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THE JOURNAL. Camden, August 12,1869 WEEK OF PRAYER. * THe Bishops of the Methodist Church South having rccon mended that nex week be observed as a week of prayer' the Church in this place will commence its observance on tomorrow with fasting and religious services at five o'clock, P. M. Services to be continued during the week at the same hour. SAD ACCIDENT. An inquest was held by J. A. Schrock, Magistrate, acting as Coroner, on- Friday, the 6th inst., upon the body of Mr. Joseph B. Hughes, a gentiemam troll known in this vicinity, at which inqnest, it appeared that Mr. Hughes and a colored boy, Wade Dye, were coming to Canjden in a wagon on that morning. When about eight miles from town, a pine tree, v.bich had by some means caught fire and burned through, fell upon the wagun, killing Mr. Hughes almost instantaneously, and mortally wounding one of the mules. The wagon was shattered. Wade Dye made his escape by leapiog from it.? By his testimony, it appears that they did not soe the falling tree, uutil it was nearly upon them, when Mr. Hughes exclaimed, "Wade 1 Lord have mercy on us," and endeavored to leap out of its way. But he was struck before he could do so; a jagged knot striking and - *-?- 1---1 ?v? entering nis duck uum mu ngut ouvu> dor. We learn that Mr. Hughes had tokcD out a fc'5.000 policy in the "Piedmont . Life Insurance Company," only a short month or six weeks ago. The prompt and gentlemnuly agent of the Company, Capt. Wm. Clyburn is making arrangements to meet the loss, and expects to hare the money in a week or ten days, although the Company has ninety days to pay in. We heartily commend this prompt action, and company to our citizens generally. The benefits of Life Insurance speak in trumpet tones for themselves, needing no recommendation at ou.p hands. i: ENGINE HOUSE. Upon the vacant lot in front of Hodgson & Dunlnp's drug store, an engine bouse is being constructed to house tbe "machine"' commanded by Capt. William I)eas?said "machine" known as "No. 1." We would rather sec a large store house going up there, but on the principle that "'half a loaf is better than none," an eagine house is preferable to no. house. THE WEATHER. Theclerk of this institution, is indeed a queer fellow. At present, he seems kft onMwil in ft snriefi nf exneriments W WW ? r upon the great law of change, which have resulted in bringing us a cool change, and knocking the mercury down in the sixties somewhere. We hare heard muscular men threaten to knock " you into the middle of next week" but have never seen the feat accomplished. The clerk of the weather, though, has succeeded in knooking us into the latter part of next month. We should like to take ''boxing lessons" from such a proficient in the science. THE COTTON CROP. The unfavorable weather of the past few days is having its effect upon the cotton crop of this and the neighboring District. Reports reach us from all " quarters of the appearance of rust. The ootton in many localities, from the unfavorable spring is more backward than usual, and should the rust prevail to much extent the hopes of our planters for a large crop will be blasted. TOE ECLIPSE.. ?d Saturday afternoon last, this predicted phenomenon was witnessed by nearly.every one in the community.? Although not total, the "garish sun" was bo far obscured as to enable one to see the evening star, shining almost as bright as ever. The spectacle was truly awe-inspiring. One felt an irresistible desire for the companionship of his fellows, and silence brooded over the scene. The mind involuntarily recurred to-the time when "the earth was ?. without form and void; and darkness was upon the fuoc of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." And when the veH was withdrawn, giving back to us the light which we are accustomed, the voice of omnipotence seemed to reverberate through immensity "and God said, Let there be Jight: and there was light." f TAXES. woe It will be seen by an advertisement C()t' T> in to-days issue, that the time for re- ^ ceiving taxes without penalty has been pfG extended to the first of September. hor We understand that many of our per citizens have availed themselves of tho *'10 provisions of the law for obtaining & ^0l reduction of the assessed value of their B^n real estate, arid have been successful, and to the great relief if not to the satisfac- por lion of the applicants. trui one STATE ELECTIONS. In Tennessee the Conservatives have swept the State, having elected their Bei candidate for Governor, by a majority lns of from 50,000 to 75,000, and a large E CC majority of both houses of the Legisla- jij ture. jrrc In Alabama, the democrats have the elected two of the six members of Con- jmt gress. In the present Congress the radicals have the entire delegation. ' T'PitsnYAT. Among tbc arrivals at the DeKulb House, we notice that of Mr. II. L. Dcden, the celebrated pianist and or- r ganist from Charleston. The Profes- ^or sor has conic up for the purpose of tu- Ho fling pianos. As his stay is limited, 1 persons wishing their pianos tuned, .j will do well by leaving their names at i the DcKalb House, or at the Journal Cot Office. por Cat FOIt TIIE JOURNAL. P The value of Life Insurance has been cnc demontratcd very forcibly in this com- ] infinity within the past week, in the fro: suddeu death of Mr. J. B. Hughes, of rcc this District. A few weeks since, Mr. BCD II was induced to have his life insured j for jxvt thousand dollars, in the Pied- low mont Life Insurance Company, of Rich- J mocd, Virginia, of which Capt. Win ^,e Clyburn is the resident agent. On 19 . COCi Friday last, Mr. II. left his horoe in enc Flat Rock, for Camden. Ou passing anc a burning tree on the side of the road, the some eight miles from Camden, the ,J tree fell, killing Mr. II. instantly, crush- ^ ing the wagon, and killing one cf the ft. mules attached. How 6trongly i3 the ory provident provision in the insuring of j his life, brought to view !. Mr. II. but . . ing little anticipated so sudden an exit from ruj] the scenes of life, whe he effected the pra insurance?his after thought may have rcD - # rv t been that be bad made a rather useless 'r investuient?but "there is a divinitv pre that shapes our ends"?in this instance uo? it may have silently prompted him to an act which in God's providence has Cot enabled him to leave a handsome sum ^ for his family. It ia true, that money will rou not assuage the grief of live wide* and yf | the fatherless, in the day of their great wil affliction, nor return them the form and lJ^c features, now cold in death : but an time . . ii ln^ softens their sorrows, they will be more wj)( able to appreciate the providence of the the husband and father. wit In view of the great uncertainty of life, does it not behoove all who can t } possibly do so, to make the small'm- jnf( vestment required for the licncGt of their stil families, when death shall call them hence ? The uncertainty of life is ever present. fon "Leaves nave their time to (alt, ] And flowers to wither at the North wind's rp breath. lcI And stars to set,?but ail, unt Thou hast all seasons for thine, O death," -B- wb be T ?.. r\ r? Out, T 7? TT men aw C iitti UUL ur Uttn. 9J i/' .. m Before tiie Literary Club.?Last p0i evening, Gen. Kershaw delivered a lee- pon ture before the Literary Club, on the 0f t subject of "Saiot Paul," confiuing hiui- wit self to a presentation, in glowing terms JVo of the surpassing grandeur of the moral and heroism and greatness of the Apostle, ]{a pursuing, with viv.d and beautiful de- pie scription, the incidents and circumstau- 80h ces of his life, from his birth at Tarsus p0i to his conversion. Notwithstanding J the rainy evening, there was a fine an- poi dicnce of ladies and gentlemen present the If space permitted, we should be pleas- Chi cd to give a condensed sketch of the the able and impressive lecture. The no- citj bl3 spirit of the orator found a conge- Toi nial theme in the transcendant excel- ma lencies of the Apostle of the Gentiles, casi We hope that on some future occa- Roi sicn Gen. Kershaw may be induced to Mjt favor the Club with another lecture on pai the same subject, in which he will em- ^ brace the missionary career of the Apos- ma tic, which the limits of a single lecture r did not permit; as be himself explaiued ? to the audience.? Greenville Enter- ,<c( pri8, 4th inst. fro, Ch Factories in Marlboro' District. Chi