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he Daily Herald. Georgia Finance*. — ■ ~ ■■ If I an to infer anything from the foregoing, 3- u mean to sagged tbotlimaod a circular It u puerile to thiuJc that yon can make a fixed market price tor an obligation if its THE STATE FAIR. MAC0N THURSDAY. OCTOBER 16. 1873. tiiluuuui PCBL.1MH1.NU COJHPAMX. ALU. ST. CLAIR-ABRAMS, HAIKI W.SBADV. K. A, ALSTON, WIMn awl Aaaann THE TEBMJB of urn KKKAl.li an aa loaowa . CAU.X. 1 Tear 110 00 i WEEK 1.1.1 !*...» 00 daily,sMonth ... in weeklt,aMnttiu l oo DAILY, months... i »o[ WEEKLY, 3 Month, 60 DAILY. 1 Month.. . 1 00 | Advertisements Inserted at moderate rates. Hnb- scrtpttons and advertisements ‘tvartablj la advance. Address HERALD PCBLI8HIH0 OO.. Drawer 23 Atlanta, Georgia. Jtrios nr Alabama otr~< "-as nrnad TO-DAY’S HERALD L 0nUin« tine Following Mstiers of In terest. FIRST PA^E—Telegrams—Tk* S mtb—Georgia. Ala- basis K4MtTson»ssee. North Carolina, South Car- olin altsios—Georgia Farms and Farmerr—New Advertisement*. c'OUBTH PAGE—F.litorial—Tho Theatrical Season— To oar City Subscriber*—Georg Mj con Department and Miscellany. SIXTH PAGE—Advertisements. SEVENTH P iGE—Varieties—Advertisements. LETTER FROM COLONEL THOMAS P. BRANCH — REPLY TO STATE TREASURER JONES* - CIRCULAR. Avocsta, Ga., Oot. IX, 1873. John Jones, Esq., Treasurer State erf Georgia, Atlanta, Ga.: Sib —I have before mea circular isBned by yon, under date of 22d September, which goes no to recite tbe financial condition of the af fair. of the State of Georgia, and the difficul ties the Stale has had to contend with lor the past tire years. Just here in the beginning, my dear sir, in order that you may not forget our relation towards each other, you will par don me if I mnore yonr personality—the plain Mr. John Jones —lor I really could not conaent to hold any communication with you, nor have I anything to say to you, ug I never stoop toqnarrel with gentlemen abont whai, alter all, is merely a matter of education and taste. So it is to the Treasurer of the State f Georgia I addrebs myself. You commence wiih Bullock’s administra tion; then follows Kimball Sc Co.’s operations; then the action of the Legislature which satin January, 1873, and August of same year, and finally the action of the Legislature ot this year, which resulted in the issuance of what are commonly called the Nutting Bonds, or New Georgia Eights. In my humble opinion, if ycu bad been j at market value, free ot commission. Branch, Sons A Co. September 13, 1873. You say that you requested “a friend to telegraph to him that they would bo taken," etc , etc. Now, sir, what arc the facts? _ As a rule we nevcrallow any business Irans- pleased to stop there, yon would have fulfilled j action with our correspondent to pass out- preciate them. Now, Bir, what are the facta? On the 13th of September onr bouse pub lished a business card, offering various secu rities, and that the public may judge of its let ter and spirit, I horo insert the whole of it: BE ANCH, SONS A CO., BAN Kins, AUGUSTA, GEOEGIA. Dealers in Government, State, Municipal and Bailmad Securities. Loans Negotiated. Bnsiness done same as an incorporated bank. Four per cent, interest allowed on daily bal ances, and 7 per cent, on certificates of de posit. 10,000 new Georgia Eigh's, with Oc tober coupon, at 96; 10 000 Rome Sevens, with October conpon, at 67; 10 OHO Selma Eights, with January conpon, at 70; 10,000 South Carolina Railroad elevens, with October coupon, at 55. Investors and capitalists should examine above list closely. The coupons on abovo bonds are paid punctually at maturity. pride, especially ao long as the outside world is auspicious and doubtful of it, or so long os capital refuses to trust these promises to pay. These, Bir, are my sincere and decided convictions, however erronoous they may be, and you will find that sooner or later, State bonds, like all others, will natu rally and snteiy adjust themselves to their true market value, which depends upon the certainty aud punctuality of the payment and the income (he investment may afford. What ordinarily conld only affect injuriously State credit is unwise aud hasty legislation. You, on tbe contrary, attribute the depreciation of the bonds to bankers and brokeis. Iu my opinion, your ill-tim d and ill-tempered cir cular, which, with its r cklessand tncousider- ste assertions, should have been left to the sen sational press of the day, will do more harm than all tbe acts of the bankers and brokers combined. I think it would have been much better for the State’s credit and inter* st if you had beeu content to coi.fiue yourself to your legitimate duties, for certuinly you are A _ A. 11 • A tb„ v.vst.1 v.f We will exchange these securities lor other# j totally ignorant of the subject matters ol differently, and yon go on to say: sinuaiions, I feel warranted and compelled to which you write, aud have drawn upon your zeal and enthusiasm for your “facte.” I atn. Mr. Treasurer, very respectfully, your obedient servant, T. P. Branch. p. 8.