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To the* picture* all ttrtftk aetata aa they para Y at ita fleeting griefs, and the tear* (hat are shed. Stir not the repoa* of th* holy dead ; For they in thidr deep mysterious re it Sliare to God's knowledge, and *o are bleed. Year* pane to the* aa "a watch In th* ui*ht ; lleycnd shadows and darkness tboa ecaat the light. ' ( And koowiag th* end. eanat aeranely await Till wa tow pas* th* staf-hegemmed gate. And thonft groat na then with Ilia angel alia Which ahone oVr the dark boar of parting ere while; For the radiant calm In thy dying eye* Waa the light from tho dawn of Par idi-o. itanj far tire Intots. Tue Judgets Daughter. So tad is my story, and so true, that it sccins branded into my | memory m letters ot tire. It is no story conjured up by the imagination, nor yet one that needs any glossing over by a fertile pen.? All its incidents are real?none exaggerated. Not many years ago a haughty old man, a jndgo of in corruptable morals, died, leaving behind him two children. After his death, it was found that ho hail not been so wealthy us manv had imagined, yet rich cuongti to leave to each daughter a moderate competence. To the eldest sister descended lite homestead and a sufficient income to kbep up their former style; to the younger $20,000, invested in an old $nd trusty bank. From infancy, Estelle, the elde-t, had been acquainted with a poor, .but proud spirited boy. She bad watched his ineffectual struggles for au education such as he desired, admiring his unconquerable ambition, and as be ueared manhood, be became her most ardent lover. But the old judge demurred. No daughter of his should encourage the attentions of a penniless youth?their intimacy - must cease. Obedient as a child, she listened to her father's commands, and obeyed them implicity. He surrounded her witfi gay company ; he did everything that wealth or tnato eon!/* win her mind away from her boy lover. But though she uttered no complaints, he knew that she did not forget At last ho diod. He did not bind her with any promises. Perhaps in death his eyes discovered that it needs more than tuere wealth to bring happiness.? Alter her bereavement, Rupert Kiugsl&nd came to her again. 44 Estelle, uty love,*' he said passionately, " I could not keep away from yon longer. It may seem wrong to yon for me to c >me to yon, now that be is gone, when I know how. much opposed he was to me; but, darling, yon are in trouble, and I mutt comfort you." She did not chide him. 6ho bo lieved her father most have relented, or else he would have apoken and forbidden ber to receive him after death. She wept and sobbed on bia boforn like a child. 14Rupert," the returned, "if you haa forsaken mo now,l should indeed be desolate." 44 And to leave you ever, will kill mel" be ejaculated, iinpetu ouely. 44 Carte iny fortune, that I mutt be forever debarred from youlw She aterted. 44 Don't apeak to fiercely, RupertT the (deeded. 44 No one atanda between ut now.** 44 Yet, poverty ttandt between ot, ft it ever did," be replied.? 44 Jfever will 1 take advantage of At* decease to ttep unworthily where he forbade me. If i ootid ever obtain my with of beeoroing a preat and fomoua phytician, EeteTle, then would I be prood to oomo to yon * 44 Where would yon ge to be* cojpe a doctor f* the queried. : GrRI . .1/1 druotrb to Item MtBY, PBCIta I "I would study in England, Franca and Germany," was bis eager response. "To be a 00*1 mon placo physician would not satiety me. X must be the equal of the most eminent." For a moment she was silent. " Bnpert," she observed presently, "the way is open for you at last. My money is left untouched. In no wav wonld its nee give tne so mncb Joy as to know it was siding you to obtain your life's desire. You shall go to England, France and Germany. Only return to me as pure as you leave me," For a time he opposed 6uch a suggestion. He could not accept her tnonev. But In proportion to liis unwillingness to receive, became her eagerness to bestow. At lost, ho consented. lie would only consider it a loanjloTJe* repaid at some future -day. He would send to her, as to a banker, for what he required, and remain away some fonr or five years.? Her sister was very mucli opposed to it, when infonned of what Estelle proposed to do. u You are exceedingly unwise, Kutpllfl-" film