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SEMI-WEEKLY CAMDEN JOURNAL. l Gen. Quitman and Footc. General Quitman has issued the following 1 card relative to the recent affray between him 1 and Foote. It places the matter in a correct ! view before the people, and shows the utter 1 faithlessness of Foote: i 'V TO THE PEOPLE OK MISSISSIPPI. ^ "llrDvivnn .TnK' 10th ?I'lio lnint Cnnv.ISS ? > .1 I | between Senator Foot and myself terminated | , yesterday abruptly in Slodgevill, Ponola county. "It i3 due to you that the causes which brought about thi.s event should be made publie. "I embarked in the canvass under an agreement, in writing, proposed by the friends of ' Senator Foole, and accepted by me,'that during our canvass, nothing of a personal character should be introduced by either party, but that the canvass should be confined to the political issues between us before the people,' to the observance of which understanding, our friends mutually pledged themselves. "At our first and second appointments, I declared expressly, that I would neither introduce personal matter, nor assail my opponent's mo t!ve3, nor even allude to his political acts, not connected with the present issues before the country, unless compelled so to do by the course of my opponent. On my part, I have, so far as 1 was permitted, conformed to the agreement, and adhered to the course proposed; but I regret to say, that my opponent has hahit 11:111 v disregarded the terms of the debate, ~" * - o and frequently used even irritating and inflamtory language. At Grenada, he startled the audience with the declaration that his life had been endangered five or six times during this canvass, and that he expected to be assassinated, but that in such an event the blond of a Union man would cry to Heaven for vengence. It is true, he said that he did not accuse any prominent man of the States Rights party of such intention, but by this language he left the murderous imputation, upon his opposers generally. As the canvass proceeded, he become more personal. I had, upon several occasions, alluded to the arbitary and alarming powers asserted by the present Administration ?I instanced the threat of President Fillmore to use the military force of the United States against Texas; and I cited tho indignity lately offered to Mississippi in urging the arrest and removal of tho Governor of the State to New Orleans for trial, on a groundless charge, thus virtually suspending the executive powers of the State Government. "In the debate at Panola, Gen. Foote, in answer to this point of my argument, defended the conduct of the President; and although he disavowed the intention of imputing to me any guilt, yet he intimated that there was causo for suspicion in the alleged fact that some arms belonging to the Sate of Mississippi had been carried off to be used in the Cuba expedition. "In my reply I said that the charge or insinuation, coming from whatever source it might, that I had been either instrumental in or cog" ' ? - - r r nizant of the removal or abstraction 01 anj or the public arms from tlie State, was false and scandalous. "With this I supposed further allusion to the subject would end ; but on the next day, at Sledgeville, Senator Foote, in the same qualified manner, repeated the insinuation. Determined to repel, in a manner which could not be misunderstood, such indirect assaults upon my character, in my rejoinder I deliberately pronounced the insinuations as false and cowardly ?scandalous and ungentlemanly. Upon some inquiries by him of what I meant, I repeated the same language. He then inqurcd whether I intended to insult him?I said that I ivould answer that question outside of the crowd. "Standing upon the ground with a table and my papers before n;c, 1 then turned to the audience, and was proceeding to say, that under thr> rirrumcinnees 1 believed that further joint debate between us would be injurious to public morals, and therefore I declared our joint appointments terminated from that day. While thus speaking, I was several times interrupted by Senator Footc, and at length heard his voice near me on my right exclaim you are a liar, and turning towards him, 1 saw him advancing .md aiming a blow at me, which slightly grazed my person. Before I could turn upon him quietly ho glided back out of the reach of my arm, and as I sprang towards him a number of gentlemen rushed in and protected him from merited chastisement, hut not until I had dealt him a blow with my fist, and one with my loot, the force of both weakened by the efforts of persons to hold me back. This scene occurred in the presence of a large and respectful audience of ladies and gentlemen. "While I feel mortified in having been even ' an unwilling participator in a scene so dis reputable to a canvass :or a mgn anu uignmeu \ office, I feel assured that I will he justified by j an intelligent public in having used the strongest language to repeal an insidious attack upon i my character, repeated for the second or third time. I shall make no