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us'-J to entice him, and anolhef used to entice him, and I am not going to say but I might have managed him differently: I might have got him off it?gently, may be; but the pride got the better of me,and 1 thought of the line I came of, and how 1 had married lf.in who was'nt my equal, and such nonsense, which always breed; disturbance betwixt married people; and 1 used to rave, when, maybe, it would have been wiser if I had reasoned. Any way th'n^s did'nt go smooth?not that lie ncg " ? . - - . .,? looted li s employment: 110 wusmuuauious, and sorry enough when the fault \vadone; sti!! he would come home often tlu worse fir drink?and now that he's dear and gone, and no linger is stretched to n.< hut in scorn or haired, I think may be 1 might have done better; but, ti ?d defend rnr. the iaat was hard to hear.' " Oil, 1><>\ s!' said [CIlet), ''if you had only heard hei voice when she said thai, an 1 seen hei fare?poor ould Lady Stacy, no wondei she hated the drop, no wonder site dashed down the whiskey." "You kept this mighty close, Elley,' said Mike; "I never heard it before." " I did not like coining over it," she replied ; " the last is hard to tell." The gir turned pale while she spoke, and Lawrence gave her a cup of water. "It must be told," she said ; " the death of her father proved the effects of deliberate drunkenness. What 1 have to say, shows whai may happen from being even once unable ir\ tIiitik I had one child,' said Stacy, 'one, a darlint, blue eyed, laughing child. I never saw any so hands- me, never knew any * so good. She was almost three years ould, and he was fond of her?he said he was, but it's a quare fondness that destroy s whai it ought to save. It was the Pattern ol Lady-day, and well I knew mat Edward would not return as lie went; h>? said lir would, he almost swore he would ; hut tin promise of a man given to drink has no more strength in it than a rope of sand. I took sulky, and wwuM'nt go; if I had maybe it would not have ended so. The evening came on, and I thought my baby breathed hard in her cradle; I took the candle and went over to look at her; her little face was ted; and when I laid my cheek close to her lips so as not to touch them, but to feel her breath, it -.vas?hot? very hot; she tossed her arms, and thev were dry and burning. The measles were about the country, and I was frightened for my child. It was only half a mile in the doctor's; I knew every foot of the road ; and so leaving the looron the latch, I resolved to tell him h >vv my darlint was. 1 ? I -I I.I l.? I ..... AMU l UOll^Ill 1 MIMIM I/U I;CM i\ i/rnii u III> husbamt's return. (irass, you may be sure, did'nt grow uu?!cr my feet. I ran with all speed, and was'nt kept long, the D >ctor said?though it seemed long to me. The moon was down when I came home, tlio1 the night was fi ie. The eahin we lived in wa? in a hollow; hut when I was oil the hill, and looked down where I knew it stood a dark mass, i thought I saw a white light fog coming out of it; I rubbed my eyes, and darted forward as a wild bird flies to Us nest when it hi ars the scream af the hawk in the heavens. When I reached the door, I saw it was open ; the fume rloud came out of it, sure enough, white and thick; blind with that and terror together. I rushed to tny child's crrlle. I found my way to that, in spite of the burning and smothering. But Elien?Ellen Murphy, my child, the rosy child whose breath had been hot on my cheek only a little while before, she was nothing but a cinder.? Mad as I felt, I saw how it was in a min ..<? Ttio r?f lior hail r,\mn lining ?i= I r>v. pectcd; he had gone to the era.lie to look at his child, had dropped the candle into the straw, and, unable to speak or stand had fallen down snd asleep on the flum not two yards from my child. Oh, how 1 flew to the doctor's with what had been my baby; I tore across the country like a banshee; I laid it in his arms; 1 told him ii he did'nt put life in it, I'd destroy him and his house. He thought me mad ; for thert was no breath, cither cold or hot, coming from it? lips then. I could'nt kiss it ii death ; there wan nothing left of my chile to kiss?think of that! I snatched it fron where the doctor had laid it; I cursed him for he looked with disgust at my purh child. The whole night long I wumleret in the woods of Newtownbarry with tha burden at my heart.'" "Dot her husband, her husband!" in quired Larry in accents of horror; "tvba became of him??did she leave him in tin burning without calling him to himself?" "No," answered Ellen; "I asked her and she told me that her shrieks she sup posed roused him from the suffocation ii which he must but for them have perished lie staggered out of the place, and wa: found soon alter by the neighbors, an< lived long after, but only to be a poo l.n.ifi mnn fnr clip umi? mm) fit IICUi i>*ui unvu ?wt ?t?v ?? m?