"On the eighth or ninth day he returned to the city, stating that he had delivered the money, when he received his pay, and went to seek employment in the streets.

"After a lapse of nearly a month, a letter from the merchant announced that he had not received the money, and expressed surprise at the circumstance. This excited considerable alarm, particularly as it was almost impossible to find the messenger, having a second time neglected to take his name. After three days search, however, he was found staggering through the streets with a heavy burden on his back; and being informed of the cause why they sought him, he laid it down and exclaimed, 'God forbid that I should wrong any man, even a Christian! but,' he continued, 'I will go back at my own expense and see who has got the property; otherwise my reputation will be ruined!' This speech had a curious effect from a man whose real and personal estate would not, in all probability, have amounted to fifty piastres.

"He departed, and arriving at the village, examined, with a scrutinizing eye, every Christian he met, till at last the Greek to whom he had given the gold, presented himself. 'You have injured my reputation like a dog, as you are, (said the porter,) and have taken from me that which belongs to another! but, thank God, you are found at last; I will take you to the Agha, and have you hung, that the world may be rid of such a scoundrel.' The Greek on his knees begged forgiveness: 'I was in distress, (he said) when I saw you, and having occasion for the money, I assumed the name of my neighbour! It was my intention to have paid him before he would feel any alarm as to the remittance: but spare my character; here is your gold, and here are 500 piastres for yourself!' The Turk allowed him to depart, took the money to the right owner, and returned with his pockets better filled than they had ever been during the whole course of his life.

"The perfect resignation with which the Turks submit to the dispensations of Providence cannot but be pleasing to every one. If they are fortunate, God is praised; if the reverse, they say, 'His will be done.'

"The Turk never effects insurance on his commercial adventures; but often, previous to despatching his vessel, makes a solemn promise, that, should he be fortunate, a sum of money shall be bestowed in charity; which promise is never broken. But, should she be lost, and, as often happens, his whole property with her, he exclaims, 'God's will be done,' and seeks in the streets the means of accumulating another, in the laborious employment of a porter.

"His friends continue to show him the respect he previously experienced, remarking, 'Our brother has been unfortunate, but it was the will of God! Why should we treat him otherwise? We are all liable to lose our possessions, and it would be censuring the decrees of the Almighty, were we to neglect him!' How can we but admire these principles, notwithstanding they emanate from the breasts of those differing from us in religious tenets?"

MISCELLANY.

Weight of Great Characters—Weighed at the Scales at West Point, August 19, 1783.

lbs.
General Washington,209
General Lincoln,224
General Knox,280
General Huntington,132
General Greaton,166
Colonel Swift,219
Colonel Michael Jackson,252
Colonel Henry Jackson,238
Lieut. Colonel Huntington,232
Lieut. Colonel Cobb,186
Lieut. Colonel Humphreys,221