The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-03-05
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noleon will be read with particular
| interest at this time. How near the
truth was he !
On another occasion he said to
O,Meara, in the course Of few years
Russia will have Constantinople, the
greatest part Of Turkey, and all
Greece. This / bold to be as certain
as if ii had already taken place. Al
most all the cajoling and flatterin,g
which Alexander practised towards
me was to gain my assent to effect
this object. 1 would not concert fore
seeing that the equilibrium Of Europe
would be destroyed. In the natural
course Of things, in few years Tur-
key must fill to Russia. The great
est part Of her population are Greeks,
who, you may say are Russians. The
powers IL would i,,jure, asd who could
oppose it, are England, France, Prus-
STA and Austria Now, as to Austria,
it will be very easy for Russia to en-
gage her assistance by giving her Ser
via and other provinces bordering on
the Austrian doflinions, reaching near
to Constantinople The only hypoth-
esis that England and France will
ever be allied with sincerity. will be
in order to prevent this. But even
this alliance would not avail. France,
England and Prussia united cannot
prevent it. Russia and Austria can
at any time effect it.
Once mistress Of Constantinople
Russia gets all the commerce Of the
Mediterranean. becomes great naval
power, spd God only knows what may
happen. She qarrels with you, march
es off to India an army Of seventy
thousand good soldiers, which to Rus
STA is nothing, and hundred thous-
and Canaille, Cossacks and 9th
ers, and England loses India Russia
is most to be feared, especially by
you. Her soldiers are drawer than
the Austrirps; she has the power Of
raising as many as she pleases. In
bravery, the French and English sold
iers are the Only ones to be compared
to them All this foresaw. / sec
into futntity further than others, and
| wanted to establish barrier against
those barbarians, by re-establisbibg
the kingdom Of Poland, and putting
Ponistowski at the head Of it as king.
But your imbeciles Of Ministers would
not coucept /; hundred years hence
| shall be applauded, and Europe es-
pecially England, will lament that | did
not succeed; when they see the finest
countries in Europe overcome, and a
prey to those northern barbariahs, they
will say, Napolean qotts right"
A WONDERFUL CLock.-There is
now in the possession Of, and manufac-
tured by Mr.. Ceilings, silversmith,
Of Worcestershire, England, most
ingenious piece Of mechapism--an
eight-day clock, with dead beat es-
maintaining power, chimes
the quarters, plays sixteen tunes,
plays three tunes ID twelve hours, or
will play at any time required. The
hands go round as follows One, once
q minute ; one, once an hour one,
once week one. once month one,
once year. 1t shows the moon age,
the time Of rising and setting of the
sun. the time Of high and low water,
half ebb and half food and by q
beautiful contrivance there Is part
which represents the water, which
rises and falls, lifting the ships at high
water tide as if It were in motion, and
as it recedes leaves these little autom-
atom ships dry on the sand. It Shows
the hour Of the day, day Of the week.
dry Of the month. month Of the year.
In the day Of The month, there is a
provision made for the long and short
months. It shows the twelve signs Of
the zodiac; it strikes or not, chimes
or not, as you wish it: it has the equa-
ton table, showing the difference Of
clock and sun every day in the year.
Every portion Of the clock is Of beau
tiful workmanship, and performs most
accurately the many different objects
which are called into action by the
ingenious proprietor, who is most will
ling to describe all its various achieve.
ments to any one who may feel pleas
ure in having him a visit.