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GRIFFIN, / ,isfc \ GEORGIA,
Wednesday Xtfv. $6, IMG.
Notice.
At the request of maiiy friends, Vfc takis this
method of announcing that a convention of the
Democratic Party of Spalding County, Will be held
in the City of Griffin on Tuesday 9th day of Dec,
next, for the purpose of nominating candidates for
County offices. Each district is requested to send
up three delegates
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Tlie Union Saved*
By the triumph of Mr Buchanan, the question of
a speedy dissolution of the Union has been settled
for the next four years at least, and probably
for all time to come. The success of Democratic
principles, to be carried out by Democratic men,af
fords a sure guarantee, that the right of every por
tion of the confederacy, will be maintained. For
this we struggled, and while the policy of an equal
distribution of the favors as well as the burthens of
Government prevails, the Union cannot be serious
ly endangered. In the late Presidential election,
the National Democracy, contended mainly against
sectional fanaticism. This was the most powerful
and most formidable foe that made war upon the
Democratic party. Had Fremont been elected,
6iis success would have proven, that the conquest
•of the South was nearly accomplished. He would
3wve.keen the Representative of only one Geogra
phical section of the Union, and of course all those
residing out of those Geographical limits would
teave had nothing to expect from his administra
tion. “What tie then would they have had to bind
them to the Union? The memory of the blood and
suffering of our sires would not have been sufficient
to reconcile uy to the loss of our rights and our
honor. The renown which has followed upon our
past achievements in arts and arms, in wealth and
tame, would have been an empty bauble, in our
state of dependence and degradation. But there
threatened dangers have all been driven off by the
invincible power of the Democratic masses, and
-calmness and serenity now reigns throughout our
political atmosphere. And may we not hope, that
the time is far distant when we shall have to brave
similar dangers to those through which we have
*thus passed? We venture the hope,and that hope
is based upon the assumption that in the late con
flict, the elements of opposition to the National
Democracy, have been so crippled and mutilated, so
completely overslaughed, that they can for all
coming time, have only a sickly existence and be
able to offer feeble resistance to the only Nation
al party in the government. Abolitionism has al
ways been powerless, of itself, seriously to obstruct
the onward progress of the car of State, as with
giant strides it marches to its proud destination.—
It was only when anew organization, secret, wiley,
deceptive, proscriptive, anti-Republican, was
brought into the ffeld, and allied itself with Aboli
tionism that the latter became dangerous and pow
erful. The alliance between Frcesoilism and Know
Nothingism at the North gave them the control
of one branch of the National Legislature. Tho’
this alliance caused the severance of the Northern
■and Southern wings of the Know Nothing party,
still the organizations were kept up and both waged
war upon the National Democracy with equal zeal
and desperation. But over both we have triumphed.
With a democratic President and Vice President,
: ademoc ratic Senate and House of Representatives
the country is safe, the Union preserved, fanaticism
rebuked, religious proscription sent howling back
to its midnight caverns, and the great Ruler of the
universe looks down upon the scene with approba
tion and delight.* Should not then the friends of
free, enlightened government mingle their
shouts of rejoicing, and the mountains and the
vallies echo back the sound, “The Union is saved,
the rights of the South maintained”—and let us
all feel grateful and happy.
Judge’s Flection.
W e ask of our readers, especially those residing
in the Flint Circuit, a careful and dispassionate
perusal of the communication to be found in ano
ther place, over the siguature of “One of the Peo
ple,” on the subject of the election of Judge of
this Circuit. The views of the writer are sound
and practical ; his reasoning is conclusive, and we
cheerfully and cordially endorse every sentiment
contained in the article. The people of this Judi
cial District established a precedent at the first
and only election ever held for Judge of the Supe
rior Court by the popular vote. In that election
- they fully and unmistakably carried out the views
of our correspondent. The Whig party at that
time had a clear majority in the Circuit of six or
seven hundred, yet Judge Stark, though a Demo
crat, was elected by a majority of 1,200 votes ever
••a very good man of the Whig party. Thus exhi
biting an evidence of good sense worthy of imita
tion. A Judge of the Superior Court has no polit
ical principles or measures to carry out; no polit’
ical patronage to bestow. Hence, when the rights
of property, life, liberty and reputation are to be
decided upon, it is a matter of little consequence
whether the J udge is a Democrat or American.—
Honesty, impartiality, and a thorough knowledge
of the law, are the grand qualifications then requir
ed by every good citizen. No man kaows how soon
lie may be brought before the Courts of the coun
try ; hence it behooves every one to act prudently
and cautiously in casting his vote for the Officer
who is to administer the law in his case.
France and England.
The last steamer from Liverpool brings ac
counts of a threatened rumor between these two
leading Powers on the European Continent, The
despatches do not give us any reliable details of
the causes which are likely to produce hostilities
between these two Governments We trust, how
ever, that the danger is over-estimated, and that
nothing has transpired to interrupt the friendly re
lations of these Powers, but what may be udju6ted
without the arbitrament of the sword. The impor
tant positions which these two Nations occupy in
the commercial world, would make a war between
them very disastrous to the financial interests of
all Chris tendom, and we trust a catastrophe such
as the one contemplated may be averted.
