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? ipi 4-fi ? - ?5 .) STATE rawm^ ^ /v> OOLVMBIA, SOOTH CAROLDIA, AUGUST SI, 1?0. ,v.v,,^ ?.* ? ? V?; mmm VOLUME XV...KVMBK11 8i r ? ~ . *r ? pubSbbe^^ TBMMS?Tkr? D*lUtrt f*r mmmtm,^mpakU n ?it*M?te? 'our DtUmnp*jpbUut Ihttmdy ff) | wmM? VABIETV. ?pwbi [We request oot cnly nil parents, but iUI young men wbo wiah to marry health and beauty of form, instead of disease and de formity to peruse tho following eitajr by Dr. Goodman.?Ed. Tel.] (From the N. Y. Evealag Pott] We publish In to-day's paper an article on tho sumcct of tight lacing* which we doubt not will be perused by our (air readers with ?>oiue attention. We are aware that the writer Is treading on delicate ground, and has meddled with a subjcct which should never be approached by profane hands} but not withstanding this, we would bcsr>cnkfor him a favorable perusal on accouct of the manifest goodness of ills intentions. It wilt he observed that he does not, by any means, condemn the use of the cofeet altogether. On the contrary, he even admits that wOm with dlscretto, and with a strict rcgatd to vase and comfort, it may be a convenient and proper artklc of female dress. He merely reprehends the practice of violent and continued compression of the human form by Us means. We admit that great Improvements have lately been made in the femal figure. The taste and skill of those whose profession it is to make up and adorn the female person, assisted by the genius of tiiose who receive tiieir services, have contrived an apparatus, the knowledge of which is itself a kind of1 science, by which the moat approved pro. portions arc given -to forms the most un promising. Our tnarcAandet dra mode? nave discovered the long lost cestus of Ve nus. A variety of articles exist, some of early and others of rccent invention, the very names of which we forbear to mention to the uninitiated, by which deficieucck at war with symmetry are supplied and un sightly projections concealed, the faulty figure is put on a level with the faultless, and the late ungracrful fair one steps from her toilet like the Goddess of Beauty new risen from the ocean. Aa long as these appliances consist mere ly in padding and stuffing and the di?po?i. uon of the drapery, they ought not to be rashly condemned. They should perhaps only be looked upon as occasioning tin Inno ceot and agreeable illuaion, by persuading; the other sex of the universality of female beauty. Although somewhat uncomforta ble in hot weatner, they tcrtainly form a protection against the sudden extremes of cold in our climate within which t|ic lady herself is entrenched as within an impreg nable citadel, and the living creature is sale behind the breastwork of its outward pro portions. We should not; however, omit to mention an objection which we have heard made to these acts of dress; namely, that they all operate aa a discouragement to matrimony, and that tho paasion of the youthful lover will be chilled by the reflec tion, that in marrying her whom he suppos es to beaRachel, he may And himself cheat* cd with a Leah. Whatever may be said by an ingenious and gallant champion of the ladies in favor of these inventions, it is obvious that if there be any practice which conduces to pain and disease instead of comfort and health, and to distortion instead of symmetry, that prao f ice should be avoided. Such a practice is that of excessive lacing in the opinion of the writer of the article In our paper of tc?day which we give from Tht Scotsman, an Ed inburgh paper. While we are writing thW, we have met with an account by Dr. Warren, of Boston, of a case of distortion, ami fiteuralgla of the tronk produced by tight'lacing, accompanied iritii the te*timo> ny of that eminent physician to the various maladies occasioned by the practice. ,If this be so* it would be well in making up the female shape to adopt the plun of add ing to it in some of its proportions, rather than attempting to compress it in any. Onthe comfirtmion of the Kjut in Ft malt?, by the u*e of Corseti. lit (pelt mdlit my ?nm' ? ?u(, My bonny wbitt, nty jimp .liken Drum. Wc have been fuvorcrt with the perusal of an interesting es*ay on thin subject by a tncdlcal gentleman, which lias more fully opene?l our eye* tn tho mbehich resulting from the compressed waist* now in fashion ?mischiefs which, in tho paper before us, are expoMd with a clearness and weight of evidence that mutt enrry conviction to the mind of the most Incrcdulnus. The