The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-04-19
VOLUME II.-NUMBER 40.

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aE kisE ANsInIIaToR PHILLIPS, The in
ssnles q "a neu apptfasps, recently gave an ex.
h'1.'so'. q - b1<ers ir large company assembled
~ lne Lpndon ezs Hggks. yanxhaIL Amer some
preliminary Fsaasls On tis vast losses from FIRE,
amounting, afnaalY. Il ia ti,rss kingdoms. 10
600, and the fieisnrY af ssnssr n ,,rencI
ing furious eonHsgrali6H; Sc ~ I'm 20 4, e,asa,,-
msnt Of large open bHldinR flie1 ss.h ratsit5ops
and temporary joisting Of lighi wdsd, saHbsdswith
pitch and iurpentine, and hung with rars scaled
with the same combnstibles.- The famss ascended,
rearing with such vehemenes As to re5ei the kpec-
afors 10 distance OF forty feet reaching apparent
ly, beyond all remedy BY water when Mr. p with
Gfas Of his hand machines, sonievbaf larger tlrau
good sized coffee pos, from which volume Of gas
and yapor was discharged, ezfingaished ile flames
iD half q mnuis =; and then, to prove that there
vas no noxious quality IN the resulting air, imme-
diaiely walked through the bnilliBg With lighted
candle IN his hand A company has been formed
TO mapnsaeturs these neVsstgled fire engines which
I they abswsFAs well IN practice a. ftey seem to
do IN experiment., will soon make their way 10 this
country. and fnd their field Of operation in ss!t-
ing flames and. .psshsps. frs riots.
EGTPTIky fHARAcTERsFTcs.--A cnrious race
OF people the Egyptians must have besnt -'rhe
great end Of life was death. They were NJ sooner
f't-f- FtFI ttt.,1iSt nbuut 0YitE. &c whole
patton seemed q live in sort Of forcing pyramid
An Egyptian ord not care so much where he
lodged 90 long as he knew where he was 20 be bu-
risd. dis greatest eotnfpft was the idea OF being
made nice mnmmy Of His card was an epstaph,
lie was walking about viii tonlsiefie continual
" IN his hand In fact the largenezs OF fha uysa-
mids Is standing proof IL proof be wanting, hat
set Of tremendous nndertakeEs fbe Egyptians
were Their present was the future This NAV
partly account for tleif being so much in advance
OF other nations. To speak extravaeaniIv. ihey
seemed to caBcUiate time with a death-.tatch
which they wound up with q skeleton key, They
made themselves, in fact, so familiar with sFrth.
thai fhev invited him to their feast and pEt hirn al
the head OF the liable at an their weddings. ami
versaries, piek-nicks and grand dianess.-P,ack
ORIGIs oF THE PHRASE BRoTHER iona
THAN. Gen. Washington placed eleat confidence
in the good sense and patriotism Of Jonathan Trum-
bull, who, at an early period Of The American rev
oiutons was Governor Of the State OF Cnnne eicut.
IN certain emergency, when a measure OF great
importance was under discussion, Washington re-
Marked I" We must consult broiher JoHathan on
the subject" This result Of that consultation was,
favorable and the words Of the eominansler-in-
chief passed intoa common phrase, applied iniis-
crimnalely by officers ard men in all cases cf di-
entity which afterwards occurred during the war
Thus trom the constant Of the expression 'fWe
must consult bt0ther Johnathan,n which soon
passed from the army 10 the people al large the
Americans received from the English that appsla-
ton which hes stuck as closely as their John
Bull " to them.