Appointment by the Governor.
We learn from the Sav, Georgian If Journal,
that Gov. Johnson has appointed our old friend
and fellow-townsman, R. L. Hunter, now of Mill
edgeville, to survey the Okefenokee Swamp, in
pursuance of an act of the last Legislature. Mr.
H. is an experienced Engineer, and a gentleman
of the highest character, aud the Gov. has. jp this,
instance, shown his good sense and judgement for
which be is so much distinguished.
J#®* The Athens (Ga.) Banner, announces the
Teturn of Hon E. R. Harden, Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court of Nebraska, to that city, on
a visit. .
Quake! Bobuel Quake!!
The late Presidential election in the Third Con
gressional District, shows a. Know Nothing ma
jority of 65 only. At the election last year, An
drews had a majority of 876 over Johnson, and
Trippe a majority of 896 over Smith-. The par
ties being tfdw so nearly balianced, the democrats
with pr&per management, can give & ’quietus to
the political aspirations of the present incumbent
of this District. Robert hasi fpf- years, been an
aspiriug genius He has, hofr'eVer, been somewhat
like the Irishman and the tog-, sometimes on top
and sometimes at the bottom. His defeat by Bai
ley, in. 1853, With a tta&r ftYaj'Ottty of several hun
dred in favor of his party, in the District, showed
his real want of strength before the people. Last
year, the pestilence of Know Nothingism swept
over this District with more fury, doing more mis
chief than in all the State besides. Upon the
tempest raised by the Dark Lanterns.. Bobuel was
blown into the Capitol at Washington. The 4th
of Nov., inst., shows that the “bloody Third,” is
coming to her senses again, and we imagine that in
looking upon the two figures, which make up the
the present majority of this District, Bobuel sees
the sign manual of his political condemnation, and
when he goes before the people next Summer, and
some opponent shall rise upamfrread from the book
of Chronicles of the last session of Congress, as
follows, “in the election of Speaker, Trippe voted
for Fnllcr, and Fuller voted for Pennington, and
Pennington voted for Banks, called the Abolition
ist,” me thinks the knees of Bobuel will smite to
gether like Belshazer’s, and terror and dismay
overwhelm him with confusion. Quake! Bobuel,
Quake! 1
Wliat will the Fillmore Men do?
Since the complete and overwhelming defeat of
Mr. Fillmore, the queston naturally arises with
his supporters, “where shall I go?” as Mr. Web
ster said on a memorable occasion. To this inqui
ry we take the liberty of answering, that in voting
for Mr. Fillmore, you have discharged your duty
to your party, if not to your country. Your par
ty then has no further claims upon you, as the
head is gone down to a political grave from which
there is likely to be no resurrection at any early
day. You must now look out for new associations,
and form au alliance with some other political or
ganization. You have been deceived by those
who assumed to be your leaders in the late cam
paign. You were told by them that the Demo
cratic Party was corrupt, unsafe, and in fact, bro
ken down, that Mr. Buchanan stood no chance in
the race, and that Mr. Fillmore was the all power
ful standard-bearer, who alone could lead you on
to victory over the fanatical hordes of the North.
But the result has proven the falsehood of all these
promises and pretensions. Mr. Fillmore has not
held scarcely a respectable poll, and Mr. Buchan
an has been triumphantly elected. You have been
induced by the flattering representations of your
orators and presses, to bet your money on the elec
tion. You have been deceived and betrayed, and
reason and patriotism say to you, abandon such a
party, and cast your lots in among the National
Democracy, the only safe party in the country.
Many of the Fillmore men will doubtless do this ;
some have already done it since the election, and
left their factious, office-seeking leaders, and their
blind adherents “the bag to hold.” We hope ma
ny others will do so likewise.
Col. O. C. Gibson.
Since the communication of “One of the People,”
was put in type, we have received such informa
tion as induces the belief that Gol. Gibson will con
sent to run as a candidate for Judge, if the people
give such manifestations in his favor as we antici
pate.
Diverging Einpires.—Tlie Swords of
Physical and Moral Triumph.
Two classes of conquerors appear upon the earth,
asd from each class we select a type to illustrate
the difference which lies between their practice and
achievements. There are soldiers whose mission
seems to be to pull down and overturn —and such
were Alexander and Napoleon ; there are reform
ers who, from the ruin of decaying systems, create
and build up new structures —and to this latter
class belong such men as Luther aud Holloway.—
Let us contrast Napoleon aud Holloway—two meu
alike perhaps iu the normal nature of their genius,
and each aiming at a certain universality of empire
in the professions they respectfully selected. The
empire of the sword which the former created and
for so many years of fluctuating victory, sustained
aud fostered was, after all, au idle and bloody
dream. It faded in the frost of his first reverses,
and when he died, a lonely exile on the sea-girt
rock, there was no compensating benefit that he
could point to for all the carnage, misery and ruin
his person U ambition cost the world.
