There is sometimes in the American metaphors, an energy which is very remarkable.
"Well, I reckon, that from his teeth to his toe-nail, there's not a human of a more conquering nature than General Jackson."
One _gentleman_ said to me, "I wish I had all hell boiled down to a pint, just to pour down your throat."
It is a great pity that the Americans have not adhered more to the Indian names, which are euphonous, and very often musical; but, so far from it, they appear to have had a pleasure in dismissing them altogether. There is a river running into Lake Champlain, near Burlington, formerly called by the Indians the Winooski; but this name has been superseded by the settlers, who, by way of improvement, have designated it the Onion river. The Americans have ransacked scripture, and ancient and modern history, to supply themselves with names, yet, notwithstanding, there appears to be a strange lack of taste in their selection. On the route to Lake Ontario you pass towns with such names as Manlius, Sempronius, Titus, Cato, and then you come to _Butternuts_. Looking over the catalogue of cities, towns, villages, rivers, and creeks in the different states in the Union, I find the following repetitions:--
Of towns, etcetera, named after distinguished individuals, there are:--
+===========+==+========+==+ ÝWashingtonsÝ43ÝCarrollsÝ16Ý +-----------+--+--------+--+ ÝJacksons Ý41ÝAdamses Ý18Ý +-----------+--+--------+--+ ÝJeffersons Ý32ÝBolivarsÝ 8Ý +-----------+--+--------+--+ ÝFranklins Ý41ÝClintonsÝ19Ý +-----------+--+--------+--+ ÝMadisons Ý26ÝWaynes Ý14Ý +-----------+--+--------+--+ ÝMonroes Ý25ÝCasses Ý 6Ý +-----------+--+--------+--+ ÝPerrys Ý22ÝClays Ý 4Ý +-----------+--+--------+--+ ÝFayettes Ý14ÝFultons Ý17Ý +-----------+--+--------+--+ ÝHamiltons Ý13Ý Ý Ý +===========+==+========+==+
+=============+==+===========+==+ ÝColumbus Ý27ÝLibertys Ý14Ý +-------------+--+-----------+--+ ÝCentre VillesÝ14ÝSalems Ý24Ý +-------------+--+-----------+--+ ÝFairfields Ý17ÝOnions Ý28Ý +-------------+--+-----------+--+ ÝAthenses Ý10ÝMuds Ý 8Ý +-------------+--+-----------+--+ ÝRomes Ý 4ÝLittle MudsÝ 1Ý +-------------+--+-----------+--+ ÝCrookeds Ý22ÝMuddies Ý11Ý +-------------+--+-----------+--+ ÝLittles Ý20ÝSandys Ý39Ý +-------------+--+-----------+--+ ÝLongs Ý18Ý Ý Ý +=============+==+===========+==+