MISCELLANY.
A rich man is an object of enyy--not
for the number of his domesticks, the
luxuries Of his table, or the splendour Of
his equipage--not for the earesses Of
the venal, the applause of sycophants,
or the numerous facilities which he en-
joys of suiting this world to himself
but for the ability to make others hap
py, and, by acts Of benefcence and pat
riotism, to connect himself with the
fame OF his country, and make his name
memorable in after times.


Wealth, of itself, is adyentitious, and
signifies nothing. When acquired by
honest labour, it is proof Of virtuous
industry, and gladdens all who behold it.
When derived from our ancestors, it
shews them to have been frugal and
meritorioIs. Thus, in both these in
stances wealth is honorable, and be-
longs to the family of the virtues. On
the other hand, when it comes TO crown
tle toll of the miser, wet and dim with
the tears Of the poor, it looks like the
vices which procured it, and both are
covered with shame.


Now he who, having honourably ob-
tanned, would usefully dispense his rich