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"With
sweetest flowers enrich'cl.
From Various gardens eull'd with care.'!
raw, THE PIIILAD4P4IA SATURDAY, CHRONICLE
IMATI7II.t.
BY ROBRIYY MORRIS, ZPQ.
"Nature
That formed this world, so betuiliful; that spread
Earth's lap with beauty, and life's smallest chord
Strung to unchanging Unison; that gave.
The happy birds their dwelling in the grove;
That yielded to the wanderers of the deep .
The lonely silence of the unfathomed main,
And filled the meanest worm that crawls in dust
With spirit, thought, and love." 11. Shelly.
Heaven's earliest born and still unsullied child,
Whose smile is morning and whose frown is nig!
Around whose brow Earth's earliest roses smiled
THINE wet the glow of beauty—THlNE the light
That beamed o'er Paradise, tyhezi WOMAN there
Fresh from her Maker's hand—a faultless thiug—
With dove-like eyes, and shadowy golden hair,
From grovelling beast, or bird on tireless wing,
Won homage as she passed I "THINE too the glow
That ltush'd her cheek,orbeamed from herwhite brow
Beauty is thine in all her changing dyes—
Color, and light, and shade, and sound, and song,
Morn's purple hues, and Evening's golden skies—
The whispering summer breeze—the whirldwind
strong;
•
Night with her starry train, a shining band,—
Each wandering meteor of you trackless deep--
italia's greenest spot—Zahara's burning sand—
The thunder's roll—the lightning's livid leap—
The lark's light note—the murmur of the bee—
All speak of 'leaven, of Order and of Thee:
The Seasons arc thy handmaids, and the flowers
Fair emblems of thy heauty.—bending grain
Made golden by the sunshine's magic power,—
The howling tempest—and the gentle rain
Of Summer's softer mood,—blossom and fruit—
The bending willow and the creeping vine—
The rattling hyl-starin, and the snow-flake mute—
The time•worn'oak, the cedar and the pine—
Niagara's roaring Fall—the noiseless rill
Were Nature'. at the dawn—are Nature'. still.
Mighty or gentle as may suit thy mood
The whirlwind and the earthquake tell thy power
Thy hand scoop'd out old Ocean—Etna pil'd ;
Bent the first rainbosvpainted the first flower;
But loveliest is thy face in Spring's glad hour—
.Tbe meadows green, the waters leaping free—
The earth yet wet with, morning's dewy shower—
The sunlight.bcaming'o'er the distant sea—
When new-born wind. their freshness first disclose,
And Wanton with, tho violet and the rose.
•
The temples are epon the lofty steeps
Of Andes and the Appeniries—and where
The coral iriseertoifslreneath the deep.
'Or the lean Arab po uts bin soul in prayer,
The meanest intelleet--the mightiest mind—
Master and slavp,alike admit thy power—
Monarch and nation—htl r o, prince and bind,
Must yield at. Natures - iiibatary- hour—
Before Thee, forests tremble, mountains nod;
Bow feeble Art to Thee— ; "a worm, a god!"
Oh.'Natun, ! it it strange the forest child,
The tawny tenant of the boundless West—
' Wtih lead his mind beyond the wild,
On point his thoughts to regiOns of the blest—
Should deem Thy glories od like..and fall down
A savage , . worshipper? Should see in Thee
The spirit of.the leaping cataract—
The power aide, and Death, and Destiny—
Should, as the,liilkkaliiinashes through the sky
**eve . ifiltviAkln'so*e Immortal eye ?
No—rather Mariel that the letter'dfool—
The worm whom Heaven has given the power of
Seeing thy glories, and the magic rule
That governs all Thy works—should set at naught
The lessons that they teach—should mock the Power
That call'd from chaos all that mingles here—
The loftiest mouiltaln and the lowliest flower
Earth; Air, mild Ocean—each celestial sphere—
Should look from sea to sky—from dust to man—
And sae no God in all the wond'roui plan !
MUER al ES IP••• Eg 'a 01372 o
Tile Widower's Wooing.