—The papers which have copied Treas urer Jones' attack upon me arc respectfully requested to copy this response thereto. Mb. T. J. Burney is the only authorized j Georgia presented, through a Notary Pab- Travelling Agent of the Herald. I lie, during the past summer, at the Treasury, t ,n ! an overdue 6 per cent, bond of the State, and to our city subscribers. 1 demanded payment. I offered him the only j thing I was authorized to offer for it to-wit: i3y some ciprice of the post-office tyrant j An 8 per cent, bond of the same size, and , . . . . . offered to pay him in currency interest on the who rules at Washington, our city papc.s | M ^ tQ the dat(J of g e new . He re . scat to the Atlanti post-office, aro charged gay it g he was so instructed, aud that ‘•1 was notified last spring by our agent in I th ? following facte withholding names New York, that a broker there had offered a > and P novB: 0n ihQ 17lh of September our lot of Georgia Eights at 85 cents. On con sultation with the Governor, I wrote to our agent to buy them on account of the State, and was not surprised to receive his an swer that tlio broker could not fiud the man who had authorized him to sell them. A party doing business in A Bloody Encounter- $3 a year postage A New York paper can be mailed to Atlanta, and delivered through the Atlanta office at £1 20 a year. Our home papers Are charged $3. Why this is, or where there is any reason in it, we cannot see. But a graceful submission is all we can think of as practicable at present. We have a box fitted up in our business office, at which our subscribers can get their papers without pa>ing ono cent of postage. Drop the post-office, geutlemen, and come here for yonr p ipers. THE GREKSK COUNTY FAIR. Our friends in Greene county are busy making preparations for their Fair, which comes off next week, and which promises to be one of the best that have been held for years. We trust that the display will bo fine and the attendance large. Concerning the first hope we learn that it will be amply ful filled, as all the ladies and gentlemen in the county are hard at work with a view’ to mak ing it a success, and the Agricultural Society is performing its pait with commendable zeal and energy. We confidently expect a large turn out, and that Greene will make such a showing of what she can do, as to promise i compared with the “ Almighty Dollar; ” as that at the approaching State Fair she will | wanting in patriotism and State pride. Of give all the other counties a sharp and vigor- i lbe ******* will not now boast; it will be time [enough for that when I may be an applicant on® rivalry. for KU £f ra p 0 c f the people. As to the former, I know nol by what anthoriiy yon speak of my affiliations, either political, social or commercial, and in so doing you are but presumptive and iu.pertinent. Mr. Treasurer, though I do not admit that I am amenable to you or any one else in the following of my legitimate business, still I feel compelled (though most reluctantly) to give the facts in the case as far as concerns myself. And, Mr. Treasurer, I propose to meet every charge you have been pleased to bring against me. I mu^t confess, however, the greatest humiliation that, as the Treasurer of the State of Georgia, you should have been driven to such an extremity. As it appears from youi circular, the bur den of my offense was the protesting of a past due bond, and the advertising of tbe new he was fuither instructed to protest the bond if it was not paid in currency. I told him he had his answer, and the next day received the protest or notice thereof. I was puzzled to think what was attained by the protest. Iu commercial law it is necessary to bind toe en dorser ot a note. Ther« was no endorser on the bond, and as he could not sue the State, I thought he was out the protest lee without the lea>t prospect of a recovery. The only object, then, was to depreciate the credit of the State, bny her bonds at a discount as deep as he could, and when that credit rose again as he knew it would, in spite ot him and others like him—he might realize something . by the operation. I have before mo a circu- ' lar, in which the same man advertises that he h»s for sale 10,000 new Georgia Eights at 96 cents. I requested a friend to teh graph to him that they would bo taken, and a check sent for the amount. The auswer came that the mau who had them for sale was out of the city, but would bo seen when he came in. These acis carry their own commen tary.” Under date of October 1th, the Atlanta Heuald publishes your circular, and criticises me by name in very narsh terms, and says I am the party you refer to in the loregoing ex tract, and that it speaks by authority. Any one, on reading your circular, would natural ly connect me with the “adventurers and de velopers of the State,” as consorting with her enemies and spoilers—as one to whom the honor and credit of the State w^re as uothiDg THE THEATRICAL SEASON—A GAY WINTER PROMISED. The theatrical season proper opens on next Monday night, with the inauguration of the Opera House by Ford s excellent company, in the spectacular drama of “The Ice Witch.” Atlarta has never yet seen any season that would equal the one now opening in brilliancy or in frequency of entertainments. When the hall is opened on Monday night it will not be closed for sixteen