Professor Holloway made a wiser choice, ultho’
the enemy he grappled with had more than mortal
terrors at command He levied war upon disease,
and with the self-made weapons of his Universal
Remedies, has fought and overcome his enemy in
every laud, on every sea, among all tribes and na
tionalities of the earth. It was a stubborn fight*
and one in which success brought no triumphal
cries to cheer the prowess of the conqueror. The
silent gratitude of a rescued sufferer, the still small
voice of an approving conscience, the assurance
that his years had been devoted to a worthy ob
ject, and the growing respect and admiration of all
whose good opinion deserves to be considered —
these were the only stimulants which prompted him
to despise the calumnies of interested hate, and
persist in the dissemination of that medicinal em
pire which be has at length established among all
the nations and branches of the human family.—
And his is an empire that will last, and a reward
that shall not pass away.
It would bean insult to the understanding of
our readers —versed as we must suppose them to
be in a matter of such vital interest—to enlarge
upon the different steps of the investigation by
which Prof. Holloway succeeded in demonstrating
that all maladies took their rise in an organic im
purity of blood. He did discover it—and by dis
covering. in addition, one single combination of
herbs capable of restoring the blood to purity, ar
rived at the Universal remedy which, tho’ dreamed
of, and believed in, and hoped for by the wise men
of all former ages, had never before been realized
in the test of universal practice. Great, indeed, is
the reward of the learned and indefatigable phys
ician ; the prayers of the millions he has saved
accompanying him through life, and the record of
their gratitude will have gone before him when he
is summoned from the scene whi cb his genius and
philanthropy have so largely contributed to im
prove The reward of practical benevolence is
au imperishable crown.— N. Y. Sunday Mercury
Spalding Superior Court %
Is now in session, this being the second week of
the November Term. Judge Green is presiding,
•and by-Ualndefatigable diligence*has disposed of
much Os the business of the dockets,, and will du
ring theiweek probably dispose of'-all the oases
which are ready for trial. This. is,.the .last time
Judge G. will preside at our Court, for a while at
least. His time expires on the first of January
next, and he declines being a candidate .at tlm en
suing election, from private and personal-.eppsider
atious entirely. He leaves theßeh&Vfrerfuture
to say, with the good wishes of as many friends,
aud the ill will of as few enemies, as any
ever occupied the responsibly station .o f which he .
is soon to take leave.
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Cosmopolitan Art Journal.
Mr. J. W. Shackleford has laid o it Jour table n
copy of this periodical,-for November, 1856. It’,
is a neat and tasty publication, replete With much
interesting reading matter. The following is the
plan of the Cosmopolitan Art Association. Its
object is to encourage and popularise the Fine Arts
and disseminate wholesome literature throughput,
tne country. It is under the direction of a coun
cil ofmembers, whose servicesare honorary, and
who receive no compensation. Every subscriber
of Three Dollars is a member for ohe year, and en
titled to till its privileges. The money is applied
Ist to the production of a large and costly steel
engraving, and the purchase of the leading Month
ly Magazine—a copy of either of which is furnish
ed to the member for every three paid‘him.
2nd, to the purchase of Paintings,•’Sculptures,
Bronzes, &c., which are aunually distributed by
lot among the members, free, each ’member being
‘entitled to one sbare for every $3 paid by him.—
3d, to jthe publishing of the Cosmopolitan Art
Journal, whicn is furnished gratuitously to all
members during the year. Published at34B Broad
way, NewLork.
For the Empire State.
Capt; Gaulding : Please answer an enquir
ing public itl this part of the State; whcthef Os
not Mr. 0. C. Gibson will conseiit to be a dan 1
didate for Judge, of the Flint District, in Janu
ary next, Newton.
For the Empire State. \ : ;
Mr. Editor : Allow me the use of. your val
uable paper, to suggest the name of Gol Obe
diah C. Gibson, of Pike county, as
candidate for Judge of the Flint Circuit, at
the election in January next. • 1 •Btf'rrs.:
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For the Empire State.
Col. Gaulding : The first Monday in Janua
ry next, the people of the Flint Circuit ; must
elect a Judge of the Superior Court, It is un
derstood his Honor, Judge Green, the present
incumbent, who now fills the office with so much
credit to himself, and so worthily, so farns the
public interest is concerned, declines again to
serve us. It is said he has made his declension
public on various occasions. It is also under
stood that Judge Floyd, whose services .while
on the bench was highly appreciated, an<l to
whom a large portion of the people of the Cir
cuit would again, with much confidence, entrust
the office, declines to be a candidate. We
hear that Henry Moor does not seek the office.
Col. Doyal, it is said, will not be a candidate.
