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, THE TIMES, Is published ©very Wednesday morning, !>THI GRANITE BUILDING, ‘Corner of Oglethorpe and Randolph streets, by ]I. F OKS If Til, Ol W. L. JETER, PROPRIETORS. TERM i-Thrsf, Dollars >er annum, payable invarni'dy in advance,(or new subscriptions. too I•i* ‘r will be discontinued while any arrearages is diiv unless at the option of the proprietor, and Fouii hollars will in all case* be exacted where pay newt is not made before ilie expiration of the subscription year. AI)V fcl v-TISEMENTS conspicuously inserted at On it Dollar per one hundred words, for the first . insertion, and fifty cents for every subsequent continuance. All AnvfißTisßatESTS, sent to us without specify ing the number df Insertions desired, will be con tinued urttildrdercd out, and charged accordingly. Legal Advertisements published at the usual rates, and with strict attentiou to the requisitijns of the law. Sheriff's SiLF.s tinder regular executions, must be advertised for thirtt yAts; under mortgage fi fas, stxtr DATs before the day of sale; Salks of Land and Negroes, by Executors, Ad ministrators or Guaidians, for sixty days before tUe day of sale. Sales of personal property (except ilegroes) fdRTY DAYS. Citations by Cl6rk9 of Courts of Ordinary, upon application for letters of administration are to be published for thirty days. Citations upon application for dismission, by Executors, Administrators or Guardians, mouth ty for six MONTHS. Orders of Courts of Ordinary, (accompanied with a copy of tho bond, or agreement) to make title to land, must be published three months. ji JVoticks by Executors or Administrators or Guard ians, of application to the Court of Ordinary for I leave to sell the Land or Negroes of an estate, FOUR MONTHS. Notices by Executors or adminlst rators, to the - Debtors and Creditors of an estate,for six weeks I (Lj* Letters to the proprietors on business, must be post paid, to entitle them to attention. ? LAW NOTICES. C. S. Rockwell, ATTORNEY AT LAW; Columbus, (3a. OTice on Broad Street, ovor Mr. LcUav’s Jewel ry Store. April 2, 1845, 14—ts _ COi\G & WILLIAMS, ATTORNEYS AT L A W . Columbus, Georoia. in Hoopet’a New Building; East pT side Broad street, near the martlet. *'iNCTS H CONE, I |CUARLES J. WILLIAMS. j April 2, 164 j. 14—If. Robert B. Lester ATTORNEYATLAW, Tazewell Marion County Ga. Marvh 12 1843. 12— ly. William iffizcll. ATTORNEY AT LAW; Tazewell, Marion Count?-, Ga. March 5, 1845, 11—ly LAW NOTIC1!. HAVING associa’ed .ourselves toyethei in the practice of the LAW under the name ol STEINER & EICHARDb, tt) will a*t*n 1 the several Courts hi tue Counties of Chamber*, Russell, Macon, Ta lap->osa& Randolph, and the Supreme Court of die State. OJS ;e next dujr to the i*ot O fieo. LnFavctte Ala JOHN J. STEINER, EVAN G. RICHARDS. Feb. 2G 1845. 9—ini. James H. litthcll, ATTO R N EY AT LA W, Residence —Lumpkin, Georgia. WrtiL devote bis attention hireafler, exrlttsivc* Iv lo lits profession, utid w : ! aitiud pnnctii *"y to all* business entrested to his care, in any coun- 1 ty in this Glia'tahoochee or Siuth-Western Circuits. Feb 5, 1815 6 —ly .1. s. ramiv.n, ATTORNEY AT LAW. SrAtticsviLtE, Lee Cos. Ga. Februßrr'S, 1815- 6—l y. William SI. Martin, Solicitor and attorney at LAW. Office, In Girard, Alabama. RESPECTFULLY tendcru his profrssioi) il services f<> the publi: generally ; he. takes this Method of apprising his patrons, tnat he makes no collections for less than ten per cent, on any gum ? not exceeding one thousand dollars, his t-easons for this publication,is to g : v ’ general notice to those who have already intrusted him with their butines*,-with out special contract; that they may withdraw the same if they prefer, and ad future patrons if any, may expect to be governed by this no*ice. WM. B. MARTIN. January 8, 1845 2—ly L.WV NOTICE. William B. Pryos* HAS settled himself in the Town of I.aGrange Troup county, Georgia, and will practice law in the counties of Troup, Meriwether, Coweta, Campbell, Carroll and Heard, of the Coweta Circuit —and Harris 1 , Muscogee and ‘Halboi of the Chatta hoochee Circuit. Dec 18. 1844 51 —ly Taylor & Gonckc, ATTORNEY’S AT LA W; Obthbert, (Randolph county,) Ga. TMEI umlcrsigned havin’ agsoria ed lliemsoltcs in the pracnce of iliu Law, will give their at- Station to any business confided to them in the coun ties of RnirJotph, Early, Baker, Lee, Sumter, Dooly and Decatur in the Southwestern, and Stewart of the Chattahoochee circuit.. They will also attend the. eouni in Barbour and Henry counties in Alabama. William taylor. LEWIS A.GONEKE. November 13 1844. 46—ly. Ilccse & Ocimartly ATTORNEYS AT LAW; Crawford Ala. eittm.Es s. Reese, > • t. r. DKSNARD. ( Sept- 18, 1-844. 38—ly. E. 11. Platt, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Albany, Baker County, Ga. Jan 1, 1843 I—ts Burks & Step lie ii all, ATTORNEYS AT LAW; TALBOTTON, OA. JAMES M. BURKS, > JAMES L. STEPHENSON ) Feb'tß, 1844 9—ts COLttUITT St COOK, ATTORNEY’S AT LAW; LA GRANGE, GEORGIA. Will practice in the counties of Troup, Meiiwclhcr, Coweta, Fayette, and Carroll. Walter T. Colruitt, Columbus, Ga. Wm. C. D. Cook, La Grange. April 23 3 ®-t( DISSOLUTION. THE Law firm of IVERSON, FORSYTH & MEIGS, is dissolved by he retirement of H. V. MEIGS. Ear). Tho business of the otfico will be continued by Alfred Iverson, and John For syth, under the style of IVERSON & FORSYTII. I. & F. have removed to th e new building Easi side of Broad Street, near tho Market.* Cilice sp 1 stairs, over M. Biannan’s Store. Noy2o, 184#. 