nights, en gagements already having been made for that period. Ford’s company will hold it for one week, then we shall have Cal. Wagner, the Chapman Sisters—the violets of the stage, aud I Georgia eights for sale at ninety six. prions: Un the ivm of September house received a telegram from a p.irtv in At- j A son-in-law kills his father—gln-babreis lanta, as follows: “What is the lowest you ' will take for ten thonsand new Georgia Eights? Answer quick.” Ou the same day we telegraphed him as follows: “Party out of tbe city. Make us a bid; will report to-mor row.” In reply, we received a dispatch, dated Ailanta, September 18th: “Will pay — for ten delived here.” To which he answered, Have bought ten at yonr limit—party will de liver in a few days. ” Not receiving any reply, we telegraphed the purchaser ou the next day, “Wired you yesterday of purchase. Have advised seller that sale is confirmed ” In answer, the party telegraphed: “All right, we need the b< nds. S-nd them at once.” On the 24th the purchaser in Atlanta wired us, Have you sent ns the bonds ? Answer quick ly.” To which we replied, “Bouds in New York. Will deliver from there. Remit cur rency here by express.” And forthwith came the auswer, “Purchaser reluscs to wait. Have made o.her arrangements, We write.” Aud auder same date the party wrote, a* follows coufirmiug his telegram: “ * * As tne bouds are yet in New York, although pur chased a week ago. we presume it wi 1 put yon to no inconvenience, and hope our action will be satisfactory to you.” So, sir, you were the party for whom the bonds were bought? A nice speculation' AND SABERS THE WEAPONS - WHISKY AND WOMEN LEAD TO DOMES TIC INFELICITY From the Leavenworth Commercial, October 10. We are called upon to chronicle tbe death of one of Leavenworth's oldest citizens. Eli Casterline. the details of which are painful in the extreme to his iriends. The particulars, as our reporter gathered them, are as follows: ELI CASTERLINE, who has for some tirn* past resided on Nine- mile creek, five miles south of this city, on Franke Bros’, farm, came to town on Wednes day, and, a* has been his habit for abont a Year, became intoxicated. Ho went home about supper time and commenced abusing his family. His son-in-law, Mr. Wright, who lives near by, on hearing the disturb ance, wont over, thinking to qn«**t th*» old mau. Finding he could do nothing with him, be 8 nt for Squire Hull, who is also a near neighbor. When Mr. Hull ar rived Casterline bad got an old saber, and swore he wouid clean out the entire crowd. The first mau ho went for was a plasterer, who had been working for Wright. He Rtruck him with the scabbard of the saber on The Grounds tbe Finest on tho Continent— Fifty Head of Fine Stock Already Arrived, and Entries Be ing Made Daily. Macon, October 13.1873. Tbe Georgia State Fair commence* on the 27th, and will continue eix day*. The ground* are tbe fluest on the coutlnent, and in perfoct order. Fifty head of fine stock are Already on the grounds, end many entries aro already rntdo; others are beiug mado dally. Tbe prospect* are lor the largest attendanco ever in the Sooth. Railroads from New York to New Orleans will carry passenger* and good* at half rate*. The city is making ample preparations to a ’commodate visitor*. Many distinguished men from all part* of tho country- will be here. WASHINGTON ITEMS. Washington, October 13, 1873. Senator West and Colonel Parker, Supervisor of the Port, left for New Orleans to-night, via Louisville. Mr. O. K Davis has been appointed postmaster at Macon, Mis*., vice Simpson, suspended. Gen. Grant, with Gen*. Babcock and Dalkcap, left to-day for Toledo Andy Jolmsou is to be serenaded to night. What he knows of the Mrs. Surra; t horror i* expected to bo told. Governor Shepherd, of the District of Columbia, entertained the £vaugelist9 at Williard’s to day. Upon his health being heartily drank, the Governor wel comed tnem to tho District in a characteristic speech of unusual eleginc*. NORTH CAROLINA. The State Fair—The Races, etc. Raleigh, October It, 1873. Tho entries to tho State Fair are now completed. There are eight tbcusaud articles on exhibition—the largest ever known in the 8outb. It is stated that the attendanco to-day numbered 10,000 persons. The trotting race for a purso of $300 was won by McCaul’s Nellie Irwin, in 2:37: the next, purse of $130, by Dr. Stulton’s Flora, in l:5o}Z. The hurdle race, leading eight hurdles in a mile, was won by Norwood’s Jack Roufac in ,2:18. Every hotel and boarding house is crowded to over- fl>wiug, and still they come. We*.ton, the walkest, walks to-morraw. Voorhee* speaks Friday. N. C. STfVMSOH MACON, GA., WEDNESDAY, OC1.1S. WT3 The Herald OAcr ha* boon removed to Rawlaton's Block, Third Mrtet first door onthe right. You buy !rom one creditor of the State at 96 tUe heftl1 Bnd knocked him aeneeleag. He Bishop, “ tho funniest of them all,” the Da venport Brothers, aud then Skiff and Gay lord's “cork heroes.” These Troopes will consume the flr*t sixteen days, and will be followed on the 11th by Spalding, that vet eran manager who last season played Owens, Jefferson, Janau^check, Mrs. Bowers, and Byron, in this State. He will play very nearly