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Postmasters are legally authorised to remit money for subscriptions, uncer their tranks. •Z'flSSuy Tn hSVSE S|.f. 30 Ann street, New t ork. m - SPERM CANDLES AND SOAP.-SO boxes first quality Sperm 0m;l les ;,0 box r So. and 2 l| iaE GUNS.—And Bdcw the Market. THE COLUMBUS TIMES. VOLUME I.] THE BARON’S LAST BANQ.UET. BV ALBERT G. CKEIKE. O’er a low couch the setting sun Had thrown its latest ray Wh ere, in his last s'rong agony, A dying warrior lay ; The stern old Baron Rudiger, Whose frame had ne’er been bent By wasting paw, till time and toil Its iron strength Hart spent. “■They come around me here, and say, My cays of life are o’er. That 1 -liiJl mount my noble steed, And lead my baud no more ; They eoiue, and to my beard they dare To te!l me now, that I. Their own liege lord and master born— That I. ha ! ha T must die ! ** And what is Death ? I’ve dared him oft Belore the Paynim spear ; Think ye he’s entered at my gate, Has come to seek me h re ? I’ve met him—faced him—scorned hint— Winn the fight wa< raging hot; I‘ll try his might ; 1 btave his powtr, Defy, arid tear him not! *• Ho ! sound the tocsin fiom my tower, And fire tie culvtrin ! Bid each retainer arm with speed— Gall ev ry v< sal in ; Up wubiny banner on the wall— Tile banquet board prepare, Throw wide the portal o! my hall. And bring my armor there!” An hundred hands were busy then; The banquet forth was spread, A ml rang the heavy oaken floor With many a martial tread; While from the rich dark tracery, Along each vaulted wail, Lights gleamed on harness, plu ■ and spear, O’er the proud old Gothic hall. Fast hurrying through the outer gate, The mailed retainer poured. On through the portal's frowning arch, And throng'd around the boaid ; While at Us head, within his duik, Carved oaken chair of state, Aimed cap-a-pie, stern Rudiger, With glided falchion, sa'e. ” Fill every beaker up, my men ! Pour tor h the cheering wine ; There’s lite and strength m every drop— Thanksgiving to th vine ! Are ye ah there inv vassals true ? Mine eyes are waxing dun; Fill round, my tried and tearless ones, Each gobiet to the brim ! “ Ye ’re there but yet I see ye not; Draw forth each trusty sword, And let me hear your tai'hf. l steel t lash once around uiy board: I hear it faint')’ —I iinier yet ! What clogs my heavy breath? Up ali ! and shout f>r Rudiger. • D<Jinnee unto Di alh ” B >•■ i ranu to howl, steel clanged to steel, An 1 rose a deafening cry, Thai made the torches flare around, And shook the flags on high ; “ Ho, cravens ! do ve fear him ? fiiay.es, liaiiursf haveve flown? Ho co'aids! have ) left me To meet him here, alone ! But I defy him—let him come! ” Dow n iang the massy cup. Winle (rum us sheaili the ready blade Came Hashing lialf-w;.y up; And with the black and neavy plumes Scarce iieinnling on Irs head, There, in hi • duik. carved oaken chair, O.el K.udig*-r sal, dead ! TRIAL OP WARREN HASTINGS. 1 lie* pi epai.it tons lor tlie trial find f> oceed cd lapnlly, ami on the 13 <>l Febrmaiy, 1788, llie mi linos oi Ihe court c.oumieiiced. There i nave been spectacles more duzzitun In the eye mote gtngcous vvtlli j’ wdry ol doth gold itiOte amaciive to gtown uj children, iliaii I Hi.it vv ll ioii w.is then exhibited at VV eslmmts ji* hai, p thop-, there never vva a spectacle s > weh caietii.ited lo strike a highly cultivate'! i rilLcmig, an imaginative timid. Al the va ! nous kiinis ol inii-ieat which belong to the near and to the dunam, to the present and to tile pjsi, were collected iu one hour. All llie talents and all the accniiiplishinei.ts vvnicli are dcvclope hy liberty and civilization were n *\v displayed, won every advaulaoe dial Could he uerived, botti I'rinn co operation and from | conliast. Every step m the piuceedtugs car- I vied HiC mind either backward, through many ; uonhletl centuiies, to llie days when the foun- Ida lions ol the constitution were laid; or lar away, over boundless seas and deserts, lo dusky ualioi.s liv.no under strange stars, wor shipping strange gods, and writing strange characUis lioui right lo left. The high Court o Parliament Was to sit, according to hums handed down Inm tiie days of the Pianiairciieis, on an Englishman accused of cxe cistng tyranny over Hie lord of the holy city ot Benares, and the ladies of lhe prince ly house of Oiiile. The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the nie.it hall of V\ ilkato Rufus, the hall which haii resounded with acclamations at the inauguration oi thirty kings; the hall winch had witnessed the just sentence of Ba con, and ttie just absolution of Somers; the half in vvlut h itie eloquence of Stafldrd had lor a moment awed and melted a victorious par.y inflamed with just resentment; the hall wheie (Ji-arles had eonlionud the high court of justice which t e placid courage which lias hall redeemed his fame. Neither military I nor civil (romp was wanting. The avenues were lilted with grenadiers. The streets were kept clear by cavalry. The peers, robed in gold and ermine, were marshalled by the her alds, under Gariet King-at-Aims. The judg es, in their vestments of slate, attended to give advice on points of law. Near a hundred and seventy lords, three-fourths of the upper House as the upper House then was, walked in solemn order from their usual place of as semhlmg to the tribunal. The junior Baron piesenlUd the way—Loid Heaihfield—re cently ennobled lor Ins memorable de'ence of G.biallar, agonist the fleets and armies of France and ofSpain. The long procession was closed hv the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of the Realm, bv the great dignimries,and by the brothers and thesons of the King. Last ; of all came the F.inceof Wales, conspicuous by Ins fine person and noble bearing. The gray o;d ways were hung in scarlet.