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From thr Cork Constitution. LOS.' OF KILLAUNE V STEAMER, AND TWENTY FOUR LIVES LOST. One ut the most calamitous occurrences that " o have ha 1 for a Ion" time to deplore, took place •:n ow coast: we mean the total destruction of the i\illarney steamer, and the loss of not fewer than .’1 lives. Killarney left this on a Friday morning lor Bristol, but the weather being very tempest uous, she oulv Made l’oorhead, and was obliged to return to harbor. She put oil agaiu that eve ning about five o’clock, and got abreast of Youghal. Here she was found so “laborsome,” that a num ber ot pigs w ere thrown overboard for the purpose ol lightening her, and it was deemed advisible to try ami regain th' harbour. They could not, how ever, keep lull steam on her, for she had Leen leaking, and the water had so increased in the hold, in which the coals were kept, that they became quite wet and would not burn freely. There were dry coals in the fore cabin, hut they were not easy procurable, I- mm tour o’clock on Saturday mor ning they could scarcely keep any steam up, and in 12 hours alter, about 1 o’clock in the evening, she struck on a rock under the Rennies, near Cur hine, and about two rales from Robert's Cove. It would seem impossible to account for her reaching tins coast, and it is said that ail endeavors were made to keep her then olf the land. The sails were spread, but they were shivered to atoms.— "When she struct the anchor was let go, ard the vessel swung round and touched a large rock that rose a considerable height above the level of the sea. I'hc p ople on the cliffs, seeing her ap proach the danger, called out, but their calls, if heard, could not be attended to. The rock a gainst which she swung was in tin* centre of a bay, the jutting promontories of which are per haps a mile apart. The rock is about 200 yards from the clill, (there is no beach,) and the cliff which is quite perpendicular, is about .'soo yards a bove the sea. On her striking, VI persons were able to reach the rock, when immediately the ves sel and all that rein lined in her went down. Those who got <>n the rock were—Mr. Bailey, the captain ; George Rose, mate; W. Hancock, seaman; J. Price, ditto; .John Champion, ditto; Charles Goodlin, ditto; George Porter, coal trim mer; Charles Atfel, seaman; William Peterson, ditto; two engineers, Scotchmen ; tiie cook, a black; James Archer, seaman; Richard Reed, ditto; the stewardess; a young boy intended for a steward; a boy in care of pigs; John Collis, of Castle Cook; Mr. Thomas Foster, of Ballyma loo; Dr. Spolasco; a woman w hose name could not be learned ; ;.nd a seaman, who was afterwards drowned in trying to swim ashore. Os these per ished the head steward and his brother, the stew - ardess, the boy in care of pigs; the seaman who tried to swim ashore, and poor yortng Foster. He and Mr. (’“His were apprentices of Mr. Fos ter, w hile on the rock, slipped ; Mr. Collis made a grasp to save him, and th** lad, seeing his dang r, sprang upwards. I B rosp three feet off the rock but hr fell on his head, and Mr. Collis says lie heard hisnei k crack, and he tumbled in'o the sea. 1 lie was second so;. ~t the late Mr. Clement Fos ' ter, ol BaUymaloo. .Mr. Collis is the third son of Mr. W. Collis, of Castle Cooke, Fourteen were rescued from the rock, but one died (carpen ter) soon alter lie was got on shore. The great .difficulty was to get a rope to reach them. Oil Sunday, ducks, with ropes fastened to them, were sent out; only one reached, and that they were not able to catch. Wire was attached to bullets, and rope to the w ire, and sundry shots were fired, but without the rope reaching the unfortunate people. The gentry around were all present, giv ing their assistance, and “though last, not least," Lady Roberts, of Britfi'ddstnwn. Nothing could exceed her ladyship's attention to the sufferers. • On Sunday, when till efforts to reach them with a rope by the above-mentioned means were found vain, Mr. Hull, brother to the officer of the ( 'oast Guard, sugg' ted thv fastening a long rope to one part of the Promontory,and carrying it along the beach to the other side, until a rope, dependent from the middle of it, was brought within reach of those on the rock. This was effected, but the dependent rope was so weak, and it was so late (then after four o’clock, and just dark,) that it was necessary to give over further exertions for that evening, and direful as was the alternative, leave the unfortunate suffer ts exposed to the fury of tuiother night. The night, however, was not so tempestuous as the preceding, and at daylight many were on the spot to give their assistance, Lady Roberts among the first. On going away at night the rope was left exten ded as we have described, and ready for operations in the morning ; but, during the night, some inhu man wretches cut the rope and carried it off'. On Monday morning Captain Manby’s lifepre serving apparatus was brought from lvinsale, but the same difficulty was experienced in reaching the rock with the rope, .Shots v.