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AGRICULTURAL.
THE FARMERS PEST.
Weeds, it should be recollected, are always
more exhausting to the soil than cither roots or
grain crops. They are indigenous, consequently
gross feeders, and abstract from the soil only
those elements of fertility which are indispen
sably requisite to sustain the more valuable and
cultivated crops. It should ever be a rule with
the farmer to allow no plant to perfect its seed
on his premises, that will, in any way diminish
the productiveness of his soil. There are many
weeds which, if cut close to the soil, while in
inflorescence, inevitably die, and others, if so
treated, will not start again till the following
year, or. if they do, it will be very feebly, and
with so little vigor that they will effect but
little injury, comparatively speaking, and with
out any possibility of producing seed. Mullen,
thistles, burdocks, and many othdr noxious pro
ductions of a similar class, may be eradicated by
placing a table spoonful of salt upon the stump
of each plant after cutting it. When these
weeds are “in force,” we have frequently found
it profitable to sow salt freely after mowing, as
the exuding fluids of the roots dissolve it, and of
course take a portion of it into their vessels,
where it acts as a most efficient destroyer. If
a field infested with thistles be mowed when
the thistles are in full bloom, and salt, say two
bushels to the acre, be sown upon the stumps,
and sheep permitted to graze upon the enclos
ure, it is said that the thistles will be at once
destroyed. This is perhaps a more economical
method of eradication than removing the plants
by the roots, which is tedious, expensive, and
but seldom effectual.— Maine Farmer.
GARDENING FOE THE SOUTH.
While the North is abundantly supplied with
suitable gardening books, but very few works
of this description have been written for the
South. From the frequent inquiries in this re
spect, it seems that “Gardening for the South,”
by W. N. White, of Athens, Ga., is as yet but
very little known, while it deserves to be in the
hands of every person who owns a garden. It
is unquestionably the best and most complete
work on southern gardening, that has yet come
under our inspection; perfectly adapted to our cli
mate, and replete with practical suggestions. We
can most confidently reccommend it to any per
son who may want a work of this kind. Can
be had in most of our book stores, or obtained
by ordering it from the author, enclosing one
dollar and a quarter.— Cotton Planter & Soil.
The Tomato. —Dr. Bennet, a Professor ’of
some celebrity, considers the Tomato an inval
uable article of diet, and ascribes to it very im
portant medical properties;
Ist. That the Tomato is one of the most pow
erful aperients of the liver and other organs,
where calomel is indicated, and is probably one
of the most effective and the least harmful re
medial agents known to the profession.
2d. That a chemical extract will be obtained
from it, that will supercede the use of calomel
in the cure of disease.
3d. That he has successfully treated diarrhoea
with this article alone.
4th. That when used as an article of diet it
is almost sovereign for dyspepsia and indiges
tion. *
sth. That it should be constantly used for
daily food; either cooked, raw, or in the form of
catsup, it is the most health article now in use.
JIORTICULTURAL.
WM. N. WHITE, Editor.
SATURDAY JULY 39, 1859.
HORTICULTURAL.
Communications for this department are re
spectfully solicited. Address them to the editor,
at Athens, Ga.
Horticultural exchanges will please direct to
the same address.
—
BLACKBERRIES.
A northern correspondent (whose letter, ad
dressed to us at Augusta, has just reached us,)
writes us in relation to our remarks upon the
new Rochelle Blackberry:
“ I cultivate this variety, and think you can
not have the genuine, or else they are not suited
to your climate. Here, they continue in bearing
four to six weeks, having blossoms, and berries
in every stage of ripeness, on the bush, at the
same time. I esteem them highly as a most
luscious berry. They are readily sold at twenty
five to thirty«even cents a quart. They also
make a delicious wine, which is readily disposed
of in quantity to dealers, at wholesale, at two dol
lars per bottle, which pays better than to sell
the berries, as a quart will produce more than a
bottle of wine.
