Having given up my trip around the bay, I went, in company with Mr. Mayfield, to Petaluma, to take steamer and make my way by water. We had been in town but a few minutes when we met with Mr. O--, who had come in to get out a warrant and an officer to arrest Mr. H--, whom I was to have met that same morning at Vallejo. Mr. O---- had been robbed the night before of eight thousand dollars in gold, and he charged H---- with being the guilty party, which afterwards was proved to be true. If I had not been prevented by a kind Providence, I would doubtless have been arrested at Benicia with him, as an accomplice. The reader can easily perceive the dilemma this would have placed me in. And no doubt Mr. H---- and his family would have done all in their power to fasten the guilt upon me, in order to save themselves. As soon as Mr. Mayfield and I were alone, he exclaimed, "O, I know now why you could not visit Mr. O---- last evening." That family no longer regarded me as being superstitious. As in the other case, I considered this a wonderful escape from a terrible snare, and was full of gratitude, giving thanks to Almighty God for the same. Since then I have given more heed to the still small voice of the Spirit, and, consequently, have escaped many snares and evils that I might otherwise have fallen into. Many other incidents I might relate of a similar nature. And there are thousands of our people that could testify to a great many marvelous deliverances, many of them more wonderful than those I have given in this sketch. Therefore, I advise the youth of Zion to seek always for the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and for our Heavenly Father's kind and protecting care to be extended over them. ROBERT HAMILTON. By H. G. B. CHALLENGED TO DEBATE BY DR. WALTHOLL--HIS DISCOMFITURE AND DEFEAT--DR. SCOTT ATTEMPTS TO RETRIEVE THE CAMPBELLITE CAUSE, AND OFFERS ANOTHER CHALLENGE--RESORTS TO THE WHISKY BOTTLE--ELDER HAMILTON SCORES HIM FOR IT. Charles and Robert Hamilton were brothers, born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland, where, also, they both obeyed the gospel at an early period of the Church's history. I never had the pleasure of an acquaintance with Charles, but always understood that he was one of the most able and faithful men in the Church in those early times. Both of these brethren died previous to our exodus from Nauvoo. Now, it is of some of the incidents that transpired while Elder Robert Hamilton and I traveled together as missionaries in the State of Virginia, in the years 1844 and 1845, that I wish to write. While preaching at Newcastle, the present County seat of Craig Co., Virginia, we were challenged by the Rev. Dr. Waltholl, of the Campbellite church, to meet him in discussion.