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SHERIFFS, CLERKS, and other pubh* officers, will have 15 per cent deducted in their favor. THE BLACK BUCCANEER. The sails were filled and there the light wind blew, As glad to waft him from his native home: As fast the white rocks faded from his view. While our country was yet in its infan cy and but a short time previous to that memorable struggle which terminated in the political separation of the colonies from the mother country, there cruised offthe West India Islands a rover known by the name ot the Black Buccaneer, a name given to him from the color of the vessel, whose exterior was painted black the better to be screened from observation when the government cruisers obliged him to seek shelter among the creeks and inlets of the Islands. Rumor had widely circulated the dar ing exploits of the notorious buccanneer, whose illicit proceedings were principal ly, if not exclusively directed against the Great Britain; but his enmity to that nation not only detrimental to their commerce but also acted oppres sively to ours, as we at that time acknow ledged allegiance to the eountry from whose enthrallment our forefathers sub sequently emancipated themselves and their posterity. Unparalled success had hitherto inva riably attended the most desperate actions of this man, and his numerous captures at length called the attention of tho British Government who fitted out a vessel for the express purpose of freeing the ocean from one who proved so great a scourge to the interests of Great Britain and its dependencies, The command of this ves sel was entrusted so an experienced offi cer, and we sailed from the United States Colonies, with orders to let nothing in terfere with our duty, until we had accom plished the object of our expedition. At sunrise on the sth morning subse quent to ®ur departure, we discovered a vessel to the leeward. Orders were in stantly given to bear down, when after an hour’s sail we discovered her to be a fore topsail schooner, lying low in the water, and shaping her course south westerly. When she perceived it was our intention to hail, she wore round, and lay to, await ing our approach. As we drew near I had an opportunity of examining her more minutely, and eve ry one on board asserted that she was the most beautiful craft they had ever beheld. Her tall spars had a graceful though not more than ordinary rake, and the delica cy of their temper was only equalled by the proportionate tracery of the cordage that enshrouded them. The bows were exceedingly sharp, and bespoke the ut most fleetness, while the cut-water rose with a graceful curve from the briny ele ment, and was handsomely gammoned clear up the bowspirit. But one feature deteriorated from her extreme beauty and that was the dark color of her hull, which was slightly though imperceptibly; from afar, relieved by a streak of red that mark ed the lower chambers of her channels. Even the masts and yards were of the same dingy color as the hull, and the on ly trait that bespoke the gloom of the head gear was the snow white canvass that flut tered aloft. Yet amidst all this beauty there was something suspicious in her ap pearance, probably imparted by the tene brity of her line, or perhaps, engendered by the recollection of our errand. As we neared her, five or six forms were observed, scanning us with apparent interest. Yet still she lay in the wind’s eye, her topsail thrown back, and resting, as motionless as a gull sleeping upon the ocean. We were dashing the spray a •ide, and every moment entertaining a less intervention. When wc had ap proached within hail, our vessel wore round, and hoisted the cross ofßt. George, and fired a gun that the strange vessel might satisfy us of her nation by showing her colors. Scarcely had the echo of our gun died upon the breeze, when a great black banner, bearing no device, was un furled. •The Black Buccaneer,’ shouted fifty voices simultaneously, and the echo of their words was succeeded by a fearful though brief silence. W hen the moment of surprise was over, every man in accor dance with the order of our commander prepared for action—the guns ware load ed and run out of their respective ports the magazine illumined—the loggerheads lighted—the decks cleared & every thing prepared to execute the work of death. •We must aboard,’ said our comman der after a quarter of an hour’s cannona ding; in which no signal advantage was gained by either party. ‘Fill away, my men, and stand by to heave your grau pels ’ The mandate was obeyed and we fought yard arm to yard arm, with the most formidable buccaneer that plough ed the ocean. The pirates were the first to board, headed by their notorious, chieftain; they •prang upon our deck and fiercely assaul ted our seamen; for a long time victory remained undecided, but then the bucca neers began to falter; still' they fought hand to hand, and with th* infuriated pbranzy of scan who had experienced ga opposition they did not anticipate, but <till Ches ars of oldEngland met them with all the coolness experience had taught so es sential to victory. By this time one half the assailants lay dead upon the deck.