“One gentleman in this place, (Norwalk, Con
necticut,) made from the produce of ten acres in
blackberries, last season, sixty barrels of wine,
for which ho was offered two dollars a bottle, by
a wine dealer in New York city. Will any plan
tation in your State produce as much, in value,
on the same number of acres ?* I go for the
crops that will yield the largest profits.”
We believe our new Rochelle blackberry is
true, as it came from Mr. Ciias. Downing. Valua
ble as it may be, in the locality of our corres
pondent, as a market fruit here, it is not equal
in flavor to the common wild variety; and wd
are assured that at the North it is quite too acid,
and not equal to the Dorchester and high bush
varieties, in quality. Whether more productive,
we cannot say, but here we do not think it much
excels our natives.
In regard to wine-making, our correspondent’s
statement is most extraordinary; and could half
' those prices be obtained, our old fields, grown up
to blackberries, would be the most valuable
lands we have. Has wine, to any extent, been
actually sold at those rates ?
Messrs. Peters, Harden k Co. sent us, a few
weeks since, a box, one division of which con
tained New Rochelle, and the other a wild varie
ty. They have eommfenced cultivating it It
ripens about two or three weeks earlier (this
year, at Atlanta, about the last of May,) than
the New Rochelle, and is about done bearing
when the latter is at its best. The canes are
green, the leaf long and narrow, and the fruit
(they state, like that sent,) averages larger than
the New Rochelle, which it certainly excels in
flavor, while it remains on the branches until
fully ripe. The berries are shaped like the New
Rochelle. They propose to call it the Large
Early. We think it a promising variety.
♦About SIBOO per acre!
SATURDAY.
HOFTKBMr YXS&9 JUffD XXXU&BZ9R.
Beurre Clairgeau. Zephirin Gregoire.
We shall give, from time to time, de
scriptions, with accompanying figures,
of the finer fruits, and commence the
series with two Pears of recent intro
duction, which have pleased us greatly,
from their fruitfulness and excellent
quality. Specimens of medium size
only are figured.
1. Beurre Clairgeau. —This fine
pear, of which our illustration is from
a specimen of less than medium size,
.was raised bv Pierre Clairgeau, a
gardener at Nantes, France, and its
fruit was first exhibited before the
Horticultural Society of that place, Oc
tober 22d, 1848. Its appearance being
very striking, and its quality excellent,
it was soon widely disseminated, and
is now to be found in all the large nur
series.
The present is the third season il
has fruited here. Two or three grafts
were inserted in a young Jaminette
tree, which, during the first season,
made a remarkably stout and vigorous
growth. They blossomed the next
Spring; but these blossoms were de
stroyed by frost. From the new growth
that season, a few more blossoms
were produced, and from these we obtained three
pears, the following October, averaging about the
size of our own figure. Last year it again fruited,
and, taking into consideration the size and age
of the grafts, the crop was very remarkable, both
as to the number and magnitude of the fruits.
These attracted attention to the tree from the
first. Over half the fruits set were removed at
the first thinning. In July it was found neces
sary to thin them again ; several were beaten off
by the wind, and finally the limbs required sup
port as the fruit approached maturity. It ripened ;
gradually through September, without decay :
at the core, and proved tender, juicy, and sweet,
It is again fruiting this season, bearing a fair
crop, which are already about the size of the one
illustrated.
"We append a description from Downing : “Fruit
large, pyriform, but with unequal sides. Skin,
warm yellow, inclining to fawn, shaded with
orange and crimson, thickly covered with rus- I
set dots, and sometimes sprinkled with russet. I
Stalk, short, stout, and fleshy, inserted by a lip, j
at an inclination almost without depression; j
when the lip is absent, the cavity is uneven.— j
Calyx open, segments stiff", in a shallow furrowed i
basin. Flesh, yellowish, buttery, juicy, some
what granular, with a sugary perfumed vinous
flavor.” September.
