1 V0L* 1LJ LYNCHBURG, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7. i&iS. ,g PROPOSALS Fur publishing, by subscription, A SUV AMERICAN BiogvavtUicvtV IViclumm* OR A KKMK vioUANCKit OF THK Departed Heroes, Saxes ami Statesmen of meriea. To be confined exclusively to those who sig nalized themselves, in either capacity, in the ({evolutionaly War, which obtumeu the Inde pendence oftueir country. Second Edition. H ith anapjv ndijc —containing f I1I1K Declaration by the Representatives ul I. the United Colonies of North Ameina, netting forth the causes and necessity of talcing up arms, July 6, 1775—The Petition by the Representatives of the United Colonies, to the King of Great Britain, July 8, 1775—A procla tion of Congress for a day of fa-ting, humilia tion and P ayet, March 10, 1775—The Decla ration of Independence, July 4, 1776—and the manifesto by the Congress of the United Mates of America, October .10,17 7'J. Also, i he Constitution of the United States, and the Faievvell Address ol General Wash rNnTON, to the People of tlie United Stales, an nouncing h:s intention of retiring from public service, September 17,17d6. COMPILED H Y THOMAS J. RODGERS Wc a e reduced to tlie altet native ol choo sing an unconditional suhmis.-ion to the tynui ny o! iiiital.il minisiers, or resistance by lorce. Thelattei is mu c noice, YVe have counted the cost ol this c nitest, and Imd nothing so diead ful as voluntary slave y. Honor, justice, and humanity, loi hid us vamely to surieudei that fiuedom which we leceived Irom our gallant a.ice-to s, ami which out innocent pu-teiity have a ugh to receive from us. YVe raiinol ciidme the infamy and guilt ol tesigiung sue-' reeding generations to that wretchedness vvh eh inevitably awai s them, it we basely entail here ddaiy bondage upon tliem. The ai ms vvc haVi been compelled by our enemies to assume, we wm, in denance ui every hazard, with uuabatmg liimness and pe.-evei auee, employ loi the pie-ei valiou uluui libei. tus—being with one mind res i veil to die In c- men atnei than io live d.ve>.”—[Declaration «f Congress, setting forth tht necessity oj tuning uii anus—July b, 1775. TO THK i'UULiC. The whole o toe Inslcd.v.n having been sold, the l.ditol h is lie n induced to ollei a new euc, on a more enlaigev. Scale, by ic unotlue many demand that hav e been un.de toi the worn fr mi va i us puts ol i.he Unite i ata *s. Thclavoiable leccplioti vital lias hceu given tollm Biographical Dictioua y,” whii it is grateful to the compilei, in iy he ic a dcu as honorable to the Ame lean community. 1’ie ancient republics i aised monuin, nls ol stone to give perpetuity to tiie tame ot then heroes and sages. \Ve would implant the memory tour's In the heai tsol oui cnilaieii, to he h.iiidci. on n to their children, in pi oud temembi a c e ot the viitues and talcn s ot men win nevei had then tupei mrs. Of those who took, part in (he Re volution, it has been emphatically said, lliei e were giants in those days.” It is at once out duly an I our interest to etie ish a hvelyrecol lec tion of tnem. TUeic isan hunestpiide e ong ing to it that constitutes a moral force ot inti cite value totlie public wellare. The ecoml edition will he much more vain able and iulei estiugthaii the lirst, as it will con tain many important character!