Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-04-08
F..,m The .afasr. hnse,ts Journn!


Fislg II can uever lool; upon the cold remains q
THIS wriggng, slippery tribe with the mere FEELING,
otan epcure. i do not love to imagine how their
quivcrng gills and phoSphorc scales will fly from the
grating knife shrink in sea of fat or swim i'm nm
ocean Of ciowder. Fancy suggests, Sthere is morn
in fish than meets the eye" The fact is have al
ways believed in metempsychosis-that is hnye nm
imaginary belief, which having no o,Indation l. no;
Their to be inquired into, proved. With these
VIEWS, IL is wonder seriously sympathizcd i, tho
distress Of the poor Irish woman who feared s,o
might be grandmother 20 hake or cod and butter
her own descendants for breakfast.
Fishes to fruitful source OF ,houoht md
theory; and in their different species love TO truce n
resemblance to the infinite varieties of the human
soul If Dr. Johnson is still doomed to move about
Incorporated, am morally certain he is in whale
A few wears since fayuale whale was harpoonod -,
the coast of Greenland, and her cpraued ma, G. it,
ed the Offending vessel three days saooe.siveIS ,
po;fld not quit it, till he had dashed II into atoms-
Who knows hut this enormous couple were Johnson
and his wife Tcttv; and this but now form of tn.
'tumultuous tenderness described by Bogsy As
for Boswell and Thrae, they are busting little Pilot
hsh too conveniently insignificant for the monster 10
destroy. The immortal part ofAlrs. Royall can find
convenient residence in that fish which elects an
offensive inky liquid, the moment it is attacked
The shark, with capacities sufficient to swallow sin
aud all her progeny, with Unsuitable avdity TO devour
slnguary promiscuous in its food destitute OF social
habits the marauder of the deep, may answer for the
disemboded orator of the Roanoke.
The trochus, which creeps along the sand 70 bore
cold residence of the clam, to hunt out tile nauti-
lus III the winding recesses Of his peary palace must
be afragment of Van Buren,.
John Neal should be torpedo, but not deadly
one; eXhaling electricity at every pore.
The sturgeon IS an aquatic Southey, ambitious e
bewitch the world with fantastic leaps and rainbow
showers, ever springing out OF his natural element
and unable to sustain his elevation But must gen
eralise-- the world is too full Of characters.
Genius! deep, powerful, glowing genius! has !,
not been Dolphin ke' tracking life wide occar
with light, and covering its death with mantle Dor
Towed from the gorgeous drapery of the sun?
The eel--the slippery, Shiny eel-the pcnt Of h
misunderstanding of any warm, generous life giving
princple,--yet Keeping n tenacious hold on sensua
vitality, after it had been visited by every form o
death, has ooHany prototypes among the politicians
Of the present day.
The nigh cooured, richly 1avoured salmon must
think, be of patrcian blood-thcrefore some of 90,
near stghLel nobility may become aristocras of tn,
sea, and die with the comfortable conviction that ,
shall always have high price III the market Nn
nows andalewlves, and all that small fry ready 10 hc
washed down the threats Of the great FISH are those
who dance attendance on rank, mud sheer at il be-
cause they have none of their own.
The belles--pretty, little, gliding graceful hnrs,
they shall be gold and silver fishes fccdnp on air
and living IN chrystal boadors. ''They that even err
pect 10 live IN glass houses should beware how they
throw stones" '~'
THAT strange, haifyegctabe, half animal thing. tho
poypus, whesc limbs can be cut off and otbnrs
grIfiedF on, till worse than Hydras ore nrodnonJ :.
fitting emblem Of those moral and intellectual or
tomato, who passively resign heart, mini and CON.
SCIENCE to every cXtaneous influence, b. II good or
evil. So "
And General jackson 10 which class docs he be
long nv know, will not tell. Que thing is ccv
tam, while nc President Le will olwnvs be- bct,veo
q sword fish and thrasher II lie rise, the tlrosbey
VII whip h'sl from The surface: If he siaE the sword
Hsb wlI goad aim 40 again; his ycxed spirit ,rill no
ma then vent itself in convulsive splash and tI
sand times will he wish had been cret Jitc min.
now ia the brook '''-
b.. ~, 6.S nsal,s and d'secaDe fo, that the poypo. can
" nHs 6toist ne INT noe kcpi," said the DE.
~ 10 mo foreman The other night as both =, ere rub
DING tbet eyes over a dirty proof sheet 81 twelve
clock, The Dent looked as If be- believed what he
~ "nen he stuck hs grim visage through wreath
OF arnp smoke Tor mn answer. ats slnVisb life tbo,
we lead, Pennod np here amid misty pap,rs and fIc
INK, small type oad low cases weak eyes and min.
iolhgibc copy night after night 10 be qfrokeJ Ike
soathen bacon--day after day 10 be tornonied viii
zoe errors We have ovorlooked--and finally cot No.,
KICKS than coppers for trouble" Tins did ,io
fIeOd vent his feelings. which tIonsand Ei'e We,
IONS bad rendered peeyish, and had sonred ~. .
fsip di.poaition And Is there no moral 70 h.
lF1wn tron This f~ohpg and cXrycSsio, Of coper!,