The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1878-04-03
souE REMARKABLE pREDlc-
TIONS.


The four STRING forts atibs maa,h ofil.e
Hrliespont nsmeu The Dardnpellcs has given
that title 10 the straits to the ssa Vt Mars
mora. These stra, ! sfs thirty miles long
and from haIf nnis 10 inise and . half
in width. aud thrr crsg~snd Lluffs may DO
liue.lwlth, lst,spss which no feet could
possibly psss. The .slraltsc the Bosphorus
connectlng the Sea ID Maimura with tho
Back Sea. are sl,uni fifteen miles long.
with All aversge width Of q half mile The
Besphorus and iile ! Dsrdanelles being the
only gate for nearly the entire coinmerce Of
Russia, The Importance ofthe possession Of
the gateway 10 Russia is apparent. Other
leading nations have opposed Russia's pos.
sc>sin oflit. from appiehelsioa that It's 40
,qnisitlon would give kussla power which
all united Europe could scarcely withstand.
III this couDection. the predictions u bis
Itoric European leaders. from time 70 time.
IL the pnst. have pecniiar interest at this
iimo q The Dardanells. : said the Emper>
or Alexander |. z are the keys u my
house. Let me yet thcm. and my pos.f 10
Irresistible. "fhe possession of Cvnrlan-
t,naIls." said Napoleon l; gives Russia
The DOMINION u the World. @a 60 great was
ths desire u the Eanrress Catharine for the
possession Of CvustantlnplIe that she chris
tened her youngest grandson Constantine.
hoping be would march 10 the conquest Of
the capital alter which he WIS named.
'icneval private secretary of Napoleon ] !;
recurds thar in sne of the interviews Of
Napuleon With Alexander |. lie overheard
Tie BAR offer 10 Cooperate with the Eur
peror 10 Ill bis plans il Napoleon would
cunsent that kussia sho,ildtake CONSTANT
nople. The Trench E,pperor replied. af-
Ter moments besitaliuD.s :. Constantine;
ple--neyer,. ItIsthe Empire of,he world }
Napoleon said to Las Casas. at 81. Bcle-
ia. !. Russia has spst superiority over
the rest ul Europe in regard 10 the i'm
nense powers she can call up for the pur.
poses Of Invasion together @ith the pbyE-
cal advantages Of her situation under the
| pole aud backed by eternal bulwai ks Of ice.
which. iu ease Of Eeed. will render her iD-
accessible. Rnsia can only ie ttacksd one
third or ope-fourth Of the year, While she
can. throughout, the whole twelve months.
maintain attacks apnn US.
fi' Shmld .here arise % Emperor 81 Rus
sia. valiant. impotuous aud Intelligent
in word. - Gar with . beard upon bis
chin Europe is his own Napoleon then
added. after measuring witk pair of com.
masses the distances on the map. Con.
stantinopls Is, from lis situasion. cslcula-
ted to be the centre aud scat u universal
dominion II s sis. 500
;" Ia the conrse of few years, = said the
Emperor 10 O' slears. his physician, Rus.
sia viii have cons,aniincple. the greatest
part Of Turkey. aud Greece. This
hold to be .. certain IS il il had already
taken place Almost all the esjoling and
iaattery which Alexander practiced towards
me vas TO gain my consent 70 effect this OBJ
Iject. In the natural course Of things Tur-
key. in few years must fall 70 Russia.
The powers il would injure. and who coulf
oppose il. are Englaud, France, Prnssia
and Austria. Now as 70 Austria. it will
be very easy Cor Russia 70 engage her ss.
sisispce by giving ber Seryia aud Other
provinces bordering npon the Austrian do
minious. Tho only hypothesis that France
AND Englaud may ever allied with sincerity
win be IN order TO prevent this. But even
this alliance would not avail. France.
EnglsDd and prussis. united. cannut pre-
scpt il. Russia aud Austria can a. any
time effect if.
q Ol,ce mistress OF Jonstantinople, hus-
sia gets all the eum,pefre Of the Med.
literranean. becomcs q grra. naval p'ssr.
msrches Of 10 India su srinyo OF fV.OO''
good soldiers. and God knows what may
happen, All this ! fores,w. | as into
lfutarity farther than others. and | wanted %
iestsbl,sh a bsrrier ag.ihst those harbarians
byrs-essatikhing the Kingdom % Poland
aud pniting pcniatowski al ihe bead u u
Is King; bul your iHLeciiies % ministers
would no; canssnt. A bunile ] years asnei
sball be prai-ed. aad Europe especially
Eugls will lamsn: that | did not sue.
Icssd. - -NasAciiis Aae,ioan.
Iaas " .lIe ..sx-1.l--lz-l4fl l5ag9gl
II. 80 Nsta afss4t Va R4mns
CANrI. .REEEprssr ~ TExas.-A Texas
camel breeder. speaking of tie rearing
ofthe ships ofiae uessri." says; They
are ". u,sss tfubIe 10 RATS tlan horses oi
lc.ule. rhve,ats Cor lhs. lisst il,re 10 loui
l,lays are gs,tl,sr ieuder and requiru clos.
aiientiou. bui after that lake tlieir vhancsl
viii, lhs herd. They iced on cactus Az,
brush. eschewing all grstsss that liafss.
ahd cattle eat, " The favoriie rastu- ssu b
had. The females with prop.r csrs Tiy'
scelt every yssr. and this price a. wi,iUl
thsy are sid the sase with whics tlie,
are raised, ihsr rsirs,ps 'iocility. si'dib'
la,lsrtibility ~ uur climate % tb,ir nrsu,'
weuld sse,n Vi ir.Ilrais that cambsl.rais
ling is q profitable business IN Tckss' Mr
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