Review and Herald, Vol. 28, No. 24. (11/13/1866)

Review and Herald

Nov 13, 1866

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 13, 1866

The Emperor of the French—His Declining Influence.

NAPOLEON is now no longer the man he was. There are many things which indicate that the good genius which has hitherto stood so faithfully by him is gradually leaving him to his own resources. Fortune, whatever the cause, is less propitious than formerly. For the last eighteen years he has occupied a more conspicuous place in the eyes of the world than any man living in the same period. The part which he has had to play in the drama of his time—a part in some sense self-selected, but in some sense also forced upon him—has been great and hazardous, but his worst enemies cannot refuse to admit that he has played it with singular ability and success. His administration of the affairs of France, notwithstanding many adverse influences, has raised that nation to a height of prosperity and greatness rivalling if not surpassing the dazzle and magnificence of the first empire. No great movement has taken place in Europe since 1848 with which he has not been directly or indirectly connected, and in no single instance, till within a recent period, has he spoken without effect or exerted his influence in vain. Since the days of Oliver Cromwell no ruler has so firmly grasped the reins of power or infused such vigor into every department of government. Nor has the emperor found scope for the exercise of his faculties in one direction only. He has appeared but once at the head of his army on the field of battle; but his success on that occasion in the estimation of many warranted the belief that, in other circumstances, it might be possible for him to rival even the brilliant military reputation of his uncle. Nor has he failed to obtain distinction in the world of letters. Not to speak of his earlier works, of which competent critics speak in terms of commendation, his “Life of Julius Cæsar,” so far as it has gone, must be regarded, with all its faults, as a marvel of industry and talent. How such a man, in such circumstances, could find time and convenience to prosecute such a task it is difficult to conceive. Success, in fact, since 1848, has been inseparable from his name.

There is a tide however in the affairs of men; and to all human appearance that critical period has arrived in the history of Napoleon III. Whether his good genius has grown weary and impatient because of continuous and excessive effort we know not; but it is abundantly manifest that a change has come. The emperor is not what he was. Failure follows failure in rapid succession, and evidence accumulates upon evidence to show that his calculations are at fault. He has not yet given up his favorite game, but his movements on the political chess-board are no longer made by the same unerring hand. It was no doubt a sufficiently tempting thought to become the founder in the new world of a great Latin empire. It would give form to his favorite doctrine of Cæsarism. It would have the effect besides of counteracting the growing influence of the great Anglo-Saxon family. In giving shape to this thought, however, he overlooked two most important and vital truths; first, that institutions are rarely successfully superinduced upon a people, and secondly, that the influences that had made the Anglo-Saxon family what it is, and the elements of character which those influences had gradually formed, were wholly wanting to the Latin races. Of the folly of his Mexican enterprise the emperor is himself fully convinced. It was natural enough, too, for a Bonaparte to “detest” the treaties of 1815, and to declare, as he did in that famous speech which heralded the German war, that the time had come for the fresh rectification of frontiers and the re-arrangement of European territory. It is difficult to believe that the announcement was made for any other purpose than to flatter French pride and to encourage French ambition. The result of the German contest has been sufficiently humiliating. The treaties of 1815 have been flung to the winds of heaven, but without the aid of France. Frontiers have been rectified, but Napoleon has not been consulted. The map of Europe has been recast, but France remains what it was. And who would have believed six months ago that the all-powerful emperor of the French would have patiently endured a rebuff at the hands of the Prussian government? Nor can it be said that matters have been mended by this recent manifesto. It is a dull mind that cannot penetrate the cloud of sophistry with which it is veiled, and perceive that it has no other object than to gloss over a defeat which cannot be concealed, and soothe the irritated feelings of a people whose ambition cannot be gratified. And what shall we say of his present wretched Mexican muddle and of his miserable attitude toward Rome? Clearly the old decisive will is wanting. Hesitation and uncertainty are everywhere. Whether it is the state of the emperor’s health that is rendering him more accessible to the influence of weaker minds we know not, but certain it is that his good genius is less faithful than of old, and that the tide of his fortunes has turned.—N. Y. Herald, Oct. 18.

A Calamitous Year.

