or done by their uncle, looked very weary, and at last became palpably sleepy. They all sat in full view, and within reach of old Culpepper, who, whenever he perceived them to nod, or to show any other in dication of drowsiness, poked at them with his cane, so as effectually to rouse them for a time, causing them to start forward, and set their faces to a smile, stretching up their eyes lokeep them wide open. At last the Colonel, who was much amused by the absurdity of the scene, cume to a full pause. "Uo on," said Culpepper, "never mind their nodding. 1'jl see that they do not go to sleep." The Colonel, out of compassion to the young men, shortened his story as much as possible, and finally, 011 Mrs. Briglutm sending in tlio black boy with bed-candles, Mr. Culpepper looked at his watch, and rose from his chair. The nephews were all on their feel in a moment. One tied the old man's fur tippet round his neck, to prevent his taking cold in ascending the stair-case, another put on his hat for him, and the two others contended for the happiness of carrying his cloak. "What are you about."' said Mr. Culpepper, "do you not see my great coat there on the chair? Take that, one of you." He bade good night, and the procession began to move, headed by Peter, the black boy, lighting them upstairs. As soon as they were entirely out of hearing, Colonel Brigham, who had with difficulty restrain ed himself, broke out into ri laugh, but Oliver tra versed the room indignantly. "I have 110 patience," said he, "with such fel lows. To think that full-grown men—men that have hands to work and get their own living, should hum ble themselves to the dust, and submit to be treat ed as lacqueys by an old uncle, (or indeed' by any body,) merely because he happens to be rich, and they expect to get his money when he sees proper to die, which may not be these twenty years, for it is plain that nothing ails him. 'I'd rather be a dog and bay the 1110011,' as I once heard an actor say in the Philadelphia play-house—Now I talk of Phila delphia 1 have engaged allour nextbarley to Wort ley and Hopkins. Tliey pay better than Maltman and Co.—But these Lambleys, Shcepleys rather— 1 saw them from the barn handing the old fellow out of the stage. I almost expected to see them lift his feet for him I was glad he scattered them all as soon as he had got down the steps. I dare say if he rides on horseback, they all four run beside hiin and hold him 011 his horse.—Now I talk of horses, I've concluded to keep the two bay colts, and raise them myself. Tom Martingale shall not have them for the price he offers.—To see how these chaps fetch and carry, and raise up and sit down, just at that old fellow's beck. It would be harder work to 111c than following the plough from sun-rise to sun set, were 1 obliged to do so.—Now I talk of plough ing I bought another yoke of oxen yesterday, and hired a Dutchman. I shall put the five acre field in corn.—That old villain! you may see by his eye that he is despising them all the time. Why should not he 7 ninnies as they are. I wonder where they all came froin 1 do not believe they are Ameri cans]" "And yet," said Colonel Brigham, "they do not speak like Englishmen, and I am sure they are nei ther Scotch nor Irish." "Ihear them all pacing about up stairs in the old fellow's room," said Oliver "think of four men putting one man to bed, or of any one man allowing four to do it. But 'their souls are subdued to what they work in,' as I heard another play-actor say. By tho bye, the old rogue has forgotlon his red box, and left it on the inantle-piece. I wonder what is in it?" "May be its full of gold money," said Mrs. Brig ham, who had just entered the room with Fanny, the daughterproceedingto put,back the chairs, while the mother swept up the hearth. "Bank notes rather," said Oliver. "Jewels, I think," said Fanny. "Deeds of property, perhaps,'? said the Colonel. ''Well, well," said Mrs. Brigham, "'tis time for all good people to be in bed, so we'll let the strangers and their box rest till to-morrow." "I think," observed the Colonel, "the box had better be carried up to thein. Take it Oliver." "I just heard the young men leave their uncle's room to go to their own," said Mrs. Brigham. "May be it won't do to disturb him, now he's in bed." "Then let it be taken to the young men," return ed the Colonel. "Where have you put them?" "I told Peter to shew them all to the four-bedded room, at the other end of tha house," answered Mrs. Brigham, "as they seemed to be alike in eve ry thing, Isujiposed they'always preferred sleeping in the same pfewe. All the four beds hare exactly the same blue and white coverlets." "Well," said Oliver, "I'll take them the box as I pass their room on the way to my own. But I must go