-tic anecdotes, &cc. never helute publi lied, of those i lusti ious t men who acti d a con i ini us part in our glo- i rious Ucvotutt, u. Tue Kditui thinks it proper v to adu, that many gentlemen, fr .in various I partiot tlie Union, have pioinised to furnish l o iginalsketctie- of oui mnsldi-tingiiishidRc aolnlionaiy heioes, ages and statesmen. i The valuable, rare, ai d el querit, papers, ta Ken l oin the Journals ut ti.c Revolutionary t Congress, as well as the Constitution of the U. Slates—and the vaieoictorv add e-s ot (seneial i Washington, wuicii .he iiist edi,tion did not contain, willg.ve vuditional mtei eat and valueto thewoik. I Tne lust edition contained a biographical v sketch ot the character ol out. hundred anil fifteen indtvidu Is, and it is cxt.ecte i me second aid co t .in a SKtu.lv of the el.ai actei, Me, ol (orty..,r tidy more, who have died since the v publication of the ft st edition. i Among in my recommendations of the tin i i edition, the publisher will only give the lollow t H: t Mr. Nin a, in his Register, July 1,1815, s Conclude!, an article on cho' iBooks,” with I hie fol owing .jnscrvatiL.ns 1 have been led to these few remarks, by i hying my hand on a v olumc lately published t by Mr. Holers, at Kastoi t’euii. entitled A flew Biog aphtca! Dictionary, ontaining l he j lies of ail oui eminent statesmen, wainoia, i pairin's and sages.” It is neatly printed, and, in my opinion, one ol the best a boo books we have for b >y» of I'.um 1/ to 10 yeais oln—aim •Uu, highly interesting to those more advanced t i"jea,s. It has had, 1 am told, a very extern •i'esrlc,and I shallu tbesoiiy to hear ot a I •tew edition every year.” t Nsw.Yo ik, Ap ii 16, ISH.—Sin—Next to bl e thle an.l hooks of a moral and leiigiousjl nil!|J'e, which ought evn to nave a large share I of attention in ail our sem mines oi Karniug, i i scarcely any tiling can he more ms ruetive, and ceiuinly, nothing can l.e tnoie intercstii gtoan i •ngtni )Usyouth,thanhi giaphy. 1 am ha,.py to tiud that you hav publised a liiographii al Dicti n.i y, who I think well ca ciliated to give the rising eneiation much i important ki »w ledge of many distinguished A toeriean heioes an.l siautmen. That your la bor t'oi the hem fit ol those, who areto succeed Mr on the gre.it theatre o the w.md, may be geneiouslv reinuneiate'', is the sincere wish ot Jour humble sei vant, TIMOTHY ALDl’.N. T. .1, Roct.ns, F.sq. CONIMTIONS. 1. The work to be comprised in an octavo j tnlumc, to contain between 4 and 500 pages. 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Jan. 7 New anti Yultitililu Medicine. F| lit. new and elegant Ralsam bids fai l to stand unrivalled in ils merits, for Con sumptions and Coughs,and we boldly venture to assert that no Medicine lias ••ver gained si much credit in so short a time as this compo sition. .Scarcely a case occurs but may lie relieved by the timely Use of it, many having lately used it in seated Consumptions witli the most surprising success, who were given up hy the must skilful physicians in the country. Many certificates ot its efficacy accompany each bottle. I hereby certify that my wife, has for some time past been troubled with a violent Cough, Had lias been in a very delicate health, and after having tried many different things with out getting relief, bought for her a bottle ot Dr. Mellen’s Cough Drops, from the use of which a very short time she toned great relief, and her Cough has eoliiely left her, uud she has regained her strength. JOHN W. JENKINS. Hudson, \2lh Month 2'Mh, IHID. Affirmed before me, JOSEPH D MONELI,, Recorder of the. ri'i/ of llmhun To the nftiicted^wlimn JJjis may concern—1 fcnsAnna Barton, do certify that I took a vio lent cold in the Utter part o! the year IHI8 i which created a violent Cough and difficulty I of breathing, wliii h was vpry di-Ire 'dug til* I 1 procured a boll It* of Doctor Mellon V Cough Drops, and by taking a few doses o( the said drop l was entirely cured ot my Cough and pain in iny side. ItOSANN BAK'i’ON, Wife of Mr. Joseph Barton. ITutfion, 12Ih Mouth \‘Uhy 181*) This is to certify that in June wa« seized with a verty distressing Cough, pain in mv side, great we.