Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-06-15

sence Of the table, Henry fell Into the most Of
fensive corpulence.
His body had become so unwieldly, that he
could not be moved without machines contrlved
for the purpose. An oppression on his breath
inc rendered it difficult for him to relieve him
self by a recumbent posture. The signature Of
his name became too heauy a task for has teedit
and Overloaded hands. stamps with his initials
were affixed in his presence and by his verbal
command. to all instruments which required the
royal signature. He became offensive to his mum
blest attendants by an ulcer in one OF his swollen
limbs, which often subjected hun to the extremi-
ty of pain. :,
This completes the resemblance; but tor the
minute points, and its regular progression to
whole likeness, we refer to the history ITSELF"
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DR.. Charles Caldwell, of Kentucky. Is the au-
thor of the successful essay for the prize offered
by the Medical Faculty OF Maryland. The sub
iect Of the prize essay was Malaria.
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The friends Of Henry Clay are not Office seek
ers. They do not crook the plant hinges Of the
knee. that thrift may follow. See the following
resolution passed at county meeting in'Pennsyl-
vania:
Resolrel. That these delegates be and hereby
are instructed to recommend to the district meet
ing that they send as delegates to the National
Convention only such individuals as are willing
to pledge themselves to accept no office at the
hands of Henry Clay should he be chosen to the
chief magistracy of these United States.
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Bartram's Botanic Garden near Philadelphia,
is described as the sanctum Sancforum OF birds.
The National Gazette adds
.''Che birds have learnt that they are safe with
in it's precncts; all sorts,-not excepting the
crows of Wilson,-consregate here. and rear
their, Young in confidence and security. Some
of them build their nests even in the houses
amongst the plants; and others close to the doors;
they take possession of every coigne of uin'age.
1t is the favorite resort Of the h,tnnling bird,
which returned IN the commencement Of this
month, to make its "cunnins bed and procrean'
cradle' Certainly, of this exquisite creature, we
might repeat the observation of Shakespeare con
corning the martlet, that where they most breed s
haunt, the air is delicate, heavens breath smells
most wooingly. 1t happened to us to be present
in the garden, when one of the most celebrated
and ardent OF the European eOtanists and natu
ralisls saw for the first time, the dlmlhutve beau
ties gittering in Il swarm aruuad large shrub II
flower We cannot describe his glow OF sar
prise and delight; he declared that at least hal
the naturaists of Paris would embark for Anne
RIGA. if they could be sure OF Witnessing the same
spectacle at once.
1T is early in the morning that the BIRDS
great natures happy commoners, SEEM tt
make their general thanksgiving Tor de asylum
which they enjoy, and the sweets which they rifle
Z" Every copse
Deep tangled tree irregular, and bush
Bending with dewy moisture o'er the heads
OF the coy quoir;s,erS that lodge within,
, Are prOdigal of hprmoCy."
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! A Cherokee. SAYS the Savannah Georgian
who ha. recently returned from the nation ives
of the Mississippi, mentions that at the eec
tion for members Of the Cherokee Legislature
the successful candidates were all recent eml
grants from Georgia. Samuel Houston, lat
Governor of Tennessee. who left his wife In tina
State to associate with the Indians. in the Wild
of the west. was also a candidate for seat II
the Indian Council, but was defeated and los
his election. since which he has abandoned IN
Indian wife among them. and has sign'ted h'
intention to Danish himself to the Choctaw ma
uOn.