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T1JE OIIECON AltGUsT NJSUSIIKU KVKKV UTltUAt N0SIKa, BY WILLIAM L. ADAMS. Office-Good's Building, Main st. Edilo i rial Room in first story. TERMS The A sous ., b, fumiehed at Hti Volkrt per Annum or Hit Monthi fur Three Uullur: IJT No Suherriptione rereired fur lets than Six Mutilit. IjC No paper dieconlinued until all arrenragee art paid, unlet at the option of the publisher. ADVKKTIHINO HATlvH. One square (12 linen or less) ou insertion, .1,0U " 11 twu Insertions, $ 1,110. " " three iiiiu nions, jj.uu. I'ucli suhnripient insertion, $1,1)0. lttasonuble deductions to those who advcrlbe by the year. Job Printing. 'J'iik noraiKToi or tiik AIMil'S n lurrr lo inform the public thut ho bus jiul received a large stoek of J( H TVl'U and olhur new print- hi); mnb-mil, nml will he In the eily receipt of luiiiuiiiu mhicu in on lie requirements or III s In onlity. JIAM)I!II.I,S. I'lisTKIIS, lll.A.SK.S, CAICDS, I'llilXi.AliS, I'AMl-IILKT.WOIIIv nml otlmr kin.lii, dime tu or.lcr, un short notice. For tit Argu: Tiir.v auk if Sam's olire, ir, .- And scornfully they cluiin ' That the Native spirit linden, And lives but In the name. They point to old Virginia, They talk of Toiinctw-e, And boairt of North Caroliua With voices full of glee j And then with exultation For Orrgou they shout, Ai if the whole crcutiou Had joined tho Durham rout. Dut Sam') in California, The laud of gulden mince, From Yrcka to I.os Angelos The glowing beacon shines, That cull the none of Siren Who fought for freedom first To kindle new-born fire, And cnuso their Humes to burst III lines of ligliluing triumph From thu uiiimit of each hill, Thut demagogue! no longer Control the people! will. Kentucky and Ohio, Now England and New York, "Willi the Empire of the West, No longer do their work : There'll u rising shout from millions Who urge the cuuse along Men who can reud and write Men who can right the wrong. Not one would choose repel The stranger from our kind, But all of us would meet him With tho warm and welcome hand, if they come in search of freedom. With us there's many a spot, Midst choicest of earth's blessings, Whore dests harm Ihcin not. If they come in starch of office, Or to rule ut with a tote, Like the man who claims his living From the one wlto gave his coat Then, sir, we cannot lite them : They are wclcoino to return, If their ancient Lords allow them Freedom's lessons to unlearn. The Democracy might miss them At the ballot box, 'tis true : Which of tis would ever wish them To annul the vote tee threw ? Give us Yaukeo birth and luuguage, Yankee school.), and Yankee hearts Hearts within whose depths are planted Truths that lough at foreign arts. No need have wo of secret councils To perfect the glorious plan, For the seeds of truth ore planted In the souls of free born man. Then let the Durhams flourish, Let their varied colors blend ; If the germ of truth we nourish, Kvcn Oregon may mend. - ' A Vragiuent. Swiftly glido our yoara they follow each oilier like waves of the ocean. Memory culls up the per sous we once knew tho scenes in which wo once 'were actors, they uppeor before the mind like i phantoms of a night vision. BjIioIJ the boy rcjoie ingm tho glory of his youth the wheels of time 'cannat roll too rapidly for him the light of hope 'dances in bis eye the smile of expectation plays 'tipon his lips he looks forward for long years of . joy 'toeome, and his spirit bums withiu him when lie hearsof great men and mighty deeds he wants to be a man ; belongs to tread the path of honor, to ihear too shout of applause. Look at him again: lie isoowia the meridian of life, oar has stamped ithe wrinkles on bis brow, disappointment has dim add the lustre of his eye, sorrow throws its gloom pro his countenance, he looks back upon the wa hlag dream of yiulh, and sighs for its futility. Euch revolving year seems to diminish bia happi ness, and be discovers that the dream of youth, when the pulse of anticipation beats high, is the .season of enjoyment. Vy'ho is he of the aged locks ? Ills form is bent S3u3 tolu'T-"11' footst''! move rapidly towards Hire tomb i'.' It,?ks backmpon the past hie days ippesr to be fe7, he confesses that thuy were evil theniagaificenosof tlicjreat is to him vanity; the hilarity of youth, Wry ; he considers how soon the gloomof delithriust shadow the one aud dis appoint the other ; the world presents nothing to ' attract, and little to dcVght him ; still however, he would linger iu it, and still lie would lengthen out his days 'though of bc.'ity' bloom, of fancy's flash, of