— The long galleries were crowded by such an audience as has rarely excued the fears orthe emulation of an orator. There were gath- I ered together, from r-il parts of a great, free enlightened and prosperous realm, grace and female loveliness, wit and learning, the rep resentatives of every science and of every science and ol every art. Tire re were seated i round the Queen, the fair-haired young I daughters of the house of Brunswick. — There the ambassadors of great kings ate* commonwealths gazed with admiration oil a spectacle which no other country in die world could present. There Siddons, in the prime ol her majest c beauty, looked with emotion on a scene surpassing all the imitations of the : stage. Ttiere the historian of the Roman empire thought of the days when Cicero plea- j ded the cau-e of Sicily agtinsl Verres ; and j when before a senate which had still some } show of freedom. Tacitus thunde-ed against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen, side hv side, the greatest pain'er and the gieatest scholar of the age. The sjiectaele had allured Reynolds from that ease! which has preserved to us the thoughtful foreheads of so many writ, rs and statesmen, and the sweet snides <>f so many noble matrons. Ii had induced Parr to suspend his labors in that dark and profound mine from which he had extricated a treasure ol'erudition—a treasure to * often buried in the earth, too often para ded with it*jud cions and inelegant osieuta tion ; hut still precious, massive and splendid. There sopcared the voluptuous charms of her COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 23, 1811. to whom the heir to the throne had in secret plighted his faith.'t There too, was she, the heaulilu mother of a beautiful race, the Si. Celtlia, whose delicate features, lighted up by love and music, art has rescued from the common decay.t There were the members of that brilliant society, which quoted, criti cised, at'd exchanged repartees, under the rich peacock hangings of Mrs. Montague. Ar.d the ladies, whose lips more persuasive than Fox himself, had carried the Westminister election against palace anil treasury, stione around Georgian, Duchesof Devonshire. The sergeant made proclamation. Has tings advanced to the bar of his knee. The culprit w*s indeed not unworthy of that great presence. He had ruled an extensive and populous country, had made laws and treaties, had sent forth armies, had set up and pulled down princes. And in his high place he had so borne himself, that all had feared, that most haft loved him, and that hatred itself could deny him no title lo glory, excep; virtue. He looked like a great man, and not like a baa man. A ptrsot. small and emaciated, yet de riving dignity from a carriage which while it unbeaten also habitual self possession and self lespect—a high aavl intellectual forehead —a brow ptnsive, but not gloomy—a mouth of inflexible decision—a face paleand worn, but serene,on which was written as legibly as under the great picture in the council cham ber in Calcutta, Mens <cqua in arduis —such was the as|)ect with which the great procon sul presented himself to his judges. ILs counsel accompanied him, men all of whom were afterwards raised by their talents and learning to the highest posts in their pro iessiou—the bold anil strong minded Law, afterward Chief Justice of the King’s Bench; the mine humane and eloquent Dallas, afier wards Chief Justice of the Common Pleas ; and P unier, who nearly twenty years later, successfully conducted in the same high court the defence of Lo and Melville, and subse oueiiilv tiecame Vice Chancellor and Master of the Rolls. But neither the culprit nor his advocates at tracted so much attention as the accusers. In the midst of a blaze of red drapery, a space had been filled up with green benches and ta bles for the Commons. The managers, with Burke at their head, appeared in full dress. — The collectors of gossip did not fail to remark that even Fox, generally so regardless of his appearance, had po id to the illustrious tribunal the compliment of wearing a bag and swonl. Pm bad refused to be tine of the con ductors of the impeachment; and bis com manding, copious and sonorous elolquence was wanting to that great muster of various talents. Age and blindness bad unfitted Lord North for the dunes of a public prosecutor ; ami los friends were left without the help of bis excellent sense, his tact, and his urban ity. But, in spite of !he absence of these two distinguished members of the lower House, the box in which the managers stood con tained an array of speakers such as perhaps bad not appeared together since the age of Athenian eloquence. There stood Fox and Sheridan, the English Demosthenes, and the Hv|>eii(les. There was Burke, ignorant, in deed, or negligent, of the art ol adapting his reasonings and his style to the capacity and taste of his hearers; but in amplitude of comprehension and richness of imagination superior to every orator, ancient or modern. There, with eyes reverentially fixed on Burke appeared the finest gentleman of the age; his torm developed by every manly exer cise; his face beaming with intelligence and spirit—the ingenuous, t e chivalrous, the high souled Windham. Nor, though surrouuded ivy such men. did the youngest manager pass unnoticed. Al an age when most of those who distingui-hed themselves in life are still contending lor prizes and fellowships at college, he had won for himself a conspicuous place in Parliament. No advantage of for tune or connection was wanting that could set ofl’ to the height Ins splendid talents and un blemished honor. At twenty three he had been thought worthy to be ranked with the veteran statesman who appeared as the dele gates of me British Commons at the bar pi the British nobility. All who stood at the bar save him alone, are gone—culprit, advocates, acusers. To llie genera Eon which is now in the vigor of life, he is the sole represenla ,tve of a great age which has passed away.