47—ts Georgia and Alabama Blanks FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE. Hf)e Coltmtbtts FORSYTH & JETER, editors] COLORED PORTRAITS, BY THE D AG UERREOTY PE TRUE to life and executed in a splendid style, by J. \V. FRENCH, at bis Rooms in Hoop er’s build.ng, near tl'.o Market, entrance on Broad street. No charge is made unless the likeness is satisfactory. Ladies and Gentlemen are respectfully invited to cdll and examine specimens Price of single pictures four dollars, duplicate pic ture, three dollars, group of two persons five, of three, six. April 9.1845 15—ts DA^ERRE#riTE PORVjyA ITS. MR. Jt\mDItF.NT, HAVING engagements with several families, will remain dui i/jhthis and next week ; and will be happy to wait /p<\ such as may favor him with a call—and he aureLhia customers, that iheii Portraits shall be takyn in th\ best possible manner. N. JL—-PortraiLy taken equally Well in cloudy, or even stormy wewher. April 9, 1845 / 15—ts feommme-. THE MECHANIC. lam Nature 1 * own nobleman, happy and freo, A peer of the realm might well envy me. For the land of the P.agTe has given me birth* And my sons are all freemen that meet Y nitnl my hearth. Vour cities, now rising with beauty an l might, Whose palace-like towers are fair to the sight, My band helped to build them, my strength lent its aid. And by the sweat of my brow, your prouud ci its are laid. The ship that sweeps prou lly o’er tho far-spreading sea, Has been ti \ bered and fashioned by tho labor v>f me, And the pure massive marble that strikes on the view, Is chisstl'ed and firmed lay the anizan too. The sini'h, as he hums o’er his anvil a glee, lie toils not for honors, or power—not he,* He dreads not lost office, he seeeks none to gain And the smithy's a king in Ins own proud domain. The bravest men from mechanics have sprung, And the sweetest of lays the mechanic have sung, And the proudest of hearts’ mechanic should wear, When conscious of right in their bosoms they bear. We find in the New York evening Ga zette (lie following malicious stanzas,evident ly from the pen Ola disappointed old bachelor. His mode of revenge will amuse her who made hiiu a victim : One eve of beauty, when tho fiun Was setting on the Gatidalquiver, To gold converting—one by otic — The ripples of the mighty rivor; Bc-ide ni*’ H on the bank, was scut and A {Seville girl, with auburn hair And eyes that might the world have cheated— A wild, bright, wicked, diamond pair, She stooped, and wrote tfpon the sand, Just a< tho setting sun was going, With such a small, soft, shining flthd, V*u would have sworn *twas silver flowing , Her words were three, and not one iure— Wha couhl the maiden’s motto be! The Syren wrote upon the JSho e, “Death, not IncoNitancy.”, And then her two large languid ryojj So turned on mi e, that—devil lane me—’ I set the air on fire with sighs. Ami was the fool she chose lo make r^e. St. Francis would have been decivt-d By such an eye ami such a hand ; But one week moie.aud I believed As much the woman as the said. Bxnckkx: MISCELLANY. NIGHT ATTACK ON FORT ERIE {August Hth 1814.) By “ Pequoi” ft new correspondence of the “ Spiri of the Times.” Ilost’.er ! bring up tho horses, wo will crosG the Canadisn shore, and ride leisurely o'er its battle-grounds. Tighten the girth, John,—Jump—l’m in my saddle. Are you read ’—Allans Well broken is that grey of yours, he lias a good long trot —how easy it makes yotl riso in the saddle, and how grace ful is the gait. But here we are at tho Fer ry. Now, we stand on British ground! Gen erous and gallant blood has deeply stained i’e soil : Olmetve these crumbling works— the stone fort facing the river—the remains of ramparts and trenches—here a bastion— further on, a redoubt—there again lines and earth-works, forming a continuous circle of defence, but all now faet sinking to their original level. These are, or rs'herwere, the fortress and defenses ot “Fort Erie.” When some years since Ir, de over the ground with our kind and excellent friend, the Major, 1 listened with great interest to his narration of the part of tho campaign acted upon this spot and adjoining country. I will repeat it to you as we ride over it. Jump your horse upon this decaying mound—it was a bastion. Standing on this bastion, “Here,” said tho Major, “we had thrown trp our lines, making the defences as strong as practicable. The British had also erected formidable works about huff a mile in front, (the forest inter ven ng,) composed of a large stone battery on their left, and two strong redoubts, from which they kept up an incessant discharge of shot and shells for several successive days, which was returned by us will) equal vigor. At length a shell from the batteries having fallen upon it, blew up one of our small mag azines but with trifling injury to the rest of the defences. They greatly miscalculated the damage, and were elated with their sue. cess, anil Gen. Gaines received secret infor mation t hat they in'ended to carry the works by storm on the following night. That night, said the Major i shall not soon forget. It set in intensely dark and cloudy, extremely favorable to the design of the enemy. Eve ry thing was put in the fullest state of pre paration to receive them. The men enthu siastically awaiting the attack, were ordered to lie on their arms. Extending along the lines, and manning the tort and bastion, our little army, in perfect silence, awaited their coming. The forest had been cleared about three hundred yards inlront of our works—beyond that were, as you see, the woods. As the u gilt wore on, wo listened with earnestness to every sound. A little after mid night, we heard on the dry leaves the stealthy sound of footsteps—pat—patter— patter- We lis tened—they caine nearer. A short, sharp challenge; “Who goes there ?” issued from that farther redoubt. The footsteps ceased, as if irresolute to advance or recode, and all was still. Anotherquick challenge—a rat tle of the musket, as if it fell into the hollow of the hand—followed the reply : —“ Picquot guard, forced in by the enemy’s advance.”