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Tas DiiUM'ty at Honduras.
The brig Helen Jane arrived at Boston
on the 19th inst. with further advices re
lative to the aggressions of the British in
Honduras, lier dates from Truxillo are
to the 27 th February. These accounts
state that Her Majesty’s war steamer De
vastation, Captain Campbell, arrived at
Truxillo at 4 P. M. on the 18th, last from
Belize, and that immediately upon her ar
rival an officer was sent on shore, with a
despatch to the commandant of the port
requiring the removal of certain troops
stationed at Limas, on the Romanic river,
Honduras territory, for some time past in
possession of the English mahogany cut
ters. A second despatch was afterwards
sent, demanding that the troops be re
moved by 12 o’clock the following day.—
This demand was accompanied by a de
mand also, that the British subjects should
not be interfered with in the future. If
the demands were not complied with Capt.
Campbell stated that lie should proceed to
Limas and remove the troops by force.—
as no resistance could be made on the
part of the people of Truxillo, the demand
was complied with under protest.
Another account states the case after
this manner: —“About four months since
the commandant at Truxillo despatched
troops to Limas, on Romain river, to put
a stop to the cutting of mahogany by the
English; they refused to pay the duty en
acted by Honduras, on the ground that
the place belonged to the Musquito King,
which Honduras always denied. The
English cutters were driven off, the En
glish flag hauled down, and the Honduras
troops permanently stationed there. The
mission of the British steamer “Devasta
tion,” at Truxillo. was to demand the im
mediate withdrawal of the troops from
Limas, with the intimation that if the de
mand was not complied with by 12 o’clock,
the English commander wpuld proceed to
remove them by force. He also stated
that a claim for damages to English sub
jects, in consequence of their having been
driven off, would be made. He likewise
demanded that English subjects should not
hereafter be interfered with. The com
mandant of Truxillo complied with the de
mand under protest, and the troops of Li
mas were removed. The people of Hondu
ras claim Limas as indisputably a part of
Honduras, and deny the right of the En
glish to cut the valuable mahogany with
out paying the usual duty.”
How far Captain Campbell may have
acted under instructions from his govern
ment, is not yet known. Mr. Everett
thinks the British government will disa
vow his acts and abandon the territory.—
Mr Crompton the British minister at Wash
ington, seems to be of the same opinion
and it is said has requested the President
to suspend his action in the case until he
(Crompton) can hear from his govern
ment.
The following remarks, pretty full to the
purpose,'we copy from the Philadelphia
Ledger:
“A Speck of War.” —According to ac
counts from the State of Honduras, by
way of New Orleans, the British war
steamship Devastation has seized two ports
in that State, uuder pretence of their be
ing the territory of the “Musquito King.”
If we understand this step, supposing the
accounts to be true, and not exaggerated,
it is a direct violation of that compact so
full of blunders on our side, the Nicaragua
Treaty. We had supposed that the Bri
tish Government had relinquished all right
to colonization in any part of Central
America, on condition of obtaining from
us a joint right of way across Central
America; a right which our government
were blind and weak enough to surrender,
after having obtained an exclusive right.
But we were in error. The right reserved
by the British Government after the trea
ty was signed, which was the right to hold
“British Honduras,” involved a little more
than Mr. Bnlwer chose to express, or than
our Executive was able to understand. —
Mr. Bulwer knew his man, or men, and
prudently asked for no more than they
were willing to grant, and he so expressed
himself as to imply one thing, and signify
to them another. Having got all that
they professed to seek, the British Govern
ment arc now acting upon the concession,
and according to their own interpretation,
“British Honduras” means all that the
British Government can lay their hands
upon, and they have begun with the Bay
Islands, and are now proceeding to seize
all aloug shore. And in doing this, they
are merely seizing what they have all a
long coveted and tried to possess. And
after they have got it, and the United
States alone have the power to prevent
them, perhaps they will imitate our libe
rality, and give ns a common right of way.
And perhaps they will do no such thing,
and keep the whole for themselves. Bri
tish history, as well as British proceedings
in Siam and Pegu at this moment, will
probably explain this point after they have
got full possession.
W.iat will our Executive do under these
circumstances? In the Inaugural Ad
dress, the President was very explicit up
on the “Monroe Doctrine,” and upon the
policy of “extension” for our own security.