-erc again fired from guns and small cannon hr night for the pur pose, hm without success, am! Mr. Hull's plan w as again resorted to. This succeeded.—Captain Manby’s apparatus was affixed to the centre-rope, and about It o’clock two loaves of bread and a little wine and spirits were lowered to them, the first they had partaken since Friday. After re freshing themselves, th v wore hauled up in the cradle, one by ore, tl o won or fist. The following wore those drawn tip;—Mr. Col lis, Dr. Spolasco, a woman, passengers; the Cap tain; George Rose, mate; W. Hancock, John Price, John Champion, Charles Goodlin, James Atfel and W. Peterson, seamen; Geo. Porter, coal-trimmer, and Jame Mason, carpenter, who died soon after. They were ail put into the neighboring cotta ges, and attended to under the immediate luperift tendence of Lady Roberts who provided them w ith covering, gruel, and othrr nourishing drink. Dr. M’Dermott, and indeed all in the vicinity were most attentive. Mr. Collis, who appeared to have suffered less than would have be ti supposed, was taken to Britficldstown; sir Thomas Roberts, and the Captain, to the Water Guard Station; the rest were comfortably provided for, and seldom were individuals more in want of it, they having been the whole of Saturday night (and a most dreadful night it was,) all Sunday, and Sunday night, exposed to both wind and waves, besides ■which they were wet before they left the vessel.— The woman who lay on th** rook and was rescued, had on her nothing but her night dress and a small handkerchief. The stewardess was w ashed ashore with only buskins on her. Mrs. Morris, whose husband, a tanner, is among the dead, had two stays on, and 180 sovereigns stitched between the linings. These were rilled when and she floated ashore, as well as some rings that were on her fin gers; Inhuman as this act may appear, we cannot marvel at it, after cutting and making oft'with the rope that was intended as the means of saving from death 14 suffering human beings. The cabin passengers were Mr. Robert Lawe and hisw ife; Mr- Thomas Foster. Mr. John Collis, , Mr. Nicolai, (or Nicholl, wr are not sure which,) \ fi’Jdi regiment; Dr. Spolasco and son. The late ol Mr. and Mrs. Lawe, and voutig Mr. Foster, is deplored by every one to wliom it litis been mentioned. Mr. Lawe never reached the rock—his lady, we understand, did, but did not long survive her husband. A sea according to one report, washed her oil—according to another, she dropped from the rock and sank. Mr. Foster’s fate, when till seemed safe, we have already descri bed. Mr. Nicholai, was not seen after the vessel struck. The names of the deck passengers we have been unable to ascertain. Two o! them were the man named Morris and his w ife, mentioned above.— There were six others, besides six persons in charge of pigs. The crew, including the captain and mate, were about 18 in number.—Altogether there were ,'s7 persons on board Thirty-seven human beings alive, and well on Saturday mor ning, and now l'our-tuni-twenty of them in eterni ty. THE HOME OF THE DESOLATE. A FRAGMENT. “How many drink the cup, Os baleful grief, or eat the bitter bread Os misery! Sore pierced by wintry winds, How many shrink into the sordid hut Os cheerless poverty.” iiv c. tv. everett. It was night—the storm howled sadly by—and the mother sat in silence by the scanty lire, that warmed and faintly lighted the wretched, dilapi dated cottage, once, in brighter days, her happy home! She had divided to her ragged and starv ing babes the little pittance of bread remaining to her, yet scarcely sufficing to satisfy the mad cra vings of hunger! Little thought they, that they claimed their mother’s all: vet freely was it given, with a silent tear that it was all! ' She hushed their cries—soothed their sorrows—covered them with her tattered inantli—bade them a sad 'good night' —and returned to her sorrowful vigil. The night ware away—and still sat tli.» mother over the biding fire she could not replenish, wait ing the coming of him, whose returning footsteps once caused a thrill of joy through her bosom, and was hailed with boisterous glee by Ids little ones. Once he premised at the alter, to love and cherish her, and nobly, awhile did he redeem his pledge, llis cottage was the home of comfort, and his wife anil infants divided his love! But ah! how changed ! lie had become a Drunkard! Ilis business was neglected—bis home was de-. sorted—and his late return was but th* harbin ger of woe! lie came tu Curse the innocent partner of his misery the author of his wretch edness, aud his frightened children shrunk away r -‘om liini, screaming, as from a fiend! where waits he now ? The shadows of night have long darkened the landscape! What delays his re turn?