music's broatli, ho is forcea 1 "claim, 'I have 6 f leasure in them.' A few years of iniu.'n"J' an! f sis must consign him to the oblivion of the grave yet this is the gay, the generous, the high souled boy, who beheld lis ascending path of life, but such cannot be the ultimate destinies ef man. kjT To be east down by undeserved con nre, orelated by unmerited compliment, jl another letter rom Mr. unity, .alike .roof of weakness, 'ty aftor "bve b VV k: 4J( V. I. AUHH V.dltnrana Vrnnrlrtor. VOL. 1. OR2QOW mo TIIV. MKAT OV WAR. Many Tribes C.omMnlni I Winter Cam paign hrad Mavemanl f Troop. Mr. 0. B. Twogood lias furuished us with the. Times Extra of Saturdiy, containing the rollowinrj: Ciij.t. Ciiin, Indian A'ent for Wanliington territory, returned to tins city on tlioMuiiin ..it it . it . .i ti i i. or neiiu, iii-uuv. iio lull tuo iMIUson llio lHth, (last '1 liurixlity.) From him wo L'lithor tlto fullow in'' facts: Uy ni rival of Mr. lini.il Ground, direct from Colvillo, Oct. Hth, lie learned th.it n imi ly orseveiilern nu n tvero to sinrt for l'u ,'-t Sound the dav uflor Mr. (i. left, (about .l. n""..!. . e O . .1 . ' i hiu .iiu oi iiciu.i ucna mo lUKiiiiucouu i . i . . i . . try, unto, tiiui mo tinny were very poorly aniied having only six hta i'un witli the in. Ainonj; th ia party were Messrs. Warbiis-4 and Stuart, tho Kxprewtniini, Mr. (!. says that after tho day that lio left they had no further news of tlio Indian troubles since tho murder of Mr. Maltice, nor Onl ho learn any thing until in the un mediuto neighborhood of t'ort Walla Walla. When Mr. 0. loft the mines, about the 2;tli bqt., the cold weather bad already set in, mid tho mountains were covered with snow, There were a few whiten still in the mines, intending to winter there, and were doing well. Od. 15. Uy arrival of Mr. Wolf to-day, from Whitman's vnlliy, (in tho Cayuso country,) we loam that all tho Indians in tho upper country are very much tlimitl'octed that two of the Cuvusochii fi Um hoto- hts and Xtlckai,) still remain friendly to the whites, and had secretly wnriifd nil tho settlers to leave immediately for tho Dalles, aim to m.'iito a long march before they slept. Old Sticiat told .Mr. Whitney, one of the settlers, to leave ns quick an possible, thnt ho warned Dr. Whitman once in tho same way, who disregarded him ami was slain. Tho Oiikanagnn, tlio Palotise, a tribe at the mouth of Snake River, some of the Wulla-Wallns, Cayuscs.and Uinatillas, lmve joined tho confederation ngninst the whites. J ho Walla-Wallas and Cay uses have not ill joined yet, but no doubt will do so when they got tho news of the defeat of the U. S. I rootis, under Mai. Mailer, who with his command both officers and men by the way, navo tx-imvea very gallantly, nnd ought to consider themselves very fortunate in getting oil' ns easily as they did, or iu fact at all. The major says that on his re turn ho thinks ho saw nearly two thousand Indians in the field, aud small bands still coming in from every direction : and thnt there is a sharp winter's work for a Regi ment over there. Oct. 10. Tlio disposable force of U.S. troops at the Dalles under Maj. Rains, go down this cvoning to tho mouth of the Clickatnt River to establish a depot. Oct. 17. This morning a party of mount ed Indians appeared on tho opposite side of tho river immediately in front of Messrs. Si in ins ot Ilumason. After observing us for some time, they gave a yell or two, and one wavcU Ins blanket nnngot oil Ins horse and came to tho bank of tho river and tired his gun at our party standing near the shore. Thoy did this evidently as a sort of chal lenge ns the distance was too great for small arms to efl'eet any harm. Tho wind was too strong to cross the river in a small boat, or some of our volunteers would have shown the Indian thnt his 'challenge was ns read ily taken up as it was impudently given. The following letter is from Nulhan Gl uey, Indian Agent 1 Fort Wam.a-Walla, Oct. 12. Dear Sir; I arrived here this morning. Pce-Peu-Mox-Mux has crossed over to the mouth of tho Yakima wilh all his proporty and people. All his movements indicate a determination to join in the war. TI7-t- bnoot, of Umatilla tribe, is on the Lmatilla Kiver with two or three lodges. If atcr- Sttiand is on the Xortk bank of the Colum bia opposite, with ouo or two lodges. Win- Im-Snoot says ho will not join in the war. Water-inland, also: nnd that ho was go ing to winter on the North sido of the Co lumbia River, but, since I have ordered him, he will come back to this side. Some of tho Cayuse chiefs are said to be on tlio Uma tilla': I