first to the stable, and see how Sorrell's foot is I cannot be satisfied if I do not look at it VOL. I.] DU BUQUE, (LEAD MINES,) WISCONSIN TERRITORY, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9,11836. U O U U I E E U I O O O U A I their apartments, and Olivor took a lantern and went to the stable, to inspoct again the^state of the disabled horse. When the four Lambleys waited on their uncle out of the parlor, they all perceived that tho old gentleman had for the first time forgotten to take the red morocco box with him, and thoy allexcfean ged glances to this effect, being used to oach other's signs. After they had gone through tho tedious process of seeing him to bed, and carefully folding Jip-hi«-4i-uiiieiiou.4 £«uuiuuu, ihey~iic1d a cousulfa- tion in their own roem and, accustomed to aelitig in concert, they concludcd that 3s soon as the home was quiet, they would all go down stairs tqgetlitr and bring up the red box. Fortunately fqf' them, they knew Mr. Culpepper to be a sound*sleeper, notwithstanding his constant assertions tl the con trary, and that he always went to sleep is soon as he was in bed. i When they came into the parlor, whire all was now dark and silent, they set their caiulli on the ta ble, and taking down the red box, one ol them said, "At last we have an opportunity of satiifying our selves." 'Tis the first time," said another, "that tho box has ever been out of the old villain'spogsession. How strange that he should not have missed it. He must have had something in his head «iore than u sual to-night." "He even forgot to take his lozenges before he wentto-bed," said tho third. "James," said the fourth, "didyou slip the little key out of his under waistcoat pocket, as I signed to you to do while you wcro folding it up 7" "To be sure I did," replied James, "here it is," (dangling it by the red ribbon that was tied to it.) "But do you open the box George, for I am afraid." "CJive me the key then," said George, "for wo have no time to lose." hat a lucky chance said Richard Lambley. "Now," said W illiam, "we shall learn what we have been longing to discover lor the last 5years." The key was turned, and the box opened. A fol ded parchment lay within it, tied round with a rcifc tape. Each of the brothers simultaneously put out) a hand to grasp it. 1 "One at a time," said the elder, taking it out anil opening it "just as we suspected. It is the oh} fellow's will, regularly drawn up, signed and wit nessed." They looked over each other's shoulders in in tense anxiety, whilo the eldest of the brothers, in a low voice, ran over the contents of the parchment, There was a unanimous exclamation of surprise that amounted almost to horror, when, after the u sual preamble, they came to some explicit words, by which tho testator devoted the whole of his prop erty to the endowmentof a hospital for idiots. They had proceeded thus far, when thoy wore startled by tho entrance of Oliver, who saw in a moment in' what manner they were all engaged. They hastU ly folded up the will, and replaced it in the box, of which they directly turned tho key, looking very much disconcerted. "I was coming," said Oliver, selling down ihis lantern, "to get that box and take it to you, fiat you might keep it safe for your uncle till morning. I have been detained at the stable longer than ex pected, doing something fbralamc horse." There was a whispering among the Lamblej?. "Very well," said one of them to Oliver, "the box can stand 011 the mantle-piece till morning,and then when my uncle comes down he can gel it for himself, lie must not be disturbed with itto-u fcht and no doubt it will bo safe enough here." The trurli was, they were all justly improved with the persuasion, thai if Mr. Culpepper knew the box to have been all night in thoir rrtoin, he would believe, as a thing of course, that they had opened it by some means, and examined its ton tents. Servility and integrity rarely go together. They whispered again, and each advanced to wardsOiiver, holding out a dollar. "What is this for," said Oliver, drawing bafik. "We do not wish you," said one of the Lamb leys, "to mention to any one, that you found us examining this box." "Why should i men'ion it?" replied Oliver, "do you suppose I tell every thing I. see and hear? But what is that money for?" "For you," said tho Lambleys "What am I to do for it?" "Keep our secret." Oliverstaited back, coloured to his temples, con tracted his brow, and clonching his hands, said, "I think I could beat you all four. 1 am sure of it. could knock every one of you down, and keep you there, one after another. Audi will do it too, if you don't put up that money this instant." The Lambleys quickly returned the dollars to their pockets, murmuring an apology and Oliver paced