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From a Letter in (Its Albanian, by Pruitt Pucklrr Nashua. assumes earnestness-"Ant; I

When we «arrived at the dinner station, I, as well as Artim Bey, and the remainder of the court, usually rested an hour in our tents, and refreshed ourselves with pipes and coere, whilst the indefatigable Viceroy took a walk. Iwas generally the only person who shared his repast, and when it was concluded, he useil;t_o seat him- selfou the divan, and request me to sit near him, whilst Artim Bey andjiis fly-flapper occupied the other side. As soon as cofl'ee was brought, the other attendants were graciously dismissed, and at such times he often entered .most confi- dentially into the details of his early life.

‘ I cannot last much longer,’ said he one day, as he sat leaning his head on his hand: ‘ have aufl'ered too much in my time; my whole life has been one continued struggle. Whilst I was still at home in my father’s house in Macedonia, we sufi'ered the most atrocious oppression from the people in power in the province. Revolt succee- ded revolt, and our village, like others, sought to overcome violence by violence, and who but

oung Mehemet 'Ali was there to command'the insurgents'on all occasions? And a hard time we had of it. I suffered so many petty defeats that one of my antagonists one day called out to me during a skirmish, ‘ [wonder you are not tired of being beaten; [am sure I am tired of beating you.’ With perseverance, howeverhwe at last ineda part ofour ohject.’ Speaking of the long war with the Mamelukes, he said, ‘ they were held fullmll, and my troops were so afraid of them, that, if they only fenrod Gan balfas much, they would have been sure enough of Paradise. At first, the Mamelukes never used a weapon against us. They needed only to beat the drum to make my rascals run. But by de- grees they gained a little more courage, and by putting myself always in the front, I atlast got them to stand. After many years of vicissitude, during which I have been many times on the brink of destruction, our efforts were crowned by complete success.’ ‘ And then what work I had'with the Porte,’ he exclaimed, his lively imagination a ringing over the long interval of tune. ‘ eaven knowsI did not dream of what has since happened. I wished only in the first place to get my personal enemy Abdallah Pacha, banished from Acre, and would gladly have settled amicably every other difference ; but when I found that in Constantinople they had resolved on my destruction, I was forced to en- deavour to be beforehand with them. Now, however, I only wish to he allowed, in peace Ind tranquillity, to lay the foundations of the pros- perity of my adopted country.’

In the course of our journey I one day rode past a great manufactory, which, dazzling white,

' d shaded by a grove of palms, really looked me a palace. Forgetting a resolution 1 had hide, I observed to his IIighnesE'that his coun- try would have a more picturesque appearance to the eye of the traveller, if he commanded all the dirty-looking mud huts to be whitewashed. ‘ All ingood time! nil in good time!’ replied he with some appearance of irritation; ‘Icannot do every thing at once. Before I think ofwliites ning the outside of the villages, I must see that a little more comfort is to be found within, than is at present. live but ten years longer, and then I hopemy children will be able peace- ably to continue whatgi:£liave begun, and My; more pros erous subjects to rule over.’ .I ausgpr. ed, that I hoped todiscuss these matters with him ten years hence, and to find surmnded by the Ambassadors of foreign powers, Wand of mere Consuls. ‘ Very well,’ said he. laughing; 'should I live ten years longer, I will send off an am dor to you in Europe, to invite you to come and see if! have not fulfilled my: promises. Some morning, when you are thinking little of tee, a smartly dressed Turk will ride into your court yard, with remembrances from old Mehe- Iuet Ali, and an invitation to a second journey 0 pt.’ ‘I teke your highness at your word, cried , with man thanks : should I live myself. and he in healt , make sure ofseeing me. I We then, to have to repeat to your Majesty What I have often said to your Highness.’ ‘ No, no,’ laid he. ' I want no titles: I have never sign- ed by any other in my life than by that of Me- hemet Ali.’ _ ‘

We dined one day at a large village, the name of which I forgot to write down ; and as an ele- gent little Nile fleet, belonging to the Viceroy,

I took the opportunity

Visit one of the most superb little vessels I have ever seen, though Cleopatra’s renowned bark douhtlsu Inrpaesed it. The chief cabin was 11' h and s aoious, painted in sea green and 33d, with t e attains of rich violet silk, with gold fringes, the divans covered with velvet of the same colour, with gold cords and tassels. Tba‘window frameswere of guilt metal, with ate glass panes, and green blinds shaded them run the sun; the dressing and sleeping cabins displayed shilar elegance, and a magnificent tent of Persian stuff, embroidered with gold. ser- ved as a dining-room and antechainber.’ This Mil swiftly propelled through the water by the WI of four And twenty negroes, moving in exact time; and when going againstthe stream it is drawn by fifiy fillehs on horseback, at a brisk trot, who are changed every half hour. I after- wards learnt that the Nile is navigated by above 600. vessels. of which 2000 are the property of Meheurst Ali. ' At our evening meal the; related many interestfig anecdotes of ’ the time'ivhen he first assumed the sovereign. power in ,Egypt.

