identical, or they are twin sisters in the human mind, or in the celestial world, the immortal home of the soul. The object of this volume must commend itself to the minds of all serious readers. ESSAYS. BY HENRY THOMAS BUCKLE, author of “A History of Civilization in England." With a biographical sketch of the author, and his photograph. New-York: D. Appleton & Co. Pp. 209. 1863. THE name of this author must be familiar to all the readers of THE ECLECTIC, from the reviews of his works which have been printed on these pages. His reputation as an author, and his gifted pen, will secure attention to this new volume. THE PENTATEUCH AND BOOK OF JOSHUA, CRITICALLY EXAMINED. By the Right Rev. JOHN WILLIAM COLENSO, D.D., Bishop of Natal. New-York: D. Appleton & Co. Pp. 226. 1863. THIS is a strange book, with strange opinions, to come from the pen of a Bishop of the Church of England. It is no less than a direct and wicked attack upon the authenticity and historic verity of the sacred Scriptures-the oldest and most venerated records of the human race. These ancient books of the Bible have commanded the belief and the reverence of the greatest and the best men, as well as the most learned savans of the human family in all ages. But here comes up an upstart whose name is scarcely known in the learned world, save as the author of some books on arithmetic; who has studied theology about eighteen months, upon his own showing; who has the arrogant presumption to attempt the overthrow of human faith in the his. toric records and revelations of God to his children of the human family. We hear Paul say just here, "Let God be true, and every man a liar," including Bishop Colenso, as he most certainly is. About the first thing this author did after entering upon his bishoprick, in which he is a disgrace to the Church of England, was to publish his opinions in defense of polygamy among the natives of Africa-very like Mormonism. He may seem honest in his intentions, he may think that in this infidel attack on the Pentateuch, he is doing God service; but he will find that he has mistaken the service of God for the service of the great enemy of God and man, and will be quite sure to receive his reward in due time. The Penta teuch will stand and the Bible will stand unmoved under all such attacks, as it has done in all ages. Against this immovable rock Bishop Colenso may dash his brains out if he will, but the Word of God will stand. Bishop Colenso may disgrace the Church of England, ruin his own soul, and destroy the faith of thousands, and shipwreck their souls by his wanton attack on the sacred books, but he will find a bitter reward. The truth and authenticity of the Pentateuch are not to be impaired or destroyed by arithmetic. And we pity those whose faith and confidence in the Word of God are impaired by such arithmetical attacks as those of Bishop Colenso. And yet we fear the minds of many will be poisoned by these, in some respects, specious arguments against the verity of the Pentateuch. We can only caution such against the opinions of this enemy of the Bible. We have only room to call attention to an article in review of Bishop Colenso in this number of our journal. NEW METHOD OF GIVING CHLOROFORM.-At a recent meeting of the Obstetrical Society, in London, Dr. Simpson described a plan of administering chlo roform which he has now adopted in preference to that at present in use. The present mode is to fold up a handkerchief and pour into the hollow a quantity of chloroform, and then hold it a distance from the face, so as to admit of atmospheric air being inhaled along with the vapor. The new plan is to lay a single layer of handkerchief over the face, and let the chloroform fall on it drop by drop. The advantages are these: 1. That there is less danger to the patient from the small quantity aplied at a time. 2. That anesthesia is more speedily produced. 3. That the quantity of chloroform required is less. Various gentlemen who had made trial of the plan confirmed the value of this process, and Dr. Young, in particu lar, stated that he kept a patient narcotized for ten hours with two ounces and a half of chloroform. CARDINAL WOLSEY'S CHAPEL-Her Majesty, on the recommendation of Mr. Gilbert Scott, has comattached to St. George's at Windsor; and popularly manded that the entire vaulted roof of the chapel known as "Cardinal Wolsey's," shall be covered standing out from a ground of gold enamel, in with mosaic figures, ornaments, and inscriptions, all the style of the finest mosaic workmanship at Monreale or St. Mark's. Such a mosaic work, in its exwill be the fitting crown of the various other beauti tent covering some thousand English square feet, ful and appropriate decorations, the frescoes, the stained-glass windows, etc., of which the expense will be wholly defrayed from her Majesty's private resources, and by which it is intended to render the Prince Consort. Chevalier Salviati, we are in'Cardinal Wolsey's Chapel" a fitting memorial to formed, has undertaken to execute the work within the term of two years.