the room in great agitation, saying, "I'll go west. I'll go to the backest of the back woods no body there will affront me with money." The Lambleys hastily leplaced the red bo* on the mantle-piece, and taking an opportunity when Oliver, as he walked up and down, was at the far end of the room, with his back to them, they all stole past him and glided up stairs, to talk over the dis covery of the night. Having 110 longer the same motive for submitting to,the iron rule of thoir uncle, they were eager to bo Emancipated from his tyranny, and they spent stnceral hours in canvassing the manner ill which this was to be effected. They had not candor e nough to acknowledge that they had inspected the will, nor courage to break out into open rebellion, still, knowing what they now did, they feared that it would be impossible for thein to persevere in their usual assiduities to Mr. Culpepper, for whom they could find 110 term that eseiuod sufficiently oppro brious. Habit is second nature. The morning found them wuMial, ijMheir uncle's room to assist at his toilet, with airtffcif accustomed submission. The one that had purloined the key of the red box, took care to contrive an opportunity of slipping it unper ceived into the pocket, as he unfolded and handed Mr. Culpepper his under waistcoat. After he was shaved and drest, and ready to go down stairs, the old gentleman suddenly missed the red box, and exclaimed, "Why, where is my box? What has gone with it? Who has taken it I" The nephews had all turned their faces to the windows, and were steadfastly engaged in observ ing the pigeons that were walking about the roof of the porch. Where's my red box, I say?" vocefcrated the old mail. "Go and see if I left it down stairs last night. A thing impossible, though. No, stay, I'll not trust one of you. I'll go down myself." He then actually ran down stairs, and on enter ing the parlor where the breakfast table was alrea dy set, and tho family all assembled, he espied the red box standing quietly on the inaiitlc-piece. "Ah he ejaculated, "there it is. I feared I had lost it." And he felt 111 his waistcoat pocket to ascertain if the key was safe. To Mrs. Brigham's i.iquiry, of "how ho had rest ed," Mr. Culpepper replied In a melancholy tone, that he had not slept a wink the whole night. O11 her asking if any thing had disturbed him, here' plied, "Nothing whatever nothing but the usual restlessness of ill health." And lie seemed almost offended when she suggested the possibility of being asleep without knowing it. Though he assured the family, when he (at down, that he had not the slightest appetite, iht howl, of soon pushed aside, and his breakfast became the counterpart of his supper the night before. In taking their soats, the Lambleys, instead of their customary amicable contention, as to which of them should sit next their uncle, now, in tho awk iwardhess of their embarrassment, all got to the oth |er side of tho table, and ranged themselves opposite to him in a row. Mr. Culpepper looked surprised, ead invited Fanny and Oliver to place thcinsolvcs Ixjside him. Fiic four young men were very irregular and in consistent in thoir behavior. As often as their ui\ *rle Slpnifisd any of his numerous wanvrf their ha bitual sycophancy caused thein to start forward to wait 011 him but their rocent disappointment with regard to the disposal of his wealth, and thoir se cret consciousness of the illicit means they had made use of to discover the tenor of his will, ren dered them unable to watch his countenance, and anticipate his demands by keeping their eyes 011 his face, as heretofore. Their uncle saw that they were all in a strange way, and that something unusual was possessing them, and frequently in the midst of his talk with Col. Brigham, he stopped to look at them and won der. Something having reminded him of acortain ridiculous anecdote, he related it to the amusement Dftho Brighams, who heard it for the first time. Mr. Culpepper, 011 looking over at his nephews, per ceived that instead of laughing in concert, (as they always did at this, his favorite joke,) thoy all ap peared distrait, and as if thoy had not paid tho slightest attention to it. He bent forward across tho table, and fixing his keen eyes upon them, said witha scrutinizing look and in anundcr-tono, "You have been reading my will!" The poor Lambleys all la id down their knivesand forks, turned pale, and nearly fell back in their chairs. "Don't expose yourselves farther," whispered Culpepper, leaning across to them, "I know you all and then turning to Colonel Brigham, ho with much sangfroid pursued tho conversation. Oliver, (who alone of the family understood what was passing,) began to foel much compassion for tho poor young men. The scene bocame very