*kne«s of the lungs, and il continued until July 181?),which confined me to the house and part of the time to rny bed I had tried every thing ftfc I thought but all in vain. I was at last induced to make trial ol Dr. MelienV Cough Drops, which gave me im mediate relief, increased rny strong h, and re stored my forme* Doop. I can with the great est confidence recommend ihem to all that art afflicted with those complaint*, a n cry vhIii able medicine. NAM BOl HNF.. Ilia holly Columbia el if. A 1 l)ic 27. 1810. ion sam bv |)r. 1 lll'Ml’IIBKVS, I.ynchburg. March 18 A2m A LIST OF LrtTTKHH, Btmainingin the I’o.it Of re, nt l,ync' bnrpr, I yn' on tin .unit daif of Zi»pttmtn r, I n„',i. •'I—Frances II. Appleb.iry, XV ill it in A Allen, Josep.i Am ber, Miss Ch.u lotti \rm strong, Kdward Atkinson, Adl. i Arlington, Jolm I. Aintdei. H—Wm. Bolling, IXIisa F.li/.ti Boothe, C hristopher I. Bocock, Knhe.it Banks i!, (’a|»t. Henry Ballinger, II onlel I, lb oil II, KnbrrtM. Boden, Mrs. Jane H. Boyd, J,is Brown, Mis* Sally II. Udiighao, Kli'Burch, Ambrose Burlord, Presley Boley, .Xlathew Bellamy, Janies Byars, Itev.Thomae f|. Brume, Jolm Boyd, Messrs. Joseph Boyce k( o., Ldivard Blown, Fdiiiuod Brown, Mali Id.i Burton, a woman of eoloor, Mr, Burton. C—Iticheson Curie, Charles R. Cobh.., Moses F. Cook, XVm. Clnlles, Rev. Waller Christian, Xlrs. Mary mile, William It Chapla.n, Mrs. Ishel Cniniifax I'etei Camden, Rev. Joseph Carson, Pleasant j Creasy, Robert Cntiitn, Iteiitieo Cox,Johns Ctvsar, Clerk superior eoiiit chancery ;s, Duet, («eo. Cabell, Mdnnr f ox //—Richard Dcjniortt kc Hons, Jane Daiin rsnn, Polly Davis, Samuel II. Davis, Mrs. Susannah Douglas, F.li/.ahcth Doug las. /’—Charles F.llis. /achnriah 1- reeman, Shelton Foster. G'—James tiilham, Villeroy S. tinnier, Benj. S (iale, Henry S. tirccn, John t»ar rett, Daniel (tray. //-Jesse Hare, Mrs. F.li/.nhclh M. Hill, Join Hopper,John holmes, Kdwkjlughcs, W in. D. II ill, John F. Haw kins, Demareus llix, II. II. Hurt. John Hoekaday, Daniel Hide, Ambrose H. Hansard, Mrs. Medg wich, Austin W. Hunter, Conrad Holstein, Richard D. linden. J -Airs. I.liz.dii lli .lolue,on, Jon,ill Ishel, Blind y 11 by, Timolliy JnhliHnn, I ies, I.ew is k O. lie pi i tins Spring Wan house, Win. Joiner. A -Z.iclnilli■ King 2. L-~ James Lane, Cm u M Luzellu. Jolm S. Leviuguton, James law. Mis. A line ti Lumpkin, apt. Win. K Lee, Mrs. Mai Ilia Fee, apt. James L. Lumpkin, Uuetor Francis L. Lit. J/ Jeremiah Aliirpliy, Head Alonlgnme ry {v n., Rev. W I*. Alai tin, Wm. Mansie h, I liarli AlitcliHI, Thnnius Mom man, Jr. Airs. Fanny Merchant, James AJnrtin 4, Richard S. Alassie, John Martin 3, Rev. Stitli Ali ail Kli Mayers, laliv. Methodic, V\ m. Mayherry, J unes Cl. Moorman, Mis. Smalt Alartin, Tims. S. AIcClelland, John Alunuhati, John Alahone, Thomas N. Ala on 2, Henry Meredith, Andrew More land 3, Thomas AIcKetinedy, Win. Mont gomery, Jane Moss, n woman of colour, Ldtv. C Man .field, Harvey Mitchell. ■A' Airs. Rosenen North, Spencer Nor vell, Sr. P— Uenj. A. Phillipfi, John D. Plunkett, Mrs. Elizabeth Price, Charles Pritchard, Jas. Poindexter, Rev. Chits. Price, Huhney T. Philips, V. Peyton, Mrs. Mery C. Pen dleton. R—E. F. Rawson, Estp Alias Sally Ram sey, Robert Robinson, Johan Ride, Air. Risipie 2, Spencer C. Reid, Philip Rohr, Henry L. Rose, Win. Robinson. N—Turletoii Saunders, Abner Scissoti, Capt. F.ppes Spain, James Stewart, John W. Schenk, Daniel Stratton, Jesse Sam roons, John Shi'pherd. T— Ai instead 'I’mslow 2, Wm.Thnmp snii, Sr., Anson Tinsley, Doctor Sainui