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110 AGRICULTURAL. DANIEL LEE, M. D., Editor. SATURDAY AUGUST 27, 1559. AGRICULTURAL ADVANTAGES OF THE SOUTH. Scarcely a day passes that we do not notice something which reminds us of the great cli matic and other agricultural advantages of the South. Yesterday, in walking between four and five miles from Athens depotto our residence in Clark county, Ga., we saw com in roasting ear, grown as a second crop, after one of oats, this year. The corn will be ripe and harvested in time for any fall or winter vop; and with a little crowding, three successive harvests might be had in twelve successive months. The three months preceding the first of January, and the three following that day, represent that part of the year when southern agriculture does least to render available its peculiar advantages. A few, and only a few, either sow or plant seeds adapt ed to the temperature and general moisture which prevail from the first of October till the first of April, in the Cotton-growing States; and as an inevitable consequence, Southern farmers lack both winter pasture for all kinds of live stock, and hay as a substitute for green herbage. To remedy this defect in our present system of tillage and stock husbandry, and remove all the disadvantages under whicH planting industry now labors, we have only to grow in the cool part of the year, those agricultural plants which we really need for keeping and rearing mules and horses, cattle, hogs and sheep. We now sadly impoverish our land, and mainly because we produce very little manure, aud that little is often of an inferior quality. To sustain our prac tice of cultivating tropical staples for exportation, it is indispensable that we use wisely the fee bler heat and more abundant rains of the six coldest months to recuperate the fertility lost in the six hottest months of the year. It is mad ness, if not wickedness, not to balance our ac count with every soil and every field once in five years—making it at least as rich in all the ele ments of fruitfulness as we found it. What are the renovating plants required to restore fertility to planting lands, and redeem southern agriculture from all reproach ? They are the perennial winter grasses , which, with once seeding and proper care, will grow a life time. In the all-wise economy of the Creator, peren nial grasses, by their durability, are forever drawing the food and raiment of man from the deep earth, coming up to their roots in every drop of rising water, whether in springs or in the subsoil; and from every thimble full of air that passes over their verdant leaves, bibulous and growing alike in winter and summer, spring and autumn. Deeply let this agricultural truth sink into the reader's mind : It is grass that never dies that keeps all else alive. Civilization developed its first germs in green pastures. We should make oases in the sunny South —not barren desert 3. Let us use tlae most ' vigorous plant-life which God has created as the ever-living basis of our agricultural system. Let us see how Nature causes grass to transform earth, air, and water into bread, meat, inilk, wool and cotton. Principles are eternal; and no one can study them too profoundly. Having briefly stated our theory, we come at once to our practice. Four weeks ago, when the ground was parched and cracking open from the contraction of heated clay, our orchard grass and timothy looked as though the blaze of a burning brush-heap had passed over, and wither ed every blade. Our thermometer indicated a temperature of 136 , > and upwards, in the sun; while the drouth was trying to all cultivated plants. Since then, a plenty of rain and a lower temperature have revived our grasses, and the orchard grass here, as in Virginia and Maryland, States that we have recently visited, is at least twice as valuable for fall aud winter grazing as timothy. About the first of the present month, Mr. Bailey seeded for us some twelve acres to orchard grass, blue grass, timothy and clover. and there is now a beautiful appearance of young • plants in all except where- the blue grass was sown. We suspect that this seed was defective; although we bought it for fresh seed. Seed dealers, and even the growers of garden seeds and grass seeds for markets have long been in the practice of mixing any old and nearly worth less seeds they may have on hand when the new crop comes in with fresh seed of the same sort, and then selling the mixture as being all ot the new crop. Possibly our blue grass seed last sown may come out right before next spring; but if it fails entirely, the fact will be nothing new in our experience. These seeds were all sown in standing corn to shelter and shade the tender winter