the 6&vr. : succession of stars this winter, with the possible substitution cf Mr E. L. Da venport, for Janausebeck. Booth will be here late in J inoary, and we may reasonably hope that, whereas Mr. DeGive’s portfolio now holds eng agements with good companies for over eeva.ty nights, wo may have a pretty quick and continuous succession of Troupes during the whole winter. Mr. DeGive has been absolutely lavish in the fitting up of the Hall, and has given ns a Opera House that has nothing like an equal j out ot our office, and was known only to the to s*dl to some one else at 100. A good day’s ^ wurk—four hundred dollars profit! A nice way to turn an “honest penny.” Were you operating for your individual ac count, or for the State’s? If tor tho former I have nothing to say. If, as Treasurer of the State, where do you get your authority? At one time you say >ou have not authority even to pay $230 in currency for a bond ot that am' Unt past due, but when our correspou- dent was forced to sell securities at a sacrifice, then it was that yon find authority to pay out of the Treasury nine thousand six hundred dollars for $10,000 bonds that would not mature lor seven years. Where did you get your authority, ciiher in law or precedrnt, tor this ouday of money, when at the same time your circular is an appeal to capitalists and inves-ors to come forward and take the balance of bonds, which you say is $340,250. and you add that the State has pressing need for the money upon which you base your cltim. Now, Mr. Treasurer, if tbe foregoing advertisement warrants you, as Treasurer of the State ot Georgia, to attack me us a broker pursuing my legitimate business, under a license from the Slate, why then should not corporations attack me for offering their secari'ies at 10, 20, 30 and 40 per cent, discount? Yon should not hold me re sponsible because investors and capital ists will not give yon 100 cents for bonds when at the same time you are buying them at a discount. You seem to forget the dif- f rence between what a thing is worth and what it will bring, and because parties are wiliiog to sell securities even at a ruinous sacrifice, should never have subjected me to this unjust and unwarranted attack. As yon have represented me as bostilo to tbe State’s credit, pardou me for giving the following as showing*my true condition: About the middle ot last August, Colonel Suced, Private Secretary to Governor Smith, addressed a letter in behalf of Governor Smith to the Hon. C. J. Jenkins, President of the Merchants and Planters National Bank, in which he stated that owing to tbe State’s embarrassments in money matters, he was forced to call upon the banks ot Augusta to take $100,000 of the bonds. Governor Jen- kin^ consulted with me ns one of tbe Direc tors in the above named bank as to tbe pro priety of subi-cribing, and I lrankly told him in my opiuion the application was very un wise and unfortunate, as it disclosed the ex tremity in which the State was placed, and instead of benefiting her would but impair her credit; that if the bank took the bonds it would *»c only to relieve the State in her pres ent pressing need, and as tho request was made at a time when the banks could ill afford to part with a dollar, except in tho legitimate business of moving the crops, and in the event of the bank requiring the money, it would be compelled to sell the bonds at a dis count (tho very thing you complain so bitterly of me abont) to reimburse itself and cause then went for Mr. Wright with the saber, and struck him a fearful blow on tho baud, break ing two Sneers By this time it is fair to presume that Wright mado up his mind that self-preservation was the first law of nature, and having an old gun barrel in his hand, he STRUCK CASTERLINE a blow on the head that filled him to the ground. On examination the wound was thought to be a dangerous one, and a physi cian was sent for, who pronounced the skull fractured and recovery improbable. He re mained unconscious until yesterday morning about eleven o’clock, whou he expired. We could learn but liitle of HIS HISTORY, further than ho was a man about fifty-five years old, was induced some ten years ago to abandon strong drink and profess religion. He led the life of a Christian until about one year ago, when ho fell from grace and return ed to his tormer habits, and of late has spent much of his time and money with lewd wo men. His wife, of course, became JEALOUS in consequence of which but little happiness has beeu experienced by either since his downward course. Mr. Casterline leaves a widow and three grown daughters. Those who witnessed the difficulty exhouerate Mr. Wright from any blame. They all say it was a matter of life and death with him, and that tho blow was made purely in self-de fense. Mr. Wright had not been arrested late last evening. The funeral will take place from his late residence this morning. The Late American Minister to Mexico. A pa^t due bond of tbe State of Georgia was sent to our house for collection. This bond was forwarded to Atlanta for collection, with tbe instructions we had received—to protest it if not paid in currency. But, sir, not satisfied with stating a fact, you go