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HORTICULTURAL.
UrM. N. WHITE, Editor.
SATURDAY AUGUST 27, 1559.
HORTICULTURAL.
Communications for this department are re
spectfully sol itcd. Address them to the editor,
at Athens, Ga.
Horticultural exchanges will please direct to
the same ad ; css.
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the southern gardener and receipt
ROOK.
This is the title of a valuable publication, of
which a third edition has just been issued, revis
ed and corrected by Mrs. Mary L. Edgeworth,
of Fort Valley, in this State. In the neat vol
ume before us, the author presents to the public,
in a concise and accessible form, information on
all subjects appertaining to domestic and rural
affairs. House-keepers, especially, should have
the book.
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A FEW HINTS ON PEAR CULTURE.
The Prairie Farmer of the 18th instant con
tains an interesting description of a large pear
tree, near Vincennes, Indiana, (the largest in
the United States) which has produced 125
bushels of fruit as a single crop. It is by no
means an old tree, but has enjoyed somewhat
peculiar advantages in the way of manuring and
a rich soil. It is thus described by Mr. J. W.
Tex Brook.
The traditional history of this tree is as fol
lows : About fifty years ago, Mrs. Small, living
near the Old Post (Vincennes), presented it to
Mrs. Ockletree, who used it as a riding switch on !
her way home, and is supposed to be either a
seedling or a sprout from some unknown variety,
brought to the country by the early French trad
ers. Although some notice was taken of it some
years since in the agricultural journals, but few
of our pomologists are perhaps aware that our
country possesses the largest pear tree in exis
tence. By the assistance of Mr. Wm. A. Allen,
and G. L. Ten Brook, of the firm of Simpson &
Co., near Vincennes, a careful measurement was
made, and the height found to be CO feet; the
diameter of the top 118 feet; circumference of
trunk 1H feet, length of trunk 5$ feet ; some of
lower branches 5 feet in circumference.
Admit that this tree is ’sixty or even seventy
years old, its growth is most extraordinary. The
writer says: “We do not attribute the growth
of the mammoth pear tree so much to the natural
properties of the soil as to tlio fact that it was
originally planted, and for many years stood in
the kitchen garden, situated so as to receive the
wash from the yards and out-buildings of the
farm.” This tree yields its 100 bushels of pears
a year simply because its aliment has been
abundant. The writer knows scores of old pear
trees that produce very little fruit because they
are starved.
We will cite another case in point: Some for
ty years ago the young brother of the agricul
tural editor, received a small pear tree as com
pensation for carrying a grist to mill, which we
set out in made land hauled in a cart by oxen
to the rocky place where the tree was Expected
to grow. This tree now averages nearly twenty
bushels of pears a yqar, which are often sold to
fruit dealers at two dollars a bushel. We could
take the reader to many a pear tree and many
• an apple tree in the South, which is now slowly
starving to death; but such trees cannot be
found on the grounds of our associate of the Hor
ticultural Department of this paper, from whom
we received some delicious pears yesterday—
Keep the soil well cultivated and manured, the
trees properly pruned, and never allow too
many pears to grow at a time. Sometimes root
pruning is required to check the development of
leaf-buds, and bring the tree into bearing. L.
BEURRE DE NANTES; OR BEURRE NALTAIS.
Os this pear we have grown but a single fruit
from a graft inserted two years since. It has
just ripened, and proved to be a fine pear. Our
description is from Downing’s Fruits. Tree vig
orous, grows well on pear or quince, young
wood olive, inclining to brown. Fruit large,
elongated-pyriform, or pyramidal. Skin green
ish yellow, with a red cheek, and minute dots. —
Stalk rather long and large, inserted by a lip, al
most without cavity. Calyx large, open ; basin
broad and furrowed. Flesh juicy, sweet, melt
ing, and pleasantly perfumed, probably of first
quality. It has been long cultivated in France,
and the tree is said to be very productive, and
to make a fine pyramid.
We find many of the new French pears prove
here to be of great excellence.
Statistics of Education. —At a recent con
vention of Teachers assembled at Washington,*a
resolution was passed for the
an educational bureau at Washington.
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the best apples.
BY R. PETERS, ESQ., ATLANTA, GA.
Wm. N. White, Esq: — Dear Sir: — l enclose
you a list of apples that m my orchard have
proved superior to all others, giving me a boun
tiful supply of that valuable fruit every day in
the year.
I am rather out with the very large apples.
They will not stick to the tree during our Sep
tember and October gales and as a general rule
are not reliable keepers.
No. 1. Yellow May —Size, small, ripe the last
of May ; valuable for its being the earliest known
variety. It is extensively grown in Southern
Virginia for its shipments to the New York
Market. Tree a slow grower, but productive.