He plainly said that no European power
must be permitted to colonize any further
on this Continent, and that the United
States must not be restrained from any
extension of their territory by fair means;
and so far as we can learn public opiuion
from newspapers, these two declarations
gave general satisfaction. And this sat
isfaction was founded upon popular be
lief in the President’s sincerity and deter
mination. And now the very condition
upon which he promised to enforce the
“Monroe Doctrine,” has occured, in this
British invasion of Honduras in violation
of treaties. Will he keep his promise to
the people? We trust that he will. We
-trust that he will not only ‘remonstrate
promptly and energetically against this
net of British aggression, but-will do some
thing more. The Executive has no power
to declare war. But he has power to do
something better, and thereby to throw
the responsibility of war with the United
States upon the British Government; a
responsibility which that Government will
not dare to assume. He can promptly
send a minister to the Central American
States, to negotiate with each a treaty of
annexation to the United States.
As these five Central American States
have had enough of Europe, and more es
pecially of England, we have little doubt
about the cordial acquiescence of each in
this project. These States alone are not
strong enough to repel the piratical ag
gressions of England, and would therefore
rejoice in the protection of a much more
powerful nation that would guarantee all
her local rights. Only .in the United
States can they find this nation, and oniy [
through annexation, and incorporation, can
they obtain such protection. And where I
would such annexation leave England, with
all her piratical objects? She would be i
obliged to surrender all her pretensions, j
even the right to cut logwood, or engage \
in war with the United States. Would j
she engage in such war for the “Musquito
Kingdom,” and the ultimate design of|
monopolizing the Nicaragua passage, j
knowing that we should inevitably defeat |
her on either ground? No more than she |
would have engaged in war for the North-1
eastern Boundary or Northern Oregon. ■
She will probably threaten. But with the
President and Secretary of State such
threats will not be so efficacious as form
erly. British threats will now be met
with American defiance and American
action; the action will not only enforce the
“Monroe Doctrine,” but expend our terid
tory where extension is most important.
Cuba, as an acquisition, is worthless in com
parison with Central America. The lat
ter, we believe, is ripe, and we hope that
the administration will lose no time in
plucking it—from British claws. The
passages across Central America, the
highway to our States on the Pacific,
should be like the Erie Canal or the Co
lumbia Railroad, within the United States.
The Amazon and Atlantic Slopes of South
America.
We have had the pleasure of present
ing to our readers some interesting papers
relating to the Amazon, the last of which
were of the above title, over the signa
ture of “Inca.”
I,’hesc papers attracted attention not
only in this country, but in the countries
immediately interested in the free na
vigation of the Amazon. The last arrival
from South America brings us the. grati
fying intelligence that Belzu, the enligh
tened President of Bolivia, by decree of
January 27th, 1853, has thown open all
the Bolivian tributaries of the Amazon
and La Plata that are navigable, to the
commerce of the world, and offered a
reward of ten thousand dollars to the
master of the first steamer that shall
reach any one of these tributaries, either
by the La Plata or the Amazon.
Lieut. Gibbon who was sent out about
two years ago with Lieut. Herndon, Uni
ted States navy, to explore the Amazon
from its source to its mouth, has just ar-<
rived. We have had the pleasure of
conversing with him upon the subject of
this most interesting expedition.
He passed through the Bolivian pro
vinces which are thus thrown open to the
commerce of all nations, and describes
that whole region as one of the most
beautiful, productive, and finest coun
tries on the face of the earth. In his
opinion, there are now materials enough
there to give rise to a commerce of sever
al millions of dollars a year, and that a
commerce of this value would spring up
the moment a free transit is secured for
it up and down the Amazon, through
the territories of Brazil
Considering the large space which that
region of country has of late been made
to occupy in the public mind in this
hemisphere by the publication of the
“Inca” and other papers with regard to it,
and by the recent exploration of it by offi
cers of the American navy, we regard
this action of the Bolivian government as a
subject of public congratulation.
From this decree, we think, will com
mence anew era for the Spanish repub
lics of South America.
The revolution which the free naviga
tion of the Amazon and its tributaries and
of the La Plata and its tributaries is to
make in the commerce of those republics
will be greater than that which the
commerce of Europe underwent in con
sequence of the passage of Vasco de Ga
ma around the Cape ol Good Hope.
Lieutenant Gibbon has, he informs us,
a list of 10,000 abandoned silver mines
in that country, many of them upon this
water shed. The silver ore has been ta
ken from the veins until the miners reach
ed the water, and then for the want of
the means of drainage, most of these
mines have been abandoned.
The machinery heretofore used in the
drainage of those mines was only such,
our readers should bear in mind, as could
be transported upon the backs of mules
from the seashore across the Andes
With the Amazon open, it may be taken
by water almost to the very spot where
it is wanting, and of course, then, with
the ability to procure large machinery,
this decree may be expected to give a
new impulse to the working of the silver
mines of Potosi and elsewhere.
VVe propose to publish at an early day
this important decree of Bolivia; it is now
in the hands of the translater, — Wash
ington Union.
From the Columbus Enquirer, March 21.
Heavy Rains-Fatal Railroad Accident.