I Taliaferro. I—Uenj. Vawtei B. It'— Fnuutnin Wi lls, Mrs. Elizabeth A. AV illiaios, Capt. John Warwick, Captain Is lias Wills, Luke Wade, Wm, Woodruff, liobt. A. Willson 2, Capt. John K. Wood son, Jacoh Woodson, Adam White, L. V. W iinhush, Hardin Wash. JOHN 1). MURRELL, P. AI. October 3. wSw K I II E co|iartnersliip of Ammon Hancock •A tu. Co. is tins day dissolved hy inutioil consent. All persons indebted to them me i eipie.stcd to mu lie i in mediate payment to Am mon Hancock all those ha ving els iuisagiiiust 111 111 ore if-1 j nested to )iresent their respective claims to hi in prope.rl) adjusted for settlement. DA.NIKI. liltOW N, AMMON HANCOCK. July 31. The suhsrriher will continue the hardware business m the house formerly oeeupied l.y I Ammon HancockiiCo lie w ill also keepon hand, a good assortment of Paints, Oil, and Painters iiiuleriule all ol which articles he is determined to ell low for i ah. AMMON HANCOCK August 12. 4w lo6 Messrs. Jlrdnhuld Freeland, Jr. II ilf ,am Freeland, and John Freeland. CJENTLEMLN —A* you are rot iohn hitunta ot tin comnmnweiip'n, .-.n() riot having any agent known to you will please to take notice that I shall o.r, Monday the 13th day ol October tie*',, ,)lf. |.r!,tlUitl Hotel, m the town of Lyschliorg, proceed to take the depositions ol i lopherHIake, and .t.anies. Bui hick, in a suit depending in the Superior unit n Cha.nrery for the I.yneh Imrg District, v herein I am plnintitl, and James Bullot*.. Kristopher Clark, and Rich ai l AiiiIltsOm, Lfrwrly HIhh*, ami David An .'erson, ‘trading under the turn and style of Andervun, Blair c*. An- !»*i «*m, nnr^rlvf*^ Htt* defendants. ,ltKNJAMlN I.T WIS. August 12. wdW" 106. •N i>\ 1C BY virtue of a deed of trust executed to me by Clerneht Tow ri' end and linifii h Jor dan, tu ruing date the 20th daj of August, 182ft, and duly recorded in the (hiV* office of the county court of Campbell, for certain purposes mentioned in aid deed will he sold to the highest bidder for ready money a1 Campbell court-bouse on TUvdny the 7th d» y of October next, the property convened said deed of trust, to v\ it One negro woman named Silvey and her two children J'.lvia and Mary, all their the •udd Townsend's and Jor dan’4 Household add Kite hen Furniture, and st 'tk ot Cattle and flogs, one yoke of Oxen 1 and Cart, one road aggon, all flu I'lanta {tlnii t’feiisils, and the crop of Corn am| Oats grow ing on the plantation of snid Town-end and Jordan. J Ac ting ns trustee I will convey to the pur chaser or purchasei.* u< h title n> i* tested in file hv said deed II-VTO.N OU.N.V Sept 26. wtdsS MOUNT ARARAT. Von Knt/.ehue, nn ollieer of the Russia army, who travelled with th*- Riiv.im mi nion m HI7 iiitn Persia, mill part of Arm* nin, is the first traveller we ever rent) it who lint seen Mount Ai iraf, oil which th arli of Noah resti i|. Many fabulous srcmints he any* are toll of Mils mountain by the inhabitant* in it vicinity Imt it is inaccessible to inorta font, owing to till- steepness of the side ami the perpetual tie ami snow Will which its sides and summit me inner eil a Turkish Pacha having a few veari sinee made the attempt mill faili d. ten year* sinee an immense- ipi.mlity of ice am snow slid down from the summit of tin mountain, mill he was fold th.it a plank n which Noah’s ark was composed calm down with it, An Armenian eonvenl stands at the font of a miiuididu, or in the valley, which they say stands mi (lie very pot win re lie font kmuded down to |oay, w hell he descended from the tminiitaiu. Tliey also allege that the eity or r illagr, n| I’rn in, w Im h viands nil the plain in thi i ii inity id tin- mnuntiiiii, win. built by Nnali