It has the following sterling qualities: unusual- 1
ly vigorous growth, large size of fruit, great pro- :
ductiveness, coming very early into bearing,
(sometimes fruiting on young trees, two years
from the bud,) and finally, the list of pears which
excel it in quality is very small. Before fully
ripe, during the last of July and through August, j
it is a good baking pear, and those that drop
can be used in this way:
Preserving Butter. —The farmers of Aber
deen, Scotland, are said to practice the follow
ing method of curing their butter, which gives
it a great superiority over that of their neigh
bors :
Take two quarts of the best of common salt,
one ounce of sugar, and one ounce of common
saltpetre; take one ounce of this composition for
one pound of butter, work it well into the mass,
and close it up for use. The butter cured with
this mixture appears of a rich marrowy consist
ency, aud fine color, and never acquires a brittle
hardness nor tastes salty. Dr. Anderson says :
“I have eaten butter cured with the above com
position that had beerykept for three years, and
it was as sweet as at first.” It must be noted,
however, that butter thus cured is to stand thiee
or four weeks before it is used. If it is sooner
opened the salts are not sufficiently blended with
it, and sometimes the coolness of the nitre will
bo perceived, which totally disappears after
wards.
'W-
Soaking Fence Posts. —A number of years
ago, we published in The Cultivator a receipt for
soaking fence posts in a solution of blue vitriol,
which is worth republishing at this time, partic
ularly as our attention has been recently called
to it. The receipt of Mr. George B. Green, of
Windsor, Yt., as formerly published, was : “One
pound of blue vitriol to forty pounds of water.
If the timber is dry, soak it ten days; if green,
six days will be sufficient. This will do for all
kinds of timber requiring exposure to the weath
er—spouts, shingles, bean-poles, stakes, &c.”
A member of the Farmer’s Club, in Hudsou, re
cently informed us that at a late meeting of that
club, the subject was brought up for conversa
tion, and one of the members exhibited a post,
which, previous to being placed in the ground,
had been soaked in a solution of blue vitriol —
being used to twenty quarts of water. The
post was pine, and when taken up was as sound
as when first put down, eight years since.
Country Gentleman.
Worth Knowing. — A young lady in this city,
says the Pliiladelphia Morning Post , while in the
country, stepped on a rusty nail which ran
through her shoe into her foot. The inflamma
tion and pain were very great, and lockjaw was
apprehended. A friend of tho family recom
mended the application of a beet, taken from the
garden, and pounded fine, to the wound. It was
done, and the effect was very beneficial. Soon
the inflammation began to subside, and by keep
ing on the crushed beet, and changing it for a
fresh one, as its virtue seems to become impair
ed, a speedy cure was effected. Simple and ef
fectual remedies like this should be known to
every one. *
..JULY 39, 1859.
PEARS.
a
2. Zephirin Gregoire. —This pear, until it
comes into fruit, equals the preceding in vigor
ous growth, which is checked then by its great
fruitfulness. It comes nearly or quite as soon
into bearing, but the fruit is of less size. In
quality, it surpasses its good specimens, rank
ing among the most delicious pears grown. It
was raised at Jodoigne, (Belgium,) by M. Gre
goire, a physician. Fruit, medium size, roundish,
obovate, skin smooth, green, dotted with brown
or russet, becoming yellow at maturity, slight
ly shaded with fawn on the sunny side. Flesh
greenish white, very melting, butter}', with a
sweet perfumed juice; stalk an inch long, fleshy
at its insertion; calyx open, in a narrow basin,
ripens last of September. Our tree has not
failed of a crop sinco it came into bearing, four
years since. As it is a profuse bearer, the fruit
will need thinning to bring out its highest ex
cellence.
THE CABLE LIGHTNING HODS
WILL NOT CORRODE.
NO Joints; no getting out of order; double the con
ducting surface! The conducting power of an inch
iron rod, without extra weight, and no increase in prices.
Wholesale or retail. Agents wanted everywhere. Sam
ples mailed on receipt of 25 cents in stamps. Dealers
should send for a circular at once. Address
J. A. BACON A CO., Electricians,
jyßo 3t Charleston, 8. C., or Savannah, Oa.
