certainly exists there, but in how large quantities it is as yet impossible to say; and it is uncertain whether the state of the rivers will permit digging for any considerable portion of the year. Unless some new route should be discovered, as is reported to be the case, the difficulty in reaching the gold region, and of transporting provisions and other necessaries will continue to be great. As yet the amount of gold sent down is very small. Governor Douglas delivered a speech at Victoria, to the American immigrants who had asked his advice. He said that if his opinion had been asked before they left California, he should have advised them ite was known about the country. But now that they had come, he would not advise them to leave. "You wish me to say," he added, "that there is lots of gold in Frazer River. I will not say this, because I am not certain of the fact myself. But Since then a dense population has grown up around it, who regard the establishment as a source of constant danger. In view of this state of things, an act passed the Legislature for the removal of the Quarantine. Sandy Hook was, by common consent, regarded as the only appropriate place; but the State of New Jersey, within whose limits it is situated, refused to grant permission for locating it here; and Seguine's Point, on Staten Island, was selected as the site. Some preparations were made, and buildings were erected here. But these having been burned down by incendiaries, the Quarantine remained in its old place. During this season the prevalence of yellow fever in South-not to have left their homes until something definern ports caused an unusual number of patients to be detained at Quarantine; and some cases of this disease having occurred beyond the walls of the establishment, much alarm and excitement ensued. The Board of Health of Castleton, the township in which the Quarantine is located, pro-I will say, as my settled opinion, that I think the nounced the establishment a nuisance; and a con- country is full of gold; and that east, west, north, spiracy was formed to destroy it. On the evening and south of Frazer River is a gold-field of incalof the 1st a large party assailed the hospital, forced culable value and extent. Go and prospect, and in their way through the walls, removed the patients a few weeks you will be able to tell me what Frazer from the buildings, and set fire in succession to the River is." He then gives advice as to the equipvarious buildings, occupied as hospitals and resi- ment to be provided, and the route to be chosen. dences of the physicians and other employés. The Indians, he says, are friendly, but thievish. Some resistance was made, and one man was mor- The miners who obey the laws and pay the Queen's tally wounded. A number of the patients also dues, are assured of protection; and "as soon as died, in consequence of the exposure occasioned trusty men can be found, measures will be taken by their removal. No efficient measures were for the conveyance and escort of gold from the taken to prevent a second attack, which it was un- mines to Victoria. Every miner will give in his derstood would be made on the following night, own sack and his own weight, have it addressed for the purpose of destroying the remaining build- and sealed in his own presence, and get a receipt ings. This was accordingly made with perfect for a sack said to contain so much gold dust. It impunity, and the work of destruction was com- will be deposited in the public treasury, and will pleted. Thirty-two buildings in all, great and be delivered to the owner on the production of the small, were burned, and the amount of property deposit receipt. There will be a charge made for destroyed is estimated at $300,000. Some of the the expense of conveyance; but it will be small, in patients removed from the hospitals were convey-comparison with the security afforded." The Ined to Ward's Island, while many who were afflict-dians in Washington Territory are reported to have ed with yellow fever and small-pox remained ex-banded together for the purpose of preventing the posed to the weather until huts and other temporary shelter could be provided. Threats having been made that the vessels detained in Quarantine would be burned, a United States vessel of war was sent for their protection. This attack upon the Quarantine was openly set on foot and encouraged by the leading inhabitants of the island, a number of whom have been arrested and held to bail to answer for the offense. passage of gold-diggers overland from California to Frazer River. Active preparations are making for a campaign against the Oregon Indians, whose recent acts of hostility have been decided. SOUTHERN AMERICA. From Mexico we have intelligence of general anarchy, the increasing difficulties of the present government, and the gradual advance of different bodies of the "Constitutionalists" upon the capital, where they expect to meet with little or no opposition. The corner-stone of a new Catholic cathedral, dedicated to St. Patrick, was laid in New York on the 15th of August, by Archbishop Hughes. It is Hon. Beverley L. Clark, the United States Minproposed to make this the finest ecclesiastical edi-ister to Guatemala and Honduras, was received on fice in the country. It is estimated that it will the 13th of July by the President of the former cost nearly a million of dollars, and that its erec- State.