comments upon this affair, being content to leave it to the judgment of an intelligent and high-minded community. J. A. QUITMAN." Fifty four Forty.?The people of Oregon still maintain that their northern boundary is nothing short of 54.40, and a good many are , found of the same opinion in other parts of our glorious Union. Late developments in the region above the fine of 40, have proved the ex i.stonce of rich gold d.'porits near the shore of the S'rr.its, and by the news by the last Oregon mail is to the effect that hundreds of northern neighbors are about to take up their quarters in what have been deemed by certain credulous people a part of her majesty's dominions. It appenrs, however, that the royal power of England has determined to defend these mines from intrusion, bv calling the entire force upon t'.io Pacific coast to rendezvous at this point; | and if the attempt is made to oust the occupants, wo may find some new elements in the presi- i dential campaign for 1852, which tho politician i wots not of at present. The Sandwich Islands , and 54.40 may be Pacific responses to Cuba i and all the Canadns. Which of the candidates for the White IIouso will be first to show their j bands!?Sacramento Times. ^ A Srp.cK of War.?The Houston Tele, graph, of July 18th, says: "Several persons who have lately visited the towns of Santa Rosa, Morelos and the Presidio, for the purpose of recapturing runaway slaves, have returned, and report that the fugitive slaves are harbored by the Mexicans, and in some instances force has been used to prevent our citizens from recapturing these slaves. This has so exasperated many of the settlers at the West, that the\' are determined to raise a force sufficient to overpower all opposition, and re-capture their slaves at all hazards. At the last accounts a large party of armed Texans had assembled near Presidio, and threatened to attack the town if the fugitive slaves were not given up.~ It is intimated that there are not less than two thousand fugitive slaves in the Mexican towns between the mouth of the Rio Grande and Presidio. In Santa Rosa, there are forty fugitives who escaped f.om one plantation in Arkansas. The owner has made many efforts to induce them to return to Arkansas, hut in vain. They boast that they ate in a free country, and permitted to enjoy equal privileges whith the Mexicans. V,'o have been informed that about two hundred fugitives from Texas crossed at one of the principal ferries on the Rio Grande, during the last two years. It is evident that these things will not long ho tolerated by our citizens, and unless some measures are adopted by tne government to prevent the mischief, the citizens will arm themselves and make a foray upon the Mexican towns to recover their property. We have much reason to fear that difficulties of a very serious character are springing up on that frontier, and unless a fugitive slave treaty be concluded with Mexico, another war may, ere long, ho inevitable. We are informed that a company of ninety men well arniod and equipped, will soon be marched into Santa Rosa, if certain slaves are not given up, and we should not be surprised if fivehundred or a thousand men should follow them, should they meet with opposition from the Mexican authorities. Onr information is derived from such respectable sources, that we think there can be little doubt that difficulties are brewing on our western frontier, that may prove far more serious than those relating to the Cuban invasion. It may be well for the government to look well to this subject, and take timely precautions to prevent another rupture with Mexico." Accident on the Greenville Kail Road.?We loom that tho nne^piirrer train on this road ran off the track on Wednesday evening, about three miles from Newberry C. II., by which a number of passengers were seriously injured. We are glad to learn that no fatal results have followed. A cow jumping on the track out of an excavated road crossing immediately before the engine was caught before the train could be st<?pj>ed, and catching in the break, caused the passenger train to be thrown from the track, and as it was a descending grade upon a curve, it was immediately capsized and dragged along the bank until it was detached. The centre pin of the rear truck giving way caused the car to thump most violently after the wheels were detached, and to this may be attributed the serious injuries which occurred. Mrs. Moorer, of Orange, had her arm broken at the wrist; her daughter, Miss Moorer, a se vere dislocation of the wrist; Mr. Moorer, an injury in the back ; Dr. Sill, severe contusions ; .Mrs. Sill, seriouslv injured ; Mr. Clough larrar, ot Charleston, contusions; Mr. I*. T. Villepigue, of Charleston, contusions, and but few out of lortv persons escaped without injuries. No blame can lie attached to the engineer, who could not possibly have stopped the train by any means in his power. Mr. (filbert, the conductor, Col. A. (i. Summer, and W. H. Ciles, of Union, rendered prompt and efficient service in extricating