AGRICULTURAL.
L. 8. HOYT'S BONE SUPER-PHOSPHATEOF LIME
THE readers of the Field and Fireeide, interested
in knowing the value of Fertilizers upon the exhaust
ed lands of the South, and especially the results when
applied to Cotton, are reminded that'such application of
the above named Fertilizer has been made upon this
year's crops as to test fairly its worth as compared with
Peruvian Guano, and the various other concentrated ma
nures, so generally used the past season.
Reports already received assure us that when the crops
are matured, we shall be able to give the buyers of Fer
tilizers such satisfactory proof of its real value as to in
sure other orders for the next season.
THOS. P. STOVALL & CO.,
Agents, and General Commission Merchants, No. 285
Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. jy3o ts
DENTAL NOTICE.
A. W. LATIIROP, M. D„ SURGEON DENTIST,
TAKES pleasure in informing his city and country
friends that he has taken the residence No. 260
Broad Street, directly opposite the State Bank, and will
remove there on the Ist of October next, where he will
be pleased to see all his old friends, and ns many new
ones as desire to have their natural teeth preserved, or
artificial ones substituted.
Having been engaged in his profession for twenty (20)
years, and being acquainted with all the late improve
ments in Dental science, he is prepared to guarantee that
all Ids operations shall be performed in the very beet
manner , and so as to give entire satisfaction.
Dr. L. has been using chloroform, more or less, in his
practice, for the last ten years, in some of the more pain
ful operations, such as extracting, Ac., and has recently
also been using the Electro-Magnetic Battery for similar
purposes.
lie will use cither, if desired, whenever the case will
admit of it
Augusta, Jnly 27, 1859. jy3o toctl
JUDSON FEMALE INSTITUTE,
MARION, ALABAMA.
THE twenty-second Annual Session of this Institu-
tion will open on Monday, October 3,1859.
For further information, or catalogues, apply to
NOAH £. DAVIS,
j}-30 6t Principal.
EMORY COLLEGE.
FALL TERM begins Wednesday, August 17th, and
closes November 80th.
Persons desiring other information will apply to the
| President
Applicants for admission will please attgnd the first
\ day.
JAS. E. PALMER, Sec'y Board Trustees.
Oxford, July 25,1859. jyßo 4t
NATIONAL FERTILIZER.
WE would call the attention of Planters and Farmers
to this most excellent Fertilizer. Ah article com
posed of MARL, FISH, AND BONE-DUST—it is more
lasting in its effects than Guano, and is well adapted to
wheat. Send and get pamphlets containing the analysis,
which will be sent promptly by the Agents.
Price of the Fertilizer $45 8 ton of 2000 lbs.
CARMICHAEL A BEAN,
jy 28 3m Augusta, Ga.
BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
EIIICAL, School, Law, Religious and Miscellaneous
ITI Books, Stationery, Music, Perfumery and Fancy
Goods. For sale low, by WM. N. WHITE,
my2B Bookseller, Athens, Ga.
IMPORTANT TO PLANTERS.
THE RICHMOND FACTORY, Richmond county,
Ga., continues to manufacture WOOLEN CLOTII
at 12% cents per yard for plain, and 16 for twills—Undine
every material except the wool. The extensive and
constantly increasing patronage the Factory has enjoyed
for past years, assures the proprietors that the article of
Winter (Clothing for negroes, made by them, has not been
surpassed by any cloth made North or South.
Recent extensive improvements, and others now being
erected, enable us to keep up the standard of the Goods,
and to secure an early delivery.
Planters, or others, who may wish to send us wool to
be made into cloth, can send it dirty or clean. If washed,
it should be done in cold water, and done thoroughly. If
sent dirty, we charge half cent per yard extra for wash
ing. Burry Wool is not objectionable; the burs are re
moved by machinery. The mime of the owner should be
marked upon every package sent.
