is more general than a goldsmith; a goldsmith, than the goldsmith; the goldsmith, than one Goldsmith; one Goldsmith, than Mr. Goldsmith; Mr. Goldsmith, than Oliver Goldsmith.  Thus we see that the simplest mode of designating particular persons or objects, is that of giving them proper names; but proper names must needs be so written, that they may be known as proper names, and not be mistaken for common terms.  I have before observed, that we have some names which are both proper and common; and that these should be written with capitals, and should form the plural regularly.  It is surprising that the Friends, who are in some respects particularly scrupulous about language, should so generally have overlooked the necessity there is, of compounding their numerical names of the months and days, and writing them uniformly with capitals, as proper names.  For proper names they certainly are, in every thing but the form, whenever they are used without the article, and without those other terms which render their general idea particular.  And the compound form with a capital, is as necessary for Firstday, Secondday, Thirdday, &c., as for Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, &c.  “The first day of the week,”—­“The seventh day of the month,”—­“The second month of summer,”—­“The second month in the year,” &c., are good English phrases, in which any compounding of the terms, or any additional use of capitals, would be improper; but, for common use, these phrases are found too long and too artificial.  We must have a less cumbersome mode of specifying the months of the year and the days of the week.  What then?  Shall we merely throw away the terms of particularity, and, without substituting in their place the form of proper names, apply general terms to particular thoughts, and insist on it that this is right?  And is not this precisely what is done by those who reject as heathenish the ordinary names of the months and days, and write “first day,” for Sunday, in stead of “the first day of the week;” or “second month,” for February, in stead of “the second month in the year;” and so forth?  This phraseology may perhaps be well understood by those to whom it is familiar, but still it is an abuse of language, because it is inconsistent with the common acceptation of the terms.  Example:  “The departure of a ship will take place every sixth day with punctuality.”—­Philadelphia Weekly Messenger.  The writer of this did not mean, “every Friday;” and it is absurd for the Friends so to understand it, or so to write, when that is what they mean.