will go to sen. them, if possible, as soon as I can see Pce-Peu-Mox-Mox. 1 have sent for the Inst named chief to come and have a talk with me, but doubt very much his coming. Indians are riding at full speed in every direction, as if something of the greatest importance was going on. 1 hey avoid speaking with the whites as much as possible They do not come, to the Fort, nor to the houses of the wbilo settlers. If a'-ked anything about the In dians on the other side of the River, or about tho murder of the Americans, they appear very surly, and say they know noth ing. Something must be done, and quick- W, for delay in this matter is ruinous: as the bad weather will booh sot in. Be sure you stop all persons coming in this direction. Yours truly, NATHAN OLNEY, Indian A'jcnl, Vo Ma. U. R. Tit trsox, Iad.Ayt. Ft. Dalles. OH, 19. Maj. Rains sent np an express last night tram the C'iekitat River for the steamer "Wasco," which immediately went down and brought up the troops and landed them on the opposite side of the river at the Dalles. Mr. Thompson informs mo that in another letter fro m Mr. Gluey, dated the AMV.IUC k.Kowa nought of golden a romlsrs of K I nits, Kuwt nought of Coronet, and Mtant. and Hlrln.il CITY, ORaOOW TB&aiTORY, SATPXLPAY, OCTOBSB. at Pee-peu-mof-mox'i camp found about a hundred of tins chief i men dancing arotiml the cilps of some wliito men. The con federated Indians hero boast of having kill ed, lit nil, sixty white men. 6 o'clock v. m. The "Mary" has just nr rived, bringing Cnpt. Wilson's company of volunteers, ol til men, and also, what was inoro welcome the news of I.icul. Slaugh ter salcty. Dealli of t'.-Uovernnr Melralfe, (..Oli Htono llanimerli) of Kentucky. The Louisville Courier of August SI an notiucs that Mx-Gov. Thomas Metcalfe died at his residence, Forest Retreat, iu Nicholas county, Kentucky, ou Saturday evening, August IS, of cholera. In wasa native of Fauquier county, Vir ginia, hero he was born on the 20th of March, 1760. When quite young his int. rents emigrated to Kentucky, and settled iu ruyetlo country, where he had the advan tage of attending a country school for a few months. At the age of 10 he was inden tured to a stone-mason, aud sorved thrco years' apprenticeship, when, at the death of Lis fuller, ho sot about making a living lor Ins mother and sister. Jlo was very fond of study, and employed Lis leisure time iu reading good books. Iu 18U9 ho appeared ns a public spenkor. In 1313 ho commanded a company at Fort Meigs. Wbilo in the army lie was elected to tho Legislature, receiving ull tho votes in his county but thirteen, lie was elected to Congress in 1818, defeating Joseph De sha, afterwards Governor. In 1627 he was the "Nulionnl Republican" candidalo for Governor, and beat the Hon. Wm. T.Barry, who represented the Jackson interest, by a majority of seven hundred nnd nine votes. The Courier relates tho following inci dent : "lion. George McDuflio, of South Cnro- linn, having challenged him to light a duel, he accepted, chose Kentucky rides aud ten paces. The fire-eating Curoliuian backed out." In 1834 lio was chosen to the State Sen atein 1840 mado President of tho Board of Internal Improvements in 1848 np. pointed to fill Mr. Crittenden s unexpired term in the Senate Since then ho has confined himsolf to his farm, situated about half way between Marysvillo and Lexington. Tho Courier says that in his old ago his intellectual strength did not abate one jot, and that, a stone-mason by trade, ho always boasted of his service in thnt honorable line of tho mechanic arts, and delighted in be ing called the "Old Stone Hammer." AVUrn and How to Dud Trees. In the month of August, or when the fall sap Mows most freely, which depends much upon the season being early or late, with a sharp knife cut a perpendicular incision about nn men long, in the snoot intended to be budded, which must (or is best to) bo of the j) resent summer s growth ; then, nt the base of the incision, cut a horizontal gash about three eighths of an inch in length ; raise or loosen the bark on each slue care fully ; then take a bud oft a twig of this summer's growth by cutting across tho twig one-fourth of an inch below the bud, nnd along the sides to an apex above tho bud, of such a length to fit in tho incision pre pared for its reception ; slip it in carefully under tho raised bark; press it carefully to gether, and bind it with a coarse woolen string above and below the bud, to hold the raised sides firmly down upon the bud ; let it remain so for seven or eight days, then cut the string. The next spring cut the top off the tree about an inch above where it was budded. Tho advantages of budding over grafting nro many and obvious first, if it does not grow it will not injure your tree. It grows faster than grafts, and is much more quickly and more easily dono. The writer of this has always had the best of success in budding as described nbove. 