It is the general impression that it rained
in this region on Thursday night of last
week. From about 9 o’clock in the
evening until 4 in the morning, it appear
ed that the bottom of the clouds had sud
denly dropped out, and that the contents
were poured upon the earth, not in drops,
but in sheets and solid columns. Our
river rose, in a few hours, to a height al
most equal to anything known in its most
foamy and formidable performances.—
Some slight injury was sustained by the
washing away of a portion of the works
recently erected at the factories, and
much damage has resulted from the over
flowing of plantations below.
In this connection it is our painful duty
to record a melancholy accident which
happened oo our Railroad, on the morning
after the storm of rain above alluded to.
The cars left the depot at the usual hour,
about 5 o’clock in the morning, for But
ler, aud after proceeding some eight or
nine miles, w ere sudJenlly arrested by the
giving away of some of the works across
a ravine or small branch. VVe learn that
the engine had passed .over, when the
weight of the tender caused the tressel
work to give w 7 ay. The engine was
dragged back, falling down upon the ten
der, aud the freight and baggage cars rush
ing fotward, were driven and heaped pell
id ell together. Mr. Charles D. Schoon
maker, tHe engineer, aud a fireman by
the name of Gilmore, were instantly kil
led by the collision, and a fireman named
Gray, badly, but it is thought not dan
gerously, hurt. The passengers escaped
without injury. With the fireman who
.vas killed we had no acquaintance, nor
indeed did we personally know Mr.
Schoonmaker. By all who knew him,
however, highly respected, and
his sudden loss is deeply regretted. He
was buried on Sunday morning last with
Masonic honors. Avery impressive and
appropriate discourse was delivered up
on the occasion, in the Methodist Church,
by the officiating pastor, the Rev. Mr
i Conner, before a large congregation that
! had met together- upon thß mournful ;
period.
We have heard oo one eVt-tU.pi si mi an :
that the fatal accident was the
carelessness or incapacity on the part, of |
the engineer, or any body else having i
■ charge of the train. Etery place, deem- ;
!ed at all unsafe, or which was likely to j
j have been injured by the flood, had been j
j carefully examined by Mr. Schoonmakei, !
and it seems that no danger was appre
hended at the spot where it lay coruc-ai
-1 ed. Providence controls its own inyste;
ous workings.
The Locomotive, Tender, a fieight ,
and baggage car, were considerably in
jured. The passenger car was also
slightly damaged. VVe are informed that
in a day or so the injury to the road will
be repaired, and everything again ready
for the accommodation of the traveling
public
We publish in another column the
pr< iceodings of a meeting of the Democra
tic citizens of Coweta county, preparato
ry to toe coining contest for Governor,
Members of Congress, Members of the
State Legislature, &c. It will be obser
ved that our friends in Coweta are'earlv
in the field, but none too early, and we
would suggest that the Democracy of
DeKalb would also take some measures
before long, preparatory to a thorough
organization for the'Stale aud Congression
al elections. The contest about to open
upon us in Georgia promises to be a par
ticularly rich and amusing one, in some
respects. The Whig party, prostrated by
the late Presidential campaign, are yel in
a quandary. Fearful of the distracted
condition of their ranks, they are just now’
casting about for new devices—groping
blindly about the field of political intrigue
in hopes to fall upon some striking plan
of operation, whereby to conduct the
assault upon the Democracy. Whether
they will finally’ conclude to commence
battle under the old name of Whig, or
entrench themselves behind a “masked
battery,” and call themselves the “Union
Party,” is altogether an undeci led matter
at present. Our cotemporary of the Mil
ledgeville Recorder , however, has entered
despairingly 7 into the work of resuscitating
the Union Party, but the more wary of
the Whigs are not very hasty in seconding
the efforts of the Recorder. They prefer
to keep in the back- ground and make a
deliberate survey of the field before enter
ing the battle, as it seems to be a matter
of much doubt with the more thoughtful,
whether under the specious guise of Un
ionism they can rally a sufficient force to
the rescue. They betray a shrewd sus
picion that it will be a heavy undertaking,
to gei up an enthusiasm to save the Un
ion again, under the present state of things.
But in a state of desperation there is no
telling what wild expedient may not be
adopted as a dernier resort. — Atlanta In
telligencer.
An Irresistible Argument.—Have
you not, reader, heard upon what argu
ment James Harper, the great bibliopole
of America, based has defence when he
was waited upon by a committee of the
female members of his church, for the
purpose of remonstrating with him on sae
subject of denouncing certain books from
the Harper press as exceedingly wicked
and detrimental to the cause of religion
and good morals. The worthy publisher
begged to know what works of his publi
cation came under their censorship. The
female committee named Bulvver’s novels.
