The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-06-27

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dency President; and Bonest Old Abe. !, w..
The department Of neither MARLBOROUGH nor wei
hnRlon Was calculated TO make .ed,nsie sneu aInbi
tion, and concert of the former, ENCOURAGED py nus
wife VINO possessed them IN even ratbsT 10 tho con-
tempt and hate of his country men; But & ms mill mill
tary successes we're go unprecedenteo ana SO gratt
were oy, riooked, and, besides heaping upon him
immense treasures and honor tney gave MN the
horongh CImberiand, and WellingtOn were,
each IN their day, called "the Duke" and they are
the only three English hirtory who have been so
Jjstinnnished. The Duke OF Cumberland was like
wise stematized as The Butcher, on account OF the
ctneIties perpetrated BY MIN quelng the rebellion
Of l746. Amongst military heroes we also find the
following -Gonsalvo de Cordova, the Great Cap.
the Prime Minister, No Flint, because he always
used the bay onei Clavethouse The chef Of Tophet,
and Bloody Claverbouse; Give, called by the indi-
REWARD Murat, le Beau Sabreur Edward i, the
Hammer Of the scotch; Charles Kill Iron Head, on
account oil his obstinacy; Daun, me Austrian
Fabius; Prince Rupert CALI Prince Ro6ber by the
Parliamentarians. Wellington has a.so been called
the Iron Duke,
Perhaps no man ever deserved TO inspire popu-
larity less than Frederick the Great. seemingly
uterY regardless of the lives and prooerty OF ms
pluDPeo head ong INTO the most D,oodv, ana WnaV
must have appeared the most hopeless of wars Yet
the position was bold one; the attitude OF little,
h therto com parativey insignificant Prussia, now
opposed to the three mghtiest nations of the conti
nent 20 grand; his military genius, the promptness
and IapdIty of his marches, his victories so wonder
fnl; the importance wrung for Prussia out of the
discontinue OF her enemies so 1attering to the
national pride; that he, the cause OF IT. be-
came to many, particularly the old enemies
of Austria amost an object OF adora-
Napoleon, who possessed in an eminent degree the
shining qualities which secure popularity and afec-
known amongst his troops a. e PETIT CaporaI,
name we'll won on the bridge of Lodi: He tells OF
himself that one night, when Emperor, he attempted
TO pass sentinel without the cOuD tersign, but was
stoI ped, he soldier telling hlm that were he the
Little CORPORAL himself ne shouio not 40 IL. Napo'
leon had TO make a ong detour to reach his quar-
ters, and the soldier was promoted. This name
appears however, later TO have given way to the
tile of EEmpereur." Perhaps it appeared to them
too gr familiarity thus to speak OF one in their
eyes so far above the rest of men. and whom they
had been taught and had learned to worship as an
idol. He was also tamllarly called Bony by EngIsh
sailors.
Thus, taking them at random we find George III
called lhe Captain because he was supposed to be
good for nothing SO and because as such he had
conducted himself with gallantry at Dettingen
George III, Farmer George, on account OF his love
for farming he Earl OF Mar called Bobbing John,
account Of his frequent changes between the Stu
art and Hanover interests; Chatham, the Great Com
moner Sing Speech Hamilton, who upon one Oc-
casi0n made an excellent speech in Parliament and
teiestng WORK, entitled England under the House
of anover, etc illustrated from the carlcatures
and satiTes of the day, by Thomas Wright" ia au-
thOri,y Tor the following, Tor the planation of
some of which we must, for want of space. refer to
the Balancing g' Master LOrd ssnd
wich, Jenny Twicher George Grenvllle,
Gentle Shepherd Fox, the Young Cub and Niger;
Colonel George Onslow, Cooking George; Lord
Norlh, Boreas; Addington the Doctor The ad.
herens OF Fox, thrown out In the election of 1764,
were cal ed Fox's Martyrs; his ministry, All the
George were nickDamed the Elephant, Maypoe,
etc the Princess Augusta, wife of Frederic, Prince
of Waes The Witch. Three ladies of h gh post on
and some influence in the last half of the last
tury, Lady Buckinghamshlre, Lady Archer, and
Lacy Mount Edp combe, were called Faro's daugh.
teIs on account OF their passion for gambling.
james Stuart Earl MURRAY, bastard brother OF
Mary, Queen OF Scots, was called the Good Regent;
Cromwell Old NOll; the Earl OF Warwick, the
KING Maker; ana james /, who disgusted the
world with his sickening tavoritism, always called
Charles / "Babie Charles" and the Duke of Buck
InRbam "Steenie" on account OF his supposed re-
AMUSING at th,s time to recall nioSpame Of Lord
John Russell, who during the discussion OF the Re-
would meddIe-it was the fnality bill-and was
hence called Fnality John. He is also known as
Johnny Russell and LiLtIe Lord John.
From the English bar we gather quite number {:
Lord Eidon, Old Bags because, as Lord Chancel
lor, he carried the bag with the seals Erskine,
Counsellor Ego, ON account of his egotism Sir
William Jones Linguist Jones Hardwicke. Judge
Gripus, account of his avarlce and Sir Fletcher
Norton, Sir Bull face DoubleFee, for the same rea-
and Jude manners. The Tiger Sergeant Cookie
The Almighty of the North, because OF his powers
of persuasion Sir Weary GIbbes, Sir Vinegar
Gibbes Lord Keeper Finch The Silver.tonged
Counsel. Chiet Baron Thompson who used to
check witnesses by calling out "Stay, stay!" was
called the Old Stay.maker. Swift, referring to
Lord CowpeI's early faults, called him Will Biga-
my" SirJohn Sylvester, son of Jew or Portu-
guese, and very dark, was nicknamed Black jack 1t
is OF him that Johnson has SAID: "a scOundrel who
spent his lie IN charging pop-Run AGAINST Chris
tanity and coward! who AFRAID of the report OF
his own Pun left half q crown to a hungry Scotch
man TO draw the trigger alter his death " Mr.. Par
IN his lite of Chief Justice Parsons of Massa.
chusetts says that he was called by his enemies
The Giant of the Law.