while that of their slaves, and a great proportion of the free domestic servants, with numbers who obtained a living among them in various branches of industry or speculation, was a bright scarlet; these were considered as people of an inferior race. During the time I was there, a great commotion agitated the community, in consequence of an attempt being made by some zealous religionists, among the pea-greens, to raise the bright scarlets to a level with themselves; by asserting that the founder of their faith was a scarlet coloured man, instead of a pea-green, as had always been taken for granted. Many serious disturbances were the consequence of the propagation of this doctrine. Thousands of the greens who held the scarlets in abhorrence, rose simultanously to take vengeance on the upholders of this heresy; and the persons, dwellings, together with the places of public worship of these innovators, were violently attacked, the first grossly insulted and the last nearly demolished; until the civil and military powers being called into vigorous exercise, the riots were stopped, and some of the ring leaders punished.

I could not help remarking, even in my dream, how nearly in many respects the inhabitants of this place resembled those of Terra. Notwithstanding that in their general character, (more especially when described by themselves,) they were the most enlightened and virtuous of all sentient creatures, individual exceptions might occasionally be met with among them, calculated to excite a doubt respecting the perfect accuracy of this opinion. A very old Columbite, gifted with an enlarged understanding, and a spirit of genuine inde

pendence, and who, in consequence of the feeedom with which he pointed out the errors of his countrymen, and the unreservedness with which he ridiculed their follies, was shunned by all, except a few kindred spirits, told me that all their judges were not pure, nor all their priests truly pious; that sometimes a lawyer might be heard of, who would cheat his own client, a doctor who looked more to the amount of his bills than the efficacy of his prescriptions, and that patriotism, like piglead, might frequently be found in the market. These statements of the philosopher, (for such he would have been called, had he lived on earth,) gave such a shock to my feelings that I shuddered and awoke.

HINTS TO TAVERN KEEPERS.

In addressing you, most useful, worthy, but much calumniated men, I am influenced solely by an earnest desire to promote your welfare: for which I shall expect you to feel a species of gratitude that I by no means desire you should express.

To begin without farther prelude, I would recommend you, one and all, to avoid by any means you can devise paying that odious and unjust tax, called a tavern licence; advice, which, to some of you, I am happy to say, is unnecessary: but the practice should be universal if possible.

As a proof of your independence, and in order to furnish a practical illustration of the absurdity of a dead

letter law, you must act in direct opposition to the provisions of that under which you obtain your licence, i. e. when foolish enough to pay ten dollars for the privilege of signing your name to a lie in the books of the corporation. You will, therefore, of course, keep billiard tables, and nine-pin alleys; have cards and dice played in every room of your house, and encourage every description of gambling by which you can make money.

Borrow all the money you can of your visiters. This will induce them to stick by your establishment, at least till you pay them; which, for your own interest, you should be as tardy as possible in doing.

Keep no books; a slate is much more convenient in two respects. In the first place, should a good customer run up a long score, trifling alterations in the amount (which you should be careful always to make in your own favour) cannot be detected; and in the second, an account is more easily closed with the end of your wetted finger than by credit given in a leger, by a vulgar book-keeper.

Trust every person who requires credit. You will thus drive away the bad, and retain only the good customers. This practice will be attended with a great advantage-for, after having lost a few hundreds, you will have the pleasant satisfaction of knowing "who is who."

Always wear your hat when behind the bar: this will show that you consider yourselves, as you ought to do, upon a perfect equality with your patrons in front of it, For every three glasses that you sell help yourselves to one, you can well afford it; and should have a

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good run, this practice will have the effect of keeping you in that happy state of demi-inebriety which excites the animal spirits just sufficiently to make one feel fine, and cause your behaviour to be agreeably lively. Occasionally it will be well to get Bacchi plenus. As you will then naturally chalk double, which, if complained of, you can excuse by conscientiously affirming that you knew not what you were about.

Encourage your customers to bring their dogs into your house. Nothing is more pleasant than to enter a bar-room where a large number of those useful animals are assembled. Setters, pointers, spaniels and hounds give a sporting character to the company and it is always considered a mark of respectability to have any thing to do with a dog kennel. It is desirable also to keep a dog or two of your own, which ought to be sharp and ill-tempered for by flying at your customers, and now and then biting them, they will be sure never to forget your location.

If you keep a billiard table or a nine-pin alley, never have any person to spot the balls in the one case, or to put up the pins in the other people, generally speaking, play for exercise, and it would be extremely ungenerous in you not to give them the worth of their money.

Should you happen to possess more wit, talent and information than the generality of your customers (a thing not ordinarily to be expected) you should take every opportunity to exhibit such advantages, if only for the purpose of mortifying their feelings-they will then entertain a proper respect for your superiority, and feel proud to have the privilege of resorting to a tay

ern where the host answers their arguments with quotations from the classics.

It is also judicious to mark every mistake committed in the use of words, and correct them at once before the whole company: that will be sure to create a laugh at the expense of the offender, who will probably take himself off never to return. By perseverance in this plan you will in a short time find your company remarkably select.

Should you have a handsome wife, grown up daughter or niece, let them attend the bar; they will soon be deprived of all mauvaise honte; their morals will rapidly improve, and the practice may terminate in domestic circumstances of a very interesting nature.

The bottle is by no means empty, but we will cork it up for the present, believing in the old proverb that "a word to the wise is enough."

PHRENOLOGY, BY A LADY.

I am a married woman, about-but never mind that -it is not necessary to my present purpose that the world should be acquainted with so unimportant a

secret.

I received a good education, that is, as times were when I got it. I can read, write, and cipher a little, I can wash, iron, make and mend; cook a plain dinner, and bake as good bread as my neighbours. Besides which I am particularly attentive to cleanliness in all