— ‘•"Back, guard ! back to your posts instantly, or we will fire upon you,” rung the stern voice ot our commanding officer. Tho loot steps of the stragglers slowly receded, and entire stillness again obtained. It was as profound as the darkness, not even the hum of tho insect rose upon tho ear. We laid our heads upon tho ramparts, and listened with THE UNION OP THE STATES, AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OP THE STATES. COLUMBUS, GA. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 10, 1815. all our faculties. We listened. Perhaps half an hour elapsed, when we imagined we heard the dead, heavy sound of a large body of men—tramp—tramp —tramp —advancing thro’ the pitchy darkness. A few moments passed—a brisk scattering tire, and the pic <[uets came in in beautiful order under the brave subaltern in command. The mea sured tread of disciplined troops became ap parent. E very sense was stretched to the utri'.ost in expectancy—every eye endeavor ed lo fathom tho darkness in front, when, from Towson’S battery, towards the river, glanced a volume of inusquetry, and in anoth er instant, the whole line of the works; bas tion, redoubt, aud rampart, streamed forth one living sheet of flame. The eighteens mount ed where we stand, were filled to the muzzle with grape, cannisler, and bags of musket bullets—imagine their havoc. The enemy came on with loud shouts and undaunted bravery. By the continued glare of our dis charges, we could see dense dark masses of men, moving in columns to three separate pomts of attack upon our works. Our artil lery and musketry poured on them as they advanced a continual stream of fire, rolling and glancing from angles, bastions, and re doubts. Repulsed—they were re-formed by their officers, and brought again to the charge to 15 again repulsed. At such times, hours, fly like minutes. A life appears concentrat ed to a few moments. We had been engag ed perhaps an hear—perhaps three, when J heard in that bastion of the Fott, a hundred feet frum tne, above the uproar, a quick, fu rious struggle, as if of man engaged in fierce death fight ; a clashing of bayonets, and sharp pistol shots, mixed with heavy blows, and short quick breathing such as you have heard men make in violent exertion—in cut ting wood with axes, or in oilier severe man ual labor. The conflict, though fierce, was short—the assailants were repelled. Those that gained a footing were b iyuoetted, or thrown back over the parapet. In a few moments I heard again the same fierce strug gle, and again followed the like result and stillness—ifstiliHesS could be said to exist under continual roar of musketry and artille ry. A third time it arose, sudden and des perate ; it ceased, and presently a clear loud voice rose high above the battle from the bastion : “slop firing in front there, yotl are firing on your friends.” An instant cessation followed. We were deceived. In another moment, the voice of an officer with startling energy replied : “Aye, aye, we’ll stop; give it them, men, give it them !”—and the firing renewed, was continued with redoubled fu ry. The head of the centre column, com posed of eight hundred picked men, Ike veic raneof Egypt, led by Lieut. Col. Drummond in person, alter three several assualts, had gained possession of the bastion, and by that ruse, endeavored to cause a cessation of the tire—a result that might have been fatal to ue, had not the deception been soon discern ed. But the prize was of little value, as the bastion was commanded by the interior ot the works, and the men, under cover of the walls of an adjoining barrack, poured into the gorge that led from it, a continued storm of mu-ketry! The firing continued with unabated fury. The enemy, repulsed with greit loss in every attack, was unsuccessful in every point sure the bastion, the posses sion of which they still retained—when I heard A groaning roll and shake of the earth, and instantly the bastion, bodies of men, lim ner; guns, earth and stones, were blown up in the air like a volcano, making every thing in the glare as clear as noonday. A de scending timber dashed one of my arnllery men to pieces within a foot of my shoulder. Profound Hark tics and silence followed. Naught but the groans of the wounded and dying were heard. As if by mutual consent, the firing ceased, and the enemy withdrew, repuUed on every side, save from the p’rape* which they purchased for their grave. A huge quantity of fixed ammunition had been placed in the part, and a stray wad falling upon it, had blown them all up together. My duty required that I should minted lately re pair this bastion, and most horrible wns the sight—bodies burnt and mutitated—some of them still pulsating with life, among them Lieut. Colonel Drummond, the leader of the attack. There he lay in the morning light, stark and stiff, extended on the rampart, a ball having passed through his breast. His tory mourns, that his courage assumed the character of ferocity. His war-cry of “No quarter to the damned Yankees,” his own death warrant, was long remembered against bis countrymen. The enemy did not re sume the attack, but retiring to their en trenched camp. strengthened their works, and prepared to make the.T approach by regular advances. But come, spur on, wo have far to ride— spur on. Here we are upon the works. Here is the stone water battery and there the two strong redoubts, and back of them the remains of their lines, and deep entrench ments. These are tho works which were carried in the memorable and despefate sortie of Fort Erie. The right by Davis and Mil ler ; the left by Porter arid his volunteers. Here, on the left,quoth the Major, fell my gallant, my accomplished friend, Lieut. Col. Wood, at the head of his column. lie was one of the most brilliant officers in the service and as beautiful as a girl. I olten gazed with astonishment at the desperate dating