The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-01

A study 10 ,or.rnslnt,,re.

ately dppeafSd In LONDON, undsr the Utei
wEds pnd Place; or, genealogical Hlustra-
ions of Hi'tG }, Ethnology, and Geography" II
ontains a great deal II ourous information,
sbich must have involved much labor and re-
.carcb. The author gives, among other things, |
m illustration Of nomenclature rs adducod from |
HISTORY AND cHRoNoIoeY.
"TIus there is meadow near Sanford |
Br dge VIII Ch still goes y he name OF Btle /
Fiuts. 4 cirhl centuries This naue has kept IN /
It's tenacious grasp the memory OF the prec,3a |
locality OF the famous territori cJngessi m |
Nhirh Harald, son Of GOiwne, male ~ HWdd |
HmGtaoa King Of Norway, "even feet "
ELplsh ground. or as mu b more as h may !
be taller II, n other men, Aud at the O'hcr
eNtr, mity Of The klrgoOm the name o, toe
town OF Battle, in Essex, IS the epitnph which
maiks tbe SPOT whore in less than month the
81 Nun KING lost bi. kingdom aud his life. The
nants II Messha in Sicily, Of c rthagena In
Span, ~ Miletus in IOuit, repeat the names OF
the mo'hcr cities who sent out these colon O.;
and a u me like TripOh reminds us that there
were ibiCe tibs-TfIe Sidun, and ArtdU,-
which iOincd in establi. hing he new settlement.
J he uame OF the Philippine Islands tells rs Of the
rt'Rn IN " hiCh the Spanish galleOns steered from
P,Tu across the SUuth,tn sea. The numo "
Louisiana reminds Us that in the days Of the
GraLd Monarque France was the riva Ut Eng
atd ~ the cOuri ilati II Of the western world
and The names Of Virginia (tTOm the Virgin
Queen, Vt the CmOlinas, nd OF GeorIi give us
ti, dst OF The first foundation Of Eug and's
Col,nul empire, and of some OF the chiet success
siye Il gls In rs progress. The word London.
oeDy speaks 10 us Of the rcsctllemen OF the desc
iA-c city { Dry by the London Guilds; while
th, nulnes Kings County aud Queens County,
Phillips own, and Mary DO ough commemorate
the fact that II WIS in the days Of Kiug Phillip
and Queen Mary that the O'MOres we're eXterm-
mated, aud the Two new counties added ~ the
il Pish pale"
We add some further extracts -
AMERICAN NOMENCLATURE,
"The 6eep religion, feeling Of the earlier voya-
gers, he SAYS, sis well illustrated by the names
which hey bestowed upon their discoveries. The
earliest land deserted by Columbus was the
island Of San Salvador. From dly ~ day he
held on, in spite of the threats Of h mutinous
crew, who threatened to throw the crazy vi,i, II.
n ) into the sea. With what viyidnc,s does this
name Uf San Salvador disclose the feelings with
which, un the seveDtioth night of the dreary
voyage, the brave Genotse caught sight
Of that seemed 10 be n light cleaning
on some distant shore; how wildly doe
that name enable us TO realize the Gene when,
on the next day, with an humble but CRATE
ful pride, he BET fo,t upon that new world of
which he had ureamed from bis boy hood, and,
having cred the symbol of the Christiin faith,
he kuClt before II, he arose from hi, kates aud
poclaIIntd in broken vol e that the land should
1epcciUrth bear the name OF San SalvadOr-tnc
Hoy Saviour who bad preserved him through 20
mann puis We cannot but reverence The 70.
mantle pIety which checkers the tory OF the
violence and ayarce of he COnqui9c4dOrs. On
the d. cov,Iy OF unknown shores nc lir,t thought
Of hose fierce soldiers was TO claim the lands as
new kindOms Of their L1Id and ma,t,r, aud to
Crtc forthwith His symbol the santa Cruz (the
holy cIOss) and the Vera Cruz Che true CrOS,),
the name OF which marks upon our maps 50
n Any OF the earliest settlements vi the SpauIirls
ana Portuguese"
BIT OF AMERICAN HISTORY.