on to say that “the only object then was to depre ciate the credit ot tbe State, buy her bonds at a discount as deep as bo could, aud when that credit rose again, as he knew it would, in spite of him and others like him, he might realize something by tho opera tion.” Now, Mr. Treasurer, this is simply false. I will not say that it was will ful ou your part, for from what I can learn of your character, I must hope it is only the re sult of your great ignorance in such matters. When you6nid that the party had instructions to protest, you should have stopped there, and not attempted to give tho reasons there for. It does seem that if it had been my pur pose to depreciate tbe credit ol the State, I would Lave published tho fact of the protest; on the contrary, the fact has never transpired thereby greater dama^o ultimately to the in the State. It has a seating capacity of 2 f 00(i. The frescoing alone cost $1,900, and the drop cnrtaiu $970. lie has now expended over $00,000 in the effort to give Atlanta & comfortable and spacious place of amuse ment. It LcLooves the people iu thtii turn to give to legitimate troupes such patronage aud such encouragement as will lead them to remuner ate Mr. DeGive iu his tremendous outlay. Atlanta has acquired the reputation of being “the showman's graveyard,” so slow have they been to patronize amusements, and all managers who could possibly do so have left Atlanta out of their coarse. It is x>robable that with the opening of the r.ew Hall, another and a more liberal era will tlwwn. Tne Hebald, for its part, will always impartially and feerlcssly inform the peoilo as to the character of the shows that visit us. parties interested, and would not have been ui.tde public but lor jour circular; so you have no one to biauae but yourself. Agaij, you say you offered him the only thing you were authorized to offer for it, to-wit: “An 8 per cent, bond of tbe same size, Ac.” Then, if that be so, Mr. Treasurer, which I do not question, where did you get your authori ty to offer 83 cents to tho broker in New York ? If you could only offer niw a new 8 per cent, how did you come to off-r another par ty 85 cents in currency for tho same bond ? State’s credit th»n would be counterbalanced by the temporary relief. I told Governor Jenkins that although that was my opinion, still I did not sse, sinco the State had marie the appeal, how we could refuio to t ike the pro rata share of the amount Governor Smith hud assigned to bo taken bv the Augusta banks, and he then ss President of tun bank We take the following from the Siglo XIX., of September 9 It refers to the dinner given by Mr. Foster, United States Mmis.er to Mexico, as a farewell to Mr. Nelson, his pre decessor, and now on the eve of departure lor the United Slates: “On tbe evening of the 9th instant Mr. Foster, Minister ot the United States, gave a farewell dinner at the Legation to his predecessor, Mr. Nelson, who is on the eve of departure from Mexico. Besides the above mentioned gentlemen, there were pres ent Mr Lifra^ue, Minister of Foreign Af fairs; Mr. Arias, Chief Clerk of the same De partment; Mr. Montiel, Governor of the Dis trict; Mr. Bliss, Secretary of the American Legation; Dr. Skiiton, Consul General of the United States ot America; Messrs. Gomez del PclaWio, Plumb, Yalasco, Carnedo, Gibbs, | he formerly knew everybody, and Fergusson. Mr, Nelson was tho recipi ent, on the part of the guests, ot demonstra tions of tfie high esteem which he has earned daring his rerideuce in Mexico, both as a pri vate individual and in his official capacity. Mention was made of the agreeable and friend ly memories wbich he leaves in this city; of his frank and loyul conduct in private in tercourse, as also in his official relations wit a the’Alexicrtn Government Mr. Nelson pro posed the health o! President Lerdo De Tejada, eulogizing him as an eminent statesman, and recalling the cordial relations which have ex- VIRGINIA. A Virginia Court Makes Northern Insurance Companies Responsible for Southern Ante- War Premiums. Kichmond, Va., October 15, 1873. In the Circuit Coutt cf the United State* the case of Hancock va. the New York Life Insurance Company, waa decided against tho company and a verdict re turned for $1,371. This is a case of general interest in the South and to insurance men, as it settles the queaiiouof liability of Northern insurance companies tor the amount of premiums paid before the war on policies which elapsed during the war. If companies refused aoplt- cation lor renewri after tho war closed, the verdict was for premium* paid and interest thereon. The company’s agent here declined to receive pr miums from pUuitiir becauaa he was unable to coiumunlcite with his homo c fficc. A Terrible Adventure. THE STORY OF A TEXAS RANCHMAN—HE H AT TACKED BY THE INDIANS AND SHOT THIRTEEN TIMES. From the Little Hock Gazette. By last eveniDg’s train from Fulton there arrived iu this city Mi. M. W. Dickson of Brown county, Texas, who registered at the Metropolitan. A Gizette reporter observed the name on tho register, and knowing the location of the country, naturally sought out the man. He is a ranchman ou Pecvn Bayou, and im portant tributary of Colorado