grasses while young. We have no fear of the result. This fall Mr. Bailey will commence permanent operations on the farm of Henry Hull, Esq., in Oglethorpe county, with a view to test on a liberal scale the value of grass culture and stock-husbandry in that loca lity. He will require for his own use a consi derable quantity of the best grass seeds; and it occurs to us that such of our readers as desire to have good winter pastures for their stock, and are willing to aid the South in raising its own hay, had better order their "seed through this practical man. He will be able to deliver orchard grass seed of this year’s growth in Augusta at three dollars a bushel; and other grass seeds at such prices as the market shall warrant. Having already a pretty large correspondence on this subject, we shall not decline doing all in our power to obtain for the use of our friends, the same seeds which we use ourself. We shall probably visit Tennessee and Kentucky to examine personally their grasses, grass-culture, and live stock, and make arrangements for getting clover, blue grass, and other seeds directly from the produ cers. It is our ambition to make the Southern XKS 80WKSBS VXB&D AMR VX&SBXDS. Field and Fireside a permanent institution, so far as the humble efforts of one man will contribute to that result. If we mistake the agricultural advantages and wants of the South, there shall be no mistake in our motives. There are many millions of acres that now yield little or nothing to Southern agricultural industry. This fact is patent to all. Why not devote a part of these boundless waste lands to legitimate grazing pur poses ? The writer’s little flock of sheep is doing first rate on broorasedge and briars. Let it be increased a thousand fold, who will be harmed ? Suppose the Terrell Profesßor of Agriculture in the University of Georgia makes an effort to de monstrate in a practical way, some of the neglect ed agricultural advantages of the South ? Will he have the sympathy of its great industrial interest, or not ? It is not possible for him to change the fact that he was bom in another State. By a reasonable co-operation, an Experimental Farm of no inconsiderable value might be maintained. But who will co-operate in a well considered ef fort to devolope the agricultural resources of the South ? This is the first question to be settled, i How many will act in concert to attain a noble j object'somewhat beyond the means available for ; the purpose of any one individual ? Why are l our associations for the promotion of agriculture |so feeble ? Will some gentleman answer this 1 question ? Why do we reject assistance from the principle of a thoroughly organized conbination of planters ? Do the cultivators of the soil stand above, or stand below, that degree of social cul tore which naturally associates persons pursuing a common calling to secure common objects?— i What is the repelliug force in Southern society i that a thousand planters can not possibly act ! harmoniously together to advance their noble calling? All know that they possess unde- I veloped agricultural resources and advantages j of great value; and yet all do next to nothing, in concert with others, to improve their condi tion. Can there be no reform in the future? — ESSAYS ON FRUIT CULTURE. We are pleased to see that the Amerimn In stitute has offered several premiums of SSO and $25 each, for the best and second best essays on the cultivation of grapes, pears, peaches and apples, each fruit to be the subject of a separate essay, and command the premiums named. That on grapes to be ready by the first of 1 October next; that on pears by the first of April; and the others, say by first of June fol lowing, and to be plain, practical treatises upon the different subjects, their merits to be decided by a competent committee, and no prize awarded unless fully merited. The writer to have a copy right, if published in book form, but to allow their publication by newspapers and in the In stitute transactions. Judge Meigs, Secretary of the Institute, re minded the Board that some of the most valua ble information ever elicited by the Royal Agri cultural Society of England had been obtained in exactly the same way—that is, by offering £lO prizes for tracts upon various subjects; and he fully approved of the same course being adopted by the American Institute, particularly when such liberal-minded gentlemen come for ward with the means; and he hoped other in dividuals would be induced to offer similar prizes for essays upon other subjects, since the Insti tute has no funds, except as they are derived from the liberality of individuals. The mass of citizens know very lTttle of the art of growing superior fruits, which is the true reason of