— Their cheering shouts were still heard, though faint, and almost drowned by the clash ofarmsand the groans of the wound ed and dying. Again they faltered and returned apace, and then the voice of their commander was heard above the ruthless din, urging to another effort; again they formed and rushed madlyuponourseamen, but they met the same pertinacious oppo sition as before, and they broke once more and retreated. At this critical moment when the pirates were retreating step by step from our quarter deck, their chieftain rushed forward and cutting a passage with his sword, sprung down the hatch way, and rushed into the light room seiz ed the burning lamp, then shivering the portion of glass that separated it from the magazine, he entered. Those upon deck beheld the strange movement with won der that can be better imagined than des cribed, and both parties dropped their weapons to learn the issue of so strange an adventure. Our commander, accompanied by a few of the officers immediately descend ed, and the sight that met their agonizing gaze was truly terrifying; the buccaneer was standing among the open powder with a lighted lamp in his tightly clentch ed fist,his face was blackened, and a stream of blood gushed down his cheek from a sabre cut in his forehead; with knit brows and resolution stamped in his counte nance, he stood regarding those who be gan to crowd to the light room. Stand back,’ shouted he, ‘ifyou regard your own safety, stand back, for by my soul he who first advances seals the fate of all on board.’ There was something so terribly reso lute in the tone and gestures of the pirate that those around receded apace, but still continued to gaze with blanched cheeks and trembling lisp upon the daring form of the determined buccaneer. Listen I Years have I cruised in these seas, but never have assaulted a vessel, but those that wore that detestable ensign of tyranny that now floats from your gaff fortune had hitherto favored me and I have been a scourge to your hated kingdom; to-day fate has declared it otherwise; but though defeated I have still the means of purchasing my freedom: now, Briton, it remains for you either to grant my re lease or suffer the death you rrefusal must certainly bring. ‘ Our orders were especially to capture you, returned the commander evasively, and you are now in our power.” rn P sa id the buccaneer glancing with a significancy that could not be mis taken upon the deadly material that lay open before him.” ’ ‘Will your own safety prove no bar rier to the execution of your hellish scheme?’ ‘ I would ask you, sir Briton,’ resumed the buccaneer, “whether it is more prefer able to be hanged amidst the scoffs and gibes of unpitying victors, or to end one’s existence by his own hands, and purchass with his death the destruction of his vic torious enemies? believe me, sir, there is discrepancy between self destruction here and perishing ignominously at the extre mity of the yard arm.’ ‘Your life may yet be saved,’ said the commander. Were the probability ever so flattering I would not submit to the ordeal, but it is useless to parley; will you suffer me and my vessel, with all my brave crew that has survived this bloody conflict to proceed on our course?’ ‘On condition that— ’ 'No condition will I accept,’ interrupt ed the buccaneer, ‘it is I who have the power to exact and name conditions, not you, sir Briton! you rest in my power; the lives on board are all at my will what is to prevent me from firingthe magazine and revenge myself by destroying my captors? I’ve seen the day when my own life would prove no more obstacle to the accomplishment of my revenge, did such an opportunity as this offer, than the smal lest particle of sand against the inroad of the clashing wave. But do you accede to my purpose?’ ‘There is no alternative,’ said the com mander, after a pause. ‘Your despera tion has baffled, us even when we exulted in victory—you are free, sir.’ ‘And crew and vessel?’ ‘ls as subject as ever to your com mand.’ ‘Have I the honor of a British officer to that effect.’ ‘You have,’ said the commander. ‘Enough I’ exclaimed the buccaneer, and ascending he gained his own vessel and was soon lost sight of in the distance of the billows. Years had flowed by, and the memory of the buccaneer had long ceased to occu py my mind. Our country had nobly as serted her independence at Lexington and Bunker’s hill, and a splendid naval victo ry had been achieved in the British chan nel by the renowned Paul Jones, who was then on the coast, and every hour expected in port. The report of a gun burst upon the breeze, and a lofty ship was seen to enter the harbor. The citizens flocked by thousands to the beach to welcome the he ro who had so nobly displayed the prowess of America on the very coast of Greatßritain;aboat was seen pulling from the frigate an officer was seen seated m the stern; a lively murmur passed through those that crowded the wharves —the boat stranded, and Paul Jones leap, ed on the shore, but what was my aston ishment in bsholding in the countenance of the hero of the Bon Homme Richard" the stern, though not unpleasing features of the Black Buccaneer. CQMMQN THINGS. oxids. Some will be inclined to ask, perhaps, what is the connection between the head and the subject of this article; in other " ords, w hether oxids are common things. They may be answered, that they are some of the most common things in thej world.—Late discoveries in science have . led to the belief, that every particle I ofdustisan oxid—that sand, lime, clay, ; potash, soda, and many other common substances, are oxids. Most ores of the metals are oxids. the paints are either oxids, or salts formed from ox ids- The rust of iron, the dross of lead, are combinations of those metals with ox igen. Water has sometimes been called the oxid of hydrogen. Perhaps some might be disposed to rank sugar and al cohol under the same class of bodies. The word oxid, is a general term to express the combination of oxigen with o ther substances, especially the metals, but in a less quantity than in an acid. The oxid of iron is perhaps a more common coloring matter in the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms, than any other substance. If rocks and soils were entire ly free from the oxid of iron, they would probably in most cases be white; quartz almost always contains some iron, and w en it does not, it is white or transparent, or both. 1 Many persons who read this article, will probably recollect of having seen that portion of boards on buildings and fences, which is directly under the nails by which they are fastened, colored black. This may always be observed on chesnut cards, and it always arises from the oxid oi iron combining with a substance call e gallic acid, contained in large quanti ties in chesnut wood, oak bark, tea, and numerous other vegetables. Nearly all the iron ores, which are us ed to produce the iron of commerce are oxids of iron, and the principal business in reducing the ore to a metalic state, is, to free them from their oxigen, which is done by exposing them to'a high heat, when connected with charcoal or some o ther combustible, which, in the process of combustion, takes the oxigen from the ore and by that means reduces it to metalic iron. , Th e ox *d ? r dross of lead, is much less difficult to bring into a metalic state. In lead tube manufactories, and for many o ther purposes where lead is melted in large quantities, a great portion ofit be comes dross, which, if it is mixed with charcoal and burnt, returns to pure me tallic lead.—By burning a red wafer in a candle, and still more by throwing a little red lead upon a burning coal, small glo bules of lead will be produced from the oxid. A gentleman who was acquainted with the nature of the dross of lead procured a large quantity of it, a few years since, or little or nothing, from a lead tube man ufacturer, who considered it as useless. By a very easy process, the purchaser re stored the dross to pure lead, and sold it as such to the manufacturer from whom he procured it. The one, of course, reap ed the benefit of his knowledge of science* the other suffered the evil of his ignorance of it. ° Knowing the nature of oxids, and the cause of rust upon iron, brass, copper, lead, <fcc. and that it is produced by the action of oxigen upon the metals, and gen erally from oxigen contained in the at mosphere, we should be led of course to cover the surface of articles made from them, with varnish, oi], wax, or some o ther substance, to exclude them from the air. The oxids are so numerous, and such constant agents in the domestic and use ful arts, that a general notice of this kind can do little more than give a glance at them, and prepare the way fora separate and more particular account of the vari ous kinds, with the mode in which they are formed, their application, modes of us ing them, means of avoiding the evils ari sing from them, &c. BOYHOOD. Lights and shadows! sunshine and shade, dreams of happiness, and of dis appointment. The careless step, the lan guing lip, and restless eye, the indiffer ence