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The acorth of e man, or tue man of ,Uorh.-When one man is worth a thousand pounds, and another ten thousand, in common language we say the lat ter is worth ten times as much as the former.

 If this meant no more than simply that one had ten times as much property as the other, time would be i'll spent in caviling with the expression. But when people estimate the worth of man by the weight of his purse the extent of his farm the num- Der of his servants the size of his house, without examining either the furniture of his head, or quail ties of his heart, measure their bows, and deal out thelr civi]ities accordingly cor mon sense smiles at the delusion and seems Socitous to correct the error.

 Is the man mere cypher all this time? Does he count nothing of himself? Shall he not be rated as high the purse or chest that contains the common standard of his worth? May none of the endow- mcnts of nature, or requirements of art, have the honor of being inventored with the stock off his farm his merchandise, or household furniture?

 Here is a small mistake, says the world or its careless computers; we really left out his mental ware, in making our estimate. How shall we cor rect the error? What is the average worth of 6 man, stripped like Job ofhis external property?

 A hard question, truly, and but little thought of l. should suppose It as easy to find and average size for all the animals appendant to the earth, know ot no way to estimate his value, except by what he is worth to the community, or his friends By this standard, there would be as great dversi ty in the worth of men without property as with.

 Wealth is good thing, connected with lbera mind. Merit has its value wherever it is found, bu is generally prlzed lowest by those who value mo ney highest

 To do it some degree of justice, let moderat price be agreed upon, and set down against list the most obvious public and private virtues and use :, full requirements.

 This will introduce a new kind of circulation Mems estates may be inventored as usual afte their decease; but there will be considerable d ference between what they are worth while Twin! : and after they are dead.

 Q Let people while alive, be ranked according

 the sum total of their real, personal, and ment e property.