paper i? to ably written nnd conclusive, that we should have been happy to print it entire, had hi *otenttfto farm not rendered it too learned for llli(?iiw of newspaper*. In the ab stract or It* contents which we shall submit, the author's statement must lose something of the precision and force which the Intro duetto* of anatomical details, with a fre quent reference to plate*, enable him to be stow upon themi but wc tnlnk we shall be able In a general way, to shew young Indies what Injury to health their compliance with tike preseiu unaatarm fashion, if persever ed In, is certain to ent^Mfil them. we have on it* wander mpi mm eccentricities. Hoanets with a ?nout at loot ? ?? elephant's proboscis, or a margin as broad aa a Winchester bushel, ( arc merely ridiculous. Shoulders that look Uka wings, and sieves as wide as a petticoat, we think are not particularly rracafali but they have the merit of being airy, and we lake no offence. We cannot, however, ex tend our indulgence to the compreaaad waist which is the rage at present. We know that as often aa the waist is lengthened to its natural limits, this tendency to abridge its diameter appears) and we confess we arepussied to account for the fact; for sure ly It is strange, that a permanent preposses sion should exist in fevor of a mode of dress which is at once ugly, unnatural and perni cious. Were fashion under the guidance of taste, the principles of drapery in painting and sculpture would never be lost sight 01 In fee changes. The clothes that cover us may be disposed in an infinite variety of forma without violating those ;rules which the artist is cnrcful to observe. The true form of the body ought to be disclosed to the eye, without the shape btlrig exhibited in all Us minutix as in the dress of a harle quin; but in no case should the natural pro Grtions (supposing the figure to be good) changcd. Ask the sculptor what kc thinks of a fashionable waist, pinched till it rivals the lady's neck in tenuity; and he will tell you it is monstrous. Consult the phy sician, and you will learn that this is one of those follies in which no femalo can long indulge with impunity;for health and even life arc often sacrificed to it. We ought to mention, that the writer of the paper before us, has taken for ground work an " Essav on the use of Corsets," by the celebrated German physiologist Soem mering, but with the statements of that au thor lie has combined many valuable re marks of hit own. Corsets arc used partly as a warm c?ver ng to the chest, nna partly to furnish ^ con venient attachment to other parts of the fe male dress. This is all proper and correct; hut to these uses fashion superadds others, originating in fantastical notions of beauty. Corsets are employed to modify the shnpe, to render the cnest as small below, and as broad above, an possible, and to increase the elevation, fulness, and prominence of the bosom. To shew how this affects the condition of the body, we must begin by giv ing a short description of thu thorax or chest, which is the subject of this artificial compression. Every one who has seen a skeleton knows that the chest consists of a cavity protected by a curious frame-work of bones. These are, 1st, the back-bone (consisting of verte bra, or short bones jointed into one anoth er) which sustains the whole upper part of the trunk; 2d, the breastbone, about 7 or 8 inches long, and composed ot three pieces; and 3dly, the ribs, of which there is gene rally 24. The twelve ribs on each side are all fixed to the backbone behind; seven of thc*c, the seven uppermost, are also attach ed to the breastbone before, are therefore called true rib*. The eighth rib has ita end turned up and rests on the seventh; the ninth rests in the same way on the eighth; but the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth, are not connected In front at all. The fore ex tremity of each rib consists not of bone, but of an elastic substance callcd cartilage. The elasticity of this substance, combined with the oblique position of the ribs, con stitutes a beautiful provision, in conse quence of which the chest enlarges and contracts its volume to afford tree play to the lungs. We now wish to call attention to the form of this cavity, which, as we have seen, is surrounded and protected by the backbone, ribs, and breastlionc, and is called the tho rax or chest. The uppermost pair of ribs, which lie just at the bottom ot the neck, are very short; the next pair is rather