1866 seems to be a year of distressing calamities. Too many events have occurred in the past ten months for us to notice in one short article. In some parts of Europe rain has fallen to such an amount as to cause rivers to overflow their banks, and do an immense amount of damage; greater than any year since the memorable one of 1856. In our western states also, terrible floods or freshets have interrupted communications over extensive tracts of country for days at a time, and submerging whole harvests in rich and populous regions. Over 20,000 bushels of corn are estimated to have been destroyed by the late floods at the west. This is only an item of the damage done.

The late storm in Washington, Baltimore, and vicinity, also did immense damage, the extent of which is appalling to contemplate. Houses, bridges, dams, etc., were all swept away, and one family of six persons drowned. It was the severest flood ever known in that vicinity.

Not only has the land been visited with terrible floods, but the sea has been lashed into fury, by violent storms and gales. More vessels were lost in the same amount of time, than ever known before. By the sinking of the steamer Evening Star over three hundred lives were lost.

The New York Herald of October 17, says: “Very few of the actual shipwrecks during the late storms have been reported or will ever be heard from at all. Along the Southern coast the destruction to the numerous coasting craft has been incalculable; not one in ten of the wrecked vessels has been reported.”

FORTRESS MONROE, Oct. 15.—The stormy weather that has been prevailing for some time past still continues. The storm outside on the coast has lasted for a longer period than ever before known, and tidings of further disastrous shipwrecks are feared. All the pilot boats were anchored in the harbor this morning, being unable to take their station at the Capes in consequence of the violence of the storm.”

TERRIBLE STORM AT NASSAU.—Havana, Oct. 19.—A terrible hurricane commenced in the Bahamas on the 30th ultimo and lasted two days. Almost half of the town of Nassau was destroyed by the storm. Houses were blown down, roofs carried away and trees uprooted. Trinity church was demolished, the Government house lost part of its roof, and the roof of the marine hospital was entirely blown off. Vessels were driven ashore and knocked to pieces, and wharves were demolished. The neighboring islands suffered in the same degree, and a large number of vessels have been lost or damaged. This hurricane is the severest which has been experienced since 1813.

Fires, also, have been frequent during this year. Two of the finest cities of the New World have suffered severely; viz: Portland and Quebec. In Quebec over 18,000 persons were rendered homeless, and the property destroyed is estimated by millions.

Many lives were also lost. The following is from the N. Y. Herald, Oct. 18.

TORONTO, Oct. 18, 1866.

A widow named Maria Toussaint died this morning from the effects of burns received at the fire on Sunday night, at Quebec. From all I can learn, the loss of

life is greater than at first imagined. It is asserted that the number will not fall short of twelve or fifteen.

The fire originated in a saloon, about daylight, where some men were drinking and quarreling about their ill-gotten gains over a card-table. From words they came to blows; the table, on which stood a coal-oil lamp, was upset. The oil on the floor was immediately lighted, and the building was in flames in a few moments; the fire bells were rung immediately, the neighbors in the vicinity did everything possible to stay the flames, but in vain. In half an hour the hose was laid, but ten minutes after it was cut by some miscreant; and in a few minutes after a second hose was cut. The fire now became unmanageable and the people panic-stricken.

The prevalence of famine in India, by which thousands are perishing, is an item of much importance to the Bible student. Pestilence also stalks abroad. Look whichever way we will, we find the earth in a spirit of unrest. Distress of nations, and fear of coming judgments seem to trouble people. Let us notice the passing events as they occur, and watch for the coming of the day that ends the woes of earth.—Herald of the Bridegroom.

Help Implored.

JESUS, Saviour! hear me cry, On me bend thy watchful eye; See my feeble strength is small, Hear me, as to thee I call.

Save me in temptation's hour, When the clouds around me lower; When I sink oppressed with fear, Then do thou, my Lord, be near.

Save me when my spirit light, Sees no ill and feels no blight; Where no danger seems to be, Lurks there not a snare for me?

Lo, I heard my Saviour say, Child of weakness, watch and pray; Thine own strength indeed is small, Find in me thy all in all.

Humility

The violet grows low, and covers itself with its own tears, and of all flowers yields the sweetest fragrance. Such is humility.

Rules for Daily Practice.

