I ----- *Mr. Austin Thornton, of northMulberry street, one of our respected and reliable colored citizens, last Wednesday fittingly celebrated hie 69th birth anniversary. He is a tried and true veteran of the civilwar, having served under Capt.Wm. H. Brooks ia Co, K, 8th Regiment U. S. Colored Infantry, having enlisted at Brownsville, Texas, where he was honorably discharged November 10, 1865,