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I EStml SAVANNA FRIDAY MORNING, NOVliMBUR «, 1840. FRIDA* ti-airs: Icnltj * WO Mlp or this wonderful <1 We wonder whll ilhwVrute ftwiv dtf n dictator end cell him t tly pie* ration nvexcclUnc*. tey will next make to I Witt they propow i Kroat patriarohal dent Dridc the light offline his swept. 3ike h« late. ew.y : 8he loved you when your homo end heart Of fortune's smile cnuld boast. Phe saw that smile Away—depart— And then she loved you Uioti. - Oh, such the generous faith that grow* In woman's gentle breasts ’tie like that star that slays and glows Alone In eight's dark tryst t That stays because earli other ray Has left the lonely shoie, And that the wanderer on his way Then want* her light the more. % From the London Allot. MADAME LAFFARGE. The coms of Madame Lafiorge has taken a new turu. The prevailing opinion in Franco is now decidedly favnrubje to her innocence. In Una countrv the sumo impression is very genontl. and h contemporary journal roundly assert* that such evidence as she has been convicted upon “would i*ot hang a cat.” If that be the cum.*, it would be a. great pity to send such an interesting person to hard labour for tho rest of her life. The lights wliichtthnvo been thrown npon the cast? since last w eek, help us to a somewhat more ‘ distinct view of what the French jury meant axtenmiting circumstances." It now appears • extenuating circumstances," amount more nor less than the rather impor- it Madame Laflarge did not commit the which she was accused. If this be true, __ the wisdom and justice of French juries ore curious and striking uspect than ever. ..there ianot sufficient evidence to prove the coniniisaiou of an alleged crime, the accused is found guilty “with extenuating circumstan ces it may therefore be taken for granted that if the evidunce stood so perfectly clear of proof, direct or indirect, os to establish her Innocence, she would befound guilty, without extenuating circustances. Theao French jurors emulate die J rnctice of Punch, who bents lit* wife for getting ruuMud never fails to beat her when he catches Iter sober. * Granting, however, that Madame Laffarge is really giiHueas of the revolting crime with which aim has been charged, the false sentiment which her case excited in the public mind is not the less reprehensible; for it was expressed, and look - effect very generally, long before it could be as- e-niained whether site was guilty or not. Her . birth—her beauty—■and her accomplishments, and not her iuoocence, drew around her the synipa- thiesoftho people. We condemned that morbid spirit last week u« a hindrance of justice; and we will stilSconduiQU.it. She mast be purified of ■, nil suspicion before 'she can be entitled to pity for the sufferings she baa undergone; and if her re putation should bo thoroughly vindicated, we oonfess we know nottioiv an adequate compen sation can be made to her for the great wrongs that have been inflicted upon her. Reviewing calmly the entire mass of evidence elicited on this extraordinary trial, and taking into due consideration the character of some of the witnesses, and the motives that apparently ac tuated the conduct of others, it may be at once as serted. agreeably to our English notions of crim inal proceeding*, dial she was entitled to an ac- -" quittal. Upon this pointno doubt whatever could • have existed, even in the minds of the Tulle jury ' ’ up to thp moment when Mr. Orfila mode his re port upon the infinitessiinaj specks of arsenic he may bo said, upon his own showing, to have et- ioried from the body of M. Laffer g«. But it will be-rauvxnbecsd that before M. Qrtila had apptled his tests, other cbemits had subjected the body to the usual processes for the detection of poison, and could find none. Had the trial ended there, tho accused mast have been acquitted. lint the Advocate General w»* not satisfied, be must have the chemists from Paris; arid accordingly M. Orfila was sent for. That gentleman—disUn- gnised, unquestionably, for bis scientific acquire ments, but of a smiguiue and impetuous temper ament—hod made a strange discovery souu twelve or eighteen months liefore, that there ex isted a cerium proportion of areeuic in the human body. Great curiosity was, consequently, excit ed to ascertain by what meaus he could distin guish between, this urseuic and that which the culprit was ippposod to have administered. The difficulty, however, was easily got rid of. M. Orfih’s originial arsenic existed only in the hones, Whereas tlmt-which he detected m the body of M. Luflurge was extracted from the stomach. The moment that this report was made, the fate of the accused jmw determined. Now presuming that this test was final, two circumstances were essential to the case in order to fix the charge upon Madame Lafikrge. First, that the quantity ofarsenic discovered should be sufficient coproduce death; and second, that it should bo clearly proved to bare been adminis tered by the accused. .These circumstances es tablished beyond till doubt, were absolutely indis pensable to the verdict. It ts quite necessary to . observe that neither the one nor the other enter ed into the coutamplation of the jury. In the first place, the quantity of arsenic traced by the , excruciating process of M. Orfila tvas so slight us to be almost invisible; and ip the second place, the evidence upon which the prosecution relied fur proving that it was administered by Madame ^Lxffargc, was so shadowy and defective as almost . to justify a sttapicioti that it was false from be ginning to end. fito far, therefore, as the evi- dance of the existence of poison, and its admin istration were involved, she was fully entitled to M acquittal. She may he guilty, hntno jury lit England would find her guilty on such grounds. The Tulle jury, however, were resolved not to be kept so many day a over an elaborate in vestigation of this hind for uothiug. There was the poison, and there was the ncciued. Some body must have done it, and as there was nobody else to fix it on. they thought the safest course was to make sure of the prisoner. But just us tire jriai was over, down come M. Rftspuil from Parts.' This gentleman i« the first chemist in France—perhaps in the world, if e hus no great opitiiou of M.Orfila, whom lie regards to be rattier an experimentalist, and looks upon his poison theory with scepticism. THeplates ■> die arsenical stains were exhibited to him. ‘ result t Why he declared that he ua much urseuic from curtains! Nor was ...., boldly maintained that the arsenic was not produced from the body of thedeci but from tiie tests employed by M. Orfila! i then, is tt now ground for speculation. A grave doubt arises at once us to whether M.