By H. I. Farnum

WHEN you awake in the morning, remember that it is God who has watched over you while slumbering, and do not forget to kneel down and thank him, that you have been refreshed by “tired nature’s sweet restorer, balmy sleep.” Do not forget to thank him that you are not languishing upon a bed of suffering as in months past. Remember that he was mindful of you in those dreadful hours, and has brought you from the brink of the grave, and now you should fill up the remainder of your life with doing good. You should also remember that you may be called at any moment to leave the friends and scenes that now surround you, and pass “death’s chilling billows.” Therefore you should consider the moments that are given you as very precious. You should take them, as they are given, one by one, and fill them up with usefulness, taking care that none are wasted.

“Do the duties of to-day, The duties, plainest, nearest, Duties done will clear the way, And chase the clouds thou fearest. “Do not linger with regretting, Or for passing hours despond, Or the daily toil forgetting, Look too eagerly beyond.”

As each new morning comes, remember that, “every day of thy life, is a leaf in thy history, a leaf that shall once be turned back to again, that it may be seen what was written there; and that whatever was written may be read out in the hearing of all.” Remember that it is not the work of your life to follow your natural inclinations, and gratify your carnal appetites; no, no. Our race was at first created only a little lower than the angels, and crowned with glory and honor; but, alas! how low we have fallen! How degraded we have become. But even the Son of God has given his life a ransom for you, and through his mediation you can regain your first estate. But your carnal nature is at enmity with God. You must fight against, and subdue, it.

Do not neglect to study the sacred Scriptures, and instructions given through the gifts of the church. The great God of the universe, the Creator of countless worlds, has so loved us, while we were yet sinners, that he has not only given his own Son to die for our transgressions, but has stooped so low as to give us written rules and minute directions, which if followed, will lead us from sin, misery, and death, up to the city of gold. What folly, then to attend to lesser matters, and neglect that which is able to make us wise unto salvation.

Do not neglect secret prayer. It is accounted a great honor to converse with an earthly king, but how much greater the honor, to be permitted to address with familiarity the King of kings and Lord of lords! And this is not all, you may become his child, and call him your Father, and Jesus Christ your elder Brother. You may become an heir to enduring riches, and receive an immortal inheritance. But you must be refined and made better, before you will be fit to enter the society of angels and dwell in the presence of God. You are too weak, too ignorant, too vain and vile, to fit yourself, without aid. But angels are ready to help you. Christ is waiting to hear and give you strength. Why then, will you neglect to call? Vainly you may strive to make yourself better. The adversary of your soul is strong. Your own natural inclinations are tending downward. You cannot successfully combat these, your foes, without a higher strength than your own. This strength you must draw from the fountain head. You cannot live a Christian life, without frequent converse, alone with God; for “Prayer is the Christian’s vital breath, the Christian’s native air.”

You must remember that your earthly friends are, like yourself, frail as the morning flower, and liable to disappear at any moment like a vapor and be seen no more. Therefore you should ever be kind and forbearing, remembering that it is often necessary to extend forbearance to you, and you must not take up the bridge over which you yourself must needs pass.

“Judge not another’s sin, Till you have scanned your own, Not till your heart is pure within. Cast thou at him a stone. “Some mote may dim your sight, Or intercept your view, Till what appears to him but right, Seems only wrong to you. “Perhaps your reckless course, Did his frail feet misguide, Then if you disapprove his acts, Look at the brightest side.”

Ever be kind, lenient, and forgiving.

“If for good you’ve taken ill, Let it pass! Oh! be kind and gentle still, Let it pass! Any vulgar souls that live, May condemn without reprieve, ’Tis the noble who forgive, Let it pass! Let it pass!”

Do not forget that life is probation. Do not forget that the character which you are now forming, will pass with you into the eternal state. Remember also that you have only one life, in which to prepare for that which is beyond, and that, at longest is very brief. What consummate folly, then to trifle it away!

“’Tis not for man to trifle, Life is brief, And sin is here; Our age is but the falling of a leaf, A dropping tear. We have no time to sport away the hours, All must be earnest in a world like ours. Not many lives, but only one have we, One, only one, How sacred should that one life ever be, That narrow span! Day after day filled up with blessed toil, Hour after hour still bringing in new spoil.”

Yes,

“Be earnest! though thy labor seem, To thee, to come to naught, Toil on, ere long a heavenly gleam, Will show what thou hast wrought.”