> tiiMu iv/ years through the country; nad many i ?lay after she told me that story, my hear trembled like a willow leaf. 'And now Ellen Murphy,' she a ided, when the em was come, 'do ye wonder I threw fron yer hand as poison the glass vou ofierej me? And do you know why I have touh vuu what tares my heart to come over?? because I wish to save you, who showei me kindness, from what i have gon through. It's the only good I can do ye and, indeed, it's long since I cam] to d< good. Never trust a drinking man ; he ha no guard on his words, and will say tha of his nearest friend, that would dcslrn; him soul and body. (lis breath is hot a the breath of the plague; his tongue is i foolish as well as a fiery serpent. Ellen let no drunkard become your lover, am i dnnt trust to promises; try them, prove , them all, before you marry.'" " Ellen, that's enough," interrupted Larry. 411 have heard enough ? the two proofs are enough without woids. Now, hear . in". What length of punishment am I to have? I vv.m't say thai, for Nell, there's ' a tear in your eye that says more than I words. Look?I'll make no promises? | but you shall see; I'll wait yer time; name ! it; I'll stand the trial." And I am happy to say, for the honor ' and credit of the country, that Larry did stand the trial?his resolve was lixed; he ? never so much as tastpd whiskey from that ! time, and Ellen had the proud satisfaction U of knowing she had saved him from de' | struction. They were not, however, mar' | rifd till after Easter. I wish all Irish maiI dens would follow Ellen's example. W<?an could do a great deal to prove thJit' 4* the least taste in life" is a great taste too * much! -that "only a drop" is a tcmpta " , i r uon laiai li unresisted. I From the South Carolinian, ' MESSRS. CALHOUN AND CLAY. [concluded from our last.] Our people are no servile man-vvorsliipI crs' and seldom put their regards for men, ; into mere words; but they properly under! stand and appreciate Mr. Calhoun, as their , uniform course tc ward him sufficiently in dieales; and arc deeply, gratefully scnsil ble of his insensible public services, and ! great personal sacrifices in their behalf? his uniform devotion to their interests, and i prompt abandonment of his own to them, , on every possible occasion. They be lieve him inferior to no living statesman ? in many respects superior to any?ami, take him for >dl in all, unequalled by any* [J They well know, and strongly feel, the f ?r?-at power, character, and influence, | which his extraordinary talents and public , virtues have given to their beloved Stat ; , and firmly believing, that but for his great , devotion and frequent sacrifices tc them. he w<>u]d ere this have filled the highest I office in the confederacy, they are not , wanting in a grateful disposition to make amends, as far as may be, by their own regard ami devotion, for his loss of thai ?f others. They are not therefore to be influenced against him by the assaults ami misrepresentations of others, but on the contrary, are thereby bound to him more closely and affectionately. They believe that he knows this. His actions shew them that he does; for lie has never hesii tated to put their faith to any trial, that the ir interests, or bis own honor prompt, ed. Where was a m??re striking instance of the kind ever developed by a public man, than his great movement at the extra session, amid a general ' roar of foam. ing calumny," such as was scarcely ever I experienced by any one?a movement ,j which, for prophetic sagacity, dislnterestjed patriotism and self devotion, inflexible 'honesty, heroic firmness and intrepidity, , and immense influence on the principles and interests, present political combina' lions, and future destinies ol' the con ft di e.racv, and the world, is. they believe, [ unparalled, in the history of any country, ! anciem or modern. And did they uoubt, distrust, or discord him then? No: greatly as lie was misrepresented, and bis motives and conduct perverted and misconstrued, they faltered not in their faith, but confidently awaited the great results that so triumphantly sustained it. And throughout his whole public life, f?om the very early period at , which he entered it, to the present mo. mem, a decided and unbroken accordance of opinion and principle has existed between him and them, as representative and constituents, altogether remarkable, and , perhaps never exceeded. Through good report, and throuh ill report, this elevated . and generous confidence has been mutual [ and unshaken; and no