RULES OF M'DONOGH, THE MILLIONAIRE OF NEW ORLEANS.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XIV, 1 December 1855, Page 3

RULES OF M'DONOGH, THE MILLIONAIRE OF NEW ORLEANS.

Mr. John M'Donogh, the millionaire of New Orleans, has engraved upon his tomb ft series of maxims, which he had prescribed ns tho rulea for his guidanco through life, and to which his success in business is mainly attributable. These rules would undoubtedly secure riches and honour ; and as a whole are worthy of being accepted : —

Iras for Tim gt/idamje op my life, 180k

■Remember always that labour is one of the conI ditions of our existence. Time is gold ; throw not one minute away, but place each one to account. Do unto all men as you would be done by. Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day. Never bid another to do what you can do yourself. Never covet what is not your own. Never think any matter so trifling as not to deserve notice. Never givo out Hint which docs not first come in. Never spend but to produce. Let the greatest order regulate tho transactions of your life. Study in your course of life to do tho greatest amount of* good. Deprive yourself of nothing necessary to your comfort, but live, in an honourable simplicity and frugality. Labour then, to the last moment of your existence. l'ursno strictly the. above yules, and tho Divine , blessing and riches of every kind will flow upon you 1 16 j our heart's content ; but, first of all, remember that tho chief and great study of our life should bo to I tend, by nil means in our power, to tho honour and I glory of our Divine Creator. Tho conclusion to which I havo arrived is, that without) temperance there is no health ; without virtue, no order ; without religion, no happiness ; and that tho aim of our being is live wisely, soberly, and righteously. AMERICANS IN THE RUSSIAN CAMP. A lato number of the San Francisco Weekly Herald has tho following sketch of tho doings of volunteer Americans in the Russian camp at Scbastapol. It is n sad thing to find them ranging their forces in such a cause, and to think that the flower of the allied armies should bo cut off by tho merciless rifles of men who, if their restless energies impel them to interfere, ought surely to enlist their scrvieea on tho other side : —

" A gcntlemnn of this city received by tho steamer, of August 2, n letter from n. young friend, who, at the date of the letter wns fighiing in the ranks of tho ■Russian forces nt Sebastopol. Tho following is an extract from tho letter : —

" ' Fortress of Sebnstopol. "• * * lam getting on pretty well, although somewhat troubled with an attack of a fever prevailing hero at this time. Myself, with some four hundred and fifty " Yankee boys " have dono our sharo in defending tho strongest military works in the world. We are on duty only in the day time, and uso nothing but tho strong American rifle. Dr. Tenbroeck is with us, and some forty other American physicians ; they aro employed constantly, night and day. Wo fare well, and aro universal favourites with the Kus9ianß.

" ' Fred. Marshall.'

" This letter was received at Boston but a few days prior to the departure of tho mail for California, and the extract above inserted is therefore late news from tho Russo-Amcrican allies. It appear* that their services are only required in tho day time, when tho rcconnoitering parties sent out by the French and English beeomo easy targets for tho experienced riflemen."

Can* a Max Maubt Himself? — In the Irish Court of Chancery an important ease i 3 pending, affecting tho legitimacy of a- largo family, and the disposal of a largo property, in which the question is, can a man marry himself? Tho father in this case was a clergyman, find is alleged to have ncted ns his own priest, in reading the marriaga servico of tho cluirch of England. The Lord Chancellor said, unle«s it could bo urged that tho marriage was, like a Scotch marriage, valid, though the parties merely shook hands and declared themselves to bo man and wife, tho marriage alleged to havo been celebrated in the present case could not bo upheld. He sent tho case, however,, to a jury trial.

A Mr. Sabine has brought out a Biographical Dictionary of Duellists, commencing with David and Goliah, and ending with Coumet an Bavthelemy.

" Sixguiar Coixcidexce ! "—lt" — It is a curious fact that tho honourable secretary of the Admiralty owes all his success in life to throe Joes. His seat to Joe Hume — his jokeß to Joe Miller — and his assurance to Tiis inimitable grandfather, Joe Grrimaldi. — Press.

Sufficient. — The typos of the Lexington (Miss.) Advertiser, thus tersely, but all sufficiently, apologise for any deficiencies there may be in their last issue :—: — Our foreman is absent, the editor gone on a marrying expedition, and the " devil " and his imp 3 left to get out the paper.

John Foster the essayist, once called the world an untamed and untamable animal. Being reminded that he was n part of it, he rejoined, "Yes, sir, a hair upon the tail." To a person who was praising somewhat fultfomely the piety of the Emperor Alexander, ho replied gravely, with a significant glance, "Yes, sir, a very good man — very devout; no doubt ha snid grace before he swallowed Poland." — Scottish Review.

DLT.TOTtTrci, Er.siDEXcr. — A Washington correspondent, in describing a beautiful young lady, say?, — "She lia? n face a painter might dwell upon.