New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-04-30
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DAsGERs op QuoTATIoHs.-Tha cracb/Presby- j
terian preacher, about whom We had 4paragraph
in our last column of i" Facts and Hictions," got
into more than one unlucky poysion about that
same controversy which led to he relating Of the
snecdote Besides the pri9Apals, number Of
partsans of the respective 1sputants entered into
the newspaper discussion. Among them was one
who took up the cudgels flor our classical friend.
In his own opinion, this <han was rare genius
pedagogue and politician, poernic and poet. Just
before the outbreak /oetween the two preachers,
this worthy had e}ifed the readers of the papers
Of the place wifi a aspome," of which it will be
unnecessary II give here more than the first two
mes, whicb/ran somewhat as follows:
/so and watch the brisk Araehne-
II Natures skiifni artisan ..-.
AT A events, the point in the case was that
with a rare flight of cratic genius he made
"Ayachne" rhyme with "artisan,u as though he
were apostrophsing the sisles of Arran. with the
accent on the wrong syllable Ecpede Herc,lens:
the rest of his poetcal inditings we're as original
| and as brilliant as this sample Of course his
patron was identified with hirn; his acknowledeed
ability could not protect him from malicious an
plcation of the 7oscau- eJ sociis, by some of his
opponents supporters. Unfortunately he took it
into his head that certain writer was Of these
and attacked him with all his Caledonian mpetn- |
| osty and classical vigor His comparative youth
| and dimnutive size formed one basis OF attack
which was of course readily enough parried by a
| reference to Pitts treatment Of a similar fling.
! Those whose cause he was supposed to have
espoused were classed as obseeRg UoSucres; and
that was tellingly enough sent back by quoting
birds of feather, etc., in allusion to his poeti-
| cal friend and himself. And finally, he attempted
| lofty swoop at all who had written on the oppo-
site side of the controversy, by quoting against
them,-
| scrbimns ndocti doctique.''
| |" unlearned and learned we all write now"
But this proved his most unucky hit of all; for
the whole line is:
serblmns ndSeti dOe.qne p9enaa passim & ,.ndon
And the filling of it up and applying it then to
himself and his political adherent, of "Arachne
and artisan y fame, completely squelehed him.
The cream of the joke was that the party thus at
tackled, and who made these effective retorts had
previously taken no other part in the controversy
? than to privately endeayor to persuade the news
paper proprietors to put stop to it, by refusing
a to publish any more communications on the sub.
ject. The classical worthy, therefore, got lesson
n at once upon the dangers of jumping too hastily
t to conclusions as to who some of mis- opponents
were, and of INDUCING pdssira in sarcastic quota
= tions. s II. IA .sl. ss-aa4as J5Ea ft H.,
Il ABOUT THE T1GER.-We do not purpose, at pre-
e sent, saying anything about that Royal Bengal
that takes his prey in gaudy and luxurious
!, and has for his weapons deftly manipulated ivory
+ spheres or cubes and parti-colored pasteboard
n We mean to refer to the vertabie :" animnle,
that we see represented in books and pictures as
1t making such terrible springs upon the backs o
a. horses and elephants, away out in those Eastern
le jungles and it WILL perhaps, surprise some of on
r readers TO find 1t stated that the common notiol
m thus suggested is quite erroneous. So it is, how
,g ever, as the following extract from work en-
i'll titled :" First Impressions of Hndostan," vii
i show: ar
ho It is, perhaps, worthy Of mention, as tending t
ss correct an erroneous idea commonly received
that tigers never, or very seldom, leap upon tn
as object of their attack. | mean that, in the
is charge, they do not entirely quit the grount
rm They generaly-in all cases which have seen
tito raise themselves erect upon their hind legs whf
-, | within few PAGES of the object theyare chargin
lch and taking step or two in this upright postnr
mt they cast themselves with all their force against
ubt striking at the same time with their paws. Sor
ick few sportsmen have ayerred that they nave Sc
the tiger leap upon his prey, or upon his foe. NO
positive Information is certainly better than nes
ort tive; it is reason he clock did rot strike I'll
an, teen because did not hear it; and do not me
o to say that the tiger neyer does leap upon his
ble tim or never has done so. We know that this
imal like the cat is formed with peculiar pow
hat for leapng; and that, when pursued, it has be
will hetnn th on%esnI honnS II wo
be absurd, then, to say that it never does leap,
e making its charge, or in fixing itself upon an
the versary. merely affirm that it very seldom dc
- so, instinct or experience teaching that the otE
eH is the more efectual mode OF the two. A
nd grown Bengal tiger will rear himself upright rt
and the ground at least ten feet, and in that postu
would easily be able to fix his claws upon t
i, back of an elephant and in that manner dr.;
Vals himself completely up so that o superficial 9
cry server would be apt to think he had employed
ity spring. when such was net the case. The latter
,n,t | believe, q very general notion amongst the
m who have not been close observers of the amin
~" and even among many Of the people in Ind
ling The correction here offered is not formed upon
strength of my own impressions merely, but he
90 the opinion of many true sportsmen to back it,
ANS Now, the latest authority we have at hand s;
MO of the family to which the tiger belongs that tf
on+ excel in climbing and leapng," and that "wi
,ot they have approached within sufficient distan
vi,v they complete the seizure by spring." etc.
oval the tiger particularly it gives us rs yet no n
ro,,. nation but as it says of the American tiger
.bo Juguar that ''it s swift enough to capt
"a horses, on the open pampas,n and of the Chee
;,1 that it is adapted "to take its prey by rum
r, rather than by eaping, and yetn the general a
A. IF Gle says few of the species possess much Ill
ava ness" may not the assertion of the writer of az
Impressions of Hndostan' be correct? Do
,7,, Gordon Cummings, or the pn Chaius, or the OF
,yoo late writers such subjects say anything to
,ard point
. he BELoNGIHG TO AuI THE STATEs.-The follow
story is not bad illustration of much of
trimming" ndulged in during the late troub
lrrah A son of the Emerald lsle but not himself gr
was taken 4tp ifnr he was at the time doaUB,)
rebel encampment, not far from Manassas
'honS ton. In word, Pat was taking a quiet ma
the shade and was aroused from his slumbers
,nnot scouting party. He wore special unifori
,,o either army, but looked more like q spy tn
, h'0' volunteer, and on this ground was arrested.
IL put "Who are you? what Is your name? and W
,hter. are you from?" were the first questions pl
"A. him by the armed party. Pat rubbed his
scratched his head and answered. ".
ston 6 Be gorra, gintlemin, thin is ugly question
..' answer, anyhow and before answer any of
Iree'' "a be after AKIN ye, by yere lave, the
d we thing"
lends, "Well ! " said the leader, 1--WE are of S
man army and belong to Washington" . .l-
aa, "Al right" said Pat. 90 knowed ye wa
usua' tlemin, for am that same. Long life to G
celVe Scott.' ''