• BY TUOMA6 HAYNTS DAILY.
wao a bright spring rimming, when . the air
was-what the poets call genial, that in high spirits,
and half-mourning, I.set'outfrona the metropolis,
to leek in the !aloof VVight,the young lady to whom
I had been somewhat prematurely engaged in the
life time of my lamented BeckY. That unfortif-
Hato impediment to our union was now removed,
and though she had been gone many 'months I
clung to my semblance; because, in my singular
case, I thought that on my again beholding Anna
Maria and her mother, my black gloves and the
Grape round my white hat, would speak volumes of
love, hope, and constancy, and serve as signals for
rejoicing, •
. As the Southampton coach, on the top of which
I was seated, flew rapidly along, I gave myself up
to.blissful anticipations, and though it did,occur to
me that upwards of two years and a half hiiiielap-
Bed since I had heard of Mrs. : Millingert and her
daughter,tuld that such a lapse of time briegitlnani
changes, still the , small cloud turned to m - e ..its sit.
ver lining," and the anxipos flurry of, my feelings
made me think my•conveyance, tho Ugh it went at
iho' rate of nine miles an hour, a slow coach. The
Cowes steam packet vividly revived BCOIIO. that
were past, aod I sat upon the deck recalling one by
one the events of my fuit union with Becky, my
imaginary widowhood, our reunion,and my second
bereavernent,about which there could keno mistake:
saw her as she sat for her picture--I saw her sea
sick on board tho sinking Duck,and then,dreadful
Xetrospection! , I saw her private box! But from
Ithe private box which she now occupied,she could
never again come forth to elide / me, so l lightly
..etepped l upon terra firma, and looktarabout me at
,Conses,witli the air of a single man without ineutn
krances.
,
.
My first walk was to the post office to ascertain
the iiihh•e.ss of Mrs. Millington; I then returned to
'the hotel, dressed myself with great care, and
in; cast a glance at the long . nurror the coffee.,
Mom, I draw on my black gloves, and with &palpi
tating heirt proceeded to the house to which I had
been directed. It was a very Small habitation,quim
in the cottage style, standing in an
bit Ofgarden--ene of those slim dwelling which
indicate the slender means of the proprietor. I had I
been aware that Ann M4ria was dependent on her
Mother, and that her mother was not rich ? „ when I
had been so nearly united to her two years and a
half ago. But on very long voyages, when two peo
ple are thrown together as we were, they are apt to
forget earth and its dross, while fully engrossed by
amolous anticipations. Besides, though I should
certainly have liked my wife, just for the look of
the thing, to have hadgelittle independence of her
own, still I could afford to marry whom I - pleased
—and though I stood for a moment at the dsw of
the exceedingly small cottage, with the kn'tcker
in my hand, before I gave the signal which . was to
summon the servant,[ cannot allow it to be suppos
ed that the idea of withdrawing from the pursuit
of Anna Maria, on account of her humble abode,
entered my imagination.
After twice repeating my kneel:, a foot woman
opened the door and apologized for delay, saying
that she was an-washing;" to the truth of which
statement her red hands and arms, lathered and
sloppy up to the elbows, bore ample testimony.
"Is Mrs. Millington at homer I falteringly
quired.
aNn, Sir—not at homer replied the maid.
within!"
"Both gone out, Sir."
i4'shoultl be sorry to disturb them if they are
engaged, but I am so old and int,imatea friend,that
if they are at home, and visible to any one, Jam
sure they would see me."
"Oh, they're not inwisablo no where to-day to
no one here," said the maid shaking her head.
“Pray take my card," said I; and she looked at
her wet finger and thumb with some compunction
as she took it.
"And hero's half a crown for yourself," Io•lded
and sho.took that without hesitation or compunc
tion, for half-crowns are not the worse far wetting.
"Thank ye kindly, Sir; Missis shall have your
card when she do come back from Lunetun," •
"What!" I exclaimed; •'gone!"
"Went this morning to meet Missis's maiden
sister, Miss Chumps, what is just come from the
Injies."
'This morning! and how long will they stay'!"
'AA week, Missis said, or ten days at longest."
"Oh, well, it can't be helped," said I; 411 shall
remain at Cowes till they return. Are they quite
well!"
"Why, tollable. Mrs. Millington has had the
flenzy, and was so bad Sunday come se'nnight,
that Mr. Morbid the potecary gave her epidemic
in ber gruel; but she be better and stronger now,
and means to insult somebody in Lunnun."
"And your young mistress, how is she?" •
"Oh! she'd a touch of the flenzy, too."
"Not serious, I hope?" •
"Oh, no! young folks don't so much mind, Mr.
Morbid said her's was little more than a• common
guitar; but then ho told her a - cold an't a thing to
play with."
"And is she looking as lovely as ever?"
"Oh, charming! such a face! and then her fig
ure's 'perfect scymitar! Yoit heard of her luck, I
suppose?"
"No, what luck?—unless you mean—my arrival."