—Alas! the low haunt which has nightly witnessed the shameful revel, now echoes to liis frantic shout! Surrounded by boon companions, he seeks to drown the memory of his sorrows in the bow l; w hile his wretched, starving, squallid w ile, still keeps her lonely vigi! by her cheerless hearth! Stillness—solemn stillness, like the grave’s, reigns in that dreary habitation: and no sound is heard, save when the fitful sighing of the w intrv blast, or the low murmur of her dreaming infants, rouses the watcher from her trance, 't hen she raises her aching eyes to the dim dial, and, with a glance to heaven, turns to her lonely watch again. But now “the tempest of her feelings has grown too fierce to be repressed”—her bosom heaves with the w ild emotions of her soul—and her thin hands seem endeavoring to force back the burst ing torrent of her tears! * * * * * * * * * The clock struck the hour of midnight—and he came as wont! With a fearful oath, he cursed liis w ile’s fond care : and that mother’s silent tears, and the low w ail of his frightened babes, went up to God for witness! * * » * v * « Would you know the conclusion of the story ? Go, ask the jail, the almshouse, and the grave— and they w 1111 tell you ! —Literary il lessenm r. COLUMBIA, March 13. Our Raii, Road.—Yesterday was a proud day for 'Columbia, and for the State. The first ground has been broken in the great enterpri/.e of the Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Rail Road! Agreeably to public notice, a Procession wa> for med at 10 o’clock yesterday, in front of the State House, under the direction of Col. R. lj. Good will, as Marshal of the day, in the following or der : 1. Uniform Companies of the Town. 2. City Guard. Is. Governor of the State and suite. 4. President, Directors and Engineers of the Company. 5. Clergy and Theological Students. 6. Stockholders of the Company. 7. lr.tendant, Wardens and Officers of the Town. 8. Judge, Officers and Jurors of the District Court. !). Officers and Students of the South Caroli na College. 10. Teachers and Students of the male schools. 11. Citizens of the town and country. 12. Committee of Arrangements. l:$. Cavalry of Richland District. ’I he whole was followed by a large number of carriages and citizen cavalry. On arriving at the ground, the Richland Rille Corps formed a hollow square around the staging erected for the orator, and after the invocation of the blessing of Provi dence, upon the work, by the Rev. Dr. Leland, the President of the Company, Robt. Y. Hayne, Esq. addressed the meeting in an appropriate and patriotic speech prepared for the oecason. After the address the President set the example of throwing up a shovel full of ground, which was followed by all who were near enough to partake of that honor. The assemblage was altogether the largest one we have ever witnessed on any oc casion in Columbia, and comprised all the beauty, patriotism, talent, and wealth of the surrounding country. Our limits and time w ill not permit us to make even a synopsis of (Jen. llayne’s chaste and beautiful address; but he has promised a co py for publication next week. Murder. —We understand that sometime dur ring the past week a gentleman travelling from Columbus, Georgia, to Tennessee, was murdered between New Echota and Spring Place, Murray County, his name, we learn, was l)r. Cady a Den tist. Who could have been so abandoned as to commit the act, w e cannot even surmise—nor has suspicion rested on any individual that we have heard of: hr had with him we understand a consid erable sum of money; that he was murdered by some wretch for his money, we have no doubt.— Georgia Pioneer. I nn; GEORGIA MlliltOK. DOMESTIC MANAGEMENT. Tin following article is from the pen of Mrs. Conant, the new Editor of the Mother’s Monthly Journal, and is copied from the first number of the present volume of that v aluable work: Child. Mother I w ant a piece of cake. Mother. I liav’nt gut any—its all gone. C. I know there’s some up in the cup-board; I saw it when you opened the door. M. 