, bloodshed!

the giant Ben above has been sible even to ladies; browse, and impart beauty to the sweetly wood- ed islets around, there are noiilted and taftaned

poachers to enact scenes rendered chivalrous ‘by the example of Robin Hood;

society that Wordsworth’s bold out-law is no longer applicable—-

of struggles, of privations, of .IfllficeS, and :f F V II! is enough; if .,pos:teri_t.yy s, *1 M11!“ Mehemet. [Ali has neither birth :9! favour to thank for what he has become,myvfi‘i; lot] shallonly begin with the moment wlgeufim.’ I awakened this country from the sleep u go Kw flesh and " commenced for her a perioo o ne

:I'lssdsggeen children, I should be the only on; left. . Nine of my brothers died, in infancy, on

this was the cause of my parents bringing me up

laughed at by my comrades, who used to cry,—,~ ‘ If his parents should die, what Wlll become Mehemet Ali, who has nothing, and is good for nothing T’ This made a deep impresston on me, and, as a boy of fifteen years of age, I determi- ned to conquer myself. I often fasted for days together, and had no rest till I excelled all my comrades in bodily exercise. I recollect once, in stormy weather, rowing for a wager to reach a little island, which is to this day my property. No one succeeded but myself, and, before I did so, all the skin was torn from my handfgbut the

till, in the little wars ofour village, I found more serious employment.

to me. Some great excesses had been commit- ted by Greek pirates in our neighbourhood, and my uncle received, at the instigation of several

a small vessel of war of the Sultan’s. He could not refuse obedience, but represented to the Pacha that he should be entirely ruined by being W10 leave his home at this time, as he had no’one to Whom he could intrust the manage. ment ofhis affairs. At the same time, he point- ed out his own incapacity for such a command, and took occasion to mention me, as an enter- prising young man accustomed to war. He suc- ceeded in convincing the Pacha—I desired nothing better, and had the good fortune not only to defeat the pirates, but, after a short pur- suit, to board their vessel, and take as priso rs all who remained alive. For this action I Was. in my twentieth year, appointed a captain in the Turkish service. Such a rapid rise occasioned of course much envy, and even awakened the jealousy of my uncle, who, some time after, I know not from what intention, got me sent ofl'to Egypt. How little did I anticipate the destiny awaiting me there !’

I cannot deny that I felt flattered by the feel- ing manifested towards me by the Viceroy, in entering thus into the details of his private life,

as he is generally by no means so communica- tive. a ‘

(From the Dumfries Conner.) mpnoveueurs.—Tiis uruuuNus.

Had Bailie Nicol Jarvis chanced to live in our day, one of the many pithy and pertinent sayings put into his mouth would have beengin. iibeyance. The worthy Bailie was roughly handled at the Pass of Aberfoyle, and while ceeding onward, a prisoner and campaignttr. much against his will, had well nigh been

his cousin Rab’s amazonian spouse. The peeled wand and poker scene, can never be forgotten, and considering these and various other mishaps, the complaint was natural that beleagured way- fat'ers such as himself, could not expect to carry the comforts of the Salt Market at their ils. But so many marvels have been wroughtVSinCe, that those who knew Glasgow, Argyle and the west of Perthshire once, would literally know them no more. The abolition of the heritable jurisdictions, complained of as a grievous depri- vation in the beginning, became a mighty been in the end; and its fruits are appearing more and more. In place of rival clans, alternately aveiigiiig deadly feuds, we find in the remotest glens and straths the law triumphant, property secure, and the people merged into one great family, contented, happy, educated, civilized. The Moray and many other Friths are now .closely linked to London; the lonely Hebrides no longer cutoff from mainland inter- course during the greater part of the year; each and all are visited by packets at regular inter): vals; Iona and the still more lonely St. Kildd, are no longer tabooed by distance, difficulty, and the storms that evoke the Corryvreckan’s roar; and wander where you may, by estuaries, bays, lakes, rivers—sounds ancient mariners dreaded to trend, and islets “placed far amid the melancholy main,” you find funnels and

other objects that strikingly recal the pleasing couplet—

‘ “ _And the reek ofthe cot hung over the main, Like a little wee clud in the world its lane."

The Banks of Lochlomond are no longer the abode of caterans, who claimed privileges in- consistent with peace and order; the magnificent lake itselfis furrowed by steam-impelled keels; ‘ rendered acces- if the antl‘ered tribes still

and it is good for description of the

“ The eagle he was lord above, And Rob was lord below."