-In Costa Rica public attention is occupied tion will occupy eight or ten years. To defray by plans for a Federal Government for the Central the expenses of the first year, the Archbishop is- American States. A meeting of the Presidents is sued a circular, asking one hundred persons to con- to be held at San Salvador to arrange the details. tribute each a thousand dollars. This was respond- It is also proposed to establish a Federal navy, of ed to by 103 persons, two of whom were Protest- twelve small steamers-six for each coast-to deants, each of whom furnished the desired one thou-fend the country against the apprehended invasion sand dollars. When this is expended, the Arch- of filibusters. bishop proposes to issue a call for another hundred thousand dollars, to be contributed in smaller sums; and so on, year by year, until the cathedral is completed. In California the excitement growing out of the discoveries of gold upon Frazer's River has abated. At the last dates the number of persons returning exceeded those going to the new diggings. Gold In Venezuela General Castro has been elected Provisional President, receiving 97 votes out of 107 in the Council. The Constitution of 1830 has been recognized as in force until a new one can be formed. The Government has become involved in difficulties with France and England. Upon the overthrow of the late Government, President Monagas, and a number of his associates, took ref uge with the English and French Ministers. They were seized by the new Government and thrown into prison. The Ministers demanded that the prisoners should be returned to their protection. The Government refused to surrender them; whereupon the British and French squadron blockaded the ports of Laguayra and Porto Cabello, taking possession of the shipping, and threatening to bombard the towns in case of resistance. GREAT BRITAIN. on the 4th of August. The next day the Queen of England and Prince Albert were entertained on board the French man-of-war Bretagne. The Emperor, in proposing the health of the Queen, said that the fact of Her Majesty's visit "showed that the hostile passions which were excited by some unfortunate incidents have never been able to alter the friendship which exists between the two countries, or the desire of the people to remain at peace." Prince Albert said that "Her Majesty was doubly happy in having an opportunity by her presence to join the Emperor in endeavoring to draw together as closely as possible the ties of friendship between the two nations." Having gone ashore, and inspected the fortifications, the Queen departed on the 5th, under a triple salute. The fetes, which continued till the 8th, were closed by the inauguration of the statue of Napoleon 1. The Emperor delivered a speech on the occasion, in which he said that it appeared to be his destiny to accomplish by peace the great designs conceived during war. His Government, he said, would wage war only in defense of the national honor and the great interests of the people. THE EAST. From India the latest accounts are, upon the whole, favorable for the English. The loss of the mutineers in the recapture of Gwalior was considerable. On the 13th of July Sir Hope Grant gain brated Moulvie, for whose capture a reward of five thousand pounds was offered, was killed. The Governor-General, upon receiving Lord Ellenborough's famous dispatch, issued a proclamation offering amnesty to all except actual murderers. The long-pending question respecting the admission of Jews to sit in Parliament is at last settled. On the 26th of July Baron Rothschild presented himself at the table of the House of Commons, and demanded to be sworn. A copy of the oath being presented, he said that he had conscientious objections to taking it in that form, and was requested to withdraw. Lord John Russell then moved resolutions, in conformity with the Act, to the effect that the Baron, professing the Jewish religion, was prevented from sitting and voting in the House by reason of his conscientious objection to take the oath in the form required by law; and "that any person professing the Jewish religion may henceforth, on taking the oath prescribed in the Act of the present session of Parliament, to entitle him to sit and vote in this House, omit the words' And I make this declaration upon the true faith of a Christian."" This resolution was passed by 69 to 37; whereupon the Baron re-ed a brilliant victory near Lucknow. The cele appeared at the table, was sworn upon the Old Testament, and took his seat.-In the course of a discussion upon Indian affairs, Lord Stanley said it was impossible to form an estimate of the present strength of the mutineers. The total number of the Queen's forces in India and on their way out, was 78,416; but 7456 were reported sick. The Company's European troops numbered 18,858. Instructions had been sent out not to interfere with the religion of the natives.-"British Columbia" has been substituted for New Caledonia, as the name of the colony just established in the Frazer River country.