-Le(large ’ i really poisoned or died a natural death.— ajorilyof the chemists are in favor of the — and oil tiie circutnstnueex of die •in it. If aller all, it should be i(Targe wus not poisoned—that Orfila und not to the 07 The Northern Mail failed, as usual, yes terday. Three mails are duo this morning. This state .of thiugs will not hut longer thau the middle ofMarch next. ‘ LAWrVROJt BOSTON. in, Capt. Glxoden, arrived at in Boston Inst evening, in the abort four and a half days. We received by the Boston Allot of Saturday last in advance of the mail, from which we extract the shipping and commercial intelligence, which, will be found In thoir proper places. “STOP THATBALL\ * CLEAR THE TRACK FOR THE TRUE DEMOCRACY OF GEORGIA. TOTAL ROUTE OF THE ENEMY, HORSE FOOT AND DRAGOONS! 11 We are happy to announce that Georgia has redeemed her pledge at Bunker Hill. From tiie returns received, ffie majority for Harrison will not fkll short ofSftOO votes. Returns for Electors of President and Ilce-Presi- dent of the United States. Chatham. II. V. B. Dawson. Colquitt. 591 647 560 630 Effingliam, 158 55 173 75 Bullock, 25 386 7 365 Richmond, 538m 400 m Bryan, 80 33 89 36 Washington, 593 453 583 521 Burke, 593 mi 5lf* 287 Baldwin, 73! 533 341 326 Bibb, 8m 680 678 Putuam, 122 m 90 m Liberty, 65ra 153 116 McIntosh, 119 135 103 J46 Morgan 19dm 172 m Warren, 553 243 • 586 337 Clark, 639 319 637 354 Taliaferro, 431 47 402 60 Gwinett, 125 m 34m Hancock, 482 241 476 260 Wilkes, 438 353 464 387 Burke, 593 J95 518 287 Houston, * 97 in 53 m Monroe, 167 m 92 m 7276 .V24 7130 4865 3452 H. maj. 2J65W.tii.inOct ocmt of the concern! Will they review the his tory of past ages and blot tho wonl tyrant IVotn the namea of Crasar, Cromwku., Nahimmw, and Jackson, and insert democrat in its stead f We, In our simplicity, had always supposed that a democracy wu a government where tho people exercised tiie right of sovereignty in person, and not through delegated authority at all. Hut hare wo have a democratic party endeavoring to re 1 move the power already delegated, another step from its original source. If biennial sessions ba establislied, tiie power of tbo people devolves during the interregnum upon the executive, and he is the solo representative of the people duriug that time, and he would be we suppose the great rtprmalalivt democrat of the republic for the time being. If this parly Iwd continued in power an other four yeura, Noam Webster would have beau compelled to remodel his dictionary, and make some of his sounding words, nr rather the definitions of them throw a few somersets, after the most approved fashion of Van Duren poli* tie*, but thank God their days are numbered, and old things and wnrda and iisugea will all come round again. We shall yet look once more to the aafo precedents oftiio calm old philosophers, who first added lustre to the Chair of State. Old thiugs and old men will ouce more become ven erable and the people will have learned a lesson which they will not soon forget. Away then we say with this last experiment npon tho gullibility of tiie people, if there i* a real pretence that thoy are favour of tho mon. atronsinovati m, let the question be disenssed and placed before them, and we are wofiilly deceived if they do not consign it tn sleep forever along with the Sub Treasury—the standing army—licenced official interference at elections—vetoed laws— assessments upon office-holders—pigandpoultry statistics—and nil tiie other experiments and her esies which constitute tiie horrid night-mare dreams oftiio past and present administrations. B7 We were shewn Insteveuing an Exchange and Bank note tuble from Augusta, at the bottom of which Van Burenism is quoted at a discount of 031 P cr cent. B7Thc population of Bibb County is 15,150. The town ofMacon is in Bibb, and contains G,343 inhabitants, including blacks. yoMertinv upon llm Reform l is but the pi - which wifi gladden thaheettt of our people, from tho wiso and Military legislation of those they have delegated to correct tint ahum* of the past, and to dovisu measures of wisdom for the ftuttre. Such are tiie expectations of the pnnplu of Georgia, and wo dure to say, that in these anticipations they will nut ho disappointed. It is not, indeed, to f>« expected, that tho evils of a aeries of year* nfinitgnveruninnLcan he reuiodled in a day; by* that the reformation should begin, mid tt com meucemniit of healing measures ho entered upon which in due fmto will bring us back to our nl path of prosperity, mid public advancement, is most reasonably to be oxpeeted by the peoplo, and, wo treat, will moat assuredly ba honorably fulfilled by their representatives. - There are many subjects of great Importance whioh will claim the attention oftiio Legislature. Tho debts oftiio State, and tho proper limans de vised (o pay them—Our great national work, the Atlantic Kail Road, tho period of in completion and the means to effect U—The Banks, and the important matters connected with tlienit and among them a resumption of apecie payments, at such time ns will best tell upon the interests of the State—A fall review of our present sys tem of public education—An eqiialixntion of tnsstion. and such a system Instituted as tho abtolnto necessities of the government requires, —the ballot box more thoroughly guarded and Its,rights better secured—A general revision of our road la wo—and a great variety of other matter, all deeply affecting the public wen), and of the highest interest to tho peoplo, will, with those nnniid, doubtless claim and receive the deliberate refi’ictiim and action of tiie representatives of the people, r y g ln.conclasion, we hail with honest pride and ogled satisfaction, the Reform Assembly of and bid'it God speed in all its patriotic on us to benefit our State and its people; trust- id; that this session may be as memorable for its hkmficial results, us tiie last few months have all tllOllj great contini month trade of thill.... the impoitonca will yet he, in a • some security hi raw of war. The and exports from this District, ipon diminished this icnson by the in thu cotton crop, will rapidly is*, and any town near the ichicnla, controlling the entire though It mnv never assume iile is destined to acquire, few years, what Mobile now is. Com.rotor'1 Omen, prlnled. oPcontraslhiL in 1835 and II Of cnttoii lii In 1835 - In 1838 * Of woolen fi In 1835 * 1;9] In 1838 * ir Of flax factor! ■ there v , employ lug 3 employ* 174 hands, do. -^ploying 33,388 bends, uiiyoo -oud, employing 43,487 do. f silk factories there weri IMPORTS, Value ofmercltandixe, free of duty, $130,000 f •' •• paying •• 51,048 C Total value of Imports, $151,048 00 KxronTi. Freni Apalachicola to Foreign Porta, 15,884,484 lbs cotton, $1,340,490 00 From St. Joseph to Foreign Port*, 0,008,880 lbs. cotton, , 540,573 00 Total value to Foreign Ports, $1,787,003 00 RECAPITULATION. Quantity of Cotton Exported IVont tho District to a’ll the Ports, Foreign and Coastwise. St. Joseph. Apalachicola. Total. 16,7 r 1835 * 338. employing 30,083 hands, in 1838 * 808, employing34,818 do. It thus appears that, during the three years re ferred to, uonrly one UtouMiid new fiictoriea have benu opened, and more tliun alxty*eight timutand new hands engaged. A» will bo aeon front the fhllowing table, more thau one half of tho now hands liavu boon absorbed by the cotton manufacture: Increase in the number of hands. Cotton, 39,107 Woolen, 15,178 Flax, 10,804 Silk, 3,030 his now assure you it I times, hide ad, c r. As (br this a imsclf for his chi ho is oerlninly bei can he. . I recomin civilities which evt no harm has a rigl.. him nil tito good off vour tiiat/on fltrtiu. him deserve. Ibavetl Total increase 08,179 Nett Whig gain 1187 votes!! Whig majority in October, 4040 votes. 07 In addition to the above, we have a letter stating that Jones County has given 90 majority for Harrison. Crawford and Twiggs, it is also •aid, have declared for old Tip. Latcr.—A pasMdger arrived in town last eve ning from tiie South, informs ns that in Glynn, Harrison received 88, and Van Bcbkn 15 otes. In Camden the majority for Van Burin i 24. In Waynu the majority for Harrison is 15. Extract of a Utter to the'Editon of the Republican, doled Glynn County, Nov. 3. Owing to tiie sickness of several of the Ma gistrates, there wa* no election at the St. Simons and Sterling precincts of.this County yesterday. Notwithstanding this circumstance, I believe that the majority of tbo Harrison electoral ticket wil 1 be as great os that of the Congressional." 1C7*. W*«TO.bajw 40 h**n• hr the arrival yea* terday of an Officer of the army Rom Florida, ti»a* the report cf Li>'» t. Juno's death, annoanced in our paper yesterday, is incorrecL Lieut. J. wax in advance of his escort,and being dressed in citizen’s clothes, he was not fired npon. The Sergeintwho sccoropanied bim wss killed, and two or three of bis men wounded. Great hopes are entertained by many of the of ficers of die Florida army, that the negociations now pending, may result in a close of the war. DEIFICATION. We had hoped that tiie world would be spared for the future, the daily record of sacrifices offer ed up to tiie name of Gen. Jackson. Ilis canon ization has been officially announced again and again, hy thousands of devotees, and we wish that henceforth, flattery might sleep, end an incense whose “ odour is an abomination unto its "cease to ascend. We have before us anotber'instance of modem man-worship, in the address just deliv ered to the veteran General, by some citizens of WestTetmessee. We are wilting that be should receive the tribute of praise for the soccenfulde- fence of his country. For this he deserves the thanks of the whole American people. Bntwa regret to see him extolled for the manifold evils entailed on his country hy his pernicious system of policy. It is our wish that lie may enjoy tran quillity in ibe evening ofhis life,bat we have ever hoped that hi B eyas may be opened to see tiie true features and character of the corrupt and corrupt ing political system erected by Albany Regency politicians, under tiie protecting shade ofhis mil itary renown. 07 Cotton was' selling at Macon on the 3d inst. atria 9 cents. on memorable for the favorable revolution of blic sentiment; and that upon its review, tiie ilainatio i of tho people, from the mountains [lie sea, may swell with but otto grateful sound, ell douo, good and faithful public servants.'' Office of the Commercial Admtittr, l Apalachicola, Oct. Sri, 1840. i OSS OF THE STEAMBOAT LE ROY. SIX LIVES LOST. The steamboat Siren, Cnpt. Field, brings in- te igHii.'o ortho loss of the Le Roy, Washington S full, ussier, and reports the melancholy news tint stxparsona wore killed, and several dnngor- o sly sialdcd, burnt, or otherwise wonudcti.— Theuccdent occurred on Suudny last, about two ofelnck.l’. M. opposite Blount’s Town, ou this rfcer. The le Roy was employed on the Brunswick line, in ho conveyance of thu mail, and passed- »er*. licween Chattahoochee and Iola, and in icr lastirip was coming from the first named dace. She is represented to have been uttold mot,bu was not considered unsafe. It appears that firs her boilers exploded, and afierwards she caught ire and burueu down to the water’s edge. The week now lies opposite Blount’s Town, to The law establishing an independent treasury, was passed hy Congress at its late session, by which the government has taken into its own (lands tiie management of its fiscal concerns.— This measure, recommended by the unwarrant able issues of the hanks which had been constitu ted the depositories ofthe public funds— the heavy losses sustained by the inal management of these institutions—their profligate waste without res ponsibility, and tho heavy dnties necessary to sup ply the deficiency will, when its practical effects •re felt and seen, receive the general approbation. It wrests from tiie hands ofthe Executive nil the latronage they wielded, through the deposits tanks, their stockholders and debtors. It can be stow no favors and purchase no influence The reveune will not be more exposed to speculation by the officers of government, tlmn it was under the late system by the officers of banks; and tho former with their securities will be primarily lia ble, while the latter were only secondarily so.