long er; the third longer stdl; and thus they go on increasing in length to the seventh pair, or last true ribs, after which the length di minishes, but without materially contract ing the site of the cavity, because the false ribs only go round a part of the body.? Hence the chest has n sort of a conical shape, or it may be compared to the bee hives used in the country, the narrow or pointed end being next the neck, and the broad end undermost The natural forma tion of the thorax, in short, is just the re verse of the fashionable shape of the waist. The latter is narrow above and wide below. i lie lower pari ox tnc xnorax is niso much norc compressible, and of course more ca tily injured by ligatures thnn the upper. In the upper paxt the bones form a com plete circle; and frr>m the small obliquity ?f the rib*t litis circle presents a great pow cr tif resistance to external prcsure. Rut the first five ribs, called the false ribs, be nides being placed more obliquely, become weaker as they increase hi length, and hav ing no support in front their power of resist ing external pressure is probably six times less than that of the true rilw. Hence liga tures applied to this part of the body may contract the naturnt size of the cavity per haps one half. Nature, in this instance, has entrusted the belle with n discretionary power?guarding against its abuse, howev er, by severe penalties. If she chooses to bravr the con$eaurneei, she may always, with the help of lacc and cord, produce, a great change on this part of Iter person. From the great care nature has betowed to strengthen the outer shell of the thorax, and to combine mobility with strength we may judge of the importance of the organs wititm. ft it, a greater proof of this, a* Soem mering obacrves, that the ribs arc the first part of the bony frame- *ork which nature formsforinthe unbornchild nolxmescxcept those of the ear are so perfect. The con tentn of the thorax are?first, the heart, which is the centre of the circulating sys tem, and whteh, for the take of its meta phorical offices, every body must he anxi ous to keep from injury Next, the lungs, which occupy by far the largest space, and of the delicacy of whose operations every one may judge. There are besides, either wkhln the tnnrax, or in juxu-position with K, the stomach, titer, and kidneys, with the assophagus the trachea or windpipe, part of the interiors, and many nerve*?all inti mutely coneccted with the vital power*. Most of the** organ* are not only of prima ry importance in themselves, hut through he ntrr**, itterlet, 3ec. fhelrlnfluonceex tends to tlieltead, and the remotest harts of the limbs, so that when they are Injured, health it /tokened at Ut sourer, and the mischief Mlwsys travels to other part* of the system* Imagine, now, what is the cowhq?not of applying compression, by eorsets of some unyielding materials, to a cavity enclosing so many delicate organs, whose free action is essential to health. Flrtt, the lowest part of the shell of the thorax yields most; the false ribs and the lower true ribs are pressed Inwards; the whole viscera in this part of the body, Inoludlng part of the intes tines are squeesed close together and forc ed upwards* and as the pressure to contin ued above they are forced higher stUL If the lacing is carried farther, the breastbone is raised, and sometimes bent, the collar bones protrude its iuner extremity, and the shoulder blades are forced backwards. The under part of the lungs Is pressed to gether, nnd the eutrance of the blood into ithindred; the abdominable viscera being least protected, suffer severely; the stomach is compressed, iu distensions prevented, and its situation snd form changed, giving rise to impcrfectdigcstioa; the blood is forc ed up to the head, where it generates vari ous complaints; the liver has its shspe al tered aud its functions obstruced; the nones having their natural motions constrained, distortion ensues, and the high shoulder the twisted spine or breastbone begins at last to manifest Itself through the integuments snd the clothes. It is needless to enlarge on these details, as wo shall give a list of the disease gene rated by tight comets by and by. As meru inspection of tho figures at the nead of this articln will show the unnatural change pro duced on tho body by hard lacing. The ft euro on the left exhibits the waist of the Mediccon Venus which is considered as the type of the femalofomi in its finest symme try; on tho right you have tho e.