'Well you don't need any now; cake hurts children. C. No it don’t; (whining,) Ido want a piece ; mother, may'nt I have a piece ] M. Be still, I can’t get up now, I’m busy. C. (Crying aloud.) i want a piece of cake. I want a pieca of cake. M. Be still, I say, I sh;*a’t give you a Lit if you don't leave off' crying. C. (Still crying.) I want a piece of cake. I w ant a piece pf cake. M. (Rising hastily and reaching a piece. 1 here, take that, aod hold your tongue! Eat it up quick, 1 hear Ben coming. Now don’t tell him you’ve had any. [Ben enters.) C. I’ve had a piece of cake; you cant have any. Ben. Yes, I will; mother give me a piece. M. There, take it; it seems as if 1 never could keep a bit of any thing in the house. You see, sir, [to the child] if you get any thing next time! [Another room.] C. I've had a piece of cake. oung sister. Oh, I want some too. C. Well, you bawl, and mother'll give you a piece; 1 did. GENERAL SCOTT \ slip from the office of the Columbus (Ohio) Statesman, contains the following letter from Sandusky c ity, announcing the arrival of Gen. Scott on the evening of the 3th—a day after the report of his nllcdged death. Sandusky City, March Ctli, 18.38. Samuel Med ary. Esq. — Dear Sir,—Last evening Gen. Scott and suit ar rive ere. Canadian General, M’Leod, and others of less note, were at Drake’s Hotel a few mo ments before liis arrival, when a letter was put into his (McLeod’s) hands, and a general scam pering ensued. M’Leod was secreted by one of our c itizens untill this morning, when finding pur suit grow hot, he was furnished with a horse and started for Huron. Scon after, Gen. Scott with his four hoi s': wagon, took the same road, and the rci-<*vt holds good that he had taken M’Leod also, Bradley, the late commandant at Port au Plait, is not yet taken, but will be, should he continue in this region, as.Scott manifests a full determiuatin to bring these lawless men to justice. Texas. —The following is copied from the Tcvas Telegraph, and is an. example worthy of imitation:—“A Court of honor was convened in this city on Tuesday last, its decision has prevented a duel and probably preserved the life of one, possibly,"the lives of two individuals, whose servic es may hereafter do credit to themselves and to our country. By a singular coincidence, three ol the tour members composing the court " ere engaged as seconds, and one as principal, in in four of the five duels which have been fought in Texas within the last five months. The phi lantliopist will rejoice at this cheering indication that a spirit worthy of the intelligence of the age is beginning to developc itself eveo here; and the friends ot the lamented Laurens will feel a me lancholy pleasure in reflecting, that his fall lists led to a result so auspicious.” Lore and Suicide —The Baltimore American states that on Tuesday afternoon, a German named Charles Uittert, about twenty-four years of age, stabb’d, himself to the heart in consequence of being re jected by the parent of a young girl whose hand he had solicited in marriage. Previous to com mitting the tatel deed lie repaired to the house of the lady, in comet st, tend having expressed his intention of removing from the city, took a for mal leave ol her, went into another room and im mediately plunged a dirk in his bosom. Casualty and Homicide. —A coroner’s inquest was held at Augusta, (Ga.) on the 20th inst., on the body ol a mulatto boy. found dead at or near the upper Bridge.— the virdict was, that became to his death by one of the hind wheels of a loaded wagon passing directly over his neck. The boy was endeavoring to jump on tin waggon, and a rop* or bridle, which he had about his neck (he having been in search of a horse) became entang led in the wheel, and caused him to fall in a di rection, which led to the fatal result* On the same day another inquest was held over the body of Charlotte, the property of the ilon. John P. King. The virdict was, that she came to her death from a pistol shot, by a young man named Wooster, who was first imprisoned arid af terwards bailed in the sum of 83000, for his ap pearance to answer tin indictment, under a recent law prohibiting the carrying of deadly weapons a bout the person.