ifynttftuitatt. THE FINITE AND THE INFINITE. "Wido as the step from the Finite to the Infinite really is, our thoughts often follow the former to a point where the boundary seems .so dim that we hardly know where the region of the one* is left, and that of the other entered. It takes but a short line of figures to exhaust the numeral terms by which the arithmetician defines: the.power of numbers. We say units, tens, hun dreds, thousands, and so on, but our computation has never essayed a very long stretch in that direction. Andyet how small a part of the number which is really within the grasp of arithmetical calculation, carries us so far out of the range of human conception that the mind becomes as lost to felt fastenings, as in the boundless field of eternity itself! These reflections were suggested by a statement upon which my oye just now fell, respecting the total mass of material in our globe—thiß mere frac, tion of the known part of the universe, The statement is that the estimated weight of the earth is upwards of six sextillions of tons, represented in nu meral characters as follows: 6,06.9,000,- 000,000^000,000j000. Some conception, or rather some ; clue to the distance beyond conception of this total,, may be obtained from the inquiry bow long it. would require to count up, at the, rate of one every socond of time, the indi viduals of which it is composed. Popular chronology givesius, fractions apart, six .thousandyears as the present, age of the world. Allowing this, and supposing the task to have been com-, menced at the.momqnt of creation, and incessantly continued at the . rate just. mentioned,there would be at this mo ment , less, i .than bYTO. hundred hilliotia the countcomplete. SO, littlciromfiUOhlong labor, beginning with,the hour when “the. morning stars. sang together and all the sons.of G-od shouted (for joy,” and pursued unbroken by sleep or hunger, disease or doath, while night followed: day, years out years, centuries expired, empires rose and fell, wildernesses turned into vast cities, and cities turned back again into stark lono wildernesses! Through all these ages still counting on, and yet less than one thirty-second billionth part of the task accomplished! Thirty two billions moro of periods of six thou sand years required for its completion! This for a result which, has a numerical name^—which is only finite! Who will count up the ages of eternity ? . Ahdyfit this eßtimate covers only earth —a speck in the finite univorso— 1 little more than a speck even in our solar system. The estimated number of tons in the latter exceeds two octil lions, an amount against which the' sextilliohs of like weight in the . earth are'but a feather in the balanoe.' It would be a waste of i words to attempt to convey any idea of the additional time which it would require to contihub the count until it should reach this' aggregate. Thought has already lost its soundings in the first sea of. numbers proposed. 'For ourperceptions there is nothing impressing in the difference' between -sextillions and octillions, incon ceivably wide as that distance really is; And this whole solar system—-what is it but another feather beside the known part of the universe ? and then —wonder on wonder!—all this last is probably a still lighter feather in com parison with the vast creations tb us unknown—fields of unrevealed marvels of which science can only dream. All this is finite. It has limits, and it is subjeotto the laws of computation , but not for ns now. So far as our present thought can reach, all bounda ries are past, and contemplation is lost among eternal reckonings. To ns the finite has become practically the infinite. “Cur souls, with all the powers they boast, Are in the boundless prospect lost.” Still somewhere in that now shadowy realm, there is a line of demarkation between the finite and the infinite, which is not only real, bint broad and deeply marked. It ia only to our short vision that the passage from .one to the other is like the dissolving view, where no one can tell the moment when one: piotnre melts into the other. Numbers, even after they have outstripped the race of mind in pursuit of them, and gone to their last limit of power for expressing magnitudes and duration, still fail to carry ns even over the threshold of the eternity in which God lives, or the domain where he dwells. In those computations suggested above, the distance between the first known figure and the last supposable one is but a step in , comparison with the space which divides things which have limit from those which are illimitable. The last is the distance between tithe and eternity j between created