Neither Bailey nor Trippe would accept the of
fice, as is generally believed. Milt Smith wont
run, though he could fill the office well;- Har
man is, unfortunately, disqualified from bad
health. In these statements I am governed
partly by what I know, and partly from rumor
—if I have erred, the error can be corrected,
and I shall regret having committed it.
What shall we, the people of the Flint Cir
cuit, do in this emergency ? The electioin is a
matter of infinitely more importance to us than
any that has transpired. It comes home to us,
to our firesides, our rights of property, life, char
acter, domestic peace, public peace, law, order
and decency are all involved in the question.—
What shall we do ? Will each party meet in
Convention, and each select a candidate, one
on the Philadelphia Platform, the other on the
Cincinnati Platform, and again engage in a dir
ty struggle for party power, on. national, prin
ciples or party principles ? Is the Judge to be
elected to decide cases on American principles,
or Democratic principles ? Is he to be our
Judge or your Judge ? God forbuTthat thU
spotless ermine of public justice should ever be
dragged into the filthy arena of party politics !
The people of Georgia, since the election of
Judges has been transferred to them, have every
where risen above party considerations, and have
elected the persons of their choice, irrespective
of party. No person nominated by a party
caucus, except the amiable and talented Wor
rell, has been elected, and he wes elected with
out opposition—very high evidence that he was
the choice of all parties; Col. Crook, highly
gifted as he certainly is, Democrat as be was,
had the misfortune to be selected by a Demo
cratic Convention as their candidate, and bea
ten, as he was, by that excellent man, Judge
Trippe, although Trippe’s party was in the mi
nority four or five thousand. In the South
west, Col. Lyons, with all his eminent qualifi
cations for the office, was beaten, because, as
relates to that office, the people were determin
ed that caucus dictation should have nothing
to do with the election of a Judge, and Col.
Lyons was the caucus nominee., And. again
the question recurs what shall we do'? If we
elect a mao worthy and well qualified for the
office, although previously an active partizan,
from the ranks of the party opposed to us, we
spike one of their guns. The J udge when elect
ed, must cease to mingle in party politics for
the time being for the sake of decency, and
from the plainest rules of propriety. Asa
Judge, he is dehors du combat, he cannot fight.
Then what are we to do ? The offiOehas to be
filled. It has gone long enough V begging
amongst the eminent men I haffe mentioned,
and others perhaps are well qualified. My an
swer is, let us try to get Col. Gibson, of
BarneSville, to run. We know that hitherto,
from his modesty and his private interests, he
has not sought the office, and he may yet de
cline it. But let us adopt the manner, of the
American Party in its infancy : “Let the office,
seek the man.”
I need scarcely speak of Col. Gibbon to the
people of the Flint Circuit. He ife Ah hobjjst,
learned, and highly gifted lawyer of/ 20 or' 3o
years standing—-highly endowed by ujith
a mind well .cultivated and improved, of irre
proachable moral character, a map of spotless
purity, a man who thinks for bitnself, and act?
in reference to the approval of his own con
science, independent of the opinions of others.
I intend this as an invitation to Col. Gibson
to become at once a candidate, if be will con
sent tp-do SQ, and as a request to my felloyr
citizens to aid me in bringing him out; if they
agree.with me i opinion, not as a party can
didate, not as a-caucus nominee, not as a Dem
ocrat or as an American, but as the candidate
of the people. Qnf oj* the PrortE.
Presidential Election-Official.
Buch. Fillmore. Fremont.
Maryland,.. .39,115.... 47,462 281
Delaware ....8*003.....6,175..'. .306
PennMa, ... 230*500*.-. v. 26,338.. 203,338*
Connecticut, 30,932 2,129... 3t v 098
’ Rhode Island. 6,580. .... 1,663... 11,379
Alabama.. ,46,637 28,552...... . .
New York. 194,708.. .124,656. .271,355
New Jersey , 46,810. •. .24,114 .. .28,239
Georgia..;; 66,417.... 42,352
Maine ..... 15,171. .1,6*2 . , .27,578
■ Mass ~ . . ..38,530..,. 17,784. .107,373
! N Ham’5hire32,160.,.... 391.... 38,014
• Vermont,.... 6,166.. .1,306... 25,313
Louisiana,.. 20,376.,.. 18,873. .. i
*This sum includes the vote given to the
Fusion Ticket, of which 147,447 were Fremont
votes,’ and 55,891 were Fillmore votes,
[From the N. Y, Cctnmercial, of fast Satiuday.]
TERRIBLE DISASTER AT SEA!
LOSS of uTlioknais,
MANY LIVES LOST.
Six tee n Persons Saved,
; :: ONE Hb T NhRE AND THIRtV MISSING.
