Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-10-30
From the Nsw Eork-Eaiiy adrertis.r.

From the .Nsw Eork-Laiiy adrertis.r.
THE heart of man will scarce believ.
The things, il thus believed. which make
him grieve.
In the records Of Temen, for the hun.
drsd and to,ty.ihird yr Of the Hegya,
| 1t is thus Urittsn:
In THE NAME - GOD THE ONLY
GREAT GOD Give ear oh We inhabitants
of the earth unto the story Of MExour,
that ye may learn never to aspire after
that which God has not permitted, and
that ye may know low daugerou, is the
possession of power, aud the qualification
Of ambitious desires.
hIeneuf, the son If Abouali, weary, Of
tie occupations Of the day, departed at
the hour Of sunset to ranble in tho vallics
which surrounded his Lpmble abode
The birds were retiring 10 their nests.
aud the distant peasants were resting
from their toll. Not a cloud disturbpi
the serenity Of the prospect, and the
beams Of the setting sun shone in unfair
nished glory.
Menout alone was sad. Having been
sent by his father to Mocha TO dispose Of
certain commodities, he had ssen pro
cessiun in which the sultan appearediu
all bis sriendor and ever since that time
his MUD had been in the habit Of making
comparison between his own AFFECT con.
dition aud the glory Of his sovereign
tie could see no reason why Providence
should have made such q difference be-
tween two of its creatures. lie planned
schemes for the elevation Of his condi-
ton but they were maturcd only to
prove their impracticability. Ashe wan.
deIed along seqncstered part Of the
vallies, his thoughts reverted to their
darling theme, and he again began to
murmur. Why."-he exclaimed a.
loud, lis Menouf Condemned to life
Of labo-ious servitudc, when his energies
might effect something for the happiness
OF lis ttl'ow.bcines!"
AS he spoke, the heavens become on
sudden overcast with clouds. The shades
OF night seemed to have seized at once
upon the 'allies. Frequent flashes Of
vivid tightening were seen, accompanied
BY long pcals Of the most dreadful thun-
der. The rocks beneath him quaked to
their foundation. Menout stood petrif-
ed with establishment /; till the clouds
parting in the midst, ray Of inetiab!e
glory burst upon his gaze, aud a foym,
rs,plendent with the bloom Of paradise,
and glowing v it'll the lustre Of immortali-
ty, stood revealed before him. His gar
ments, which seemed partly dipped in
the cerulean dye Of Heaven, and partly
bleached with the intense light Of the sun,
aoated in dazzling folds upon the air..
Mortal,"-he said in q voice that
murmured with sounds not Of earth,-"
come not to arriagn, but to instruct thee.
| am the genius ZADoxAH; lhave heard
they complaints. What is it that lhou
desirest i"-
Observation-Disclosures fIom labor
'o" Se'hS oeiNithuC "e' Wv
Len reply Of Menouf.
POWER" replied Zado ali, "n attDs
best dangerous and precarious boon'-
Wealth brings care Of which industrious
poverty Is ignorant"
" Were they in my grasp" said the
discontinued Musselman, II would kuo"
how tO use them ~
The genius frowned, but as Menoil
followed the pointing OF his finger. he Or
held the dark clouds dis.ipate on one SIDE
OF him, and an extensive desert appear
ed tllrrush their shadowy miss. An IN
mense Caravan was proceeding along ~
ssrds, laden with all the treasures ef =
rabia. As he gazed, the wind arose
the sands became like the troubled wave,
Of The and another moment behrlu
nearly the whole caravan buried IN t'e
mountains of moving sand. The lev
that escaped f. II into the hands oil f'V'
bers.
he scene changed. A feet, spoihns
in the Luon.tide beams Of the sun, "',
riding on a sea whose pillows see"e'
proud TO do huinage to their buriAen' i 10
Vulnerable forms were seated IN t"s
prows in joyous exuItation. They wei
laden with the gems Of Golconds, a"a
the spices Of India the very stre'~'