Wool sent by railroads in Georgia, Alabama, Tennes
see, or South Carolina, to the Augusta depot, with the
owner's name, and “ Richmond Factory ” marked upon
it, will be regularly and promptly received, and the cloth,
when made, returned to the ]Miints directed. Each par
cel is made up in the turn received.
We would especially urge upon our patrons the great
necessity of sending in the wool as soon as clipped; if
this rule is followed, the parties would always be sure of
having the cloth in ample time.
All instructions to Messrs. Fleming A Rowland, our
Agents in Augusta, Ga
Al. JOHNSTON, President Richmond Factory.
_ April 1,155>. je!B ly
MARIETTA FEMALE COLLEGE.
THE KENNESAW SCHOOL PROPERTY, erected by
Bishop Scott, of Oregon, having been purchased for
that purpose by the subscriber, the exercises of the next
(fourth) session of the College will be opened in it, en
larged and improved, on the 10th of AUGUST. Board
may be had for ten dollars per month, exclusive of lights
and washing. Only a limited number cairbe boarded on
the premises by the President, but with the Professors
and other good families, any number that may apply.
Tuition, as good as can be had in all the departments of
College study, at the usual College rates.
Farther particulars from / W. H. ROBERT,
Pres. M. F. C.,
Or, Col. G. N. Lester, Sec. B. Trustees, Marietta, Ga.
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ULRICA STILL AND SPARKLING
WINES,
FROM the Vineyards of Dr. G. A. ITlbicii, Tallapoosa
Co.. Alabama. In the above Wines, now introduced
for the ftrst time in this city, we offer an article of per
fect purity, fine color, and delicious bouquet, unsurpassed
by any native Wines, and taking rank with the best for
eign. Among connoisseurs, there has been no diversity
of opinion from the above, and it is only necessary to give
it a trial for the most sceptical to be convinced of its
truth. DAWSON & SKINNER,
je4-tf Sole Agents for Augusta.
BULLOCK S PATENT COTTON PRESS.
THE undersigned is manufactunng the above IM PROV
ED PRESS. Placed in, or attached at the end of the
Gin-house, can be used in any weather: makes one of
the most convenient ever invented for Baling Cotton.
The frame is Wrought Iron Rods; Press, all complete,
weighs about two thousand pounds; can be shipped by
railroad, or hauled on wagon, at one load; occupies a
space on the ground two and a half by five and a half
feet; box ten feet high; may be worked by hand or horse
power.
The manufacturer guarantees three good hands can
press five hundred i>mmds of Cotton into a bale two feet
square by five feet long, in less time than six can with
the Screw.
Planters visiting Augusta can see one in daily opera
tion at the Press Rooms of Messrs. Caulfield A Crane, on
the alley rear of C. A. Williams A Son.
Every warehouse man in Augusta knows that Captain
Camfleld has pressed four hundred to six hundred bales
annually for the last ten or twelve years, on a Bullock
Press, and the old Press is as good now as ever.
This Improved Progressive Lever Power Press has
been thoroughly tested ; proved itself to be su|>erior to
all others heretofore used, in Sliced, Power, Durability,
and Economy. Price $l4O to $l5O.
Prompt anil particular attention given to orders,
O. T. TERRY,
jy9 8m 830 Broad St, Augusta, Ga.
POLITICS, COMMERCE, NEWS.
THE CONSTITUTIONALIST is published, Daily,
Tri-Weekly, and Weekly, in Augusta, Ga.
In politics, it is Democratic. In its spirit and aims,
Conservative. In its commercial tables and statements,
accurate and reliable. In its news department, prompt,
industrious, truthful. In its telegraphic arrangements,
its facilities are unsurpassed. They are, in all respects,
fully up to the requirements of the day.
The Constitutionalist belongs emphatically to the
school of State Rights and Strict Construction. Its prin
ciples are those of the Democratic Party, as set forth by
the National Convention at Cincinnati. It is the advo
cate of the sovereignty of the States and the union of the
States; but not one without the other. It is for the equal
rights of the States, and of each section.
For the South it claims equality in the Union, or inde
pendence out of It.