their great scarcity in all markets. — Cheap publications, in the form of tracts and es says scattered broad-cast over the republic, can hardly fail to enlighten the public mind aud awaken increased interest in the subject. THE WINe"tRADE OF FRANCE. The Philadelphia Inquirer condenses the fol lowing interesting facts from a late publication in one of the English journals, on the subject of the Wine Culture and Trade of France. It says that about five millions of acres of the soil of that empire are devoted to the cultivation ofthe vine; and the wine-presses of France produce annually over sight hnndred millions of gallons of wine at an average cost of ten cents per gal lon. It will be seen, therefore, that wine in France is much cheaper than malt-liquor in the United States, and hence it is almost the univer sal drink of the people. It is stated that the population of Great Britain, instead of drinking a fair proportion of wine, as produced in France, consume, upon the most correct estimate which can be made, nearly four hundred millions of gallons of spirits, and six million five hundred thousand gallons of wine; and of this latter they take only eight hundred and fifty thousand gallons from France. In Paris it is computed that each inhabitant consumes two hundred and sixteen bottles of wine in the year; in the wine districts of France, each person takes seven hnndred and thirty bottles in the same period. Each citizen of Hamburg consumes twenty-nine bottles, but the Englishman drinks scarcely half a wine-glass of French wine in the year, al though, if freely admitted, he might indulge himself with it at a less cost than that which he pays for his ale and beer. The average yield of French vineyards is four hundred and fifty gallons per acre, aud the total annual value of the produce about eighty-four millions of dollars. Eleven millions gallons of brandy are distilled from eighty-eight millions of gallons of wine, and the quantity exported of wine and brandy is only one-seventh of the en tire production. The total value of the brandy produced in France is about twelve millious of dollars, at an average cost of forty-eight cents per gallon. The culture, manufacture, and sell ing of French wines, employ two millions of people. These few res fits are well worthy the attention of American cultivators, for in no part of the world are the soil and climate more favor able to the growth of grapes than between cer tain parallels of latitude in the United States, and the day is probably not far distant when the wine crop will be regarded as one of our most important resources. Already in Ohio, Missouri, and portions of Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Virginia aud Georgia, there are extensive and profitable vinevards. A Mammoth Beet. —The Anderson Gazette tells of a beet which weighed thirty-four and a half pounds, and measured thirty-seven inches in circumference. Such a beet it would be hard to heat. FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. Whatever may be said of the London Tvnes, its tergiversations in politics, or its subservien cy to the powers that be, yet its very boldness upon whatever subject it writes, challenges ad miration. Just now we have a very good speci men of its independence before us, m vindica tion of the freedom of the press. Some remarks having been made in Parliament complaining of the severe comments of the English press upon Louis Napoleon, and his suppression of its cir culation in France, the Times says : “It is our vocation and our very being to speak truly and freely about all public characters and affairs. If we cannot follow our vocation we cease to be altogether. We are a free press, which is about as distinct a thing from Conti nental journalism as a living man is from a skel eton, or a forest from a timber yard.” In the same strain it goes on to say : “If we have said what is not true, that is another ques tion ; but if our crime is that we have some times said that which may hurt the feelings of an Emperor or his soldiers, then we beg to state our case. We existed liefore either Napoleon 111. or Napoleon I. We are as much an essen tial institution of this country as they of theirs. We are precisely what we were not only when Louis Napoleon lodged in St. James’, but when Ins uncle was a sub officer of artillery. We are what we were before either Mr. Bright or Lord John Russel was born. The era which gave France its revolution gave England its free press. That press has preserved its freedom by acting up to itself, and speaking t l, e truth, to the best of its ability and judgment, of everything and everybody. No one can over estimate its weight as an auxiliary and mouthpiece of a free legis lature and oj»en justice. But