-Parliament was prorogued on the 2d of August. The Queen's speech, which was read by the Lord Chancellor, congratulates Parliament upon the favorable state of the relations with foreign countries; trusts that the Paris Conference will settle all the questions before it; hopes that the Indian mutiny will be speedily repressed; says that Her Majesty has given her willing assent to the Act for transferring to her direct authority the government of her Indian dominions, which she hopes to govern in such a way as to secure the advantages of a just and impartial administration of law to her subjects of every race and creed; says that the establishment of the colony of British Columbia was urgently required, in consequence of the recent discovery of gold in that district; and trusts that this new colony on the Pacific may be but one step in the career of steady progress by which Her Majesty's dominions in North America may ultimately be peopled, in an unbroken chain from the Atlantic to the Pacific, by a loyal and industrious population of subjects of the British Crown. FRANCE. The Cherbourg fetes have filled a large space in the public regard. Our foreign correspondent, in the "Easy Chair," gives us a description of the place, and explains the reasons which have led successive French Governments to expend so much labor and treasure to construct a fortified port here. The Emperor and Empress arrived at Cherbourg From China we have telegraphic tidings that a treaty of peace has been made. After the capture of the forts at the mouth of the Pei-ho River, the French and English vessels, followed by the Americans and Russians, proceeded up the stream to Tien-sin, a city of 300,000 inhabitants, where they were met by a high mandarin with powers to negotiate. A treaty was entered upon, the precise terms of which have not reached us. The dispatch-the first, containing general news, sent by the Atlantic Telegraph-says: "A treaty of peace has been concluded with China, by which England and France obtain all their demands, including the establishment of embassies at Pekin and indemnification for the expenses of the war. Under the terms of the treaty the Chinese Empire is open to the trade of all foreign powers, the Christian religion is allowed in all parts of the country, and foreign diplomatic agents are admitted." We have also brief telegraphic accounts of the bombardment of Jeddah by the English steamer Cyclops, which was sent to demand the punishment of those engaged in the recent murders of the Christians at that place. The Pacha was allowed thirty-six hours in which to punish the malefac tors. As no answer was returned within the specified period, the bombardment began and contin ued for three days. The Pacha then came on board of the steamship, and assured the captain that the culprits were condemned, and that he only awaited orders from Constantinople to execute them. This answer was not deemed to be satisfactory, and the bombardment began again. Ultimately, Ismail Pacha arrived from Constantinople, and eleven of the insurgents were immediately hanged in the presence of all the shipping. The remainder of the culprits were sent to the capital for trial. Doctor Thorne-A Novel, by ANTHONY TROL-| his attainments in various branches of science LOPE. (Published by Harper and Brothers.) The place him much above the level of ordinary tour- Mensuration and Practical Geometry, by CHARLES H. HASWELL. (Published by Harper and Brothers.) This volume is intended as a manual for the use of engineers, mechanics, and students, presenting with brevity, and in as popular a form as the nature of the subject admits, a variety of rules and formulas for the determination of lines, surfaces, areas, solidities, and centres of gravity of various regular and irregular figures. The novel features of the book are to be found in the extent of the figures submitted, both as respects number and variety of section, and the rules for determining their centres of gravity. The Story of the Telegraph, by CHARLES F. BRIGGS and AUGUSTUS MAVERICK. (Published by Rudd and Carlton.) A succinct narrative of the great enterprise which has set aside the distance between the old world and new, is contained in this seasonable compilation. It can not fail to be read with interest during the present effervescence of the public mind on the subject, while it embodies numerous facts and statistics which make it worth Memoir of Joseph Curtis, by Miss C. M. SEDGWICK. (Published by Harper and Brothers.) In preparing this biography of a good man, Miss Sedgwick has been engaged in a congenial task. He was an honest Connecticut boy by birth, and, from humble beginnings, gradually rose to a conspicuous position in connection with the educational institutions of New York. The little volume has been written mainly for the purpose of holding up his bright example to the attention of young readers; but it abounds with those natural sketches of character, and fine moral and practical suggestions, which render it an admirable piece of bio Memoirs of Rachel, by MADAME DE B (Harper and Brothers.) A lively, gossiping narrative of the fortunes of the great French tragedian and her family is here given by a fluent writer.graphy for all classes. The work is mainly anecdotal, though not spiced with the details of personal scandal, which might be anticipated from the character of the subject. It presents in strong colors the vocation of Rachel for histrionic art, and her assiduous cultivation of the conditions of success. At the same time her petulant caprices, her bickerings with her relatives, her passion for money, and her