Rnilt ftnwril r " (n draw from our capital to give to liira. I doubt In* goodness?I dfcub* his ever returning." Es telle wa3 wounded, but not discouraged. She mmlo him a present of a very handsome gold watch and, chain, and money enough to defray all expenses incidental to his jotirnoy and first admittance to a medical school.? Then he was to write to her, and she would send him more. His first two years were passed in Englaud, and he received money from her every quarter; He lived in style, even luxury, surrounded himself with everthing he could wish for; and though sometimes she thought ho must be very ex: travagant in hia habits, she made no inquiries, no comments. Her sister married and went to California, and Eetelle was left alone to watch and wait the still remaining three years of his absence. He weut to Gcrraanr. lie remained there two years longer. The bat year ot his proposed absence, lie wrote to Kstelle thus: M My love, I do not hnow bow to say what I wish. My five years have nearly expired. I have tried to improve them?1 conscientiously believe 1 have. I am nearing tbe goal, which, save for the goodness of your true end noble lioart, I never coula have hoped to attain, but yet 1 am not satisfied. 1 wish to see you so much, mv poor, love birdling, that betitnes I am ready to drop everything, give up every future h??ne for this world or tbe next, to flv to yon. But I restrain myself. I wish to be entirely worthy of you. and all you have done for ine% when I do return Oh it I could only remain liere two yeara longer?two years, an eternity of time to he separatod from you, and yet how much I might accomplish therein. She perused and re perused that part of his letter. Two years more 1 Two years of long waiting ?seven years of weary watching 1 She let not even a sigh escape from her lips. Her trust in him was implicit. There is a passage in holy writ which says, 44 There is no fear in lore, but perfect love casteth out fear; because fear hath torment. He that teareth is not made perfect in love." She was made perfect in earthly love?she know fear. Il would he hard for him to bo away two years longer, but if As desired it, the would not complain. She did not think how her youth was leaving her?she did not care. The only 3uest ion was hovo could 6he obtain le money. She had already lent him, so great had been his extravagance, every penny of her principal. She took op her pen, and thus wrote: u Rupert, God alone knows how much i long tor you; bat if it is your wish to remain away two years more, do not let that deter you. Yoa know my father did not leave roe oa well provided for as was anticipated, and now all is gone bet the homestead. If yon think the two years necessary, I will mortirfiorft it." He did think two more yearn requisite, bat be wrote so touchingly about her taerifioe, that it seeuted Almost aa if he vu conferring a fav r on her by taking it, than her on him by giving. It was mortgaged. Every dollar she realized was sent to him. Her one servant?alio liad dispensed with them one by one?was discharged. Then she stood alone! What was she to dot She oonld not appeal to ber sister; she remembered the tauuts that sister itad extended to her. 8lie went oat and procured a situation as governess in a wealthy fcmily? oee of ber old friends. Pnblio indignation became intense. Jodfee iia , ? 11? ' ? i. , . ' > ' ' i.j.a-..-., , u v,y r k-vf i Politics, 3nfcUige GRI i-L . , L , I Atherton's daughter a governess ! People blamed her for her folly, bat alio smiled serenely. Her re-1 ward was yet to ootne, she be- j lieved. Rupert's return and Rtir*u liune woaid QOropeasat? her All t Ihe two years passed away, and even afce could not deny to herself that she bad failed greatly during that time. Then a letter came to l>er} it said : M My patientdove,I am coming at last. Be ready for me in May. if rite me one more letter.** AAAAtnnattWinrs 5# MMWA mvwui^IH^ I? pupCIO containing notion of him and his groat medical skill. American papers congratulated themselves up ou fining to have such a rare ac qmsition to tlte medical fraternity. Sho read and wept tears of joy.? Ho was coming at last 1 u You mnst not be surprised," she wrote in her responsive epistle, uto find me much changed. I think my health has failed during the past two years quito rapidly." A hi to how many hearts such an announcement would have carried terror 1 She knew the name of the ship in which ho was to sail, and watched the slow, scctn ingly endless days gp> by. She was full of poacfnl joy; he was j coming?she was content. Those | that knew her said her face wore | me expression ot an angel. lie J that as it might?her heart wore the hit} piness of one I She heard wlien the steamship arrived. They only lived twenty iniles distant? 