"I thought twety body knew. My Missis's mai
den sister, Miss Chumps, brought home the news
from the Injios."
"I've heard nothing."
"Only to think! and an old Mend, too! and Ito
have the telling on't? Why Miss Anny Murices
father's only brother that surwived, had died at
some queer place in those parts; and he's left all
his fortune to she!"
"To Miss Millington?"
"Oh, yes!.—no end to it!"
"You don't say so! have you their address in
London.
""Oh, yes. The British Hotel,Cockspur street."
"Very well,' said I; "and now, can you tell me
where I can find furnished lodgings?" .
"How luckily things do turn out!" replied my
nteresting friend. aThere's Mr. Morbid has jus
the apartments to suit you; there, up the street,
he's Mistis's potecary, and you see blue and red
bottles in his shop-window,"
I thanked her, and proceeded to Mr. Morbid, a
pale thin, meek little man,who having walked me
about his rouse, agreed as the leggings suited me,
to lot me have them with cooking and attendance
for three guineas a week. I dined - at the hotel,and
had my luggage moved , to my apartment, where I
drank tea, and then wrote a letter to Mrs. Milling
ton expressive of my regret at not finding her at
Cowes, and my anxiety for their return. Not a
word did I say about that which was uppermost in
my thoughts Anna Maria's accession of fortune;
but with en assurance of my disinterested attach
ment for her daughter, I brought my epistle to a
close, and directed it to Mrs. Millington, British
Hotel, Cockspur street.
The next morning I ordered a dinner, plain,but
good, and then went forth to enjoy the beauty of
the scenery. At my dinner hour I returned with a
very excellent appetite, and ordered up my roast
fowl, oyster sauce and potatoes. Up they flew, or
rather I should say that I wonder my fowl did not
fly into the apartmcnt,for it hod never been trussed
but had been simply suspended by its head before
the fire, in a state of unsophistication,with its legs
and wings hanging loose; and now it lay sprawl
ing on the dish more like an expiring frog than a
barn-door fowl; the potatoes,though heated,certain
ly were not boiled and the oysters, plunged in mel
ted butter, gave evidence that the individual who
called herself cook (if there really was such a pre
tender in the house) had no intention of giving
me nay of her sauce.
This won't do, thought T, aol, walked down to
Mr. Morbid's back parlour, and requested to speak
with him. He entered the apartment, stroking
doWn his hair on his forehead in the folorn manner.
J began to explain my culinary distresses, and
Mr. Morbid listened with a patient countenance,
when the door opened and in camas lady taller by
a head and shoulders than Mr. Morbid, whom he
falteringly introduced to me as his wife. I bowed
and then continued my complaint; and Mr. Mor
bid, perhaps struck with th'e hungry , look which I
involuntarily wore, began an apologetic reply, but
Mrs. Morbid stopped him with a vehement excla
mation.
A
But expostulation was vain; and Mrs. Morbid,
in the absence of the real cook, who,
believe had
the flenzy, was to perform the part as an amateur.
Alas! day after day, grumbled eller an ill-dressed
dinner. -On inquiry,' found that the kitchen grate
had been unfairly diminiahed, by the insertion of
iron' plates on either side. The fire, in fact,looked
as if it had been laced into a tight psiir'of stays,the
ribs seemed compressed, and the vital spark almost
extinct. ' I needed no moralist to remind me of the
littleness of the grate. I ascertained that, at the
all•••••PMEIMEN
r .
"I WISH NO OTHER HERALD, . NO OTHER SPEAKER OF MY LIVING ACTIONS, TO KEEP MINE HONOR PROM CORRUPTION.' -SHAKE
aceaciaqtazinferazeziti e .7•4() zataztbztzr urxne sae . avolc•
uoh, yes, certainly; any thing advantageous to
one so near and dear as an aunt, must of course
gratify me; not that I have any selfish reason to
rejoice, for though aunt Chumps is not young, she
will of course marry."
4 beg your pardon," said I; "it seems to me that
I do not clearly comprehend this mutter; and now I
remember it was but an ignorant girl that spoke to
me on the subject."
"If she told you that my aunt,, Miss Chumps
had unexpectedly come into a large fortune, she
told you the truth."
"Your aunts"
"Yes; was that what you heard!
"No—yes—that is—l really—l forget."
"Oh, of course, you were thinking of other
things. But do you know I never was so surpris
ed as when I heard you had recollected me after
such a lapse of time. You must not forgot the
disparity in our ages, I am many years younger
than yourself, and you may by-and-by think me
gay and giddy. \Visit us, if you please, but think
no more of love until, you have seriously reconsid
ered the matter." .
