New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-02-16

| TABLE TALK.-The destruction Of Jerusalem
| in the days of the Romans is much to be de
plored on many accounts. History tells us tha
Titus exerted all his powers to prevent the hor
rors that took place during that memorable
siege, but with unsuccess; for in the last assault
the Roman soldiery, maddened by the steady
opposition they had encountered from the be-
sieged, killed every Jew they met; old and
young, male and female, alike met with the
same end In the height of their frenzy, a Ro-
man soldier set fire to the Temple! Vain were
the efforts of Titus to have the flames extin-
g,lished. But if in Jerusalem there had been
fire companies, and hose manufacturer, such
as James Cosgrove, 124 Tchoupitoulas street,
there is no doubt that the Temple might have
been saved from total destruction
Xylander sold his ssnotes" to Dion Cassius
for dinner. He tells us that at the age Of
nineteen he studied to acquire giory, but at
twenty five he studied to get bread This Incl
dent recalls to our recollection the we'll known
truss manufacturer, Sherman, 70 st. Charles
street, who still studies, with extraordinary
success, to increase the number of his Gus
toners.
In the reign of Richard H., the dress in Eng
land was sumptuous beyond belief. Sir John
Arundel had a change of no less than 50 new
suits of cloth Of gold tissue. Chaucer says
they had :" change of clothing everie daie.'
This reminds us that even in our days, that
could be done with ease by calling at Alfred
Munroe & Co.'S, "a Magazine street. For
further particulars, see their advertisements
Calling last Saturday at Simpsons, so Canal
street, we were much gratifed by being shown
variety of the most beautiful silks, ribbons,
etc, for all of which very low prices were asked.
The store was crowded with beauty and fashion,
and we had some difficulty in making our way
through, in consequence of the number of ladies
making purchases.
Richard de Bury. Lord Bishop of Durham,
Chancellor and High Treasurer of England, as
early as 1341. perhaps raised the first private
library in that country. He purchased thirty
or forty volumes of the Abbot of ST. Albnns, for
fifty pounds weight of silver He was so
enanored of his large collection that he ex-
pressly composed treatise on his love of books,
under the title of Phiolobiblion, an honorary
tribute paid to Literature i'll an age not literary.
If the Lord Bishop of Durham had lived in our
days, doubtless he would have applied to B. NJ.
Norman, IA Camp street, where his lordship
might have supplied himself with far more
varied collection of works, and at much
cheaper rate. ....Ia gagl.
A satirical writer about go years ago, in de-
scribing the dress of that age, says: Sc A coat
of light green, with sleeves too small for the
arms, and buttons too big for the sleeves; a pair
of fine stuff breeches, without money in his
pockets; clouded silk stockings, but no legs; a
club of hair behind larger than the head that
carried it.; a hat of the size of sixpence on a
block not worth a farthing'' Talking of coats,
we would advise those in need of them to call at
Thompson s. Nixon's, 10 Camp street.
There is a curious article in DR.. Burney's
History Of Music, son the medicinal powers
attributed to music by the ancients,' which he
derived from the learned labors of a French
physician, M, Burette, who doubtless could play
a tune to, as well as prescribe one to, his pa
ients He conceives that music can relieve |
many OF the pains Of sickness and nervous sys-
tenn This may be the case for some complaints,
but for the diseases that originate from an i'm
pure state of the blood, nothing, it is said, can
equal the effects of John Bulls Sarsaparilla, |
sold by j Wright, l5l Chartres street