6urely ho would come the next day. Dot the next day came, and the next, and next, and lio came not. She saw his name among the list of arrivals; was ho sick?? She was tempted to go down and see, when a gentleman called upon her. "I have seen your friend, Dr. Kingsland, in the ciiy," he said.? 14 lie told me to inform you that he had been detained, but would soon be up." : The a: noqncemcnt t?x>lc ono 1 pang from Imr heart only to add I another. He was w ell?she thank-1 ed God for that; but could she] have been within twenty miles of; him for a weok witlwut sending j litm fl itaoboOnro ? ti.?? ....... ?ii .1.;. i ? ii<vooi?^v< * a imv xx iio ni i 111V | reproach she allowed her gentle heart to make, while 6he formed a thousand excuses for his cruel neglect. Two ? more weeks went past, and they numbered three. Then a note came, which commenced as follows: "Iff dear friend, I feel as if I j can say to yon. through a note, that which I wish to. sAy, bettor than face to face. Estelle, you have been my best friend, my good Samaritan, and I am euro yon will rejoice at my happiness. I was married last night to Miss Mary Morse. Yon remember her? A young lady of wealth, beauty, and a good position in society." * She road no more. Some one in the adjoining room heard a heavy fall, and rushed in. They found her on the floor, apparently dead. They picked her up and sent for a physician. " A scveio shock," was his conclusion. "Sho is dying of the heart disease." She became sensible again, but her heart was utterly broken.? Seven years of wuiting, and then the false-hearted lover had left 1 her?left her, alter squandering her property, to die in poverty ?? Even then ahe uttered no com{>1 Hints. She bad all his letters, ittlo keepsakes, and every trifle pertaining to hint brought to her. [She bonnu thorn up and addressed | them to hitn. "After I am gone send them to him," she said. A week latter they laid her away, and fulfilled her last request. He i began to practice early, and bis success was wonderful, despite the notoriety which his falsenoss had brought upon him. On the first night after he returned from EuVf...... u - ivjto, jnm jr murge gnve a pany. She made her brother promise to watch Dr. Kingsland, and bring him up with him. "See if I do not win hiin from that faded Eatelle Atherton !" she exclaimed, before he met her. And fihe did so. Ilia fickle heart easily proved recreant to every vow of love, every tie of honor. Two years after, she was about to go down a flight of stairs, | when suddenly she uttered a loud shriek and tell foward to the bot torn. When she became conscious she said, " Estelle At her ton stood at the foot of tho stairs !* Whether it was merely a delusion of liar guilty conscience or not, we can never know. Anyway, the fall fractured her spine, and, until this day, she is a miserable, repining, cross, faded invalid, frightened to be loll alone for a moment. And he is a prematurely old, eonaoieooo stricken wretch, enduring all the pangs of earthly ,i.L\msmmtm' i i _u r Y TT T1 LLI ^ ...1 U. i Mi ^ ' W I "< ! > '? , >. . . ? met, aitb t\)t 3mp*i DENY1LLE. SOUTH CAROL1N, pnrgatory. Verily my friend is i being avenged 1 It is God's just * retribution. 1 1 A Bad Story. Ontside of Fayette connty, where j tlie prophet was held in high, but , not in blameless repute, being "in his own country," the name of g CIrv has evor hmn a sacra*] on a i in Kentucky, and to naino him, j has been to quote lovingly.? . w Whererer freedom found a vota- r ry, that rotary met in him n sham- t When Greece, the classic and of Greece, the fountain of rc- . fjhiemcut?the birth place oi eloquence and liberty and poetry; when Greece awoke from the long r slumber of agc9 and bent back the i faded crescent to its native East; t when Meccdon recalled to mind j the feats of her conquering boj*. i and the Spartan struck in fur the c land that bred him. then tho voice 3 ot Clay rolled over the watcrsol the c bluo Atlantic as a greeting from c the New World to the Old. But 3 "hrtshed is that voice whose every <; tone was music," and so on till the c declaimer wearied. Such being < the esteem in which tho Sage ot . Ashland was held in the hearts of1 his countr\men. the tiermle of his ! 