— The money ofthe government will be much more safe too, iu its own vaults, than iu the custody of an institution, which, when deprived of it, iscom- E ejled to resortio loans oabutU *ki«* ot’tha to- intic, to tustaiu its credit,—Got. WDonald's Message. itioq will the jury and lied turn to die to the uccusHod 1 of coimoiiMern- •mid-daughter of rantee of morali- Louis Philippe, her favor tut the lility of her inna- hnvu tnkeu place since a Htronger impression mi her t occurred previously. Her ‘innocence, tiie moral itainud herself, and *u nature, we are strong faith in her own t tha hardihood of her ions of M. iUspull, and tho F - her indefatigable counsel, .1,0 trial but in bis ailbse- not without some weight; nil! suggestions to il in commotion with dm my adduced on it right tn suspend - uupl the appeui to 07 The population of Baldwin county in this State, including blacks, is 7,250. Mitledgevilfe, die capital of the State, is in Baldwin county, and contains 2,095 inhabitants. According to die census just taken, there are one hundred and eigh ty fee whiles over 20 years of age, who cannot rend and write, A state ofthings like this demands immediate legislation. U is a statiding disgrace to this State, that under each and every admis- iration dfita Government, the great prase of Ed ucation has been so much neglected. Jt surpri. ms ns that Gov. McDonald has not recommen ded some prompt and decided action on this sub ject calculated to exteud the blessings and advan tages of Education, instead of limiting thqpi.— His recommendation is well enough, so far os it applies to the existing system ofEducation,which so far as we can understand its merits is no sys tem. His duly, with the lights before him, was to recommend the adoptiou of an efficient system of education. It remains for the State Rights Party of Georgia to move in this busi ness. Gov. McDonald resorts to the usual verbiage ■boot theSub-Trcasnry. Itisahnost impossible to suppose that he believes what he says, when he remarks, it (the Suh-Treasury system) “ imsfs from the hands of the Executive, all the patronage they wielded. We cannot for the life of us see how any one can have the courage to say so much, when it is known that tho Secretary ofthe Treas ury can transfer the public funds when he pleases- The Governor says, the Executive “c/mEstate no favours, and purchase no influence," under the new system. It will puzzle him, or nuy oilier man, to explain why be cannot both bestow favours and purchase influence, if he is so disposed. The Governor says, that tiie public monies will be more safe, in its oirn vaults than in Ulceus- tody of an institution, which when deprived of it, is compelled to resort to loans on both tides of the At. lanlie to sustain its credit." Now it is rather too disingenuous to admit remark like the above in a State paper. Such documents should be Written in a manner tn pre sent a faithful record of tiie times. The inference which any one would derive from the Governor’ remarks is clearly, that the U. S. Bank of the Sta^ of Pennsylvania, a local State Institution, had been in the habit of receiving the public de positee, when the fact is that not one cent of the public money was over in its vaults. Its only connexion with the late National Bank was that it purchased the stock owned by Government in that Bank at a premium of 15 percent, and has paid for it. Gov. McDonald oughtuotiosully his official robes by directing tiie attention of tiie public the wrong issue in tito case. THF. GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE. We alluded yesterday to Gov. McDonald’} •penial pleading, touching tiie subject of bien nial sesMoiu of the Legislature. Wo recur to it again fur the purpose of expressing tiie opinion that a march has been stolon upon tiie peoplo in tiiis matter. VVt» there a secret order sent forth to all tiie adherents of powerand plunder to vote for tiiis measure. It looks mightily like ib-look at tiie vote in favor of it mid then compare that vote with those received by the Loco Foco tick et for Congress. It is true the former rails ahead ofthe latter some twq thousand votes, but there two thousand may easily have been gathered from tho unwary und numrpicmh* of our ranks. Ifit were possible to re-elect Martin Van Buren, this removing power another step from tiio peo ple might lie n very important move in tiie great game uf subjugating tiie people. It is certainly quite consistent with tiie views of a party ibiU Annual and Biennial.—In our last number (says the Milkdgcville Recorder) an important error was committed in stating the vote on this question. We were led into it by a misappre hension of tiie statement furnished us by a friend, Tiie rote as exhibited by official returns, stands for animal sessions of the Legislature, 5,672—for biannial, 37,0J1. New-Jzrsev.—The Legislature of New Jer sey convened at Trenton on Tuesday, 27th ulr. The Hon, Joseph Pomtn, (Whig) ofGlouccs- ter, was elected Vice-President ofthe Counsel hy a vote of J1 to 4, and John Emlkv, Esq. (Whig) of Burlington, Speaker of tiie House, hy a vote of 4J to 12. MANurscTUREs ok Louwville.—Cotton goods manufactured in the neighbouring towns ofKen- lucky, are sold annually at Louisville, to tiie mount of$l,000,000. In 1639, a year of limited activity, there were sold in Louisville, brown cottons to the value of $276,095, prints to the value of $249,824, cotton yarns to Die value of $224,819, bleached cottons to the value of $89,* 859, and checks and ticking to tiie value of $68,. 180; making in oil the sum of $878,773. Louis ville also distributes tiie iron mannfitetures, tools, machinery, etc, Ate., manufactured in the towns. 07In the lo'.vri of Gloucester, (Mass.) with population of2308, there are 27 revolutionary pensioners: 84 parsons between 60 and70years of age, of whom 48 ore females—28 between 70 and 80, of whom 12 are females—28 between end 00, of whom 16 aro females; and 2 females between 90 and 100. Oijo of our lawyers, some days since, was de fending his cliunt with great ability. When ho find concluded, his antagonist sneeringly* said, “ that iiu did not understand a word the other had said." " Ofcounmnpt," replied the other, “I was speoking luitr.'’ Liverpool, Havre, Now-York, Boston, Baltimore, Charleston, NawrOrienna, Providence, Portland, Hartford, Fall River, Philadelphia, Total No. bales, 31,233 Total value at 8 cts. per lb. 4.265 9.245 174 418 373 28.854 9.833 27,733 893 1.798 1.546 929 547 49 41 45,617 9,852 31.988 10,133 1,798 ’£1 547 418 373 49 41 73,233 103,470 $3,311,040 which pace the wounded were conveyed, Tlterl were three persons who escaped unhurt, nutkittgn all thirteen persons who wete ou board ‘ tho tine of the accidenL The plot is much bruited, having been blown several feet into tiie air, and fallen on the wreck, with iht wheel in his hand. N oiling was saved but the mail which was blown «t to the forecastle. The river, Captain Smith iya, is literally strewed with fragments, and sine the accident, the boat haa entirely dis- S rd, leaving nothing bnt the stern pole to tewhere it lays. Aftertlie explosion, and before tho fire, a Mr. Tappetwcut on board the wreck alone, to render assistunto to the wounded and recover the bodies. While .bus engaged the wounded were taken ntvay italic yawl boat, leaving him without a iir- mg conpamon. In itsabsence the flames spread with fejriul rapidity, hut with undaunted, and true brtvery, he still persevered to the imminent danger d* his life, aud had the return of the yawl been dehyed a few minutes, he would undoubt- have hUca a sacrifice to his heroic benevolence. r e are mppy to ftate that he escaped, buumah. tide corn icl should not go entirely unnoticed. The ran was rescued by Mr. Sutton, and con veyed to ii destination by the Louisa. Among passengers was Air. Willis Alston, and we be fere he was the only one who escaped unhurt Hals reported to have stated, thatbelore leaving CluMdtoochee, he observed something a- bout the b»M which created a feeling of insecu rity. Thu) .tnpelled, he kept as near the stern ofthe boat ^possible, that being the safest place. On hearingtte explosion,he immediately jump ed into the ytwl boat, and thus made his escape while the vtoel was on fire. The kHlid are reported to be Daniel lowlett, paaienger. Woshin|ton Smith,master. John Anton, engineer. Prusriy Hicks, fireman, John Wilier, do. Henry Carter, a free mulatto, steward. FortnnnteE there were not many passengers i board, otiirwise tiie disaster would have been still more mdancholy. The Lo Roy was owned ‘ y the mail iontractors on the great Southern .Ditto, Mess* Hopkins and Stockton. MRS. ADAMS. A volition has been published in Boston, which from the extracts we have seen, must prove in teresting. It contains the letters of Mrs. Adams, the wife of John Adams, selected by her grand* son from a correspondence wliiohjcomutenced in the year 1701, when the uutiior was a girl of 17, and was coutiuued until the year 1814, a period of 53 years. Asa specimen, wo present one written to her husband, the duy after tito battle of Bunker Hill. Sunday. lSth Juno, 1775. Dearest Friend— 1 The day—perhaps the deci- sivoday.is come, on which the fate of America depends. My bursting heart must find vent at tnyptm.’ 1 have just heard that our dear friend, Dr. Warren, is un more, hutfellglorioiisly.fighL ing for his country; aaying better to die houora. bly in tiie field, thou igiioiuinously bans upon the gallows. Great is our loss. He has distinguish ed himself in every engagement by his courage and fortitude, by amusing the soldiers, ond lending them on by his own example. A par ticular account| of these dreadful, but I hope glorious days, will bo transmitted to you, no doubt, iu the exactest manner. “The race U not to the swift nor the battle to tho strong; but tho God of Irsacl is ho thatgiveth strength and power to his people. Trust mi him ut nil times, ye people, pour out your heftrts before him God is a rciuge for us." Charles town is luid iu ashes. The battle began npon onr intreiichineute upon Bunker's Hill, Saturday morning about three o'clock, and hat not censed yet, and it is new three o'clock, Sabbath after noon. It isexpectpj that they will come out over tiie Neck to night, and n dreadful buttle must ensue. Almighty God, cover the hand* of our country men, nuu be as ushield to our friends! How ma ny have fallen we know not. The constant roar of tiie esunott is so distressing, that we canuot eat, driuk or sleep. May we be supported and sustained in the dreadful conflict. I shall tarry here till it is thought unsafe by my friends, and then I havo secured myseli a retreat atyourbroth er’s, who has kindly offered mo a part ofhis house. I cannot composninyself to write at present. I MullaAUnoMMwI hour furiUor, - Tuesday Afternoon I have been so much agitated, that I have not been able to write since Sabbath day. Whon I say that ten thoiuaud reports are passing, vague and uncertain os tiie wind, I believe I speak tiie truth. I ura not ablela give you auy authentic ac count of last Saturday, wit you will not bo desti tute of intelligence. Col. Palmer, has just sent me word that he has an opportunity of convey ance. incorrect ns this scrawl will be, it shall go lardontty pray thatyon may be supported through the arduous task you have before you. I wish I could contradict the report ofthe Doctor's death; but it is a lamentable truth, and tito tears of mul titudes pay tribute to his memory; those I lines of Collina, continually sound in my “ How sleep the brave.’’ &c. I must close, as the Deacon waits. I have not iretended to he particular with regard to what I tave heard, because I know vou will collect better inteiligance. Tho spirits ofthe people are very good; the lorn of Charlestown affects them no more than a drop from the buckot I am most sincerely yours. Interesting Statistics.—An indofatingblo gatherer up of statistical and usofitl information centrally, has gleaned for Hazard's Commercial and Sta tistical Register, shine interesting statistics rela ting to the number, sex, age, occupation and na tivity oftiio foreigners who arrived in this couu try »ti 1839, the whole compiled with much iaboY from the annual report of the Secretary of State. It appoara, fVom tlieso tables, that tho whole num ber of pasMongcrs arriving (it 18* whom 70509 were natives offo and 4,157 of tiie United States. Of tiie whole number 47,688 arrived at Now-York, 10,306 at New-Orleans, 6,081 at Baltimore, 3,949 at i’ltila- delphia, 4,046 atBoston.and the residue at other places. Asto birth, 34,313 wore of Great Britain, 10,• 474 olTGermany, 7,108 ufFrance, 1.334 of Prussia, and 2,108 of other parts of Europe, making tiie whole number fVom Europe 64,327. Texas fur nished 2,410, Mexico 3fft, Cuba, 633, and tho West Indies ond British - colonies tito residue, chiefly ofthe foreign passengers. As to occupation, 37,658 are represented as having none, bitt in this number are included, 26,081 females, and a portion of tiie 15,166 mnW under 15 years of age, which will account for till larger part having no occupation. Of the aiccf- tnined occupations, 12,401 appear to be famieis, 8,930 mechanics, 7,870 laborers, and 5,633 mer chants, (oftiio last probably u considers!) lepsm- ber ure Americuus.j There were also 571 mar* iners, 143 clergymen,254 physicians, 296 seam stresses, and 208 clerks; the remainder ofthe whole number is divided among other various tqfGentUUy.