shurtly after the deluge. In short, the Ar menians ill that ipiarter, and they seem to he the only inhabitants w ho seem In lone any know ledge ol the ark or the deluge, say that Noah planted nil the Hinges and cities 111 tlmt vicinity, while some of our liiatorians allege that lie travelled immedi ately and fuunded the empi re of (jhiiiin Kot/ehlie has given few other partieolar* w ilh regard In Ararat, nr of the traditions of those liv mg around it, except those above noticed. Whatever traditions (In-re are, are all preserved by llip All.. church. The height of the mountain he does nut give, though it must lie id' eonsi snlet dilc height, being always, as lie says, rovered with perpetual snow, and its sum mil above the clouds and surrounded with mists. I rum mi i nnjn r 0. 1 Hir tui idu.i m tides nf.ijiiihiiiir hands. 1. Tim pump handle shake is the lirat which dctervi s notice. It is executed hy taking a friend’* hand, mid working it up and down, through an are of ,'rO degrees, for about a minute ami a half. To have its natural force and character, this shake should he performed w ith a fair and steady nintami. No attempt should be made to give it grat e, and still less variety, aa the lew Instances in which thr latter has been tried, have uniformly resulted in dislocating the shoulder of the person on whom it has been attempted. On the contrary, persons who are partial to the pump handle shake, should lie at some pains to give an equable tranquil movement in the operation, which should on no account he continued after perspiration on the part of your friend has commenced. 1!. The I’dulutn shake may lie men tioned next, as being somew hat similar in character tint moving, as the name hidi cates, in hori/.iint.il, instead of a peipeuilk cut,ir direction. It is executed hy sweep ing yuur hands hoiiv.niitally towards your hn ud’s and alter the junction is eflVrted, rowing with it from one side to the other, according le the pleasure of the parties.— The only Caution in its use which needs particularly to In- given, is not to insist on performing It in a plane sti telly parallel In the horizon. V on may observe a person has been educated to tile pump handle shake, and another that h.i.t brought home the pendulum from a foreign voyage. They met, joined hands, and attempted to put them in motion. They were neither of them feeble men. One endeavored to pump, arid the other to paddle I heir facer, reddened; the drops stood on their fort; heads and it was at last a pleasant illus Irntiotl of the doetrme of tile composite of forces, to see their heads slanting ’ml„n exact diagonal, in which line they ever after shook hut it was plain to see there was no cordiality in it and as usu.dlv j j the case w th such compromises, hot'i partied were discontented. 1 he toumiqml slinkv is, the next in importanrc. It derives its, „ame flom t|„. instrument made use •,i h y siirgeims to slop the circulation of the h,ood in the limb a hoot to h.- ampul- t« d. is performed by clasping the luu*d o.'i yourfiieiid as far as j on can in y e.,o- own, and then contracting the muscles of your thumb, fingers and palm, till you have induced any degree ol compteasi',nyou may propose in the hand of yo'.ir fyjend. I’nrlicnlar ertre ought to ho t'.iki o, if yatm hand is as hard and as log a j tying pan, and that of yoor friend’s as small and as soft as a maiden's, not to i jiake use of the tourniquet shake to a de gree that will shake the small hone of Ilia wri -t out of their places. I* is seldom safe to apply it to gouty persons. A hearty young friend ot mine, who had pursued the study of theology, and acquired an unusu al hardness and strength <>Y