"I have not seen you these many days," says are you so squeamish? Have I not heard you Harry. say that you did not value birth, and that all "You have other companions," remarks honest people ought to be equal? Why should Mr. Wolfe, curtly.

"Is it Captain Batts you mean?" asked to me when I am walking with her, by George Harry. he may leave it alone!" cried Harry, flushing up.

man can serve his country one way or the other. Be sure, Sir, that idle bread is the most dangerous of all that is eaten; that cards and pleasure may be taken by way of pastime after work-but not instead of work, and all day.

of being the Fortunate Youth, as all the world calls you, I think you are rather Warrington the Unlucky; for you are followed by daily idleness, daily flattery, daily temptation; and the Lord, I say, send you a good deliverance out of your good fortune!"

had won him, and warned him that the life he was leading might be the pleasantest, but surely was not the most profitable, of lives. "It can't be, Sir," said the Colonel, "that a man is to pass all his days at horse-racing and tennis, and his nights carousing or at cards. Sure, ev-And, do you know, Mr. Warrington, instead ery man was made to do some work; and a gentleman, if he has none, must make some. Do you know the laws of your country, Mr. Warrington? Being a great proprietor, you will doubtless one day be a magistrate at home. Have you traveled over the country, and made yourself acquainted with its trade and manufactures? These are fit things for a gentleman to study, and may occupy him as well as a cock-fight or a cricket-match. Do you know any thing of our profession? That, at least, you will allow is a noble one; and, believe me, there is plenty in it to learn, and suited, I should think, to you. I speak of it rather than of books and the learned professions, because, as far as I can judge, your genius does not lie that way. But honor is the aim of life," cried Mr. Wolfe, "and every

He

But Harry did not like to tell his aunt that afternoon why it was he looked so grave. thought he would not drink; but there were some jolly fellows at the ordinary, who passed the bottle round; and he meant not to play in the evening, but a fourth was wanted at his aunt's table, and how could he resist? He was the old lady's partner several times during the night, and he had Somebody's own luck, to be sure; and once more he saw the dawn, and feasted on chickens and Champagne at sunrise.

Monthly Record of Current Events.

UNITED STATES.

S as the direct action of Congress is con

As far as the Kansas question has been decided.

be, and the same are hereby, offered to the people of Kansas for acceptance or rejection, which, if accepted, shall be obligatory on the United States and upon the said State

be obligatory on the

As noted in our last Record, the Senate refused to accept the substitute passed by the House for the of land in every township for the use of schools; These propositions grant to Kansas two sections original Senate bill, and the House resolved to ad-seventy-two sections for the support of a Universihere to its substitute. On the 13th of April, on motion of Mr. Green, the Senate voted to ask a Committee of Conference. The House, upon the motion of Mr. English, acceded to this request, by a vote of 108 to 108, the Speaker giving the casting

vote in its favor. The Committee consisted of

ty; ten sections for the erection of public buildber, with six sections of land contiguous to each; ings; salt-springs, not exceeding twelve in numand five percentum of the net proceeds of the sales of all public lands within the State. These grants

are made on condition that the State shall not in

Messrs. Green, Hunter, and Seward, for the Sen- terfere with the primary sales of public lands; ate; and English, Stephens, and Howard, for the shall in no case impose a higher tax upon non-resiHouse. On the 23d the majority of the Commit-dent than upon resident proprietors; and shall nevtee (Messrs. Seward and Howard dissenting) pre-er tax the lands or property of the United States. sented, through Mr. English, their report, embody- It is then provided that ing a bill for the admission of Kansas, of which the following are the essential portions:

