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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 & Bedford's furniture warehouses. We copy the following from the Era: A private letter from Pensacola, received in this city, gives the subjoined interesting particulars of the expedition in Florida, sent out by General Asboth in the latter part of last month: "Captain Eugene F. Roberts, and his noble comp