Ever be mindful of your own weakness. The “true Witness” describes you as being poor, and wretched, and miserable, and blind, and naked. Therefore never for a moment, think to “sound the vain trumpet of self-commendation or forget to remember your own imperfections.” Seek wisdom that comes from above! Seek meekness and righteousness, that it may be you may be hid in the day of his fierce anger.

Endeavor to do all the good you can. This is an evil and degenerate age. Pride, folly, strife and crime are rampant. The greater part of the human race are lovers of pleasures, more than lovers of God. They are rushing on in the broad road. The gay worldling and he who wears the form of godliness, side by side, all unconscious, apparently, of the dreadful goal to which they are most surely tending. Those who know not God, revel in their wickedness; and alas! it is a painful fact that thousands, who confidently believe themselves walking in the narrow path, tread beneath their feet the holy law of God, and think it a very little thing to despise his authority, forgetting that love to God is manifested in the observance of his commandments, and that even the prayer of him, who turneth away his ear from hearing the law, is to the Lord an abomination.

Moral darkness covers the earth, and the great mass of its inhabitants are ripening for destruction. And yet there are thousands, with honest hearts, upon whom the glorious light of present truth has never shone. In view of these things, endeavor to do all the good you can; but do not aspire to great things; for “small occasions in the path of life, lie thickly strewn while great are rarely scattered.” With earnestness seek heavenly wisdom to assist you at all times.

Then,

“If you cannot, in the harvest, Garner up the richest sheaves, Many a grain both ripe and golden, Which the careless reaper leaves; You can glean among the briers, Growing rank against the wall, For it may be that their shadow, Hides the heaviest wheat of all. Do not then stand idly waiting, For some greater work to do, Fortune is a lazy goddess, And will never come to you. Go and toil in any vineyard. Do not fear to do or dare, If you want a field of labor, You can find it any where.”

In whatever you engage, ask yourself this question, Am I doing right? Am I doing what God would have me do? If your conscience says, Yes; and the answer does not conflict with the word of God, then persevere, go right ahead, and do the very best you can, asking God for aid. But if you are conscious that you are pursuing a wrong course, stop immediately, retrace your steps as rapidly as possible, resting not till you have found the right way and can invoke the blessing of God in all that you do.

“Call the good seed for the coming hours, That all thy days may be calm and free, Evermore plucking the planted flowers, Binding rich sheaves for eternity.”

Do not become discouraged. If, in your endeavors to do right, you often fail; if betimes darkness gathers o’er thy way, or adverse winds blow coldly round thee, do not become disheartened. You are indeed weak, but Christ is strong. You are indeed sinful, but you have an advocate with the Father even Jesus Christ the righteous. You must persevere in your efforts to overcome sin, and he will make you conqueror.

Do not lean upon an arm of flesh. Look for strength and help to the only infallible source. Nothing of an earthly nature is reliable; but God and his words are the same yesterday, to-day, and forever.

“Man and his earth Are changing day by day; Truth cannot change, lest ever grow Feeble, and old, and grey.”

When those whom you have loved, as fellow-travelers to a better country, as children of your heavenly Father, turn coldly from you; when, perhaps, envy, jealousy and hatred usurp the throne where love, and Christian communion once reigned; remember that perhaps you have changed too. Scan narrowly your own heart and see. But oh! remember that your heavenly Father never changes.

“When winter fortunes cloud the brows Of summer friends; when eyes grow strange; When plighted faith forgets its vows; When earth and all things in it change; O Lord thy mercies fail me never, Thy boundless love is mine forever.”

H. I. FARNUM.

Deerfield, Steele Co., Minn.

Southern Hostility to Northern Settlers

THE feeling at the South against Northern settlers there is so bitter that many of such settlers are making preparations to remove from Southern soil.

Repining.