1 Commonwealth have been slow to j i speak to strangers of the skeleton I in his household, though in the i homes of the State the sad story < has been a household word. i Yesterday morning our special ' telegrams announced the end of a 1 wcury lite, in stating that Theodore, 1 eldest son of Henry Cla}', had 1 died in the Lexington Lunatic A ay- 1 lam, after a lon^j confinement.? 1 The record of lua blasted life is J briefly thus: At the age of thirty years, Thco J dure Clay was a promising lawyer. ne was uie imago ana nope oi the statesman, w hose tamo was on ev- ( cry tOncub. It is trite that there ' wore whispers of wild living, and 1 of indifferent morals; that eomo 1 tiling tinged the lair repute and 1 even darkened the future prospects x of this scion of a ?u>blc house.? 11 Still it was hoped that these were 1 hut the result of youth, and would 1 be cast nsido when circumstances ( called upon the matured man to \ assort himself and make his till - cut felt in tlio community. ( It w as nt this turning point in j liia life, that Theodore Clay began to pursue, with an unwearied per- r severance that caused his friends v great uneasiness, a young lady of ! I Lexington, whom lie had long loved hopelessly. The object of 8 his attachment, who is at the pres- -(, cut moment one of the brightest I ornaments of Kentucky society, repulsed firmly, but kindly, evoyy *' attention offered by tlio infatuated * | young man, after his meaning had 1 I become manifest. It was of no c use, he would not be refused, and 8 followed his fair fate in the streets I by day and wandered in tbc neigh- . borhood of her homo by night, in an annoying manner, until at last 1 it became evident that he * was not all there," to use thosuft phrase 1 j by which a kindly peasantry cxfiresaes insanity. Subsequent vio ent demonstrations tendo ? to confirm the impression, it being even i related that he went to tho house \ f Mr. and demanded his ) daughter at the pistol's point, un- i til at last the wretched truth could 1 t no longer be ignored, and confine j i tncnt in tho Asvluni becamo a < torn necessity. This was accord- ' ingfy* done, (in 1889, we beliovc,) his father providing for his support at that time, and leaving $10 , 000 in his will, the income trorn wljicb was secured to Theodore for life. That life, after thirty-eight years of imprisonment in what in the earlier days of his confinement ho was want to call u a good boarding house, but having some of the biggist fools he ever saw as board era," has just closed. For nearly thirty years ho was one of the most noted of the inmates, not on ly his proud descent, bnthis graceful manners and flow of conversation rendering hiin an object of interest to all visitors. lie labored under the hallucination that ho was George Washington, and was fond of assuming the traditional attitudes ot tho Fathor of his conntry. At tho occasional bulls given to the inmates, (averaging some five hundred in number,) bo was ah uflVR ftxniiittitf-lv flrm/xl in (l.o I stylo of Ins d;iy, and was the beau e par excellence. During all these 1 long years, despite his general gentleness and cheerfulness of manner, he was restless and discontented, and required close . watching, it never, in fact, having 1 beeu considered prudent to allow 1 Sim to go out into the grounds I without attendants. About the year lf<60, his condition began to grow worse, and he soon after bo- 1 camo demented, continuing in c hopeless idiocy until a few days c since, when Death, greater healer % than Time, placed htm again upon 1 UL-11 J. IL -LILJJ JJJ-J m 1111 J1.11 J_!i!