-Morning Post. The Icelanders A BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATION. scrupulously observe the usage of reading the Scriptures every morning, the whole family joining in the singing and prayers. When the Icelander awakes, he salutes no person until he salutes God. He usually hastens to the door, adores there the Author of Nature and Providence, then steps back into the dwelling, saying to his family: "God grant you a good day!" What a beautiful illustration is this of the Christian obligation on the part of a household to recognize and worship God! GROWTH OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE.-The Bourse | Gazette, of St. Petersburgh, has the following remarks on the progressive increase of the Russian empire: "In the time of John III., that is to say, in the second half of the fifteenth century, it only occupied a surface of 18,000 square miles. In the reign of Alexis Mikchailovich, in 1650, its extent had already reached 237,000; under that of Peter the Great, 280,000; under Catharine II., 335,000, and under the present reign, 392,000 miles. The result is that the most considerable increase took place under Peter the Great and Catharine. The former conquered a part of Finland, the Daghestan, and some other Caucasian provinces, and the country of the Kirghises, and also annexed to the empire Kamschatka and some islands in the Pacific Ocean. The western provinces, Courland, the rest of Finland, the Crimea, a part of Bessarabia, some other Caucasian provinces, and Georgia, were subjected to the scepter of the Czarina. The country of the Amour, an extent of 9200 square miles, has been annexed under the present reign. The surrender of Schamyl pacified some provinces which may consequently be considered as having been added to the Russian territory. The population of the empire has increased in an equal proportion. In 1722 it was fourteen millions; in 1803, thirty six millions; in 1829, fifty millions, and at present it amounts to sixty-five millions." had there heard, passing from mouth to mouth, on the subject, feeling that it was too serious to treat as a mere on dit. But as there is now, for a wonder, some reason to think that there is a basis of truth for this report, I do not feel the same hesitation about going into some details when speaking of it. The story goes that fifteen men, armed with pistols, who are generally said to be Italians, were to have been posted along the Boulevard du Prince Eugene when the Emperor was to be passing. If one failed in carrying out his object, the second was to have made an attempt to accomplish it; and if the second failed, the third was to have taken his place, and so on till one of the fifteen had succeeded. I have also heard, but I do not know whether it is the truth or not, that all the conspirators have escaped, and that the Government is in a state of great alarm. As for the Parisians, they are, from the Arch of Triumph to the Barriere du Trône, and from Montmartre to the Barriere du Maine, calling to mind the clairvoyant's prediction that a terrible catastrophe is to occur about the end of the decade which commenced with the destruction of the Republic. I know several persons whom all this talk has so alarmed that they will not go to see the pageant which is to come off on the seventh of December, lest they should meet with a stray projectile. Several ladies, I am told, also refused to order courtdresses till after the first week of December shall be tided over by the Government in safety, so as not to have their wardrobes filled with useless finery in case any public catastrophe should meanwhile take place. The feeling which prevails here can only be compared to the panic which some years since took THE POPULATION OF ROME.-According to a statistical account just published by the Vicariat-General of Rome, the population of that city in 1858 was 180,359; in 1859, 182,595; in 1860, 184,049; in 1861, 194,517; and in 1862 it was 197,078. The in-place in different parts of the United Kingdom in crease has therefore been continual in the year just closed. There are at Rome 29 cardinals, 35 bishops, 1529 priests, 339 seminarists, 2509 members of religious communities, (men,) 2031 nuns, 609 members of colleges, 1427 girls brought up in convents, 928 boys, and 1200 girls in charitable establish ments, 4893 pontifical soldiers, 331 non-Catholics, and 4486 Jews. The French troops are not reckon. ed among the population. STAMPING FRUIT.-A German journal publishes the following: "At Vienna, for some time past, fruit-dealers have sold peaches, pears, apples, apricots, etc., ornamented with armorial bearings, designs, initials, and names. The impressions of these things are effected in a very simple manner. A fine fruit is selected at the moment it is beginning to ripen-that is, to take a red color-and paper, in which the designs are neatly cut out, is affixed. After a while the envelope is removed, and the part of the fruit which has been covered is brilliantly white. By this invention the producers of it may realize large sums." PRINCE EUGENE ASSASSINATION PLOT.