Smyrna times., 1856-11-19
Terrible Disaster at Sea.

Over' One Hundred Lives Losi-LO of the |
French Steamer lie Lyonnais
II is our painful duty to record another terri
bic calamity at sea. The case in hand is not
unlike that Of the ill-fated Arctir.
The iron screw steamship lie I.yOnnais, Cap.
tain DE Vaix. sailed from New York. on Sat-
urdsy, Nov. l, TOR IIavre, with thirty-nine
cabin passengers; and there were on board, in-
cladng officers, crSw, engineers, fremen aud
'teerage passengers, near ole hundred and fifty
sonls. She had also twenty thousand dollars
in specie on tr'eght. d .''7"' ."'' "'1 -
On the night of Sunday. the I'd inst, while
III dense ,tug. Nantucket light Ship bearing
n. N, w, and distant go miles. the ship was
run into by an unknown vessel, nd her stern
cut clean of Nothing More ". 8 sern of the
unknown vessel, and il IS pruI able that she
seI.t. down alImcd iAlelS. '| 2"
Not so with Ls LyOansis she enained with
her after part tull Ut water, and her bow high
/ 0ut OF water. All hands stald ~ the wreck
| nntil The next day, when it was Sbandoned.-
| The ship was prstided with six oats, only one
1t which was hie-boat. That boat only has
Oesn heard from. ,lf .5HI'.frt 7.u et.ft;.a.
On the uoroing of Monday. after it was re-
solved to abandon the wreck. a raft was con-
4 structed aud about i"rty p. rsons, including
1 passengers, (prUbably the 81 ecrLg passe ng ers)
took refuge upon il. IL is the opinion Of the
81 cond officer that this ralt could not have lived
through the rough weather. thai Eucceeded this
.lay-that Il must have b. en- brC ken to pieces,
| .ud thai all the persons un board were ust.-
fhere is ronn Tor hupe hat SOHO friendly sail
might have rescued a EN-. .A.. .'"- 90
Al
some OF The passengers This boat was well
provided with provisions, compasses, &c. II
was the intention Of the captain to pull fol
Mon,aek Pom. This boat has not yet beer
heard from. t.. :,.af ~... pf.l-L -..sl a..fpa
Auo,her boat contained the second mate
: Laynire. the second engineer. Desfour, seyera
> u the crew aud passengers Ibis is the only
boat heard from SO far -'''
: The list, then, is, saved sixteen; missing ans
probably lustone hundred and thirty 80 nc
= We have no account of the other five boats
y and the raft. save that which is given above.
{ The following details in relation 10 the save,
@ are gathered from the second mate: a'"'N
/, The boat LETT the ship on the morning of Mon
day, the second, There wasts heavy gal
blowing and the Captain resolved TO abando
the ship. She was then, aud when Mr. Lay
nire last saw her. with her stern sunk belo,
u water's edge, aud her bow high out of water
z On Tuesday he lost sight Of the other boats. =
e The second mates boot contained eighteen pei
!. sons. The weather was very rough, and tn
hapless voyagers suffered terribly. They en-
" countered several severe snow storms and wer
ii short Of water.i They had claret wine, brea
~ aud preserved meats. They were beaten sbou
III six days until the afternoon of the ninth, (SuI
:. pay.) and two of their number (passengers) die
4 during this terrible interval. On Sunday the
~ eyes were gladdened by the sight Of ffiendl
sail, whicll proved TO be the Bremen sbarqu
y Elise. Captain Nordenbolott. on board of. whic
'r vessel they we're Immediately taken and mad
IL as comfortable as possible. Their limbs wei
il frozen, aud altogether they were in q tertbl
condition. ?, i tI.s. ft- tIahoS SshlFi 7io 2noi
le --~~~~~-
81 ''THE SEsAroRsHiP.-We find the folIowin
th paragra phi IN the Dover Reporter. which ma
,y be ~ some interest to our readers:
In the political world outside we hear seve
al differentarrangement spoken Of for the ele,
id tion of the United States Senator. The FIR
=. is Hon, james A. Bayard TO be continued &
!; fhe long terpn, and nj. w. Bates. ESQ.,, for n
~ Short term. II Mr. Bates declines, then
ID n. Rogers, Willard Salisbury, ESQ Hon
- Read Riddle aud Daniel hf. Bates, ESQ.,, al
eI spoken of. The second is, in the event of III
er Bsysrd being appointed Attorney General al