one here will dis pute the fact, that it never was stronger , or firmer than now. f Will any one say that this long and uniI form accordance of principle and opinion, , has been the result of any thing like time, serving servility, either on his part or j theirs? The whole eventful history of both, I would triumphantly give the lie to it! , What man, or people, has been more bold, determined, consistent, or uncompvomisr ing, in the support of great and cherished i principles? If Sir. Calhoun timidly wailed t lor their voice, ere he moved, would he have so early and decidedly taken his stand on the great questions of Nullificat tion, the Constitutional Treasury mca? sure, etc? Or, if they considered men rather than measures, would they, when compelled to choose between them, have , so promptly, unanimously, and decidedly - differed from Col. Preston, Gen. Hamilton, i and others?men whom they have hprcto. fore so enthusiastically supported and ads mired??We have said they are no servile I man-worshippers. Neither are they menr haters, as their remarkable forbearance r toward Col. Preston sufficiently indicates. i They differ from him thoroughly and dct cidcdly, on the great leading questions of the day; yet, remembering his former J services, and their own regards, they a have seen "more in sorrow than in anil ger," his extraordinary opposition to their il wishes, feeling-:, mul chensneti measures; - and, hoping that he would see his error, :1 and abandon his unnatural antagonist prce ferences for mere men, and party, when they asked of him no abandonment of prina cipic, they have patiently borne with him. s till forbearance is scarcely n virtue. Even t on the present occasion, of gross outrage y upon themselves, and their faithful repres sentatives, they find him lengued, as tisua al, with the author of that very outrage, , against his own colleague! Does he think 3 they can see such things with ir.differencd Does he imagine there is no limits to their I forbearance? It is proper be should know, too, that public opinion generally points to him, as the probable author of the "information" boasted by Mr. Clay! can it be (that he is so? His bitter, unprovoked, j persevering, and unnatural personal enrniI ty to his colleague ant! intimate personal association with Mr. Clay, may well suggest such an impression; but we hope he cannot so far have forgotten what is due, not only to truth, justice, and his consti tupnts, but to himself, also, as to give such "information." We therefore forbear to say more on this point for the present, trusting that he will feel it due, not mprely to Mr. Calhoun, but to himself and his constituents, to take some suitable occasion to set the latter right, in relation to it?and also persons abroad, who will assuredly attribute this "information" to him, and attach to it nil the credit of his name and station. If lie does not, pain ful as it will be to us, we shall feel bound to refer to it again. The very forbearance which has been manifested toward Col. Preston, by the people of this Stain, may have been looked upon abroad, as an evidence of indifference or disregard toward Mr. Calhoun; but it should be borne in mind, that they do not recognize the doctrine of legisla-, live "instruction," as current in Virginia, and other States; and Mr. Calhoun, himself, with a noble magnanimity characteristic of his whole life, and in the-highest degree honorable to him, has not onlj decidedly approved of this forbearance, but even recommended and urged it, from the very first! We have heretofore shewn that, notwithstanding the repeated charges, that the Resolutions of the session of '37 1 ' ' - _ l _ _ were instigated t1}' nim, on wrote m a leading member of the Legislature, at that time, expressing an earnest hope that his friends, and the members generaliv, might feel it consistent with their duty, and the public interest, to take no step against Col. Preston, or which could be construed into hostility to him: And when the citizens of this District invited him to a public dinner, in September, '33, he declined, from moti-es of delicacy to Col. P.; and though the Committee again urgently pressed him ! to come, and exerted every argument to j over-rule this objection, on public grounds, j he still persisted in declining?stating that motives and feelings would doubtless be misconstrued and misrepresented, as they already had been; and as lie had done nothing to justify such misrepresentations, he could n??t consent to place himself in a position that v: mid glie the 'east recusing ! color to them. All that we have seen or heard of from him, is in full accordance with this; and we doubt r.ot he has clier-j ished the hope that C'< i. Preston