and uncreated poorer'; between the creature and God. It is the distance between the waters and him who hath measured them in the hollow of his hand; the lower heavens, and him who hath meted them oat with a span; the dust of the earth, and him who hath comprehended it in a measure; the mountains, and him who hath weighed them in scales; the stars, and him who hath brought out their host by number, and called them all by names, by the greatness of his might. He who, in the misty terms of the old philosophy, was “ The Boundless,” is the well-defined Infinite God of Chris tian Eevelation. The most important relations of moral agents are to these solemn mysteries of the infinite. Among them their most eventful destinies lie. The nature in which man is created—mortal, and yet immortal—reaches across from the finite to the infinite, but its secure fastenings are only to the latter. Its belonging to the former is only an adhesion which may be soon and safely’rent; but in the last,; that nature, by his first creation in the image of God, is; an interwoven texture. The thought has its lessons—such as the crazy' wickedness of the sinner’s controversy with God; the meanness of that grovelling life which is expended on the word, thoughtless of the gain or loss of the glorious heaven; and the foolishness of purchasing a few hours of Corrupt 1 'delight at' the expense of a sweet and holy immortality. In the grace of Christ, the Way; the Truth and the Life, may the writer and reader make these the lessons of the-heart! B. B. H. JESUS. 1 It is surprising how much the Bible makes of Jesus. He is the all in ail of that Holy book. Indeed it was given to reveal 1 Jesus to usi That is its groat ; Object. ■ Hence f there is scarcely any thing in the word of God but directly Or indirectly points to ! Jesus. It holds him up as the all in all of our souls. “Thou, O Christ, art all I want.” Take Jesus out of the Bible, and it .deserves nqtthe name. It would merely bo a BiblOr— not THE Bible. Take Jesus, out.of* the Bible,, and. like a wqrld,with-, out,a sun, it is dark indeed, darkness, itself; and in vain do we look anywhere else for light. Take Jesus out of the Bible, and,earth itself will be enveloped, in eternal,, starless, night, Take Jesus out of the pulpit, and there is no light there—fiot enough to guide pne poor soul to hcayen. A Christless pulpit is worse than no pulpit A. Ohristlessgospeljs no gospel. , A Christ less soul.is an undone soul. : . In the Bible Jesus, is the sun,,filling.it with light. In the pulpit, he fills tho preaching with, light; and:in;our hearts he fillsms with,light. In proportion as we have Christ, we have “ no darkness at all.” The only darkness which troubles, :and endangers the soul, is in consequence of not having clear views of him,; .See, Jesus; see.hino.-as.it is y,oqrjpriyfi.ege to see him, qnd you can have no, darkness. As well, mjght the map at the, blaziqg ,noonday; sun expect to have, darkness, as,h t e whojis Ippking to. Jesus,:Hq .-says,; “H® tbatfolioweth m,eshallnotwslkinfdarknes9,bUitshall have thelightjoflife.” ~ There is no wantof our souls but is. met. in Jesus. Are yro '“Alluarighteou*neea,andvUe 3 aqd fullof sin*” he is “ made to us of God righteousness.” He is; Jehovah tsidkeun—tho Lord OUR righteousness.” Are we in darkness? He is our strength. “Hangs my help less soul on thee,” and while , hanging there it is perfectly strong.. Have w.e fearful, strong and subtle enemies ? , He, is our protector, fortress, high tower, rock, refuge, deliverer, Saviour. And so I might go over all the wants, and the woes of humanity, and Christ is the antidote. “ All my capaoious powers can wiah, In thee doth riohly meet.” James Kerr BIGHTEOUS PEACE. [We have been furnished with a manu script copy of the. last part of the timely and patriotic discourse, preached Iby Bev.H. A. Nelson, D. D., pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, Missouri, on the occasion of the late National Fast, August 5, 1864, from Isaiah xxxii, If: “ And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quiet ness and assurance forever." We commenoe at the point where the discourse takes up the Christian view of the proper oonditions of peace.] On what conditions—in what way have we scriptural reason to think that our sovereign God is willing to give us peace? The plain answer comes from our text, that the only peace which Be can bestow, as a blessing, is a peace which is the work and the effect of righteousness. Wo contemplate as the object of this day’s prayerful seeking, for oijr distressed and bleeding country, Bioh teous Peace. - ; • By this statement, I do not simply PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15,1864. mean that we ought to desire suet an actual settlement of the questions in controversy as will bo right—not sim ply that we ought to desire and pray, that in the struggle which is going on, God will cause the party which is con tending for the right to prevail against the party which is contending, for. the wrong —Himself deciding, with infalli ble judgment; which is the right, and which is the wrong. We mean all this, indeed, but we mean more also. Wc may not indulge the thought that such a-'■termination'of the pending struggle will, of itself, re move or abolish all eaulies *’of' : strife among us, and secure our permanent tranquility. The question, whether out’, national Union shall be preserved or broken up, whether we shall hereafter be one na tion or many, may be thus decided; we pray that it may be; we believe that it will, he, but that decision would not, by itself alone, , give ns the, peace, and quietness, and assurance, Vrificli we want. Those who maintain that our! Union ought to be broken up—that; it will be safer for the liberties of Americans, and for fbe .interests of mankind! to have several nations' divide this' vast ' terri tory and these immense resources among them—can hardly think -that the mere attainment of that resultr-the establishment,of two,or more separate and independent governments here, re cognizing each other, and having treaty defined boundaries, would; alone secure that those nations would dwell in peace with one another. It is very greatly be cause, in view of fhe known proclivities of human nature, and the manifest occa sions for collision between such powers, secure and permanent peace seems im possible, that we cannot entertain the proposal for such dividing of our coun try. That pref alen t righteousness Which alone' sebiireS peaco witbih* a commu nity, or betwoen nations, is not .yet in fact realized, in any of our communities, sufficiently to render it .wise or f safe for ,us to be indifferent to those things which increase and multiply the diffi culties in the way of Its cultivation and exercise.. ; • ; ' We, believe, that righteousness re quires that, this armed conflict shall re sult favorably to the preservation Of the Union, in the firm establishment Of one hatiohai government, exercising./Irre sistible and iat length' unrosisted sway. over; all this wide land. In the language of Congress, we “ humbly believe that it is His will that our place shqttld be mantainedasan united people among -the family Af .nations.” :1 trust that we shall hold this belief in due submission to G.od, with a due sense of ,our fallibil ity, and so that' we can this day, in deepest sincerity; “ implore Him to en-: lighten ; the mind of the Nation to know and do; His will.” Yet this ,is ©nr be lief, a belief which has upheld us under the agonizing labor, j and losses, and sorrows of these three doleftd yoars, and which vie do coufidenUgrexpect; to. 'be j ustified by .the .finai'isstfemthft 'con flict; For this, we now -solemnly; and ,reverently await God’s decisive arbitral ment, and we have no need to deny 1 - that we should be unspeakably disap pointed by finding His decision oon 7 ;:trary to this belief. But we must not imagine that the issue which we desire and expect (be cause we believe; it to be right) Of this conflict of belligerent powers, will:-alone,, secure permanent tranquility throjugh out; All our, borders. The, one nation formed by, the,union of so many States) people'. cbnstitiiting so 'yhst a Fepublicj muSt be more thoroughly per- : vaded by thetprittciplejand.tha spiiit of /righteouanesa than • we, have reason to claim, : that ~ it, ye t has been —more soj .perliapB, than ahy great h&tioneyeryet sebufe'us' against seribiis and fearful 'interruptions of bur'.tranqiffility. lit. behooves uS ito prayvery eMTjisjtly, this .fit® ,2md : ;eyery-,day, .that Gqq Witt make, the/qhastmemerit' of this ’wa i effi- 1 ’ caciousingiving the principle and the 'spirit' of righteousness decisive ascen dancy in the heartOMhieNation; and W 0 may be entirely sure that only, thus' can peace come with. assu rance of - ; it is now a widely prevalent opinion, that the existing war cannot be brought to an end, without the:complete “ abol ishment” of slavery. Therefore the whole power of the Government is now directed against slavery. It was not so in the beginning. Avowedly, it was not so. Actually, it was not so. Hon-; estly and sincerely, in the mind and in tention of the people and of their rulers representing them, it was not so. Sla very was recognized, generally, almost unanimously, as a State institution, subjeot to