The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-09-17
Word Painting by Hugh Mi,,.r

tree of the Ooiite as indicated bv ita ,s ias
remains. This gnarled aud twisted trunE
once anchored its roots amid the erannies of
preeipice of dark-grpy sands tone TIM 49,
over some nanieless stream of the OoI;,a ~
what Is now the North of s,eot1and rta
rock. which, notWithstanding its dingy color,
was deposit OF tile lower old red santstona'
formed member of the fshbetig of that go
tem-bef.s that We're charged then as -.
with numerous FOSSILS, as strange and ohsoIe,s.
In the creation of the Oolite as In the oreatsa,.
which at present exists.
1T was firm, indestrietble stone cavared
by thin, barren SOIL and the fwisfed ro.-
lets OF the pine, rejected and thrown baek.
wards from its more solid planes had ,,aaora
subsistence. The tree grew bnt sIo,.-I,'4e;e
considerably more than half a entnrv ~ b,d ~
attained to diameter of little moro Tim, ta,,
incnes or loot over the soil, and its ben and
twisted form gave evidence of the life of ha I'd .
snip To which 1t was exposed 1t was i'm trutb
picturesque rag of a tree, that for tha frct
lew feet twisted itself round like an oyerharae
wrestler Struggling to escape from under his
enemy, and then struck out an abruot ,nglo
and stretched itself like bent arm over fh,,
stream. M
"The seasons passed over il; every oneninp
spring gave its fringe of tenderer green 10 ire
spiky foliage. and every returning autumn
saw II shed its cones into the stream below
Many delicate fern sprang up and decayed
around its gnarled and fantastic root SINGLE
ieayed and of simple form. like the Sroloeen
ira OF our caFerns and rock recesses: or
fretted into many slim pinnate leaflet like
The minute maiden hair or the graceful lady
fern. Flying reptiles have perched amid its
boughsi The iight-winged dragon fly has dart
ed ON wings OF gauze through the openings
OF its lesser twigs; the tortoise and the liz
zard have hybernated during the chiiIs of
winter among the hollows of its roots for
many years it formed one of the minor fea-
lures in wild picturesque scene. on which
human eye never looked; and al length,
touched by decay, its upper branches began TO
wither and bleach white in the winds of hea-
ven; when shaken by a sudden hurricane.
that came roaring down the rayine, the mass
of rock in which 1t had been anchored a once
gave way, and. bearing fast lammed among
its roots a fragment OF the mass, which we
stllI lind there. and from which We read a
portion OF lis story. 1t was precipitated into
the foaming torrent. Dancing on the eddies
OF lingering amid the pools or shooting, ar
row-like, adown the rapids it at length finds
ITS way 10 the sea, and after sailing over beds
OF massive coral--the pohderOuS ISdStYed and
more delicate ihaDHaStreo-and after disturb
ing the Enaiiosaur and Belemnite in their
deep-green haunts, it sinks, saturated with
water, ITO q bed OF arenaceouS mud, 10 make
its appearance, alter long ages. III the world
If mana marble mummy OF the old Oolite
forests-and TO be curl0usly interrogated re-
Sarding Its character and history"
The GREAT 1NTERNATIoNAL CRICKET
MATCH-The eleven chosen from the "Ail
England" and Omitted Eleven having sailed
from Liverpool ON the 9TH inst. for Quebec
and the twenty-five selected by the ST
Georges Club 10 represent the United States
there is no longer doubt that American and
English cricketers are to meet upon the
tented Held" for supremacy in their scientific
and manly game OF outdoor sport. In Eng
land the game OF cricket has become a nation-
III amusement, and the players selected for
this match are professionals who do little
else at home than play the game for amuse-
ment and instruction of their patrons--heuce
the odds of twenty Two TO eleven. In Ameri-
{. p a y.!pn bIlf
cricket is making rapid strides, and many
base bali players who have given their atten-
ton to cricket acknowledge the latter game
tar more superior and more ScieMtiic-Ger-
manJown and Philadelphia eS specially; and
before many years We may look for an annual
match, home and home, between America and
Engitnd-eIeNen against eleven.
The eleven Will play their first match at
Montreal against twenty-five of Canada. and
from thence will proceed to New ork where
it is expected they Will arrive in time to com
mence the match against the States on the 27Ih
instant.
The st. Georges Club of this city have pro-
cured upon lease. u beautiful site Tor a cricket
ground, attached to the estate OF Mr.. Stevens.
AT iobOken, where the matches viii be played.
and which has been under preparation tor The
last three months, at "A cost of al ,5UG. LII is
situated upon an elevation between the Ely
sian Fields and the Old cricket ground. COM
mandIng most picturesque view. Ample
arrangements are made for The accommodate
ton OF the public.
The names OF the eleven CT. Parr, Jack
son, Diver, Julius Cesar, I. Hayward, Daft,
Wisden, J. Lilly white, Ca1tyn, Lockyer, Grun-
dy and Carpenter, zone TO stand as mpire).
The twenty-five chosen by the ST. Georges
TO represent tie United States are: Bage,
Comery, Gibbs, Lang, Lillywhlte, Scarlet,
Waller, Walker. S Wright, II. Wright, of ST.
Georges; Snarp, Marsh, Wiiby, ii igham
Crossiey, OF New York; hammond, Morgan,
Newhali, of Germantown; Barclay Senior, OF
Philadelphia; Head OF Chicago, and HALLS
OF New York. (Mr. Chas. NInton, WILL in ali
probability, stand umpire}.
In addition, there is Il reserve on both sides
in case OF accident or slckness.--N. y Post.