which neither hopes, nor fears, gay and sportive heedlessness were the mark ed characters of younger days. Our life, like that of the butterfly, was at first dull, as in its chrysalis, but when our wings had “trembled in the worm,’ and we were set free, how full of animation ! We roved from hill-top, we sauntered from dale to dale, we pulled the flower blossoms from . the river-banks with ea ger curiosity! How like those flower blossoms were our childhood days, envel oped with lights and shadows! Our solitude, then, was filled with company. Our minds needed no living associates. We found other and better ones, among the manifold works above and around us. We discovered, daily, things new to us; and each little knowl edge opened to us - other new objects, We went forward tirelessly and wanten ly, prying every thing to pieces, examin ing all things which we met, and striving to find a blue sky or a bright star behind every obstructing cloud. But how dream like is the past? We cannot now turn back our steps; we can not roam with our play fellows ds of yore. Ah alas, they are not to be met with here. Many of them have gone, like the vanished stars of the morning; and shad ows seem to rest upon all our hopes. We cannot tell that the sun will rise. The deep thick mists still rest on the mountain-tops, and the sky is becoming covered with a spreading haze. How dark are the shadows which gather a round! and yet who can tell that the sun will not, in all his splendor, come forth to cheer ns onward in onr path? I had oua acquaintance, who Has all that was lovely and beautiful. His mind was a rare piece of mechanism. It was full of niceties, singularities, and beauties. He loved a quiet stream which coursed on near his dwelling. It was his retreat ing place in hours of despondency and trouble; and in a small boat would he of-' ten dash out upon its decietful bosom, to make oblivious the day, by his seclusion from the world, That river’s bed was his grave, and dark shadows hung over it whenever it comes'under my contempla tion. It is melancholy that one and another of our friends, should thus be taken away: tnat we should see those who have been endeared to us in childhood by ties the strongest, turning to ashy paleness and couveyed to the grave? Does it not, also when we see ourselves, the last iron trunk upon the plain, create in us hopes and be liefs that we are spared a little longer, to fit ourselves for the entering of more bliss ful regions, to meet those who were worthier than ourselvss, and who have gone before us? But yet there are lights of boyhood, bright burning and cheering lights. We gaze on them with rapturous joy at all times through life. They hold us to them as with ‘hooks of steel,’ and Iwe are happy when we behold their beauty and brilliancy. How interesting , is it to contemplate the friendships of ear- I ly days and the thousaed incidents which ■ varied as we pressed onward toward the crowded arena of life! Our sports, with ■ their many laughable combinations— ■ our escapes from dangers, and the roa | mantic scenes in which we so often en gaged, furnish a world of thoughts, ; when we look with retrospective gaze into the past, and we would not be de prived of tbeir hallowed influences. They come like rich sounds of music on the silent night when the hours have veiled their bright faces, and their dan cing gait has changed to the dull creep j iff? of palsied age. Oh! boyhood! bright, | beautiful boyhood! how lovely are thy scenes—how matchless art thou in the sanctity ofthey influences.— Pearl. TRIUMPH OF SOUND PRINCIPLES. The nullifiers have strained every nerve, they have exhausted every artifice in grasping for power; but all was in vain. Did they endeavor to disguise their principles; in vain did they haul down their proper flag, to march under false colours: in vain did they attempt to slip off the genuine name of their party to as sume the imposing name ofStateßights;in vain did they pretend to be the exclusive friends of the soverignty of the States; in vain did they deny their hostility to the Federal Union; in vain did they form ja cobinical clubs throughout the State:a ma jority of the people was not to be deceived, and the nullifiers have suffered a tremen dous defeat. The disunion banner has been struck to the ground;the evil omened rattlesnake, no emblem of the state; is trampled in the dust; and the American eagle, the noble symbol of our country, our whole country, soaring on the star spangled banner, darts his keen glance over the State and exults in the universal civic victory. The State will be ably and faithfully rep* resented in the House ofßesresentatives of the United States, by nine distinguished citizens who enjoy the confidence of the Union party,-and who will