“Well,” said the elder Harper, “here
is a large variety of theological, historical,
scientific, literary and miscellaneous mat
ter, embracing voyages, travels,
which tre of such an excellent quality that
they may make amends for the evil pub
lication complained of. Have you read
any of these?
“Oh no—we have read none of them. ”
“Well, how have you ascertained the
evil character of Bulwer’s works? Have
you been informed of their character, or
have you rpad them? To pass judgment
on a work it is necessary to be personally
conversant with it.”
They said they were well posted up
about Bulvver’s writings; they had read
every one of them, and tiiey wished to
know why he persisted in publishing such
works?”
“Why,” said James Harper in his blan
dest and most pleasant style, “for the
gratification of such ladies as you, who
will read nothing else.”
There was precious little space left fur
any further argument on the part of the
committee. Wedonot know what report
they made to the society, but James
Harper retains a very high position in
the church of which the committee are
members.—Ex.
The Eureka Diamond —Wonderful
if True.—We have received a communica
tion descriptive of this remarkable stone,
which was found within two miles of
Columbia, in Tuolumne county. It is
to be exhibited in Stockton and this city
for a short time, prior to the departure
of the owner for New York. Our corre
spondent informs us that it has been
carefully and scientifically tested by Dr-
Banks, a graduate of the Medical Univer
sity of Louisiana, who pronounces it, be
yond all doubt, to be a diamond of very
rare purity. It is said to be larger than
the crown diamond of England, which is
valued at ton millions of dollars. We
are informed, by a gentleman who has
seen it, that it is about the size of a
pigeon’s egg, but is of course still in the
rough. Should this turn out to be true,
its value will be enormous, and anew
source of boundless wealth open to our
miners; for this of course cannot he the
only sione of the kind in the country. —
Diamond mines are just as well defined
as gold mines.— San Francisco Herald ,
Feb. 15t/i.
The Ericsson.—The caloric ship Er
icsson, which returned to New York on
Monday last, it is said will soon leave for
London, from whence it is intended to
send her to Australia. Her recent trip to
the South has established the partial suc
cess of the new principle, at the same
time that it has suggested some impor
tant improvements, the introduction ol
which it is expected will materially aug
ment her rate of speed. The Charleston
Standard thinks her appearance in the
Thames will create quite a sensation a
tnong the Britishers. I
the smtmsm
GRIFFIN, MARCH 31, 1353 ‘ £
REDUCTIONj
FOlf MAYOR,
WM. R. PHILLIPS.
FOR ALDERMEN,
DR. WM. R. MOSELEY,
M. D. SMITH,
J. M. LESLEY,
J AS. P. PERDUE,
C. H. JOHNSON,
TIIOS. 11. BRAY,
J. J. LOVE JOY,
DR. Li M. WILLIAMS.
election.
Mr. EdUdr: —Plonse publish the follow
ing ticket for Aldermen at the next elec
tion, which will be supported bv
MANY VOTERS.
G. W. CLARK,
C. II JOHNSON,
M. D. SMITH,
J. P. PERDUE,
BRYAN SKIPPER,
A. GRAY,
JOHN SPRUEL,
W. W. WOODRUFF.
MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
THE PteOPLE’fes TICKET.
FOR ALDERMEN,
Jt j*P(fRTER,
A. MERRITT,
M. WESTMORELAND,
L S. SALMONS,
W J. JDSSEY ,
A. FLEMING ,
L STRICKLAND,
M D SMITH
This ticket is offered without comment,
believing that the names are such as will
meet the approbation of a large number
of voters, knowing they are such as all
paftie* can rejyon with confidence.
’ ■
We are requested to state that
Hon. J ason Burr is a candidate for Mayor
of the city of Griffin.
CANDIDATES.
FOR CITY CLERK CORONER.
In as much as there will shortly be an
election for City Officers, and as every one
will exercise their choice in selecting per
sons for office; aud as we have one, we
shall take the liberty of stating that it is
our intent’uK to support, for Clerk of the
City Council, Col. L. W. Cooper, believing
that he will discharge the duties of that
office as faithfully and punctually as any
one. And further, be it understood, that
we are decided advocates of the one term
for office, and, when the term expires,
elect anew man.
Also. —We further suggest the name of
R. F. M. Mann, as a suitable person to
fill the office of Coroner of the County of
Spalding. VOTERS.
Griffis, March 8, 1853.
To the Citizens of GrifSa.