By M. J. COTTRELL

I WISH—but I will not tell what the wish was; for it was vain and foolish; and after I had uttered it I felt ashamed, especially when a lady who heard it said, “It’s wicked to repine so, Mary. You ought to be thankful that you are as well off as you are. If your parents were dead you would be far worse off than you are now. How many there are who are without home or friends.” I know it, I exclaimed, and I am thankful. All summer long there was not a day passed but that I was thinking how much I had to be thankful for; but of late a repining spirit has crept into my heart. Oh! how quickly did I try to excuse myself. But the reproof was timely. It cut its way to my heart, and for a long time I sat thinking how I had let anxiety for the future crowd out a remembrance of, and thankfulness for, present blessings; thinking of how I had thus grieved Jesus and the good angels, and had failed to show the spirit of a true Christian. And then the influence of my repining. I profess to be a Christian, and the reproof came from one who believes there is little real religion in professors. In fact, I heard her say that she believed there was more true religion among non-professors than among church-members. Would not my repining help to strengthen her distrust, and thus my influence tell for evil? Little did I realize the sin of vain wishing, and repining. How deeply did I regret having expressed that wish; and then, as thought crowded upon thought, I remembered many other repining words; and I felt grateful that the reproof, cutting though it was, had come before I had gone any further from the path of gratitude. Daily, on bended knee, had I thanked God for my many blessings, and then in my intercourse with my fellow beings had given place to expressions which would cause them to think that gratitude, one of the chiefest Christian graces, had a small place in my heart. How easy it is to wander from the right!

Brother, sister, take my lesson home to your heart. Do you say, “I thank thee heavenly Father, for my many blessings,” and then turn around and complain to mortals of your hard lot? Consider the influence you thus exert. Perhaps you are not aware that you are doing thus. It was that reproof that awakened me to a sense of my sin, and now that I see, I will try to mend my ways, regain that spirit of sweet contentment and gratitude, which I once felt, and set an example before all which shall tell for good. How great the need of constant watchfulness and prayer.

M. J. COTTRELL.

Rochester, N. Y.

The Sabbath.

By E. Jones

THE Sabbath of the fourth commandment is the Sabbath, still. This proposition is founded upon the following testimony of scripture. In Exodus xx, we learn, by expressions that cannot be misunderstood, that the seventh day is the Sabbath; and it is not one day in seven, neither one seventh part of time; but the seventh day. Verse 11 gives the reasons why the seventh day is sanctified and set apart for rest. It is because the great Jehovah rested upon it. He labored six successive days; hence he labored the first of the seven. After all the work of creation was finished, he set apart this rest-day as a memorial of what he had done. This memorial was for the benefit of man, to the end that man should not forget the holy and mighty Being who created him.

If mankind should forget the Sabbath-day, how easy it would be to forget, and how soon they would forget, the Creator of the world. Was there any one who acted in conjunction with the Father in the creation of the world? Says John, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him, and without him was not anything made that was made.” John i, 1–3. Here we learn that Jesus Christ was in the beginning with God, and there was nothing made without him. Even in the last great crowning work on the sixth day, the Father said to the Son, Let us make man in our image. We see by this language that the Son acted in conjunction with the Father in the creation of all things. After this he with the Father, passed through the seventh day’s rest, and then he, with the Father, set apart this seventh day of rest for the benefit of man, and for the purpose of being remembered by him throughout all coming ages as the Creator of the universe.

And since the Son of God, who was in the beginning with the Father, must have known all about the Sabbath, let us reverently listen to what he says: “And he said unto them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.” Mark ii, 27. Man was created first, then the Sabbath was instituted by the Father in conjunction with the Son; and hence the propriety of the language of the 28th verse: “Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath.” The Sabbath then is the Lord’s day. He claims one day in seven; and he claims none but the seventh. Let us now go to the Isle of Patmos. Here we find that devoted disciple in vision. He says, “I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day.” Which day is the Lord’s? We turn back to Exodus xx, 10, where we are told that the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. John, then, was in the Spirit on that most appropriate of all days, the quiet, holy Sabbath.

There is a marked distinction kept up through all the Gospels between the Sabbath and other days of the week. We find this in Matt. xxviii, 1: “In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, &c. Again, in Mark xvi, 1–2; also in Luke xxiii, 56: “And they returned and prepared spices and ointments, and rested the Sabbath day according to the commandment.” Luke xxiv, 1: “Now upon the first day of the week,” they commence their labors by bringing the spices and ointments. They made the first day a laboring day, while upon the seventh they rested. It was God’s command that they should do so. Jesus came not to do his own will, but the will of Him that sent him. It was his mission to make known the will of the Father; and James perfectly understood the teaching of Christ when he said, This is the love of God that ye keep his commandments. And he that says he loves God and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar and the truth is not in him.