- Som notion* of gentility ftrom ol cahttdn took up a well-dr. Hindi mo of expressions that — J ■- observod to a (Viend » who .Whim, w»ra’ulSJ°- r * 1 ’ li ' d U, ° c ‘ , " chm *"' -'*• „fl». P’typ’pktr-A gwkMilv r»- reived an odor ffir "3aemb*r.f» He puxxled his brain •ojhfttimo without understanding (be meaning the/enf, and returned it (hr tin. oxplana-. ton. Ilte writer was very much astonished that it con d no.ho understood. “ Why," said he. “it ition and na- » P|*jn «W t 2s am psalm, but, books." Tiiis explainwyhe mystery. The Coren Crop.—It gives us some pain to add to the tesimony already before the commer cial world, cdiceruing tho failure of the cotton crop, that of tn eminent planter. Col. John L. Hunter of Ahbanm; a gentleman ofgreat expe rience, and utunately connected with the cotton planting intmst. % ( Irwinton, Oct. 23rd. “The croji have suffered considerably from tho heavy rams in July and August, producing a casting of titasniiaresto a great extent; also from the ravages olthe bug—the bolls having been per forated, whin* causes the rot*, also from the Cat erpillar, wlticl has destroyed the leaves and good fruit, causinga blight similar to an early frost. Indeed, tiie season has been most tin propitious, and, from whit 1 can understand, although my crop has sustained iess injury than tiioseofmy neighbors, we shall lose not less, but most proba bly more, than one third." Indian News.—Capt. Smith ofthe Louisa,re- S orts having seen a raft, about six miles below 'chose, ou which the Indians] had crossed to tiie East side of the Apalachicola River, sometime between Friday nud Sunday last. Col. Mnpes, of the U. 8. Army, examined it, and declares it to be his conviction that the ruftwas made by white men, which corroborates the belief thutthe Indians hare teen, und are still aided by some de. prated white*. Front the Kcu-Orteans Bee, Oct. 30. Fire.—Abotjt 4 o’clock yesterday morning, fire broke out in tho Ladies Cabin ofthe steam boat Empress, lying at the Levee. It rapidly communicated to other parts of tit* bont. and tho whole structure wss soon in Annies. The Em press was cut adrift to prevent the extension of the fire to other boats, and sho floated gradually across tho river, and came in contact with the steamboat Monsreh, which hasrecentlyimdorgone thorough repairs. The Monarch immediately look fire, and both boats were completely destroyed, The Courier oflast evening says. “ Thn nmnuni id is 'The amount of property thus destroye/T is ns follows (steamboat JfonarcJi—about $40,000 insured for % \ 25,000 Steamer Enyrcst about * $20,000 Cargo, principally salt 10,000 Believed to he partly covered by insurance at St. Louis. * Froyt the Charleston Courier. Excellent hints to Mechanics.—Mechanics,avoid giving long cm/i/s, even to your best customers. A man who con pay easily will not thank you for the delay. A fish limy as well attempt to livo without water, ora man wiihoutair, nan mechanic withont punctuality and promptness In collecting and paying hi*debts. It is n mistake and ruinous policy to Attempt to keen on and get business b< delaying collections. When yon book « slncl. paymaster, you only gain tho chance of losing your money j aid thore ia no man who pays more money to lawyers than ho who is least prompt in collecting for li)tusc)r. Whenyoudn your work, and the time for pay arrives, if it is not banded immediately up to you for yuttt hard labor, l «ay, quit the work of such a customer, ifyou ora sure never to get n cent for it. Those arc excellent hints nud good rules. •The ruts or n workman is to receive his nuy/bont every Saturday, at the close or his week's labor,unless ho can do without it. and you mako the agreement otherwise. Wo .ike our pay to meet our payments. \ branches of business. The larger portion appe fo bo in the middle and curlier periods of/ife, only l*10tii, or 7,105, ore above 40 years 6f age, while 61,073 uro between tho nges of 18 And 40. [Ncw-Yurif Su*. The Bride.—The writings of Wnshiitaton Irv- ing abound in pictures, which, for dclicfcy, taste, nud truth, ore not surpassed by any wifers in the Ettgliuh language. Tho follow is it exquisite pnswtgo ftotn n chapter in his Bracdtidge Halls “I know no sight more charming titan that of a young aud timid brid of virgin white, led up tremblii When I tints behold a lovely girl ness ofheryears, forsaking tho then, and the home of her child the implicit confidence, and the donment which belong to woma the world for tho matt of hot cboj her, in the good old language oil # ing herself to hint ‘for better,, w worse, for rich er, for poorer, in sickness and an health, to love, honor, and obey, till death ujvlo part—it brings to miud thn beautiful "and nwctiug devotion of Ruth. Whither thou goest Ifviii go, ond whore thou lodgest I will lodge; thjjpeople shall he ray people and thy God my Gi orna- 3d, QiioflnjTconmy assises, between a modiiVwit- ness nul a barrister: Mr,Hayes, (the barrister)-!f a person lying on wrfstraw were deprived ofnll the comforts or " c 5.T rifl »° r life, would it not batten death! Wjj'—That would greatly depend on ier thty had been accustomed to them. , MmDo you monnio toll „■ |H*|BOti lived in a liorw pond, It would not be in. jurous to bim! -^JOyiwVnlt 1 U,i " kn01 - ln “_ ■*< for <K> / Itowtjf/E on U„ M Pmim LlH.-Ot,, Mllto French popon ho. JuitpublUhod olutof literary ann and women who rccoivo nn annual nnowonce ortho loorol ..nice money tt lire dim pore] of tho government. The nmnlerofthMo poDilonnr. nmouot to eight uod thirty. Tho .mallet allowance i. forty, nod ilia |reite>t,oos hundred und twenty pound,.