sustain the patriotic administration of Andrew Jack son. The strongest of the nullying can didates has been rejected by a large ma jority. Even Wilde and Gilmer, those veterans in politics, who disapprove the doctrines of nullification, notwithstanding their personal popularitly, have been dis carded by the people for aiding a party whose principle* they condemn. In the state senate, tne Union party will have a majority of about two-thirds; in the other branch of the legislature its majority will be about forty-five. To fill the vacant seats in the United States' senate, two Union men will be elected, who will sus tain the venerable and patriotic president in opposing the frantic ambition of a dis cordant and unprincipled coalition, and in preventing perpetuation of that corrupt monopoly.the United States’ Bank, whose gigantic-profligacy defies, and resists, and strives, to supersede the constitutional government of our country. Union judges will also be elected by the general assembly, to administer the law in seven of the judicial circuits of the state; who by the necessary influence of office, as well as by their personal worth, will give additional strength to the principles of constitutional liberty. This splendid vic tory of the, party achieved at acritical mo mentis complete and decisive. May the counsels ofthis triumphant party continue to be animated by a noble disinterestedness! May its policy still be guided by an en lightened and holy patriotism!— Fed. Un ion. A country girl riding on a turnpike road, without paying toll, the keeper hailed her and demanded his fee. On I her questioning his authority, he refer red her to his sign, on which it read, “A ' man and horse six cents” “Well,” said I she, “you can’t demand nothing from me, as this is but a wojnanand mare," In the newspaper account of an inquest held on the body of a glutton, who died by devouring part of a goose, the ver dict suffocation was printed with more truth than was intended stuffocation A preson who wished to borrow a small sum of money, was asked by Swift whom he proposed as security, “Ihave none to offer, said the poor man, excep ting my faith in the Redeemer.’ Swift accepted the security, made tfie entry ac cordingly, with all formality, and after- j wards declared that none .of his debtors j mere more punctual than thia man. AUGUSTA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3 1, 1834. The totals of the Congressional elections dif fer considerably. Those of the Consiilutional ist, our country readers will find, vary from those of the Milledgeville papers, in some ca ses as much as 100 votes and upwards. The State Rights papers have no table this week. The totals don’t work the right way for them. We regret, that se little certainty of an ac curate result exists. Enough, however, is sure —that we have beaten, is certain—at least the Governor says so, and who disputes it ? The following are the totals of our neighbor, the Constitutionalist: Wayne, 33,012 Gilmer, 28,499 Schley, 32,939 Wilde, 28,395 Towns, 32,691 Foster, 28,240 Coffee, 32,682 Gamble, 27,936 Haynes, 32,651 Chappell, 27,722 Owens, 32,567 Lamar, 27,594 Grantlaad, 32,555 Beall, 27,579 Terrell, 32,546 Daniell, 27,558 Sanford, 32,455 Newnan, 27,541 The Governor by proclamation, announces the following Gentlemen elected to represent this State in the Congress of the United States, for two years from the 4th day of March next, and requires them to signify their acceptance of the office, and furnish him with the requi site evidences of their eligibility within the time legally prescribed: James M. Wayne, William Schley, Charles E. Haynes, George W. B. Towns, John Coffee, George W. Owens, Jas. C. Terrell, Seaton Grantland and John W. Sanford. Judge Wm. SMITH is a candidate for Con gress from Alabama, in the district, at present represented by the Hon. C. C. Clay. An adjourned Annual Meeting of the Rich mond County TEMPERANCE SOCIETY, was held in the Lecture Room, on Wednesday evening the 22d inst. The Report of the Board of Managers was re ceived and accepted, and the Corresponding Secretary was requested to prepare and forward a Report to the State Society at its approaching meeting in Milledgeville, and the following persons were appointed delegates to repre sent this Society in that Body, A. B. Longstreet, A. Rhodes and C. J. Jenkins, Esqrs. The following persons were elected as a Board of Officers and Managers for the ensuing year: M. Antony, President. W. J. Hobby, Ist Vice Pesident. Dr. Paul F- Eve, 2nd Vice President. Rev. C. D. Mallery, Corresponding Sec. Rev. H. Reid, Recording Secretary. Managers. Rev. Mr. Ford, Eli Mustin, Dr. J. A. Eve, J. M. Whitloci, Rev. Mr. Talmage, O. Danforth, Jas. Harper, Wm. A. Kain, Dr. F. M. Robertson,Wm. Hewson, Benj. Brantly, Wm. Poe. A