-mo form squeezed into fashionable proportions by the steam power of modernroraet*. Tho figure is copied as litearlly as possible from tho engraving which accompanies the Es say, and Whatever some persons little con versant with tho secrets of the toilet may think, wo beliove it is not exaggerated. A single glance at these figures will show better than many pages ofurgument, what havoclt tight lacing must produce in the dolicate and complicated mechanism lodgod within tho chest. " Another effect of tight corsets," says tho Essayist, " is that those who have been long so closely laced, become at tost unable to hold thomselvcs erect, or movo with comfort without thein, but as is very just ly said, /<i// together, in conse<|uence of tho naturalform nnd |K>sition of the ribs being altered. Tho muscles of the back are weak ened and crippled, and cannot maintain thomselves in their natural positions for any length of timo. Tho spine too, no longer occustomod to bear tho destined | weight of tho body, (tends and sinks down. | Whero tight lacing is practiced, young wo I men from lfi to m years of age, are found so dopendant upon their comets, that they faint whonevor they luy them aside, and therefore are obliged to liavo themselves laced before going to sleep. For as soon as tho thorax and abdomen are relaxed, by be ing doprivod of tlieir support, the blofid rushing downwards, in conseciuence of the diminished resistance to its motion, empties tho vessels of tho head, and thus occasions faintincr." " * rom 1700 to attorn 1770," savs Soem mering, " it wan tho fashion in Merlin anil other p:?rtfl of Germany, and also in Hol land a few V?**? ago, to apply corset* to children. Thin practice fell into disuso in consequence of it* boing observed, that chil dren who did not wear oorsotfc grow up straight, white those who were treated with thin extraordinary care, got by it a high shoulder or a hunch. Many families might be named, in which paternal fondness ho lected tho handsomest of soveral boys to put in corsets, and tho result was, that theso alone were hunched. Tho deformity wan attributed at first to tho impro|>er mode of applying the cornel*, till it wan discovered that no child thus invested, grow up straight, nor to mention the rink of consumption and rupture which were likewise incurred by using them. I, for my part affirm, that I do not know any woman who by tight lacing, (that is by ar tificial mean*,) has obtained ' a fino figure,' in whom 1 could not, by accurate examina tion, point oithcr a high shoulder, oblique compressed rilm, a lateral incurvation of tno ?pine in the form of nn Italic S, or Home other din tort ion. I have had opportunities of verifying this opinion among ladic* of high condition, who, as models of lino form were brought forward for tho purpose of putting me to silence." Young ladies in courso of time hone to hccome wives, and wives become mothers. Kven in thin last stage, few females have tho courage to resist a practice which in in general use, though to thorn it in trebly in jurious. But it is sufficient to glance at this branch of the subject, on which, for obvious reasons, we cannot follow our Medical Instructor. It is lamentable how ever, that mother* who havo themselves experienced the bitter fruits of tight lacing, still permit their daughters to indulgo in it Thero is, in truth, no tvrannv like tho ty ranny of fashion. " I nave found mother* of discernijwnt and experience," says 8o emmerring, " who predicted that in their 25th vear, a hunch would inevitably be the lot of their daughters, whom they never theless allowed to wear corsets, because they weru afraid to make their children sin gular." But it is tim? to speak of tho diseases produced by the passion for ?tender ivaittt. " One is astonished," says Soemmering, *'at the number of disputes which corsets occasion. Those I have subjoined rest on tho authority of the most eminent physi cians. Tight lacing produces? " in the Hea&t headache, giddiness, ten* ilency to fainting, pain in (he eyes, pain and ringing in the ?ur* ami blooding at the nose. " in the Thorax?, besides tho displace ment of the bones, and the injury done te the breast, tight lacing produce* shortness Of breath, spitting of blood, palpitation ol the heart, Mid water in the chest. " In tki Abdovttni loss 01 appetite *fueami?tUK?