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AN EycUsE.-Dr. Knox saws, "tbat
complaints have been made, that in the
A~esehCge, marriage is not sufficiently
prevalent, or at least good husbands are
not numerous The men who appear 10
be ssssble e fsmale charms, allege in cx-
cuse for their not soliciting some lady in
marriage, that such are the expensive
manners, dress, and amusements of the
fashionable parts Of The sex, so little their
skill in conducting family, and such their
ignorance Of economy, that TO he married
is often TO be ruined in the midst of afflu-
ence." Ladies, isthis so?-is this excuse
valid? lfilis, YOU know it; and you must
know the antidote. The happiness Of
thousands, the welfare of the public morals,
the prosperity of our country. depend on
correct decision of these questions. Can
it be that so MANY Of the beautiful and the
good, the accomplished in everv thing, but
the one thing so needed for the wife, do.
nestle economy, are Condemned for this
cause TO waste their sweetness on the de-
sert air, and pine in single blessedness.
That community in which marriage is
neglected OF disregarded, no matter what
may be the reason, is in the high road to
rum; and if our fair ones, by the causes
assigned, have frightened our bachelors into
hopeless celibacy, there is a fearful re-
sponsibilty resting upon them. Would it
not be well to pause, inquire, and reflect.
-Gennessee Former.