Resolution also passed, that a general meeting of the Society be held in the Baptist Church, on Monday Evening the 10th Nov., when it was expected some addresses in rela tion to the Temperance cause would be deliv ered. THEATRE. Mr. Sol. Smith closed a short season in this City on Monday night, with great eclat. The Manager received a pleasing evidence of the estimation in which he is held, in a house not only full, but distinguished for the respectabili ty of the audience. He was cheered with great enthusiasm, and the public has parted with him, tho’ temporarily with great regret. Mr. Smith and his corps, left the most favorably impres sions behind them,not more fortheir profession al talents, than the gentlemanly behaviour, which distinguished them. As long as they continue to be thus worthy, we commend them to the favorable reception of our friends every where; DANCING. It will probably create some surprise to find such a caption for an editorial article in the Courier, and more still, to find us an advocate for that accomplishment. Wemean something else, however, by that term, besides simply kicking the feet front and back, right and left. We consider it the means of creating graceful manners, and giving the person those becoming attitudes and motions, with which none but ascet ics should be allowed to dispense. Our motive, then will be understood, when we recommend to our friends, the patronage of Mr. Word’s dancing academy. We have before borne tes timony to his qualifications and character, and he has, besides, had the opportunity of estab lishing their excellence, by the progress of his pupils in the acquisition of those graces, for which they were placed under his direction. That we have good authority for our opinion of Dancing, and its concomitants, we subjoin the opinions of great and good men. For ages past, Terpsichore has had innu merable votaries; and dancing will, doubtless, ever be a source of pleasure to mankind while graceful motion is admired, and joy enlivens the earth with even “ brief and distant glimpses of i her face.” Various eminent authors have written in its praise, not merely as an accom plishment, but as a graceful and beneficial ex ercise. The great Locke, in his Treatise on Educa tion, says, “ Dancing, being that which gives graceful motion to all our lives, and above all things, manliness, and a becoming confidence to young children, I think, cannot be learned i too early. Nothing appears to me to give ehil i dren so much confidence and behaviour, and so to raise them to the conversation of those above their years, as dancing.’’ Lord Herbert, of Cherbury, to whom the world is indebted for some excellent remarks on the advancement of youth, states, that those who have properly learned to dance, appear to un derstand more what to do with themselves, and to have more freely and elegantly the use of their limbs, and command of their carriage, than others; who, labouring under a stiffness in their motions, seem as though they were taken in the joints; and appear not to be capable either j of sitting down, rising up, standing, or walking, | in a manner that is agreeable to the eye of taste. ' He also observes, that those who have been taught by the more accurate dancing-masters, j enter and quit a room where company is, and \ address themselves to persons, both above and 1 below their own station with far more grace and pfcpriety, than tbesa wi® have act •imilar advantages. In Fordyce’s Sermons to Young Women, the author observes, that he must acknowledge he can see no reason for declamation against the moderate and discreet use of dancing. “ I free* ly confess,” he adds, “ that I am one of those who can look on with a very sensible satisfac tion, well pleased to see a company of young people, joyful with innocence, and happy in each other. If an exercise so sociable and enlivening, were to occupy some part of that time which is lavished on cards, would tho youth of either sex be losers by it? I think not. It seems to me, there can be no impropriety in it, any more than in modulating the voice into the most agreeable tones in singing •to which none, 1 think, will object. What is dancing, in the most rigid sense, but the harmony of mo tion rendered more palpable 1 Awkwardness rusticity, ungraceful gestures, can never surely be meritorious.” The Spectator is also an advocate for danc ing ; he says, in one of his papers, “ It may ap pear odd, that I, who set up for a mighty lover at least, of virtue, should take so much pains, to recommead what the soberer part of mankind look upon to be a trifle; but under favour of the soberer part of mankind, I think they have not enough considered this matter, and for that reason only esteem it so lightly. I