The native American., 1838-03-24
HENATIVE AMERICAN.
For the Natipe .4merican.

For he Natipe .7neyican.
Mr.. EDIToR: Your "Glances at oohsiess
are both amusing and instructing. ! Vas pa,
cularly struck with the 4th number IN A''l.
,,ner of The 10Th instant, as follows; II -
r.ra Hall and often do half close my eyes ane
aaze over the hundred heads that grow upon the
aaal;noed vision. like so many giants. HOW va
r;o,,s The copntenances--how wonderfully cNem
r,;fed the genius of the Omnipotent. There arr
No two faces alikc-none that approach SIM
larity-all different, various, UNIQUE, anu singu
lar. and all are men Of sense; for how could forty
odd thousand freemen exercising the deliberatloi
and Judgment springing from the interest OF all
in fhe veal of the whole, send ninny to Con
grcss!"
Now, Mr. Editor, you have drawn striking
and graphic portrait of the Hall, and your con-
clusions may be just-but approPos. during 'le
reign of Queen Ann of England, there was an en-
inent Physician by name OF Or. kattcili' wiz
not only stood at the head OF his profession pu'
such was his celebrity, he had not rl'al' III
the course Of time, certain Dr. hock, qui'o
stranger, made his appearance IN llie MeuoPo-
H. - rantad = naw in one of the most fash
;onoble Churches; during the most solemn part
of the service. IA man, hired for the purpose, was
coon tn anproaeh and beckon TO the Doctor,) when
no rose with dgnitied air, and followed his
man out of the Church
This. oft repeated, failed to bring the Doctor
into practice He, thereafter, procured splen
did chaise and pair, with two servants IN livery,
and was seen dashng in post haste along the most
frcouented and fashionable streets of London, and
wherever group of persons were observed to-
gether, his hired man approached them, touching
his hat. ..and inquired of the gentlemen, If they
had seen Dr. Rock pass that way'' On one oc-
casion. DR.. Rattcliti being Of the party, the man
made his usual inquiry, shave you seen DIR. Kock
PASS. oentlemen!' The old Doctor inquired OF
the man, who it was that wanted DIR. Rock.
Such Noblcman was his reply. The Doctor
s.You lie, YOU rascal, Dr. Rock wants the No
bleman-not the Nobleman wants DR.. Rock. In
the course Of time, Dr. Rock not only succeed
ed in getting an extensive practice, but run ahead
of DR.. Rattcliif When friend OF Rattcllit's on
meeting with DR.. Rock, thus accosted hm:-
"Dr. Rock, you are noted Quack; how IS II,
then. YOU have got ahead of my friend Ratclifl,
who is admitted to be the most skilful Physician
of the age!-explain, you please.
DR.. Rock thus remarked: "Now, sir, here we
are standing at the corner Of this street, how many
persons pass us-say i'll five minutes'' Why, |
should suppose about twenty, was the reply.
Then. asked Dr. Rock, out Of that number, how
many can be said to be sensible men? Not more
than one, was the response. Then, says DR..
Rock, syou have solved the secret. getnlneteen
patients out of twenty-Dr. Rattclif is welcome
to the one sensible man, which he will be certain
10 get, if he needs his services"
Now, Mr.. Editor, are you quite certain that
we have all Rattclifs in our Hall Of Represents
tives, and that we have not one or more Rocks
among theml
A QuERIsT.
We cannot forbcar attaching to our Correspon
dents letter, the following ludcrous descriptio
of DR.. Rock, by Goldsmith, in our Native:-
<I,oSpoN QuACKs.-The first upon the list o
glory, is DR.. Richard Rock, f. U. N. Ihi.
great man is short Of stature, is fat, and waddes
IS hewalks.'' (Dr. Occult Williams, over and
over again; beautiful Butter-ball Williams! 'He
ALWAYS wears white three-tailed wig,
(sIt's very good thing to be faher-in:iaw
"To very magnificent three tailed Bashaw!D
Cd Song
nicely combed, and frizzled upon each cheek
Sometimes he carries cane, but hat never.
is indeed very extraordinary that this remarkable
personage should never wear hat; but so 1t IS
a hat he never wears C!D He is usually drawn
at the top of his own bills, sitting III his arm
chair, holding little bottle between his iinge
and thumb. and surrounded with rotten teeth
nippers, pills, packets, and gallipots.' (How h
was drawn at the foot of his bills, our recor
does not say, but fancy can fill up the picture.
..No man can promise farer or better than he
Tor, as he observes, BE your disorder never 81
far gone, be under no uneasiness, make yoursel
quite easy, can cure you!'' Really DR.. Rocl
must have had a hard cheek if the above wa
a true character of him.
DEATH OF GREAT MAN.-Departed this lif
on Friday last, in the city of Boston, Nathanie
Bowditch. 1t is not necessary to append to hi