I retired to my lodgings, startled, disappointed,
disorganized; and as prevention is better than cure,
I sent down to Mr. Morbid for a antibillimus
but notwithstanding my precaution my slumbers
that night wore feverish and disturbed.
The next day I was introduced to Miss Chumps,
and I
really thought her a very interesting wo
man. A long residence in a tropical climate had
tinged her with deep yellow, and the lines under
her eyes and round her mouth wore peculiarly
dark. Her form, tall and erect, was perhaps what
critical people would have called meagre, but still
there was a certain something about her, far from
disagreeable. She had beeni sent out to Indbi to
seek a husband when she was very young (which
must have been a , long time ago,) and the search
having been: fruitless i she now came back again,
possibly to establish a similar look-out in hor na
tive land.
I don't know how it happened, but I saw very
little of Anna Maria or her mother during my
daily visits to Pigmy Villa. Miss Chumps always
received me, and now and then we strolled togeth•
er by the sea-shore. She had left England so ear'.
ly in life, that her notions were all oriental—she
certainly must have been little bit vulgar before she
sot out; and I am inclined to think that a long .
residence in India, unless the individual . is natu•
rally elegant, and has been early associated in
England with persona of refinement, is 'not par-
apothecary's lodgings, I had no chance of a dinner
unless I could make up my mind to live upon rhu
' barb tart. .
But what are all these minor anxieties to one.
who daily looked for a letter from his soul's idoll
Could I expect to relish food?
At length it came, not precisely the reply I had
expected, but still nothing actually to damp my ar
dor. We had parted suddenly, and in circumstan
ces most painful to all parties. Nearly three years
had since elapsed; and it was something to find
her still unmarried; still disengaged, still willing to
meet me at her mother's house. In fact,what more
could I expect? I read the letter a second time,
kissed it, and sat down to a medicated mutton pie
with a very tolerable appetite.
Mrs. and Miss Millington, accompanied by Miss
* Chumps, in duo time arrived from London; and I
was summoned to their temporary residence,Piginy
Villa.
Again I stood in the very little garden; again
knocked at the door of the very small house; and
again it was opened by the handmaid, who had al
ready indulged me with an interview. I was ad
mitted, and shown into the smallest parlour I ever
saw in my life. I sat there in great agitation for
some time; and then the aoor opened, and Mise
Anna Maria, my_ r: , -ckrant betrothed, stood before
me.' I.was very much agitated, and for the Aret
ten minuteg I could talk of nothing but the weather
and the Vlenzll;" but she had more courage than
myself, and she soon came to the point.
"•It is some time since we met, Mr. Daffodil,"
said she.
"Nearly three years," I replied sighing-deeply. •
"You have experienced strange vicissitudes."
"True," I onswared:"wonderfuimps-and-downs.
But she I once thought down, and who suddenly,
rose up, is now, as I suppose your mamma inform
ed you, at rest."
"Poor thing!"
"Yes; and so I come to you for consolation."
Wlicni first knew you, sir," said Anita Maria,
with provoking coolness, "you seemed , to require
little consolation; you thought proper to pay me
marked attention during the voyage,and being very
young,and very inexperienced,l complied with my
mother's wishes, and accepted you."
"I now am free to claim your plighted hand."
"Since that period," she added, "I have become
three years older, I have therefore more experience,
and, I hope, more sense; you, Sir, are also three
years older, and you look it."
"Ma'ma; Miss Millington: Anna Maria—"
"Do not interrupt me. I certainly promised to
marry you, when you proposed for me, you were
not aware of an impediment to our unlon;therefore,
if your attachment was, real, the circumstances
which separated us must have given you pain.—
As no ' obstacle now exists,. and as you have
again sought me, I do not think I should be justi
fied in 'retracting the consent which I formerly
gave; that is, if you presist in your determination
to wed a portionless girl."
"When I came to see you heroonvoet idol of my
beating heart,"l replied, "I might have been in_the
smallest degree in the world startled at the very
little house in which I found your very small es•
taldishment."
°That is candid: then, adieu."
"Nay, /said not that ; and you are endeavour
ing to conceal from me a circumstance which
(though nothing could render you more dear) is
still, in a worldly point of view, highly gratify
ing to any individual about to be—that is, I don's
mean to say, that—in fact, I'm aware of the acces•
sion of fortune."
"Oh, you are! Well, isn't she lucky'!"