— But those who, within the last ten years, have listened with delight, till the morning sun shone on the tapestries of the House of Lords to tiie lofty and animated eloquence of Charles Earl Grey, are able to form some estimate of the powers of a race of men a uiong whom be was not the foremost. The charges and answers of Hastings Were first read. The ceremony occupied two two whole days, and was rendered less tedi ous than it would otherwise have been, by the silver voice and just emphasis of Cowper, the cierk ol the court, a near relation of the amiable poet. On the third day Burke mse. Four sittings of the court were occupied by Ins opening sjieeclt, which was intended to be a general introduction to all the charges.— V\ nb an exuberance of thought and a splen | oorof diction which more than satisfied the j highly raised expectation of the audience, he described the character atul institutions of j the natives of India ; recounted the circm j stances in which the Asiatic empire of Brit j am had originated; and set forth the constt | tution of the company, and of the English I presidencies. Having thus attempted to commuuicate to his hearers an idea of Eas t'-rn society, as vivid as that which existed in ins own mind, he proceeded to arraign the administration of Hastings, as systematical Iv conducted in defiance oi’ morality and pub lic law. The energy and pathos of the great ora-’ lor extorted expressions of unwonted admi ration, even from the stein and hostile Chan cellor; and, for a moment seemed to pierce even die resolute heart of the and fend ant.— The ladies iu the galleries, unaccustomed toj such displays of eloquence, excited by the so lemnly of the occasion, ami perhaps not un willing to display their taste and sensibility were in a state ot uncontrolled emotion.— Handkerchiefs were puHed out, smelling bot tles were handed round, hysterical sobs and screams were heard, and Mrs. Sheridan was carried out in a fit. At length the orator ’•(included. Raising his voice til theoldarcres of Irish oak resounded—“ Therefore,” said he “hath it with all confidence been ordered by! tie Commons of Gieat Britain, thai I impeach Warren Hisiing of high crimes and misde meanors. Wai ren Hastings of high crimes : anu misdemeanors. I impeach him in the nine of die Commons House of Parliai: eni whose trust he has betrayed. I impeach him in tht name of the English nation, whose an cient, honor lie has sullied. I impeach him in the mine of the people of Ind a, whose rights he hastrodden under foot, and whose court- 1 ! trv lie fits turned into a desert. Lastly, in the | nameol human nature itself, in the na ,- e of both sex’s, in the name of every age, in the | name of ‘very rank, I impeach the common enemy an! oppressor of all!” [W suhpin an extract front a work abound ing in anetUote and personal and historical information.—Wraxall’s Posthumous Me moirs of hi**wn time. Ft presents the char acter of HaSings in anew and more favora ble aspre*, cnJ with greater justice we do not “THE UNION OF THE STATES, AND THE SOVEREIGNTY Or T£ STATES.” doubt than that drawn from cotemporaneous opinions, and especially the views of it derived Irom such reports of the great impeachment trial as have come down to us. Wraxall was tns cotemporary, and only friend so tar as he was disposed to do justice to his character. — This portion of the “ Memoirs” was written in 1718.] At this time arrived in London, from the banks of the Ganges, where be bad so long occupied the highest place, Governor Gener al Hastings. He will fill too distinguished a place in those memoirs not to trace the lea ding features of bis character. When he landed in his native country, he had attained his fifty-second year, after having resided du ring the far greater part of his memoriable Ide either on the coast or Coromandel or in Bengal In his person he was thin, but not tall; of a spare habit, very bald, with a coun tenance placid and thoughtful but when ani mated, lull of intelligence. Never, perhaps, did any man, who parsed the Cape of Good Hope, display a mind more above metcenary considerations. Ph>ced in a sitnation wheie lie might have amassed immense wealth with out exciting censure, he revisited England with only a modest competence. Animated by llie ambition of maintaining, perhaps of extending, the dominions of the East India Company, he looked down on pecuniary concerns. Mrs. Hastings, who was more attentive to that essential article, brought home a bout forty thousand pounds, acquit ed without her husband’s privity or approval; hut she had the imprudence to place it in the hands of a London merchant, who shortly af terwaids proved bankrupt. The fact, not the loss , chagiined Hastings, when the cir cumstances became known to him. At this hour, in 1818, he subsists ptincipally or wholly, on the annuity ot lour thousand pounds