By the arrival; last evening, of the Hamburg
barque Elise, Capt. Ncilson, we received informa
tion of one of the most terrible disasters that has
occurred since the Joss of the steamers Arctic and
Pacific. Capt. Neilson makes the following re
port:
Oh she tnormug of Nov.lo, in lat; .46:51, N.,
long. 65:40, WV, Bremen bark Elite, Capt, Nor
senbolstt, came alongside and told me Sunday af
ternoon, Nov. 9, he had picked up a boat with six
teen people, and asked me to take them with me
to New York, because he was afraid he would be
short of water. 1 consented to it immediately,
and took fourteen on board; two fit'st cabin pass
engers stopped in the Bremen vessel—it was Mr,
Shuler (Scheler ?) and wife. Thj people saved, be
longed to French steamer Lyonnaiv, who left New
York Saturday, Nov. 1, for Havre, and in the
night between 2, A. M., and 3, A. M., was run in
to by a large ship, which struck her so heavy after
that next morniDg, Nov. 3, she was in a sinking
state. When the seeohd mate, who I got on board in
the afternoon, left the vessel;
Second mate reported to trie he stopped by the
ship till next morning, when it commenced blow
ing, and he believed captain and all left the vessel;
they had a -aft made and about 40 persons got ou
it, and which he believed went to pieces and many
lives were Tuesday, the 4th Nov., the sec
ond mate lost sight of the other boats which left
the vessel. The weather was very foggy. Per
sons saved and on board the bark were as follows:
Second mate, Laguierej-.second engineer, Desfour;
sailors and stokers, Dhaupeant Nesser, Doublie,
Cousin, Blenzarme, Jost, Poseaux, Thillaye, and
Lumberb Passengers—Damimiyo, Flon Luloenen,
and Ernestine Ballet.
Adolph Neilson.
New York, Nov. 14,1856.
STATEMENT OK MR. LAGUIERE, SECOND MATE OK LY
ONNAIS.
We left New York on Saturday, Nov. 1, at 12
o’clock. All went on pleasantly'until 12 o’clock
on Tuesday night, Nov. 4, 58 miles to the North
ward of the light on Nautucket Shoals, when, just
immediately after the passengers and many of the
crew had retired, leaving the watch on deck, a
three masted vesel was observed bearing down up
on us.
We did all in our power to avoid a collision
with her by ringing our bells and blowiug the
steam whistle, to warn her of our vicinity ; but be
fore we could head off, she struck us amidships,
bearing out an entire square of the plate iron. The
water rushed in with great force; and although
every effort was made to stop the hole, by plugging
it with matrasses, quilts, pillows, &c., it was dis
covered that the water was gaining upon us very
rapidly.
Half an hour had hardly elapsed ere the fires in
the furnaces were quenched. The steam pumps
having previously become choked with coal, were
of little service in freeing the ship. All on board
were seized with panic, and it was with difficulty
that the captain could calm the fears of the pass
engers, aDd induce the crew to bale the ship. He
finally succeeded in mastering the crew together,
and with the aid of the passengers, who formed in
bailing parties, rigged a cable in the hold, and by
this means was able to reach the water.
The passengers and crew worked heroically, un
til worn out, and finding.tTie water gaining on them
rapidly, at an early hour the following morning
(Monday) they commenced constructing a raft, and
by 4 o’clock, P. M., it was finished.
At this time the vessel was sinking rapidly. By
5 o’clock five boats (the ships compliment) were
launched and quickly filled with passengers. The
captain gave direction to those in the boats to
steer to the Northward. The boats, however,
were unprovided with compasses, and badly pro
visioned, the water in tile ship having spoiled; the
bread and other provisions could not be obtained
from the store room on account of the storm. —-
Hardly had two of the boats left the steamship
when they went down, and those who were ou
board endeavored to reach the raft, which was
crowded with about fifty persons. Many, in their
efforts to preserve their lives, in this death struggle,
sauk to rise no more. Os the forty-five or fity per
sons iu those boats, at least two thirds were drown
ed.
I had proceeded some little distance towards
these sufferers, and with my boat tried to reach
them, but not having any oars or even anything
that would serve as a paddle, I was obliged to
leave them to their fate. Night coming on, I lost
sight of the other two boats and the raft. By the
dim light the night afforded, I saw the steamship
some distance off, but gradually lost sight of her.
I left the captain on board the vessel, and as to
his fate I have uo knowledge. A few of the crew
remained by him.
’ I forgot to mention that the vessel that came in
collision with us, although apparenty uninjured,
made no effort to render us any assistance, or even
to ascertain what injury we sustained, but steered
away. Little do I know, however, but she, too,
has sunk and all on board perished.
On Tuesday morning the weather began to show
unfavorable signs, and at mid-day it commenced
snowing, hailing and raining violently. Judge of
our pitiable condition in an open boat, leaking at
.the rate of 8 barrels per hour, keeping us continu
ally bailing. We suffered severely, the storm in
creasing in violence, and next day dawned upon
us no better than the day before. Our scanty sup
ply of eatables, which consisted only of preserves,
were greatly diminished. We had no water, and
it was pitiable to hear the cries of my poor com
panions ; they were such as would make the stout
est heart quail. The next day our sufferings were
augmented by the renewal of the storm, which pelt
ed upon us pitilessly. That day will be long re
membered by those in the boat. To imagine the
agony of an old gentleman of 60 years struggling
with death in its most harrowing aspect will fail
to realize the scene. He died before the nightfall.
