New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-07-02

poles Of both OF the specimens referred to He
enjoys every thing as he goes along he makes
fun Of every little mistake he encounters on
LIES pilgrimage and tumble in stage
coach, or slip from rail, are regarded as a
matter Of course His Aow of spirits never
slackens ill the tide Of life has ceased to ebb
hence he always appears ten years younger
than he aetuallyis His hair never turns gray,
or At least, never seems to do 50 his step never
loses its elasticity he trips through life as gailJ
and unconcernedly As he walks through quad
rile, and succeeds in not only making himself,
but every one around him, happy; and as the
pursuit Of happiness is the main object Of life,
his philosophy, beyond doubt, is the only true
one. They pass best over the world" said
Queen Elizabeth, +" who trip over it quickly,
for it IL but a bog-if We stop, we sink -
[Gleasons Pictorial.
NIcKyAAEa N TIE UNITED STATES General
Jackson was called Old Hickory, on account Of
his inAexiole character; his diplomatic success
sor in the White House, was known as the Little
Magician: and his son, John Van Buren, re-
mains until now the Prince General Harrison
vas Old Tip, an abbreviation of Tippecanoe,
where he had defeated The Indians under their
prophet, the brother Tecumseh. General Ia
chary Taylor was designated by the name Of
Old Zack Rough and ready; Henry Clay as the
Mil Boy Of the Slashes, in remembrance Of his
origin Webster WAS the Great E1pounder, the
God like, or simply Black Dan. Corwin is the
Wagon Boy Thomas Benton, the great Mis-
=ourian, i known as Old Bullion Douglas, the
democratic Senator from Illinois, the Little
Giant General Scott Chippewa, from his VIC
tory over the Eos lsh in the late war, and
Hasty Plate Of Soup, from an expression which
slipped from his pen. General Houston, San
Jacinto, from the battle field on which he de-
feated President Santa Anna, and all his army,
etc The cities and States have their nick
s1,3 frr; ia he rir- nf
Magnificent Distances NewTork, the Empire
City Philadelphia, the Quaker City: Balti-
more, the Monument City Boston, the City Of
Notions, or the Puritan City; New Haven, the
Elm City Buffalo, the Queen City of the Lakes,
Pittsburgh, the Iron City; Cleveland, the Forest
City; Cincinnati, Porkopolis, or the Queen City
Of the West; ST. Louis, the Mound City Louis
Vile, the Fall City; NewOrleans, the Crescent
City. The State of NewYork, bearing in its
arms the rising sun, with the motto Excel
sior,' is the Empire or Excelsior State, Con-
| necticut, the Free Stone State; Massachusetts,
! the Bay State; Vermont, the Green Mountain
State New Hampshire, the Granite State
Pennsylvania, the Keystone State Virginia,
the Old Dominion, or the Mother Of States and
Statesmen Delaware, the Diamond State;
South Carolina, the Palmetto State; Texas, the
Lone Star; California, the Golden Region
Mississippi the Bayou State; Louisiana, the
Creole State; and Kentucky, the Dark and
l
Cow Boys those Of Ohio, called Buckeyes;
those of Iowa, Hawkeyes; those Of Illinois,
Suckers the Missourans, Pukes the Indiana
people, Hoosiers the Michiganiaus, Woolvs-
rines and Wsconsiniaus Badgers. The authors
correctly say, all those nicknames are familiar
to ard FREQ GENTLY used by the Americans, and
not only in iest-in the same way as they col
lectiveiy accept the designation of Yankees, if
this word is used in contradstinction Of Eng
t.sh. In the States themselves, the southern-
ers and Westerners disolsim this sppellation I;
they use il TO designate the NewEnglander-
whilst in New England again, every state dis
owns it excep. Connecticut, which is proud to
be the original Yankee State.
The COOP OLD WINTERS s--In 40l the Black
Sea Was entirely frozen over In i63, not only
the Black Sea, but the Straits Of Dardanelles
were frozen over; the snow in some places rose
fifty. feet high, In So the great rivers Of Eu.
ropc, the Danube, the Elbe etc, were so hard
frozen as to bear heavy wagons for a month
In $50 the Adriatic was frozen In 99l every
thing was frozen the crops totally failed, and
famine and pestilence closed the year. In 1907
most Of the travellers in Germany were frozen to
death on the roads. In 1874 the Po was frozen
from Cremona TO the sea the wine casks ware
burst and the trees split by the aetioa OF the
20 frost, with immense noise. In 1925 the Danube
was frozen TO the bottom, and remained long IL
that state In 1915 the crops wholly failed III
Germany; wheat, which some years before solo
in England at 6s. the quarter, rose to E2. Ii
r 1889 the crops failed in Scotland, and such /
famine ensued that the poor were reduced t.
feed on grass and many perished misersbiy il
the fields The successive winters of 1432-'3--
were uncommonly severe In l4oe the win
distributed to the soldiers in Flanders was Gu
with hatchets In 1853 the winter was exces
sivtly cold Most of the hollies were killed
Coaches drove along the Thames, the ice of whlc
was eleven inches thick. lu l1Oe occurred th
cold winter; the frost penetrated three yard
'P' into the ground In l7l6 booths were erecte
and fairs held on the Thames. In 1744-45 tn
strongest ale in England exposed to the all
was covered in less than fifteen minutes with ic
an eighth of an inch thick. In 1909 and agai
in 1872 the winters were remarkably cold
'n 1874 there was fair on the frozen Thames,
NAMES or NEWSPAPERS The number
newspapers now printed in this country (not il
cluding monthly magazinesl IS, according to
s;. statement of the Philadelphia Register, 350
ha and there is a remarkable sameness IN the
coo names The Iuquirers, Advertisers, Transcrip'
-, Mirrors Advocates Recorders, Chronicles, K
-. publicans Wings, Palladiums, Tribunes, He
= i aids Patriots, Observers, Messengers, Jourra
Iro. Courers, Sentinels, Reporters, Registers, Me
no curys, Flags and Banners, constitute about tw
~ thirds Of the whole Besides the above, the
:ns are l67 Democrats, and l29 Gazettes.
,,o As an offset 10 this, We may notice few
tb. the unique names, such as the Peasure Bos
oil Life Beat. Yankee Blade, Rough Notes, Rou
the Hewer, Almighty Dollar, Old uaken Buck
Ton Locomotive, Screw Driver, Busy Martha, You
, in America, Nonpariel, Straight Forward, Acol
70 Sunbeam, Rainbow, Fact, Plain De"ler, 1
he Wonder, Home of Mirth, Cataract, Tempest, {
hon Settler, Uncle Toms Cabin, All Sorts, Davi
ows Sling, Circumstance. Una, Budget, Castigat
m Lantern, Pick, Yankee Notion, Uncle Sam, B
hot ton Notion, Prairie Bird, Gem of the Prsi
tho Land, Rams Horn, Bugle Chronotype, Col
:, ~ Rule, Old Colony, Pine Knot, Whip and Sp
Blue Hens Chickens, Hornets Nest, Live Gira
atv Beobachter, Auzeiger, Kaddaradatsch, and SO
the jaw breaking Norwegian and German nal
3s5 which we do not remember, some of them am'
fed our most able and valuable papers
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i'm GENERAL JACKsON's Law OFFICE 1t may
iugs be generally known among our distant read
in a that the office in which General jackson r
led law in this town is still standing. 1t is su
etv. frame building, and seems to have been 9
= p.;ntal hut color present would