What will my readers give to know how to get rich ? Now, I will not vouch that the following rules will enable every person who may read them to acquire wealth, but this I will answer for, that if ever a man doe6 grow rich by honest means, and re-tains his wealth for any length of time, he must practice upon the principles laid clown in the following essay. The remarks are not original with me, but I strongly commend them to the attention of every young man, at least as affording the true secret of success in attaining wealth. A single perusal of such an essay, at an impressible moment, has sometimes a very wonderful effect upon the disposition and character.

3327. Fortune, they say. is a fickle dame - full of her freaks and caprices; who blindly distributes her favors without the. slightest discrimination. So inconstant, so wavering is she represented, that her most faithful votaries can place no reliance on her promises. Disappointment, they tell us, is the lot of those who make offerings at her shrine. Now, all this is a vile slander Upon the dear blind lady.

3328. Although wealth often appears the result of mere accident, or a fortunate concurrence of favorable circumstances, without any exertion of skill or foresight, yet every man of sound health and unimpaired mind may become wealthy, if he takes the proper steps.

3329. Foremost in the list of requi sites, are honesty and strict integrity in every transaction of life. Let a man have the reputation of being fair and upright in his dealings, and he will possess the confidence of all who know aim. Without these qualities, every other merit will prove unavailing. Ask concerning a man, "Is he active and capable?" Yes. "Industrious, temperate, and regular in his habits?" O, yes. "Is he honest? is he trustworthy?" Why, as to that, I am sorry to say that he is not to be trusted; he wants watching; he is a little tricky, and will take an undue advantage, if he can. "Then I will have nothing to do with him;" will be the invariable reply. Why, then, is honesty the beet policy ? Because, without it, you will get a bad name, and everybody will shun you.

3330. A character for knavery will prove an insurmountable obstacle to success in almost every undertaking. It will be found that the straight line is, in business, as in geometry, the shortest. In a word, it is almost impossible for a dishonest man to acquire wealth by a regular process of business, because he is shunned as a depredator upon society.

3331. Needy men are apt to deviate from the rule of integrity, under the plea that necessity knows no law: they might as well add that it knows no shame. The course is suicidal, and by destroying all confidence, ever keeps them immured in poverty, although they may possess every other quality for success in the world.

3332. Punctuality, which is said to be the soul of business, is another important element in the art of money-getting. The man known to be scrupulously exact in the fulfillment of bis engagements, gains the confidence of all, and may command all the means he can use to advantage; whereas, a man care lees and regardless of his promises in money matters will have every purse closed against him. Therefore be prompt in your payments.

3343. Next, let us consider the advantages of a cautious circumspection in our intercourse with the world. Slowness of belief, and a proper distrust are essential to success. The credulous and confiding are ever the dupes of knaves and impostors. Ask those who have lost their property, how it happened, and you will find in most cases it has been owing to misplaced confidence. One has lost by endorsing; another by crediting; another by false representations; all of which a little more foresight and a little more distrust would have prevented. In the affairs of this world, men are not saved by faith, but by the want of it.

3344. Judge of men by what they do, not by what they say. Believe in looks, rather than in words. Observe all their movements. Ascertain their motives and their ends. Notice what they say or do in their unguarded moments, when under the influence of excitement. The passions have been compared to tortures, which force men to reveal their secrets. Before trusting a man, before putting it in his power to cause you a loss, possess yourself of every available information relative to him. Learn his history, his habits, inclinations and propensities; hie reputation for honesty, industry, frugality, and punctuality; his prospects, resources, supports, advantages and disadvantages; his intentions and motives of action; who are his friends and enemies, and what are his good or bad qualities. You may learn a man's good qualities and advantages from his friends - his bad qualities and disadvantages from his enemies. Make due allowance for exaggeration in both. Finally, examine carefully before engaging in anything, and act with energy afterwards. Have the hundred eyes of Argus beforehand, and the hundred hands of Briarius afterwards

3345. Order and system in the management of business must not be neglected. Nothing contributes more to dispatch. Have a place for everything and everything in its place; a time for everything, and everything in its time Do first what presses most, and having determined what is to be done, and how it is to be done, lose no time in doing it. Without this method, all is hurry and confusion, little or nothing is accomplished, and business is attended to with neither pleasure nor profit.

3346. A polite, affable deportment is recommended. Agreeable manners contribute powerfully to a man's success. Take two men, possessing equal advantages in every other respect, but let one be gentlemanly, kind, obliging, and conciliating in his manners; the other harsh, rude, and disobliging, and the one will become rich, while the other will starve.

3347. We are now to consider a very important principle in the business of money-getting, namely - Industry - persevering, indefatigable attention to business. Persevering diligence is the Philosopher's stone, which turns everything to gold. Constant, regular, habitual, and systematic application to business must, in time, if properly directed, produce great results. It must lead to wealth, with the same certainty that poverty follows in the train of idleness and inattention It has been truly remarked, that he who follows his amusements instead of his business, will, in a short time, have no business to follow.

3348. The art of money-saving is an important part of the art of money-getting. Without frugality no one can become rich; with it, few would be poor. Those who consume as fast as they produce, are on the road to ruin. As most of the poverty we meet with grows out of idleness and extravagance, so most large fortunes have been the result of habitual industry and frugality. The practice of economy is as necessary in the expenditure of £ me as of money. They say that if "we take care of the pence, the pounds will take care of themselves." So, if we take care of the minutes, the days will take cure of themselves.

3349. The acquisition of wealth de-mands as much self-denial, and as many sacrifices of present gratification, as the practice of virtue itself. Vice and poverty proceed, in some degree, from the same sources, namely - the disposition to sacrifice the future to the present; the inability to forego a small present pleasure for great future advan-tages. Men fail of fortune in this world, as they fail of happiness in the world to come, simply because they are unwilling to deny themselves mo-mentary enjoyments for the sake of permanent future happiness.

3350. Every large city is filled with persons, who, in order to support the appearance of wealth, constantly live beyond their income, and make up the deficiency by contracting debts which are never paid Others there are, the mere drones of society, who pass their days in idleness, and subsist by pirating on the hives of the industrious. Many who run a short-lived career of splendid beggary, could they but be persuaded to adopt a system of rigid economy for a few years, might pass the remainder of their days in affluence. But no! They must keep up appear-ances, they must live like other folks.

3351. Their debts accumulate; their credit fails; they are harassed by duns, and besieged by constables and sheriffs. In this extremity, as a last resort, they submit to a shameful dependence, or engage in criminal practices, which en-tail hopeless wretchedness and infamy on themselves and families.

3352. Stick to the business in which you are regularly employed. Let speculators make their thousands in a year or a day; mind your own regular trade, never turning from it to the right hand or to the left. If you are a merchant, a professional man, or a mechanic, never buy lots or stocks unless you have surplus money which J you wish to invest. Your own business you understand as well as other men; but other people's business you do not understand. Let your business bo some one which is useful to the com munity. All such occupations pos sess the elements of profit in them selves. (See 1827.)