hand and wrist by the. use of the hammer, on returning from a scientific excursion, gave his gouty uncle the tourniquet shake with such sen; rity, as had well nigh reduced the old gen tleman’s fingers to powder for which my friend had the pleasure of hcingdisiiiherited as ’•■oon as his uncle’s fingers got well e nough to hohl a pen. 4. The cordial grajrple is a shake of soon interest. Il is a hearty boisterous shake o your friend’s hand, accompanied with mo delate pressure and loud acclamations o welcome. It is au excellent travelliuj ‘ihake, and wa ll adapted to make friends.— il is indiscriminately peril,l ined. The /‘tier Grievous touch is opposed t( the rtadiulgrapple. It is a pensive, Iran quit junction, followed hy a iiiildsohsultnrj motion, a cast down look, and an innrticu late employ after your friend's health. The prude major and jirude minor an nearly monopolized hy the ladies. The; t cannot hr accurately described, but an constantly to lie noticed in practice. The; ....ia.r extend beyond the lingers and tin major allows you In touch them nnl; I down on the second joint. The prude mi J nor allows you the whole of the linger. I <'nusiderahlc skill may he shown in perfor ming them with nice variations, such a extending the lett hand its* lead of the right or stretching a nciv glossy kid glove ole the finger you extend —-_Si-....... I might go through a Jong lint, sir, of the n grtpr rnifitl, tin- $au> *,ill shake, .mil the shake itnihmalire prrpmxi, but llley are mil) factitious combinations of the three. liindHineiilMl foims already doacrihed ns t the pump hmulb, the prndulum, hiiiJ ft. timrniijiut. I should trouble you with. I few remarks, in conclusion, on the mode a i shaking hands, as ail Indira lion of charm I tel, hut ,e. 1 see a friend eotiung op tin* .avenue who I-> iidiin ted to the pump hnn i ,11', l dura not Ure my wrist by further W i iting. PATTKKSON v PATTKKSON. Tills Whs n I rilling matter of in itrimonial misery between a Air. Petri Patterson and Dorothy Ins wife. Klght months ago Dorothy was not Ml*. Patter .on, hut All*. Alagiah -she being; tin »i the happy u ife of lier own lawful hus band, Air. 1 Vlliain Alagri.h, of lluekeridgei 'Ifeet, in the Parish of St. tides, mortar carrier. It so happened, however, Air. Plielini M .grah dud, leaving Dorothy .1 forlurn widow with three cliihlrr—tho youngest only three week* old, and tho eldest a rnuiely damsel of 111 years, or tlierrnhoiil kor full fire uionlhs alter did Dorothy demean herself* soriowfully and Jtlciiitli/ in lou n iihliflnnnl" lint at the end to that lime there was no vitlle for the etiilder and Air. I’eter Pallerson drop ped in ami said to her, Deli Alisthn Magrah,” snnl lie—“an, if ye’d leave oil; ye’r widdduinf' its ineself would he the father to the ehildreri ye’vegot and smm* •libels, may lie. Air Magrali,”said he, Jibes had a« mixing long oe in the head if I mil, and she listened to him, and the children cried lor the bread j and she laid aside her wi dow’s weed’.sJuiU hei O ne, Alls. Peter Pal^ t,a son. This was (inly six week* ago hlJC before the honey inooo had passed, Peter Patterson plainly showed what he was by kicking her not of lied, ami saying to her, Alistress Alngrah that uni.i” said lie, yr> may lake the children and get out of it en« tiiely; for, by the Powers! Mistimes Pat terson that is, ineself can’t stand the bother «»f it any longer nt all Alany other im kinduessen did Peter Patter on pcipetralw Irom time to time thereafter, hot we have not loom to detail them suffice it to say, that he had not given her n hit of viltle fur this forthnight past that she was of cour«» Compelled to go out and seek food