New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-27

H. iis rr.p,ci Only i - protSbe tha, tie i'c',re
di-apg "irtei the eIlcctAogs # many Of Us hear.
.rs. If was as unea ei,i"sAb IN point II morality
i srnusIug - lultt of siyi-. Rna received,
IL w. deserved, tine b-ary appr"b4iiun AMI
aptlau.e ~ the audience. hr. Btrnn took y
f,r grari-d that every uau whom b. aairss-,d you'll
rrihsr b. rieh than poor lnear. hear be Deei uo',
ti.Itt,Te. Ha-t' many Nufis 30 -iori,In- mulcy or
n moving that iu ii--f d good thlg. Nor
ned he ssy much ~ refuiation 4 tie vulgar filacy
tiat tne mon. y-ge.ter WAS necessarily ~oidid asb
u.an. nr that goodness was necessarily tfrt RS and
irnpruieu'. On the contrary, money -setigg iwhicn
NJ. c,uu. rc. VIC une IL tnr most usefU, sui, con-
.. ou.uty ore "f the mot houorAu.e vi ID "'cupe-
f.r--fte uarrut "i civtlzaii"n, ana 81 lnubmerdbr
h,.r - 20 uarbud. TIE greatest and wl-e-t oi ren
n en ale.. from Abraham, tie first 1rrc1an' on
rec,rf dawn e. tie ,resai day, Nefc mos in'ari-
sb, distinguished Tor their kn' Wedge ana r 'hl1-
tul practice of tie at az making ani ~ kt'ph-
~ g. p striking Instance ,i tLis tHct, pc r.
tered 10 Shakespeare whom he described a. o'ng,
mar ,yc.Ieree c,ver aud tuny Snowman whose
highest aim was L. IN the p"p"aI .'-'F' O."
write .uch plans IS would TOW me t'-i u.N.-''
ard ~ 20 put money IN his purss-a oesc'll'"'h
of The immortal bard wlrh seemed 10 take .ne auii-
cree somewhat by surprise, aui 10 hnd bA' Atl.s
favor ~ iLer sight. Beside ShaNerp@Afy' Aall.l'
an4 Scott on ti j. sIe ~ tie Atlantic, ana i',''''
Bancroft AMI Irving, on tie otirr r. wcre eAAlil' 81
men emuet- once ~ literature ana pa tnis mus
userl # arts. Marlbornugl aud W Nrilii Ston WI"
amost Il. remarkable tor iher thrit and economy a.
f,r il,r Hilary genius and, had W aSHii-'ou "Os
ranked Llh as 2 mrfc sut or millionaire a. tiere
were thrte way IN Which men might become great,
so there three way IN whlc1 they ungtt b'cs1e
wealthy. SOn men ~crr b,ru rch; some achieved
riel es some rad riches trust upon them. lie hai
only 10 sneak of the way In which men i-ht g,peye
rcies and he nj once admitted thst he had absolutely
pribi,g To say on q ~ point which was new. Tie
cuud only repeat aud urge once more ttc Old ana
we'll kno., ru ~ If prudence AMI ecnuomy Illustrating
those ancient saws shereyer De cOud by modern in-
stances The lecturer Proceeded IN very fprclbe
manner 70 state and eIiurce those rn,s for maSinS
Nancy which be CONSIDERED most important, ltter-
suersing them with lnueiuus amusing anecdotes,
Which Sere exceedI ely well told and wen received.
The rul,s were such the following; Bc honest be
nr,ulpt in making engagements. and exact IN full
tliug them: perseyert; advertise; tell no more
about vour business than = Necessary; never pass
a weekday without reading a good newspaper "a
maxim which We beg heartily 10 oniorcel, ana "thers
equally triie and equally -ensIbe. Ot the hun'r oi
tie ecture il impossible for Us to give any thing IKE
q sat ,laciory specineu. MI Barnum conciuded MS
remarks by a very Ingenious and amusing defence ot
buuhuo which he defined 20 be the art OF drossoC mp
an object so ~ to relder it attractive; of puitDg on
elite ring Appearances Tor the sake OF aT1silug utten
ton Tiis was OILY deserving Of blame when the ar-
Gle rut forward not what u prutessci to be-
When the object offered for sale or for how was m
triusicaly good II was allowable, he contended, -
draw attention To it 10y every legitimate means; ani
On ih. prin ipe he vncicated lis own conduct, aLd
maintained tiat BE- had acted toward the public IN an
honorable and stra ght forward manner. Mr.. Barnum
corcuded his address auJ loud applause, aud, on re-
tring was called back to receive toe hearty appr"ba
ton ii the audience, voted him by acclamatJn-a
compliment which he acknowledgment humorous and
appropriate speech.