A few weeks since we noticed that se- cid veral parties proposed re-building the No old factories in our District. Siuce that 1 time we are gratified to learn that con- poi tracts have been made to that effect, and lotl that Col. M. M. McRae, and Alexander pec MoRae Jr, Esq., of Robeson county N. of C., arc now preparing to build a Factory jou and mill at Red Bluff. We lcarr that wil they are to have merchant flour milln, a Ra >1 carding mill, nod a factory to make C *>n thread and cloth. The Little m > Dee is ample for any machinery L we believe that the enterprise will ni ve a success. The people of Marl- h o' have always been noted for prosoils factories, and^ad it not been for p war, the factories then in existence ai ild have t een on a substantial basis to C But the people are recovering a' lewhat from this terrible drawback, v I Factories are being built in several ix tions of the District. We sincerely C st that great success will attend the a iertaking.?Bennettsville Journal. The Revival at Beauty Spot.? p e Revival meeting commenced at tl luty Spot Church on Sunday the 1st t, has been and is still progressing, I omplishing great good, and several essions to the Church. The Rev C. S Pritchard, has been laboring with at zeal and energy, ably assisted by I Revs. W. K. Brceden, M. L. Banks 1 L. M. Hamcr, under whose teach- I s and ministration the religion of d has been powerfully felt. The meeting is still being largely otded, and much religions fceliDg is nifost.?I hid From the Lancaster Ledger. < RAIL ROAD MEETING. \ rhe Rail Road meeting convened nc- f ding to adjournment at the Court <j use on Monday lust. c r. B. Erwin, Esq., resumed the c air and called for the reports of com- a tees. b iV. A. Moore, Ksrj , chairman of the 6 umittce to correspond with the cor- t ators of the Waterec and North b olina Kail Road, reported a corres- t idencc with that body, the result of j ich though indefinite, was somewhat ouraging to the enterprise. ] \Ir. Moore also submitted a letter r m the Secretary of the Board of Di t tors of the South Carolina Rail Road g upany, which was favomble as a j timcnt of that body. o dr. Wm. Black submitted the fol- c ing resolution: j Rewlced, That a committee of one \ appointed by tho chair from each t unship, to prepare business for the 1 isideration of this meeting in rcfcr:e to the construction of a Rail Road; j 1 that all resolutions pertaining to r same be referred to said committees, t rbe following gentlemen were ap- f nted upon the committee: R. E. t ison, D. P. Robinson, ?J J Porter, 0 M. Sims, L. J. Perry, Willis Greg- r , Ransom Plylcr. r )uring the absence of the Committee ? .. J. D. Wylic, addressed the meet- v - -? - * t /* ; at length, upon the advantages 01 a ] road connection to any-pointand its t cticability at this time. Col. W.'s n larks were well received and scctncd r lccord with the views of the people. ? The Committee reported the follwing I amble and resolutions which were inimously adopted: ( Wherea*, tho people of Lancaster e luty arc almost unanimous in favor [ building'a Hail Road through the ) mty. And whereas they are desi- t s of connecting their Road with such c ;hc adja< cut rail way connections, as a 1 offer the greatest material aid in |i construction of the same, and, at e 6amc time, as will best subserve the I jrcsts of the whole country. And c ercas, the Committees appointed at p last meeting, to open correspondence ] h the authorities of other Rojxds, with a ich we had some hope of forming u ncction, have not had sufficient time eceive, and report upon the desired d jrmation. And whereas, there arc a 1 other points of connection from ( ich it is desirable to receive informa- c i, before taking any decisive action, ]< :o the location of the route. There- v 3, be it resolved : . n 1st. That our Rail Road Route and c 'mini be left open and undetermined e il after sufficient information shall s e been received from every quarter t ere it is likely any inducement may f offered. n Ind. That the two committees, cp- h nted at the former meeting, to corrcs- f< id. respectively with the corporators 1 ,he "South Carolina Central " and h h the corporator of the " Watcrcc and a rtli Carolina," and the President 1 Directors of the "South Carolina a il Road," have further time to com- j( te their duty, as required by the re- |, itions, under which they were ap- ( nted. / j] !d. That a committee of three be ap- t( nted by the chair to ascertain from j Corporators of the Wilmington, ? arlotte and Itutherfordton Road in ? State of North Carolina, from the c r authorities of Wilmington, and the ^ yn authorities of Monroe, what aid j y be expected from that quarter, in e we determine to connect with their [ id at Monroe ; and that said com- ? tee report thereon, with any special t tier, to an adjourned meeting. 