the sufferers from their perilous - - vV 1 ?!.?, ,ilrt ?? Situation. in; are iiuuniim mill. mv> It.ciuv. U> the car is n perfect ruin, ami that the scene was most distressing when these gentlemen broke in the doors, in order to relieve them.? We are happy in being able to state that all the sufferers were doing well at the last accounts.? Columbia Carolinian. DISCOVERY IN EGYPT. A most interesting discovery has been made in Egypt. It is known that there exists in Mount Zabarah, situated on an island in the Red Sea, a mine of emeralds, which was formerly worked by the pachas of Egypt, but abandoned in the last years of the reign of Melieniet Ali. An English Company have solicited and recently obtained authority to resume the working of this mine, which is believed to be still rich with precious stones. .Mr. Allan, tho engineer the company, while directing some impj?byit excavations in this place, has discovered atjjn great depth trace^of an an cieut galler\fwHiicli i*ut>' x-vidoofTy bo -referred to th# mostjj'reinote antiquity. Upon romoW j ing the rubbish, |thcy found tools and ancient utensils, and a stone, upon which is engraved a hieoroglyphic inscription, now partidily defaced. This circumstance proves the truth of the opinion expressed by Bolzoni, on the strength of other indications, that this mine was worked in ancient times. The nature and form of the implements discovered, an?I the configuration of ;he gallery, the plan of which has been readily traced, prove j most conclusively that tho ancient Egyptains ' were skilful engineers. It seems from examination of the stone which has heen discovered that the first labors in the mine of Zaharah were commenced in the reign of Sesostris the Great, or Rnincses Sesostris who, according to the most generally received opinion, lived about the year 1050 before Christ, and who is celebrated by his immense conquests, as well as by the innumerable monuments with which he covered Egypt.?N. Y. Commercial Advertiser. Simplicity.?The more I see of the world, the more I am satisfied that simplicity is the companion of true greatness. I never yet knew a truly great man who overtopped his fellow-man; who did not possess certain playful, and almost infantile simplicity. True greatness never struts or plays the king upon his stage. Conscious of its elevation, and in knowing what lhat elevation consists, it is happy to act its part like other men in the common amusements and business of mankind. It is not afraid of being undervalued for its humility.?Paulding. CAMDEN, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1851. THO. J. WARREN, Editor. i-W" Admirator" shall appear on Friday.? We will thank our correspondents to write their communications with ink Pencil marks are not suitable lor primers eyes. Improvements. Our Council have done much towards the improvement of our town, and Main-street is being made one of the very best. The plan upon which it has been improved, is an admirable one, and we hope all the streets may in the course of time undergo the same improvements. Our Council are entitled to our thanks for their efficiency so ; far, and we hope they will not grow weary in well doing. Too much praise cannot be bestowed upon our indefatigable Marshal, under whose direction the work has been prosecuted, Plank Road. Yes, Plank Road ! Whether our friends like it or not, we must again urge upon them the absolute necessity of their doing something in this matter. Suppose we let politics take holiday for a while, and talk about our interests at home. It is an .acknowledged fact, that a decent, passable market road is needed from the up-country to Camden, and a road of the very best kind can be constructed at a very moderate expense, which will give Camden at least some sort of a showing with atfrsister towns, in point of commercial prosperity. As the matter now stands, we are far behind the age. We are scarcely known and acknowledged away from home as a place of any * * * - r ^ J _ size or note, and things must get worse, u iney uv not get better. Our people have had line upon line, in regard to t'je theory of this matter, and now we want a practical demonstration. Let subscription lists he opened at once, and let those who feel any interest (however slight,) in Camden, say how ihuch they are willing to subscribe towards this laudable and*praiseworthy enterprise.