numerous eccentricities are portrayed, apparently, to the life, and probably there was but slight risk of overcharging the picture. The volume makes no extraordinary pretensions; but it may justly claim a prominent place among the light, amusing books of the season. The States of Central America, by E. G. SQUIER. (Published by Harper and Brothers.) Mr. Squier is certainly the highest living authority on the geography, statistics, and political condition of Central America. To the advantages of wide and varied personal observation, and a deep interest in the country, he adds a profound knowledge of the researches and writings of previous travelers; so that he has become as familiar with those mysterious regions as are foreign statesmen with the map of Europe. Nor is Mr. Squier a mere superficial observer of external facts and passing events. He has a sincere love of scientific investigation, and A Harmony of the Gospels, in the Greek of the Received Text, by JAMES STRONG, D.D. (Harper and Brothers.) The plan of this work is similar to that of the English Harmony of the Gospels by the author, presenting a parallel and combined arrangement of the Greek text, founded on the selection of a leading passage in each section from that Gospel which contains the most complete account, and interweaving with this, in a different type, all the additional circumstances from the other Gospels. The portion in the leading type, accordingly, gives a full and connected narrative, without distracting the attention of the reader from one column to another, while, at the same time, he has great facility of reference to the parallel accounts in the interwoven passages. The text adopted is that of the received text, or the Elzevir edition of 1633, which served as the foundation for the common English version. The various readings adopted by Griesbach, Knapp, Scholz, Lachmann, and Tischendorf are noted at the foot of the page, to which are added brief grammatical annotations, for the most part of remarkable pertinence and utility. The volume throughout attests the learning and good judgment of the author, and will be found to be a valuable contribution to the resources of biblical study. PROVIDENCE IN AMERICAN HISTORY antee of peace and happiness that excludes its oven Human society is a wonderful testimony to the omnipotence and the omnipresence of God. It is a standing miracle, demonstrating a wisdom above all comprehension, a watchfulness infinite in tenderness of spirit and variety of action. Each individual man presents some features that, however marred and defaced by sin, remind us of the glorious Creator. Amidst all the defilement of depravity we recognize God's image, and of what a magnificent estate is it the impressive remnant! In how many strange and startling forms does it authenticate itself! Now it is a light shining through a man's memory and falling upon the past innocence of childhood; then a light penetrating the future and opening a luminous vista to the throne of judgment; to-day in a tone, to-morrow in a look; here in the clasp of a hand, and there in the glance of an adoring eye; this image vindicates for every one a holier birth-place than earth, and a nobler destiny than time. But when we turn from man to society the wonder increases. To see such discordant elements harmonized-the lion and the lamb even now lying down together-the demon and the angel reposing in the same pavilion or walking abroad in company-opposite tastes, habits, natures fraternizing in peaceful companionship -how the mystery repeats itself anew every day, and wraps itself in thicker folds the more that our proud intellects seek to understand it! If the individual man has his counterpart in the planet on which he dwells, society affects us like the universe. The spectacle of millions of people, all cared for and sustained by the beneficent Hand, impresses a thoughtful mind in a manner similar to the scenery of the starry heavens. personal and positive agency. Only in part will it allow men and institutions to do its work. Only in limited measures will it delegate its authority to the best and wisest of means. In all arrangements a broad arena must be left for its presence. Second causes must not shut out the First Cause. No machinery can be sufficiently perfect to dispense with the power of God. Sunshine and rain may produce the harvest; but, according to the Jewish economy, the "first-fruits" were not to be offered to them--they were presented to God. Happily for the American mind the sentiment of an overruling Providence is reverently cherished. It has confidence in the resources of its own intellect and activity, reliance on its political institutions, faith in means and men. But it trusts them no farther than simple human instrumentalities, nor does it make them the end of its hope. If it depended exclusively on them, or if it leaned upon them in such a way as to banish the thought of God except as a refuge in the hour of darkness and danger, then it would idolize itself and its machinery, forget its homage to Providence, and war against the order of the universe. We believe that the deepest feeling of the American heart springs from a conviction that Providence has presided over the colonization and progress of this country. Looking to the future, it can not foresee how this magnificent drama will be unfolded. It