here it exists, one of the chief forces of the country, now also a heritage from our forefathers to be bequeathed to our children.” It is not enough that the press be free to en sure its highest usefulness. It must represent the highest intelligence of the age and country, and evince an unyielding regard for the Truth. Thus armed, its power is greater than that of I emperors, and always exerted for the benefit of I mankind. It is one of the youngest of human institutions, being unknown before the inven tion of the printer’s art: and it has hardly yet passed out of its embyro state. In the last ten years, its growth has been most wonderful in the United States ; especially in what relates to lit erary and agricultural journalism. As a me dium for advertising business matters, the press has made the fortunes of thousands, yet very few appreciate its value. — DRAINAGE I hope the prejudice against deep drainage in strong clays is gradually giving way.— Whilst cutting my great circular liquid ma nure tank, to hold 40,000 gallons, I observed the surface-water weeping through the tenacious clay like perspiration from one’s skin on a warm day, the globular tears, or drops, uniting and descending the sides of the tank. When we had carried a band of brick-work, 4 feet deep, round the upper portion of the excavation, the water, thus obstructed in its horizontal filtration, es caped in accumidated quantities, just below the circular band. I quite agree with Mr. Mitchell’s remarks as to the combined horizontal and ver tical motion of water. Watch, for instance, the drop of water that falls on blotting-paper or any porous substance; it at once spreads and be comes infinitely divided; of course the same op eration takes place on the soil. 1 have no doubt after all, that my once ridiculed theory of a large area of porosity in the drain, (that, is, cutting the earth vertically and filling with stones) fa cilitates the escape of water, provided the drains are placed deep enough to overcome the strong capillary surface attraction. Os course every one uses pipes now, because they are found, if placed deep and near enough, to carry the wa ter off in a reasonable time, and they are much less costly. A deep open ditch will not drain the adjoining soil, because when the sides are dry the water rises up towards the surface by capillary attraction, and thus heads back the water behind it. Put pipes into the bottom of this ditch, fill it up. and it will then drain the adjoining soil. I know a case of this kind.— The facility with which liquids ascend loaf-sugar or any dry capillary substance, must show the inefficiency of shallow drains. When well wrapped up, and facing a driving rain, I have been practically convinced of the universal mo tion of water, which manages to find its way to your sk in by tortuous and eccentric conduits.— Horticulturists will tell yon if you wish to make a shrub shoot from a particular portion of its stem, you have only to wrap worsted round it, inserting the other end into wat r below it. I hope our Scotch friends will not deny that our open furrows, for winter Wheat do act occasion ally as auxiliary drains. If they adopted the system for winter crops, they would not contin ue to sow their bushels of Wheat, because it would not, as at present, be diminished by lift ing, bursting, Ac. Depend upon it for w-inter corn, on strong clays, your furrows economise your seed, and aid your under-drainage in wet seasons. Where your land is deeply cultivated with a loose, open, uncropped, unharrowed, and unrolled surface, you will have no surface dis charge. I could illustrate this practically on my farm, this winter. For spring. crops, fur rows' are unnecessary.— J. J. Jftchi, Tiptreehall. Remarks. —Few men in any country have experimented so much with both open ditches and covered drains as the author of the above remarks. His testimony to the effect that “a deep open ditch will not drain the adjoining soil, because when dry the water rises up towards the surface by capillary attraction, and thus heads back the water behind it, ’’ is worth con sidering. The idea of “ heading back water by capillary attraction” is not very clearly express ed ; nor is it easy to discover why water will not rise over a covered drain from a moist, to a dryer soil or subsoil, by capillary attraction, as well as on the sides of a ditch. The disadvan tages of the latter are not so much their inabili ty to drain land when deep enough and close enough together, as their constant liability to be obstructed by the falling in of earth, leaves, and trash of all kinds, and by the serious difficulty of cultivating land so cut up into deep impassable water courses. Wet ground can only become dry in tenacious clay, by