"At the said election the voting shall be by ballot, and by indorsing on his ballot, as each voter may please, "Whereas, the people of the Territory of Kansas did, proposition accepted' or 'proposition rejected. Should by a convention of delegates assembled at Lecompton, on a majority of the votes cast be for proposition accepted,' the 7th day of November, one thousand eight hundred the President of the United States, as soon as the fact is and fifty-seven, for that purpose, form for themselves a duly made known to him, shall announce the same by Constitution and State government, which Constitution is proclamation; and thereafter, and without any further republican; and whereas, at the same time and place, proceedings on the part of Congress, the admission of the said convention did adopt an ordinance, which said ordi- State of Kansas into the Union upon an equal footing nance asserts that Kansas, when admitted as a State, will with the original States, in all respects whatever, shall have an undoubted right to tax the lands within her lim- be complete and absolute, and said State shall be entitled its belonging to the United States, and proposes to re- to one member in the House of Representatives in the linquish said asserted right if certain conditions set forth Congress of the United States until the next census be in said ordinance be accepted and agreed to by the Con- taken by the Federal Government; but should a majorgress of the United States; and whereas, the said Consti-ity of the votes cast be for 'proposition rejected,' it shall tution and ordinance have been presented to the Congress be deemed and held that the people of Kansas do not deof the United States by order of said convention, and ad- sire admission into the Union with said Constitution, unmission of said Territory into the Union thereon as a State der the conditions set forth in the said proposition, and requested; and whereas, said ordinance is not acceptable in that event the people of said Territory are hereby auto Congress, and it is desirable to ascertain whether the thorized and empowered to form for themselves a Constipeople of Kansas concur in the changes in said ordinance tution and State Government, by the name of the State hereinafter stated, and desire admission into the Union as of Kansas, according to the Federal Constitution, and a State as herein proposed; therefore, may elect delegates for that purpose whenever, and not before, it is ascertained by a census duly and legally taken that the population of said Territory equals or exceeds the ratio of representation required for a member of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States; and whenever thereafter such delegates shall assemble in convention, they shall first determine by a vote whether it is the wish of the people of the proposed State to be admitted into the Union at that time: and, if so, shall proceed to form a Constitution and take

"Be it enacted, etc., That the State of Kansas be, and is hereby, admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States in all respects whatever, but upon the fundamental condition precedent, namely: that the question of admission with the following proposition in lieu of the ordinance framed at Lecompton be submitted to a vote of the people of Kansas, and assented to by them or a majority of the voters voting at an election to be held for that purpose, namely: that the following propositions

to frame a Constitution.-A Select Committee, appointed to investigate the sale of Fort Snelling, presented a majority report against the validity of the sale, on the ground that the requisite publicity was not given by the Secretary of War of the proposed sale. They also say that the property was sold at a price below its value. A minority report was presented, justifying the sale.

The election is to be conducted by a Board consisting of the Governor, Attorney-General, Terri- The voluminous correspondence between Mr. torial Secretary, President of the Council, and Cass and Lord Napier respecting the Slave-trade Speaker of the House of Representatives, any three has been published by order of the Senate. Mr. of whom is to constitute a quorum, with power to Cass says that the United States have given proof direct the details of the election, which is to con- that they are not less anxious than Great Britain tinue but one day. All white male inhabitants for the extinction of this traffic; and regrets that of the Territory over the age of twenty-one years, the benefits arising from the system of joint blockwho possess the qualifications required by the laws ade have borne no proportion to the expenditure of the Territory for a voter at the last general elec- of life and treasure which it has cost. A far more tion for the members of the Territorial Legislature, effective measure would be to close the slave marts are allowed to vote. Any person not so qualified of the world, or rather those of Cuba, which is now who shall vote or offer to vote, or who shall vote almost the only region where the slave-dealer can more than once, or who shall make fraudulent re-find a market. He also recommends the extension turns, or shall change or alter any of the returns at this election, is to be punished by imprisonment at hard labor for not less than six months and not more than three years.

of free colonies of colored people along the coast of Africa, and discusses the system of forced labor adopted by the French and recognized by the English under the name of "apprenticeship" or "involuntary emigration." He concludes by stating that while the President is "determined to execute the treaty of 1842 with fidelity and efficiency, he is. not prepared, under existing circumstances, to enter into any new stipulations on the subject of the African Slave-trade."