pain ful to him, and finding that his aversion to the un cle was increasing almost beyond concealment, ho hastily finished hiscoffee, and quitted tho room. When breakfast was over, and thoy were all loa ving tho table, old Culpepper said aside to his ne phews, "In founding an hospital lor idiots, I still give you an opportunity of benefiting by my boun ty." They reddened, and were about to quit the par lour, when their unclc, takiug a chair himself, said to them, "sit down, ail of you." They mechani cally obeyed, looking as if they were about to re ceive sentence of death. Fanny began to feel fright ened, and glided out of the room her mother having just followed the departure of tho breakfast things. Colonel Brigham rose also to go, whon Mr. Cul pepper stopped him, saying, "Kemain my good friend. Stay and hoarmy cxplanition ofsoiuo things that must have excited your curiosity." He then took down the red box. The nephews looked at each other, and a sort of whisper ran a long the line, which-ended iu their all jumping up together, and bolting out at the door. Mr. Culpepper gazed after them awhile, and then turned towards Colonel Brigham with a sardo nic laugh on his face. "Well, well," said he,"they are right. It is refreshing to see them for once act ing naturally. It was, perhaps, expecting too much, even of them, to suppose thoy would set still and lis ten to all I was likely to say, for they know me well. Yet, if they hud not read my will, they would not have dared to quit the room when 1 ordered them to remain." He then proceeded to relate that he was a native of Quebec, where iu early life he had long been en gaged in a very profitable commercial business, and had been left a widower at tho age ol lorty. A few years afterwards he married again. Hissecond wife was a lady of large fortune, which she made over to him, on condition that he should take her family liumo of Culpepper. The Mr. Lambleys were the nephews of his wife, being the childron of her younger sister. O11 the death of their parents, ho was induced by her to give them a home in his house. The four Lomblcys had very little property of their own, their father having dissipated nearly all that he had acquired by his marriage. They had -been educated for professions, in which it was soon found that they had neither the ability nor tho persever ance to succeed theirwhole souls seeming concen trated to 011a point, that of gaining the favor of their uncle, (who lost his second wife a few years a.'t: their marriage,) and with this object they vied with each other in a course of unremitting and untiring servilities, foolishly supposing it the only way to accomplish their aim of eventually becoming his heirsr All that they gained beyond tho payment of their current expenses, was Mr. Culpepper's unqualified contempt. Ho made a secret resolution to revenge himself011 their duplicity, and to disappoint their mercenary views by playing them a trick at the last, and he had a will drawn up, in which he devised his whole property to the establishment of a hospi tal. This will he always carried about with him in the morocco box. lie had come to ihe United States on a tour for the benefit of his health, and also to satisfy himself as to the truth of all lie had heard respecting the unparalleled improvement of the country since it had throwu off lite yoke, which his fellow subjects ofCanada were still satisfied to wear. "And now," continued Mr. Culpepper to his landlord, "you have not seen all that is iu the red box. 1 know not by what presentiment I am im pelled, but short as our acquaintance has been, 1 cannot resist an unaccountable inclination to speak more openly ofiny private affairs to you, Colonel Brigham, than to any person I have ever mot with, i foci pereuaded that I shall find no causc to regret having done so. It is a long time since I have had any one near me to whom I could talk {confidential ly." And he added with a sigh, "I fear that I inay say with Shakspcare's Itichard, 'there is 110 creature loves me.'" Mr. Culpepper then opened the red box, and took out from beneath the will, and several other docu ments that lay under it, a folded paper, which he hold in his hand for some moments in silence. He then gave it to Col. Brigham, saying, "Do.you o pen it I cannot. It is more than twenty yeais since I have seen it." To be continued.) THE FAR WEST.