the aid of numerous drains, whether opened or covered ; and these should never be less than three feet below the suifiee. At this depth, no common rains or fall of water can long furnish an excess of moisture in the earth above the free outlet; and no more water will rise by capillary attraction than agri cultural plants require. The fact must be re membered that water descends into aperture of the drain by the capillarity of the earth, when the ground about the drain is dried by the es cape of water, as well ascends or spreads latter ly by a similar force. No property in a soil is more important than its permeability to air and water ; and yet it should not be too open, nor too permeable, but so compact as to require con siderable time for rain-water to descend one, two and three feet into the ground. Stirring the earth very deep, as in the best kind of plowing brings it into the condition to hold the maximum of water without injury, and for the obvious benefit of the crop. To increase the natural ca pacity of the soil to take up water by deepening it, as is seen in the best river bottoms, or other made land, is a point of the highest importance Steam is unquestionably the power which is destined to dig all needful ditches for draining land, and to comminute the earth as deeply as future experience shall prove desirable. Fertil ity must come, not from distant guano islands for the toiling millions, but from the subsoil. The roots of plants must be encouraged to des cend far deeper in search of moisture and other aliment; while water and other plant food must be drawn up to these roots from a lower depth to enrich the surface soil, and reward the labors of a wiser generation of farmers. Moving, living water, not that which is stagnant, imparts fruit fulness to the earth. — EFFECT OF EMANCIPATION ON THE AFRICAN RACE. “There is no blinking the truth. Years of bitter experience—years of hope deferred, of self-devotion unrequited, of poverty, of humilia tion, of prayers unanswered, of sufferings de rided, of insults unresented, of contumely pa tiently endured—have convinced us of the truth. It must be spoken out, loudly and energetically, despite the wild mockings of ‘howling cant.’— The freed West India negro slave will not till the soil for wages; the free son of the ex-slave is as obstinate as his sire. He will not cultivate lands which he has not bought for his own yams, mangoes and plantains. These satisfy his wants; he does not care for yours. Cotton, and sugar, and coffee, and tobacco—he cares little for them. And what matters it to him that the English man has sunk his thousands and tens of thou sands on mills, machinery and plant, which now totter on the languishing estate that for years has only returned beggary and debts.— He eats his yams and sniggers at ‘Buckra.’ “We know not why this should be; but it is so. The negro has been bought with a price— the price of English taxation and English toil. He has been ‘redeemed from bondage’ by the sweat and travail of some millions of hard-work ing Englishmen. Twenty millions of pounds sterling—one hundred millions of dollars —have been distilled from the brains and muscles of the free English laborer, of every degree, to fashion the West Indian negro into a ‘free and independent laborer.’ ‘Free and independent’ enough he has become, God knows; but laborer he is not; and, so far as we can see, never will be. He will sing hymns and quote texts, but honest, steady industry he not only detests but despises. We wish to Heaven that some people in England—neither government people, nor parsons, nor clergymen—but some just-minded, honest-hearted and clear-sighted men, would go out to some of the islands—say Jamaica, Domin ica or Antigua—not for a month or three months, but for a year—would watch the precious pro tege of English philantropy, the freed negro, in his daily habits ; would watch him as he lazily plants his little squatting; w’ould see him as he proudly rejects agricultural or domestic service, or accepts it only at wages ludicrously dispro portionate to the value of his work. We wish, too, they would watch him while, with a hide thicker than that of hippopotamus and a body to which fervid heat is a comfort rather than an annoyance, he droningly lounges over the pre scribed task on which the intrepid Englishman, uninured to the burning «un, consumes his im patient energy and too often sacrifices his life. We wish they would go out and view the negro in all the blazonry of his idleness, his pride, his ingratitude, contemptuously sneering at the in dustry of that race which made him free, and then come home and teach the memorable les son of their experiences to the fanatics who have perverted him into what he is.” We rejoice