The vote on this bill was taken on the 30th of April. In the Senate it passed by 30 to 22, ten Senators being absent; the vote being essentially the same as that cast on the original Senate bill, with the exception of that of Mr. Pugh of Ohio, who then voted under special instructions from the State Legislature.-In the House there were The instructions given to Mr. Reed, our Minis111 Ayes to 102 Nays; the Speaker not voting, and ter to China, have been published. He is informthe absentees, 20 in number, being equally divideded by the Secretary of State that it is understood between the adherents and opponents of the bill. that the French and English seek to procure from The votes in favor of the bill were, Democrats 103, the Chinese Government a recognition of the rights Americans 8; against it were, Democrats 15, Amer- of other powers to have accredited ministers at the icans 5, Republicans 82. Messrs. Cockerill, Cox, Court of Pekin, to be received by the Emperor, and Groesbeck, Lawrence, and Pendleton of Ohio, En- to be in communication with the authorities charged glish and Foley of Indiana, Democrats, and Mr. | with the foreign affairs of the Empire; an enlargeGilmer of Maryland, American, who voted against ment of commercial intercourse; a reduction of the Administration upon the Montgomery substi-imports on products brought from the interior; tute, voted for the bill of Mr. English, deciding the guarantees of religious freedom to foreign residents; question in its favor. Of the Ayes, 75 are from and the suppression of piracy. These objects, our the South, and 36 from the North; of the Nays, 94 Minister is informed, are recognized by the Presare from the North, and 8 from the South. It will ident as just and expedient, and Mr. Reed is dibe noted that, by the provisions of this bill, if the rected to aid in their accomplishment as far as can Lecompton Constitution as passed "with Slavery" be done by peaceful co-operation; but these efforts is rejected, the admission of Kansas, as a State, must be confined to firm representations appealing into the Union is postponed for an indefinite period. to the justice and policy of the Chinese authorities, The Deficiency Bill has passed both Houses. It leaving to the Government of the United States to provides for appropriations to the amount of nearly determine upon the course to be adopted should ten millions of Dollars, more than half of which is these representations be fruitless. for army supplies and transportation. In the Senate, the Memorial of the Legislature of Utah was presented and laid upon the table.-The Pacific Railroad Bill has been discussed in the Senate, and its further consideration postponed till December. -Mr. Mason introduced a resolution authorizing the President to take such measures as may be necessary to procure reparation from Paraguay for the outrage committed by firing upon the steamer Water-Witch.-In the House Mr. Quitman endeavored, unsuccessfully, to introduce a bill declaring that it is impolitic to prematurely admit new States into the Union, thereby unduly stimulating the occupation of distant Territories for sectional purposes; and providing that no new States shall be admitted until it is ascertained by census that the Territory asking admission contains a population sufficient to entitle it to a Representative in Congress, and until the people have been authorized by Congress | The yellow fever broke out on board the steam

Messrs. M'Cullough and Powell have been appointed Peace Commissioners to proceed to Utah. They left Leavenworth on the 25th of April. It is said that orders have been forwarded to the army at Fort Bridger not to advance upon Salt Lake City until the arrival of the Commissioners. In the mean while reinforcements are being rapidly pushed forward. The number of troops under orders for Utah is 3611, which, added to the forces already in the Territory, makes a total of 5697 officers and soldiers.-The Legislative Assembly of Utah adjourned on the 24th of February. The Deseret News says, that during the whole session there was not a single negative vote on any question proposed to the assembly. Mass meetings have been held in various districts, at all of which the proceedings of Brigham Young and of the Assembly have been unanimously approved.

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the expiration of ten years from the completion of a railroad or other mode of communication, the Company shall fix their rate of tolls so that no more than fifteen per cent. per annum shall be divided among the stockholders. The treaty is to remain in absolute force for twenty years; and thereafter until twelve months' notice shall have been given by one party of its wish to alter or abrogate it. In ratifying this treaty the Assembly of Nicaragua adds, that "it is not entirely satisfied with it, but accepts it, without amendment, as an evidence of the justice which Nicaragua does to the friendly conduct of President Buchanan."

A treaty has been concluded between Paraguay and Brazil, by which the disputes between the two countries are settled. The rivers of Paraguay are to be thrown open to the commerce of all nations; but Brazil only is to be allowed the right of navigating these rivers by vessels of war.

frigate Susquehanna while lying at Greytown, Nicaragua. The vessel left for Pensacola, but being short of coals and medical stores, put in at Kingston, Jamaica. Before reaching this port 155 cases of fever occurred, of which 17 proved fatal. Six officers and 55 men were left in hospital at KingsShe arrived at New York on the 12th of April, with many sick, of whom 21 were landed at the Naval Hospital, where a number of deaths occurred. This arrival re-awakened the excitement occasioned by the location of the proposed quaran-¡ tine buildings at Seguine's Point, on Staten Island, and the buildings, which were unoccupied, were burned down by the residents of the neighborhood, under the apprehension that they would be used as a hospital for yellow fever patients. -The number of emigrants arriving in the United States during the year 1857 was 271,558. Of these, 204,787 landed at New York, 21,299 at New Orleans, 17,444 at Boston, 9079 at Baltimore, 6655 at San Francisco, 5660 at Philadelphia, 2362 at Portland. These are the only ports at which one thou-co, were completely annihilated. For some months sand or more emigrants landed during the year. Nearly one-third of the whole number were natives of Germany.—Mr. John A. Washington, the proprietor of Mount Vernon, has negotiated with the Ladies' Mount Vernon Association for the sale of the residence of Washington. The terms are the payment of $200,000 for two hundred acres of land, in which are included the mansion of Mount Vernon, the landing-place, and the tomb of Washington. Of this sum, $18,000 was paid on the closing of the contract, the remainder to be paid in four yearly installments.