3?" A correspondent of tho Now York Tost tells the most astonishing stories iu relation lo Col, Kinney's movemonU in Central America. The following is a specimen : "The Colonel bos become a very large land holder since he arrived there, as our correspondent reports, having purchased no less than 30,000,000 of acres, with 300 miles of seacoast. It is the same tract that was originally granted by Messrs. Shepherd and Hulley to Senator Cooper, Wm. C. Johnson, Joseph U White, of this city, and others, but which conveyance became veid in consequence of tho grantees failing to comply with some of the stipulated conditions. The Col. pays only five hundred thousand dollars, which is pretty cheap, considering that his farm is about as large as the Stale of Xew York." Fifty women, of Washington, Guernsey co., U., clubbed together ana emptied Die liquor shops of that village of their contents, a few days since. Tho owner stood back while the woik "went bravely on," holding it inexcusable to offer violence to a woman, even under such circumstan ces. They may prosecute them, but it would be hard to convict. Women are said to be 'Free from action, and exempt From execution and contempt.' Sciota Gazette. T A Persian poet says : The heavens are a point from the pen of God's perfection; the world is a bud from the bower of Lis beauty ; the sun is a spark from the light of his wisdom ; aud the sky is a bubble on the sea of his power. His beauty is free from the spot of sin, hidden in the thick veil of darkness ; he mado mirrors of the world and I brew a reflection from his own face on every ulom. JVn Incident of the Times of Daniel Doone. Ilov. Dr. Milburn recently lectured iu New York on "the Rifle, Axe, and Saddle bags." 1 ho lecture was remote with met dents and description of buckwood's life and manners, us tho following quotations will show ; in lieu, or noout twenty years alter Boone's first exploration of tho country and whil-t Kentucky was yet knocking at the door for admission into tho Union, the red men resolved to make another effort to exterminate their foo, A blockhouse, which served tho double purposo of a fort nnd dwelling, was tho habitation of Doone and his companions. Fearing a descent of tho savages, from various premonitions of dan ger understood only by the experienced hun ter, he sent two trusty scouts, named Mc Lellun and White, to leurn if possiblo tho destination of the savages. After proceed ing some distance, they ascended a bluf)', precipitously steep on one side, and fenced by jutting rocks on tho other, whence they hud a broad and extended prospect and on tho other side ran a deep aud rapid river, on which side they fouud themselves in dan gerous proximity to their eueiny. Dcneath tiiey beheld a largo number of snunws nnd wigwams, tho usual indications of an Indian illnge, nud in tho open space they observed the warriors painted in their war pattern, evidently showing thut their mission was one of blood. They determined to remain and watch the movements of the enemy, and for this purposo concealed themselves from observa tion, till forced from thoir hiding place by their water being exhausted, of which they had but a scanty supply, McLcllan went in search of some with two canteens, and had not proceeded far when lie discovered a beautiful fountain gushing from a rock near tho base of the bluff. Having procured tho much needed clement, he returned to Lis companion, and they determined to get a supply duily, nnd continued to do so for sev eral Jays. Ono day White went to the spring, and after filling his vessels and re freshing himself with a copious draught he laid down his rillo and sat on it, and child like, amused himself by looking nttbe work ings of nature beautifully exemplified in the bubbling fountain. I his man, educated in midst of Indian cunning, whose sense was sharpened to the utmost acutoncss, was thus amusing himself when he heard foot steps, and sprang to his feet just in time to second be seen by two squaws, the elder of whom raised tho war cry, which he well know if repeated and heard by the band, would lie certain death ; he sprang upon them and seizing both by tho throat plung ed into the stream wilh them with the in tention of drowning them. This ho very