a year, conferred on him by the East India Company ; driving nearly four miles to church on Sundays in a one horse chair, and exhibiting no splendor in his domestic estab lishment. When Major Scott quitted Bengal, the governor geeeral presented him a bond for ten thousand pounds, intended as a re muneration for the office of his future agent in England, the bond, bearing interest, when reclaimed by Scott, was paid; but not with out causing inconvenience, or I might pecu niary difficulty, to Hastings. The only individual related to him by con sanguinity. who came out to Bengal while he remained at the bead of the government, was a gentleman in the military service of the company. His name was Gardiner. I be lieve be never attained beyond the rank of a subaltern; and he fell in the stornnngofFort Guulior by Col. I'opham, about the year 1780. Previous to the attack, Gardiner made bis will on a drum bead. It began thus— “ Whereas I have the honor of being relaled to the Governor General; and whereas 1 pos sess no fortune, have incurred many debts, and have besides a mistress with tivo children, I hereby bequeath my debts, my affairs, my girl and my two children, to the protection of Mr. Hastings.” The Governor General took i the persons thus made over to him under his j immediate care, paid llie demands, and ful filled the will. He displayed a magnanimous mind, as much superior to revenge as above the desire ol accumulating riches. Lacam, a man whom I well knew,and who planned the formation of a harbor at Saugtir, not far from the mouth of the Ganges, was patronized by Hastings. Conceiving the project to be cal culated lor public utilitp.be even lent Lacam a large sum of money (bribe purpose carry ing it into execution. Nevertheless when, in 1774, Clavering, Mnnson, and Francis ar rived at Calcutta, Lacam joined them in their hostility to Hastings’s measures, regardless of his preceding obligations to the governor general. The gentleman who related this tact to me added, *■ 1 pressed him to compel Lacatn to repay the money, after experi encing such proofs of his ingratitude.” “ I cannot,” replied be. ” Why? ” was my ans wer. “ Because,” rejoined he, Lacam is my enemy.” “ Yet,” added the person who communicated to me the anecdote, “ I believe, at that time, Hastings was not worth ten thousand pounds.” In private life, he was playful and gay to a degree hardly conceivable, never carrying his political vexations into the bosom of bis family. Os a temper so buoyant and elastic, that the instant he quilted the council board, where he had been assailed by every species of opposition, often heightened by personal acrimony; oblivious of these painful occur rences, lie mixed in society Ike a youth on whom care had never intruded. How classic was his mind, how philosophic, how alive to the elegant images and ideas presented to us by antiquity, his imitation of Horace’s “ Olium Divos rogat impotenu,” may best evince. He composed it on his re turn home to England, while on board the vessel which brought him Irotn Bengal. His allusion to Lord Clive,and to Alexander El liott, the first of whom lived “ to hate his en vied lot.” while the last perished prematurely in the Cuttack country, (a part of the Coro mandel coast then little known,) just as his public career commenced; these two exem plifies tons of the inanity of all human affairs, and ot the misfortunes which pursue us through life in different shapes, are perhaps finer allusions than the Roman poet’s “ Abstulit clarum ciia moras Achillem ; Longa TithoiHim niinuit sen- ctus.” The conclusion, addressed to Lord Teign nioutli, then Mr. Shore admirably delineates his own moderate desires, and objects of no ble solicitude: “ For me, O Shore, I only claim To merit, not to seek for fame, The good and just to please : A stale above the fear of want, Domestic love, Heaven’s choicest grant, Health, leisure, peace, and ease.” This invocation seems to have been ulti mately realized in his person, al'ier surviving not only the impeachment, which met him on setting foot in his native country, but likewise the far greater number of those distinguished individuals who originated and conducted die parliamentary prosecution against him. Yei it may not be unworthy of remark, as a sin gular fact, that his colleague and opponent, Sir Philip Francis, as well as his successor in the government-general of India, Sir John Macpherson, are both now living, three and I thirty years subsequent to the events under j our consideration. * Gibbon, t Mrs. Fitzherbert. J Mrs. Sheridan. ’ T'.ie challenge of Boston to run Fashion i over the Union Course, Long Island, four miie heats, spring 1842, for twenty thousand dol- I lars aside, one fourth lorfeit, has been accept ed by die Irien is of Fashion, and tin* second Tuesday (ihe 10di) of May next, has been named as the day of the race.—Aug. Const Liabilities of Navigatore. —A coroner’s i inqeest held in Ame has burg a few days since, reiurned a vervict of manslaughter against the pilot and steersman of ihesieamer Kings ton, for running over a sail boat, by which a man bv the name of Simon Cronklute, and ! his wile were drowned. —Savannah Georgian. i Anthracite. —The Anthracite coal regions i have this year turned out nearly 850.000 tons I which is about 100 000 tons more than they yielded last rear.