would see and feel the error of his unprovoked and ' unjustifiable enmity, and voluntarily aban- ] don it, even from a proper sense of whatj - d t il.? 4 ,\ la ? ixan/al lal.f I IP cue iu me oiuie, it urn i-> uihuvn, uu>, " Fargivenc?s to the injured, d>tli he'ongj They ne'er can pardcu, "a ha hive uonr the wrong." But, to return from thi.? digression. The .S<u?th Carolinians area peculiar people. ?ns their whole history chows. Singularly divested of party feeling, generous and confiding, ardenl'y devoted to their State and principles, ant! gratefully proud of their distinguished public servants, especially those who have contributed to elevate the former, or advance the latter, it is j not easy to weaken their regard, or shake their trust in them. And though they do not, as if doubting themselves, or over solicitous about the doubts of others, think it necessary to he continually bruiting about in the print?, as is done of other public men, their affectionate regard for, and confidence in Mr. Calhoud; yet, if any one doubts i?, let him enter into any of their habitations, from the princely mansion to tire log cabin, and when hie j name is mentioned, how their eyes will | sparkle with interest and delight, and with ' what affectionate zeal and admiration they will recount his public services and virtues, and defend hi:n from the aspersions of his opponents. They who have seen this, can conceive with what contempt -...1 e-nnr-rt Uloi, Ifdlt ?1 f! W S T F S 11 llL 1 e illiU OH'i *f UIVJ btv.UK >t.v taunt of Mr Calhoun. NEW YORK AND VIRGINIA. Gov. Seward in his late annual message j to the Leg'slature of New York, notices the demand made upon him hy the Governor of Virginia as follows.? "A requisition was made on me in July last, by the Executive of Virginia, for the delivery of three persons as fugitives from justice, charged with having feloniously * f .k.i O?M 4 A l' stolen a negro stare lrurn mm outie. * declined to comply with the requisition on the grounds that the right to demand and the reciprocal obligations to surrender fugitives from justice between sovereign and inddpendent nations, included those cases only in which the acts continuing the olfence charged, are recognized as crimes by the universal law of all civilized countries; that the object of the provision contained in the constitution of the United States, authorizing the demand and surrender of fugitives charged with treason, felony, or other crime, was to recognize and establish the principle of the law of nations in the mutual relations of the States, as independent, equal and sovereign communities; that the acts charged upon the persons demanded were not recognized as ciiminal by the laws of thisj State, or by the universal laws of all civilized countries; and that consequently the rasa did not fall within ihe provision of the United States Constitution. "{Thet;Governor of Virginia in his last annual message referred the subject to the consideration of the Legislature of that of the Constitution of the United Slates could not be acquiesced in or submitted to. He added, that if it were allowed to prevail and no leb'ef could beo'otained against what he designated as a flagrant invasion of the right of Virginia, either by amendment of the Constitution of the United States, or by the action of the Legislature of Virginia, it might ultimately become the important and solemn duty of Virginia to appeal from the cancelled obligations of the the national compact, to the original rights and the laws of self-preserva| tion. "1 confess my surprise that it should, in ' anv part of the Union, be regarded as a new and startling doctrine, that the constitutional power of the Executive of any other State to demand the surrender of a citizen of this State to be carried to the former, and tried for an "fTencc committed there, is limited to cases in which the offence charged is recognized as criminal by the I statute laws of this State, by the common I law or by the universal law of mankind. Nor can I withhold the expression of myj sincere regret that a construction of the J constitution, mar.tiesuy necessary m maiu-i 1 tain the sovereignty of this Slate and the! personal rights ol' her citizens, should bej regarded by the Executive of Virginia as justifying, in any contingency, a menace j of secession from thcUJnion. "The subject is one which appertains to the Executive department. The duties of that department, in such cases are prescribed by the constitution of the United States, and not by the constitution and laws of the States. Nevertheless, the respect I entertain for the Executive of Virginia, as well as the deference I owe t > the Legislature of this State, induce me to transmit