-The Paris correspondent of the Morning Star, writing to that journal, says: "All the Ministers left Paris on Saturday evening en masse for Compeigne. As they did so very unexpectedly, this circumstance had the effect of strengthening a current report that the Emperor was fired at the same evening by a soldier of his body-guard. All Paris is this evening filled with stories of the conspiracy, to which I alluded in my last letter, as the cause of the inauguration of the Boulevard du Prince Eugene being put off. I did not like to give a circumstantial account of what I consequence of some sensation-preachers having announced that, according to their calculations of the prophecies, the world would be destroyed on a certain day. The Emperor, it is believed by many of his subjects, is also influenced by the same fears as to what the end of the decade may have in store for him. The Emperor has also, by always professing to believe in fate or destiny, done much to originate the popular superstition of which I speak." AWFUL AND SOLEMN DEATH.-The Scotch papers report an accident, which, though it involved only one life, contains more of the true elements of horror, strikes more sharply on the fine chords of human terror, than many a great and meaningless catastrophe. Thomas Lock, a dock laborer, was work ing on a ship, just beached near Wigtown, when she heeled over, and the bulwark fell on his chest. The tide was fast coming up, and it was evident that in an hour the wretched man would be drowned, unless the weight could be removed from his chest. All the place turned out to help, but the weight was immovable, and the tide flowed on remorselessly. A clergyman stepped forward into the water, and prayed with the unhappy victim. A napkin was at his own request plnced over his face that he might not see the tide. and so, apparently without complaint, he lay till the waters closed over his head, while the townsmen, gathered round in helplessness, sobbed aloud. THE passions may be humored till they become our master, as the horse may be pampered till he gets the better of his rider; but early discipline will prevent mutiny, and keep the helm in the hands of reason. HOW TO GET AT IT.-No one knows what he is ca OLD TIBER."Old Tiber shall no more tell tales of | of political happiness is confidence in the integrity Christian Europe bearing chains, of dark credulity of man; the foundation of all happiness, temporal and wild infatuation, of monstrous miracles and ap- and eternal, is reliance on the goodness of God. paritions false; of visions, crimes, enchantments, wrought of juggling priest or disobedient martyr. The dismal gloom, the barbarous degradation, the gross, pathetic ignorance, the rude, unlearned corruptions of the darker ages are all gone-past like the river current, or what vestige still remains we chase with waking eyes, as when disturbed in sleep, by some absurd, gigantic vision, we wake, and say, consolingly, "Twas but a dream.' Tell on, old stream, of happier histories; how Poetry, from time to time, adorned thy banks with wreaths and songs of victory, sublime lays and heroic meters. Tell us of tears shed over thee, or valor, joy, and pleasure, and then of those whose sorrow only was, the day is past, and we have done no more-Titus in the multitude; of bards, how long since moldered, who sang of love and glory; of chiefs who felt compassion for the less happy than themselves; of memorable spirits, too, who chanted in lone tombs, apart from other men but still in reach of thee, praises of their Saviour, whose face they now be hold." pable of doing, until necessity has pinched him into active exertion. The best tea in the world must be put into hot water before you can develop its real qualities. The best coffee you can get must be "done brown" before you can begin to ascertain what it is good for. And precisely so is it with human beings. In ordinary life they may be dull, insipid, commonplace, and apparently without a particle of individuality. But get them into "hot water." Let fortune turn tail on them, and "do them up very brown" indeed. Let the world roast them well, and then you'll ascertain their exact flavor. If they have any thing in them whatever, it will come out at such a time. If made of common stuff, such a trial will only render them more insipid than ever. If made of raw material, the exithegency will bring out in bold relief their latent excellences, and they will charm us with a freshness and vigor they never exhibited before, because in "MOTHER." - Mother! Oh! word of undying beauty; thine echoes sound along the walls of time till they crumble at the breath of the Eternal. In all the world there is not a habitable spot where the music of that holiest word has not sounded. By the golden flow of the river, by the crystal margin of the brook, under the leafy shade of the forest tree, in the hut built of the bamboo-cane, in the mud-thatched cottage, by the grand peaks of mountains, the wide-spread valley, on the blue ocean, in the changeless desert where the angel came down to give the parched lips the sweet waters of the wilderness, wherever the pulses of a human heart beat quick and warm, or float feebly along the current of failing life, there is that sweet word spoken, like a universal prayer-" Mother." GREAT VIRTUES.