for her sell and ehililrcn that he took advantage! id her ahsenen to lock the door of his place, refining to let her >u when she returned, nod upon her breaking the door open witi» her fair loot he rushed at her, poker in hand, and would have mil/Ihtrt her—only »b" ran down stairs with her life She ad •led, that it war not Wonderrtil Peter should use tier thus hardly I'm lie. murthcit hut first wife quite chine mid Ciiinjnrtuhle, and noliody none the wiser as all the neighbor* were ready to swear Miss Judith Alngrah, eldest daughter of Airs. Patterson, eorrohmrated hei mother’* 'Statement; and baring, hei own whites ‘.hmilder, showed a bpiisr which her cruel step failiei had inllieted on it with the font, nl a brass candlestick—men |y heciiuso she stood up in dele nee «,f her uuilher and like her mother, slje declared she would have lost hei life ha*lshe Hut run away with it. Air. IVfter Pat.ter.uin had nothing mens t'i say, in reply t„ this., than that Ml*. Pattergim w a* not the woman lie took her lor; nod he was 'ordered to enter into sureties fur hi* keeping the peace whir A not being hide to do, he was cons'gn ed to tile cm,tody of the jailor. j f ban. p*. July SO From the Nantucket Enquirer. FASHION. Fashion is, and ever lias been tyrannic./, and suhjec ts its votaries tft many privytion and dittfeulties. Ii is perpetually changing, and scarce n vessel arrives from Europe, lint what some new one is imported, to tor ture the human fonn into gentility. It' vt is fashionable, no question is ask' d about comfort and whatever may he the size of the body, he it large or small, our mortal p.u't in soon made to tit it and tve look vastly happy, and appear perfectly easy, while in Tict we are writhing under paiu equal to that inflicted by a thumb-screw, lint no in.liter, it ii the fashion, and belles ainl beaus are w itling to subject themselves to it reasoning very conclusively that pain is nothing, compared with a handsome shape and torment less than nothing, if it will but reduce the lortn to perfect symme try. We dill riot take the pen for the purpose of railing against fashion, or its votaries hut I merely to drop a w ord or two of advice to I our aged matrons and their more aged I spouses, not to be so outrageous against I the modern customs of the younger part of j the community—but ask them to remember the days of llitir dandyism—their cocked hats—their leather breeches—and buttons on their coats as big as a modern sized tea i plate and some may remember, how hard it was when the fashion changed to get rid of these fashionable small clothes—and af ter pondering well the best way of wealing them out, have quietly sat upon a grind stone, while another youngster lias turned i t he crank. We know there are many very J cynical,who are always talking about ttiede J generaty of the modern taste and custom1', and laughing at the leather strap* amt bask of their own sex, but forget they wen: themselves once encased in stays that would have proved impenetrable to a 9 pounder— and as for the other sex, it is not more out of the way to tie two or three cravats tight about fur the purpose of giving them a pro minent eye, than for our grandfathers to wear w igs as big as a bushel, for the pur pose of giving them a good look of gravity and wisdom. ¥riU\)\o> twt' l\t tuv\ t'A. V YOIJ.NG MAN. trho has tired in this I-liter between Jour tindjite year a. ipin'ntrd with business, writes a J’aii hand, ut iliTstanils hvcik-kn ping mnl •terounts, ii -hr obtain a situation in itnjf respt l iable. hvsinM by which he can makr n su/i/iurt .1 tint in. dressed In U and hj't at tin post yJUc, ir. 1 meet with prompt nttestl on. ''"it US t