^:', *, Wepppy in another column, from our neighbor, the Republic ra^celiont article oji this subject, to which we invftSjLjjMM^ntionofr our reaWe like the suggestion majkfTo us by an old and highly respectable citizen jvhn is not only able but willing to subscribe liberaWlo this enterprise. H? says, build ten miles i^^ie road at once, and there will be no fear for tH* result? | The advantage will be so great that the balance can be made without difficulty. Serious Rail Road Accidont. We learn that a serious accident occurred on [ the South Carolina Railroad on Sunday morning ! last, at or near Fort Motte. We understand that ; a freight train left Columbia that morning about an hour and a half earlier than the passenger train, for Charleston, and when it arrived near Fort Motte the Engineer discovered that a rail had been removed, evidently by some malicious ; _ - 1. _ - ?kL? Imientor clnn lh*.? i pensuiFj lie \>ar nui U?jiv? Jiv?v?wij ?..v | j engine in time, and the consequence was that the j ! engine was thrown off the track and crushed, and oilier cars thrown off and injured. The Engineer was severely cut on his leg, and a Fireman had a part of one foot cut off. Others may have j been injured. The above facts have been given ' us, and arc as near as we can give them. Death by Lightning. ^ ! On Friday last, a negro man belonging to Mrs. Brevard was killed by lightning, at her plantation on the river in this District. ' :r k^Tlie Baltimore Sun may well^jSe dubbed " a snapper up of unconsidered trifles," as well as ! an advocate of the policy of its neighbors, the free j soilers of Pennsylvania, New York, &c.; for it is j really pitiful to observe the rapacity with which : it gulps down every little submission sentiment (?) that was uttered on the late anniversary of Americuri'Tndependence. The following toast, which j is as void of sense as it is of dignity, was given by one D. R. Dunham, somewhere in Florida, and i tickles the editor of the Sun very much:? By D. It. Dunham : rhe great, mighty,puissant, magnificent, and grandiloquent Motion of South Carolina?Q,uattlebum and kettle drums?sixpenny trumpets?boards of ordnance and 48 inch howitzers! How she'll astonish the Universe! Now, we would be plad to know where Mr. Dunham was in 18ji6, when South Carolina so gallantly equipped and sent forth her sous to assj>x the inhabitants of that little State in her struggle with, tb8 Sfhiinolcs. Was ho in Connecticut, making wooden nuttflegs and horn gun flints? Or was he i't Eitfbpe, the vassal of a monarch, and the liveried lackey of some proud autocrat? When J^Thas answered these questions rightly, we wii lie able to decide whether he is to be al-1 loWed to speak in such terms of his superiors. The allusion to Quattlebum is a very clear echo tff the New York Tribune, to which tribe he now probably belongs. If so, he is rather small game, and so we give him the go by, believing that sooner or later he will find his proper level. ** * Perils of Camfhinf..?The New York Commercial Advertiser states that a gentleman in Brooklyn has kept a record of all the accidents by camphine that have occurred in that vicinity, and have bpen reported in the newspapers since the 3d of July, 1850, and they number fifty nine.? | Many persons have been fatally injured, and much i valuable property has been destroyed by this expiosive and combustible fluid. It is fully as dan- I gerous as gunpowder, and, when we consider the 1 number of cheap inferior lamps that arc used, it is astonishing that accidents are not more frequent. Unless a camphcne lamp is made per- , fectly airtight, and constantly kept so when igni- 1 ted, an explosion may ensue at any moment, and j it is about as rational to put a torpedo into the | hands of children end servants as it would be to 1 give them a hand-grenade or bombshell. Captives Rescued. General Harney, commanding on the Texan frontier, reports the rescue of seventeen Mexican captives from the hands of the Camanche and Lipan Indians, which he has caused to be delivered up to the Mexican authorities at Guerraro, in compliance with the 11th article of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Sixteen of the captives were boys, and were children taken by the Indians in their predatory excursions in the Northeastern provinces of Mexico. Although many of them had been in captivity from five to seven years, our officers were successful in obtaining from the Indians such particulars respecting their parentage and places of birth as will probably re store them all to their tannines. Don't go There. The Northern papers have received information from Wm. W. Brown, a fugitive slave who is now in England, lie advises fugitives not to go to that country, aa he thinks they are poor enough there already, but recommends those miserably subsisting in Canada, to emigrate to the West Indies. Central Southern Rights Association of Virginia.?This Association, at their last meeting, on the 18th ult.. (W. D. Leake, president pro tem.,) invited a general convention of all the Southern Rights Associations in Virginia, to meet in Richmond on the first Monday in October next There are now fifteen hundred members attached to the Association in Richmond. Famine Apprehended.?The West Alabamian, published at Carrollton.Pickens county, Ala., says that the drought in that section of the State is unparallelled, and that apprehensions are entertained of a famine in consequence of it A public meeting has been called to take the subject into consideration. More Co-operation.?Company C. of the Fourth Artillery, consisting of three lieutenants nnd 53 privates, arrived yesterday in the boat from Wilmington. Another Company of Artillery will arrive in the boat this