—Where shall we fiud the far west? Within your recollection nnd mine, this spot was so considered but now, tho west is barely thought of, whon speaking of Buffalo and evon at Chicago, you hear tho west spoken of, as wo did of Buffalo a few years ago. The. vast tide of emigra tion cannot be stopped until the Pacific opposes a barrier. I have just left a gentleman who has made large purchases on the Rock River,and who informs 1 me that it is one of the most beautiful countrios in the western world. i At tho early period of the settlement of this coun try, the water craft were canoes now Buffalo har bor resembles more a sea-port than many of your Atlantic cities. Since I have been here (3 days,) the arrivals have been upward of thirty each day. Among thein was the new ship Milwaukee, from Chicago, with a earao of upward of three thousand unite th»ft 300 tons, of fino model, andhas cfcellent accommoda tions for passengers: tho farcin the In tie year 1834, cabin, to Chi cago, is $20. Besides two slws, three brigs, and a large number of schooners an sloops, (upwards of fifty of theni are owned in Bumlo,) there are thir ty-five American steamboats Ji lake Erie, the ton nage of which is 8,000 tons—tie capital invested*!! steam boat stock alone excess one million of dol lars. Some of tho boats arofof theBfirst class and are equal 10 your Boston boils—eighteen are over three hundred tons. Therl fJValeo four British steam boats which ply on sonw MR of this lafe—tho Mcnuessetuuk, on lake St. j.C'i" ft.rtnWMy.Yti pairing for Maiden—tho ^humes, aiuTTc*tangue shine, which runs from Lake Huron to the pper lakes. Tho annual consumption of wood by tlqge boats exceeds fifteen thousand cords every season. During tSe year 1835, there was received at Buf falo by tVe canal, merchandise, destined for the west, and without the bounds of thiB state .•)(!,fUl,.%21bs. 34,W».\l89lbB. Bring an increase of 2,027,8731bs. It the same period there was re ceived at Buffalo,by tho canal, mor chindiso for Buffalo, and other pla ces in western New York 23,3'15,3541bs. In tho year 1831, 13,-251,f861bs. -.Being an increase of 9,090,7681bs. The amount of manufactures the past year was over two millions of dollars, and the sales of mer chandise cstimatod at nearly sixmillions and ono hundred and thirty thousand dollars have been ex pended in the erection of buildings. These sta tist ics 1 have gathered from Mr. Crary's history of Buffalo.—-JV. Y. Spectator. From tho Michigan Statesman. SPECULATION.—The rage for spec ulation in wild lands, though natural enough in the present stat« of things, and, indeed, unavoidable to some ex tent, is, notwithstanding, a great rmpe diment to the pursuit of agriculture. Men come to this country to make mo iiey- by speculating, not by steadily pursuing a course of tilling the fertile soil, ol which they become the tempo rary proprietors, and which soon pass es into the hands of others, who are equally disposed to sell out at an ad vance. llence the low state of the a gricultural art every where to be seen in this state and until all the public land is sold, we despair of seeing even a beginning to a regular system of cul tivation^) It is no uncommon sight to see beautiful and fcHile tracts of land, even within the view of our villages, as yet unused to the echo of the wood man's axe, and lying untoched by the shear of the ploughman. The minds of all are too much occupied in dreams of gathering wealth'in handsful of dol lars, by speculation, instead of aid ing dame Nature in her throes to yield a slow, but sure reward to her votaries. How much better it would be, if those who purchase lan«|, would purchase moderately, and pUt their team to the plough? Some writer has made the remark that, "He vho has caused one spear of grass to grow, where none grew before, is deserving tl)e gratitude of his countrymen." But speculators are thorough egotists. The public good never enters into their calculations. For ourselves, we do not look with complacency on the present rabid state of the public mind *s to speculation. The bubble will soori burst, and leave its usual froth behind, as the only con solation left for wearisome days and nights spent in pursuit evanescent for tune. i There is another view to be taken of this subject. The present mode of speculation is a species of gambling, leading men to rely Upon uncertain c vents for the completion of their grasp ing and eager wishes for wealth. It puts a stop to the pursuit of every oth er object worth the attainment of good and virtuous citizens. It operates as an essential check to efforts to arrive at moral and intellectual excellence. It impedes the progress of science and li terature, and of every species of moral culture. It leaves the mind a barren waste, unprepared for the reception ei ther of moral or religious impressions. It is the moral upas, which taints, with the poison of its influence, every aspi ration of the mind after purity of tho't and integrity of conduct. Happy is the man who escapes unscathed the en ticing vortex! STOCK-JOBBING,SPECULATION, &C.