*, eructations, vomiting a blood, dsoraved digestion, fiatulenee, tttarr hooa, colto pains, induration of Km Hvsr. rapture. It i? alio followed ly, hysteria, and many diseas to tho Aaila constitution, _ _ *oi noceMary to detail." But tha injury does not fall merely on the inward structure of the body, but also on its ooNrard beauty, and on tha tenner and folttgs-with which that beauty ls*s sooiated.^Baautjr is in reality but another expression of the countenanco index of sound health, intolli foelings, and peace of mind . that uneasy feclinai, exist in the breast, speedily exhib its on the countenanoe, and ights, or a bad temper, spoil u divino of its grace. But it >y known that irksome sensa mcwly of a physical nature, illy certain, rob the temper of it* sweetness, and as a consequence, the countenance of tho ntore etherisl and better part of #s beauty. Pope attributes the rudeness of a person usually bland and pol ished. tp *ho circumstance that " ho had not dined/' in other words, his stomach was in baaJonW. But there sromany oth er physical pains besides hunger that sour tho temper; ami for our part, if wo found ourselves sitting at dinner with a man whose body was girt on all sides by board and bones, like tho north pole with thick ribbed iee, we should no more expect to And grace politeness, amenity, vivacity, and good h.umor, in such a companion, titan in Prometheus with a vulture battening on his vitals, or in Cerberus, whoso task is to growl all day long in chains. It may not lio amiss to inform the ladies that according to our medical instructor, the red pointed nose which glows, rather inauapieiouslv, on many femalo faces, is in many cases the consequence of tight lac ing. A fow days ago, another medical friend told us that he was present when tho body ofaneldorly lady was opened, who had in her day been fashionable, and whoso liver bore testimony to the fact, lor it had an in dentation deep enough to hold a largo An ger, exactly where the belt or girdle was worn ill her younger days. Wo need scarcely sdd, that she died of inveterate stomach complaints, and that she was |>ast life's meridian, but not old. In ono respect, ladies who laco tight may be said to pro vide against the docay of their beauty, since they take the Itest security against reaching old age, which, as every one knows, rifles woman of her outward charms. In time past wo were ignorant enough to admire, like our neighbors, slender waists; but thnnks to our medical friend, we are cured of this folly. We wero wont to Uiink that tho I?oves and tho Graces played round such delicate forms, but in future we shall nover see them without thinking of t wisted bones, dropsy, consump tion, indurated livers, fainting; spitting of blood; melancholy, hysteria, sour tempers, ricketty children, pill*, lotions, and doctors' bills. As for our brethren of thu male ttox who aro still in the bond* of error on thin sub Ject, we would refor them to the two fl guro* prefixed, and auk them to " look on thin picture and on that," and Nay whether in encouraging females to ruin their health by bestowing thoir admiration on such form a* tho one on the right, they are not patrnnUing what is an outrago on taste, and a libel on thu most perfect of nature's works. Wero a woman sculptured accord ing to tho proportions now faahionablo eve ry one pom?inft common sense would pronounce tho figure monttrous. The sub joct deeply concerns fathers and mothers, nnd indeed persons of all ages and stations. Fashion lords it over the lady of quality, but tho milkmaid is not beyond its influ ence. At this day, when medical knowl is so much diffused, sftrely ignorance, ca price. or chance, should not lie permitted to injure health and ruin constitutions un der the pretoxt of regulating our dress. Tiff fit Lacing.?The Vermont JouVnal of the 4th of July, contains a communica tion from Dr. Palmer, which Rives the dis tressing particulars attending the death of a Mrs S. of that town, aged 18, which was produced by light lacing, causing an ab scess to form near the pit of the stomach, which burst internally. Dr. P. obtained permission to open the body. In the clicst, the left lung shrivelled to the thickness of one's finger, and its spongy structure de stroyed so as to he wholly unfitted for bear ing a part in the process of respiration. Its defeneration of structure was what physicians designate by the term hepatiza tion. There were extensive adhesions of the stomach and liver to the surrounding parts. | The circumstance in this case which led to mv giving it publicity was its cxciting cause which, I have no doubt, was the tight dress worn