— Charleston Observer. A PLEA IN ABATEMENT. In one of the Quarter Session Courts of Tennessee, one Joe Phillips was induced for as sault and battery. The solicitor called him to the bar and addressed him thus : “You are indic ted for a misdemeanor, and stand charged in these words—“ The Jurors for the State upon their oaths present, that Joe Phillips, late of the county of— ,on the 10th day of August,lß—, with force and arms, in and upon the body of one John Scroggins, with malicious intent, and assault did make, with guns, sword, pistols, dirks and clubs, with malice aforethought “Stop, Mr. Lawyer,” says Joe; there was something of it, but you’re making it a worse than it was.” “Well, how was it, Joe!” says the solicitor. “Why, 1 and John met one day on the road, and says I to John, ‘This is a bad day forsnakin.’ Then says he to me, ‘Not very bad neither, for 1 killed one near upon a rod long.’ Then says I, •That’s a lie, for there’s nary snake in this countv half so lone.’ Then after a good many such compliments passed between us, says John to me, says he, ‘1 doesn’t milk my neighbors’ cows, as some folks do.’ And then I hit him a lick w ith iny fist side of his head; and then we had a real scuffle; a fair fight; then just quit so. and we hadn’t no gun, nor pistol, nor club neither; so you need’nt be takin’ all that nonsense over to the court when there was no such thing; and John says he’s willin’ to fight agin, if I’ll let him strike first.” “Why, my dear sir,” said a dandy reprovingly to his boot-maker, “ you have made itiy boots large enough at tin* toes to hold a bushel of grain.” “I thought,” replied Snob, coolly, that corns were grain.” iPO&Ui'iIUAX, From the Correspondence of the Philadelphia Post. Washington, March, 13th, 1838. The past week has been one of much more than usual interest in the Senate. The most ex citing occurrence, was along and. signal, and al most personal contest, very like a duel of wits, between Mr. Calhoun and Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, which was waged on Saturday with great vigor ami animation, from one till almost six o’clock.— It grew out of Mr. Clay’s alleged misrepresenta tion of Mr. Calhoun's argument on the Sub- Treasury; and as a challenge was at that time thrown out and accepted, the chamber was crow ded above and below to overflow ing at an early hour, and so continued throughout the day, throngs of listeners also remaining at the doors. Air. Calhoun was very brief in setting right Air. Clay’s alleged misrepresentations of his argument. He merely gave one specimen, re lating t<> the supposed unconstitutionulity of using the State Banks, and left his audience to judge by this of all the rest, though it looked a little too much like a brick taken as the speci men of a house. He then went nt once into a long defence of hitnself against the charge of having gone over to the administration; and lie seemed to make it pretty clear from his speeches in 1834, that the administration had gone over to him, so far as related to the seperation of the Banks and the Government; somewhat on tire same principle, that if we should gain the posi tion of an enemy, we should then have gone over to the enemy, He went into a great variety of particulars with a view to vindicate the consis tency of liis coiu.se heretofore; and adduced some of the principal instances of liis well known ability in the management of practical affairs in his public life, especially what lie had done for the army and navy, in order to repel the charge made against him of being too theoreti cal and metaphysical. His defence of himself throughout, was very ingenious, perhaps about as well as it could be. After having expressed hi.s antipathy to personal conflicts, and remark ed that those who made such attacks must ex pect in turn to be attacked, lie made an assault, decorous, but tit the same time probably as vigor ous as he could make it, on Mr, Clay’s public acts and opinions. But Mr. Clay lias assserted, and 1 have heard no one contradict him, that lie has charged liis views only in regard to one im portant point; a Bank of the' V e'm-.l sUuu>* in the whole course of his pull e life. On consis tency of opinion, he was therefore almost invul nerable; and the chief charges brought against him by Mr. Calhoun, was that he was popular and superficial, always serving on something that would strike the public admiration, and not versed in those elements of thought, by which great and intricate subjects are mastered and brought under command. And instead of changing too often he did not change often enough, but was in the practic e of holding on by soma favorite hob by till he rode it to death, lie had done so by internal improvement, a high protective tariff, Ale. Mr. Clay did not appear perfectly at ease during his speech, lie had perhaps, umlcsigndly given occasion to the encounter; but Mr. Calhoun was the challenger. There was, however quite reso lution enough in Mr. Clay’s