Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1854-01-04


estedness. In transacting business with themy
there are none of those dirty populations, under
the name of interest, difference of exchange,
commission, &C., uniformly found on applying
to Greek counsel to cash bills, even on the first
houses in Peru. In the capital and at court, the
citizens and courters are formed jim the same
school with those of Christianity butthere does
not exist more honorable, friendly, and high.
spirited character than the true Turkish proyn-
cial Aga, or Moslem country gentleman The
lower orders in as tolerable discipline as the
rabble in countries with greater pretensions of
civilization. A Moslem in walking the streets
of our country towns would be more incommo-
ded in England than Frank in similar situa-
ton in Turkey. aa
The Ottomans, with all their defects, are net
a people to be despised Equal at least to the
Spaniards, they are superior to the Portuguese.
If it be difficult to say what they are, we can at
least say what they are not they are not treach-
erous, they are not cowardly, they do not burn
heretics, they are not assassins, nor has an ene-
my advanced to their capitol. They are faithful
to their Sultan till he becomes unfit to govern,
and devout to their God without an inqusition.
Were they driven from st. Sophia tomorrow,
and the French or Russians enthroned in their
stead it would become a question whether Eu-
rope would gain by the exchange. England
would certainly be the loser. With regard to
that ignorance of which they are SO generally,
and sometimes so justly accused, it may be
4 don hfad oluauc aynopfipo nj IT,
in what useful points of knowledge they are.ex-
celled by other nations. Is it in the common
arts of life In their manufactures Is Turk
ish sabre inferior to Toledo? or is Turk
worse clothed and lodged, or fed and taught,
than Spaniard! Are their Pachas worse edu-
Gated than Grandee! or an Efendi than
Knight of st. Jago? l think not
A GROWING SToNE.-Mr. William Beach, a
|journeyman printer, of Auburn, N. Y, writes to
the N. Y. Tribune that he has in his possession
stone, of which he says
: "The stone is oval, diamond shaped, having
eighteen sides being about five.eights of an inch
in length, and half an inch in thickness.
| 1t has been in my possession for the last
hiho yS'Ho' i'utiiS tiiab tucIc HAS ETOWH
from its side another stone of like shape, about
! the size of common pea, having eleven sides.
| The parent stone has not diminished at all but
rather increased. The color of the stone is o
/ pure white being perfectly transparent, except
ing the shape of the stone giving prismatic col
ors of light, which grows out of the conveyance
and divergence of its many Sides Also in the
smaller one is a slight tinge of amber 1t is
quite hard, cutting glass with ease, though it's
corners and ends are quite obtuse."
A BEAUTIFUL SMnE.-The pious Jonathan
Edwards describes Christian as being like
such little flower as we see in the spring Of
the year, low and humble on the ground; OPEN
ing its bosom to receive the pleasant beams of
the suns glory; rejoicing, as it were in a calm
rapture, difusng around sweet fragrance;
standing peacefully and lowly in the midst of
other flowers" The world may think nothing
of the little fower-they may not even notice it;
but, nevertheless, it will be diffusing around a
sweet fragrance upon all who dwell within its
lowly sphere.
NEGRO WIr.-" How much do you charge,
massa Magistrate to marry me and Miss D-
nah ?"
!, swell Glenn, I'll marry you for two dollars"
"Two dollars! what you charge to marry
white folks, NASSAU
awe generally charge five dollars, Glenn"
swell you marry us like white folks, and I'll
give you five dollars too"
"Why, Glenn, that's curious notion, but as
you desire it, III marry you like white folks for
five dollars"
The ceremony being performed, and Glenn
and Dinah being one, the Magistrate claimed his
fee.
'"Oh, no, massa! You no come mp to de gree
ment"
"How so. Clem, what is lackingw
"Why you no kiss de BRIDE"
"Get out of my office, you black rascal"
i In looking over our exchanges we frequently
come across sparks of candor, which are too val
liable to be lost. For instance, the Rockland
Gazette, published at Rockland, in the State of
Maine, has the frankness to raise as its motto the
following Independent paper, devoted to
the benefit of patrons, and the pecuniary prof
,