control and disposal by State authorities, and, however objectionable t 6 the cohscieritibus judgment of the Nation, not liable,to be removed by any constitutional exorpise of national power. So recognized, and so content to remain Within its constitutional safeguards, it wasfree to continue, and work out its. .own political and. social problems within those States. But having grown too arrogant thus to limit itself,it has by its own aggres sions,its owa violsnoe, ita own rebellion, broken clown,all those safeguards; defied the,nation to. a contest of sheer force;, and compelled ‘ the nation to choose between destroying it and being de stroyed by it. I allude to this, not for the purpose of justifying the nation ip the choice which, it.has made, and to which, by its repre sentatives, (Its President and its Con fress) it has' so fully committed itself. assume that yon are familiar and satisfied with this obvious jusfafioatioip. But. I refer to it for $e purpose of calling your, attention td God's mar vellous use of men’s madness, to break a bohd whioh prevented a mighty na tional government from doing essential jnstiee towards a numerous portion of its subjects*. This nation had no right under the provisions of its constitution to apply the just elementary principles of that constitution to some millions ot men, a rapidly increasing multitude, every one of whom waft (Stripped, of all the most valuable rights which to us that constitution guarantees; and held under the arbitrary anid irresponsible control of men who have shown that they chiefly valued the constitution, on account of the guarantees which they interpreted it to give to a system of oppression so opposite, to its declared purposes and its pervading' spirit. Only in war could the nation have the right to apply, its power to the rectification of this monstrous wrong only in a war in wniehi slavery should be identified with enemy only in a war in which slavery should be the nation’s enemy, would the nation have thb right to smite it down with the blows of its power. This .conjuncture was brought about by the desperate, yet deliberate, methodical, calculating and persistent phrensy of rebellion persistent against the paternal, forbear ing. patient remonstrances of a most long-suffering government.. I desire you to consider whether God has not had referOhco, in all this mar vellous ordering, to the rescue of those enslaved millions' from a thraldom with which wo were, forbidden to interfere, more prominently. than some of you have' believed? .'itrequireda formidable progress' of rebellion 0-nd imminent peril of the republic to bring up the people tq this resolve: “We will destroy slavery rather than let our union, he destroyed’’ though .this was no more than we had far more promptly said of our property and of onr'lives. Is it not becoming; evident that God, in the meanwhile, was saying, “ I will destroy slavery, even if it should be necessary to destroy the Union with it; I will no longer endure that stench in my nostrils; I will no longer wait while the cry of those en slaved millions comes up in mine ears, mingling, i a harsh dissonanco, with the prayers; ,and religious, praises, and glad shoutings in honor of ' liberty, froni that favored nation. I will coiiie down- and deliver the bondmen ?” Insoferas wewereilegally restrained from setting the enslaved at liberty; and werq.simply obedient to our cohsCiehces in refraining'from' all attempts to db so, we were right, and may properly; re joice in it as* honorable to our govern ment and people. Hereiniwe .do.t'fe- and will rejoice.” Yet I think I?hat we have debasion seriously tb inquire whether in all' the past, or whether even now, we have cared, or do; care, as much .as we ought—as much as God does—for the human rights of those who_ have hitherto been held' in slavery. Wo are coming, perhaps have come, to hate slavery bitterly enough,: as tne recognized enemy of our na* tionality, the audacious assailant of our Union, the ruthless destroyer of our peace, and desolator of our homes. God forbid that we should be selfish in this.: We may be. Ho we eVen yet hate, slavery, with proportionate earnestness, on account of the immeasurably worse wrongs it was. persistently doing to; the’ slaves ? You have listened till your flesh, trembled and your heart to 1 Chaplain McCabe’s , thrilling ; recital of the experiences of : Libby weariness, the discomfort, the insulting espionage, the arbitrary tyranny, to ■whibh our brave and patient soldiers; are and have looked, With his eyes; down through that hole in the* I floor., on .those, hoary-headed, pale j arid 4 , haggard, men, lifting rip' their ;bopy ; hands to him, arid pleading with : their Hoarse, ; cracked voices for! “ crumbs /” You have shuddered at the remorseless ofupltyv which, nailpd a plank, ovet |that : r^6^hjl9hp(|,^hd!!toEOf'm^rp'; , which vbyarice 'to those starving men of the fragments which our ilbfed brothers iWiould t spare.from, their scanty ratioiihj J , .which, at (length, determined riot’ to'be thus thwarted,led aWay those venerable 'iriartyTrs'ctf' patriotism ; to some deeper, darker, 7 hbpeldssprison-horise! Where else sbouldsuchbarbariLies be .possible but. in that city which has so lpng been the renowned mart Of a slave trade more cruel and more infamous than was over carried on in Dahomey ? more cruel, inasmuch as its victims wero of far more refined sensibility; more infamous, as it,was in the midst ofihigh civilization, and under the fall light of Christ’s Gospel. - ! Libby Prison has been known to us only three years, but all our lives long the slave-markets of Richmond have been known to travelers. Some of you may perhaps have visited them. If not,you have probably heard men de scribe them, as X have. Large compa nies of children, clean, and bright, and gaily appareled—sturdy men, with mus cles-well developed and fit for profitable labor; women brawny and muscular arid coarse, able' to work with the men in cotton-field, or rice-swamp, or sugar house—-more comely Women and maid ens,'eligible as handmaids-to serve in . the parlors'and chambers of gentility—• women, sometimes, too beautiful, too delicate, to be designed for coarse labor or for m«||Hal service, doomed to a nameless servitude. Thero is no more doubt of these things than of tho horrors of Libby Prison. Many a time have womeri stood on the auction-block in Eichmond, before a cold and bargaining crowd, obliged to submit without visible resent ment to rndenesß and insults from whioh they shrank as would any of iriy female hearers, insuits such as no man could Offer you, in the midst of any company of men, Without peril of hi. life. ■My hearer, if compelled to choose between having yourfather or brother Starve in Libby Prison, arid having your mother or sister sold on a Bich mond audion-block, what would your choice be ? Yet, have you felt, or do you feel as deeply, do you care as much for the wrong that has been so long and so systematically practiced and legalized against those Weak and help less victims as for these more recent outrages ? What I wish you to consider is, whether God does not regard the essen tial wrong of both with equal, because disinterested, aversion; and whether, now that He has taken in hand to deal with us, Ho will ever let us escape the judgments which are upon us, by con senting to bind ourselves anew to the defence of those enormities. They were all legal once—and all this mighty nation was bound with strong legal obligation to protect them against any uprising of their victims with all its military power. But now the military powei* df .'this nation concentrates its most,terrible forces there, to crush that which it once defended, now fully re vealed as the nation’s deadliest foe. i I would that those who govern and those who constitute that rebel power might see the madness of their Warfare, and timely abandon it ; that, in the language -of the' Congressional resolu tion, God .“ in, His infinite goodness would soften their hearts, enlighten their minds, and quicken their coni sciences, that they in ay lay down their arms, arid not be utterly destroyed.” Whether thus, or by persistent siege, or irresistible,assault, or. awful under mining, our army shall possess Rich mond, I would hope 1 that there may be no Wanton br needless 1 destruction; of any innocent structures —but.l do most devoutly pray, that before the leaves shall fall from the forests, there may not, in Libby Prison nor in any slave market Of Richmond, be left one stone upori another. . - ; Now that the rebellion has given us the right to destroy slavery, releasing us from our old bond to let it alone”: —now, that God’s providence has set it boforo us so manifestly, to bo destroyed, and has put weapons : in our hands wherewith He so evidently commands us to destroy it—are wo devoutly obey ing, solemnly recognizing our national power as God’s avenger and deliverer of these victims of oppression? ils' there not even danger that the nation, weary of the war, and longing for the return of peace, will seek for peace by again yielding up the slaves to their oppressors, and repairing the chain; every link and rivet of which .the (War, has weakened and loosened ? !As we would Baye.a'riy/i&ous peace, let ns pray God this day to "keep us from this, temptation. ■ An occasion has lately been.furnished to our President, to declare, on wliat terms he will listen, in behalf of the nation, to overtures of peace fromjthe. nation’s'enemies. “The integrity of, the Union and tub abandonment of slavery,” is the President’s concise reply To allwhmiit may concern.” He is censured by aomo for not an nouncing the former of these as the pole condition. You all know how long he did so, and how earnestly and patiently he labored to induce the rebellious peo ple to accept peace, on that sole condi tion. You have not forgotten, how, after a yearhpd a half of bloody War, during all ■Winch that sole*condition. o| peace was constantly offered by eyery official, word and act of the Government/ the President proclaimed to all ihTrebel lion that, for yet one hundred days, the opportunity should continue lor their return to loyalty, retaining their ancient constitutional control over slavery! in' their respective States, and the entire reSjibhsibility ’ concerning' it. They feofned the Offer and despised the op portunity. Then went forth, the word ;of,, the. President, proclaiming, liberty through the , borders of rebeutbn/aiid solemnly pledging the Whole power ; 6f the nation to maintain that liberty. NoW, when he is asked for the confiiiiona of: peace; he, cannot forget thaithe .word, of, the, nation, through him, its repre- 1 bebn thus Solemnly pledged, and can never be broken with out grievous dishonor, and awful crimi nality. : ■. ; God grant that neither President nor people may ever forget or disregard'so. obvious, so elementary righteousness. God forbid that, after all which! our country will have’ suffered in this War, we should close it with a peace which should .leave three or four miTliohs of re-enslaved men arid women, to clank their manacles toward Heaven, ! find' draW down its avenging.lightnings upon a perjured nation. I have made use of this recent inci dent, for the purpose of illustrating my idea of the indispensable importance of having careful and conscientious regard for righteousness, in ail our efforts tb ob tain, and in all our prayers for, the blessing of peace. Particularly do I desire you to consider the necessity of regarding the obligations of righteous ness towards the weak—towards those who have long been under oppression:— who have no means and no forces Where with to effect their own deliverance, or to arrest and indioate their own claims and rights. God is especially the helper and avenger of such. So His written word declares—so His providence in all human history, testifies—andl do think that He is now giving a most signal instance of this. I do solemnly believe, that, in this war, God is especially re vealing Himself as the avenger and deliverer of those millions Who Were held in slavery in onr land. So believ ing, there is nothing I more earnestly; desire for my country than that she may promptly, obediently, .and;' deci sively take and. hold her place on God’s side, in this great matter/ which He has so sternly taken in. hand; for I am sure, that if our country shall be blinded or. -seduced to take her stand against God, Ho will, with the rod of judgment which is already lifted,« dash her in pieces like a potter's vessel." I have made so prominent, in this : discourse, the one great. enormity of slavery—not because I deem it the only sin of our nation, nor because I think that those most directly oon ®hbt®d with it are’ sinners before God ferire than all otheite; list it does appear plain to me, that it is espe cially, this sin, on^account.of,whiph God is now dealing with us, arid to the prac tical measures and sacrifices for the removal of which he is now summoning us. I believe that all parts of the nation are involved together in this guilt; for although we had not the political right to uise the national power for its re moval, it was not necessary for us to use the national power, and to direct the national policy for its cneoorage ment and growth and extension, nor to let its spirit pervade and pervert our political movements, and our social usages, and our habits of thought and Bpeeoh, and our religious associations; and I do think that the guilt of so doing is upon us as a people. It is a sin, ia which virtually, by co-operation, or by consent, or by ihdnlging' in themselves and countenancing in others, the vital izing spirit of it, almost all the people have participated. So thinking, I believe we shall this day fast most acceptably unto the Lord, not by bowing down our head as a bul rush and spreading sackcloth and ashes under us, but by loosing the ‘bands of wickedness, undoing the heavy bur dens, and letting the oppressed