- That a large proportion of the crimes committed, result directly or indirectly from the unregulated spirit of specula tion now so general throughout the U nioil, is believed by many—though it might be difficult in most cases to show their dependence satisfactorily to the public—that the practic^o!**gambling in stocks uniformly exert^ deleteri ous influence on tht. fpofa! perception of those who induifj^g 't, scarcely ad mits.of a doubt atmni it unchantabie to refer many of the suicides that oc cur among men of supposed fair stand ing, to an anticipated ruin from a bad speculation? How many, too, of thoie who tenant our penitentiaries—-men whja acquiremcuU ire such [NO. 9ff honor to themselves & country, can date the downfall of their character and hopes, to an unlawful effort to retrieve1 an unfortunate throw on the dice board of gambling speculation? How ^nany who have been called to consummately their existence on the scaffold, cover"1* ing their own and relatives' names with infamy an® degradation, might tracer Iated desire for the attainment of wealtn a desire too vehement to await the certain results of persevering and pa tieriyindustry! Why will men jeih pardiiv their good name so rashly as many dbywho have already much more than they need, when they may not only lose that, but what they prize far more highly, an honest fame? Forgeries, and often murder, flow from the wild spirit of speculation which is imbibed more or less by tho American people, and without preten ding to prescience, we believe a day of fearful retribution awaits many whose temerity has outstripped their judg ments. Can it be expected that crimes will not increase apace when the geni al current that warms and enlivens so-^ ci'ety, is chilled or frozen by the breath. of an all-absorbing avarice? We may boast of our augmenting wealth, but it will in the end prove in a measure de« ceptive, or be found to have been ac quired at the expense of the moral wealth of the body politic. These crude remarks may be baseless, which will only show we have erred and should this be the case, there will be a redeeming consideration in the fact,~ that such error was on the side of safe ty.—Rochester Republican. Prince Potemkin.—Of all the men of his time, the most powerful, the richest, the most magnificent, without any contradiction, was Prince Potem kin. It is impossible to repeat here all that has been said of this celebrated favorite of the empress Catharine. He was ingenious in his magnificence, and delicate in his gallantry. He was de sirous, at one time, to oiler to a lady he admired, a Cashmere shawl, the most splendid to be found in Europe^1 But how should he manage to induce her to accept it? He immediately formed a lottery, and two hundred la dies each drew by it a Cashmere, that the richest one might-&H as- a prtitfTO the lady of his lore. After Catha*J^ rine's journey to the Crimea, and hef^" return to St. Petersburgh, Potemkin returned to the army. Several ofjtbe generals under his command had brot' their wives there. It was on this oc casion that he become acquainted with the princess Dalgorouski» Her name was Catharine, the same as was the em press', and when her saint's day arriv ed, Potemkin, gave a great dinner, as if in honor of the empress. But he had the princess placed near himself. At the dessert, crystal cups, filled with diamonds, were brought, and the la dies were served by the spoonful and when the queen of the feast expressed her surprise at so much magnificence, 'How can you be astonished at any thing,' said he, in a low voice, 'when it is for you that the feast is made.' This princess, so feasted and honor ed in a camp, with Asiatic luxury, ex pressed a wish to see a place assaulted by the army. She set out before the appointed time. The breach was not prepared. The assault was made, how ever and the consequence of this pre mature movement was, that two or three thousand men were sacrificed un der the walls of Oczakoff, to satisfy the cruel curiosity of a woman, and the blind passion of her lover, the cora mander-in-chiefc Potemkin, who had governed so long the empire and the empress, died. with vexation at seeing a new favorite preferred to hinwelf. The peace had just been signed against hts will, oleic before, he became mortally ill. .Noth ing, however, could prevent him from setting out for St. Petersburgh. His diseases made, in a hours, horrible advances. The motfj&n of the Carriage4 became insupportable to him. They laid him down on a meadow, and there Potemkin breathed his last,on the 15th October, 1791, in the arms of the prin-^*^ cess Branitska, his neice. dear,' said the princess Qalitgjfrgg|r• 'this great prince, who bad power, so many diamond»^«ld*MWiP o i e o n e a e n property, after 175 mill ions.—J?kc* V dame Le Brun* The greatness of life is, to pf oqnwlve. as to da U iA