Having seen my name announced before
you, some time since, as a candidate for the
Marshal of" City, in connection with a ticket
then proposed an tier tiic head of a communication,
:h ; same in one issue and then
discontinued, front cause unknown so me, and it
having been rumored that 1 had declined running
tor the oflice, l take this method of informing yon (
that it is not sv And who is the father oi the same
I do not pretend to say; hut having been asked if
l would run for |!ir office of/Warshal, and given my
consent to do so, I fe I mv -e f authorized to say
that, if elected !>y the Ci'iz us and the same rati
fied by the Board,of Aldermen, I will serve them
to the best of rny ability. Having served you
once at a nominal salary, 1 can hut ask yon to try
me once more, a! a better one, if you think me
worthvot vour support and competent to fill the
office.* “ L. P ALEXANDER.
a. e authorized to announce the
name of Nathaniel L. Collins as a can
didate for the office of Coroner.
A CARD.
To the Citizens of Grijfiiir i
I sec in our papers of last week that my
name is proposed, to be voted for at the
approaching election, for one of the Aider
men. lam not a candidate and respect
fully ask that my name will not be offered
for that office. My friends will accept my
thanks, for their manifestation of confi
dence. J. A. REEKS.
Griffin, March 29th.
Spiritual Rappings.
A cormmritoßitien from the Rev. J. n
Campbell, in reference to an article pub
lished in oar paper last week, came to hand
too late to be published this week. It will
appear in our next.
The retiring Mayor and Aldermen.
Many of the good citizens of Griffin arc
disposed to censure the out-going Council
for high taxes and extravagance, not from
a disposition, we trust, to do them injustice,
but because a larger amount of money
than usual has been expended on the
streets and other public improvements of
the city, and still there is considerable sur
plus in the hands of the Treasurer. We
cannot look upon the financial operations
of Council in the same light, or think they
have been grossly extravagant in levying
taxes. They may have, after all the debts
and dues arc paid, some seven or eight
hundred dollars surplus; no very extrava
gant sum for a City Council to possess; but
even this, we understand, has been mainly
derived from old and outstanding taxes
and executions of past years, which the
vigilance and energy of the present Coun
cil have gathered in.. The present head
of the City Tfl hers has the reputation of
being one of the best collecting officers of
the profession, and his peculiar tact in this
particular has told this year upon the con
tents of the City Treasury. Had these
old matters been suffered to remain uncol
lected, as heretofore, the taxes levied by
the Council would not have more than
paid the current expenses, so that the sur
plus may be set down altogether to the
vigilance and industry of the present Coun
cil in collecting old debts. The post of
Alderman is a thankless office at best, and
when men give their time and attention to
the use of the public without fee or reward,
we should at lease look for tenable grouutL
before wc pass sweeping censure upon them. \
THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
We did not expect, nor is it now our wish,
to take an)’ active part in the approaching
| Municipal Election, particularly for the
| office of Mayyr; yet weuo not hesitate to
| s ay, we sh
Col. Phillips. Both gentlemen in the
j field are our personal friends; we consid
er both of them worthy gentlemen and
good citizens. We do not design now to
, utter aught against either, but simply to
i correct what we deem the errors or false
| statements of Taxpayer, which have late
ly appeared in the American Union —
We noticed his first communication in
our paper a fortnight ago, and intimated
his injustice to Col. Phillips at that time,
when he referred to him as a “wealthy
note-shaver and greedy dollar-saving
skinflint.” Since then “Taxpayer” has
published a second article, in which he
says he had no allusion to any one in par
ticular when he made the above expres
sion. It is passing strange that a writer,
while speaking of a particular person,
should make such a strong expression,
and yet have no particular allusion to
any one in particular. We are pleased to
see, however, that he has at least the
grace to fee! ashamed of the application,
and is disposed to withdraw it, as applied
to Col. Phillips, and disavowing it as of
any other personal application; of course
the thing fulls harmless to the ground,
as applying to no one in pirticular, or as
well to Judge Burr’s side of the house as
Col Phillips’s. W’e will leave that sub
ject as settled, that no one in particular
was referred to, and pass on.
In his last number “Taxpayer” makes
the following statement:
“ A Whig” seems to be as extravagant
in his laudations of Col. Wm. R. Phillips as
he is with regard to the number of Whigs
who participated in his nomination'. If I
could believe all he says, I shonld be
forced to look upon the Colonel as a per
fect paragon of charity, always ready to,
pay a poor man’s debts and arrest his
property “from under the Sheriff’s ham
mer.” However agreeable the contem
plation of so much perfection in frail man,
unfortunately the following incident,
which came under my own observation,
materially mars the beauty of a character
so graphically, not to say poetically de
scribed by “A Whig.” I have been
living in Griffin som years, and have nev
er seen a poor man’s household furniture
and cooking Utensils brought up to the
constable’s block but once during that
time Such an occurrence may have ta
ken place frequently, before and since,
for aught I know, hut the case to which
I now refer, is the only one that ever
came under my observation. Being a
little curious to know which of my fel
lovv-citzens was so unfortunate as to
have his house and kitchen entered by
the officer of the law and the little par
aphernalia and necessary articles of fami
ly use seized upon, I asked the constable,
whose property it was; and, upon being
informed, 1 said no more but turned round
to the court-house door where the con
stable’s advertisement arrested my at
tention, and looking over it revealed a
fact directly in conflict with the extrav
agant eulogium of the Jeffersonian’s cor
respondent.”
