The daily republic., 1853-08-24

FOREIGN ITEMs.-Horses in England arc dete'
riorating; as a race they are growing more deli
cato At Chobham the horses are housed care
fully, whereas in former times they could do very
well in the open air. Modern English horses are
also liable to have sore backs after very mode
rate march, and they are 80 weak in the legs that
number Of such marches would soon produce
lameness. The useful class of horses which for
merly supplied the cavalry no longer exists.
Breeders confne themselves to raising thorough
breds for the turf, to carthorses, harness horses,
and hunters.
The present Sultan is the first Turkish monarch
who has not murdered his brother! This danger
GUS relative lives, and is regarded as the head of
the old Turkish party. The Sultan abhors war
and detests capital punishments. He has great
fondness for music; but, after learning it all his
life he has only been able to play tune on the
piano; it is a march which the Sultan obligingly
plays for everybody on all occasions. He is very
fond Of champagne, which he drinks, under the
pretence that the Koran only forbids fermented
drinks
1t is said in an English paper that to this day
the Emperor of Russia cannot write a Russian
letter He is said to be devoted to the Empress
He is, however, a bad host. The expression of
his face destroys gaiety. At the balls at the pa
lace he insists upon both sexes wearing the Rus
sian costume, to the great disgust of the ladies'.
The heir to the throne, Alexander, is liberal,
amable man. The Duchess of Leuchtenburg,
one of the Emperoris daughters, is said to be one
of the cleverest women in Europe, with taste
for diplomacy.
A recent writer on Spain asserts that the far
famed charms of the Spanish ladies are declining
with the use of the black dress and mantilla, and
that in the ordinary French toilette they are
no pretter than other people
A FAcr.-We don't know exactly whether it
will do to tell the stofy-some susceptible people
might think it out of place just now--but it may
raise smile to the pallid lips of some poor inva-
lid, and we therefore risk it. It was told us by
member of the Howard Association, who gave it
as positive fact, and told it merely to illustrate
his belief that three-fourths of the people who arc
carried off by the epidemic fall victims to their
own or their attendants ignorance or negligence.
y A poor couple, inhabiting some back tenement,
were visited by the fever-the husband was taken
with it, The wife did her best for the poor fell
low, but that was not much. The case came to
the cars of member Of the Howard Association,
and through his direction physician visited the
sick man. Various remedies were ordered, pre-
scriptions sent for, and among them was large
and strong plaster, 'swhich," said the doctor,
"you will put on him there-d'you see' 7" point
ing to the broad space between the sick laborer's
shoulders, in front-in other words, his breast.
eyes, sir; yes, sir, know; thank you kindly sir,
and the gentleman too, and may the blessing of a
poor woman 60 wild ye," &c., her grateful thanks
following the doctor and the Howardite until they
were clear Of the tenement.
The next morning the Howardite visited the
couple. After examining the condition of the
patient, he asked the wife: swell. madam, how
did the plaster draw ~ 'Och, sir, it's doing fine,
it is. H'sa beautiful plaster" ''Let me see it.
"To be shure, sir, YOU can see it. It's beautiful
one, tell ye. Come, Mike, dear, turn over; its
the kind jntleman;'
The Howardite raised the bed-clothes, and there
to be sure the plaster sticking tight as ever
plaster stuck yet, but unfortunately the good
woman had applied it to the bosom of her hus-
bands shirt and not to the bosom the shirt COW