riv^r, where he o*ns a good ranebe aud about five thousand head ot cattle. Tho rauche is thirteen miles lrom Brownwood, the county seat, aud the nearest habitation is just one mile. A few w eeks since, he started out on horse back to look at his stock, aud ran iuto a baud of Indians, composed of Comuuches and Kiowas, who commenced shooting at him. Thirteen bullets took effVct in his body—one in his right shoulder, six iu the breast and abd«»meu, four in the left arm, one m the right side of the neck, aud one in tbe back of the head. He became insensible and full from his horse, but just at this time a posse of his men, who heard the firing, came upon tbe Indians aud drove them away before they had time to scalp him. Mr. Dickson is on his way to Memphis, on a*viritto his father’s home, seventeen miles from that piacc. He #aj8 his ranchc is ou the western bor der of civilizatiou, where the Indians do pretty much as they ploose, swooping down frequently on the ranches for the purpose of stealing horses. The nearest ranchc west is tweuty-five miles, aud then comes a stretch of about five hundred miles without a single price of habitation. Ho has beeu in these battles before, but had never been so ronghly used. It is four weeks since he left home, beiug compelled to stop over two weeks ou nccouut of his wounds. It is eight years since he left civiliz itiou, and many new sights and faces are greetiug him everywhere where The Brown Hour and tike Fair. # By a card ol«ewhere published it will be sseo that the Brown Huu*e will not pre-engage any of H* rooms. The proprietors will bo prepared to accommodate eight hundred gneata daring that week, bot they have wisely determined ta only admit them a* they arrive UDtil the honec i* filled. 'like Senate Transportation Committee. Thi* Committee, composed of Senator Wiodom, of Minnesota,. ba‘rman, and of Senator* R-nooe COot ling, of New York. Caaacrly. of California, Norwood, of (Jeonria, Sherman, of Ohio, and Ames, of ittlj- pi, were in Rfchmacd to-day. The object of this visit Booth is to examine Into tb' surveys, condition and general *itOktion of all raflwaj and water routes projected that will ask aid and he aistance from tho general government. They will be ia M»con about Vhe 22d or 23d, and sill remain for the firatday or two of the Fair. They will then proceed to Atlanta, Borne, Gadsden, had so on, inrpocting tbe proposed Great Western Canal. Macon will give these distinguiehed Senators a proper reception, and no doubt invite them to speak upon the political questions of the day An Early Start. As wo were coming down Washington avenue just at eunrise this morning we naw several carriages drawn up in front of the beautiful m*n«ion ot Hr* Hants. They meant that Captain J. V. Jarvis, Master cf T-an spoliation of tbe Macon and Brnnawick Railroad waa at that moment joining the beautiful Hi»r Luli IUrris in the holy bouds of matrimony. They left os he eight o'clock Brunswick tra n on a bridaitowv; and thi# department of the Hroald sends congmte'- iattons and the heartiest wishes for their future- happiness. Water Packed Cotton. The usual crop of this scoundrelly packed cotton is being received. We saw a bale which had sl»iH>cl through the warehouse nf Flanders & Huguoain without detection, and went as f* r aa Savannah. It waa of course sent back, ant the original owner noti fied. He claim* thw hi* "gin house leaked/* But that was too thin. It only leaked on the middle ot tho bale, leaving the outside all around perfectly dry. It wtll cost h:m at least the worth of tho bale, and ought to coat him jail fee* iu addition. IVsely packing cotton ia plain out cheating and swindling of the petty and lowest order, and ought to be punished to the lull extent of the law. We have known such bales to be shipped clean back from English facto-is* at the owuer's expense. A ras cal by tbe name of 8*ott, iu DrSoto county, Missis sippi, once put a pevent>-uvo pound rock in one of hia bale*. I: was not seea until it waa cut open at Leeds. The maaufaturer properly ahipped it bock to New York, it was then aeht to Memphis, and finally to Scott. Beside the shame of the thing, he bad to pay a transportation bill of $175 00. The Cotton Market. Cotton i« sick Oar buyers are hampered in mon ey to a considerable txtent, but this is not the cause of the fail. It Is down in New York and Liverpool Speculat ra insist that the estimates cf tbe amount produced are a heap too low. But the planters and others slick to it that no more has been raised this than last year. Mtacon Cotton Statement. 