"Who?"
"My aunt."
"What aunt!" •
“Miss Chumps." • •
"Oh! ycnir mother's maiden sister, who br9ught
the news! Yea, yes, she and indeed all in any
way connected with you, must rejoice in yoUr good
fortune." '
4..Mitze!"
“Yes, yours.”
titularly calculated to give ladies what we aro in
the habit of considering ladylike ways and notions.
The Q1111111)603, were persons of low origin.—
• n early marriage with a most gentlemanlike man
had made Mrs. Millington presentable in any so..
ciety; but her spinister-sister, Miss Chumps, look
ed so Odd, and had such odd manners, that one
would not have been anxious to incur the responsi
bility of presenting her any where. Still .what
Anna Maria had told . me about accession of for
tune rendered her somewhat interesting in my
eyes, and being, as I thought, rather neglected by
the niece, I was glad to avail myself of the excuse
to try and get into the good graces of the aunt.
have been in India myself," said I to her one
"So they tell me," she replied. "(Th,
the place for us women! I remeniber at R tin-and
pore the ball that Lord Polling gave Us. He was
&based us a Rajah, and I and five other ladies (the
handsomest they could pick out)- were his six
wives! I win you could have seen Me withy
Shawls, and my tissue-turban, and my beetle
wings!"
.:13ut you like England, I hope'?"
"Oh, London's pretty well, if they would but
wash it clean. I arrived some days before I was
expected, and stayed by myself at the Vroldon
Cross,until sister Millington and my neicejoined
• . •
"Thipleasant for a single lady."
Yep, especially for one accustomed to the man
n* of the East. But I recollected that I had a
cousin Chumps in trade, one my sister don't wish
to hear talked about, and looking in the. Directo
ry I found him out and wrote him a note, and ho
came and called with his wife, and they asked
mo to tea, which was civil and obliging; they lodg
ed at a pork-shop in the strtuid, called Devonshire
House."
"I've not the pleasure ofAtiowing it," slid I;
but I've seen the advertisement."
"Well," proceeded Miss Chumps, I was not sor
ry to have an opportunity of seeing a little of
London society; so I put on a beautiful bright yel
low China-crape dress, with a handsome scarlet
India shawl, my beetle-wing turban, and my ban
gles,:ind ordering a hackney-coach at 8 o'clock in
the evening, I desired the man to drive to Devon
shire House."
"Pray go on," said I, beginning to take an inter
est in the adventure.
away . NVO went and arrived at some gates
which were thrown open; there seemed to be some
demur about 'admitting the vehicle; but the mo
ment my beetle wings glittered at the window, the
porter allowed us to proceed. We drove up to a
niagnifficient mansion,frozn every window of which
lights were beaming, and we stopped at a splen
did pram); the folding doors were open, crowds of
livered menials stood ready to receive me, and thu
interior of the ball blazed with magnificence. Am
lin a dream? thought I. People approached; the
door of the coach was opened; the steps let down;
aild. I 4.k:remitted. I thought I heard the words
'hackney-coach' whispered by a gentlemen in full
dress, and another also in a whisper replied. 'Oh,
a foreigner of distinction. a stranger no doubt;'and
with much ceremony I was escorted to the door of
a saloon, and I immediately found myself in a dr.
ek of distinguished individuals ono of whom—
really the most gentlemanlike man I never behold
forward to receive me, but started back
after he had advanced a few steps, as if overcome
by the orientekaphlndor of my appearance. I
could not quite understand all this; I looked round
in vain for cousin Chunips. and instead of seeing
preparations for tea and smelling buttered toast, I
thought I heard 'dinner' mentioned by a gentleman
in powder,who walked in at another door and made
a graceful bow!"
"Good gracious!" said I, "what a sad mistake!"
"So it appeared," replied the spinster; "for the
gentlemanlike man spoke to the man in powder,
and he spoke to me, and enquired whom ho had
the honor of addressing; I certainly was agitated,
but distinctly articulated 'Miss Chumps, from In
dia,' when a tall handsome man in regimentals
said something about deranged intellect, and some
of the young people laughed, while others looked
on me with an eye of compassion. I fainted dead
away, and knew very little what happened until
I found myself in my bedchamber at tho golden
Cross."
It was evident from Miss Cliumps's story that
she had appeared in the first circles in London;
yet it was with difficulty I could resist laughing
at her adventure. To change the conversation,
however, I touched on a tender theme; and ere a
quarter of an hour had elapsed, false to the fair
neice; I had breathed vows of unalterable love) to
the more of aunt. She seemed much aston—
jailed at my offer.