morning.? They are, we understand, intended to strengthen the garrisons of the forts in onr harbor. Large'tjuantities of ordnance munitions have also arrived recently in vessels from the North. ?Charleston Mercury. North Carol md -Education.?We learn by a gentleman from North Carolina that the returns in Stanly's district, so far as heard from, show a gain of 74 for the Democratic candidate over the last election, wherviiiaiilv was elected by 47 votes, and afford a hope tfintlie is defdlted. -lb. Revenue of the Post Office Department.?The National Intelligencer savs that the accounts for the quarter ending March 31, 1851, which have just been settled at the Post Office Department, show that the nett receipts of postages during that quarter to be - - $1,723,S?8 4% For the coresponding quarter of R < 1850 the amount was - - 1,4G2,W5 04 Show ing an increase of - - ?261,762 79 or of about 17 3-4 per cent. Should the receipts of the last quarter of the fiscal year (the accounts fbMvhich will not be fully settled until October) ?how a similar increase, the revenue account for the year will exhibit the gratifying increase of eighteen per cent, nearlv. w * Second Gun from Alabama,?We are indebted to the Montgomery Advertiser and Gazette for another telegraphic decjmteh, giving the following cheering. intelligenceJfrom Alabama: The State Rights ticket in Mobile county is elected by 450 majority. In Butler, the same ticket has succeeded by a large tfiajority. Dallas county lias elected a State Bigly (gan.?* Perry county, two State Rights men. CJorosby and King. In Autauga county, the entire State Rights ticket has been elected. In Barbour county the State Rights ticket is elected? Cochran's majority 495. Lowndes county has elected the Union ticket by over 100 majority. In Chamber*, the Union ticket has succeeded by 461 majority. The returns received indicate the election of Bragg, State Rights, over Langdon, Union, by about fifteen hundred majority. The election of Harris and Cochran are doubtful. The vote will lie a very close one. In Talledega county White has a majority of 400?entire Union ticket elected. In Benton county, Rice has 700 majority, and Harris 426?the entire Southern Rights ticket elected. In Autauga county, Harris 153 majoritySouthern Iliuhts ticket elected. Pike county, Ahercrombio's majority reported at 200?Un ion ticket elected. In P??.rry county, Harris has 40 majority?Goldsby, King, H. C. Lee and Cook, elected. Greensboro 200 majority for Erwin. Clarke 501 majority lor Bragg. Harris and Rice will be elected, and Cochran and Ileal.? Tel. Cor. Georgia Constiiuf tnnnJ t<ef New Cannon for throwing Chain Shot.?Mr. Adam Lemmers, of Newark, N. J., has invented and taken measures to secure a patent for a new method of throwing chain shot which will carry terror into the bulwarks or camp of the toe. It consists of a cannon constructed with two bores describing an angle, into each of which is put a ball?the two being united by a chain. It will be evident that when the cannon is discharged, the balls will stretch out the chain according to its length and the angle of the two barrels of the cannon, this will sweep down masts and rigging in great style. The gun is so arranged on the carriage that the barrels can be turned so as to discharge the chain in a horizontal or vertical direction. Cosily Palace.?The ancient palace of the Popes, and the most magnificent in the world, stands on the right bank of the Tiber, at Rome. The palace takes its naruo Irom the hill on which it stands, derived from one of those ancient impositions, known as oracular deities, called by the Romans ''Jupiter Vaticanus." Who began the building is not known, but it was occupied I I ' , J. ' "" V by Charlemagne more than a thousand year# \ ago, and has been increased by successive Pope# until it has reached its present immense extent The numl er of rooms < in the Vatican exceed 4,420, and its treasures in marbles, bronzes/ frescoes, statues, paintings, and gems are an- T equalled in the world and its librqry is the rich- ^ est in Europe. The length of the museuim o( . statues alone is computed to be a mile. ?# #? !? From Uic Southern Republic. Mr. Price: The citizens \of Caniden seem V to approximate- a condition \J of 'supincness, seldom paralleled in the history df a commercial people. There are certain facts in the progress of developmept around them, calculated to insure the souridness^ind perpetuity of their nap, if they do fill asleep. It needs not even a Poet's inspiration/to foretell that the merry jingle of the wkg<&-bell "no more shall rouse them from thei^ lonely bed," if they arouse not iuno, thofr prostrate energies.? What Is the value of those interests, to be af- | fected injuriously by the facts of which we propose to speak ? first. Real Estate in Ca vn...... $446,430' Merchandise &c 800,009 S. C. (Camden Branch) R. Road & Camden Bank Stocks 460,009 . Mechanics Factorage and profession, inca- I pable of exact estimate but supposed value < in money . 