A uniform, firm, and consistent course for the thirty
seven years of its existence, is a guarantee of fidelity to
its principles.
Terms—Daily. |6 00
Tri-Weekly. 4 00
Weekly 2 00
Cash, invariably in advance.
Paper stopped at the end of the time paid for.
JAMES GARDNER, Proprietor.
Augusta, Ga.
HOYT’S AMMONIATED
BONE SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME.
WE offer to Planters HOYT'S SUPERPHOSPHATE,
which has been extensively used through Georgia,
and found to be peculiarly adapted for Cotton and Com.
Experience has shown this to be the cheapest, most per
manent, and best manure yet known. Its results are
guaranteed to give satisfaction.
THOS. P. STOVALL A CO.,
jy9 ts Agents.
GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH.
THIS WORK, securely enveloped, will be sent by
mail to any person enclosing one dollar and twenty
five cents per copy. The odd cents may be sent in post
age stamps. WM. N. WHITE.
Athens, Ga., May, 1559. my2B-tf
SOUTHERN SEED STORE,
NO. 200 Broad street, Augusta, Ga. V. LaTASTE
respectfully informs the public, that he keeps on
hand a fine assortment of GARDEN AND FIELD
SEEDS, from the celebrated house of D. Landeetu A
Son, of Philadelphia.
Gardening being the advertiser's legitimate trade, per
sons may apply to him with'confidencc of receiving none
but the best of Seeds. Orders by mail attended to with
dispatch.
V. L. also keeps a fresh assortment of DRUGS AND
MEDICINES, to which he calls public attention. Call
in and see us; whether your object be to buy or not, you
will be always welcome. ts my2B
A. P. BIGNON,
Manufacturer and dealer in fine ready
made CLOTHING, HATS and FURNISHING
GOODS, for men and boys, No. 189 Broad street, Augusta,
Ga., next door to the offices of the Constitutionalist and of
The Field and Fireside, respectfully solicits an examina
tion of his stock, and hopes to receive a liberal share of
patronage. New and Fashionable CLOTHING received
weekly per steamers. A. P. BIGNON.
N. B.—Always on hand, well-made Clothing for Ser
vants. my2B
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THE SOUTHERN TEACHER, quarterly, will be edit
ed and published by the subscriber, assisted by emi
nent contributors throughout the South.
The design of the Teacher is to discuss all subjects re
lating to instruction and discipline at home and in school;
to presenrthe views of experienced and practical educa
tors in regard to the theory and practice of teaching; and
to furnish notices of new school books and interesting
items of Educational intelligence. In a word, we pro
pose to make it a medium of professional intercourse
between teachers of the South, that each may receive the
encouraging sympathy of the other, in the great and
noble work in which they arc engaged.
Each number will contain not less than 100 pages,
Bvo., well printed, including the advertising sheet It
will be published on the first of July October, January,
and April.
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All subscriptions must begin with the volume.
Agencies will be established ns soon as possible, to
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ders from Booksellers, Periodical Dealers, Post Masters,
and others, disposed to extend the Work, are respectfully
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cants who cannot conveniently reach any agency yet
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Address, W. 8. BARTON,
Montgomery, Ala., June 25. •
PIANOS!, PIANOS!
JUST received, and In store, an assortment of Piano
Fortes, from the justly celebrated manufactories of
Raven, Bacon & Co., Hazelton Bros, A. H. Gales <fc Co.,
of 6ji, and 7 octaves, varying in price from $275 to
$450. These Instruments are too well known through
out the whole country, to need any pulling. Persons
wishing a first rate Piano Forte would do welt to call and
examine the above before purchasing. Every Instrument
warranted as represented.
GEO. A. t)ATEB & BRO.,
Sole Agents for the above makers.
N. B.—A splendid assortment of Guitars, Violins, Ac
cordeons, Flutes, and every article in the musical line,
always on hand. The stock of Printed Music on hand is
the largest in the State. my2B-tf
PLUMB & LEITNER,
DEALERS in choice Medicines, Chemicals, Drugs,
Paints, Oils, Glass, Varnishes. Brushes, Perfumery,
fine articles for the Toilet, Fresh Garden Seeds, Ac., Ac.