—lb. r i COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES From official tables exhibiting the value of imports from, and exports to each foreign coun try : also the tonnage of American and for eign vessels arriving from and departing to each t'.reign country, during tiie year ending 30th September, 1840, we gather the follow ing tacts. The total value of imports as ex hibited by the statistics of the register’s office, treasury department, is The largest amount from any one country is from England, $33,114,133; from France, next lar gest, $17,57^,870; from Cuba, next, $9,835- 477 ; lrotn China, $0,040,8:29. From Brazil, Mexico, Russia, llanse Towns, British Amer ican Colonies, between two and five millions each, and from Sweden and Norway, Holland, British East Indies, British West Indies, Hay ti, Spain, Spanish West Indies, aside from Cuba, Italy, Venezuela and Chili, the imports were over one million each. The lowest amount imported was from Greece, $5,138. The total value of exports f r the same pe riod was $135,085,940, of which sum $113,- 895,034 was of domestic produce and $lB,- 190,312 were of foreign produce. The lar gest amount of domestic and foreign produce went to England,valued at $57,090,882 ; the next largest amount to France, $21,871,554; Cuba, $0,310,515; British American Colon ies, $6,093,250. The exports to French Gui ana were the lowest, being but SIOO. Os domestic produce, cotton stands at the head, being estimated at next, $10,143,615; then tobacco, $9,883,957; cotton piece goods, $3,549,607; gold and sil ver coin, $2,235,073; rice, $1,942,076, and six other articles exceed one million of dollars. Os the 218,190,312 exports of foreign pro duce, $13,591,359 were iu American vessels, of which $3,906,261 were entitled to draw back. Os the 7,211 American vessels which en tered American ports, 2,843 en'ered New York, 1,201 Massachusetts, 672 Louisiana, 353 Pennsylvania, and 318 Maine. Os the 4,571 foreign vessels, 1,708 entered New York, 1,132 entered ports in Maine, 703 in Massachusetts, and 252 in Lonisiana. The 1,576,546 of American tonnage was manned by 73,004 sailors, or one to about every 21 1-2 tons. The 712,363 foreign ton nage, was maimed by 41,726 sailors, or one to 17 1 13 tons. The amount of American tonnage which entered the southern ports, beginning with Maryland, was 411,153; manned by 17.906 sailors ; of foreign tonnage, 201,534, manned by 9,283 seamen. Os the south Atlantic states, including Ma ryland, Georgia has the largest amount of for eign tonnage, vis : 41,721 tons ; South Caro lina next, 23,950 ; Naryland next, 23,903 tons. Georgia tias more joint American and for eign tonnage than South Carolina, Virginia or North Carolina. From all the tables, it ap pears that our commerce with foreign coun tries with whom we trade to the amount of $1,000,000 and upwards ranks as follows: England, France, Cuba, British American Colonies, Brazil, China. Hanse Towns, Mexi co, Holland, British West Indies, Russia, Chi li, Italy, Spanish West Indies, bounding Cuba, Danish West Indies, British East Indies, Scotland, Hayti, Trieste, Spain, Sweden and Norway, Dutch East Indies, &c. [Savannah Georgian. Fn>m a late English Paper. f THE MAMMOTH IRON STEAMER. The first iuea of those who hear of an iron ship is, prob bly, of something strong, but so heavy as to be amazingly kept afloat with difficulty, and liable to go down “ like a stone,” as the sailor’s teini it, (lie moment she has the mislortune to spring aleak. Now, all this is pure imagination, and it only requires to inspect an iron ves el while under the buil der’s hands, to have every prejudice on the subject removed, and to ascertain that, so far liom being heavier and more liable to sink, the weight of an iron vessel built of the same degree of strength as one of wood, the exter nal dimensions ot both being equal, will be something less than than half that of the lat ter; the proportion being, we believe, on an aveiage, as seven to sixteen. A strong wood built vessel is estimated to weigh at least six teen hundred weight to every register ton, the new iron ship building at Bristol, about seven hundred weight—or in other words, supposing a wood-built vessel of the same size as toe Great Western Company’s new iron sieam ship, and both to be loaded with the same weight of cargo, the iron ship might take in fourteen hundred tons of water by leakage, before she would come to the same bearing as the other. Not only, however is the iron ship superior in lightness, but she is far less liable to spring aleak at sea than a wood-bu h vessel. There is scarcely a plank tit an ordtuary ship which is not (breed into its place, rnoie or less,contrary to the position it would maintain it left to itselfj and this is paiticularlv the case round the bows and in the run of the vessel, where, after being soft, eued and rendered pliant by saturation from steam, it often requires considerable mechani cal powei to biiitg the planks to what is com monly calkd “ their birtn.” Again, every plank, however firmly bolted to the limbers within, is quite independent of, and unconnected with, those above and below it; the consequence of which is, that eveiv wood-built vessel has a tendency to strain at sea, whenever, as t is often needlul to do, an unusual press ot canvass is carried on her ; the masts in this case acting as a powerful lever on the upper works, with which they are con nected by the deck and beams; and the bal last or cargo below, endeavoring ti maintain its position by its inertia , it becomes vide.tt that in p oportion as the vessel heels over liom the force of the wind, so much greater must be the strain on her weather or upper side ; and this having a direct tendency to ojien the seams belweeu the planks, it is by