can not tell what personages will move in stateliness on this great stage, nor what events, flowing from causes now unseen, will carry forward the vast movement; but it clings to the belief that Prov. idence has its purpose in our national growth and will fulfill its far-reaching scheme. A few men ordinarily determine public opinion; but the few never create a deep, genuine, wide-spread, public feeling. Such a feeling is not the product of art. Eloquence, literature, intercourse, can not awaken it. Down in the depths of the heart, where God works, it is silently formed. It is the birth of the spirit, and the spirit keeps it alive. And this is the characteristic of the sentiment which we are now considering. Our traditions, ancestry, circumstances, have, doubtless, intensified its strength, but in its origin it sprung from God. Such a sentiment is a tremendous power. Although its outward manifestation is not ordinarily as striking and impressive as some other senti A nation is a splendid object for a reflecting intellect to contemplate. Here are thousands of human beings, with their diversified forms of life; here are all kinds of industry; here are want and plenty, starvation and luxury, ignorance and learning, crime and virtue; here are heaven and hell in spirit and practice; and all dwelling side by side, all cemented into marvelous unity, and holding together as if one common soul had transformed them into one common mass. It is folly to attribute this to institutions of government. The institutions are only the outward symbol of the inward union. All the statesmanship of the world, unaided by other and mightier forces, could never organize the relations of two persons, or establishments, yet it has a vigor, a profundity, a self-susa foundation on which they could stand together. It is by God's act-partly in the original laws of our nature, and partly by the constant agency of His Providence that this amazing complexity of character, interest, life is upheld. In our vanity we talk of the security of life and property, the stability of our institutions; but there are always thousands of volcanoes ready to burst forth and deluge the land with their streams of fire. A daily revolution would be no wonder. The wonder is that it does not happen. Happen it would if we had no higher protection than the mere jurisprudence and police of nations. How true it is that, except the Lord keep the city, the watchmen waketh but in vain!" Yes, "in vain"-kingly rule or popular sovereignty-the tyranny of bayonets or the force of public opinion-despotism or liberty-all is" in vain" unless the shield of Jehovah be spread over our heads; for Heaven will give man no guar 66 tainingness, that nothing else can equal. Indeed, it is not so much a distinct principle as a diffused, ethereal element, in which the stronger forces of our nature live, move, and have their being. It is always a source of lofty thought, vigorous will, heroic effort. Deny a man every other resource, and if he have this well-spring in his soul the stream of his life will be fed by fresh waters that can never fail. Give it to a people, and there will be a hardihood in their enterprise, an endurance in suffering, a heroism in achievement, a religion at the heart of all they think and do, that the philosophy of the world, too short-sighted to see beneath the senses, and too weak to soar to heaven, can not comprehend. Man was originally created to dwell in God, to draw from Him the inspiration of his daily life, to be perfect in His strength, and to be glorious with His beauty. Hence, as he enters into union with God's spirit and providence, he recovers the primal law of his nature, and with it whatever belongs to his sphere in the universe. of government. But there is something superior in the elements of civil society to these things. The capacity for progress that this sentiment Our social nature, no less than our individual naawakens puts man in possession of all the means ture, witnesses to God and leans on Him for intelnecessary to establish his sovereignty over matter ligence and support. Nations, like men, must feel and to build up the fabric of civilization. It has that their work, in some way, terminates in God, given us our best institutions, and, above all, cre- else there is no high aim, no magnificent results. ated a spirit in our country that has signalized it- Government exists for ends ulterior to its personal self in education, philanthropy, and patriotism. and social benefits to us. If in relation to our inThe nature of this principle is such that it does not terests it is an institution of God, it is equally His exhibit itself in formal modes of thought, nor fulfill institution in relation to interests far beyond the its designs through preconceived plans. It is no compass of our sphere. It is His instrument; and adept in language; and not seldom when strongest if this doctrine is once fixed in the mind, with what in feeling it is weakest in logic. To trace its agen-force is the imagination sent forth along those chancy it is not necessary to consider it as deliberately nels, remote and distant, through which its influentering on measures that forethought has suggest-ence is to be carried to the homes and hearts of uned to be essential to the attainment of its end. For it is instinctive rather than argumentative, and by a