• "You must make my peace with Anna Maria,"
said I. . ,
"\Vhy, to toll the truth," she replied, «I do not
think she will regret your desertion; I believe,
after whaffassed between yoU three years ago, she
considered herself bound. in honor to accept your
hand if you presisted in your suit; though,between
ourselves, I think she has been rather attached to
a very handsome officer, of her own ago, quarter
ed at Now port." •
"So much the better," I replied.
_••But I must do you the justice to say that your
giving her up now is a proof of disinterested hon.
orablo feeling, which does you credit. You court
ed her when she was comparatively poor,and there
are few who would have voluntarily withdrawn
their claims at the very moment when she become
rich, and bestowed those affections on one portion.
less as myself." • ,
I stood aghast. Had the•servant-girl then told
me the truth, and had Anna Maria merely misled
me to try the disinterestedness of my motives! .So
it proved. I had been engaged to dine with Mrs.
Millington that day, and at dinner I was placed by
Miss Chumps, the antiquated possessor of forty
pounds a-year unencumbered property, while An
na Maria,who now possessed five thousand a-year,
sat radient with smiles and beauty by the side of
Captain Beaumont of the Dragoons. ,
So much for a widower's Wooing. There was
now no Becky to come forth and claim me, and
voliintary apostacy was likely to be rewarded with
an action for breach of promise of marriage. Do.
prised of the smiles of Miss Millington I found
small consolation in the ogles of Miss Chumps;
and perhaps I may hereafter make publics some
more of the miss adventures of a Widower.
Mny Temptation never ccmquer.Virtne.
wamaav7i.
LAZY unit arnmi.--The editor of the Orion,
says—..lazy rich girls make rich men, poor, and
industrious poor girls make poor men rich.'!. He
does not mean by flattery to sacrifice truth.
"Have you any good plates?" said a woman,
stepping.into store a few.days since.
"Yes ma'am; we have every thing-;—which will
you have Madam? Put you,tip some of the gilt,
Ma'am?" "No," said the lady,A want some that
wont show dirt:.
Locr.—The editor of the Methuen Gazette
makes the following sweeping assertion: ' , Whitt,
a man! and never love! Pshave Such a man must
have a heart of ;70, a soul as lifeless as a corn cob;
the gizzard of a goose, and a head as sappy as a
cocoa nut."
Something Curious.--Fishs Story!
On Saturday last, Mr. David .Lupfer, who
had gone to Clark's Ferry for shad,returned
in the evening, bringing with hinua -rock
fish, which weighed nearly 11 pounds, and
measured 2 feet 4 inches in length, and 16
inchest round the thickest part of the body:
The size of the fish was not very remarktv
blems larger rock fish than this are frequent.
ly caught at that place. There was [loth.
' ing in its appearance indicating'that it had
shared any other than the lot common •to
its kirid. As soon as it was, brought home
it was cleaned, and, on opening it, thero
were found in it three pebbles or Itones; one
weighing 7i ounces, the other two weighing
2 ounces each. The stones are nearly ob.
long, rather resembling a potato() in shape,
and very smooth; each stone Was enclosed
in a separate bag or stick, which was drawn
perfectly tight around the stones, and this
envelope appeared to be much thicker,'firtn•
er, and stronger than thy intestines. How
are we to account for these stones being
found in a. rock fish? Is ttcOmmonSOT fish
of this kind to swallow stones, or were they
swallowed by accident'! The thickness of
the skin; composing the sack or bag, being
thicker and stronger than the intestines )
would lead us to the conclusion that They
had not only been swallowed at different
times, but that they had been in the fish a
considerable time before it was caught.—
Nature, no doubt, covered each stone sepa-
rately in order to, prevent abrasion, and to
confine each to its particular place. If they
were'not .swttllowed by accident, but by de.
sign, can any of our learned friends give us
the why and wheretbrel. If by design, was
the poor rock fish driven to it by sheer ne
cessity, arising from the calamitous pressure
which is now so extensively : ,felt through
the country, or were they only taken in for
ballast.
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Phis remindsus pfthe 'Extraordinary Case,'
mentioned in ihe Pickwick Papers, where
the child swallowed a necklacevbut it was
not followed by the like tragical circum
stances; inasmuch" as the stones were each
enveloped in a separate bag, which prevent.
ed their rattling. — Perry Forester. -
A lady named Sykes was recently turned
Olt of Church in Vermont for kissing a gen
tleman. It was certainly a pressure which
any honest woman ought not to regret.