by the patient previous to, and after the commencement of her sickness. This is rendered nearly certain by the fact that she had never been seriously indisposed until the period when my uccount of her case commences; and that none of those ap pearaiices were detected in the lungs, which uccompany consumptive disease. It is fur ther in proof ef the same fact that, notwith standing the extensive ravages of disease, the constitution steadily resisted any parti cipation with the local nflection; that there was no fever at the commencement, nnd very little at any period; and that, not of the hectical kind; nnd that the body was not more emaciated than it probably would be from an equal abstinence from food in a state of health. Thus was a lifv, fortified, and as it were insured by one of the most vigorous constitu tions, thrown avjay in obedience to the dic tates of fashion. The eases of lingering disease, of slowly protracted, yet certain death from the same cause* are almost of of daily occurrcncc. Many of our finest female faces are seen for a few weeks at church, gradually paler; then we find them at home with their cheeks suffused with the hectic flush, and the keenly intelligent eve that tells of the lire that is consuming with' in; and soon we are told that the eoniumfi* tlon has secured its victim. Very many o( these cases I have traced in Improprieties in the mode of dress) but It ht? never occurred to me to witnem any ?*her CMe, in which death wm produced by SExs***'''''"''' *? ?" ""1"?? PALMER [No young mauctn read tho following letter attentively withoutjbeiug the wiser for ho doing, or act up to iU precepts with out being the happier.?fin. Tbi.J TO TIIOHAB Jkrr?asow mahdolpii. at. n wfa.?.?otow, Nov. 24, 1806. My Dtar Jtffi rton. ? ?" ? ? ? t ? 1Jfonr situation, thrown at such a distance ??" ?*??. cannot but give us all greatanxietiesforyou. As much luu been Hccurcd for you, by your particular position fnd tl?e acquaintance to which youhave been recommended, aa could be dono to wards shie|dingyou from the dsn gem which surround ypu. But thrown on a wido world gcnians great, and still your safety uiust rest on yourself. A determination never to do what ?s wrong, prudence, and good humor, will go far towards securing to you the osUniation of tho wo rid. When re collect that at fourteen years of age, tho wnolocam and and direction of mysolfwas thrown on myself entirely, without a rela tion or friend qualified to advise or guide me, and recoiled the various sorts of bad company wiUi which I associated from time to time, I am astonished I did not turn offi with Homo of them, and Ixtcomo as worth less to society as they were. 1 had tho' good fortune to become acquainted very I early with souio characters of very hi^n1 standing, and to feel the inccssant wish I that I could ever bccome what they were. ! Undcr temptations and difficulties,1 would 25rk w,ut wouW Dr- S"*11. Mr. Wythe, Peyton Randolph do in thin situa tion! What course in it will insure mo their approliationl I am certain that this mode of deciding on my conduct, tendod more to its correctness titan any reasoning power* I possessed. Knowing tho oven and dignified line they pursued, I could ne ver doubt for a moment which of two cour ses would lie in character for them. Where as, geeking tho name object through a pro cess of mohil reasoning, and with tho Jaun diced eyo of youth 1 should often haxs err ed. From the circumstances of my |?osi tion, I was often thrown into the socicty of horse-racers, card-players, fox-hunters, scientific and professionil men, and ofdig nified men; and many a time liavo I asked myself, in tho enthusiastic moment of the death of a fox, tho victory of u. horse, tho issuo of a question eloquently argued at tho bar, oriu the great cou.*cilof the nation well, which of these kinds of reputation should I prefer! That of a horxc-jockcy! a fox-hunter! an orator! or an honest advo cate of my country's rights! lie atwurrcd my dear Jefferson, that these little returns into ourselves, this sell'-catechising habit, is not trifling, nor useless, but leads to the prudent selection and steady pursuit of what I have mentioned good humor as one of tho preservatives of our peace and tranquility. It is among the most effec tual, and its effect is so well imitated and ?idcd, artificially, by politeness, that this also becomes on acquisition of first rate val ue. In truth, politeness, is artificial good humor; it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue. It