to see the London Times teaching wholesome truths on the subject of free negro labor in the right quarter. Another step in the same direction, and public opinion will be all right in England. mm A VALUABLE RECIFE FOR A BAD COUGH. Half tea cup of flax seed, J lb. raisins, J lb. loaf sugar, J oz. liquorice, 3 pints water; add these together and boil steadily until one-half the water has evaporated, then strain and boil it. Dose, a small wine glass full three times a day, or as often as the cough is troublesome, adding a tea-spoonful of vinegar or lemon juice to each dose. It will not do to make a large quantity, as it soon sours—unless brandy be added. Grape Culture. —Advices have been receiv ed from Major W. C. Williams, (in the service of the Agricultural branch of the Patent Office,) from El Paco, on the Rio Grande, in which he gives an account of the results of his observa tions on the fruits of New Mexico, and par ticularly the grapes of that region. Os these lat ter he speaks in the warmest terms, dividing the kinds mainly into two varieties, the blue and the w-hite. Os the blue grapes he says; “In size of bunches, in size of berries, and ex alted sweetness as well as delicacy of flavor, it is unrivalled by any variety in cultivation in the United States. It tastes like the Isabella, sweetened with loaf sugar. The white grape is a large delicious grape, preferred by some for the table, but the blue grape is more hardy (as is supposed) and more prolific. The El Paso grapes are already successfully cultivated in Pennsylvania, and if the people of that State can succeed, what can others do who are more favorably situated in soil and climate ?”—Ex change. ■ 111 . To Keep Bugs from Vines.— For the benefit of your numerous subscribers, I will send you what T have found to be the best method to keep the yellow striped bugs from vines. I have used it for more than thirty years, and have nev er known it to fail. lake the feathers from a hen’s wing, and dip them in spirits of turpentine, and stick one or two in a hill, and after every shower they will want to be dipped over again. Howard, Sayre , in Country Gentleman. THE WOOL-GEO WEES' FATE. This exhibition opened on the 4th at Cleveland, Ohio. It was a decided success in attendance and the quantity and quality of the wool. The number of lots on exhibition was one hundred and forty, and the number of pounds six hundred thousand. Os these were fifteen thousand fleeces from Ohio, and three hundred and fifty fleeces from Penn sylvania. The housing of sheep and the care ful cleaning of fleece were urgently advocated. During a discussion on the most important points of consideration for dealers and manufacturers, many useful and interesting items of information were adduced. Only 40,000,000 lbs. a year were raised in the United States, and 86,000,000 lbs. were used in manufacturing, making an import of nearly 50,000,000." The repeal of duties on wool was advocated. Since the duty was taken off from wool costing under 20 cents per lb., the price of the home wool has risen. Mr. Pond, a wool-buyer of Boston, gave some interesting figures. The amount of wool required for mak ing the cloth 3 worn in this country, is 200,000,- 000 lbs., which might all be the product of this country. When the duty was taken off from the wool in Kngland and Prance, the result was an increased price for home produce and an en larged production. At the wool sales Messrs. Harhaugh & Co., of Pittsburg. Pa., bought nearly 50,000 lbs., ranging from 34 cents to 48$ cents, and Mr. Randall, also of Pitrsburg, purchased 5,000 lbs., fine Ohio, at 40 cents, while four fleeces, extra nice, were run up to $1 15. It is one of the most remarkable facts in Ame rican agriculture that its total product of wool is only one-fifth the quantity actually consumed in woolen goods in the United States. Our an nual wool crop is about forty million pounds, while to manufacture all the woolen fabrics con sumed in this country requires two hundred mil lion pounds. A simple mention of these facts ought to induce every farmer to investigate the profits of growing this great staple at least t o the extent of meeting the home demand. We have any desirable amount of uncultivated land for sheep husbandry; and no large capital is need ed to start the business on a healthy and pro mising basis. It is an agricultural pursuit in which a little labor will bring into use and im provement a large area of farming land. It is admirably adapted to the open districts of the South, where flocks can gather most of their food the year round, in out-lying pastures and sheep-walks. It is only a question of time when this branch of rural industry will command the best care of Southern talent and enterprise. — From