—Anion, thou who enjoy lire loiter it the widow of Ahtl Eomuret. Commercial Journal. LATEST DATES, from Liverpool, Oct. 3—Prom Havre,.. i Sept. 93. SAVANNAH (EXPORTS, NOV. 8. Per schr. Roanoke, for St. Jagodo Coda—109654 feetP. P. Boards, and Scantling. Charleston Exports, Nov. 3. Ntw-York.—Brig Tybee—52fl bales Upland Colton, 8S tierces Rice, and sundries. Matanuu—Urig Howell—333 tierces Rice, and 400 kegs Lard. Kty Wat and I/arana—Schr. Hayne—100 tirrcea Rice, and Laid. Si. Aunmtlnr—Bclir. Stephen A Francis—14 tn. Rice. SO bales Hay, 140 baskets Coro, S3 bbis.Flour and 318 packages Merchandise. (By 1*1 Oregon.) CT. 30.—T* ~ BOSTON, OCT. 30.—The Cotton trade is withont much chance. Consumers operate only to supply their immediate wants, and have taken a few hun dred bales New-Orleutf, at 11 a 12 cts. Coffee in steady demand, lUce, none in market. More favor able accounts have been received from the Macker el fishery. Sales nwiay of No. I at 819} a 13, No. 2 at $10} a 11 per bbl. Flour is in steady demand* with ample supplies; increased arrirals would pro bably reduce prices. Nothing doing in Molasses of any note; prices unchanged. Sugars—large salts to Southern refiners. A fair business wjth the trad* for Cuba Brown at 7} a 8}. Female Piety.—'Tfieg riches the coronet of a fected piety. Nature person—the enchantmi the grace of her mein, tolled, yet her loveiii If oil others which en- f’a character, is nnaf- . lavish much on ber of her countenance— 'the strength of her in tis uncrowned, till piety 7b cry Victory,«thejOrder Oj the Day. * * ** *‘Bar«r l outers c Expenses of Matrimony —We copy the follow ing front the Nolioioso ofthe 11th. A handsome and discreet lady has politely communicated to us the following interesting calculation:—Expense of marrying in Havana. 1st. A titan whose fortune does not allow him to keep a gig, but has n mere cabin, with three windows to the street, the ex pense will be $3000—lobny two slaves, furniture, clothing, and other things neepssary. It ought alvvnys lo be borne in mind, tbot it is not absolute- safe to marry at oil without a gig, especially as le door is in the rear ofthe dwelling. 2d. To marry with a gig, und live in it cabin, with a coach man, cook, and two servants to nttend, and furni ture to correspond, $6000; It being distinctly derstood that the gig is not tn liave on itnny oi tnents, nor the bnde to have gold spectacles. The gentleman who marries n widow, having at! these things ou bend, will only be required to pay $4036, six bitts and o half. 7llt. To marry off hand without auy settlement, $6£ for tho parish tax; hut, if done before six in the morning, the tax will bo $25. It may he truly said, that life ond matrimony nro donr things in Havana—but some think that the bachelor-state is still dearer./ We have an old proverb which says “the best ‘ ways costs the most." Rail Roads in the United Staffs.—The Jom of the Frunkin Institute contains a detailed count of the wil roads in a number of tho 8t»t with tito length, costs, &c. front tho tnhlo/of which the National Gazette gives the foltap/ug: In Pennsylvania, the number of rail roao* are thirty-six, the number of miles opened five hundred and seventy^rix mid a half, total length road eight hundred and fifty miles aud n quarter, and the amount already expended $15,640,450- ,!•» Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia nnd Florida, there nro twenty-three roads, and nine hundred and ninty-four roilea opened; total lengtbi sixteen hundred nnd seventy-five miles nnd shoif.—A- mount expended, $18,422,000. Iu Atnbnmn, Louisiana,Mississippi.TenncMeeand Kentucky, there are twenty-seven roads, one hundred und ninety-fivo miles in operation; total,'length, of roads,cloven hundred aiidforty-cialithiileHaud a Quarter. Already expended, Sift,031,000. In Ohio, Indiana, Aiichigan and IlliAjajF thore nro twenty-nine roads, one hundred/ninety-six miles in operation; total lungth/ov ronds, two thousand* ight hundred and tirelty-ofte miles and a Imlf. Amount lixptmdud/WO*^, 640. throws around the whofo the sweetness and pow cr of ber charms, ffhl then becomes unearthly in desires and assovuious. The spell which bound her affectionfF the things below is broken and she mounts on ye ailent wings of her fanny and hope to thn ImbifMiou of God, where it is ber delight to hold comprauiim with the spirits that have been ransomed from the thraldom of earth und wreathed with# garland of glory. Her beauty wit throw u magical charm over many: princes urn conquerors may bow with admiration ut tisf | l"’<»e of Iter love, the sons of science may eufahn her memory itt the page of history—yet hf»(ifety must bo her ornament, her pearl, liar rape must bo written iu tiie “ Book of Life," thaiAvhen tito mountains fade away, nnd every nitpento of earthly greatness is lost in the general rpcck of natiiro, it may remain nnd swell tiie liitiBr that mighty throng, which have been cloth* with the mantle of righteousness, nud their attuned to the melody of heavon. With raft a treasure every lofty gratification on earth wty ho purchased, friendships will be doubly rff-ot, paiii and sorrow shall loso their sting, aof tiie character will possess a price fnr “abovsfches," life will bo but a pleasant visit to earth, ’V* death tbo entrance upon a joyful and pnrpctvl home. Aud when tiie notes ofthe last trumpfnall he heard, and the sleeping millions nwakrao judgment, its possessor shall be presen ted “fultless before tito throne of God with ex- ceedfg joy nnd a crown of glory that shall never nway." ;h is piety. Like a tender flower, planted fertile soil of woman’s heart, it grows, ex- ling its foliage aud imparting itsfraganco to iround, till it ia set to bloom in perpetual vi and unfading beauty in thn paradise of God. ‘ollow this star, it will light you through every lyrintii of life—gild the gloom that will gather mud you in the dying hour, and bring you safe- over the tempestuous Jordan of death, into bo heavon of promised and rattled rest. Enjoyment of the Sea.