is the practice of sacrificing to Uiose whom we meet in society, all the Tittle conveniences ami preferences which will gratify them and deprive us of nothing worth a moment's consideration; it is ;l-o giving a pleasing and flattering turn to our expressions, which will conciliate others, and make them plea sed with us as well as themselves. How cheap a prico for tho will of another! When this is in return for a rude thing said by another, it brings him to his sonses, it mor tifies and corrects him in the most salutary way, and places him at the foot of your goodnature, in tho eyes of the company. Hut in stating prudential rules for our gov ernment in society, I must not omit the im I portant one, of never entering into dispute or argument with another. I nover yet saw an instance of ono of two disputants con vincing tho othor by argument. I have seen many, of their getting warm, becom ing rudo, and shooting one another. Con viction is tho effect of our own dispassionate reasoning, either in solitude, or weighing within ourselves, dispassionately what we hear from others, standing uncommitted in argument ourselves, ft was one of the ntlos which, above all others, made Dr. Frank lin the most amiable of men in society, 'ne ver to contradict any body.' If he was ur ged to announce an opinion, ho did it ra ther by asking questions, as if for informa tion, orby suggesting doubts. When I hear another express an opinion which is not mine, I say to myself, ho has a right to his opinion, n* I to mine; why should I ques tion it! Ilis error does me no injury, and 1 shall I become a Don Qnixote, to bring all men by force of argument to one opinion! If a fact bo misstated, it is probable he is gratified by a belief of it. and I have no i neht to deprive him of the gratification, i If he wants information, he will ask it. and then I will give in measured tonus; but if he still believes his own story, and shews a desire to disputo tho fact with ino, I hear him ami say nothing. It is his affair not mine, if ho prefers error. There are two classes of disputants most frequently to l?e met with among us. The first is of young student*, just entered tho threshold of sci onco, with a first viow of its outlines, not yet filled up with tho dotails and modifica tions whichafiirtherprogress w ould bring to their Knowledge. The otlier consist* of tho ill-tempered and rude mon in society, who have taken up a passion for politic*. (Uood humor and politeness never introduce Into mixed society, a question on which they foresee thero wUlbendMfcrcneeofopitgon.) From both of tboeo classes of dis|Hitants. my dear Jefferson, keep aloof, as you would from the infected subjects of yellow fever or pestiler.es. Consider yourself, when with them, as am mg the patients of Bedlam, needing medical more than morel counsel. Be a listener only, keep within yourself and endear or to Mtanlfah with.yourself th* haliK of hilonce, especially on politic*. In the fevered state of our lounly, no pood can ever mult from any attempt to set oto (4 these ftery kooIoIn to rights, either in feet or Driurtplc. They are determined tut to the nets they willJtclievo, and the qnin iona on which they will act. Get by Utah' therefore, as you would by an angry bull; it is not Ibra man of aenso to dispute tbu road with such an animal. Vou will bo more expaaed than other* to have tbesi animal* shaking their horn* at you, be cause cK the notation in which you aland with me. Full ofixriitical venom, and willing to eeo mo and to lute me ns a chief in the antagonist party, your presence will bo to them what the vomit (rasa is totho eick doc, a nostrum for producing elacuW tion. Look upon them exactly with Utat eyo, and pity tlpm at objeela to whom you can administer only ~ oc casional ease. My charactcr is not within their power. It ia in the hand* of my fol low citizens at large, and will be consigned to honor or infiuny by the verdict of there publican mass of our country, according to what themselves will have see^ not what their enemies and mine aliall navo said. Nover, therefore, consider tlieso puppies in politics as requiring ony notice from yon, and always shew, that you are not afraid to leave my character to the umpirage of public opinion. Look steadily to the pur suits which havo carried you to Phihidol pliia, bo very select in tho society you at tach yourself to, avoid taverns, drinkers, smokers, idlers, and dissipated persons gen erally; for it is with mien