expression, lie be gan with saying that he was ready, and did not need a fortnight to concoct a reply, (about the time sinee the challenge passed.) This seemed to cast a chill on the audience as if it might have bcen spared. lie then proceeded to show more fully that Air. Calhoun had gone over to the ad ministration, and made especial use of his Edge field letter for this purpose in which Air. Calhoun said that the pow er of the administration would have been demolished, but for liis timely interfer ences; but he saw that the victory would not in ure to him and his party, who w ould be absorbed by the “nationals ;” and so lie went over to the ad ministration to save that from destruction, and his own party from extinction. Air. Clay made much use of this letter, and w ith great effect. He en tered into the various changes of Air. Calhoun's political career, showing that lie had changed his company if ho had not changed his principles anil opinions. In the course of this review, he allu ded to what lie called a boast of Mr. Calhoun, that the compromise ae» was the result of state intew perenec. lie treated this with great contempt, > omparing South Carolina to a company of chil dren, w ith woodens guns marching against tin army ot granailicrs. lie stated that one great motive of the compromise was the fear of trusting Gem ml J ack soil with dangerous power, and mentioned as a remark of Mr. Calhoun, late Senator. “These South Carolianlans arc clever fellows; we must not let Jackson hang them up.” This called forth from Air. Preston a vehement reply, such as every one would expect him when his State was treated so slightingly. It seemed a hard case for Mr. Preston that he should have dif fered from his colleague and liis state on the Sub- Treasury, and should then have his feelings so touched by one of the most distinguished of his present friends, though he said he eared nothing for such assaults from small politicians and understappers. The residue of the debate be tween Alessrs. Clay and Calhoun was very desul tory, but decorous, and on the whole creditable to both rather than otherwise; a result w hich un der the circumstances could hardly be expected. Air. Webster lias just ended a speech against the Sub-Treasury, which many called one of the greatest ever in Congress; and some the greatest. He saluted this scheme, on its entrance, as a measure at best doubtful in itself, to attain a bad end. He now assailed it on the general ground of its novelty and the diverse opinions entertained respecting it. His vindication of the credit sys tem, as the great source of wealth and prosperity to the country, and even as the chief instrument of the equal distribution of property, so essential to the continuance of a democratic government, was full, clear, vigorous, and magnificent. If 1 have ever heard it equalled I sun confident I never heard it surpassed. It seemed like the death knell of hard money and the perish commerce system. He maintained with equal clearness and force a sound mixed currency, always easily convertable, specie to paper or paper to specie, and always suffi ciently expanded to meet with ease and prompt ness all the wants of the community, lie urged at much length the constitutional pow er and duty of Congress to regulate the currency, especially as subservient to the exercise of their power in the regulation of commerce of which he maintained a sound and uniform currency as an indispensible instrument. He spent some time in an exp sition of Mr. Calhoun’s various public acts and opinions, though in the most delicate manner, expressing the highest repect for his talents and character, and great personal kindness towards him, stating that at one tune he held no individual living in higher estimation. Still his animadversions could not have all been very pleasant to Air. Calhoun Your space and my time will not allow me to en large. This speech will have a great effect on the country, though probably not much on Congress. Some fears are now entertained here that tlieSub* Treasury* will pass both Houses; and Air. Web ster has publicly expressed his belief that there is ground for such apprehensions. Some of its opposers ara almost fatal of all to its projectors I t the people require any more scourging to bring them to their senses they ought to have it, though it seems hard that the w ise and and innocent must take their lull share of it* Divorces. — I’he sarcastic Prentice says, that tin- government was divorced from the Bank of the mted States, and then got married to 100 State Banks. It it he divorced from the State Banks, to w hom, or what, w ill it be marriad next ? To 50,000 Sub-Treasuies, By the first operation it got a hundred Wives instead of one : and by the next it will get 50,000 instead of 100. It will have a wife in every office holder, and from every \\ lie s girdle will dangle a key for opening the good husbands strongbox, flow much of the old tool’s money will be left at the end of the year!