must also, in my own justification, say, that I attempt to bring into the service of honour and virtue, every thing in nature that can pretend to giv® elegant delight. It may probably be proved, that vice is in itself destructive of pleasure, and virtue in itself conductive to it. If the delights of a free fortune were under proper regulation,* this truth would not want much argument to support it; but it would be obvious that there is a strict affinity between all things that are truly laudable and beautiful, from the highest senti ment of the soul to the most indifferent gesture of the body: the business of dancing is to dis play beauty; and for that reason all distortions and mimicries, as such, are what raise aversion instead of pleasure." Mrs. Chapone very justly remarks, that dancing is now so universal, that it cannot be dispensed with in the education of a gentlewo man ; that it is, indeed both useful and orna mental, as it f rms and strengthens the body, and improves the carriage. Many other passages, from the works of the wise and good, in old times, as well as in our own days, might be adduced in favour es the Art of Dancing: it would, however, be needless to add to the number, as enough have been se lected to show the high estimation in which it has been held, by writers whose opinions merit the utmost respect.’' FROM NEW-YORK.- The steam Packet Wm. Gibbons, arrived at Charleston on Wednesday last with one hun dred and sixteen passengers, including children and servants, from New York, bringing New York papers of Saturday evening last, from which the following extracts are made by the Charleston Courier. The packet ship Henri IV., was below at New York on the 25th ult. from Havre, whence she sailed the 17th ult. The Cork Chronicle contains the following paragraph:— The Rl. Rev: Doc. England.— We are happy to announce that the Rev, Dr. England, Bishop ofCharleston, aarived yesterday (Sunday) in this, his native city, by the Victory, steamer, from Bristol, We have the satisfaction to state that the estimable prelate enjoyed the best health, and proceeds in a few days, via Liverpool, to Charleston, South Carolina, accompaned by some ladies faom the Ursuline community at Black Rock, who purpose establishing a con vent of their order in the vicinity ofCharleston. The large buildings, bordering on the canal at Rochester and occupied by the Messrs. Smith’s were destroyed by fire on the 20th inst,; the loss estimated at $30,000, on which there was an insurance of $14,000. It is stated to be prebable that Gen. La Fay ette’s correspondence will soon be published by his family at Paris. E. Wyer, Fsq. arrived at New York 25th inst. in the Henry IV., from Havre, with despatches from Madrid and Paris. He proceeded to Washington next morning. PENNSYLVANIA. We learn that Mr. Banks is elected by a ma jority of 192. The Congressional returns from that State are now complete, and the names of the members elect follow: Jackson.—Sutherland, Ash, Anthony, Miller, Buchanan, Klingensmith, Beaumont, Laporte, Henderson, Harrison, Galbraith, Muhlenberg, Wagner, Hubhoy, Logan, Fry, Mann.— l7. Anti-Jackson.—Harper, Ingersoll, Darling ton, Potts, Heister, Morris, McKennan, Denny, Clark, Chambers, Banks.—ll. Those in Italics are new members. OHIO ELECTIONS —GOVERNOR. Lucas, 21,429, (Jackson.) Findley, 18,561. (Anti-Jackson.) The counties which remain ed to be heard from gave Lucas about 2000 ma jority in 1832, and they are in sections of .the State where his vote this year is as great as it was then. We have no doubt but his majority will exceed 4000. CONGRESS. Taylor Webster, Thos. L. Hamer, J. McLene J. Chaney, W. Kennan, C. Colerick, W. Pat terson, J. Thomson, D. Kilgore, B, Jones.— Jackson. B. Storer, Thos. Corwin, W. K. Bond, E. Howell, E. Whittlesey, J. Sloane, 8. F. Vinton, S. Mason.—Anti-Jackson. The District now represented by Mr. Crane, remains to be heard from. Nashville, Oct. 14, The Hermitage Burnt.— Yesterday evening about four o’clock, the roof of the Hermitage was discovered to be on fire, and all attempts to arrest the progress of the flames proving unavailing, the entire edifice; with the exception of the room at tached to the northern end, and used as a dining room, was in a few hours consum ed. The valuable furniture in the lower story was fortunately saved, though much broken and otherwise injured in getting it out. That in the second story was, we understand, chiefly destroyed. The fire is supposed to have been communicated to the roof by the falling of a spark from one ofthe chimneys; and there being at the time a light breeze from the northwest, the progress ofthe flames was proportionably rapid. The numerous and valuable pri vate papers of the President were proba bly all preserved.