-Do not be troubled because you have not great virtues. God made a million blades of grass when he made one tree. The earth is fringed and carpeted, not with forests but with grasses. Only have enough of little virtues and common fidelities, and you need not mourn because you are neither a hero nor a saint. HUMAN LOVE.-After all the thousand daily distractions, and perplexities, wherein threats of the house-mother are summed up, it is no small satisfaction to her to know that she is the dispensing center of happiness to so many dependent ones. True, all over the house resounds unceasingly the cry, "Where's mother?" but what a blessed thing to be a mother. How quickly, when a little head is laid upon the lap, and bright eyes look up into hers, does she forget all her weariness and sleepless nights of care, or, not forgetting, accept them cheerfully for their sweet sakes. HAPPINESS. The foundation of domestic happiness is faith in the virtue of woman; the foundation exorable circumstances never demanded it. THE last ascent of Mr. Glaisher in a baloon, at Wolverhampton, is full of interest; he ascended to the unprecedented hight of upwards of six miles, the reading of the barometer being at that hight about eight inches; the temperature of the air was exceedingly low, at least thirty-seven degrees below the freezing-point of water; the readings of the instruments at the very highest point were rendered impossible by Mr. Glaisher having become quite unconscious, and Mr. Coxwell, the aeronant, nearly so, indicating that an altitude of between five and six miles is nearly the limit of human existence. THE DUTY ON PAPER.-The public press all over the country is waiting impatiently to give immortal honor and fame to that member of Congress who shall first move to take the tax off newspapers. Let him speak boldly, and be not afraid -Troy Times. There is another tax much more important than this, and in which a great many people besides newspaper publishers are interested, which ought to come off first-and that is the tariff on imported paper. The import duty on foreign white paper is thirty per cent-which, under the present rate of exchange is prohibitory. And it is only in consequence of this duty that our own paper-makers are able to take advantage of a scarcity of rags, and by combining together to force prices up their present enormous rate. But for the duty publishers could resort to the foreign market, and by introducing a new element of competition keep prices here within reasonable bounds. But under the existing tariff such printing-paper as we use could not be imported and sold here for less than twenty-two cents a pound-our manufacturers, therefore, feel quite safe in fixing prices at or even above that figure.-NewYork Times. GARRICK, in order to cover his own stinginess, is said to have spoken of his partner Lacy's love of money; and Murphy asked: "Why on earth doesn't Garrick take the beam out of his own eye before attacking the mote in other people's ?" "Simply be. cause he is not sure," replied Foote, "of selling the timber." EXTRAORDINARY CLOCKWORK. Amongst the | most extraordinary pieces of modern clock-work are those at Strasburgh and Lyons, which are very eminent for the richness of their furniture and the variety of their motions and fignres. In the former a cock claps his wings and proclaims the hour, whilst an angel opens a door and salutes the Virgin, and the Holy Spirit descends on her. In the latter, two horsemen encounter, and beat the hour on each other; a door opens, and there appears on the theater a Virgin, with the child Jesus in her arms; the magi, marching in order, present their gifts, two trumpeters sounding all the time to proclaim the procession. These, however, were excelled by two, which were made by English artists about a quarter of a century ago, and sent as a present from the EastIndia Company to the Emperor of China. These clocks were in the form of chariots, in which a lady, in a fine attitude, was placed, leaning her right hand upon a part of the chariot. Underneath, a clock of curious workmanship, little larger than a shilling, struck, repeated, and went eight days. Upon the lady's finger sat a bird, finely modeled, and set with diamonds and rubies, with its wings expand ed in a flying posture, and which actually fluttered for a considerable time, on touching a diamond button below it. The body of the bird (which contained part of the wheels, which in a manner gave life to it) was not the size of the sixteenth part of an inch. The lady held in her hand a gold tube, not much thicker than a large pin, on the top of which was a small round box, to which