that characterized him in action ; here he fell ; bayonetled to death on the ground on this spot;”—and here the Major’s voice quivered, and he turned his face from me, for the cruel death of Iris dear friend was too much for his manhood. His ashes sleep amid the Highlands of the Hudson, beneath their monument, near the flag staff at West Point, peace *0 Ins gallant spirit ! The stars of hie country, celt wave over no braver of her sons. The following is a fair sample of the puff oblique, while it has its fair allowance of humor. We find it in the M\ Y. Atlas. Two newsboys are supposed to be contem plating the smoking ruins of the Tribune office, a day ot two after the fire : “i say, Torn, it was easy enough for that old covey Noah to keep afloat on that ere raft of his’n when the waters riz ; but what could a feller do in a gineral covjlag gerafinn ?” “Why, Bill, I guess I’d jump into the North river. They wouldn’t go to set that on fire.” ‘‘A-fire ! no ; but if the airth was red hot, in course the river ’ud all be sol a-bil ing. Now tell us, Tom, where’d you stow your body and bones ?” “Well. Bill, I’in'blamcil if I know.” “ Then ye’r a spooney, Tom. I’ll tell ye what I’d : just run down to 139 Water street,jump into one o’ them sallymander safes, shut the door and tell the rest of the world to go to blazes 1” “ Bill, y’er right; there’s no burn up about them—l’m darned if ihero is.” Tho Potomac Shad and Herring fishe ries promise an abundant yield this sea- SOUt- THE SULTAN AT HOME; THE IMPERI AL HAREM AT CONSTANTINOPLE. Before the Sultan enters his harem at night, (and it is not customary for him to do so during the day,) he communicates to the aghain waiting the name of the kadinn whom he proposes to summon to his couch. The aglta conveys the message to the Khet Kbo do, who announces it to the first lady in waiting the kadinn, all of whom have the honor of receiving the Sultan’s visits in regu lar succession. Should indisposition prevent this, the next in turn is selected. At the appointed time, which is generally after yat sy namazy, (night of fifth prayer,*) tiie Sul tan proceeds lo the door dividing the harem from the tnabain or salamlyk. Here all his attendants, save the black agha on duty, niake their obeisance, and the door is opened by the portress inside. Care is taken that all issues looking upon the inner galleries, through which the monarch passes, shall be closed. No person iG permitted lo appear, and perfect silence is maintained. The Fultan has a suite of apartments with in the harem, to which the designated Indy is generally conducted, and from which she withdtaws at dawn. But sometimes ho hon ors the kadinn in her own apartment, in the latter case a signal is given by the agha, who proceeds the menarc.lt with lights ; and, the door being opened, the Sultan is receiv ed by the lady and her slavbo with the most abject demonstrations of respect. The same silence aud mystery -we observed in the morning. Should his highness bathe within the ha rem, which never occurs unless indisposi tion should prevent his quitting the interior, he is served by women allotted to this duty. They consist of gedelik, (chosen,) who are alone entitled to this honor. This process is conducted with rigid attention to etiquette and propriety, under the superintendence of two or mote elderly costa. The imperial bather is enveloped in crimson silk cloths embroidered iu gold called pestamel, and the attendants are attired in light but ample dresses. This ceremony is contrary to our ideas of .delicacy. Nevertheless, it is more decorous than might be supposed. The old oostas performed the required services while the Sultan is within the heated room; arid it is not until lie returns to the vestiary that the younger gedeklik approach, in order to offer refreshments, and to divert him with songs ktr stories, and this with most severe aud rigid respect fordcccrumt When it id tho Sultan’s plfiasuro to take refreshments in the apartments of any lady, ho is waited upon by that lady’s slaves. Sweetmeats, cakes, fruits, shfcrbets, collee, ices, and other delicacies, prepared by their own zealous hands, are presented. Each kadinn has a small kitchen, and great rivalry is exhibited in seeking to gratify the monarch with dainties, for which he is known to en tertain a predilection. The evening is em ployed 111 playing with the children, if the kidinn be a mother,! in listening to thp songs or recitations of tho most accomplished slaves, and in examining jewelry and dress es ; in short, the time is passed much after the manner of all other wealthy Turks, when within tiie privacy of their harems. On these occasions the Sultan withdraws about the usual hour of repose ; for it is a rare oc currence with him to pass the night iu any other than his own apartment. The process of the night toilet is simple and expeditious. When within his own pri vate chambers the Sultan generally wears a hght caftan and trowsers during aiimtncr, and a kurk lined with furs in winter, with warm (dial wars and entary. Wlieu tho hour of repose arrives, these upper garments are laid aside, and under vestments retained. A skull cap, of white linen 01 plain brown felt, confined by a handkerchief, is substituted for the fez.—Tho use of bedsteads, except in barracks aud hospitals, is scarcely known. Orientals prefer couches placed upon the floor. Those consists of two or more mat tresses filled with wool or cotton. The Sultan’s couch differs, however, from edl oth ers. The mattresses are placed upon a bed stead, or frame, of ornamental mahogany, protected by curtains Slid mosquito nets. Upon rising for dawn prayer (sabahh nama zy) the Sultan passes into a sido chamber, where some of Hie gedeklik pour water over hie hands for ordinary ablution, and offer him embroidered towels. He then performs his devotions, and, if disposed, .is eerved with a cup of coffee and a morsel of light cake. Af ter that, when in good health, he generally returns to tne apartments, where he is wait ed upon in due time by the Berber Basliy, and completes his toilet. This being accom plished, he partakes of his first meal, con sisting of various light dishes of meat, con fectionary and fruit.