herewith, the correspondence which has taken place." Whilst it cannot be denied that slaves escaping to New York must be given up, the governor contends thai the state is still at liberty to protect her citizens in procuring slaves to escape into the State, and in stealing them from their masters. We repeat what we said last week, that carrying into permanent operation such a ! doctrine, by any Slate ought immediately to lead to the exclusion of such State and its citizens from ail the privileges and im-j i munitics of other members of the confederacy.? Cher aw Gazelle. APrOINTMHNT or THE preachers OF THE SI. C. ClivRCM. Charleston Distrtct ?IJcnry Bass, P. r. Charleston Diatiiet N. Tally, IJ. A.C.I Walker, Whittfor.l Smith, V/. Capers, j Editor cf the Southern Christian Advo-! rate, Black Swamp, It. J. Il:?y?l. W. \, ! Pegues. Waiteiboro, Thcophilns Hug-! gins. Barnwell II. II. Dtiranf Andnwj J. Green. Orangeburg, Allen M'Cnrquo-i dale, Samuel Dunwoily. Cypress, II. J. j Lnnehous?, J. R. Locke. Cooper River,' George 11, Tally. Missions?Thos. E.! Lcadhetter. Martin Eai'y. Pocotnligo,! John X* Davis Combahee, an ! As!>c-! poo, J. R. Coimrn. William llolliday.? | Pon. Pon, C Wilson, South Santee, ftlarkj Rtisscl. North Santee, W. C' Ferrcll. Cooper River, Abraham Nettles. conesbury District.?v/. m. Wgihtman P. E. Ch-'ckesbury Circuit, Josi pli H* Wheeler, W. P Monzon. Edgefitid, David Derrick?, S. W. Kcnnerlv. Pen-j dleton, John Zimmerman. Grecntille, Da-! vicl HiJliard, Williamson Smith. York-J ville, J. G. Posteil.?Union, James C. i Postcll. Thos. S. Daniel. Laurens, David W. Seal. Newberry, George W. Moore, John Tarrant. Aiken, Joel W, Towfisencl. Saluda mission, J. W. Wclborn. James Stacy, Agent for Cokesbury Manual Labour School, and Jttanooipn Macon College. Columbia District?Harwell Spann, P. E. Columbia,?Charles Belts. Columbia circuit, P. Thomnson. Winnsboro,' W. C. Patterson, W. Collier, Lancaster, William Brocki"ion, Lewis Little. Camden, Samuel Townsend. Santee, C. A. Crowell, Z. W. Barnes. Darlington, S;imu?l W. Capers, L. O.'Ncal. Chesterfield, W. S. Haltom. Mis-ions?Upper Santep, S. D Laney. Broad River, Joseph Holmes, W. J. Jackson, Jacob Nipper.?Rocky Mt. mission, E. L. King. Wilmington District?B. English, | P. EWilmington,?W. Gamewcll. Brunswick, Simpson Jones, Joseph P. Iicrton. Bladen, A. Hoyle, II. E. Ogburn. Fayj etteville, Samuel Lcanl. Buckingham, I W. T. Harrison, William McSwain.? i Cheraw, W. C. Kirkland. Pee Dee, J. It. Picket, A. M. Chritz'oerg. Black River, Charles S. Walker,Michael Rohbins.? Georgetown, A. M. Foster. Waccamaw, j Lewis Scarborough, A, M. Forster.? ! Waccamaw Neck, J A. Mincli, James L. Belin. Sampit, I'aui a.m. wur.ams. Lixcolkton Di3Tp.ict ? Wm. C'roak, P. E, Lincolntun, D. G. McDaniel, W. Clarke. Deep river, J M Bradly, Martin P Myers; Montgomery, W'iiliam M Kerr, A Huckabee; Wadcsborough, Ira L. Pot ter. Centre, A. W. Walker. Charlotte, A. B. McGilvary. Charlotte rircnir, P G Bowman, Campbell Smith; Rutherford, J B Anthony; Kings Mountain, Benj. Hamilton; Morganton, Colin Murchison, Jas. H Chandler; Spartanburg, S Armstrong, C McCloud. Missions?Rock Fish, J A McMakin. James E Evans, transferred to the Georgia Conference. wari ted "" AS an apprentice to the Printing Busi THE JOURNAL. CAiUDEIV: SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 1, 1840. SOUTHERN LADIES BOOK. Wo learn from a prospectus which has boen issued by Philip C. Pendleton and Geo. F. Pierce, that a periodic il, bearing the above title, to make its appearance monthly, is now in contemplation, andthat the publication will commence as soon as two thousand subscribers shall have been obtained. We I notice tho names of a number of distinguished indii rl.tn!s w'.ose contributions are exijected to enrich it?' pages. Among them W. Gilmore Simms, Hon- A. I B. Longstreet, President of Emory College, and a host of others. Mrs-Caroline Gilman, of Charleston, and Mrs. M. Martlv, of Columbia, are the only females whose names have yet appeared, but wc doubt not that the female talent of the South will soon bemore fully represented. The object is a good one, and we wish the proprietors success. Terms, ?5 per annum. The place* of publication has been omitted in the prospectus, oris not yet determined upon, but wo guess, Macon, Georgia. The Georgetown American comes to us this woek in a new dress. It is handsomely printed, and makaa* quite a neat appoarancc; and is conducted in a manner that ought to ensure it an ample support. TAX ON BROKERAGE. Considerable curiosity has existed, since the adjournment of the Legislature, as to how the amond ! incnt, imposing a tax on brokers, got into the "Act to raise supplies for the year 1839." For a