What a witchery was, and is still e

it

Xercised

the publication of Sir Walter’sve lendi o

the “ Lady of the Lake." p d p em' the strength of it; veiled thitherward Trosachs stopped

Inns were built on thousands on thousands tra-‘ , and as few reached the

short there th Wh“ I "l"°"ed my team that he had not fitably circulated in i e money pro-

take‘ measures to preserve them as matters of

lhoul I do this? I look back with no pleasure onthat period of my life: and what could it pro-

. would challenge, if histor , he made this renfsrkable reply z—‘Why Railroads and steam

and cheapening transit, h distance, who previously, like Cowper’s Rob-

every part of the Highlands, guessed ‘at, universal belief. navigation, by quickening

ave sent numbers to a

h ll fourthsof the pop

It is strange,’ continued he, ‘ that .

ain did not abate my ardour. Jamie-manner . ‘ Iendeavoured to strengthen both mind and body;

In my nineteenth year my father died, and a wider field soon opened itself

powerful Turks, orders to take the command of

. gers; but still they on

'd9ses of a drachm each. they get to take frightful pallidness of counte-

' atjpn of'tliese isldnds would

' ' " ‘ ' ' ’ ~ letei ' .lived'atidgdied, 59pm , 7’ Edbfime mosquito ,rrounds In wedding‘his . we ,_ sheet of'water' which er

' hlori‘zontl»

ke:=Zurich, in switzerlau,_, , . lItiIter is by 'a single island, ' tiger 5;. represented as cogitating deepyttpl . course and other uses to w to expanse mighfl’be turned:

ofialized. 'Great'is the trafficou tliiidgggésiuqlr; es. ave seen _

met, and we ours?“ Illdwardébnan,.wthereafter

and anon sail-

ing on the sequestered Loch Catrine, recfalillizg

snatches of song connected With the a

th land- ausing at?" ' flailing thelfr‘Way to the I‘rosachs,

heroine, and perhaps muttering—— " Rather would Elleu Dolulglss dwell otress in Maronm s cc ; ‘I‘Ini’lier in realms beyond the sea, Seeking the world's cold charity, _ Where ne’er was spoke a Scottish word, And ne'er the name ofDouglas heard, An outcast pilgrim would she rove, " ‘ Thnni‘vved the man she cannot love. ~» Verily,,were the Bailie to rise from the grave, 'he would zifind“ matter for more than nine days wondermeutéésuch as the importantnses to which the Shhiivs’ifater has been turned—fthef growing prosperity of the town of Greenock—tts shipping

soa , so or, ale—the beautiful. marine gillfisg’es arid vilfgas that adorn so pleasingly the estuary of the Clyde--thevpr,ogtess of Improve- ment higher up, where (thephand of» renovation has been equally busy making,'as it ,were, old things new, with the 'émpneoaofsfiie‘il‘ggjgthat guards Dumbarton, nestled, bare-and b ca , but still attractive, particularly atltatoo time,

“ When the merry drum hath beat to bed,

And the little fifer hangs his head."’ ‘ ‘ 1- I Glasgow itselfwonld surprise him‘eqtially by. the leaps it has taken in popu_lation,_-expansmn of manufacturing and commercial power, wealth accumulated, and streets extended many a mile. In place of a few gabbards and Iltel’lll‘l: boats, large fleets now ride in safety atjthe‘B'roomie. law, and docks will soon be superadded, rivalling on a small scale the beautiful water basins of the port of Liverpool. There 'was .no canal to Paisley in the Bailie’s day, no railroads, no steamers, and no gaseous light to supersede the use of Matty’s lantern, and peradventiire stran- ger than all, his favouritéivlocaligy, from being almost the best, has become about the worst street in Glasgow. That the Salt JIIar/cet had its comforts in‘the days of old may be safely con- ceded; but they have multiplied many fold, and what is more, can be enjoyed as far round as Cape *Wra'th, with all the gusto that belonfisao them, within the sound of St. Mungo’s bells. Firstclasd'steamers have been called floating palaces, and they are so tocg very great exteiit. sweet, are the uses, not of adversity, but paddle wheels, hammocks that rock not to, and fro, waiters, .vafiting amaids and cooks afloat. _" Th steam that sends you onward, boils at the sa

‘ 'es‘your pies, setters your soupsfwarms to boiling point your todd‘y water ‘; andwnt dessert time how delightful to mobile can afford it..to eat iced jellies, and sip iced eraser, within.a»=fhw yards of furnaces hot as Etnafs. ’ ~’ “

or the workshops under it of CyCIbpt‘a ‘t'gii Art is the great conjnror, and many, are the spells she has‘thrown, and is throwing ever society; and in place of temporary divorcerrre from carnal comforts, the worthy Bailie’s desideratum moves with the body all over the world.