"Roger Williams, a noble hearted man, who,
strange TO say, had been chosen minister at
Salem Ohe New Jerusalem OF the Puritan set
tl,rs), dared to affirm the heresy that the doc
iTint Of persecution tol Cause Of Conscience IS
most evidently aud lameutably contrary 10 the
dCclripe If Jesus Christ For mainJlning this
Let,r, COX opinion, which struck nc the root
OF New England po'ity, Wi linms had SEN
ttnCe OF exile pronounced against him. He
wander,d forth into the SHOWS of New
| England winner. For fourteen weeks, he
| Gays, he OF en- In the stormy night, bad neither
| fine nor food, and had no house nut hollow
| uee.' TIE savaIlS showed hiIn he mercy which
lis fellow ChrisAns had refused him. An
! Il dan chef gave him shelter and food; nut that
I W gWam in the far forest was soon pronounced
! TO be within the jurisdiction of the Puri-ad
colony, ana the apostle Of toleratiOn, hunted even
/ from the wilder ness, embarked with five com
! Iahions In u canoe ana landed in Rhode Island.
NlIb imp!e picly he called The spot where the
! cal Oe fr,t touched land by the name Of PrOvl-
. d, nce-a place which still remains the capital
D
founded rs shelter for persons distressed for
/ conscience"
BNoLIsH NAMES.
"Fngland is pre-. .eminently the land of hedges
and rLcl, surts. On visit 10 the continent almost
The first thing the tourist notices is the gbsen &C
! Ui the h, dgeIuws OF England. The ieidS, nay,
! even In. farms, are bounded only by a furry.
The bare shoulders OF the hill offend Gil eye
f'milIaT with the picturesque wooded tx line OF
Engli b lands scaye-thC rectangular IT ls Of ca
J Z are inf d iuteTmiuh
+ monoiuuN OF the plains, varied only by the
straight rows Of formal pOpars, which street
fOI miles and miles by the side of he caHssee, is
B ippNyTtss bll WCaTisOme to those who have been
accustomed to quaint, irregular crJfts, and tall
struggling hCdgerows, t~ined with clematis and
/ hoLeysu,kle.-
"'Lhts lines Of sportve WOO run wlld,
overshaduwed here and there by gnarled oaks
ana giont clns And ii We compare local names
in Eng and with those on tue continent, we shal
finu that for more than thousand years Engl and
has been distinctly ana pre-eminently the and Of
enclosures. The suilXes which occur most FIRE
quehtly ia AnglO-SaXOn names denote an encl)'
sures OF some Kind, something hedged, wallet IN
or pIou uct,d An eNamin ton Of these ndne'
shows us that The love of privacy and the secu
siN,n of character which s 50 often laid 70 tht
charge Of EDglishmen prevailed in full force
among the races which imposed names on Ou
Bng hh yillHges. These universally rteurreh
t,rmiDaliuns, ton, ham. worth, fold, garth. park
burEh, hurry, brough, borrow, all convey the no
tion OF enclosure or protection. The prevIlenc
OF these sufiixes in English names proves, ais ,
how intensely the nation was imhued with IN
principe ofthe sacred naure ofprOperty, and hoy
eager every man was 10 possess some >pot whcl
he could call his own, and gu rd irom the inru
SION ui tYety Oiher man. Even amOngt rose ppr
, tons OF The Teltonic race which remained on th
continent we do not find that this idea of priyat
right hrs been manifvs ed in local names 70 ID
/ SAME * INT as in England. The feeling seem
inueed, 10 have been more or less enchorial, TO
We ind in the Celtic names Of Britain strOn
. indications Of the same feeling. PROBABLY NOR
than one.half the Celtic names OF Wales an
, Ireland contain the roots Ian, XII, 6alLy, all {
which ul gina ly denoted an enclosure OF son
. kind. The Ttutonic suf1xes which do ne
, denote enclosures, such as gdu, d0rf, stddt, an
stein, al % numerous IN Germany, are not repr.
!, ducd ia Ia gland to anything ike the sam
a extent a, ON the continent. II would seem, thert
: foIe, that the love of enclosures is due, more {
. less to The Ce ts who were gradually aOsorbe
among the Saxon cOlonists."
i IntIuratiOn of Iron.
It The ron work of the new bridge at B'ackfria