Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-03-27
European ria Bits.

European It'd Bits
b A clever remark by the Emperor Napoleon,
with reference to the letter Of the Emperor
Nicholas, recognising him in his new position
as sovereign, is much talked Of in the salons.
+ When the Emperor Napoleon saw that the
/. Car, instead of calling him brother, used the
words good friend, Napoleon said to the Rus
sian ambassador, "Jen sHis gloriesr, Non
sicur . Ambassadesu--on ne choistt pas sec pa
rens mats on choisit ses anis. CT am very
proud of this, Monsieur. We do not choose
our relations, but we choose our friends.l
Comparing the commercial value Of Russia
and Turkey, Mr.. Golden calculated that from
Russia, England imported, on an average, to
the valueof twelve millions sterling annually,
while the English trade with Turkey, amount
ed to barely quarter of thes sum. Russia, in
fact, stood second only to the United States,
among the nations with whom England had
carried OIL trade.
In the last Russian campaign, Marshal
Diebitseh harnessed Bulgarian women, girls
and children to his heavy guns, and had them
whipped al. their task.
A writer, in the course Of description of
his visit to Omer Pacha, the Turkish COM
mander- in-chief, says;
- we LalKCu ABOUT Jne eIatc OF Vic 4AuSSldu
army, which he described as being very infe-
rior to his. asked him whether he had any
French officer in his headquarters He an
'swered very quickly, No, / have no foreign
ers. Tous mes o1geers sont Tarss, ct fen sais
tres content CAN my officers axe Turks and
i am very well pleased with them.) He took
great care to mention the necessity Of giving
his soldiers full liberty in the action, as to
making no prisoners. Herepeated several times.
"What would you have They have pro-
yoked these people; they have hurt them in
what they hold dearest-their religion, their
honor; they are indignant; they give no quar-
ter. They themselves do not wish for mercy.
and they show none we cannot cheek them,
poor wretches; but what would you have
A marriage is expected to take place shortly,
which will unite two Of che most celebrated
names of the Napoleon dynasty, in the per-
sons of the young NJ urat, oiiieer in the Gnides,
and Mdlle. de Wagram, daughter Of the Prince
de Wagram, the same for whom union with
the Prince Napoleon was contemplated at the
time Of the Emperor marriage. So
A French surgeon, after directing.a current
Of the vapor of chloroform ON an abscess, in
the sole of the foot of patient, was enabled
to make an incision in It, without causing the
slightest pain. ..s1s...s
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A rigorous blockade of the Russian ports,
throwing one year $ crop ON their hands, and
steadily continued on to the time when, in or
binary circumstances, they would be reapihE
the subsequent crop, must break the Russian
social system to pieces - We need not, saws
the London Era1siper, send soldier, nor
shed a drop of our own blood. We shall
have to pay double price for candies and shoes
for year or 50, and to incur the expense Of
augmenting our feet The RusssiaIr mag
mates viii fight the rest Of the battle for us
and if we simply contlne ourselves to holding
them tight to the work, they will, In the cause
of rent and revenue, tear the Russian social
system to tatters. If the present. head Of the
house Of Romanof calls upon the magnates
to sacrifice their revenues to his pride. they
win treat him as they treated his predecessors
ALEXANDER and Paul. r sgasaa sasf s. sg@
At Edinburgh, lately, died Mrs. Gandlish.
formerly Miss Jean Smith, the last Of the six
bellies Of Mauchline, to whom the verses
of Burns have given celebrity
Miss Miller is fine, Miss 1iarkiands 4 divine
Miss Smith she has Wit and Miss Betty Is Draw;
There's beauty and fortune to get vi Miss Morton,
800 But Aunour's the icBca for me q, lhsmR. s
Miss Miller became the wife Of the poets
friend, DR.. Mackenzie; Miss Marklahd was
married to Mr.. Fiplay an excise officer 81
Greenock Miss Betty Miller became Mrs.
Templeton, and Miss Morton d Mrs. Paterson.
Tho husband of Jean Smith was Mr. Cand-
lish, medical man, and her son is the Rev.
DIR. Candlish, Edinburgh, wh6se eloduence
and ability e0nffm the shSeiwd discriminati6A
of the poet ls
The largest church in Europe Is at Sc. Pc
tersburg. It was begun IN 177I. and in twen-
ty years two thousand men had not finished
the walls. 1t is Of polished marble both ont
side and in the pillars are Of one piece, ifty
feet high the base and caIifals 81 solid silver.
but the greatest curiosity of All ID wooden
box, constructed to cover Il from the weather,
GEaMANs MAKR A FAIR STATE or NJ
paAsKA. "A new, vast, and fruitful terfitory
on the weastern boundaries of Missouri and
Iowa, is at this moment opened to immigfa-
ton; but at ihe same time pitisble demagogues.
who speculate upon southern votes al the
next Presidential election. make the lowest
attempt to transplant the eyil 81 Slavery into
these new free territories. 4. -
The. Nebraska bill 81 he demagogue Doug
las win be passed in Congress, for our Con-
gress has long since ceased paying any atten-
ton to public opinion and the wishes Of the
people; it Is. therefore, the concern Of che eit-
liens to take the matter in hand and make
Nebraska a free territory, and at some future
time free Stale. For tins purpose = q ne
cessarv that free labor should irumigraie ia
overwhelming masses 70 Nabrashn. aud this
cut off al prospect Of slave holding pEapons
derance in the future. We therefore, propose
thA arQanizati0u Of ColpafsatSoM AsSpciafiDsa
In ali States Of the Union. These associations