250.000 Real Estate in the vicinity of Camden and fl dependant on the Town, for value 310,000 Total ,.?1,656*430 nni.:.. :- ?i, ? ,._i xuu u inc muuujf \aiuc ui iucoc- iutcivoifl. But who can estimate in figures the value of those domestic and social interests involved in these? Whence arises the danger which threaten their destruction r Cast an eye upon the map *** of South Carolina, .and make a point upon, the east side of Wateree Swamp, in a line-due west from Manchester, in Sumter District. By the way, conjure up the image of Al&nohester as you would now see it, a spectre of a village in ruins, and let it haunt your memory,49 a type of the desolation which threatens' your tune honored Town. But' to recur to the map, draw a line as straight as may he fronythe noint established, to Sumfervifle, thence ffirough Middle Salem, across Lynches cr/ek, Spttgwr Swamp and Lake Swamp, to a point witbuhdO miles south of Darlington village, thence near Mars Bluifonthe ftjedee River, crossing in the way JefFrev's Creek, thence/early due earthy Marion Court Hodee to XVilmington N. C. This line represent the Manchester andWl mington itauroaa. i in success m uuw rmaava palpably certain, j anyone more season, ?of pumter trade, alope cm. We shall lave two more with D&rlisten and then Ae filltf"; told. Superior . enfergy will have brightest jewel fjcybyour grasp?similar eangy must replace it firom other quarters. Wc will turn again to the map. From Cheraw in the direction of Wadesboro, draw a line to intersect the Boundary of the This represents the Plank Road alrtadfttir scribed for by the citizens of Oheraw, though the project is but of yesterday. This has been met bwa response from Charlotte N. & proposing thaconstruction of a similar road to meetit. i "Thai bad begins; the worst remains bohind." Draw a line on the map from Columbia passing wear Rice Creek Springs, to a point fourteen miles from Winnsboro, twenty-five a miles from Colombia, and tscelvt nila. frm | Liberty Hill, thence to Winnsboro, tberfce to Chestervillc, thence throngh the lower J^rt of York District to Charlotte 1, ,CLr. ThbLsoriUs our doom if ice make no more to counteract the natural res tits of these enterprises. /Camden, e.mrnunnta ? tw^int. within a .circle. JUU JlCllClXi, IVflVOVMM. ? - ^ whose iron disc, no trade can pcnctrat/by the established avenues. We have no back country which is not tapped and drathey Already do our Lite customers of Lancwter pertbrm the journey from Columbia,, home, is I one dav, by the Charlottce Railroad, now, within ten Tuiles of Chesterville. Afready,canour i'rieaus of Liberty Hill and /Reaver Creek, 1 jjeach Columbia to tea, havjug baeakfast at home, and return to dinne^ having left the Capitol the same day. Already a Stage Ravels between Charlotte ef. C. Old the head of the ! Railroad, and already ha? the travel by this route diminished. ' How many bales of cotiui will cross the Catawba/or the Camden market in future, toiling drer the clay-holes and sandbeds, which intervene? How many, after tha completion of (he Charlotte road, will come here from Norfli Carolina to encounter the same difficulties? How many from the W asxhaws, whose fertile fields will be within car shot of the thund 'ring foot-falls of the iron horse, _?:ft. __.ii?SWA]ff>s the echoes of WUll'llj BWilt M IOCU nm? ? - . the Indian Land Yes he rolls resistless, orer the last resting place of a once happy people* ^ The Catawbos, the friends of the white man. Their villages once filled the landscape with picturesque beauty, and the hunters shout, and the maidens cheerful song, mingled together with the merry laughter of sporting childhood. Now they have passed away and left no trace behind. They tcere a people incapable of tdfprotcetion. The destiny which swept away their villages may bring desolation here. Skt ice are not a people incapable of self protection. Hence if ruin befall us, it is suicide. Because he who does not prevent a result, when he can, is the author of that result. Will no one point out tho path of safety ? Pine Plank. < The Shirt Sewers of New Youfi-A mong the many occupations at which womeu are engaged in that city, there are none who receive poorer compensation than the shirt sewers.?There are six thousand women in that city employed in making shirts, and four-fifths of these earn barely enough to keep the life in their body. Many have the misfortune to be engag?) u_ j:_i i 1?uto nfton chanted tJU Uy UISUUIK'31 l"III|JIUVCi o, aiu ? ?.. - out of their miserable pittance, and, as a last resort, are forced to throw themselves upon the charity of the public. There are a large nom? ber on the listofout-door pensioners of the Alms House who receive from one to two dollars a month, upon which they are barely enabled to live. Some time ago several shirt sewers organized a co-operative society at No. 6 Henry street, where orders wore received for rJl kinds of needle work. This societ}', for soino time after its formation, was pretty liberally supplied with work, but within the last few months the custom has gradually diminished till at present