The Arkansas advocate., 1830-07-14

ANSs'y 'A"fRJ ssiS ~Ait>tts3C Oi ct etil%lc word may do it-it is to be perfectly good; but if Shah Abbas would know farther ofhuman happiness, ,lethimlearn of Azim of the Peaceful Valley-for he is always happy.
 Asit is permitted to the oriental Der vlses to enter, without invitation or apoI- ogy, and ina a dress little like that of the courier, the palaces of eastern kings, so 1t is permitted them to utter truths that would be recompensed with the bow string if they proceeded from less high ly privileged lips. Perhaps one reason of this toleration may be found in the fact, that their notions of virtue are SUD- posed io be the result of enthusiasm, or. at best, lmpracticable theories, which no one conceives himself obliged to honor. otherwise than by listening to them.
 ii the opinions of the Dervise, in Shah Abbas' court, were not at the time a. greeable to that Prince, they excited a curiosity which caused him no small uneasiness on learning, next morning, that he had left the palace, and by a route unknown.
 The discontent of the Prince from this time continued to increase, and his desire of finding Azim, of the Peaceful alley, grew so intense that he at iasg determined upon going in search of hls abode, unattended, and in disguise. h a few days after forming the resolu- tiop, he carried 1t into effect.
 After travelling all day, as chance dl- rected, about nightfall he arrived at tie summit of a loftYmountain, from whence a winding pathway led by gradual descent to a beautiful valley. The Prince did not, however, immediately quit the summit of the mountain, but paused awhile to contemplate on the scene below.
 On either side of the valley a loft range of mountains, verdant with her bage, and adorned with trees, enclosed the happy spot ffomtterest of the world. i kttie fisuiet, iot it could scarcely be called river, glided through the ceH- Ire of the valley; and at hortdistances. on it's margin, were seen the white cot tages ofthe peasants, some peeping from between rows of lofty poplar, others from beneath the pensiye foliage of the willow To every cottage was attached q garden enclosure, and a portion of pas tnre, the feeeY tenant of which added. in no small degree, to the picturesque beauty of the scene; whilst here and there, on the mountain side, or on some jutting point, the daring goat was seen. browsing on the luxurient herbage.
 As Shah Abbas gazed on the delight ful scene. the dusk of the twilight im- perceptibly changed into the lovely bril- fancy of moonlight. The. Prince had often admired the effect of the moons rays on the glittering domes of palaces and mosques; but whether it was the partiaIity for novelty, or the just pre- ference of good taste and reason--he thought he had never seen any thing half so beautiful---so heavenly-as that mooalit Valley.
 "Surely this must be the place of which the Dervise spoke,a said the Prince as he descended the winding track of the mountain path; ssand one of these sweet homes Of innocence and humility must he the abode of Azim.''
 Having crossed the little stream at the mountains base, by it's rude bridge of trees, he went up to the first cottage door that presented itself. It was the abode of Azim. The Prince described himself as q traveller from Peristan, who had been assured of a hospifable reception at the peasants cottage by a Dervise whom he had met on tue road.
 ssIt was the good Dervise Feristah.n said the peasant, sswe must forfeit the character he has thought us worthy of receiving
 Accustomed as Shah Abbas had been to smiling faces, kind looks, and fair words, there was something in the Ian guage and countenance of the peasant Azim, as he welcomed the Prince to the cottage, he had never before heard or seen; for the first time in his life, too, he met with Kindness, which was neither the peace-offering of fear, nor the obla- ton of selfinterested sycophancy; and new and delightful feeling arose in his bosom, when he who had only been feared as a Prince, found himself treat ed as a man.
 Every thing the produce of the valley afforded was set before the Prince hy the peasants daughter, with with . cheerful alacrity. and a smiling grace, that be-