considerable time no one socmed to know any thing about it; the editor of the Carolinian however, 3ajs he lias seen the original bill, and the amendment is wafcrcd on to the side, and headed " Amendment by the Senate," and states further that a gentlemen who was in the House, on tho third reading cf the bill, thinks he heard Col. Memxixoer support the amendment. This however, Col. Memmincer says, in a communication to the Charleston Courier, is a mistake, as he was not in the House when the bill was read the third time. The fact as to who was the author of the amendment, is though we presume, known to hinj.. In his communication to the Courier ho says,. "I know that a distinguished Senator from the upcountry, intended to otfer this amendment in the Senate, and I afterwards heard that it had been offeircd, and was under tiie consiuerauon 01 u:e aeuaie s committee." Who this " distinguished Senator" is, Col. Memmlnger. does not say. CONGRESS. Corgre?s has now been in session two monthB, and so far as t!ie regular business of tlio country is con. ccrrvd, i!.c members might just as well hare bocn at home. Tiie only possible beneficial result from their labors up to this time is, tiiat as far as their pay goes, it lessens by precisely that amount the probability of a surplus in the treasury, which might hereafter pro. ducc a scramble. The Scnato, it is true, have pass, ed the sub-treasury bill, and discussed various other nutters. In the House, however, there has been no-, thing done but talking, and to this it seems there is likely to be no end. The abolition quostion, as we stated last week, still overshadows every thing else, and occupies tho entire attention of the House of Representatives. Every member almost, is anxious to " defino his position," on this engrossing topic. Various modes have been suggested to arrest the discuscussion on this inflammatory subject, but all in rain ; the previous question, that potent engine, cannot be got at, the House will not sustain it. As an evidence of it8 absorbing power, in preventing attention in nil nilinr i? io.?t.itn.t fliat no business has yet been referred to any of t!io Standing Committees, except indeed tbe Now Jersey contested election, to the committee on elections; and that the President's mcssago lias not yet boon referred to the appropriate committees. Abolition?abolition is the beginning and the end of each day's business in the House of Representatives. BANK OF THE UNITED STATES. Tho diflicultics with which this institution has to contend, seem to increase rather than diminish. It J was supposed that when it ceased to be a national, and became a State corporation, its operations would Iks so confined as to render it less formidable for good or for evil, and that its affairs would be so managed as to secure its friends more firmly, and to soften to sonic extent, the bittorness of its enemies. These anticipations have not been realized however, and the Bank is perhaps more obnoxious at the present than at any former period. Even some who wore its woTTiest friends, have lost, confidence in it, and | its enemies, before strong, are wonderfully increased i and exasperated. Tho loan which Mr. Jaudon has I negotiated in Europe for the purpose of sustaining | the institution, of upwards of four million of dollars, has been made at so oxborbitant a rate, and redeemable in so short a time, as only to uphold it temporarily?to put off the evil day a year or two more. The rato of interest, though nominally 6 per cent, is some, thing over ten; and it is impossible for it to pay these rates and sustain itsolf, enlcss engaged in some othor business than that sanctioned by legitimate commercial banking principles. In the Legislature of Pennsylvania a powerful effort is making to repeal its charter, and v:e should not be surprised if it succeeds. There seems to bo no doubt but a majority of both branches of the Legislature arc opposed to the Bank, and the only question is, whether its acts have been such as to amount | to a violation of its charter, either in form or spirit, j Tlio current against it was so strong, that a member [ friendly to the Ban!;, stated " that if the Legislature | would pay back the bonus received from the Bank in thirty days, tho Bank would lay its chartor at its foot." THE LEXINGTON. Our exchange papers aro filled with commentaries on the melancholy loss of life occasioned by the destruction of this ill-fated boat. We have not space to copy the statements mado in relation to this deplorable catastrophe. We deem it proper, however, to state that we were ica into an error jasc wcea in saying that her tiller ropes were of hemp. This is positively denied, and it is asserted that she was sup.