Also, manufacturers of Plumb’s celebrated Double and
Single Cologne Water, and Fluid Extract of Buchu, near
the Post Office, 212, Broad-st, Augusta, Ga.
my2B 8m
GEO. A. OATES & BROTHER.
B ROAD-STREET, (between the U. S. and Globe Ho
tels,) Augusta, Ga., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
School and Miscellaneous Books, and Foreign and Domes
tic Stationery, Gold and Steel Pens and Pencil Cases;
English, French and American Writing Papers; Copying
and Seal Presses; English and American Copying, Wri
ting, and Indellible Inks; Letter, Note, and 'Wedding En
velopes; Port Folios; Ivory Tablets; Writing Desks;
Backgammon Boards; Dominoes; Playing, Visiting and
Printers’ Cards; Gum Tickets; Pen Knives; Drawing
Paper; W T ater Colors; Mathematical Instruments; Port
Monnaies; Card Cases; Pencils; Bristol Board; all kinds
of Drawing Materials; also a large assortment of fine
Line Engravings and Lithrographs.
r*r- Books being constantly ordered a Single Volume
of the smallest value may be sent for. my2B-tf
CHEAP DRY GOODS.
WILLIAM SHEAR has now on hand a very large
supply of Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, suitable
for the present comprising a splendid assortment
of Ladies' Dress Goods, Spring and Summer Mantillas,
French Embroideries, and almost every article required
for Family or Plantation ase, all of which will be sold at
the lowest prices, and to which the attention of the pub
lic is respcctfiilly invited.
W. S. has received from New York a frill supply of
Ladies’ Mourning Goods, among which are English
Crapes, Summer Bombazines, and Challies of light tex
ture and extra quality, very desirable for summer wear.
Augusta, June 4th, 1859. Je4-6
RHODES’ SUPER PHOSPHATE LIME.
qt|| TONS of this Celebrated FERTILIZER now in
ZJ" store, and for sale by J. A. ANSLEY A CO.,
Agents for Manufacturers.
N. B.—This Fertilizer can be applied to Growing Crops
as a Top Dressing, or otherwise; and its effects are un
questionably good at any and all seasons. Credentials
from Georgia planters of the highest respectability, can
be furnished in favor of the use of this manure. Pamph
lets sent by mail, when desired. jelß lm
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PROSPECTUS OF THE
SOUTHERN FIELD AND FIRESIDE,
A LITERARY AND AGRICULTURAL PAPER,
Published Weekly, In Augusta, Georgia.
Dr. D. LEE, Agricultural Editor.
W. W. MANN, Literary Editor.
WM. N. WHITE, Horticultural Editor.
Devoted to Agriculture, Literature, and Art It is in
quarto form of eight pages, tolio size—each issue con
taining forty columns of matter. In mechanical execu
tion, it is in the best style of the typographical art In
utility, it will be all that the last agricultural science and
practical knowledge of the South can furnish. A weekly
visitor :o the homes of Southern Planters and Fanners,
it will be more useful and acceptable to them than any
monthly journal of equal merit
In mental attractions, it will be all that a spirit of en
terprise on my part, and a laudable emulation on the part
of others, can evoke from Southern intellect and cultiva
tion.
Too long the Southern people have been content to look
to Northern periodicals for instruction in agricultural
matters, and to Northern literary pa|MTB for mental rec
reation. There is, however, a growing spirit of inde
pendence and of self-reliance at the South. Our people
are awaking to the conviction that we have the elements
of success in the experience, knowledge, and scientific
investigation, of the dwellers In our own Southern homes.
The truth is gleaming upon us, that we have literary re
sources of own worthy to be fostered—that among Soutt
em writers should be divided some portion of that vast
stream of Southern money that flows perpetually north
ward to sustain Northern literature.