| E-^-r m -r-. N T 1 otttmrnt of JSlo *, JUNE 15, 1870. mmmmmrnmm i n ill in equality with the peers of his jarly manhood, who had gone bebre him to the God that created g lim and did with him according s o his inscrutable will. And e? h mds as sad a story as the truth of tl listory ever commanded to be Ii vritten. . J, 'I wr? cino ,->( IT....... rt-- _?:il ? - -" vt uuih ji vinjf null ? uirvive him, T. II, Clay, ex-Minis- ti er to Honduras, now resides on a lis place, " Mansfield," near Lex- il ngton, and John M. Clay, the p aisor of "Kentucky," and one ot a ho greatest turfmen living. v Death of Mr. Robert Braekenridge. I It is our duty this morning to ? mnounce the death of the oddest J nalc inhabitant of Anderson Colin- * 3'. Mr. "Robert Braekenridge de- ^ >arted this life at his residence, j ?ine miles southeast of this place, >n Friday night last, in tho 01st ^ rear of his age. Ho was a native t >f County Antrim, Ireland, and same to tins country when qiiito a oath. Mr. Braekenridge was en raged in school teaching the great- J, ;r portion of his long life, having ^ jntcred upon that avocation in : AI.KowiTI.. 1 QAA 1' >AUMV? HIV MV/VSMW 11113 ^ fill X OV/V. | Llo taught consecutively from that j time until within the past low months, hut for a number ol years ho followed the occupation only nominally. IIo was universally { . steemed for his sterling worth ( md integrity, and numbered unong Ins friends, patrons and g nipils nearly every prominent cit- c zen of Andereon for the past half :ontury. Ilu was a member of ho Musouic fraternity, and prob (j ibly the oldest Mason in this sec- j ion of the btnte. H? likewise be ] onged to the Presbyterian detiotn-1 ^ nation, and waft a consistent mem-1 nor of that church. e lie possessed the genuine humor t >f ids native country,and we have i icard several ii.cidents in his Jite j rorth relating. It is said that, on I i certain occasion, Mr. Bracken c idgc visited this place when Cotirt I. vas In 6 ops ton, and looking around a it the officers of the Court and v netnbers of the bar, remarked to t i friend that he had whipped ov- t iry otic ot thetn, including Judge t hiar'.o who was presiding,and (ten. c Whitner then Solicitor of this cir- c jnir, as well us t e Clerk. Slierilf, <; tnd all the lawyers. Of course, a he remark was repeated until it v cached the ears ot the Judge, a vho shor ly ordered an adjourn- a nent of the Con-1, and every one a icgan to gather around the old (. gentleman, t'-r he had then reach- f: d an advanced period in his life, ti The see e which followed can het- it or ho imagined than described, n md it was one ut>on which this I s cnerahlo citizen loved to dwell I iver afterwards. Ilesnrvivcd the t listingufslicd Judge tunny years, C md hud lived to see ntauy ut those v )resent go down to the grave.? ji \nd now, at the close of a very on useful and honorable career >n earth, lie has been gathered to gj lis fathers, and we trust that lie c epos -s iu eternal ponce. d [Anderson Intelligencer, 9tk. 0 Mining Unphu tiik Ska.?There c s a vast copper mine iu England, vliero shafts extend many hundred 11 ai ds under the sea. The moan- 'l ng of the waves as they dash c iguiuftt the rocks is forever sounding in those gloomy aisles. When the.storms come, the sound of the c waters becomes so terrific that ' jven the boldest miners cannot c ifay below, hut leave thuir work ? md cotne out npon the earth.? 11 Overhead are masses of biiorht c ? ? - -f,..:oppcr streaming through the 11 jtillery in all directions, traersed by a network of thin red f< reins of iron, and over all the salt () vater drips down from tiny crev- " ces in the rock. Immense wealth c >f metal is contained in these roofs, 11 rut no miner daro give it another e itroko with the ptckaxo. Already c hero has been one day's work too nuch upon it, as a huge wedge of vood driven into the rock bears n estimony. The wedge is ail that tl ceeps back the sea from bursting n upon theru. Yet there are c liroe tiers of galleries where men ? vork day by (lay, not knowing but ti it soitio fatal hour tlie flood may ti >o npon them, rendering all escape it is hopeless as it was in the days of t< \roah. Tho awe stricken visitor p lurries away from the scene with s< i heart appalled in view of the h lourly dangers. o In South Carolina there aro five ^ laily newspapers, four tri weekly ^ lewspapcrs, one send-weekly newstaper, forty-two weekly uewspa)ers, two monthlies, one quarterly. ^ Lavatkk says: u lie who sedn* si ously attends, pointedly, asks, u talmly speaks, coolly answers, and ' s< (eases when he has no more to {J ay, is in possession of some ot the b >est requisites of man." t)T>T)l iitriiJ itc fmtr Country. A Coriou Invention. Dr. Milio, the celebrated sureon ofKieff, has