8 kh. That a similar committee, in like s< oner be appointed to inquire and re- 1 t, what assistance, if any, could be n >ected from t ie stock holders of the t entral Rail Rood" of North Carolina, li in the corn-abounding regions beyond s arlotte, and the city authorities of r - * arlotte, ill mo event wo buuuiu ud- s e to run our Rail Road to Charlotte, h rth Carolina. d )th. That a like-commitfce be aputed to communicate with the Char- t ieand South Carolina Rail Road, the p ?ple of Chester, and town authorities u Chesterville, and report to an ad- e rned meeting, what co operation they I 1 give us, in the construction of a c il Road from this place to Chester v ourt House; where we may have conection with the contemplated "Air ioe" Road from Atlanta to Charlotte ad thus avail ourselves of the inexaustible granaries of the great West. 6th. That a similar committee be apointed to inquire and report what aid ad assistance the stock holders of the J 1 JO .1 n l!_. T1 !1 T) .1 nanoitc ana oouin uaronna nan i\uau, net ttie people of Rock Hill and its icinity, will give us, should we detertine on forming a connection with the harlotte and South Carolina Rail Road t Rock Hill. R E. ALLISON, Chm'n. The following committee were apointed by the chair in accordance with be above resolutions: 3d Resolution.?B. J. Witherspoon, ). A. Williams, T. II. Clyburn. 4th Resolution.?W. J. White, Wm. Itevens, T. J. Cureton. 5th Resolution.?W. A. Moore, D. Rfbinson, Allen Robertson. Gth Revolution.?R. E. Allison, J. ). Wylie, R. M. Sims. J. B. ERWIN, Chm'n. Jons Brown, Secy. SEVENTH TRAGEDY IN THE DICXENSBOLTON FEUD. Yesterday, Dr. Sam. Dickens, the ony son of Col. Thomas Dickens, who shot Vade Bolton recently, arrived from forth Alabama with the body of IIob? Icrson In man, a noted charactcrr barged witb all manner cr aesperaiu rimes, who was killed at the uiout'h of care, about fifty miles South ofTuscumlin, last Sunday morning. This is the eventh man killed in connection with he extraordinary family war which has leen raging between the Boltons and he Dickenscs for the last ten or twlve ears. Col. Tlios. Dickens and Mr. Wade iolton, formerly partners in the busiiess of negro trading in this city, were he principals of the feud. A heavy lawuit, involving probably 6100,000, still n the courts, has been the moving cause if contention between (hem. The death ?f cither party would be supposed a iraetieal victory for ti e other. Mr. Vadc Bolton was fifty-seven years old at he time of his death last week. Col. Tlios. Dickens is sixty-five years old. On the 10th of last February, two ncn, armed with pistols, obtained adnittance to tho bouse of Cul. Dick'cns, wclvo miles North of this city. The nmily were at supper; lights were exinguished, and two persons were killed mtright by the intruders?a work hand, lamed Green Wilscn, and a colored girl, lamed Nancy Dickens. Two persons rere wounded, Col Dickons and a man iho worked with him, named llobcrt Iumphrcys. The murderers made good heir escape, and about that time two ncn,-named Morgan and Inn}an,wero ' " -? 