the London Times of July 28. THE GOODWOOD BACES-AMEBICAN TRI UMPH - • Although the attendance of general company was yesterday comparatively meagre, the gath ering to day was still more scanty. The charac ter of the competitors was not of an order to render their performances important, or to excite more than a transient interest among genuine racing men. Mr. Ten Broeek brought from America a stud of half a dozen. Prioress, in her second year in Kngland, after running in such a manner as to make all people believe that she would not be able to win a saddle and bridle at Barnet Fair, carried off our principal handicap, and nearly repeated her achievement a second year in succession. Now we have to record the victory of another American importation. Starke, wiio until to-day had never shown racing ability worthy of consideration, but who comes and up sets the calculations of our shrewdest turf tacti cians by winning a rate which the owners of Eng lish horses have for months been planning and scheming to obtain. Mr. Ten Broeek made no secret of the confidence which he placed in his horse, and scarcely a man in the ring “ missed laying, ” and that success, although attained by an “ outsider, ” did not give the bookmakers a turn. The racing which preceded and followed the stakes presented no incident for comment. The day was bright and sunny. Goodwood Stakes, of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft., and five only if declared, Ac. Winners extra. The second to re ceive UK) sovs. out of the stakes. Two miles and a half; 98 subs., 58 of whom declared. Mr. R. Ten Hroeck’s Starke, by Wagner—Reel, 4 yrs. 7st. 71b. (Plumb) 7. 1 Mr. J. Shelley's Lifeboat, 4 yrs. Bst 71b. (Wells) 2 Mr. Rigby’s Blue Jacket, 5 yrs. Sst. Clb. (Fordham). 8 Mr. J. Thompson’s Heiress, 8 yrs. (including 31b. ex tra,) Sst. 101 b. (Madden) 4 Lord Clifden's Melissa, 6 yrs. Sst 21b. (Bray.) Baron de Niviere's Miss Cath, 6 yrs. 7st. 101 b. (C. Pratt.) Lord Ailesbury’s Compromise, 4 yrs. (including 81b. ex tra.) 7st. Sib. (Flatman.) Count de Prndro's Gouvleux, 4 yrs. 7st 51b. (G. Pratt) Mr. Lambert's Queenstown, 4 yrs. 7st. 41b. (F. Adams.) Lord Strathmore's Worcester, 5 yrs. (including 81b. ex tra,) 7st 21b (Charlton.) Captain Christie’s Ferndale, 4 yrs. Ost. 121 b. (Bullock.) Mr. Gratwicke’s Ethiopian, 4 yrs. 6st. 111 b. (J. Daley.) Mr. Denman nn. Tocher, 4 yrs. 6st 211 b. (ChaUoner.) Mr. Saxon's Queen Bess, 5 yrs. Sst 101 b. (Grimshaw.) Mr. W. S. 8. Crawfurd's Bella, 8 yrs. 6st. 211 b. (W. Bot tom.) M. E. Ten Brocck’s Woodburn, 8 vrs. 4st. 101 b. (car. Tst 711 b.) (Custance.) Betting—7 to 2 agst Lifeboat; Cto 1 against Queen Bess; Bto 1 against Blue Jacket; 12 to 1 against Com promise; 100 to 7 against Garpard; 100 to fi against Starke; 100 to 6 against Mellissa; 20 to 1 against Ethio pian; 20 to 1 against Worcester; 25 to 1 against Tocher; 25 to 1 against Heiress; 80 to 1 against Bella; 88 to 1 against Queenstown; 88 to 1 against Ferndale. The horses got way on the first attempt, Woodburn, who was started to make running for Starke, going off - with the lead, followed by Tocher, Melissa, Queen Bess, Heiress, and Com promise, nearly in the order named and pretty well laid up, Queenstown and Gouvieux whip ping in. They passed the stand without any material alteration, but .on nearing the turnout of the straight Woodburn increased his lead, and in pursuit of him at clear intervals were Tocher, Melissa, Ethiopian, and Heiress. About six lengths behind them came Gaspard, with Blue Jacket, Ferndale, and Compromise at his heels, - Queenstown and Gouvieux being still last. After rounding the clump Melissa drew into the third place, and the lot were in pretty close order soon after coming in sight, with the ex ception of Queenstown and Gouvieux, who were now hopelessly beaten. As they ascended the hill Melissa took up the running, followed by Tocher, Starke, and Heiress. Lifeboat, who had been lying off in the ruck, now joined the lead ing horses. After making the last turn, and in coming down the hill, Melissa’s leg gave way and she dropped into the rear, leaving Blue Jacket with the lead. Starke second, in close attendance upon him ; Lifeboat, Heiress, and Gaspard next. At the distance Starke took up the running, and Lifeboat passed Blue Jacket at the enclosure, challenged “ the American, ” but failed to get up, and was, after a fine race, beaten by half a length, Blue Jacket being six lengths from the second ; Heiress was fourth, beaten off; Com promise w r as fifth, and Gaspard sixth, close up with Heiress. Heading the next lot, all pulling up, were Miss Cath and Gouvieux. The others did not pass the post. Melissa was dismounted before reaching the stand, and far behind her came Woodburn, trotting in.