Does Jesus say anything in commendation of those who are trying to do the will of God? Matt. xii, 50: “For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in Heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. Reader, do you wish to obtain a relationship with Jesus Christ? You may do so by doing the will of God, in the keeping of his commandments, and the faith of Jesus. This will place us in a state of fellowship with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

E. JONES.

Dryden, Mich.

Look Up.

By Sarah A. Doud

“For when they shall say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them.” 1 Thess. v, 3.

I'm weary, oh! I'm weary Of staying here below, Earth's joys are turned to sorrows, The world is full of woe. The nations now are trembling, Perplexed and sore distressed; What is the use of staying, Where the weary find no rest?

I hear of peace and safety; The cry still goes the round, A thousand years millenium, Oh! where can they be found! Midst earthly sin and sorrow, Will good be found in store? Will swords be turned to ploughshares, And earth learn war no more?

Nay! be not thus deceived, Heed not the siren song, But fit thee for the kingdom, The time will not be long. Afflictions will refine thee, When trials press thee sore, Oh! that's the use of staying; The battle ne'er give o'er.

Look up! poor, weary soldier, The vic'try thou shalt gain; Thy Saviour soon is coming, Upon his throne to reign; When safe within the city, Redeemed from earthly sin, Then will the bright millenium, The thousand years begin.

SARAH A. DOUD.

Vassar, Mich.

Do You Pray for Your Pastor?

A LADY who was complaining of the remissness of her pastor, and that she did not enjoy his preaching, was asked by an elderly gentleman present, “Do you pray for your Pastor?” Her reply that she “had'not thought of that,” is but a fact in regard to many other Christians. Have you not been in a praying circle where supplication was made for many other objects, near and remote, but no request offered for the overburdened, anxious pastor? And yet does he not have temptations to struggle against, cares that “gnaw upon the brain,” and above all the weighty responsibility of the souls of his charge?

Two or three years since, a minister sat in his study, sad and dispirited, and nearly decided to abandon his work in that place, feeling that his labors were fruitless and unappreciated. In the next room, two or three little girls were playing. Bye and bye he thought he heard the voice of prayer, and listening closely, this petition fell on his ear, “God bless our dear pastor.” Much moved, he took up his hat to attend the afternoon prayer-meeting, and while there, a voice, tender and earnest, was heard again pleading for the shepherd of the sheep. After service, there were tears to be seen in that pastor's eyes, and also a new resolve, a more fixed purpose; and that prayer was the beginning of the most precious revival ever known in that church?

Reader, do you see faults in your pastor, or do you fail to receive the benefits which you'd sire from his ministrations. Pray for him. You do not know how it will warm your heart toward him. He will begin to see your added interest and it will serve as an excellent stimulus in the study.

Don't find fault with him, but love him, and pray for him.—Selected for Review.

Renewed Threats to European Peace

A DISPATCH from Constantinople, October 6, states: “The majority of the Turkish Ministry advocate the breaking off of diplomatic relations with Greece. The grand Vizer and Ali Pacha oppose the step. There were apprehensions of a rising in Thessaly and Epirus. The insurrection in Candia is spreading.”

The Chicago Republican has the following remarks on these difficulties:

“The peace of Europe is again threatened with disturbance. News by the last mail is to the effect that Russia is preparing for offensive operations against Turkey, by marching troops toward the Danubian frontier, and that agents of the Czar are recruiting volunteers in Greece for a Turkish campaign. The Government of the Porte is meditating a disruption of diplomatic relations with Greece, and there are apprehensions of insurrection in Thessaly and Epirus. It is also stated that the entente cordiale between France and Prussia is somewhat ruffled, even to the extent of rendering war between those Powers within the range of probabilities. There have been other indications, for some time past, of a gathering storm, more furious and wide-spread than the one whose echoes are even now dying in the distance. If the war between France and Prussia be averted, it will probably be owing to Napoleon’s wholesome dread of the needle gun and of Prussia’s admirable organization, with the unsatisfactory state of the military system of France. Napoleon’s pet project, the great Exposition, would scarcely suffice to preserve peace under different circumstances.

THE HEALTH OF NAPOLEON.—

Notwithstanding the representations of the London Lancet, there is much anxiety in France respecting the Emperor's health. It is said that he is suffering from a disease that demands all the resources of modern medical science to arrest its inroads, and that a complete recovery is out of the question. He is reported to be aware of his condition, and taking measures for the settlement of important affairs that are likely to embarrass the future.

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