1? /i uissca iroui inc country. whu?ci JaruuclsoD, of tliis ci'y, held inquests, tut at the time no arrests were made. Shortly afterwards, however, Capt. & ). Patterson?who married the widow d daughter of Isaac Bolton, and thus tecatne, by marriage, the nephew of iVadc Bolton?was arrested on charge if being accessory to the Dickens farm louble murders A preliminary exmination was held in the city, which istcd over two weeks. The voluminous vidence satisfied the publfe mind that nman and Morgan were the men who oiumittcd the murder at Col. Dickens' tlacc on the 19th of February. Capt. hittcrson was committed for trial as an cccssory to tbe murders, and was udnitted to bail in the sum of $20,000. Af.cr that time, the affair seemed to lie out, but two months ago, Morgan ud Iumnn were heard of in Marion Jounty, Alabama, where Ionian's mothr lives. They were charged with beonging to a band of horse-thieves, and rere committed to Marion jail. In a few lights, a crowd of men, in disguise, harged the jail and rescued the prisonrs. They took them down the road omc distance and turned them loose, at he same instant opening fire upon the ugitives. Morgan fell dead, but Ionian tan escaped, wounded. His mother's iousc was searched and a watch was aund which belonged toTJol. Dickens, 'his served, more than ever, to connect lim with the double tragedy in FebruV James louian made good his escape, nd with a brother named Ileuderson, ook refuge in a cave near their mother's ousc. Dr. Sam. Dickens, the son of Jol. Dickens, learned this fact some ime ago, and made, through Gov. Sener, a requisition upon theGovenorof llabama for the two men, which was ranted in duo form. The Doctor made is arrangements to go and effect the apture of the Inmans, but was delayed y the shooting of Wade Dolton by Col. )ickens until Tuesday of last week when e left for Tuscumbia accompanied by lumphreys, who was wounded at the )ickens' farm tragedy. &L Tuscumbia he party was increased by volunteers to eventcen?all eager for the fray, it eems. Two guides were procured at 'ikevillc, Marion County, and Sunday doming, just at sun-rise, they reached he cave where the Inmans were said to ie. There were several caves in the ame neighborhood, all approached by ugged paths and overlooking a deep, witt creek. The first cave was entered, ut no one was found, though it had evi!ently been but recently occupied. The party then proceeded cautiously o the next cave and found the desired larties comfortably in bed, taking a aorning nap. The attacking party calld on them to surrender. Henderson nman sprang to his feet in his night lothcs, and responded with a bullet. A olley was Grcdathiin and lie fell badly 4 wounded. James Inman sprang up with pistols in his hands, and dashed dowD the path like a wild beast. He was fired upon and fell dead. Tho wounded man was secured and dressed. Tn a few moments, old Mrs. Inman and her daughter appeared upon the scene, with their revolvers buckled around them, and gave veDt to their feelings iu long and loud curses. They said they scorned and defied a gang of cowards, when it took seventeen of them to kill one man and capture another. The daughter was a splendidly formed woman, and commanded lire admiration of every one present. She denounced the crowd most bitterly, and asked them win? thnv nnt. pnntnre her brother and give him a (rial and a chance, if guilty, to die like a man. She uever shed a tear or betrayed a symptom of regret at what had been done. Yesterday, I)r. Dickens arrived in the city with the body of James Inman, brought here for idchtification. The metallic case in which the body was enclosed at Tuscumbia was not opened, for decomposition had set in rapidly, and the fca:urcs were past being recognized. Thus the feud rests at present. Seven persons have been killed, but it is hoped that no u.orc blood will be shed. Col. Dickens came to the city when be heard of Wade Helton's death, and was arrested by the Sheriff. He is at present in the County j/iil, no application havio" been made for his release. It is likelj thut an effort will he n;ade to procure ? speedy trial ?Memphis Ledyer July 27. One of the dodges of those engaged in pushing spurious paper money is tc put out a blino io preparation for futun operation?. The makers leave some ap> parent defect that may be easily reinov ed. The defect being thoroughly ad vertiscd becomes a point of reference and when seen the billis of eourse re fused. But a new issue is at once p*J tpon the market with the particulai defect remedied, and on reference, il found all right, the note is taken at genuine. Thus in the case of the op pearancc of the counterfeit ten dullai greenbacks now od the market, the pub'ic were notified of tlic imperfect dots opposite the fLuris "10" on each end of the note, and the want of a period after the letter "E" in Spinner's name. These have been corrected, as they could readily be, by making the required dots with a pen. 