no means uncommon lor vessels to leak under such circumstances, which had previously shown no svmptons of complaining: and oltentimes the fastenings work 100-**, treenails and bolts are partially drawn, buts started, and the vessel becomes leaky and unseawor thy, however new, until she has again been overhauled by the shipwrights. All old sail ors are perfectly aware of this, and are never caught by a storm, on a leeshore, without keeping a watchful eye on the pumps, as well as the sails; but iu the case ot an iron-built vessel, it is entirely different—every separate sheet ol iron with which sl e is cl sod is adapt ed to its particular situation, Irom which it has no tendency to remove ilselt, except that which it naturally derives from gravitation; and as every sheet is bolted in the firmest manner into” all those to which it adjoins, above, and laterally, as well as to the iron ribs or frame on ft Inch they are laid, the vessel may be considered almost as compact as a cylinder, and we should no more expect to find ! her leak by straining at sea, than we should | expect to see the hiige plank of a wood-built 1 vessel open through its centre, under a similar ! circumstances. To supply the place of a kelson, ten dis | tinct rows ot plates are fixed to run the whole length fore and aft on the bottom, above two feeTdeep. and something less than that apart, i the whole being united by a number of bonds in the Ibrm of the letter U, the bottom o each of which is fastened into a flooring iron, j and the sides to the two plates between which )l stands ; thus with superior lightlies*, secu- [NUMBER 46. ring the same strength, and distributing the support so as to meet the strain on the bot tom, wherever it may occur. —To iusme the safety of the vessel, and prevent her from being subject to wreck a sea, Irom whatever cause, she will be divided into several compartments, each of which will be water-tight, and any two of them capahle ol supporting die entire weight o the vessel with considerable buoyancy,so that if she ran into an iceberg, or were thrown upon a rock, she would not tie liable to go down, or endanger the lives of the passengers so long as one end of her remained unbroken. To this may be added the piwer other pumps, which will he enahled, in case of any serious leak, to throw off a quantity .f water exceed ing seven thousand gallons, or twenty-five tons per minute; so mat a leak which would in five minutes sink a loaded ship of the size of three or four hundred tons, would merely keep the pomps of this steamer briskly at work, to prevent the water from gaining on her. In fact, when the ship is fairly alloat, with good canvass aloft and a screw-pro|ieil r below, site may be pronounced to be the most safe and complete nautical machine with which mankind were ever yet acquainted. Statue op Washington. — We had the pleasure to-day of witnessing the elevation of Greenough’s noble statue ol Washington in tlie rotundo ot the capitol. May it be as im perishable as his fame, and the capitol it con secrates as immovable. Then may ours be truly called the Eternal City, and our Union without end. Tlie statue is simple, sublime, naked majes ty. A Greek, of the lime of Ferities, would take it fur an Olympian Jove. It is collossal, but die likeness is admirably preserved. The figure is sitting, and naked to the waist. A mantle thrown across from the mid dle covers the lower jioriion of the body to the feet.—Globe, Ist ins!. The statue of Washington (by the Ameri can sculptor Greenough) was yesterday rais to its lofty pedestal in the center of the great rolundo of the capitol, and is now uncovered to public view. The President of the United Stairs was present, with a large number of citizens during the elevation of the statue. The operation was directed by the same en-> ergetic citizens who were employed to remove it from the Navy Yard ; end it is no little praise to the skill and care of all concerned in the work, that it has been completed with out accident, and without the slightest injury to the statue. Pretending not to be judges of such things, vve would venture with gieat diffidence any opinion on this collossal work of art; but we must say that the first view of it has impressed us with deep admiration. The attitude is dignified; the resemblance of the head and features to the best jiortraits of the hero, striking and marked by the grandeur and repose which distinguished the counte nance of the great original. Asa whole, the work strikes us as worthy of the subject, and of the magnificent hall iu which it is placed, and which for the Senate is itself so noble a receptacle. —Nat. lilt. Correspondence of the Boston Mercantile Jowroat. Bangor, Nov. 22, 1841. The Northeastern Boundary Commission ers, I understand, have completed their ex parte labors, with the exception ot Major Gra ham, who has been unfortunately delayed by reason of a dense smoke which filled the re gion where he was located. Six weeks of his time have been unoccupied in the business of the commission in consequence, lie vv ill leave the line for the fall and winter, some where in the vicinity of the St. John River, and at about thirty miles distant from the northeast angle of the state. Professor Henwick, who ran the line from the N. E. angle, along the highlands, to the N. W. angle, arrived at his terminus on the 20th of October, and returned home by the way of Quebec. The part of his party under Mr. Laljy returned by this route. The high lands are of a description that leaves no doubt of their identity with