SOUTHERN AMERICA.

In Peru a sanguinary battle has taken place, in which the forces of the revolutionists, under Vivan

this chief had occupied the strongly-fortified town of Arequipa, having at his disposal several warsteamers with which he menaced the sea-ports of the republic. He was attacked in his intrenchments, on the 7th and 8th of March, by the Government forces, under President Castilla. The city was taken by storm, after an obstinate resistance. The loss on both sides is stated at 4000 men, much the larger part belonging to the assailants. Vivanco fled to Bolivia.

In Venezuela the revolution against Monagas has been entirely successful. The ex-President and his family, who had taken refuge with the French Minister, were surrendered on the demand of the new Government, put under arrest, and are to be tried upon charges of peculation and other official misdemeanors. General Paez, formerly President, who has long resided as an exile in New York, has been formally invited to return to Venezuela. GREAT BRITAIN.

In Mexico the position of the contending parties has undergone no important change, the successes of either in one quarter being counterbalanced by reverses in some other. Vera Cruz holds out for the Constitutional Government. Juarez and the members of his cabinet were taken up at Manzanillo by a California steamer, and conveyed to Panama, whence they crossed the Isthmus to Aspinwall, The Chancellor of the Exchequer has presented his and took passage for New Orleans, with the inten-financial statement, estimating the expenditures of tion of proceeding to Vera Cruz. In Sonora, the the year at £63,600,000, which is about £4,000,000 insurgent leader, Gandara, after gaining some ad-above the estimated revenue; but taking into acvantages, was defeated by the Governor, Peschiera, on the 28th of February, Gandara himself, with a hundred of his men, being killed.

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The Government of Nicaragua has ratified the treaty negotiated in November by Mr. Cass and Señor Yrissari. The important part of this treaty is that which relates to the transit across the IsthThe citizens and property of the United States are to be allowed the right of transit upon the same terms as enjoyed by those of Nicaragua. The United States to guarantee the neutrality of the routes, and to exert its influence for a similar guarantee by other powers. A free port is to be established at each terminus of the route; the United States to be allowed to transport troops, munitions, and mails over the Isthmus free of toll. Nicaragua is to furnish the necessary military force for the protection of the route; and in case of inability or failure to do so, the United States to be at liberty to employ the force necessary for this purpose, and no other-such force to be withdrawn when the necessity terminates. The United States may withdraw its guarantee of protection, upon giving six months' notice, in case the Company which conducts the transit enterprise adopts regulations contrary to the spirit of the treaty. After

count the reduction in the Income Tax, and the fact that three and a half millions of the expenditure were extraordinary, Mr. Disraeli said that there was no diminution in the resources of the country. In order to meet the deficiency, he proposed a postponement of the payment of the Sinking Fund and Exchequer Bills, the imposition of a tax on Irish whisky, and a penny stamp upon Bankers' Checks. -The Duke of Malakoff, the new French Embassador, has arrived in England, and has been received with marked distinction. In response to an address from the Corporation of Dover, he said that it would be his earnest desire to preserve the cordial relations which have hitherto existed between France and England.—There is manifestly an increasing distrust between the two countries, and the new English Ministry has announced its determination to keep up an efficient Channel fleet. A new source of irritation has arisen, growing out of the occupation by the English of Perim, a rocky islet commanding the entrance to the Red Sea. The unfriendly feeling has been strengthened bythe result of a trial in London, in which Simon Bernard, a foreign refugee, was really indicted as an accomplice of Orsini and Pierri, in the attempt to assassinate the French Emperor, though the act

ual crime charged was the murder of one of the victims of that attempt. The complicity of Bernard in the general revolutionary plans of Orsini, and his agency in furnishing the bombs which were used, was clearly made out, although it was urged that he was not aware of the specific use to which they were to be applied. The counsel of Bernard made a powerful speech in behalf of his client, in which he denounced Napoleon as a despot, and affirmed that the proceedings had been instituted to serve a political object, at the dictation of the abettors of foreign tyranny. The charge of the Judge bore decidedly against the prisoner, who was, however, acquitted by the jury.-It is said that subscriptions to the amount of a million of francs have been raised in England, France, and Italy for the family of Orsini.

FRANCE.