An article on the Opium Trade, in Fraser’s Magazine, is remarkably well written, and de- serves to be generally circulated. Let us give. our readers a description of the effects of this dreadful'drug, which religion in the East has forced upon the people as a substitute for the less noxious, but still direful use ofardeutspirits :—

THE OPIUM-EATERS OF THE Ease—Their ges- tures were frightful: those who were completely under the influence of the opium talked incohe- rently, their features were flushed, their eyes had an unnatural brilliancy, and the general expres- 8100 of their countenances was horribly wild. The effect is usually produced in two hours, and lasts four or five: the dose varies from three grams to a drachm. “‘ * The debility, both moral .and physical, attendant on itsexcitement is terrible; the appetite is soon destroyed, every fibre in the body trembles, the nerves ofthe neck become affected, and the muscles get rigid. Seve- ral of these I have seen, in this place, at various times, who had wry necks and contractedffiri;

I nnot abandon the custom: they are miserable till the hofigitrrives for takinnr their daily dose. There is another set of peopleb however, who live in a still cheaper way than the: derVises. Strangers tothe pleasures of thetable an opium pill supports. intoxicates them, throws them into ecstacies, the delights of which they

men, known under

' s, as bein look

even in a more despicable light than thgtllr‘iiiikr: ards, though I know not that the practice betrays more dissoluteness of morals. ’ They begin with _ mg only halfa grain at a dose; but increase i as soon as they perceive the effect to be less powfiful th“ the first. They are careful not to drink watery‘which would bring on violent colics He who beginstaking opium habitually at twent . must scarcely expect to live longer than to tlii;

,. or from that age to thirty-six: the they attain. en comes on 53;

hence; and the vi’cf‘ marnsmus, that can

fit the world to bemade acquainted with a series

biner,§'pver travelled forty miles from home; and

i

tim wasteq gun _\ in a kind of lie comparedlohotbing but itself. Alopecia, and

hilt for the high genius of Scott, more than three- . I u] ,orance of the, the banks of a f Cagney-consider- ed the finest in Europe, anfprefe'rt'ed vastly to

. Kt as the “M9 “Bailie is

d thife fas‘ his an , «'55:? in “Tammany "ind" manner' I was OMB“ forecasting wishes have been triumphfilfilf r‘?‘

and enrrineering capabilities, manufacturies of D .

timeyour eggs for breakfast, cooks,yo,ur dinner,7 tucked up maugre his lurking kinship zeal, by bak‘ ”

never-failing conseun it.» But no co “ I iribtylof prematuredeath, fir - .ths . which it must be preocdedgfian- .. v heriaki; he answegsginadly-to anyone (H 'wduld vvarn him of hisdanger, that hwhu . ~ I is inconceivable when he hast _ hiso . pill. ,If he be asked to define t_ pell'natn : happiness, he answers, that it is impossibde to .. count for it—ihat pleasure cannot _' efin Always beside themselves, the Theriakis are i, ! capable of work; they seem no more to belon I toa’ociety. Toward the end of their career,t 1 however, experience violent pains, and. are voured bye-constant hungerl; nor can their par-ere goric in any way relieve their sufferings; beco . hideous to behold, deprived. of their teeth, the I eyes sunk in their heads, in a constant tremor they cease to live, long before they cease to exist.

“ THREE ENGLISH WOMEN FOR A Fan'rrrmcf v —-A droll scene took place here (says-a Pg; letter,) in'the middle of.thc Rue Rivoli. _ , ave aspecies of pear, which was, I suppose, _i _'

rted from England originally, and hence it a so called ; but as the generic term of the pe ,, is feminine, it, to an untaught ear, describe!” of the milder and better portion of the creation; hence, when an unfortunate vendor of pears was yesterday roaring, in the most fashiorfhble part of . Paris, ‘tTl’OiS Anglaises pour, it liards, one of our countrymen, who hap e d to be passing _ at the moment, with his Wife two daughters, 1 ioiiorant of the nomenclature of the pears, ":na_ 9:. .- gained that the cry was intended for his family, ' and immediately knocked the poor pear vender down, to the latter’s great surprise. When, how- ever, the matter was explained to our compatri- « ot, he, rather than be had up for an assault be- fore the Police Correctionelle, satisfied the man in a way which probably induces him to regret I that he so seldom has the chance of meetings regular John Bull with three ladies, when he , crying out three English women for a. farthmg, six for a sous. .

“ Tun PATROON VVAR!”—-The New papers received for some time past,_havo-l tained accounts of warlike demonstrations in vicinity of Albany, and latterly, we hav Governor’s Proclamation and orders, ca out the Militia, with all the other prepara’t in, for a regular campaign. The cause of all I will be found detailed in the annexed extract :1 from Clicnang’s Telegraph: the paragraph." which follows, from the latest Albatriypapetr,x