Now, we ask, does the above para
graph mean nobody too? Col. VV:n. R.
Phillips it cannot mean, for he never caus
ed an\ body’s personal property to be sold
at public sale in all his life. Can “Tax
payer” say as much for himself? He
may really look upon Col. Phillips as a
“perfect paragon of charity,” so far at
i least that he has never yet put a poor
man’s property under the Sheriff’s ham
mar, when he was willing to do what he
could towards paying his debt. We will
ask “Taxpayer” a few plain questions:
Does he not know that in the above case
Col. Phillips had been, and still is, the
warm friend of the gentleman whose
name he found as defendant on the
Constable’s advertisement? Does he not
know that Col. P. had been irritated, and
as he believed badly treated? Does he
not know that the defendant in a short
time became sensible of his error and re
tracted it? Does he not know that Col
Phillips thereupon immediately with
drew the levy? And does he not further
know, that although this was an occur
rence of some lime past, Col. Phd
lips has not received his money to this
day, yet has never renewed his levy?—
Now all these things are notorious among
the intelligent portion of the citizens of
Griffin, and we have no doubt “Taxpay
er” knew the whole history of this case
just as well as wo do. Why then did he
not tell it? Why did he just tell enough
of it to leave the impression upon the
public mind that Col. P. actually had
the property sold, and that without any
other cause than from a “greedy skin
llint disposition” to wring his money out
of the last ot a poor man’s property? Is
this half-sided view of a case either mag
nanimous or houorable? But perhaps
“Taxpayer” does not again mean any
one in particular. We shall see. In
the meantime we annex the reply of
“A Whig.”
To My Brother Taxpayer.
Mr. Editqr: —lt is a long established
fact, that “bitter pills will have salutary cf- 1
sects.” You need not be surprised then, ifj
Mr. Taxpayer gets several severe doses be- 1
fore he is released of that spasmodic affee-’
tion of the Cerebrum, which has so much
troubled him of late days, and especially
since the nomination of Col. W. R. Phillips
for Mayor. lam trucly much gratified to
sec that my old friend Taxpayer has so
completely caved and hanlcd in his horns.
Now if he will just take in his tail, he will
again be a man and my prayers will be 1
answered. Wolves may lose their teeth, I
but they never lose their disposition. —
Now it seems that after Mr. Taxpayer
has made every effort in his power to in
jure Col. Phillips, and the balance of the
ticket, and finding that all his diabolical
schemes has utterly failed, he is now anx
ious and more than willing, according to
i his own coufes4*i, to> kneel like the syco
pliant, anil whine like an insignificant pup
py before his master’s feet. Oh ray friend,
the way to Babylon will never bring you
to Jerusalem.
Mr. Taxpayer seems to think that lie is
capable of giving “A Whig” some good
advice, provided he will receive it. Here lie
stops and fails to say what that advice is.
I suppose he means this, that I must fol
low in the wake of his own clique, elect
Jason Burr Mayor, go in for raising the
taxes still higher, give the Mayor and
Marshal $500,00 apiece, and the Clerk
in proportion. This I infer is what he wants,
and I have been informed is what the
ticket if elected will carry out. All this
has been made plain by Mr. Taxpayer in
his first epistle to the citizens of Griffin. —
He further says, he don’t think from the
company that “A Whig” keeps, that he
will be one long. I would most respect
fully beg leave to ask him where he stands
just about now, and what sort of a ticket
he is advocating? Oh consistency! thou
art a jewel.
Citizens of Griffin, just if you please
Tcail Taxpayer’s first and last communica
tion, in tiic American Union, and see what
kind of a dilemma lie is in; only view him
i now, grouping in the dark, and feeling for
! some democratic pillar, to brace bis shat
; terod and precarious position. I confess i
t that I am advocating the cause of a dem
ocrat for Mayor, and I feel proud that I
have the honor of casting my vote fora
man that is running from principle, and
not policy. lam opposed to any man or
set of men, that is running for an office
, merely for the salary alone, as I suppose
j some of them are.
i Mr. Taxpayer says he has been inform-
Icd that “A Whig’s” statements, in refer
ence to thirty Whigs assisting in getting
up the ticket that was nominated, is very
extravagant indeed. Well, I suppose it is,
’ just as he has confessed, that the wool is
over his eyes again, anil my own opinion
is that it will always remain there, unless
we can, at some future day, get our friend
Map Moor ro shave it off again.