It is, in the midst of apparent tranquillity, a second and enlarged edition of the coup-d'-état.-The Government bill asking the sum of 180,000,000 francs for further improvements in Paris, meets with warm opposition in the Legislative Assembly.

Señor Lafragua, the Mexican Minister to Spain, having received an order from the new Government of Zuloaga to resign his post, refused to obey, on the ground that as there were two competitors claiming the Presidency, Zuloaga had, at present, no legal right to the title.

Christiana, the capital of Norway, was visited by a destructive fire on the 14th of April; threefourths of the city were destroyed, the damage being estimated at two millions of dollars.

THE EAST.

Lucknow, the strong-hold of the Indian insurgents, fell into the hands of the English on the 19th The news of the acquittal of Bernard occasioned of March. Several sanguinary actions took place much excitement in Paris. The French journals between the rebels and the various bodies of the did not venture to publish a full report of the speech | British troops, which were marching from different of the prisoner's counsel. The system of repression is carried out with great rigor, and numerous arrests continue to be made of those suspected of revolutionary projects.-The four republican deputies in the Legislative Assembly were invited to dine at the Tuileries; only one of them accepted the invitation. The opening of the magnificent Boulevard of Sebastopol took place on the 5th of April. -Mazzini has written a letter to the London papers, in which he gives some instances of the practical working of the new Law of Public Safety. Prisoners, he says, continue to reach Marseilles every night from all the departments. Numerous names of those intended for deportation were chosen before the promulgation of the law, from old and recent lists, merely marked with the word "Republican." The Governor of Algeria writes, urging that other places of confinement may be chosen, as there are already in Algiers alone 700 prisoners.

points upon the city, in all of which the insurgents were defeated. On the 8th of March the attack upon the outposts commenced. These were successively carried; and on the 15th the enemy commenced their flight from the city, pursued by the English cavalry. About 50,000 made their escape. The fighting was much less severe than had been anticipated. The loss of the insurgents in the entire series of actions is put down at 4000, while the English lost only a few hundreds. The inhabitants of the city fled in great numbers to the surrounding villages, but were returning to their homes on the assurance of protection and safety.

Nothing of special importance has occurred in China since our last. It is reported that the Chinese meditate an attempt to recover Canton, and the representatives of the allied powers will not at present attempt to proceed to Pekin. Governor Yeh has been sent as a prisoner to Calcutta.

Literary Notices.

History of Europe, from the Fall of Napoleon, in 1815, to the Accession of Louis Napoleon, in 1852, by SIR ARCHIBALD ALISON. (Published by Harper and Brothers.) The continuation of Alison's European history assumes a greater degree of interest, although less fruitful in political developments and military operations, as it approaches the limits of our own time. No one can pretend to claim for the author the character of a profound philosophic historian; nor does he exhibit either the vigor, the brilliancy, or the winning graces of style, which have given several contemporary productions such a high place as works of literary art; but he has merits of a different order which challenge the admiration of the reader, and which will insure these volumes an eminent rank in the modern historical library. His statements are derived from authentic, if not the most recondite, sources; he possesses the happy art of presenting them in an effective manner; and so long as he confines himself to the field of simple narrative, without indulging his taste for political generalizations and moral reflections, he is certainly an agreeable writer, having a singularly vivid impression of the events which have been set in order and illustrated by his exuberant pen. Even his strong Tory prejudices are not without their utility as an element in his composition. They give a certain earnestness and glow to his

style which often redeem it from a tendency to languor and commonplace. They sustain and quicken his own interest in the topic of discussion, and thus react favorably on the attention of the reader. Nor is it without a curious piquancy to follow the cool expression of opinions, which have such a decidedly old-fashioned stamp, and which come into such sharp collision with the sanguine democratic enthusiasm of the age. It is also not a little instructive to listen to comments on passages even in our own history which are regarded in such an opposite point of view to that taken by the majority of young American patriots. Not that Alison is a mere speculatist. He seldom, indeed, omits an opportunity to recommend his own political creed; he sometimes raises too great a cloud of dust by the trot and canter of his favorite hobbies; but he evidently aims at an impartial exhibition of facts, and is not ashamed to acknowledge his indebtment to authorities whose conclusions are at the widest distance from his own. Thus he quotes Louis Blanc with a cordial recognition of his singular merit as a historian, and fortifies himself with passages from Macaulay, in spite of the Socialist philosophy of the one, and the liberal politics of the other. In the department of statistics Alison shows a wonderful assiduity. His pages bristle with tabular views, which, however formidable to the cursory