The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-02-12

shall moi saon orget. ] remembered. 40
lefi the house. that there had hesn a
arge failure in Market street. and that
Mr.. Elder was said l., be The loser by \
some ten thousand dollars less than a
twentieth par, Of what he is worth. lam I
happier than lie is to night, Mary"
And happier you may ever be. VIII
Iism." returned his wife. nj you but sioop
10 the humble flowers that spring up along
your pathway. and. like The bee. take The !
honey they contain. God knows what. in |!
external things, is best for us and he viii
make either poverty or riches, which ever
comes, blessing, if we are humble, pa
,ient and conIen,ed."
Customs Of the TuYks.-Mr. Blown,
who resided q i,ng time in Constantine
pie. aud who accompanies Amin Bey. has
published in the Scio1a Gazrtie. some
interesting papers upon the habits and Gus.
toms Of the Turks. From one Of Them
We copy the following
"The higher classes Of the Oi,omans
or Turks of Consian'inople. are verv re-.
fined in their manners and habits. they
are very genlIe and mild in disposition,
and differ very much from the ideas ge.
nerally had Of them in this and many nih.
er countries. Their education ranno, be
called very good one; they have but few
works on modern sciences. and none on
the histories OF other countries. Beyond
a history Of Caiharine II. Of Russia. and
another Of Bonapar,e, at ST. Helena,
there are none in their own language. on
any Of the sovereigns or governments of
Europe. OF America. they possess one
called the /" Tradition Of New Name"
or the Discovery of the Western Ind"
Ii contains much that is fabulous. drawn
from the earlier accounts Of The imagined
condition of the discovered /. Ind Of Co.
lumbns and his companions. II deprives
Columbus of much 0f The merit which is
generally allowed him. and asserls that
he bni followed The route pointed out TO
him by an adventurous Captain whom he
found al the Canary Islands. Il has many
reports about mermaids and other fabulous
beings, and also describes several kinds
of fruits, which unfortunately, ARE no,
now, al lea.t, TO be found in any known
part of America. Within late years. some
small geographies have been translated
into Turkish from the Frenrh. for The use
Of he public schools now heing established
by the present Sultan. They possess
some excellen, works on mathematics
and. u may here be said, that the people
OF the East have always excelled in The
science of 6eures;-and many grammeIs
and'diciionaries exist in Turkish. Of Arabic
and Persian. As the Turkish language
alone is very poor one, large additions
have been made to il from the Arabic and
The Persian, aud il is these that form the
Ottoman tongue. With these. il becomes
very extensive, aud requires several years
Of study to be properly acquired. The
Turks and Persians use the alphahe, oil
the Arabs, and like them. write liom righ,
To left: but whilst the Arabian numerals are
still used in Arabia AID Africa. as well as
all over Europe, the Turks have Sc, ol
tl,eit own. distinct and peculiar. All
eastern people, except the Chinese, write
with reed; The latter use brush, and
write from the top to the bottom Of The
paper.
Most oriental people resemble each oihel
IN their social aud domestic habits. Child.
ren Of the two sexes only associate toge,h
or until the age Of nine or ten years, wher
the females assume the veil prescribed by
their Prophet far concealmrnt from the
males. 10 that age, they associate with
each other al school brothers and sisters
freely associate with their cousins Of eth
er sex, bat with no more distant CONNIE =
tions. Brothers may see the faces of broth.
ers' wives or slaves, and ihose Of their par
enls; but not those Of any one not nearly
connected with them. A Mussulman i
allowed by his religion. 10 have four wives
aud TO divorce them when he pleases.-
He cannot take hack wife divorced III
third time she can then become unilc'