New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-05-03
DAILY CRESCENT.


point, as follows:
The death Of Russell Jarvis calls for some
extraordinary notice from his brother editors.
Mr.. JARVIS was, for q long time, known to be
connected with the Public Ledger of this city.
lie occupied that serious post where man is
supposed to be able to instruct some thousands
OF readers; to read daily bulletins to more
| critlcai army than ever a conqueror with igno-
rance at his heels could boast This is, indeed,
task 1t is never ending, still beginning As
soon as one subject has been examined, read up
| and written down, another offers itself There
must be no mistakes, no gatherings The editor
must be multiform teacher And such, in
deed, was Mr.. Jarvis.
Accident turns the attention Of the public
to particular persons. A man graduates at col
lege; he studies law he goes to the State Legis-
lature; he learns how to draw up laws, and
speak of them he is transferred to the House of
Representatives at Washington his political
experience is further fortified thereby he is
then transferred to the Senate. Six years, and
six years, and six years, perhaps he is on the
| apex of Capitol Hill. His least sayings are
magnifed into vast proportions; his common
places become oracular; his oratory, which does
not exclude provincial twang or pronunciation,
is called Ciceronian. His wit, though such as
no editor would think of writing down in cold
blood, is praised as like unto Sheridan's. His
insolence and bad taste become boldness and
originalitys and mails groan with newspapers
and wires flash electricity, bearing his Capitol
Hill emanation to California or Canada, to Eng
land or China. He is magnifed like man on
the Alps. An artificial atmosphere makes him
to look Colossus of Rhodes.
.'The editor has no Capitol Hill; he is often
unknown But no man acquainted with Amer
lean letters will award the best specimens of
eloquence to Webster or Clay. This is found in
the American newspapers. This is found in the
higher scholarship of our writer's.
The variety of Russell Jarvis's information
was positively. encyclopaedia. In point of
knowledge, perhaps, no man in the Senate du-
ring this century equaled him. lie was one of
the few men living equally good at political,
historical, and ;esthetical articles. Ills legal
attainments were magnificent. He published
in the Ledger, previously to Mr.. Websters
speech in the Supreme Court on the same SUBJ
ject, legal argument of some fifteen close
columns on the case of the United States Bank
and the State of Alabama. 1t was a master
piece Mr.. Webster never produced anything
better.
" In these things Mr. Jarvis was a great mon
His deficiencies were the want of an attractive
style. He was always close, consistent, clear,
logical as writer, but never lyrical, never
rising to the eloquent. lie had no wit what
ever, and no humor In this particular his
mind seems to have been singularly obtuse He
speaker.
These deficiencies Of style made him less
popular as writer than his interiors in educa-
tion and technical knowledge. If he had pos
sessed style, he would have ranked with our
greatest men Therein alone lay his deficiency.
His place will not be supplied. OF indomi-
table industry-with the power to write learn
edly against time, carrying his authorities in
his head-with variety of information almost
hIg ,y.t
his true one''
PERsoNAL.-We have in our town probably
the largest man in New England, in the person
Of Mr.. John J. Nourse. He is a native of
Lynn; has resided here eight years; weighed
last fall three hundred and eighty pounds /!
and is now forty -four years old. Mr. N. was
not above the ordinary size until about twelve
years since, when he had severe fever, be-
came convalescent, afterwards experienced
relapse, which brought him so low that his life
was despaired of for some time. When at the
age Of twenty he weighed only one hundred
and forty pounds Since he has attained to
such remarkable size, his health has been in
variably good, his appetite never fails, he rests
as well, and sleeps as soundly as others. He
has not been under the necessity of calling in
physician on his own account since he has lived
III the place, is seen often about town, both
summer aud winter, is always apparently in
good spirits, never out Of humor, keeps posted
up upon matters and things in general, a shrewd
famer and a worthy citizen. Mr.. n seldom, if
ever, has any one riding with him, from the
fact, we presume, that his horse is not above
the ordinary size, and there is but one seat in
his wagon.
The late Stephen Holt, of New York, weighed
BOG pounds, Hon Myron Lawrence 345 pounds,
and we believe there is DR.. Brown at Spring
field who weighs 800 pounds. [Andover ADV.
"Baby carts on narrow side walks are awful
bores, especially to hurried business man"
fire they Suppose you and certain pair
of blue eyes, that you would give half your
patrimony to win, were joint propretors of that
baby | shouldn't dare to stand very near you
and call it Sc nuisance" It's all very well for
bachelors to turn up their single blessed noses
at these little dimpled Cupids, but just wait till
their time comes! See 'em, the minute their
name is written "papa," pull up their dickes,
and strut of down street, as if the Common
wealth owed them pension When they enter
the office, see their old married partner Ito whom
babies have long since ceased to be novelty
laugh in his sleeves at the new hedged dignity
with which that baby's advent is announced
How perfectly astonished they feel that they
should have been so infatuated as not to per-
ceive that man is perfect CIPHER till he is
at the head of family! How frequently one
dows, with interest, at little hats, coral beads
and bells, and baby Jumpers. Now they love
to come home to dinner, and press that little
velvet check to their business faces! Was there
ever any music haif so sweet to their ear as its
first Hsped "papa ?" Oh, how closely and
imperceptibly, one by one, that little plant
winds its tendrils round the parent stem! How
anxiously they hang over its cradle when the
cheek fushes and the lip is fever parched and
how wide and deep, and long shadow in their
happy home its little grape would cast
My dear sir, depend upon it, ones o,on baby
is never "a nuisance" Love heralds its birth
FANNY FEARN
LIMpING on TIE WRONG LEG.-Charley H,
the present popular Mayor of Montgomery has,
it is well known, the misfortune to be lame.
One sc starlight night" not long ago, gem
tleman of that city was aroused from his slum-
bers by the barking of his dog. Upon going to
the door he discovered person in rather suspi-
cious proximity to his kitchen window. Instead
Of replying to the gentleman's remarks as to the
improperly of such conduct the individual
started off by the shady side of the fence, with
most excruciating limp. The gentleman waited
until he got near the gate, when he bawled out
at the top of his voice. Oh, Bill say Bill
you can't put that on to Charley-you're limp
ing on the acrong Leg" West Point ADV.