'J he notes now offered are perfect in these respects, and the defects now supplied having been inadc a test of genuineness, no doubt materially aid their circulation. Mr. Stephens's Book.?When Davb laid down the sword, Stephens took up the pen. It is not his nature to yi< Id What the force of arrua.could not accomplish, the power of reason might yet achieve. The thinker came in tln> rP4.f>nf> of the soldier. He saw, what an overpowered and dishcarlcmd people could not see, that the field was uot wholly lost, the debate by uo wcanf closed lie had a double work to do. lie had to vindicate himself in the eyes o! his countrymen who doubt* d his fidelity to their cause, and he had to vindicate that cause in (lie eyes of the world, which had been taught to b<lieve thai however great the provocation, the Confederate struggle had no shadow of con stitutioual justification. This was not a light task. That Mr, Stephens now has the confidence and the esteeui of his Confederate countrymen is a matter of faet. He staods higher this day in thier eyes than he ever stood. That the cause of State rights I.as taken new root in the north crn mind, and that Mr. Stephcu's book has been the occasion, is also a mattci of fact. For the space of a year Mr Stephen's arguments were alternately assailed and de'ended in a leading organ of northern thought, The liounu Table, and it is but simple truth to say that, while the assailants were almost invariably worsted, the defenders, unwilling at first to use the whole armory of Mr. Stephens, and to take the positions which he had carefully se'ectcd, were at last forced to do both, and thus in a manner not altogether strange to the history of diseu.-?ionsr overthrew their antagonists, and at the same time became prisoners themselves?prisoners of the truth. This is the great intellectual victory at which Mr. Stephens aimed. Our cause was either just or unjust. If just, it was founded in truth and must live?must endure and re assert itu?lf timroi-nr nftnn trumnlpd dil'.Vn. To prove the truth of Mr. Jefferson's discovery and to establish in the convictions of men the fact, viz: that a Government of associated independent States, having a central authority vested with delcgnted powers only, is of all Governments the best, Mr. Stephens has devoted the entire strength of his declining years. And he has done, as we believe, more than lie knows. Another struggle against centralization is yet to come ; and the battle cries, every one, will be drawn from Mr. Stephens's book. We pray that that struggle may be bloodless. We fear that is will not. Native Virginian. Contracts with Citizens of Rebel States.?Judge Lowell, of Massachusetts, has just made a decision of much importance in relation to the validity of contracts with the citizens ~ - AA.l .1 1 I T of rebel State. In 1803 tne Dane ijamplightcrs was destroyed by the Alabama. Among her owners were fonr citizens of rebel States. Mr Payne the master, collected the insurance and paid it to i - ?? owners living in Massachusetts, holding that those living m the rebel States had no title to participate. Ooe of four owners, who lived in South Carolinr, recently brought suit against Mr. Payne's administrators, and now recovers by the decision of the court. Bridge Over Wateree River Finished.?The bridge over Wetaga Hiver, on the W. & M. R. R., about four miles from Kingvil!e,;wap finished' * * on last Fridav. and a passenger train crossed for the first- tiaie^.