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THE STATE FAIR.
MAC0N
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 16. 1873.
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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