1.33d Stock ou haud Sept. 1, 1S73 Received to*day 723 Received previously ?22G—10,0k* 11.418 Shipped to-day 629 Shipped previously C,422-6^C1 Stock c hand ibis evening At tike Titrate r. Duprtz aud Benedict’* Minstrels closed their en gagement last night. They had a very email audience, but nevertheless the acting was the best of the kind ever given upon that stage. The Lula Combination Troupe Open to-night, and will be Lore again to-morrow night. Wngncr'i Minstrels. The agent of Col. Waguer’a Minstrels was at the La nier House yesterday. Falling to see him, we dkl not learn when his matchless company will be here. Personal. The following distinguished ai-utlemen are register ed at the Brown House: W H Weems, J E Butler, E Halbert, J P May*, W A Raweon, of Atlanta, end Judge J M Gray, of Joco county. Mr J. M. Dugsor, the manly bo^k-keeper, and Me. T J Burney and bride, tbe traveling agent of the Alien':. Herald, are at the Brown House. LATER. Snle of ttae Bruit tar Irk nmt Albany Rail road. The Brunswick and Albany Railroad was 60ld to-da.' for five hundred and thirty thonsand dollars. It wv^ bought by tho bondholders of the road. One hue divdand fifty thousand dollars was raid in cash, and three hundrel aud eighty thousand are to be paid in six months. It is thought that tbe purchasers Will complete the read to Eufiula. Cotton. Cotton closed at 13c. for middling; jaies 30'i bales. Currency is more plentiful. Buried. Turner, au old memberef the c^l.uel brm ba was buried last evening. indorsed on the application his assent to the i isted between the President and himself. Mr. request, and Col nel Snead, armed with that! Gomez Del Pilaeio toasted President Giant, indorsed document, applied personally to the j as deserving the esteem of Mexico, among other b>mks of the city, and each of them re spectfully declined to entertain the applied as 1 conld, and “when that credit rose again, as he knew it would, in spire of him and others like him, he might realize something by the operation.” Now, sir, what are the facts? I have never bought a bond of the State of Georgia since tho bond yon refer to was protested, and the truth of the matter is, I have never bought bat one lot of bonds, which I gave 8G cents for, and which I sold t» another broker, and that was several months previous to tho protesting of bonds. This, , sir, ha* been tbo extent of my operations. Judging everything solely on its merits, it, savc ^ a broker, buying and selling for oth- will pronounce precisely what verdict it \ ers. Again, if I had doue as you suggest, I (V.tms ju?t trader lira circomskmces. ^°"' d ,0 ?.‘ moo°y surae new G<*r- ; gia Eights have declined oalO per cent, bo, ~ - | sir, these facts shows how utterly false your A lady in New York says she doesn’t want : deductions are. tc bo lectured about extravagance, when, to 1 Again, Mr. Treasurer, you went out of yonr her knowledge, tuc young man of the period | wa ,. lo „j ve ^j 10 public quite a homily on ^dis of $80 for ncctics. and I r, a t r i 0 ti S oi, State pndc, etc., etc., aDd you 58^ for a few pairs of ivory and oxidized ^,. nt on (o s , )Cflk -of that ohms of traders buttons, and a night gown of blue India silk, | w |j 0 WO uld depreciate the erodit of their puffed and rufiled m sinful fashion, for $00, ; if the}’ could wake anything by it; dozen ^ underwear, I w ^ 0 would buy tuoir own paper at a dis- •o v-r • Bttlbriggnn socks for : CO ant if they had their creditor at their mer- $- to a pair, end & dozen lawn ties for C y,” N'ow, sir, in one piace yon confess that apiece, t t $ I you had refused to give your creditor anything | bat a new eight per cent, bond, and when he An English lady, Miss Anne Carey, is now had re f (l8C( j that, and you find you have him preparing * work which will be entitled “The : ul vour mercy, then von «tier him eighty-five fftetory ot a Book. In it the various stages through which a book pnsses ufacturc of the paper to its i le described and illustrated *.n account of the nmnufact' its pioducticn. You say that I protested tho bond to buy tion, and subsequent events have proven ttiei* - depreciate its market value, and then as l>w \ wisdom. Now, in conclusion, Mr. Treasurer, thouah I deem it unmccssary, I do not hesitate to bear witness of my entiro confidence in the good faith and integrity of tht* people of the btate, bur, sir, l am not to be drago *ned into an adh* rence and .uipport of anv speciai ad ministration or legislation thereof, for as past events have proven, I would not like to un derwrite their possible acts. But, sir, I re gard tbe Nntting bonds as a first class invest ment, and as a heavy tax paver, am interested in seeing them placed at a high figure. Since you express yourself so fully on the financial condition of affairs, and the difficulties aud embarrassments thereof, pardon me for say ing a word. I havo always boen of opinion thut no bonds should have been issued in tho present status of affairs. To me it appeared only suicidal to be issuing new obligations when old ones past due were being hawked about and offerod at a heavy discount It may be true, sir. that it was in the case of this State, iu the exigencies of affairs, impossible for her to meet her obli gations; then, sir, for that reason, if for no other, these Nutting bonds should never have been issued. I have always protested against subj-ctiu^ this proud Commonwealth to the mortification other reasons, lor having sent as Ministers to our Republic Messrs. Nelson and Foster. Good wishes were expressed for union between- the two Republics, cemeuted by aa increase in their trade with each other and by their mutual p osperity. At II o’clock tho compa ny dispersed, and all present carried with th^m the must agreeable impressions of the couresy of Mr. Foster, tho worthy successor ot Mr. Nelson, as minister and as a gentle man. A Wonderful Yield.