that broils ai*l contentious arite^and you will find your pith more easy and tranquil. Tho limit* of my paper warn mo that it is time for nic tu close with my affectionate adieu. Til. JEFFERSON. [From tlio Connecticut Ilunht} TEMPERANCE. There in a just medium for all thinspB?a. point where discretion ondH and fanaticism or intemperance begins?an palpable in tho means resorted to to correct an criltl in tho evil itself. Such is tlio cane in regard to tho measures made use of in iHimo places to Sup press the use of anient spirit*. A gentle - man from a neighbouring town htui related to us some instances of teiuales being on goged in the cause, who have intruded themselves impro|>erly into the families of their neighbors?resj>eetablo families?and induced minor children to suhscritio to arti cles on the subject. without tho eoncurrentc or knowledge of their parents; thus inter fering with their domestio concerns in on improper manner, and creating ditlicultbu and dissatisfaction?a real evil to prevonta doubtful one. On thin subject, we And tls* following article in tho X. V. Com. Adver tiser.?In a cursory review tho editor re. marks: " Th? r? is only ono thing in these nutu l?ors, [The Pastor's Journal,) which we re gretted to see, and that is, a string of reso lutions by a collection of ladies, MOMwhem out west, upon (lie subject of intemperance Now we appeal to tho good sense or the es timable editor of this Journal, whether ifwo men will aofarforget their sex and their pro per sphere of duties, as thus to expose them selves to the just ridiculo of the world, tb* editors of respcctablo publications would not net wisely to hide tho fact from the publicl W e do not impeach the motives of iHifn good wives and their daughters, for nmohrfK ingnot to drink mm, or to receive 'the ad dresses * of those who do?but in the name of decency do not let them make fools of theui .ielves by meetiugs and resolutions. If these good women had never boen ti plors themselves, nor allowed their daught er* to be courted by tiplers, why give causo for suspicion that such may have been tho factl llare our Reformers?our religious editors?tho travelling missionaries of cut great societies, no jealousy for the repot* tion of our pooplo, or the honor of our coun try, that these indiscretions should be pub lished to our own dishonorl What i* thought of us?what mtut be thought of u* in foreign lands, after seeing such publica tions! Already have our cheeks been flush ed with indignation, at seeing it fmblished in a leading London paper, that so intem perate havo the females in the U. States become, that they are obliged to form so* cieties to keep each other sober. And these foul libels upon our character ?upon the character of our females, which is much more desr to us than our own are warranted by the proceedings and pub lications of our own reformers; whose seal so fsr outstrips their judgment. We know thst intemperance is a sore evil in the land, snd wo yield to none in our desire for a to form. Hut in the name of all that in decent and all thst is vsluable in reputation, do let us temper our seal with discretion ? Meantime, for these honest remarks of ours" wo sre aware that there are those of our personal friends, engaged in these efforts, who will censure without undernandmg us. And we know that there are omers?? very excellent good mon, no doubt?but who unfortunately aro not so humble ss to forget that they are "holier" than other peoplo?who will busy themseles if pmi hie to our dissdvantage, becsuse we have the moral courage to doubt that all they do is right." We find the following article in a lato number of the l^ondon Morning Chnmlcle. "drunkenness had brcome so p*?vslent in the United States, that s dread began to Ih>entertained that the whole nation would l?e contaminated. Associations forfse pur pose of producing tempemnco r.ere for med in every port of the Union, and these Associations adopted very decided mea sures to arrest the progress of tho evil.'* It wMild bo as fkir to srgue from the multiplication of Bible Societies in England that s dread beginstobeontertainodofunij verssl infidelity.?Ai/. (t*r. i'rlnelhia non ho mine*, (principles, net men,) said a Senator indebs\e, Withis.eon seouHUtial tone of voice and a ?ours* of the right hsnd. Ltvt and not women, added T??bn Randolph, with that ?ca?ca0tto horisontal shake of tltebcad, the power e? which none know but thoSS who hav# Mt It. The absurdity of the antithesis wst ttj rmurtil V --