—Sometimes,’ especially on Fridays, ids highness proceeds direct from the harem to the bath. When the Sultan receives one or rfrori ladies in his state apartments within the ha rem, he is attended by all the great ladies ol the palace, and is Waited upon by gedekhk, and also by the first ladies attached to the kadinns or sultans who may be present. Sometimes the whole harem is admitted to his presence, and diverled with music, dan ces, and mimic exhibitions, performed by slaves constituting what may be termed the corps de ballet, The crowd of beauty, the splendor of drosses and jewelry, the richness of furniture, and brilliancy of illumination are then said to rival the fairy creations of the Arabian tales ; but f with the exception of one frank lady, a Spanird, residing’ at Pera,’ ho stranger was ever admitted to these daz zling spectacles^ The idea of one man ruling uncontrolled over an assemblage ol sotne three hundred and fifty women, two-thirds of whom are se lected for their personal charms, almost be wilders imagination, and ieads to strange re flections. But our notions on this subject are for the most part erroneous. The harem etiquette is observed with the most minute punctiliousness and severity, and forms a barrier to indulgence. Indeed, if religious and moral scruples, combined with court regulations, did not curb the will of the mas ter, the jealousies of kadinns, and the watch, ful eye of the KhetKhoda and oostas would restrain indiscriminate indulgence. Every movement, every look of the Sultan within the harem or mabain, is regulated by scrupulous attention to rules and to the claims and privileges of each individual enti tled to notice. Infractions of these rules, and gratifications of caprice, doubtless, take place ; but the tales that are recounted at Pera, the pandemonium of ignorance, false hood, and venality, and the absurdities we read of unbounded profligacy, are ficiions ♦This prayer is invnri bly announced an hour and K'hulf after Aksham (sunset) namazy. fThe children of each kadinn remain umtdr (ho mother’s care, and the utmost vtpilunco is exorcifced by them in watching over their charges, lest the jealousy of rivals should lead to fatal consequences. JThe lady in question, gifted with great raus'ica) talents, was iuvitnd, by the Sultan's command, to I passthiev or four days with the kadiruu and sulta- IMI.- founded upon malice on one side and upon excessive credulity on the other. The avid ity with which foreigners seek for and listen to the inventions of Perote informants, en courages the latter to amuse themselves at the expense of travellers, and thus to mislead Europe. Fifty instances, some of which have appeared in print, might be enumerated. Now-a-days Ihc Sultan dares not openly overstep the bounds of propriety, nor can he indulge his caprices secretly without adopt ing precautions not to offend the laws of de corum and the admitted rights of his kadinns. Even in former days these rules could not always be infringed with impunity. Ono of the causes that fed to the death of Sultan Ibrahim, in 1643, was his contempt fur harem regulations, and his abuse of power over his numerous Icinale slaves. Similar disregard to domestic duties and morality led to the disgrace and death of Damad Zadeh Effendi, Sheikh Islam under the Sultan Abdoul Ham id, A.D. 1735. This vizier, not less cele brated for unbounded profligacy than for tal ents and learning, long fascinated the Sultan and people ; but he carried licentiousness to such extremes that the very lowest classes were scandalized, and he fell scorned by all men. The Turks are by no means patterns of morality; but it is indisputable that the vices and defects of their personal character and domestic institutions are constantly exag gerated. In portraying Turkish character, the generality of writers eagerly seize upon the dark side of the picture, and support their arguments by examples selected at will; while at the same time they studiously omit all traits of worth; generosity, and virtuous propriety, of which abundant instances are publicly acknowledged. The Sultan has rarely an opportunity of speaking to women appointed to wait upon him, unless in the presence of many others. The strictest watch id held over t hese wo men by day and night. Their dormitories are under the charge of superior Oostas, whose duty it is to maintain silence and or der. A lamp placed in a glass niche in the wall gives light both to the chamber and ex ternal corridor, where an agha is on duty at night § When the sultan is in company with the kadinn, it would he as insulting for him to notice lof herslavesas for a crowned head in Christendom to distinguish a lady in waiting upon his consort. When within his own apartments in the haretn it would be equally indecorous for the Sultan to no tice on gedekilk more than another. If preferences be show n, they are man aged secretly; so much so, that a lady is sometin.es elevated to the rank of kadinn without any person, excepting, perhaps, the Kliet-Khoda, being aware of any previ ous predilection. These secret arrange ments are the less difficult, as the consent of the slaves is of secondary cousideralion. In most cases, indeed, they feel flattered aud honored by the Sultan’s notice. De prived of all intercourse with the other sex, they centre all hopes in their imperial master. The law which ordains the legitimacy of all offspring of free Moslem, fathers, no matter what the mother’s condition, also acts as a check upon indulgence. Tho is sue of female slaVes being entitled to all privileges of inheritance, although the mo thers be not kadms, the result would be a most inconvenient multiplication of legiti mate heirs, or it.discriminate infanticide.