My aim is to establish a paper that will be a vehicle o
Information useftil to Southern Planters and Farmers, and
a repository of Southern thought, imagination and taste,
in the realms of Literature.and Art; and to obtain for it
such an extent of patronage and success, as will lustier
the most liberal compensation to all its contributors.
Able and experienced editors ore engaged, and steps are
in progress to secure contributions from the most pleasing
Southern writers, of both sexes Much latent talent wtfl
be brought to light, and fiimlsh some agreeable surprises
to Southern people.
“Full many a gem, of purest ray serene,”
will flash before their admiring eyes, and cause a gen
erous glow of pride in Southern genius.
The Agricultural Editor is I)r. Daniei. Lex, the dis
tinguished Professor of Agriculture in the Univerity of
Georgia—editor for many years past of the Southern
Cultivator, and a leading contributor to many Northern
agricultural journals of the highest reputation.
The Horticultural EditorisMr. Wai. N. White, a skill
ful and experienced cultivator of fruits, flowers, and vege
tables—a writer of repute in these departments, and au
thor of that popular work, “Gardening for the South.”
The Literary Editor is Mr. W. W. Mann, of this
city, an accomplished writer, of fine taste, and scholarly
attainments, who, having retired from the active duties
of the legal profession, spent many years in Europe, and
was for several years the Paris Correspondent of the Na
tional Intelligencer and Southern Literary Messenger.
THE SOUTHERN FIELD AND FIRESIDE will
combine the useful and the agreeable. It will furnish
the Southern Farmer information useful in every field he
cultivates, and the Southern family choice literature, the
offspring of Southern intellect, worthy of welcome at
every fireside. It will be, in all respects, a first class pa
per —on a scale of expenditure more liberal than has yet
been attempted in the South, and designed to rival, in its
merits, the most distinguished of the North.
Teems— Two dollars per annum, in advance.
No club rates allowed. No credit allowed In any case.
Bills current in the State from which they are Bent, re
ceived at par.
Postmasters will be allowed fifteen per cent on the
amount of subscriptions obtained by them.
On all subscriptions exceeding from one
office, twenty-five per cent, will b* allowed.
In addition to this commission, a premium of one hun
dred dollars will be paid to that Postmaster, in each of
the following States, who sends the largest number of
subscribers, with the money, by the first day of August
next; Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama and
Mississippi.
Other premiums and prizes will be duly announced.
Contributions solicited from the pens of Southern wri
ters.
A special appeal Is made to the ladies of the South for
their patronage and good wishes.
This paper will be entirely silent on politics.
On matters pertaining to their respective departments,
address the Editors. On matters or business generally,
Address, JAMES GARDNER.
Augusta, Qa., May, 1859.
EMORY COLLEGE.
ORDER OF COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES fob 1559
SUNDAY, JIfLY 17th—Commencement Sermon by
Rev. J. llamii, ton, D. D., of Alabama.
Monday, July 18th, Board of Trustees meet at 9 A. M.
Sophomore Prize Declamation at night
Tuesday, July 19th, Junior Exhibition at 9 A. M., fol
lowed immediately by an Address (with presentation of
prizes.) to Sophomore Class, from R. G. Ilarjier, Esq.
Address before Aliunni Association at 4 P. M., by Rev.
C. A. McDaniel.
Wednesday, Jaly 20th, Senior Exhibition at 9 A. M.
Address before the Literary Societies at 4 P. M., by Hon.
E. A. Nisbet, LL. D.
JAMES E. PALMER,
Sec’y Board Trustees.
Oxford. Ga., June 22d, 1859.
P. B.—Arrangements aro made to have three public
houses opened during Commencement exercises.
jy2 At
BROOM & NORRELL,
Dealers in staple and fancy dry goods,
288 Broad street, Augusta, Ga. A complete assort
ment always on hand, at lie lowest prices, and upon the
most accommodating terms.
Goods as represented, or may be returned.
Packages delivered,/rc« of charge, In the city or
Hamburg
J J. BROOM, I W. O. NORRELL.
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