fecentlj been at t. Petersburg explaining a means e has invented of illnminAtincr be body by means of the electric ight to such an extent that tbe nmau machine may be observed, lmoet as if skin and flesh were ransparent. The Moscow Gazette sserts that to demoetiato the teasbilty of his process, Dr. Milio laced a bullet inside his mouth, nd then lighted up his face, upon vliicli the bullet became distinctly isible though his cheek. Dr. flilio does not propose to lay bare dl tho secrets of tue, flesh, to ex lore the recedes of the heart, or to erforin any miracles physical or uetaphysical. But he claims to lave-discovered a new and effectvo method of dealing with gunhot wounds; first, by means of lectric illumination he discovers he precise situation of the bullet; icxt, by menus of magnetism, he reposes to extract the bullet? rovided al\Vavs that tho bullet * :? ? Vjiiiiiiu t fUlllO IHJI'UWIl UI BlUBI. Against leaden outlets Ibis system s powerless, and tic therefore inends to represent to the Internaional Committee, which lately net at Geneva, the desirability of ccommeriTling an admixture of itecl in the manufacture of all fuuro bullets. Dr. Alilio's expcriuents with bullets containing only . slight admixture of steel are aid to have been thoroughly suecssful. , u SoiiFi iMB.''?The following is uic of Air. Prentice's waits, so nuny of which appeared in the ^ouisville Journal in its palmiest lays; " Sometime?it is a sweet, sweet ,ong, warbled to and tVo among he topmost bomrha of thn lir?mo (| - O uid filling the whole air with such oy and gladness as the songs of lirds when the summer morning omes out of darkness, and day is torn on the mountains. We have .11 our possession in the luturo, vhich wo call 'sometime.' Beauiful flowers and singing birds are here, only our nands seldom grasp he one, or our ears hear the othsr. But oh, reader, be of good sheer, tor all the good there is a golden 'sometime;' w. en the hills md valleys ot time arc all passed ; then the wear and fever, the disappointment and the sorrow of life mi nVnt* thnn t i/? *! ? .. 1 ? ? v yi VI | IIIV.II I1IV.IU 19 U1U l>lltuu nd the rest appointed of God.? )h, homestead, over whose root till no shadows, or over whose hreshold the voice of sorrow is ever heard; built upon the etcral hills, and standing with thy pires and pinnacles of celestial lenv.ty among the palm frees of he city on high, those who love iod shall rest under thy shadows, I'hcrc there is no more sorrow nor >ain, nor the sound of weeping." The Akt if Financiering.? A ingnlar financial transaction ocurred in one of the dock offices a ay or two since. ]>y some means r other it happened that the office oy owed one of the clerks three I ents, the clerk owed the cashier ivo cents, and the cashier owed lie office boy two cents. One day ist week the office boy having a ent in his pocket concluded to imlnish his debt, and thcreforo innded the nicklo over to the i'crk, who, in turn, paid half of lis debt by giving the coin to the ;ashier. The latter handed the ent back to the office bo>*, remarkng, " now I only owe you one ent." The office hoy again passed lio cent tr> tlm plprlr wIiaiio.oimI {? 3 the cashier, who passed it hack 3 the oftico boy, and the latter inividual squared all accounts, payjg it to tho clerk, thereby disharging his entiro debt. Thus it lay be seen how great is the bentit to bo derivca from a single ent if only expended judiciously. ?? - Sklpom do wo meet with a truth lore beautifully expressed than lis from the New Yoik Nation: Refined homes are the end of ivilization. All tho work of the orld?tho railroading, naviga* ng, digging, delving, manutac^ ning, inventing, teaching, fcritig, lighting, are done, first of all, > secure each family in tho quiet ossessiou of its own hearth ; and, jcondly, to surround as many earths as possible with grace and nltnre ana beauty. The work of II races tor 5,000 years is reprcMited in the difference between a igwain and a lady's parlor. It as no better result to snow." A coi.oKKD woman in Sard is, liss., who last week gut up out of sick bed and would go " to the how," despite every effort made > proven! her doing so, became -> much alarmed at the elephant aat she fainted away, and actualt died from the effects of the right before she could be removed. * ?/ *<% *Jv 5 4y^?, ljl/t ^ t?