Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-03-17
FOREIGN NOTES.

A European cri-i, reckons that st least l0O.-
600 men have perishei-ki.lei outright or
slowly by wounds and disease since August
I, when the FIRST big fight OF the war took place
that half ss many more nave been manned for
life that another hundred thousand have im-
bbei the seeds Of diseases which will not only
shorten the natural duration Of their own lives
but be Transmitted u generations yet unborn
that probably 10000 widows and more than
100000 orphans mourn the loss Of husbands
and fathers that from 10000 TO 10000 other
homes have been made desllate by the loss Of
sens or brothers who we're their stay and that
little short Of 100000 are in captivity. By
this var fully one million human beings hsve.
directly, either been robbed Of existence or de-
privei other fair share Of happiness and en-
j5yment in life within the brief snsce Of fve
months, and upon a complrati vely limited area
Of the surface Of Europe
The Pail .Wlu Gd=stfe saws: The officers
employed in taking the census IN Malrss have
TO contend with difficulty An impression
prevails that the clstes nave been wrongly rAied.
and oue highly sensitive sect in Royspooram
has applied TO tae Census Committee for ali the
correspondence on the subject The answer
returned was that jhe caste Of the applicant had
no place, nigh or low, 10 The returns, sni the
Indignant sect has now determined to refer the
matter 20 the Legislative Council The Gfl=sfte
adds " Had the demand for religious cen
sus in England been acc5eiei to. il Is not unlike
ly that We should have heard good deal about
this sort Of Jealousy. But We can hardly con
ceive be difficulties into which We should have
been plunged mai return Of the exact socisl
status q each unit in the community been de-
manied
The suggestol i thrown out that the mission
Of Russia may be TO 5leui together Europe and
Asis. The people OF The khivs, the Turcom-
ans. the Cniu,se sud Noaals Of the Steppes,
TariIrs aui hsluucks sre her neightors. Why,
it Is asked, may not Russia quicken, by the ex
citeneat of new interests, all the races OF that
vast portion Of the globe, The element OF race
comes IN whenever Ru,sisn progress Is discussed.
The awakening Of the >c.ayes in the Ottoman
empire, in hungary, N Bohemia and the llly-
rian and DalmGtisn provinces, has been the
work Of Rlssis The S-.ave race r0mprehenis
a third Of the population Of Europe and more
than half its territory, aut Ou-uumbers the
German race three 10 one. |, is said that there
Is not Sclsve among the millions scattered
throughout the vast empire Of the Ottoman
Porte who IS not a Russian At heart.
Newspapers says Correspondent writing
from Florence. are established mere With facility
for the prntei sheet Is generally small, the type
large and tie price Of labor low Ii the sale
of the papes is sufficiently large TO give - to
$40 dtv clear profit. 30 is a successful enter
prise, AMI pays as well other kinds Of bust
ness. Florence has q dozcu or fifteen daily
EeaspaVc7s. Rome IS many, AMI the other cities
ia proportion. Most ot them are sold II the
low price cf one soto, or ceat; some ot them
for two cents, End believe only one, the Psrssr-
crG1-I, o. Milan, f.r four CENTS high price.
considering the qu.nuty Of matter printed
The leading example Of success is the OpiHi0He,
which has been established tFenty-two years,
and hss a circulation of twelve thousand, the
largest OF any paper in Italy.
Famous as The cooks or Paris have als.ys
been, their culinary art vas never al any time
So severely tcstei ss during the late siege IL Is
admitted that ont Of the uost abUoi ma mate
rials they c1u,rived to keep the restaurants sup
Piled with savory AMI sppetiziug dishes. Among
other creatures sacrihcet 90 the eXgences Of the
time 1t is said that pet monkeys were not the
lesst common. The flavor os monkey is said TO
resemble that of the European hare, and the
simian flesh was served up by the cooks in
every possible variety Of form.
According % Gen. Faiieyef, Russian mill
tsry writer Of emins nee, his country is not 50
well prepared for war AS Is generally supposed
la,ion Of eighty millions against thirty eight
millions; but though twice as populous, she Is
only half Is strong. The General asserts that,
with an establishment of four hundred and nine
ty-twO battalious for European Russia, his Gov
ernmeEt could use for war purp ses barely three
hundred ard fifty thousand men Of all arms
With this great inieriority in strength, her an
nual military expenditure Is shout one hunlrel
and twenty millions Of dollars, sgainst the
si1ty or seventy millions required BY Germany
for the same purpose. Even in fime Of peace
the expense Of the army s5sO, bs about oue-ihirt
Of the revenue, and from the great waste Of pro
ductive power that takes place IN Russis from
the present generation Of peasants beiag bound
TO tie ,ol even though living can bIely be
got out Of it. the resources Of the country are
far from elastic.
The army in Prussia is under the direct and
immediate control Of the King. Practically, the
chambers have nothing whatever 20 say TO the
army IN Prussia. IL is the institution which all
others in the realm are made to subserye II
,attle or wagons be required to facilitate march
,r provisions run short, or lodging for man and
lorse be neeiei, on the town or village at
which xny portion Of the army arrives, or In
which It hspuens TO be qusrtered, the Obligation
: imposed OF making gcoi such deficiency. The
minister OF war Is selected by the King, and he
determines what shall be from time TO time the
bill, the armament, the uniform, the discipline
{ the troops OF all arms, as well as the quar-
sring Of corps and the distribution of com
lauds The affairs Of the Prussisn army 20 on
Ike well constructed clock so long As there is
eace with other nations Year by year the
zen who have completed their three years
raining pass into the reserve. recruits filling
heir places War comes, and in a week or ten
sys' time bsttaiious, regiments, brigades, divi-
ions, corps are augmented TO their full strength
nd in readiness to move.