Mr. Editor, I dislike very much to have
these little newspaper squabbles, but you
know it is actually necessary at times, to
keep back these little satelites, especially
those that are always revolving around,
and never give any light to the suns of the
earth. He that blows in the dust fills Ins
own eyes. Now Mr. Taxpayer has always
been a man that would blow in the dust,
in spite of all the admouitions of his friends.
The good book teaches me, that, he that
being often reproved and stiffeneth his neck,
shall be destroyed suddenly and that with
out remedy. Mr. Taxpayer, yon had bet
ter look out, for you might possibly be de
stroyed while the wool is yet over your
eyes, Mr. Editor, I was in the country
not long since, and every man that I saw,
was anxious to kuow who this Taxpayer
was, but nobody could tell for certain,
who he was, but finally they all pronoun
ced him a perfect ass. Well, Mr. Tax
payer, when all men pronounce you an
ass, it is high time to bray. But I shall
quit, for to lather an ass's head is only
wasting soap. A WHIG.
Robert and Harold, or the Young Ma
rooners on the Florida Coast. By F. R-
Gouldixg.
This charming little book has been laid
on our table by Mr. Dunham, the book
seller in this place. We have read it with
much pleasure, and can recommend it, as
we cheerfully do, particularly to the young,
as both amusing and instructive. The au
thor introduces his book as follows:
In a vine covered piazza of the sunny
south, a company of boys and girls used
to gather round me, of a summer evening,
to hear the varied story of my early years.
As those boys and girls grew larger, I
found it necessary to change my plan of
instruction There were many facts in nar
hire which I wished to communicate, and
many expedients in practical life, which I
supposed might be useful. To give this
information, in such shape as to insure its
being remembered, required a story. The
result lias been a book; and that book is
“The Young Marooners” —or as my young
folks call it, “Robert and Harold.”
And well has lie accomplished his design.
Interesting “facts in nature” and “expe
dients in practical life,” are interspersed
throughout the volume.
The story turns upon a party of “Young
Marooners,” four in number, the two eld
est boys of fourteen anil fifteen, a girl of
eleven, and a small boy of seven years of
age, of respectable parentage, who by a
strange incident, the most improbable por
tion of the whole book, arc carried off in
a boat from Tampa Bay to an uninhabit
ed island oa the Florida coast, and there
obliged to manage and provide for them
selves for a term of four months or more,
until finally they were relieve and
returned home. O.ic of the highest recom
mendations of the work, so contrary to
most of the light publications of the pre
sent day, is a high moral and religious
tone which pervades its entire pages, as
free from the straight-jacket cant of the
church as the immorality of fashionable
life Every father of a family would do
well to get this little book and put it into
the hands of his children. To be hail at
the bookstore in Griffin, Georgia,
We will close with a short commenda
tory extract from the P rcsbyterian, as fol
lows: —“There is something very taking
about this book. Wc observe that some
persons of judgement and taste, to whom
it was shown in manuscript, once having
got fairly into it, were Jiot able to stop un
til they had made an end of it; and wc
think a good many more are destined to
be caught in the same way, now that the
{ manuscript has become a beautiful printed
’ volume. Mr. Goulding’s characters are
not mere historical or pasteboard people;
they are all alive; Robert, Harold, Dr.
Gordon, and all of them; and the reader
involuntarily joins the party, and goes
“marooning” too. The book wc think
; will prove a decided “hit.” Although in
(tended for the young, it will be read by
not a few of the older people.”
Thiee of the Michigan Railroad con
spirators, whose trial was so protracted
two years since, have been pardoned, viz:
Erastus Smith, Erastus Champlin and Dr
Earnharn. Their paidon was recoin-,
rn.eu.ded by the railroad agent. ‘
do -7. Cobb and tbs Atlanta Convention.
War. 11. Hull, Esq, of Athens, has
written a letter to the editor of the Au
gu. ta Constitutionalist, vindicating the
course Gov. Cobb took at the Atlanta
Convention, and has persued since. Hon.
Henry R, Jackson has also added his
coroborating testimony, in a letter to the
Savannah Georgian. , We are sorry oar
space will not permit us to publish these
letters this week. We will publish them
entire in our next. In the mean time we
give the following extract from Mr. Hull’s
1 letter:
I**
“But my object in writing is not to dis
cuss these matters, but to disabuse your
mind, and those of your readers, as to the
position of Gov. Cobb in that matter.—
Yotir article gives me the opportunity of
doing Gov. Cobb what his magnanimity
prevented his doing for himself. I write
without his knowledge, and possibly what
he would not permit if he knew it. But “
it is due to truth and justice that his po
sition should be known. The writer of
this professes to be as well informed as
any other man, as to the opinions, senti
ments and views of Gov. Gobi), and I af
firm that which I know, when I say that
the ticket which was put up after the At
lanta meeting, was brought out against his
wishes and advice, and against his earnest
efforts to prevent it.