Many began to think that .they would soon follow
him in eternity. During the night a seaman and
.myself found it difficult to keep our companions
alive. By dint of much exertion, however, we
succeeded. Several, however, including myself,
were severely frostbitten.
We were now entirely out of provisions, starva
tion staring us in our faces. Want of water com
pelled ns to drink sea-.water, but this of courso on
ly increased our thirst. We now made up our
minds that we were indeed lost. It is impossible
to describe our frightful condition ; no water,
food, clothes frozfen to onr backs, feet wet and fro
zen, and strength exhausted with bailing the boat.
Saturday morning we: discovered a sail ; oh how
glad 6ur hearts Was at the Bight ; but many of my
,poor companions were too helpless to see even this
coming succor. On making signal to her by the
TfldsiDg ofh.ands and a handkerchief she bore down
qponus.’ She proved to he the bark Blisc, Capt.
Nordenholdt, from Baltimore lor Bremen, who
took us on board, and in the kindest manner did
all in his power to alleviate our sufferings, and
made us comfortable as he could under the circum
stances. We continued to suffer severely from the
effects of our privations and exposure. Capt. Nor
denholdt found it inconvenient to accommodate so
large a number, and wished to transfer us to. some
vessel bound to the United States) lie signalized
an American ship, supposed to be bound to some
Eastern port, but he paid no attention to the sig
nal. Ou Monday morning last, having then been
two days ou board the bark, we spoke the Ham
burg bark Elise, Cap. Neilson, bound from Ham
burg for New York,’who sent about alongside.
Upon hearing of our misfortunes, and ascertain
ing bur wish to proceed to New York, he kindly
offered ns a passage in his vessel. All but two of
us went oh board his hospitable ship, where we ex
perienced the Utmost kindness at bis hands, and
that of the passengers and crew. Mr. Scheler and |
lady decided to proceed to Bremen in the bark, j
and thence to their destination.
We cannot give too much praise to Capt. Neil !
sen for his humane treatment of us.
Mr. Domincgo, a passenger, an Italian, is so j
much frost bitten, that Li's life is despaired of.
Flora Solomon and M’lie Enestine llellet, were !
severely injured by the cold, but have recovered.
The crew are progressing as Well us could be ex
pected.
Os the fate of tho?e on the raft and in the two
boats, with that of the Captain and the few remain
ing on the ship, 1 know nothing, but I surmise
that the boats were picked Up by some passing ves
sel. Ido not think that the raft could have float
ed in the heavy sea that rolled the first night, and 1
I’m afraid that ali ou board went down with her. ;
List or the. Basse.y.oeus. —The fobowing is the j
list of cabin passengers in Lc Lyonnais the day she i
left this port :
Mrs, Frances S. Dn miner, Mr. Cora A. Hammer,
M. Solomon, Mrs. Strong,'Mr. Bailey and lady.
Philip Guglieind, J. F. Bass lord, lady, children j
and servant, Don Vincente, l)ilas Comas. Don Jo- j
se de Ulute, lady and servant, Herman l lulter and j
lady, Albert Sumner, lady, duughter-and servant,’
T. G. Gibson, Mr. Scheler and lady, Mr. Van Lu- !
is, C. Bcuugrand, E, de Montigny, Mr. Trabumi,
Mi. Acello, Laurent and child, E. Ravoit, Rev.
John B. Cocagnc, Saul Sasportas, A. Louette, De
Lestrauge, A. Flolein, M’lle Ernestine Bellet—to
tal 39,
Besides these there were a number of steerage
passengers, and it is estimated that tha whole num
ber of persons on board, including officers, crew,
engineers; firemen, &c>, was near 150.
The cargo of the Lyonnais consisted of specie to
the amount of $20,000, and to the value of SSO,
000.
The steam propeller Lyonnais was built at Liv
erpool. England, lu 1856. Her dimensions were*—
length 290 feet, breadth 34 leet, depth of hold 20
feet. After deducting the room occupied by her
engines, boilers, coal, &c. She had capacity for
carrying 1065 tons freight. She was a strongly
built iron vessel, with engines of 350 horse power,
was fully rigged as a barque, aud was well supplied
with sails. Her cost was, probably, not less than
$250,000. She was owned by the Franco-Ameri
can Steamship Company of Havre, whose agents
iu New York are Messrs. Edward & Edmund Poi
rier.
The Lyonnais was insuicd, probably, to her full
value in England and France, and her cargo was
mostly insured in Walnut Street.