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Constitutional Convtn lion.
Remarks of Mr. Stevens,
On the 12th instant, in Committee of the Whole,
on the 2d Art., thee o question being upon an a
mendmentlitegut the advice and consent of
the Senate relatiN upg
to appointments by the Go.,
vernor.
• Mr. STEVENS said: Hnving reluctantly
but inevitably' come to the mournful cOnclu-
sion, that all the vital parts of this venerable
and hitherto venerated Constitutjon of ours,
aro given over to immolation, as a sacrifice
to the restless spirit of change which has
taken possession of this Convention, I do not
address you on this occasion - with the hope
of slaying the hand of destruction which is
raised against it; but simply to offer the rea
sons which, to my mind, are all-powerful
for resisting the depredations which are
making upon this article of the great charter
of our sights. The amendment proposes
two things; to take away from the Governor
al/ agency in the appointment of all officers,
except the Secretary of the Commonwealth
and the judicial officers; and secondly, to
curb and restrain hissaction, by the supervi- ,
sum of the Senate, in the appointment of
those which remain to him. lam opposed
to both of these amendments to the extent
proposed. • I am willing and desirous of tak
ing the appointment of all the county officers
—Registers, Recorders, Prothonotaries,and
Clerks of the courts from the Governor,and
giving their election to the people. I would
not object to putting the just iceb of the peace
into the same hands, if this would slake the
burning thirst of the reformers. But I can
not, and my constituents will not, consent to
go much further in mutilating and destroy.
ing a Constitution,under which we and they
have found a full and perfect protection of
all their 'civil and religious rights—of their
lives, their persons, and the titles to their
property. Experiments in governments are
dangerous things, when the land's and the
houses, • and the personal estate of a whole
penple,depend'upon the result. lam opens
ed to this amendment, not only because it
proposes too great and radical a ehange, but
because,we can hardly perceive;and•the pee
ple-will scarcely know, the full extent or its
operation. By the present Constitution,the
Governor heti the appointment of all officers
under it, which are not expresily taken from
him. The present amendment proposes to
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take from him all thar-are tiOV i rift _.'--,
granted. - What',will be the•rOlia';'lloY,-;•
mnny,officersnow'existing and linciniiiititl k 'ji
led in the amendmeet;. will . thersbei<ol4-:•:4
provided for by legislation? pap arty - . 9 1 :,:,..
tell? I.presume not. There are certtill •,-!,'
many. But if yen cannot tell, lienlotigitiO 1 4 , .,
it be before the tegiarafure iiiir , :dit4l* - 47:::, - .
and provide for them? How rnanreidttltti
cases will arise after the'rtinst diligetit*W.i
tiny? How' many imperfeCt executiOntrct , "‘;
the duties of those offices will 'arise, kir ~
sequence of such . einissions? " fliivi."Afl ~..,
t ':o,
questions of private'rights will grow - etti'o_,
such imperfect executions rif official atitieffr 2,.";
How many 'remedial laws will berieluired.
to cover' the defects? 'And how thanyt'fiiii.:;`• , ''
suits to _determine the constituttottalitf-ef-i, -,- ...
ebell lawswill have to be tried, to c ileftlkiatitif :
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questions arising under thiciarneridmitit,*';',..':
fore the people will feel safe in the enjoyminfir ,
-of their estates, which have graviton) under • .
and been protected by the presentConsittik. .
tion? Sir, I can see much; but my itogi*:,
tion cannot Conceive 'the full- - extent. of the ' :„,
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contusion and distress, which weer° likelY
to bring upon a haPpy and hitherto cont Mt. '
tad people.-_, - , '••
If we 'Were to enum erate those officers -.
which the Governor shotild not appoint,'And
provide for their election, and.give him diet:
appointment of all other 'officers,' whether
now existing, or fiereafter to be created,. pp
omissionh, no mistakes,no errorstir difficul:, .
ty could arise to create litigation, or unsettle ,
the tenure of property. The Octant' of the
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change would be perceptible at once, and no '.,,,,:.,
occasion for numerous laW suitit,Which;how- ~, -.;
ever profitable to counsel, are. ruinous to
clients. But why take the appointment of
the heads of the departments;:the Snrveiyer. •
General, Attorney General,' Secratary.of, -
tie Land Office; and- Anditor General, &bin.
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the Governor? . They are essentially a part'
of his cabinet. His own nemfort, and the
comfort of each of them, ea well es the pub-,: .