“I know that he wrote urgent letters to
Judge James Jackson, at Carnesville,
where Gen. Wofford was during court,
pressing upon him to see Gen. Wofford,
and endeavor by every argument to in
duce him to decline running on that ticket,
and to accept the place on the regular
ticket, which he was then advised would
be tendered to him. So far from bis “sym
pathy and secret efforts,” being for the
“Tugalo Ticket,” he disapproved of the move
ment from first to last, and his friends knew
it.
“It is true that Gov. Cobb was in fa
vor at Atlanta of a different course from
the one pursued. From the day when the
Union electoral ticket was nominated at
Milledgeville, he had labored to bring a
bout a compromise of the ticket oa terms
which would secure cordiality and harmo
ny among all the friends of Pierce and
King.
“The Atlanta meeting was called at his
suggestion, and for the purpose of promo
ting that object. Before it assembled, it
had become obvious that our proposals of
compromise would not be responded to.—
Gov. Cobb proposed in that case to nomi
nate a ticket composed of those gentlemen
of the other ticket who had evinced a wil
lingness to arrange the matter, and to fill
up the other places with the names of
Union Democrats, and call on the whole
Democracy in the State to rebuke by their
votes the spirit of proscription and perse
cution which had been manifested by some
of our Southern Rights brethren. This
was his whole coarse in the matter. The
Atlanta meeting decided differently, and
in their decision Gov. Cobb acquiesced,
and gave, as I said before, no encourage-
ment whateverjo those who did not.
“It is asked why he did not publicly
announce that disapprobation? It would
have been policy in him to do so, but
the noble and generous heart of Howell
Cobb shrunk from striking a blow that
would wound his friends, even though he
thought them wrong, his list of names
advocating the movement included many
who were his best and nearest friends.—
They had stood by him through storm and
-and though his sense of duty pre
vented his aiding them, he was not the
man to lift his hand against them. He
has patiently borne all the vituperation
and obloquy which has been heaped upon
him on (hat account, and still hears it.
“The time has come—now when the
election is over—now when the new Ad
ministration is fully formed, and the sus
picion of seeking Cabinet offices can no
longer be aroused in the minds of the
most uncharitable, that his friends owe it
to him to make his true position known
Gov. Cobb now stands prepared to sus
tain the great Democratic party to which
heehas always belonged, and to fight, as
a private in the ranks, fur the imperisha
b'e principles of Jeflsrson, Jackson, and
Polk, and which he hopes and b<!ieyes
will derive additional strength and lustre
from the Adm nistratiim of Franklin
Pierce.
Respectfully, \V vl. H. HULL.
Tlia Consul its at Liverpool.
It was stated, a short time ago, that
this office had been conferred on Gen. Ban
ham, of South Carolina. This appears to
be an error. It has been given to Na
tiiaxiel Hawthorne tlie friend and biog
rapher of Gen. Pierce. The office is said
to be worth fifteen thousand dollars per
annum. Mr. Hawthorne, says a late Sa
vannan Courier, is well known as an able
and interesting writer. lie was, we think, a
college-mate of Gen. Pierce at Bowdoin.
He resides at or near Concord, New
Hampshire. He is a recluse in habits,
seldom indulging in socialities of any kind.
All will be glad to learn that as an Au
thor who has given them so much plea
sure, lie will in his new position, have leisure
and means to contribute much more to
their entertainment and instruction.
Charlton’3 Lecture.
We make no apology for occupying so
large a space of the first page of our pa
per this week with the Lecture of the
Hon. Robert M. Charlton, delivered
at the Smithsonian Institute, Washington
City, at the request of the“ Young Men’s
Christian Association ” We have been
delighted with the address ourself, and
hope it will aflbrd both pleasme and in
struction to all who may read it.
Another disgraceful scene occurred in
Washington on Sunday, at Brown’s Ho
tel. An encounter took place at the
dinner table between Ben McOulioeh,
the noted Texan Ranger, and a Mr. est,
a lawyer from New Alexieo. The latter
insulted the former and finally threw a
glass of water in his thereupon.
McCulloch knocked West down with
a tumbler, broke a quantity of plates
over bis head and heat him with a chair’
until he was severely, though not dan
gerously injured. —Richmond Examiner
It is stated that the annua! cost of the
arm v and navy of the United States per
head for the population, is sixty cents.—
The expesce of the same establishments,
to Great Britain and Ireland per head, is;
$2,50. To France, $2,10. Io Get
many $2,28.