—At sea a tnan is always hungury. It is one of tho greatest blessings pe culiar to thn world of waters—that is, when you have any thing to eat. Day breaks to find you ravenous; tho duties of tiie arduous hours suc ceed, enlivened hy the recurrence of occasional reposts, the only time-mark of their solitary life, and the glorious sun returns to its ^sjmg-nlane. but to find you in tire same delicious stale or fe rocious greediness with which it lighted, on yon sixteen hours before. Tho perpetual exercise of limb, and tiie passing of existence in theopon air, uotonly demand n continual supply, hut ren der tho ills of plenty tiie bugbear of a slothful landsman. There is to be found nothing that ever approaches to fnl! No dreadful visions of forth coming corpulency set snares around tho appe tite, or garnish the favorite dish with tares; and though, to bn sure, famine sometimes stares sailors in tho face enpasiant, and a short allowance of salt horsa is often deemed u godsend, while a stinted allowance of stinking water too frequently be come* an unolitainimle luxury, yot still, when food is to bo lind, it nowhere carries with it so keen a sense ol enjoyment.—Paul Periwinkle. Varieties of Flowers.—There ore dispersed over - “' ' * J of 40,U0Odis- An Army Drunk.—The wl was drunk tiie night after t It lay in vineyards; and in .. situated in the grounds upoi grown. The vintage \vu abiindont-flho soldiers drni tho Austrians, lind they hi overcome with liquor and den attack upon us in f 1 incompletely to tito ro impossible to mako om tttkediunwelvcsio at mi tito destinies of cmpi| have been changed—J dram* which lias beet Europe might have hod • menu— Napier's Mililap “ Let tha Democrats march shoulder to should er," siiyj n prominent loco to^o papor, •* if wo must bo Ilenten, lot uf meet our fate in' tiie fttil discharge of our duty." “ Hug to me, Peg," said Jonathan lo iiif wife, iu a thunder-storm, .'let'sdie like men," French nrmy of Wngrnm, ho cellars nro t the wine is . tiie quantity mderatcly; and it that wo were mil made a and- , might liuve put would havo been if tho soldier* he- wliattlireud* hang li might that day i act of tho great long performing in iO cellar for denoue- theaurfuce of the globo upwards tinct species of plants which bear flowers t and from tho number of new spoeioa which hare in comparitively recent times, rewarded the labors of collectors, wo cannot suppose that tho entire number, or any thing approaching to it, is yet known, even to lltoso best skilled in plants, rim vast number of flowers producing vegetablef, is variously distributed over thn globe, in its differ ent regions according to its several latitudes, climates,'ond characters of soil. In this respect tho usual estimate is, that there am upward* of 13,000 flowering plants, natiies ofthe inter-tropi cal part* of America, aud considerable more then 6,000 in tropical AlVicn. In Australia, and tho numerous islands with which the wiilo expanse of tho Pacific Is studded, either within the tropics or not vury far without them, there aro about 5,000 species already known, though some of tho largest nud most tropical of those islands havo been hut imperfectly explored. Temperate Anmricn, ill both hemispheres, contain* about iiperatoAsin,nbout2,(J00; and Ki which lies wholly within tho tompfrato Homo cry victory Ibr Vmv’BOfNtr, tiffier* cry victory for Harrison, I cry victory for Hiliiburx. Hamburg has been a child of persecution (Vntn its birth, I have been n persecuted man, (Vom the joying ofits foundation—and eight out often of these perseqplors are dead, broken, or runawsjr, and I am here alive, in good health, and the town prosperous. The taking of my bridge was the building of Hamburg; had not this been taken, there would have been, I am sure, no Hamburg at the present day, and perhaps no Rail Road, and Augusta would have enjoyed all the South Carolina Hade, as’heretofore. And this taking, Augusta will repent to the ond of time; for I snail be able with permission of tiie Great Ruler, to teach that once ireat city a lesson ever to he remembered how to atnper with common souse, and the hard earn ings ofnn honest man. One more act, and her fate is sealed. They have Hindu the Bridgo toll free, to get our cotton, and I am heartily tickled at their stupidity. Build another, and make it free too, and yon will not get out cottoa then. Savannah may enjoy the benefit of our cotton, but Augusta will not. There is one way that yon can get it, and that is for you to cento with good money to Hamburg, and buy it. My Bridge is nearly reinstated, and tiint cursed thing above, called the New Bridge, is rone, never to be re-built, for common sense, .orbid it. As to tiie town of Aiken, it majr be a ;ond summer retreat, but, to tell me that it will io inado a successful towu for commerce,.they might as well tell me that they con make a sue- cessfu! milt to go by water on tiie top ofa mouii tain. *■ • The inducements for planters to trade to Ham- think, will snlisfy them. The town of Hamburg has also two markets, (Savannah and Charles ton,) aud o good rood to either; the river lo one, and tiie Rail Road to the other, this will sustain her. And os for an Inundation, Hamburg is guard ed, not only against ordinary’ but extraordinary freshets, by a dyke and floodgates, and only re quires for tiie Town Council of Hamburg to keep them, as I made them ond left them. As to tho flood, no human foresight could pos sibly guard against a young Noah, and, as to some of our merchants being broko by it, what signifies thntT Suppose tho whole of them bod been broke* others would have cornu ill nnd supplied their places. As a commercial town, Hamburg » e»* tublished beyond a doubt, for where there is coin- ■mere®,-there tito merchant will go, httflnesi win bring a merchant, and business will carry W™ away. Look at New Orleans, there, hundreds dio ofa dny by yellow fevor, yet their places ar* filled up. „ There nro now only throe things anmiMw tho prosperity of Hamburg. A jpUjupPty of goods. 2nd. Plenty of sound monoyto pay for Colton. And3dly. Fair dealing. ftr lir,, ' u, “ 1 w " IMF*®??! Founder ofUio Town of Hamburg, S. C. October 31,184ft. FAS8ENGER8. Tor steamboat Gon. Clinch, from Pilstkt- l,louts, Lowtonond Hotwlutw, U. S. A. Per steamboat Forester, from Block Creek— Mrs King, Mrs Wnrreu, 2 children end seivmtt, Miss Aldrich, Miss Pratt, Messrs A L King, J Stotesburyt 8 Hoftnsn. N Tow, J G'igtmllintend A K Moore. ■* — Shipping Intelligence. _ PORT OF 3APAtiNAM, SMp Oregon, Gfoddom Bwlon, 41 da,.. HJJ "XSon. Forester, Wra>. M-k "> "'^"fnl^lifd; Darion. 00. U- HleeutboalGen Clinch, Love, I «““■ Schr llnnnokr, Oremi, Stingo do Cobe-lMit. . mm ,-I mem 4,000; temperate Alia, nhout3,000; and Europe, * . - . . contains ut least 7|000 distinct special of plant* which bear flower*. - -If