those mentioned in the treaty. Capt. Talcott, who ran the westerly line to the N. W. angle, arrived there a short time previous to Professor Renwick’s party. The British commissioners followed directly upon Capt. Talcott's line to the Highlands. They have left for the winter, and will not again go upon it until the spring. The fact that they were satisfied that Captain T.’s line is the true one, augurs favorably to the settlement of the whole line in our favor. The British officers on the Temiscouta Lake went over the ground and examined some part of the survey, on the Highlands, and, it is said, ex pressed themselves satisfied with the justness of the American claim. The sources of the rivers running into the St. Lawrence, and into the Atlantic, were discovered, and fre quently at no great distance apart. The land throughout this region is remark ably sterile. The growth is mostly fir. The cliina'e is cold. The earliest snow this sea son fell on the 18th October; 1 believe later than usual. When the party left on the2o.h, the snow was six inches deep. The joint commission will probably go upon the line some time next year; and doubtless before the year 1843 lias expired, ilie much vexed boundary question will be settled in our favor. The above information I have from one of the “ Highland” party. Our lumbermen are | going largely into their business the coining winter. Seldom, if ever have more teams been fitted out than there have been this fall. One man, I am told, sends two hundred men into the woods. How many others send as many, lam not informed. If we have much snow, and the usual spring rains to bring down the lumber, the coming year, business will be unusually brisk upon the Penobscot. Murder —We learn that a most brutal murder was committed about lour miles liom this city, at the residence of Mrs. Heard, on the Milledgeville road, on Monday morning lat. Just before daylight the family were disturbed by piteous ciies and groans, and on j examining the negro quarters, from whence! the sound proceeded, a negro woman by the! name of Bynah, about ffiiv years of age, the’ property of Mrs. Heard, was found in the, last agonies of death; her head being split j open by an axe, which was found close by,j bloody. A coroner’s inquest was held ovei the body yesterday, and the jury, after hear ing the testimony, brought in as tlieir verdict, that tlie deceased came to her death by blows infl eted by an axe by son.e jrerson or |>ersotis unknown. Strong suspicions rest on a negro bov by the name of Anderson, belonging to Mrs. Heard, and he is now confined in jail. [Augusta Const. Dec. 7. Remnants of the Ball.—Since the grand ball to the Prince in Boston was over, we find in one of the journals exposed for sale at auction, the following fragments used to dec orate the Faneuil Hall: 500 yards Kiddermin ster carpeting, used in the Hall and drawing rooms; 500 yards Manilla hemp carpeting, used on the entries and stairs ; 10 mahogany hair cloth sofas and a superb couch, made ex pressly for the occasion. It was placed in a splendid silk canopy, under which the prince was received. Ten cut glass entry lamps and thirty pairs of splendid gilt candelebras and jjirandelcF, raw and elegant patterns From the Federal Union. HONORS TO THE ILLUSTRIOUS DEAD.. The appended Report and Resolutions were introduced int > the llouse of Represents ves on Saturday, 20th ult. by Col. Clark. of Cam den, Chairman of the Joint Committee on the part of the House. The character and public services of the Hon. Johx Forsyth are yet to be apprecia ted. His tame belongs to the eulogist and historian, and they will hereafter place him side by side on the glowing roll of patriotism* at whose head stands the great name of Thomas Jefferson Like him, John Ft rsyth gave anew Territory to the Union, ilia beautiful Florida—the land of flowers, will yet complete with the Crescent State of the South West, the fair, the charming,the mag nificent Louisiana. But it is not for us to notice his many and important public-services as they should be noticed. We therefore content ourselv es tor the present, with placing before our readers the very pertinent report of the Hon. gentleman horn Camden. “ The Jnt Committee appo nled in obedi ence to a Resolution of the House of Repre sentatives, expressive of ‘‘the deep sense of respect entertained for the public services of the late Hon. John Forsyth,” and asking “am official manifestation of that respect for the memory of an individual, so highly distinguish ed m the Councils of Georgia, the National Legislature, and in the Cabinet of the United States,” beg leave tc repost. That the people of Georgia have heard, with feelings of deep and unfeigned regret, of ilie decease of this distinguished citizen, whose eminent talents and elevated political cireer ha> through a long si ri sos years,, shed lustre not only upon this Slate, but upon thq whole Union. Entering public life at a period of extreme youth, and at an early day in the history of the Republic, John Forsyth rose at once to the first rank ; with unequalled rapidity att; hied political eminence ; in which elevated sphere he continued to move with splendor and applause——exemplifying the statesman, dignified and firm; the orator,, brilliant and beautiful ; and the gentleman, whose elegant deportment and honorable bearing a traded universal admiration and re gard. First, the Attorney General of Georgia; then its Represt ntative in Congress; the Em bassador of the Nation at a Foreign Court; subsequently the Chief Magistrate of