soon accomplished with the elder, but her companion being young nnd vigorous, strug gled with her captor with much effort, and when nearly exhausted, ho heard her with horror utter exclamations in hnghsli. To rescuo her from drowning, nnd bear her up the ascent to the summit of tho bluff to Ins companion, was the work of a mo ment where when sufficiently recovered she informed them that herself and father settled on the present site of Wheeling, nnd wore taken prisonors by tho Indians, who soon put her father to death, nnd treated her with tho utmost barbarity. In the mean time the Indians perceiving the body of tho woman floating on tho river, and recogni zing the print of the white man's finger upon her neck, approached the blulTshout ing their war yell. The scout9 recommend ed the girl to return to the Indians and con sult for her own safety by telling them how tho afliiir had happened. She replied, "I would prefer to dio in ihe prcsenco of tho white than to be a slave to the Indian. Give me a rifle, and see what I can do."-r Dut ihis the) could not do yet they were determined to sell their lives as dearly as possiblo. As before described, on ono sido they were shiolded by a rock, and with unerring accuracy, shot several of tho bravest niul most daring of tho foo. Ono point was ac cessible, from an impending clilTwhich over hung the bum, and m thntdiroction was the rifle of McLcllan pointed, with finger on the trigger, waiting for a sufficient part of the Indian (whom heospicd making I lio attempt to surprise them from that quarter) to ap pear above the rock to form a target to aim at. At Inst tho savago, with upraised tom ahawk and exulting yell, was about to make the leap and spring upon his foe, when the flint of McLellun's rifle hung fire, lie had lowered the butt and was about replacing it by a Iresn flint from his pocket, when he saw the Indian, whose shout of victory was turn ed lo ono of pain, fall headlong into the chasm beneath, but shot by w hose rifle he knew not. beverul others shared the same fate, and in a similar manner. At the approach of night tho Indians withdrew aud the scouts were congratulat ing themselves on their success so far, and wondering wLo their unknown auxiliary was, when they beheld the rescued girl, rifle in hand, approaching them. This at once accounted for the prompt and cflicient aid they received. Sho informed them that in J . . ..... i . the early part of the contlict no succeewo in surprising ono of the braves aI-p, and possessed herself of his rifle and ammuni tion. Determined to leave under cover of the night, tho girl volunteered to act as their guide; when, to their disappointment and dismay, they found their retreat cut ofl by a picqitel of Indians, stationed to intercept their progress. The girl cautioned them not to make the MVIIMt.HIPTIUV five Dollar a Year. 27,1883. no. as. slightest noise, and to remain stationary ; she left thoni and shortly ruturnod and told liicm that she had succeeded in putting them ou a false trail, and thut they could now pro ceed. J hey natl not gone far when they were alarmed by the bark of a dog ; again the girl gavo the injunction to remain still, with thu information that they were now iu ho center ol the camp of nthousaud war riurs but to trust lo hor. At length they got clear of the village, and readied the blockhouse in safety when, to tho surprise nil, the girl was found to be the sister of ouo of fioonc s companions. but the Vove Hay. Archbishop Kendriek, of llaltimore, in a lalo pastoral luter, or something of that nature, took occasion to declare that the Ko man Catholic Church did not aim at tho tenioraI power in this or any other coun try. Mr. Chandler, also, while in Congress, made a lengthy speech, very indefinite and Jesuitical, upholding the same doclriuo. But, tho highest known power of the Catholic Church on earth holds a very dif ferent opinion. He claims, demands, and exorcises tcmiorl authority, lie Las claimed aud exercised it for a thousand yours; and, despite all the fallacies and round-about arguments of the Chandlers and Kcndrieks of America, still, iu the most explicit manner, declares that spiritual and temporal authority nro banded together. in Ins hcclesiastie Letter, dated Uaeta. 