It is certain from the 2d mate’s statement, that
a number of those on board the Lyonnias, must
have perished in the struggle to gain the raft after
a boat was swamped ; but there, is reasou to hope
that some of the other boats may have been picked
up by passing vessels, aud that many of the mis
siug may yet be restored to tbeir friends.
The Hamburg barque Elise came up to the city
this morning, and is now anchored off the Battery,
discharging passengers.
France and England.
Appearances indicate that these two great pow
ers of Europe, are about to dissolve their relations
of peace and amity with each other, now that they
have silenced the thunders of the great Russian
bear But recently Her Majesty, Queen Victoria,
was all urbanity to Napoleon—she coquetted with
the Frenchman, English woman that she was and
is, with a spirit that would have done credit to
any French wonian, in His Majesty’s own domin
ions, all the world being surprised at her succes
ful political flirtation. -’ Napoleon was so well
pleased at it, that he did not hesitate to sacrifice
his thousands of Frenchmen before Sebastopol for
the mere glory of the thing, and treasure too was
expended with the same liberality. The cost of all
this undertaking is now being counted up, and
when compared with the profits derived from it,
France fluds out that it has been a one-sided af
fair throughout. The war over, and Victoria is
now an English Queen, with no French proclivi
ties, her people the same as of old, looking upon
France as their natural enemy. The bearing of
England is therefore haughty in the extreme to
wards France and France evidently feels it. Nor
is France at all disposed to submit to any cool
treatment at tbe bauds of England. She will sub
mit to no insults, aud between these two powers
there must be no middle ground ’ occupied. It is
either with the Frenchman, peace or war. What
though the Bank of France; or her “Credit Mobi
lier,” is in a pinch at this particular crisis of her
affairs—still France will expend millions upon
millions, rather than Englaud shall triumph oTer
her. It is a Bonaparte that is Emperor of France
aud the blood has no liking for England, as long
as St. Helena, that rocky island, and the prison of
tbe elder Bouaparte, occupies its place in the
oceau Unless, therefore, some great change takes
place in the temper of these two great powers, to
wards each other, Frenchmen and Englishmen may
“look out for squalls.” On this side of the Atlan
tic, we shall possibly be calm observers of another
struggle between the crowned heads of Europe,
during which Republican Institutions will advance,
add Republican principles go on triumphing over
all opposition iu both hemspheres. “So mote it be.”
—Examiner
Now is the Accepted Time.
The smoke of another election in this Terri
tory has passed away, and, as we have already
made known, it has triumphantly and unani
mously gone in favor of the Pro-slavery party
from the Territorial Legislature to the election
of a delagate to the next Congress of the Unit
ed States. But what we particularly wish to
call attention of Southern men to is a convention
to form a Constitution for a State Government
at as early a day as expedient, which matter
the Legislature will doublcssly attend to as
soon as that august body assembles;; aud as
the general presumption is, that they will ap
point a day early iu the spring to elect mem
bers to the Convention, we wish to impress the
importance of prompt and efficient action upon
the minds of Southern men. It will be very
necessary that all the slaveholding States shall
be largely represented by that time. This wiil
be the most important election that has ever
taken place in Kansas. It will then be decid
ed whether Kausas is to be a slave or a free
State. A question of vital importance to eve
ry State in the Union, therefore it will become
the bounden duty , of every Southern man to be
up and doing. There is no time for repose, nor
will there be until this great question is decid
ed/’ ’ Z ‘ • ,
. There should be a .general rally in all the
Southern States. Money should be dona ted in
large sums, and every prepartion made for a
large migration before the opening of the next
spring. We hope the South will do her duty.
It is a common interest with all pro-slavery
men. It will be a struggle of no ordinary im
portance. The very salvation of every slave
State in the Union depends upon the result.—
Put your shoulder to the wheel and let us all
give a strong push and a push altogether, and
Kansas will be saved for the South ‘.—Kansas
‘Pioneer,
The State Road.
Some anonymous scbribbler furnishes the
Chronicle & Sentinel, with seven or eight quer
ies about the management and buisiness of the
Western & Atlantic Railroad, conveying covert
insinuations at some officer or officers of the
Road that only recoil upon the writer and the
appropriate medium through which’ he thinks
proper to vent his spleen. We expect for the next
year that the brains of these dark lantern slan
derers, who have been consigned to infamy bv
the voice of millions of the freemen of America,
will be cdnstanly employed iu conjuring up all
sorts of vague charges and pointless inquiries
about Governor Johnson and the management
of the Road. This is an old game, and the
people understand it. It was played with a
strong hand at the last election, but even with
j the aid of the dark lantern, nothing could be
! discovered which the people would rebuke --
! We advise them to turn their attention to some
thing more profitable, especially to the work of
j repentance for their grievous iniquities and of
fences against the country. When they have
sufficiently atoned for all the evil they have
done, the blood they have caused to ’ be shed,
the biwovness they have engendered- between
the worshippers at a common shrine, then with
more propriety they can be listened to, and !
complaints met with an attentive hearing. It
is a sign, however, that they are still steeped
in depravity, when they cast out their gar bage’
in that form usually selected by one destitute of
manhood to attempt to defame tbe character of
the respected officials of the present State Gov--
ernment.