— Unfortunately, the latter expedient, anterior to birth, is often resorted to in the imperial harem and in private families, although it is rigidly forbidden by the law, and perpe trators are liable to the penal.ies awarded for murder.!! U'Jiite’s Three Year) in Cun stantinojile. §The night watch, within and without the scrag, tio, is set about ten, p. m.; and alt tires and lights, save those in the niches, are extinguished. The signal lor extinguishing lights and for the whole ha rem to reiire to rest, is the explosion of several r*ck ets, tired t'roin the guard ship at anchor near the pal ace- |[ It is notorious that sundry women gnin their livelihood by preparing drugs calculated to destroy life in the germ, whi'o oiticrs eni iy a most unholy! reputation for their skill in producing still births, even at Ibu moment of travail. MRS. CAUDLE’S CURTAIN LECTURE. JWr Caudle has bech at u Tavern with a friend. Poor me ! I’m pure I don’t know who’d be a poor woman ! I don’t know who’d tie them selves up to a man, if they knew only half they’d have to bear. A wife must 6tay at home, and be a drudge, whilst a! tfrsn can go anywhere. It’s enough fur a wife to sit like Cinderella by the ashes, whilst her husband can go drinking and singing at a tavern. You never sing! How do I ever know you sing? It’s very well for you to say so; but if I could hear you, I dare say you're among the worst of ’em. ‘And now, I suppose, it will be the tavern’ every night. If you think I’m going to sit up for you, Mr. Caudle, you’re very much mis taken. No : and I’m not going to get out of my warm bed to let you in, either. No : nor Susan shan’t sit up for you ; nor you shan't have a latch key. I'm not going to sleep with the door upon the latch, to be mur dered before the morning. ‘Faugh! Pah! Wheughi That filthy tobacco smoke ! It’s enough to kill any de cent woman. You know I hate tobacco and yet you will do it. You don’t smoke your self. What of that? If.you go among peo ple who do smoke, you’re just as bad, or worse. Yon might as well smoke—indeed beltter. Better smoko yourself, than’ come home with other people’s smoke in your hair. ‘I never knew any good come to a man who went to a tavern. Nice companions he picks up there. Yes people make it a b >ast to treat their wives like slaves, and ruin their families. There’s that wretch, Prettymen. See what lie’s come to. He dosn’t now get home till two in the morning; and then in what a stale? lie begins quarrelling with the door mat, that his poor wife may be afraid to speak to him. A mean wretch. But don’t you'think I’ll be like Mrs. Prcttyman. No I would’ntput up with it, from tho best man that ever trod. You’ll not make me afraid’o speak to you, however you may swear at tho doormat. No, Mr. Caudle, that you won’t ‘You don’t intend to stay out till two inthc morning! How do you know what you’ll do when you get among such people ? Men can’t answer lor themselves when they gel boozing one with another. They never think of their poor wives, who are grieving and wearing themselves out at bomb. A nice headache you’ll have to-morrow morning— or rather this morning; for it must be past 12. You won't have a headache. It’s very well’ lor you to say so, but I know you will; and then you may nurse yourself for me. Ha ! that filthy tobacco again ! No, I shall not go to sleep like a good soul! How’s people to go to sleep when they’re suffocated? ‘Yes, Mr. Caudle, you’ll be nice and ill in the morning! But don’t you think I’m going 1 to let you have your breakfast in bed like [VOL. V.—NO 16. Mrs. l’rettyinnti. I’ll not be such a fool.- No, nor 1 won't have discredit brought upon the house by sending for soda water early, for all the nighborhood to say, .‘Cmdlc was drunk last night !’ No, I've some regard for the dear children, if you haven’t. No: nor you shan't for dinner. Not a neck of iilutton crosses my threshold I can tell vou. ‘You won’t want soda, and you won’t want broth! All the better. You would not get them if you did, I can assure you Dear dear, dear ! That liithy- tobacco ! I'm sure it’s enough to make tne as bad as you are. Talking about getting divorced—l’m sure tobacco ought to he good grounds. How little does a woman think when she marries, that she gives herself up lo he poisoned ! You men contrive to have it all ol your own side, you do. Now, it I was to go and leave you and the children, a pretty noise there’d be ! You however, can go and smoke r.oend of pipes. You did’nt smoke! It’s all the same Mr. Caudle, known by their company. Y ou’d better smoke yourself, than bring me home tiie pipes of all tho world. ‘Yes, I see how it will he. Now you’re once come to a tavern, you’ll always be go ing. You’ll be coming home tipsy every night; and tumbling down and brer.king your legs, and putting out your shoulder ; and bring all sorts ot disgrace and expense upon us. And then you’ll begetting into a street fight—oh! 1 know your temper too well to doubt it, Mr. Caudle—and be knocking down some of the police. And then 1 know what will follow follow. It must follow. Yes, you’ll be sent for a month or six weeks to the treadmill. Pretty thing that fora respec table tradesman, Mr. Caudle, to be put upon the treadmill with all sorts of thieves and vagabonds, and there, again that horrible to uacco !