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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.