If any gentleman in Atlanta or out of it will
j present himself at the office of the Superintend--
| cut of the Western & Atlantic Railroad/ he
i will be furnished with all the means necessary
j to satisfy him on such inquiries as are contain
ied in the anonymous communication in the
Chronicle A Sentinel, or any other that uiay
bo concocted by the most ingenious or fertile
brain—or if they will submit their complaint
to the Finance Committee, which will shortly
visit Atlanta to examine the condition of the
Road, they will receive such attention as their
truth or importance deserves. In the mean
time let this Know Nothiug croaker rest h!s ;
spirit in his Salt River Grave, and if in that
future state, to which lie has been dismissed,
he can still take cognizance of the things of
earth, we recommend to his consideration, the
epitaph which an indignant people have placed
upon the tomb.
He? c lies poor Sf.tn, and, -what is strange,
(trim death has worked in him no change;
lie always likd, and always wii.i,,
He once lied LOCD and now lies still.
[All Intel
Our fancy Jail.
Some very interesting questions in prison
discipline are beginning to suggest themselves
in regard to the condition of our county pris
oners, or free boarders, and their fancy board
ing house—the new county jail. For, be it
known, we have a bran, spanking new jail here
—a perfect little palace of a jail—a decided
charmer in its way. Cost somewhere between
10 and $12,000 only. No one, surely, can ob
ject to high taxes to pay for a twelve thousand
dollar jail when it is such a beauty of a ne. *t a*! ;
ours is. There seems to be one little difficulty
however, in the matter The walls, although
pretty enough, don’t appear to offer any con
siderable obstacle to free egress or ingress. If
the prisoners happen to be on the inside and
wish to go out, they kick a hole through the
wall and go out. If they are already out and
wish to get in, by a similar operation they
pass in unless, perchance, some relentless senti—
nel happens to be near and warns him that lie
‘can’t come in.’ A case of this sort, we under
stand, .liapjiened tlie other day. One of the
prisoners wishing to take a short Railroad ex
cursion, punched a hole in the wall—jumped*
aboard the Shite’ Road train—went to Mariet
ta, and when he got ready came back, arriving
in-town by the night train. But returning to J
the jail lie unfortunately found that somebody
had plastered up the hole, and a gaurd station—
ed near utterly refused to know him or let him
in, but warned him to ‘be off.’ Here was a
bad case, to be sure ! Not to be baulked,-
however, he went straightway to the residence
of our worthy Deputy Sheriff, awokehim from*
his slumbers—remonstrated most feelingly
against being shut out from his abode, and. in
sisted on being forthwith put in possession of
his rights. It was all in vain, and the fellow”
had to go one night houseless and homeless.—
A passer by thought he heard the fellow ejacu
lating very emphatically against the Deputy
—swearing that the Deputy had ‘no bowels of
compassion-—not a bowel.’ He got acccss
however, the next morning and we presume he
will not be caught out at night again as
long as he can board at the expense of the
county. In view of this state of things,, what
is to be done ? We can’t send them all off, for
they would be certain to come back and break
in again. Would it not be well to tear down
the twelve thousand dollars jail and build an
other worth SISOO or $2,000, strong enough
to keep them out ? Without some provision*
of this kind, the board item will soon be tre
mendous.—Atlanta Intelligencer.
.<*►, .
T KXNKssKjc.—The Union Ic American ha s * re
turns from all the counties but six, of which, its
says :
I'hese returns, if we have made no error in ad
dition, foot up as follows : ‘
For Buchanan 68,846
For Fillmore 02,208’
Buchanan's majority 0,638
The six counties not heard from officially, garo
in the last election!for Governor—
For Johnson, 4,331
For Gentry, 4,116
Majority, 215>
Georgia—Official Vote.
The Becordcr of Tuesday last, says the Georgia
Banner, contains the official vote for President in
this Btate, with a recapitulation of the vote in the
several Congressional Districts, which we give be
low :
Fillmore. Buchanan.
First District, 3853 5764
Second District, 6528 7590
Third District, 6775; 5710
Fourth District. 6900 8516
Fifth District, 6156 10440
Sixth District, 4831 9247
Seventh District, 4512 4428
Eighth District, 3817 4907
Total, 42.352” 56,41 t
Majority for Buchanan, 14,065
‘I don’t caro so much about the bugs,’ said
Mr. Wormley to the head of the genteel pri
vate family in which he resides ; ‘but the fact
is, m&rm, I haven’t got the blood to spare—
you see that yourself.’
Pedagogue. —First little boy, what is your
name ?
Little boy—Jule. ...
■ Pedagogue—Oh, no; your name’ is * .Julius.
Next little boy—what is yours ? ’■ l
Second boy—My Dame is Billions. •/.