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Late from New Orleans. We have received a copy of the New Orleans Era of the 22d instant. It contains the proclamation of "Governor" Hahn announcing the adoption of the new constitution. The entire vote polled in the twenty parishes reported is only eight thousand four hundred and two, of which 6,836 were for, and 1,566 against, the precious budget. In St. Charles parish, all told, only 37 votes were polled; in St. James, 7; in St. John the Baptist, 9; in Iberville, 28; in East Feliciana, 165; and in St. Landry, 32. In Orleans the vote was 4,662 for, and 789 against, the constitution. What a farce! It must make even Hahn blush. The steamer Gertrude, Captain Kerr, was capsized near Baton Rouge on the 20th instant. Two ladies, Madame Kendrick and Miss O'Mearas, a little daughter of Mrs. Burton, of Bayou Sara, and four of the hands of the boat, were drowned. On the 21st, a fire at Baton Rouge destroyed half a block of frame and brick buildings, including Piper & Bed