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INK STAND TO Miss PORTER. We have been con-
sideraby amused by the fuss made about the pre-
sentation of gold nkstand to Miss Porter, the
novelist, by number Of booksellers in this city.
who have profitted largely by the extensive sale OF
their reprints OF her popular productions Stripped
of all its verblage and frippery, to what does this
much lauded piece Of postponed beneyoence
amount This delicate act Of generosity, as il is
termed, reflects precisely the same amount Of Gre
dit on those who perpeuated il, as would be Justly
due to the bandit occupying some narrow pass. or
the hghwayman on the public road, who would
after long and successful career Of plunder, set
up some beautiful cadeaw and present it to tho ira
veers whom he had had the luxury of robbing and
pnndering for years. Here we have number oi
booksellers, who have fattened and enriched
themselves by wholesale appropriation of the
labors OF Miss Porter, and new, seized with
sudden fit Of generosity, they present her
with a gold inkstand, as a testimonial of their
eternal gratitude! With this brilliant example be-
fore their eyes, we do not see how the State OF
Pennsylvania can avoid preparing some delicate
present, such as a cat-o'-nine-tas, tipped with
gold, and sending II TO the Rev. Sydney Smith, as
token of gratitude for the use of the money
w1'ch he invested in their funds, and of which no
ess been robbed and plondered