this. State, and its Senator in Congress, and finally* Secretary of State of the United States; John Forsyth discharged the duties of these several stations with a brilliancy, a readiness, and an ability which lew may expect toequal; none to rival; iu all of them maintaining the honor, and sustaining the interests both of this State and of the Nation. As the immediate Representative of Geor gia, John Forsyth e; r'y ri.eted the attention, and secured the affections of its citizens, by his great talents, and his commanding powers of eloquence, and the promptness with which he employed them iu vindicating their honor, and in defending their peculiar and exclusive rights. Occasional differences of opinion, and embittered party excitements, have never withdrawn that atteuion, nor dislodged those affections; and the jieopJe of Georgia now mourn his death as a great National bereave ment, sensibly felt by the State of which his talents and eloquence made him so distin guished an ornament; and by the Nation, in whose service much of his life was spent, and for the protection of whose honor and interest some of his greatest iutellectual efforts were made. It is, therefore, most fit and proper thit the Representatives of the people of Georgia, here assembled, should, in a becoming manner, acknowledge the magnitude and importance of the public services of this accomplished cit izen, through a long and eventful political career, and testify to the country in an impo sing form, their just appreciation of one of the distinguished men of the age, whose career is identified with that of the Naiion—and with this view the committee present the following resolutions, and ask for them the unanimous concurrence of this Legislature. Resolved, That we have received, with feelings of deep and sincere regret, the intel ligence of the death of the lion. John For syth, and that his talents, his eloquence, and the valuable public services rendered by him, justly entitle his memory to an official mani festat on of respect by the Legislature of Georgia. Resolved, That we hold in proper estima tion his efforts, in times of difficulty, to pre serve the rights, promote the interests, and sustain the honor of the State of Georgia. Resolved, That this report and resolutions be sent to tin Governor, for his concurrence, and that he be requested to transmit a copy of them to the family of the deceased. LOSS OF THU STEAMER SAVANNAH, And probable loss of part of the crew and pas sengers.—The Savannah, Chptain Crane, left New York for Charleston, at noon, on Friday, 26th November. On the following day it blew a violent gale from the N. E. On Sun day it blew a gale from the S. E., which shifted to N. YV., the ship laboring very hard, and in consequence of being deeply laden with coal and other freight. It was discovered on the same evening, about 7 o'clock, that she had sprung aleak. All hands were then set to work to bale out the water ; notwithstand ing all efforts, it gained so much, that the fire was put out about 9 o’clock, the vessel sink ing fast. The only resource then left was to take to the boats. YVe were then twenty two miles east of Hatteras, in fourteen fath oms water. The captain took one of the quarter boats, with his wife and son, the wife of the second steward, two of the passen gers,d and steward and stewardess, two other females, and some of the crew—in all twelve —and left the steamer at 10 o’clock, P. M.; the other quarter boat left with the first engineer and one o her. Instantly, as the captain and first mate left the vessel, we tried to hoist the squaresail, in hopes of run ning her ashore, in doing which it caught a stauncheon and split all to ribins ; all hope of running her ashore was therefore cut off. YY r e then riggeJ our two small boats and left as soon as poss.blr, with a little bread and cheese, and a small quantity of water, with the hope of reaching the shore on the follow ing morning—a dreadful sea running at the time. There were seven in one boat, and eight in the other. YVe kept in company for about two hours, as they had a compass and we none. We separated the next morning. We found ourselves in the Gulf Stream, our boat leaking badly, and the provisions spoiled in consequence. YY r e had at this time but a bit of cheese, and no water. Our boat nearly swamped twice; but trusting in a merciful God, w T ho alone was able to save, we drifted about from 11 o’cbxtk Sunday until Tuesday at 10 o’clock. Our sufferings w ere great for the want of water, and nearly worn out from fatigue, when we were fallen in with by the schooner YY’arren, Captain Hancock, (of Hancock, Me.) from Boston for Charles ton, at the time eighty miles east of Hatteras. Too much praise cannot be given to Captain YVooster, and Mr. Spencer, the owner; also to the passengers and crew of said vessel, for their more than kind and humane treatment to us while on board. The following are the names of the persons saved by the schooner; John Cain, 3d mate ; John Ash we I,lst cook : YVm. Moore. 2d steward; Joseph Handy, 2d cook; YV. B. Stoddard, J. Evans, and J. M’Donaid, firemen.—Charleston Mercury. A Tifficult Child to Rear. —A h le and hearty female peasant, named Marie P or, who resides in the faubourg of Maubege, (Nord) and who has just entered her hun dredth year, having latterly lost one of her daughters, more than eighty years of age, re marked, with tears in her eyes, to a sympa. thizing old crone of the neighborhood, “Ah ! Die * de Dieu ! I always said that I shouid never rcai that ch id'. ” —Preach paper,