—_V. Y. Daily Whig. ’I hr Boston Atlas, speaking of the explosion of the Banks in that city, says: “Almost without exception all the individuals engaged in tlm management of those banks, which are proved to have been dishonestly con ducted, have been and are the earnest friends and supporters of Mr. Van Buren. In those two banks which displayed the most revolting de gree ot rottenne sand corruption, the President ot one and the Cashier of the other were brotli ers-in-law ut Mr. Levi Woodbury, .Secretary of the Treasury—a circumstance, to which they owed their election to their respective offices.” It is stated that the President intends to rec ommend to t ongress the constuction of a ship ca nal through the Isthmus of Darien. This great work is to distinguish the administration of Air. Um Buren. But will the Guatenialcaus aeiept Treasury notes ?— Xat. (laz. §jl TOMHtA FLORENCE, (JA. ;¥loutlay, ,\;iril 3, ls»s. AT LAST! The Georgia Mirror p, after a long, v x - tious and tantalizing delay, over which we had i o control, presented to the public, with the hope that it may answer the < mis for w hich it is de signed. None ran he more fully aware of the ardunus tirss ot the duties of conductors of the pri*ss*a* and their responsibilities, than ourselves, but we tins’, that by adhering closely to truth, making it om polar star, we may be enabled to discharge the tax., we have undertaken n such a manner that our L'bors may prove beneficial to the country end to posterity. It is our intention to make the Alirror a ve} c ie!e ot general intelligence, both Domestic aid l'oreign, and if. will ! e our constant aim to plea , an 1 instruct our readers. In* Mirror will not be silent inrclat’on to the political affairs of the country. Believing, as we do, that the future prosper ty and perpetuity of our happy I iffon depend upon tl e advancement and maintenance ot correct principles, we should feel ourselves wanting in leve for our country w ere we, as public journalists to be silent hi rela tion to what we conceive her dearest interests. We shall, therefore maintain with zeal and inde pendence the doctrines of the State Rights party oi Georgia, and will endeavor to sound the alarm whenever the principles ol' (hit party tire attemp ted to be violated or trodden under foot. Con vinced that those principles are the principles of Liberty, th >se doctrines the doctrines of the Con stitution, and that by supporting them we will be the advocates of Liberty and the Constitution. Aware of our inability we will endeavor to make tiff in v.cal what we are deficient in intellect. H he columns of the Mirror w ill be open at all times to any well written communication on anv subject, save that of sectarian discussion and personal disputes, free of charge. No communi cation, however will be inserted without the au thors name accompanies the manuscript.. We deem it unnecessary to make any further remarks as to the course wcshail pursue. Hoping that our future conduct vvi 1 p o e our . inc rtv and zea! for the good of our country. OUR TOWN. Florence is not quite as large as Orleans, nor as populous as New York, but its a town, notwwith standing—some folks live lu re, and though you cannot see all the town for the—trees, yet the sound of the carpenter’s hammer is heard as if houses would he built. We cannot boast of Rail Roads passing through our streets, (for we have got streets,) or our place being built by magic, of an overw hlmning trade, or an abundance of money—but w e can say that we are situated on a good navigable stream, in the midst of a rich and fertile region, surrounded by honest, industrious and wealthy planters, men, too, of the right grit, who can stand up to their rack about as well as most men. We can say likewise that we have shipped from this place during the present season 5000 bales of cotton, and how many we may ship the next and future seasons we wont pretend to say. Dry Goods and Groceries meet w ith a rea dy sale and the demands of the country call for a large increase of capital. Distressing Accident.-—A young lady, about 14 years of age, daughter of Mr. Littleton W. Col lins, of this county, was, last Wednesday, so se verely burnt by her dress taking fire, as to survive but a few hours.