a circular ornament, set with diamonds, not larger than a sixpence, was fixed, which went round nearly three hours in a constant, regular motion. Over the lady's head, supported by a small fluted pillar, no bigger than a quill, were two umbrellas. Under the larger a bell was fixed, at a considerable distance from the clock, nd seemed to have no connection with it; but from it a communication was secretly conveyed to a hammer, which regularly struck the hour, and repeated the same at pleasure, by touching a diamond button fixed to the clock below. At the feet of the lady, was a gold dog, before which, from the point of the chariot, were two birds fixed on spiral wings; the wings and feathers were set with stones of vari ous colors, and appeared as if flying away with the chariot, which, from another secret motion, was contrived to run in a straight, circular, or any other direction. A boy, that laid hold of the chariot behind, seemed also to push it forward. Above the umbrella were flowers and ornaments of precious stones, and it terminated with a flying dragon, set in the same manner. The whole was of gold, most curiously executed, and embellished with rubies and pearls. THE TURKISH EMPIRE.-The Ottoman Empire inIcludes within its boundaries some of the fairest and most fertile portions of the world, and comprises some of the earliest and most celebrated seats of learning and civilization. The total area of the empire, including the tributary provinces, is estimated at 1,836,478 square miles, and the population of the several grand divisions in Europe, Asia, and Africa, at 35,350,000. The revenue of the year 1862 is set down at £14,432,960, which will give an excess over the expenditure of about £898,482. The paper money in circulation and the floating debt are estimated at £18,284,800. Of this sum £6,000,000 is to be paid off with the proceeds of the new for eign and home loans, leaving a balance of £12,288,800 to be converted into a consolidated stock. BIRDS OF A FEATHER.-It is curious that in Aus tria a conflict of the same kind as that in Prussia has just arisen between the Government and the Upper Chamber on the one side, and the Chamber of Deputies on the other. The Chamber of Peers has maintained the increase of salary proposed for the Ambassador of Austria at Rome, and for the President of the Military Commission of Frankfort, without taking any notice of the vote by which the Chamber of Deputies had suppressed the augmentation demanded. The Government has taken part with the Upper Chamber, declaring that no erasure of an expense inscribed in the budget can acquire a legal and obligatory character until it has been sanctioned by both Chambers and by the Crown. It will be seen that this new constitutional theory is precisely the one which has been put forward by the Prussian Chamber of Peers and by Count Bismark Schönhausen. A STRIKING SIMILITUDE.-"Life bears us on like the stream of a mighty river. Our boat at first goes down the vast channel, through the playful murmuring of the little brook and the willows on its glassy borders. The trees shed their blossoms over our young heads; the flowers on the brink seem to offer themselves to our young hands. We are happy in hope, and grasp eagerly at the beauties around us; but still the stream hurries on, and still our hands are empty. Our course, in youth and manhood, is along a wider, deeper flood, amid objects more striking and magnificent. We are animated by the moving picture of enjoyments. The stream bears us on, and joys and griefs are left behind us. We may be shipwrecked, but we can not be delayed: or rough or smooth, the river hastens towards its home, till the roar of the ocean is in our ears, and the waves beneath our feet, and the floods are lifted up around us, and we take our leave of earth and its inhabitants-till of our future voyage there is no witness save the Infinite and Eternal !"— Heber. PLOT AGAINST THE EMPEROR.-Since the discov ery of the Boulevard Prince Eugene plot, which every day assumes larger proportions as facts creep out, the police service at Compiegne has been tripled. The most minute precautions have been taken. The famous Corsican Guard, which is always vided into three sections, and watches day and about the Emperor's person in plain clothes, is dinight without intermission. The Emperor has been which he left off wearing in 1859, on account of the advised to resume the coat of mail under his shirt, great discomfort of it. A LETTER from Alexandria states that a plan is in contemplation of prolonging the Egyptian Railway as far as Upper Egypt, with a branch which would join that country to the Red Sea. This work-the realization of which is so important for the interests of the country-would serve in some measure as the complement to the Suez Canal. AMONG the animals presented to the Emperor of the French by the King of Siam, is a royal tiger of colossal size. In the passage from Bangkok to Suez this animal bit off the hand of a passenger who had the imprudence to caress him. |