New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-01-30

"ttREAT COUNTRY TI'-the States. the last
years have added aas extent If territory aid
ceved large increase in population By the census
turns it is shown, that in the period mentioned the
If the United States has been extended from S tc
III 595 square miles Great Britain. exclusive OF |
ireland contains OOb square mites The extent Of the
United States therefore 95 times great the
Great Britain France contains ali Of 1871 400 square
uiesa territory ess than fifteenth Of the size oi
that Of the United States Austria including Hungary
and the italian dependencies contains but 500 sauare
miles Russia is tho only nation which exceeds the
United States in extent of territory She has including
her immense Asiatd possessions territory Of about
4o0ooos square milo The whole of. .EuropeAcontains
only 1885 square nilss which exceeds by less than
ne-fth. or $40 square miles, the territory Of the
In population the growth Of the United States is no
less extraordinary. The total pcpnation the first OF
June. 1850 23 246 3O1 The absolute increase from
first June. 1S40 has been l16 SS, and the actual in
per cent is 3t1S Deducting for population
uired by additions OF territory relative increase
after this allowance is found to be 35.i7 per The
aggregate number of whites in 1850. 1865 366.
hibng gain upon the number Of the class in 1s4o
of 5S 81. aud relative increase of 3S 20 per
But excluding the 153 600 free population supposed to
have been acquired addition of territory since 1910
The gain is 5203l and the increased per cent 81 "a
The number of slaves by the present census @
which shows increase of III 0S5 equal to D. IS
If deduct 10000 for the probable slave population OF
Texas in 1870 the result of the comparison will be slightly
feent The absolute increase will be 6a2 0s5 and TIL
ate cent q s3 The number of free soored in ls5t
has been 1882 1N 90 pr cent From emigration the
of population in the last ten years 739 49,
which, deducted from the amount white population
above given makes the increase 6S9169 and the
per cent is reduced D 25 q5 There probably no ooun
Try in the world which exhibits growth great.
e1oron Muster ,S-A venerable American Judge re-
lates the following aecdote The morning following tht
battle of Yorktown had the curiosity to attend the
dressing of the wounded. Among others whose limb
much injured as to require amputaton. was
musician who had received musket ball in the knee
AS usual in such preparations making to
lash him down to the table, to prevent the possibility OF
his moving. Says tie sufferer I'd
t. Now. Doctor what would you be at?'
My lad. going to take off your leg, and 1t IL
necessary you should be lashed down.
81 I'll consent to no such thing. You may pluck the
heart from my BOSOM but you'll not confne Is there
a fiddle in the.camp? If SO. bring it to me.'
"A violin furnished, and after tuning it. he said
'.Now. Doctor. begin And he continued to play until
the operation which took about forty minutes
peted. without missing note or moving muscle
BEFORE AND AFTER MARRIAGE-Here is be-
fore and after marriage anecdote that we COM
mend to the attention of all those who are dis
satisfied with their lives of Z" single blessedness
dearest Ellen, do you love me'' asked Dr.
Beeswax of the pretty little Miss Willow, u few
weeks before marriage. LOS. .
AYE, better than life, better than home
you are my very soul; parted from you, SHOULD
wither and decay, like the flowers in autumn. ;
Said the doctor in reply, s' swear you are
! to ME an angel; none so peerless as you. May
my tongue eleave to the roof of my mouth, if i
ever GROSSLY speaks to you.
| After the doctor had been married six months
the following confab might have been heard be.
tween him and Mrs Beeswax:
| '' Ellen, why don't you get up' You are de-
| cidedly the LATEST woman | ever saw. There,
not starch enough in my dickey, and it's no ust
talking to you l don't believe you'd wasl
your face, if it wasn't for shanles sake
'' There you gp'again, you cruel brute; al
ways flying at me. lead the life of Il dog, ant
will go home to mother"
| Go, and good radiance to bad rubbish F"
! ''Don't talk 50 to me, sir won't stand it
take that" and Mrs. Beeswax, jumping out Q
bed, caught up a cricket to throw at the ol,
gentleman's hehd. The doctor ran down stair
at 2:40 pace.
SAGAcITY. OF THE ELErHANT.-Although mucl
has been written about the sagacity of this won
derful animal, the following narrative will BIZ
found interesting:
In the course Of my early morning rides
about the vicinity of Colombo, Frequently reinet
in my steed to watch the quiet labors Of a coupl
of elephants in the service of the government
These huge animals were generally employed IL