higher form of mind than legislative ability ascertains what is proper and expedient for the accomplishment of its object. Often when least known it is most felt; and not until men, looking back to its results as incorporated into the structure of society, study its bearings are they prepared to read the seal of a divine hand on it. Indeed, it is impossible for us to see how this great sentiment could operate in man otherwise than through his unconsciousness. If his eyes were not holden how easily they might be dazzled! Man glories in the intellect that designs, in the hand that constructs, and, absorbed in his selfish aims, robs God of the praise of wisdom and power. The wonder-working spirit is, therefore, hidden from him; and although it is present in his sense of duty, in lofty and impassioned impulse, in the glow of inspiration, yet he obeys it by force of sympathy and not on the ground of knowledge-follows its mysterious guid-complish the end. As it is, we are just left to exance and sees not whither it is going, so that when the decree is fulfilled he is more astonished than his contemporaries at the manner in which it has been done. known millions! Nothing, perhaps, in connection with this sentiment in the American mind, is more striking than the intense conviction that we are performing a work for the world. We say, intense conviction. No other language expresses the fact. The feeling of the popular heart-that trustworthy instinct so much more reliable than the popular judgment—always associates the institutions of our country with the progress of humanity in foreign lands. How the leaven is to work, how the influence is to be communicated, the intellect of the masses does not perceive. Nor can our statesmen see the mode in which it is to be done. But the impression is all the stronger for the obscurity in which it is involved. The very mystery that hangs about it is an intimation of its divine origin. If it had been the effect of observation, if it had been deduced from facts by a process of argument, we should be competent to form an opinion as to the means and methods calculated to ac ecute our task-to show the utility and excellence of republican institutions-and to abide quietly in the faith that consequences will be shaped by Providence to suit its benevolent will. Let us not, then, be understood as arguing that It is interesting to note the historic progress of the thoughtful mind of our country has identified this sentiment of Providence as it passes under rethe sense of Providence with specific measures of view from the early settlement of the country down national debate, or that this has been a distinctly to the present era. Robinson, in his parting addeterminative element, when the popular verdict dress to the Pilgrims, as they were about to emhas been called for on questions of vast moment. bark for America, assures them of his faith "that Such a view would imply that men could penetrate God hath more truth yet to break forth out of His beforehand the counsels of the Infinite, and infalli- Holy Word." In his calm, profound judgment bly settle the Divine course of action. We simply there is a vast work to be done. Calvinists and mean, that American mind has been deeply impreg- Lutherans have stopped short of God's purpose. nated with the sentiment of Providence in the whole They will not advance beyond their leaders, the history of our colonization and civilization. It "instruments of their reformation;" and, in this has not explained the past on the theory of lucky spirit, a watcher for the light of a new morning, he accidents and fortunate circumstances. Nor has dismisses his flock to a new world that their eyes it attempted to solve the problems of our existence may catch the earliest glimpses of the coming and progress by a glorification of human sagacity glory. The pioneers in this great movement do and skill in statesmanship. There has been a pow- not appear to have looked beyond the "Reformaer beneath the circumstances. There has been a tion of the Church;" but this was a germ of suffiwisdom behind our wisdom. There has been a cient vitality to reconstruct the entire fabric of sosovereign purpose, fixed and immutable, beyond ciety. The idea of a State, as we now have it emour purposes; and in this faith it has found nothing bodied, was not in their minds. Step by step, a to answer its want save the Christian doctrine of distinctive order of thought, peculiar to the new Providence as God's method of administering the world, began to exhibit itself. The aristocratical affairs of the world. One accustomed to study the sentiment was invaded by the democratic sentilaws of human nature can find no difficulty in be- ment; the limitations of suffrage in Massachusetts lieving that the secret of our strength has lain in were set aside in the Hartford Colony; Church and this fact. Abstract theories of rights, checks, and State prepared for separation; loyalty to England balances, institutional provisions to express popu- began to yield to another loyalty, clothing itself lar sovereignty and restrain official authority, the with authority at home, and asserting a simple division of responsibility and a system of jurispru- majesty that rested on the force of right and truth; dence, are intimately connected with the agency until the colonists were themselves surprised to |