^ SU. .y . - fc t?VOLUME 1VH--WO. < The Air-Line ftailread Lei to Con tract . It is with pleasure thai we are able to annoanoe the fact that Mr. P. P. Dickinson of Poughkeepsie, New York, has taken the entire contract for the construction of the . Air Line Railroad from this place to Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Dickinson has a large experience in this line of business, and has ample capital and is responsible. We are glad that some ono man was found who had the enterprise, pi nek and capital to undertake the construction of the entire road, which we think will Insure expedition in the wo# k. > - ? i k Mr. Dickinson nroooees to lei l . i i * a Buu-coniracis ana naa o pone a aa office in this city where lie or hi* agent will receive proposals for contracts between this place and Spartanburg. These contracta will be for any distance that contractors may desire. It will be gratifying to onr citizens to know how auspiciously our ltuil road affairs are progressing. Long before the tax payers are requited to advance one cent of the tax which tboy voted tipon themselves, work will be commenced on the roads and the money realized froin the sale of onr bonds will be in circulation among us. Business and trade of evory sort will bo enlivened tborebj', and remunerative employment will be afforded the laboring man. Then when we take into consideration how these roads are going to enhance the value of our property. increase our trade and manufactures and add* to our population, thcro will certainly be no man in the county who will regret that the Railroad subscription were made by the county. [Charlotte {N. C) Observer. - Escape of a Ship's Chew fkom Savages.?The following is from the London News of May 18 : The cryw of the bark Belcarry, which was driven ashore on the coast jof Terra del Fucgo on the morning of tbo 4th of March last, during a heavy gale, had a very narrow escapo from falling into the hands of the Patagonian savages. As soon as the vessel was observed to bo ashore by tlio natives, thoy came down to the beach in large nnm b<?ra nil nt' ?lm?? J , W. ??v%u Ml UiCU, eorno with spears, and other? with hows and arrows, with the supposed intention of attacking or capturing the crew of the ill fated hark. Seeing the dangcrons position of himself and crew, Captain Edgas decided on abandoning tho vessel, although 6he wa6 perfectly dry at that time, but embedded eight feet in sand. The Captain and his wife and eight men took to the long boat, and tho chief officer and four men to tho pinnace. The latter boat reached Stanley, Falkland Islands, in lonr days, but nothing no to late distmtches had been heard of the ong boat or the people in her.? Tl.? ? * -? o? ? i-? - J a."u .it oiauiey nau sent a number of schooners to the sceno of the wreck, in order to 6&ve as much of the cargo as i>ossible. * ... A Kkmakkaulk Incident.?The Portland Argus gives currency to a most remarkable incident. It 6ays that a few evenings since, as a freight train, behind time, was passing Oak llill Station, in Scarboro, at a speed of thirty miles an hour, it struck against a horse attached to a sled, which was crossing tho track at the time without a dil Ivor. The sled, was smashed into kindling-wood, and it was supposed that tho horse was instantly killed, but the train sped on for sonic distance, when tho engineer, looking out, saw the horse staring at him from the cow catcher with a puzzled l6ok, as much as to say : u What is all this foes about!"? The train was promptly stopped, and it was found that the horse had been picked up by the cow catcher and dcsposited on the platform in front of the engine, where, too much stunned or frightened to move, ho laid until lifted off and was found to be comparatively uninjured. He was lea back to his astonished owner, who stood gazing at tho wreck of his bobsled, and wondering what had become of the animal. A hotel bell boy in Detroit proves to be a girl. She has worked on a canal an a driver, on a steamer as a cook, and in a chair factory, withont hor sex being discovered. She wears her hair 14 shingled," can smoke, sometimes drinks, and sa^s that when she gets very mad she can swear too. She is a remarkable specimen of the wild girl of the West. Dr. Livuiostonr is once more a source of anxiety, and' a deputation is to bo sent from England in search of him.