1849, tho presctit Pope, Pius IX., declared : "The spiritual power could not be separa ted from, nor do without the temporal do minion, it being necessary to keep them united iu order to maintain the splendor and grandeur of tho Catholic Church." Messrs. Chandler and Kendriek had bet ter ponder upon the nbove paragraph a short time, and ondenvor to find out its spirit and meaning, for either they or the rope are deluded or mistaken. However, the "infallibility" of Pius sets the innttor at rest. Tho Catholic Church does claim tem poral dominion, and Ilis Holiness expressly proclaims it. Novel Race. A singular race came off on tho Fourth ut Gn'esburg, 111., being no less than a mile boat between a Lorse and a locomotive with a tender and two passen ger cars attcched. Doth started at the tap of a drum and ran a mile ou a wager of (500 a side. Of course, a locomotive un der full speed, would outstrip the fleetest horse; but it was questionable whether starting from a dead rest with a train, it could gain sufficient motion to overtake a fleet animal within the first mile. Ou the trial the horse kopt the lead for three-fourths of a milo, when the locomotive gave a snort, scared tho horso, aud came in ahead. Crossing tue Atlantic In Three Days. A working engineor by the name of John Ross, residing in Montreal, has addressed a letter to the Mayor of Boston, upon the sub ject of a recent invention of nn extraordinary character, tie claims to have discovered a new motive power which will waft a ship across the Atlantic Ocean in three days. And further I if a hole were bored in the bottom, the vessel would float with equal safety and freedom. In order to complete a working model, which is wholly indepen dent of steam, he asks the assistance ot fif teen hundred dollars from some gentleman's pocket. No progress, says Mr. Ross, has been made in that direction (the sen) to keep pace with tho movements over rail road on the land, but this desideratum will certainly be accomplished and demonstrated in his grcnt discovery. Huston Daily Adv. The Mental Vacuities. 1. Tho perceptive faculties aro ihoso by which we become acquainted with the exist ence and qualities of tho external world. 2. Consciousness is tho faculty by which we become cognizant of the orations of our own mmdB. 3. Original suggestion is the faculty which gives rise to original ideas, occasion ed by the perceptive faculties or conscious ness. 4. Abstraction is the faculty by which, from conceptions from individuals, wo form conceptions of genera or species ; or, in general classes. 5. Memory is the faculty by which we rctnin and recall our knowladge of the past. 6. Reason is the faculty by which, from the use of the knowledge obtained by the other faculties, we aro enable to proceed to otbor and original knowledge. 7. Imagination is the faculty by which, from materials already existing in tho mind, we form complicated conceptions or menial images, according to our own will. 8. Taste is tho sensibility by which wo rccognizo the beauties and deformities of nature or art, deriving pleasure irom me one, and suffering pain from the other. Dr. Wuyland. (KT Hope writes tho poetry of a boy, but memorv that of ft man. Man looks forward with smiles, but backward with sighs. Such is the wise providence of God. The cup of lifu is sweetest at the brim, tho flavor is impaired as we drink deeper, and the dregs are made bitter, that we may not struggle when it is taken from our lips. vr(iililcts made of nuossia wood are now sold at the leading druggist's shops in New York. Water is poured into them, which, after bc'.ng left for some minutes, is drank, ns a cure for dyspepsia. The quas sia h a valuable corrective. Personal Appenrsnra of the Asssltea rant nd rrlrr. From St. Paul's expression, 'Vforo nil," ((ialatians ii., 14,) it is evident taut his re buke of l'vtur took place ou suiiiu public occasion. ' The scone, though slightly ronnllouorl, i one of tho most rviuurkablu in sacred his tory ; and thu miud ualuially labors Ut pic ture to itself the appearance of tho lw meu. It is, therefore, aliowubl tu mention hero thatgenorul nniion of form nnd futurui vt the two apostles which had been banded down in tradition, nnd was represented by the curly artists. St. Paul is set before us as Lut ing the strongly marked and promi nent feuturos of the Jew, yet not without some of the finer lines indicative f Greek Ihought. His stature was diminutivo, uml his body disfigured by some lauieues or distortion, which may havo provoked thu contemptuous expression of his enemies. His beard was long and thin. His heud was bald. Thu characteristics of his fuco were, a transparent complexion, which vii lily betrayed the quick changes of his feel ings ; a bright gray eve, under thick, over hanging eyebrows ; a cheerful nnd winning expression of countenance, which invited the approach mid inspired the confidence of strangers. It would be