-Major LmSalle, of this city, was .th^constructor.?Phcenix." ' 1 .. A Lo9t Child:?Thirty-three years- > ago there lived in Lewistoo, Logan : county, a farmer by tiro name of Hopkinsj who had-a ehild, a boy between three afid four yeurp of age. One day while the fanner was at woik in a field some distance from the farm-house, the boy started from the house across the fields to see his father. The last seep of the little fellow was when he, left tbo house. II uoneds of people turned but to search lor the lost child. The river ~ was dragged, the woods searched, rewurds oft. red, but all to no purpose.? After days of weary and anxious search 1 the little fellow was given up by parents . auu sympathizing friends. A few Ini dians living iu that neighborhood were ; friendly and peaceable and no suspicion r ever attached to them, and the affair l was forgotten or only talked of.as.a mysterious disappearance. The Hopkins family at length left their old home | nod settled in Illinois, and up to ten , days ago i.oue of their old neighbors in > L"gan county had expected to see any . members of the family again. The as. tonishmeut of the old settlers in and . about the neighborhood ean be eon-. ccived, when week before last, a tall '* ! man, browned by exposure to sun and t storm, and speaking the Knglish of tbe . half civilized Indians, ihade his appeorf ance at Le*inton, and claimed td be , the child missed thirty three years . He stated that a Cherokee Indian, wan dering through that section, had QBI ticed him horn the fields and earned i l.irn to the far West. The old chief I had treated him as his own son, and having been taken away at so early age forgot the memory of his home. For thirty odd years he lived as an Indian , and supposed that he was the sod of the , old Chief who claimed to be his father, i A few mouths since the chief, then high in rank in the Cherokee nation, ami very advanced in age, found hiuiseli oti his death-bed. Shortly before he died he culled his adopted son to Iris bed side and informed him who and i what he was. As soon as the old chief , was dead and buried Hof kins came to Logan county in search of his parents, ; whom he found had moved to Campaign , City, III. He however he remaiucd lust week at Li wiston to gratify the 1 curiosity of^mc old settlers, who sided ; in the scarciribr liitn thirty-three years 111. 1 j I ago. ins appearance uus euuseu quire as much excitement in Logan county . as did his sudden aDd mysterious disT appears tree a third of a eeutdry ago, r Sandusky ' 0., Register , Heroism on the Rail.?Among . > the compensation of disasters is the manner in which they brins out traits of courage and disinterestedness. On - Saturday two accidents occurred?the first on a Cotim ciicut river and thn see. end on a Rutland train, lu one case ? ' . jammed brukemao, hanging by the knob > of a car-door, said to the brother brukei man who caruc to his assistance, "Dick, (! j if any one else is hurt wotsc than I ani, \ help him first." In the other case, tho j first words of a severely injured eng5 neer were : "Are any of the passen- | , gershurti" t Boston Transcript, July 26th. I : 1 jj Thrifty Colored Men.?We sr.? over anxions to hold np for the emulation of their race the example of thrifty and industrious colored men. A case . of this character came to our knowledge yesterday, says the Augusta Constitutionalist of Friday. Six colored men, i .1 1 . - f 1 engaged on tnc plantation or 4?ar. oosnua Key, in Burke County, came to this city, and backed by this gentleman, drew money on their fine prospective crop, from one of our cotton factors to purchase from Messrs. Wyman & May, six nnc huggies, with all apnurtenances, , one of them a two-horse vehicle; to these vehicles they hitched their own mules, animals which evidenced, by their sleek appearance, the fsithful care they received, and drove from the city, an illustration of what industry, good behavior and thrift will accomplish for thecolored, as wollaa the white man. Here is an example worthy of imitation by the many of the colored men who cougregate around the towns and cities, living from hand to mouth. The Pall Mall Gazette indignantly inquires: "Is there any society in tbo world, except in the English House of K Peers, in which a man judicially proved to be a thief and a forger couU take his scat unquestioned?" Why, bless its innocence, yes! It has only to look at Spain to find Dan. Sickles occupying the diplomatic gallery at the Cortes, \ cheek by jowl with the British and oth- :$ * ? i k _ it. EM! er respectaoie amoassaaors. as me ^ schoolboy said at examination, "Don't ask such foolish questions." Hope Marking, of Maryville, Ky*, is the colored mother of five children at | one birth, and is now hunting through an almanac to find names for them. 4