— On one acre of poor, sandy land near this city, Judge I\ M. Wood has made a most remarkable yield this year. On it he sowed oats in January, from which ho gathered 4,000 pounds in the sheaf, which, at $1 50 per cwt, netted $69. In Juno he planted corn, and in time sowed peas, from which he gathered 14J bushels corn, which, at $1 00 per bushel realized $14 75; 486 lbs, fodder, which, at $1 00 per owt. makes $4 86, and 8jj bushels peas at $1 50 por bushel, making 813 02; the aggregate for the aero being $102 72. ou which the only manure used was 80 bushels cottou seed. Theso crops have all been harvested, and the laud is now sowed in rye for winter pasturage. This is no guess work, but the result of actual measure ment. Who cau beat it, North, South, East or West? Pleasing Incidents in Trade. —In its risue for Tuesday morning last the Vicksburg (Miis.) Herald sajs: “Many of our mer chants are mado happy by the kind letters they are receiving, lrom New York especially, cheering them iu their troubles and permit ting tnem to make settlements at their own discretion.” And tho Louisville (Ivy.) Com- merci d of Thursday records the following: “ A large imparting house in New York, that usually sells g«»ods for cash, accommodated a firm in this city and received its notes for a largo bill of goodtf. The notes recently ma tured, and the parties here, on account of the state of the money market, asked f« l tbeir ex tension, and tho request was readily granted. The notes were sent on to New York with a higher rate of interest thau seven per cent, added to make the extension more satisfactory. Tho notes were immediately returned by the New York firm to the firm in this city ior cor rection, with this message: *We have never charged interest at more than seven per cent per annum, aud prefer not to deriato from this rule.' This was done in the face of tha fact that the 6treet rates in New York are At eighteen and twenty per cent, interest, aid no discounting in tho banks." Ex-Gov. Warmotb, of Louisiana, was pres ent (on exhibition, as ho said,) at the *eccnt New Hampshire Slate Fair, and nude an amusing speech, in which ho told son© of hia own experiences in life. He said that like every other public man just now ho hns a Jefferson’s Povertt.—Mr. Jefferson's g> fairs did not mend, though he enjoyed the able and resolute assistance of his grandson and num-sake, Thomas Jefferson Randolph: aud he recolved, at length, to discharge tin worst of his debts in the fashion of old Vir ginia, by selling a portion of his lands. Bat there was nobody to bny. Land sold in the usual way would not bring a third of its valnc: and consequently he petitioned the Legisla ture to relax tho operation of tho law s » fa: as to allow him to disposo of some of hi.- farms by lottery, ns was frequently done when money was to bo raised fora public object. Tbe Legislature granted his request, though with reluctance. But, in the meantime, i had been noised abroad, all over the Union, that the Anther of tho Declaration of Inde- S enience was about to lose that far-tamed Icniicello, wiili which his name had been associated in the public miud for two genera tions, the abode of his prime and the refup' of bis old age, a M**cca to the republicans ol many lands. A feeling arose iu all liberal minds that this must not bs done, and, during tho spring of 1826, tho last of his years, aub scriptions were made for his relief in several places. Phillip Hone, mayor of New York, raised without au effort, as Mr. Randall re cords, $8,500; Philadelphia sent $5,090 and Baltimore $3,000. The lottery was suspend od, and Mr. Jefferson's last days were eoli iced by tho belief that tho subscriptions would suffice to free his estate from debt, and secure home and iode{>endcnce to his daughter and her children. Ho was proud of the liberality great affection for farmors. His father was j ooan t rvmcn , and proud to bo iteoto0£t- a farmer, and tried to make ono ol Into by t }[o who had refused to aoeept so much loan from tho legislature of his State, glorified in being tho recipient of gifts from individu ala. “No cent of this,” said he, “is wroof; from the tax-payer. It is Uie pure, and uu solicited offering of lore.”—[Mr. Parton «« tbo Atlantic. The Court Journal says that of seeing horH.»cred promises to pay iguoreri j on». of the prettiest vouug ladies and discarded as ko much waste paper ia the h tiled from New York apprenticing him to an uncle; bn: at the end ol six months tho uuclc waited tpon the elder Warmoth and said, ‘That boy may be bright enough and smart enough, lut ho won’t make a farmer; take him home’ his father took him homo, and tho o!» gen tlemen sol him to studyiug theology. But he failed in that too, and again wetv' fome, and . the old folks iu despair sum monel u council, - l he Orleanists are buying up somo ot Un Miss Jerome ! which decided that there was P-'Uing left lint j leading Paris journals. The Sair, which osrd tea thut ever ! polities the hist and !‘hiid bo 2 ‘ ol ‘ rtU wl ‘° I }° 8 ”lT°rt; Thiers, is in entirely new editorial landed nt Cowes, <*»’«*J do not» : , ,'“ b u i tlatte red i han «?. advocates the legitimist res