go free —breaking every yoke, also by dealing our bread to the hungry, and bringing to our houses, these poor that are cast out, in such astonishing numbers, and such appalling want and sorrow. Let us not Weary of the toil of all this —nor grudge the cost of it—nor faint under the anguish of it—nor refuse to toil, and pray, and suffer on, even unto the appointed end, patiently, fervently, and believinglf praying for peace, but only for such a peace as is the work and the effect of righteousness—-praying for strength and patience to endure the war; and for courage and fortitude to carry it on, until its issue shall be in Righteous Peace. WHAT SHALL WE EAT? This is an important question in these times of high prices. Dr. H»U, in a late number: of his Journal af Health —good authority, by the way—says the cheap est articles of food ,at the present prices are Bread ('especially corn meal,) butter, molasses, beans, and rice. He shows that 25 cents worth of Hour, at 8 cents per pound, contains as much nutriment as $2.25 worth of roast beef at 25 cents per! pound; and that a pint of White beans, costing 7 cents has the same amount of nutriment as 8§ pounds of beef at 25 cepts por pound,, or,in other words, the roast beef diet is twelve times .as expensive as the beans. Fur- pound of Indian meal will gd'hafar ah a pound of fine flour, cost ing twice as much. Here are ; some of the common articles of food, showing the amount of nutriment contained, and the time required for digestion: ‘ Time Amount of digestion, of nutriment. Apples, raw . 1h.50 m. 10 per cent. Beans, boiled , 2h. 30‘m. 87 per cent. Beef, 1 roasted . 3b.30 m. 26 per cent. Bread, baked . 3h.30 m. 80 per cent. Butter .' . . 3h.30 m. 06 per cent. Cabbage, boiled 4 h. 30 m. 7 per cent. Cuoumbers,raw — ; - 2-percent, Fish,.boiled , 2h.00 m. 20 per cent. Milk, fresh . 2h. 15 in. *• 7 per cent. Mutton, roasted 3 h. 15 m. 30 per cent. Pork, roasted . 5,h. 15 m. 34 per cent. Poultry, roasted 2 b. 45 m. 27 percent. Potatoes; boiled 2 h: 45 m. 12 per cant. •Rice;!boiled . l;h. 00 m. / 88. percent. Sugar : . . 3h.30 m. 96 per cent. Turnips,' boiled 2h. 30 m. 4 per cent. Yob!, roasted . 4h.00 m. 25 per cent. Yenison,.;bbiled 1 h. 30 m. 22 per cent. According to the above tables, cu cumbers are of very little value, and tipples'cabbages and turnips, and even potatoes; at present prices, are expen sive eating.-, Some .vegetables and fruits should,: however, .enter into the family t consumption, even if purchased for sani tary reaSriris. Among those which con tain the most Baccbarihe matter, sweet potatoes; parsnips, beets; and carrots, are the ; most nourishing. Roast pork. Ijgßjdesßeing an expensiye dish, requires top lengthy a drain uppn the forces of the stomach to be a healthy artidle of diet. - DESERT OF SAHARA. In his engaging description of Mes siah's kingdom, ißaiah said: “In the wilderness shall waters break out ” —the joy should be as great, and the blossing as numerous and refreshing, as if run ning fountains should suddenly break out iri the desert, and the thirsty and weary traveler should be thus unes pectedly and fully supplied. In t’a= wilderness waters have literally broker out. Perhaps no more hopeless enter prise could be undertaken than to at tempt to reclaiin the great Africa: Desert of Sahara, where no rain eve falls, and there are but occasional oase to give relief to the weary and faintiw caravans that traverse it. Modcr science, however, laughs at seemic impossibilities. Skillful engineers : the French army in Algiers propose t Sink Artesian wells at different point with strong confidence that thus watt would be reached and forced to the sri face- In 1860, five Artesian wells bs been opened; around; which,, as vegeu tion thrives luxuriantly,; thirty tko sand, palm-trees, arid onethOusand fro treed were planted, and two thrivic Villages established. At:the depth oi little over five hundred-feet, an unde ground river or lake was struck, a 1 from twp of them live fish have be* thrown rip, showing 1 that there was large body of water underneath. ® ‘ French government, by this moao ■hopes to make the route across t deaert, to Timhubtoo, fertile, and fit *' trSVelers, arid thus to bring the who overland travel and commerce throng Algeria; Whioh Will be one of the gif est feats of modem scientific enterpn : Oonye&sa.tioec.—Conversation sho» be. pleasant without scurrility, f witnout affectatioPj free without in' cericy, learned without - iconceitedn* novel without falsehood. Though few there be that care W virtuous, yet fewer* there are that w o ' not desire to b© counted so. I
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