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lie interest, require, • that there should 'be ,
perfect harmony, and unity of views•and aec=
tier' among theth. But, if you take Ihe'ap.
pointroents from the - Governor,,,it may,'llin/
probably often will happen, that he will be
of one party, 'and entertain one set of prim._
ciples, and they be of Another Party,,a6l
hold entirely epposite prindiples: discord
and opposition must then disturb their conir 7
sets, and injure the interests of the State.-=. 7
If the appointment of the canal 'comniitf-, --„
sioners, or managers of the public Works, is '.r .
taken from the Governor end given to the .. •,
Legislature, it seems to Me =that (ho Moat
injurious consequences•mast ensee. -. If the
Legislature happen to be bestileto .the Eat ..-:
ecutive, they will elect canalcOMMiseum ''
nrit; . - ''
who are his enemies also. -Instead on,
mony;and a friendlY desire to aid each ether; '''!.'i
in their several departments, lhe struggle..
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will be, who , shall do.the other the Most, in: 1 . :
jury, and , render him the most inipoptilar.---7' • -: '
r And thus, our great systeiri of Internal lin-
provements, instead of being managed 'with
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a single eye to the interests of the: State; '''...,
will become the prostituted Weapon of a - igi.. --,
upon the Gevornor. 'lt is far better to haiiti - • .
lea efficient Public - agents; tinting in friend-- ' ,
ly concert for the public good; than re 'hay° '-‘.--',,.
abler but hostile men plundering the poblie.
to provide the means and the instrumente,for.
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carrying on 'a contest against'each tithet; --, '.. r
founded on personal hatred or political Oinl . -- '--=*-
alry. - - '-'-..-.,,
Why vest the power of 'appointment in - ' ~, 1
the • I.egislature? . . Their legitimate dill),, f. ~ -
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to enact laws, and not those wiiatire ''. f , c, '
to execute them. Sufficient indticeniei4
are now held out-to them to meke them _: k)
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swerve from - the path ceddry; witbout biug - --
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tiplying the temptations. by, placing'the O.: . .', ,
tronage of this great State at their - disposal._ ' )"
But why is the Senate to be . aisodiated ~,:
.with the Governor in the appointment .„.,,;',...:
ficers? Gentlemen tell us, ' that the, &iia . .. .
tors coming from different Parts of the State,
will have a better knowledge thee:l,4'o:of
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vernor can, of the candidates and their`qiiiill.2=`. or '."-
ifications. I proposed to the gentleminWl4,};;;':',A:
offered this proposition, so to amend ie;_ttiEW:..:`:-..:;':!
when o ffi cers were to be appointed' fer par. , : ‘..`.'
titular districts, the Senatorti . frem : ',o94 ..k - -,41
districts alone should tavethepowdr cifenti 7 4
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firming or rejecting the nominations. ' Ir. '
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d .m ,
e arguments of gentleen in favor of the
advisory power of `the" Senate Were worth
any thing, they proved the propriety
ing that power solely to these. aeinainted
with the candidates, and whose constituents
alone were to be effected by the appnintment.
But the reformers rejectedthe' auggestion,"
and insist that the o ffi cers of the, email and
remote counties of the State shall be filled:
E by and with the advibe, consent, and at the:
dictation of large and distant bounties! . We
notary public, justice of the peace, sr judge;
is to be appointed for the'county of Beaver,
Butler, or Adams, instead of the Senators
froth those districts being allowed to'contrel;
the appointment,lt Isle be taken out of their ,
hands, and kindly. ,dictated by the Senators,
from the large counties, from' tbis'city and"
county of Philadelphia, and a few ndli.
4 iomsg'
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districts. This would be renkanny, .0:
cruel oppression. Instead ofitavingpfficprs
of their own selection, the small - clutetipai',
would be saddled with . those Who were . oh- -
noxious to themprobably the favorit es or -,
the leading demagogues of the large 'dlia,.
trmts. -This imposition,gpon my eenstitia., -
sots I will firmest against and' esist: , ; i
The . Governor and the'Seeite would - 4 .
!her be of thesaral political 'patty, or of htieW: -
tile parties: ffofthe same party the Senate
would be no. check upon the govtinw as
there would be perfect concert . before* ,
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nomination, and therefore this toppm"
power would be useless.. If they wit"
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hostile parties, constant end bittes cot' . ''
would exist - between 'them; "whtelf - ii ' ~.. '- -
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greatly disturlithe fait*, dlieheert,a:c',,
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