--aud riffraff of every kind. I should like to know how your children are to hold up their heads ; after their father has been upon the treadmill? No; I won’t go to sleep. And I’m not talking of what is im possible. J know it will happen—every bit ol it. If it was’nl for the dear children you might be ruined, and I would’nt so much as speak about it, but-—oh, dear! at least you might go where they smoke good tobacco— but I can’t forget that I’m their mother. At least, they shall havoone parent. Taverns! Never did a man go to a tavern who did’nt die a beggar, And how your pot companions will laugh at you when they see your name in the Gazette. For it uiuet hap pen- Your busiuess is sure to fall oft; for what respectable man will buy toys for their children of a drunkard ’ You're not a drunk ard ! No; but you will be—it’s all the same. ‘You’ve begun by stayingout till midnight. By-and-by ‘twill be all night. But don’t you think, Mr. Caudle, you Blind ever have a key I know you. Yes; you’d do exactly like that Prettyman, and what did he do, only last Wednesday ? Why he let himself in about four in the morning, and brought home with him liis pot companion, Leanly. His dear wile woke up and saw Pretlyman’s dirty boot at her side. And where was the wretch her husband I Why, he was drinking down stairs—swilling. Yes; worse than a mid night robber, he’d taken keys out ot his dear wife’s pockets—ha! what that poor creature has to bear 1 and had got the brandy. A pretty thing for a wife to wake at six ‘in the morning, & instead of her husband to find his dirty boots! ‘But I’ll nst be fftade your victim, Mr. Caudle, not 1. You shall never get at toy keys, for they shall lie under my pillow —under my head, Mr. Caudle. ‘You’ll be ruined; but if I can help it,you shall ruin nobody but yourself. ‘Oh ! that ltor—hor—hor—i—ble to —bac- co!’ ‘NOT A DROP MORE MAJOR, UNLESS IT 13 SWEETENED.’ In a small village in the southern section of our State, resiues a certain Major, who keeps a small cosey; comfortable inn, famous for its sweetened drinks, as Well as it jovial landlord ; and few of the surrounding farmers visit the neighborhood without giving the Major a friendly call te'taele tfis Mixture.— The gay host With jolly phiz, round person, bright eye and military air, deals out the rations spiced with jokes, which, if tliiy are not funny, are at least laughed at, tor the Major enjoys them so vastly himself that his auditors are forced to laugh out of puro sym pathy. A good couple, who resided about six miles from the Major’s for a long period had been in the habit of tfisitiirg Intrroticc a month; and as regularly wein home dreadfully sweeten ed with the favorite mixture, but of late we learn that (he amicable relations which exist ed between tho Major and the old visitors have been broken off On the last visit, good cause for an end being put to any more sweet drinking. Uncle Merrill, how are you, any howl was the Major’s greeting—and l declare if the missis ain’t w ith you too,’ —just as it he expected she would’nt come. ‘What’ll you take missis 1 Shall 1 sweeten you a little of about the best rectified that ever was toted into these ere parts! it jest looks as bright as your eyes!’ and here the Major winked and looked so sweet, that there was no resisting, and s*>e did take a little sweetened. The houis flew merrily by and evening found tho old couple so overloaded with sweets, that it was with difficulty they could be seated on tho old gray mare to rolurn home, but after many a kind shako from the host and just alloflW drop of his sweetened, off they jogged, see-siwing from side to side on the critter, the old lady mutter ng her happiness, and the old man too full to find words to express himself. ‘Such another man as that Major,’ said the dame, ‘ain’t no where—and such A mlxtur as ho does make is lemptin to temperance lee turers. He is an amazin’nice man. If any thing, he sweetens the last drop better than the first. Good Gracious! what a pleasin’ creature he is. Ever and anon, the encomiums on the Major and his‘mixtur’broke forth from the old lady, until of a suddon on passing a small rivulet, a jolt of the mare silenced them, and the old man rode on a short distance wilh perfect quietness. At length he broke out with— ‘Old woman, you and that ero Major’s conduct to-day, was raythor unbecoming; liis formalities was 100 sweet to be mis look, and you ain’t going thar again in a bur. rv? Silence was the only answer. ‘Oh,you are huffy, are you ?’ continued the old man. ‘Well, I guess you'cad stay so, till you give in’—and on he jogged in a silent mood. On arriving at the farm, ho called to a servant to lift the old woman off, but Sam stood gazing at him in silent astonishment. ‘Lift her off you Sain—do you hoai ? and do it carefully, or some of her wrath’ll bile out. In spile of the Major’s sweetning she's mail as blazes!’ ‘Why de lor, massa,ideole ’omanaiut dar,? replied Sam, his eyes standing out of lifS countenance. ‘Jest turn round mass, and satisfy yourself dal de ole ’ouian ciar gone and missin’-—de ola!’ And sure enough, nn a minute examina tion by the old man,she was *'ound missing.’ I lie major aas charged at once with aluluc ti m, instant measures were taken for pursuit and a party despatched to scour the road. On proceeding about t.vo miles on the road to the Major’s the party were suddenly halted to the small rivulet, by finding the missis’ head lying partly in tho stream, its waters laving her lips, and softly murinering— ‘Not a drop more, Major, unless its sweeten ed !’ Shortly offer this, a temperance meeting was held ut the neighborhood, and the first who signed'the pledge were the couple above alluded to.—Report says that according to present indications, the demand for the Ma jor's ‘sweetened mixtur’ bids fair to be won derfully diminished.