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C|e Empire £iate, 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 ■ ■ - ii m 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. m % -: r - 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.: • “Tx* 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. •/.