natural to infer, from Ins continued journeys and manual la bor, that he was possessed of great strentrtU of constitution. Dut meu of delicate heullli have often gone through the greatest exer tion, nud his own words, on moro than out occasion, showed that he suffered much from bodily liilirinily. St. i'ster is represented to us as a man ttf larger and stronger form, as his character wits harshsr and more abrupt. The quick impulses of his soul rovenlvd themselves in the flushes of a dark eye. Tho cmplexiou of his face was full and sallow ; and tho short hair, which is described as entirely gray nt the timo of his death, curled back and thick round his tomples and his chin. when tho two apostles stood together at An lioch, twenty years before their martyrdom. Believing, ns wo do, that these traditionary pictures have probably some foundation in truth, wo gladly tnko them as helps to tho 'iingiuntiou. And they certainly must as sist us in realizing a remarkable sccno. where Judaism and Christianity, iu tho per sons of two apostles, are for a moment - brought before us in strong antagonism. Life ana JipiaUes of At. Paul, by Cony bearc. A Family Scene."! have lost my whole fortuno," said a- merchant as ho re turned one evening to Lis Lome ; "we can no longer koep our carriage, we must leave) this largo Louse. The children can no longer go to expensive schools. Yesterday I was a rich man to day there is 001111111; that I can cull my own. "Dear husband, said Ihe wile, "we aro still rich in each other nud our children. ' Money may pass away, but God has given us abetter treasure in tho active Lands and ' the loving hearts," "Dear father," said tho children, "do not look so soben We will help you get a living." "What can you do, poor things I" said he. "You shall see you shall sec," said sev- ' eral voices. "It is n pity if we have been , to school for nothing. How can tho father of eight children be poor f We shall work ' and make you rich again." Such a wife and such children, are true riches to a man. The V.arlta that we walk on. It may surprise some readers to learn that nil" tho earths clay, flint, chalk, Ac., are nothing more thnn the rust of metals ; thut at una time, during the ago of this world, they were all shining brilliant metals. Ge ologists speak of the earth ns being hun dreds of thousands of years old. All their ' philosophy is based upon mechanical sci ence; tho formation of strata, the uphcuv- . ingof mountains, the burying of forests, huve been attributed to some "grout convul sion" that is, lo shaking together of tho earth's crust. Whether this grcnt ago of the world be trtio or not, it is very certain that before nny of these events could Lave, . taken place, the formation of each of the earths must have been the work of nges 5 otherwise the metals, of which their base consists, could not havo been so completely rusted as to assuino uu earthy texture. To understand this, we must leave the me- . chanical, that is, the geological theory, nnd enter upon tho primary or chemical theory. It cannot bo disputed thut tho first changes of the earth's surfaco were of a purely chem ical naturo. Combinations took place then ns now ; tho metallic bases, by mere contact with the atmosphere or water, passud into oxyds, as the chomist calls them, or earths, , as expressed in daily conversation. Clicm- . ists thus recognize something like forty dlf- . fcrent kinds of these oxyds or earthy bodies, some being very scarce, and others ns plan tifuL Hy the merest touch of air, some of the metallic bases of thoM earths instantly pass into the rusty or eanby slate, sons, by contact with water, are so sncrgetie that they burst into flame. ty this process of reasoning, we come to the conclusion that the earth is ono mass or globe of mixed meUls, of which the moro crust hits become rusted, or of earthy form ; tho outer rind, as it were, preventing any rapid combination taking place with the metallic surface, five or six miles below the face of tho dry land. Eruptions from vol canoes are probnbly produced by the sea getting down to the metallic surfuce, through somo fissure in the earth's crust ; decompo sition of tho water then takes place lire, flame and steam causing nn eruption. H would bo nn instructive lessou to man to, quarry into the earth's crust to the depth of,1 ten or twelve miles. Scientific American. , A Nobi.k Gnu. Miss Annie M. An-; drews, of Syracuse, N. Y., arrived at Nor-, folk on Thursday, and tendered, her services ' to Mayor Woodis as n nurse in the hospital. Hi r services were piomptly accepted, CY.Tiuf ILviil,