— f Ex. THE WAY TO CURE A GIGAR-SMcK!NG HUSBAND; Mrs. Reed Williams never looked more beautiful than she did that evening when her husband returned. Perhaps there had been more than usual solicitude about the shade of a ribbon or the adjustment of a curl, but il there was, looking-glasses ‘‘tell no tales,” and neat and plain attire would not proclaim the fact to fin ordinary obser ver. She started nervously as he entered, but she controlled herself and greeted him kindly and calmly as usual. “Well,my dear,”said he, advancin? gaily; ‘T have not been smoking to-day.” ‘‘Oh, thank you, thank you, dear hus band,” exclaimed Emetine in the fulness ol her heart, “you will never smoke any more, will you?’ and her soft pleading eyes, were raUed to his with an expression that am ply repaid him for the sacrifice. Days passed, and the young wife felt hap pier than she had ever felt before, for her beau’s idol had relinquished erett his la vorite cigars, and for her sake. One evening, as he sat by her side, she thought he seemed unusually depressed, and her cheerful smiles and her animated conversation failed to restore his wonted gaiety. She did not ask the cause, but she almost felt as if she had been selfish in ex acting such a sacrifice as she knew it to be. At length he rose—‘-Emelihe, I think I must have a cigaf.” No word of fond entreaty stayed his course, and he soon returned. ‘■ ‘1 have got one bunch, they will soon be gone, and then I will smoke no more. He looked up in her face, but he could not read the expression there. It was not gtief, disappointment, anger or love, but a most marvellous calmness. lie was about to retire to his studio; where he generally indulged iu the luxury of smoking, but a suit voice recalled him. “Will you not stay with me?” “ I thought,” said he hesitatingly. “I thought smoking was very disagreeable to you.” ‘‘lt will ba more disagreeable still, if it deprive me of my husband’s company,” said Emeline, as she gently drew him back into the room, and placing a luxurous rock ing chair for hu reception, seated herself by his side. She then selected two cigars from the lot, lighted one and placed it in her hus band’s lips, and performing the same opera-” tion with the other, commenced puffing a tvay with the gravity of an experienced smoker. Both maintained the same im perturable coolness for several minutes; he looked every instant to see her give up the attempt, and she still smoked as if it had been a habit for years. At length, bursting into an uncontrollable fit of laughter, he flung the remnant of his cigar into the grate, exclaiming, ‘-Emeline, you have won the day—if you will leave off smoking, I will.” “Certainly, I always imitate those I love; but had we not better, smoke this bunch, it is a pity to waste it?” “No we will keep them in remember-” ance of our mutual promise.” “Well, then I have been thinking as I sat smoking, how much did you give for these’ cigars’” “Three cents a piece.” ■‘And you smoke four in a day, that is ar moderate allowance, is it not?” “It is.” “Then twelve cents in a day, is forty three dollats and eighty cents a year; the same for myself, would make it eighty-seven dollars and and sixty cents. Am I not a good arithmetician? In one of my rambles the other day, I met wilh a very poor old woman, Who, with her grand-daughter lived in one of those little wooden houses just over the Schuylkill. I soon recognised her as being the Mrs. Elli son of whom you have spoken as being so kind lo you when'a child. She is in ex treme poverty, and of course feels it more severely after a life of affluence. Now you remembef that pretty white cottage near’ our country residence; it is to rent, very low only fifty dollars, and is plenty large enough for Mrs. Ellison and her little girl. Now our cigar money would hire it for her, and the remaining thirty-seven dollars and sixty cents would be some relief to her.— Then she would be so near that we bould run in at any time, and see if she is Com fortable. What do you think, dearest, of my plan?” EFFECT OF FEAR AS A MORAL AGENT. The fear of punishment may certainly produce sorrow and penitence. Strong ap prehensions of future evil, coinciding witli present distress, may force men into a change of conduct; and the satisfaction arising from the change may induce them to persevere a sufficient time to preveut a relapse: but this is barely a possibility.— Fear produces only temporary effects—it produces a species of sorrow, and occasions restraint, but never influences the inclina tion oi habit. Three vices incident to all’ educated youth are falsehood, intrigue, and dishonesty, respecting properly, and which may be discovered to have arisen from tho restraints of poverty, or the injudicious au-- thority of parents and monitors. The pow er of laws over poverly, or of austere pa tents and tutors of children, may impress’ fear or terror, without materially affecting’ the vicious dispositions which are gratified by deceit. Tho first praclices of youth are the first efficient lessons of their education;’ their first sufferings inure their minds to pain’ and punishment, and they gradually im prove in fortitude and callousness, util:!’ their virtues or vices are established in hab. its. This may account for risks they run’ without apprehension, or the celerity with which they reeoverfroin cireutnslauces if shame and humiliation. It is commonly observed that tlie vices of falsehood, intrigue, and fraud, are incurable. We generally have recource to power and terror, which are the sources of the evils; and if they do not frighten a” man out of the vice, and deprive him of inclination to return lo it, they blunt his sensibility, im prove his artifice, and secure him in its pratice. Severity of pnnishtnenf increases that meanness which is tlie origin induces greater caution in future attempts, occasions improvements in the secret prac tice ol vice. The best effect ever produced by such means is the acquisition ol outward decency, in the operations of wickedness.—’ The fear of pain or reproach have given them caution anU'dexlerily m the practice df view