No. 2. Red Astrachan —Size, medium to large,
ripe early in June: an apple of great beauty and
fair quality, valuable for market purposes, its
crimson color and rich bloom making it very at
tractive. Tree, a good grower and productive.
No. 3. Early Harvest —Size, above medium,
ripe early in June: one of our best early apples
of fine quality, valuable for the table and for
cooking. Tree, rather a poor grower, but an
abundant bearer.
No. 4. Red June —Size, over medium, ripe the
middle of June; a well known and truly popu
lar Southern apple, valuable for all purposes.
Tree a fair grower, and a regular bearer.
No. 5. Yellow June —Size, large, ripe from the
middle to the last of June; a southern seedling
of great merit —should be extensively cultivated
for marketing. Tree .a vigorous grower, and an
abundant bearer.
No. 6. Sweet Bough —Size, medium to large,
ripe the first of July; a very superior apple tor
the table, of a rich, sweet, sprightly flavor. Tree
a fair grower and moderately productive.
No. 7. Rhodes Orange —Size, large, ripe early
in July; a seedling from Newton county, Ga.,
of good quality, the tree yeilding like the orange
successive crops of blooms and fruit. Tree a
slow grower when young, but a heavy bearer.
No. 8. Julien —Size, medium, ripe the middle
of July; a very delicious apple of Southern
origin, should be in every orchard. Tree a good
grower and very productive.
No. 9. Yellow Horse —size large, ripe the last
of July to the middle of August; a true South
ern variety well known and deservedly jiopular,
reliable and valuable in every respect. Tree a
fine grower and yearly bearer.
No. 10. Summer Pearmain —Size, medium to
large, ripo Ist to middle of August; a truly
valuable and beautiful apple of Northern origin,
adapted to the Southern climate. Tree a mode
rate grower, but prolific bearer.
No. 11. Aromatic. —Size, medium to large,
ripe the middle to the last of August; a South
Carolina seedling, of tine quality, quite an acqui
sition. Tree a vigorous grower and a great
bearer.
No. 12. Gravenstein —Size, large, ripe from
the Ist to the 20th of August; a European va
riety of great promise at the South, flesh tender,
crisp and juicy. Tree vigorous and productive.
No. 13. Taunton —Size, very large, ripe early
in September; continuing in tine eating order
for six weeks —a seedling from lower Georgia,
the most valuable apple of its season, should be
extensively grown for market; of good quality,
and showy exterior. Tree, a vigorous grower,
and a prolific bearer.
No. 14. Robinson's Superb (Farrar’s Summer)
—Size, very large, ripe the 20th of September to
the 20th of October; a splendid apple of Vir
ginia origin, flesh crisp, rich and juicy, well
known in upper Georgia. Tree, a tine, upright
grower, and a yearly bearer.
No. 15. Hamilton —Size, large, ripe in Sep
tember; a seedling from Cass county, Georgia,
a very superior apple. Tree, a good grower,
and a regular bearer.
No. 16. Buncombe (Meigs)—Size, medium to
large, ripe early in October, will keep until Jan
uary ; a very beautiful and truly valuable apple,
one of the very best in cultivation. Tree, re
markably vigorous, and a regular prolific bearer.
No. 17. Buckingham —Size, very large, ripe
Ist to the middle of October ; a seedling of the
Cherokee Indians, of high flavor and beautiful
appearance. Tree a vigorous grower, and a
capital bearer.
No. 18. Manyum (Carter of Alaoama) —Size,
medium, ripe in October, continuing in fine eat
ing order uutil December; it is probably a native
of North Carolina, and identical with the pre
mium apple of the State Fair of Alabama, known
there as “Carter.” It is one of the very best
and most reliable apples of its season. Flesh
crisp, tender, juicy and delicious. Tree a tine
grower, and a capital yearly bearer.
No. 19. Oconee Greening —Size, medium to
large, ripens in October, keeps until February;
a seedling from the banks of the Oconee river,
Georgia, the very best of the many greenings in
cultivation; it should be extensively grown for
marketing uud for family use, flesh crisp and of a
rich aromatic flavor. Tree vigorous and a pro
fuse bearer.
No. 20. Rawles Jannette —Size, medium to
large, ripe in October ; will keep until January ;
a Virginian variety, retaining in this climate its
late blooming habit, fruit of good flavor. Tree
strong, and a yearly bearer.
No. 21. Green Crank —Size,medium to large;
ripe Ist November, will keep uutil February ; a
variety quite celebrated in Tennessee, and one
of the best early winter apples, flesh crisp, juicy,
and of a pleasant vinous flavor.
No. 22. Bradford's Best —Size, large, ripening
in November, keeps until March ; an apple in
repute near Memphis Tennessee, of good flavor
and handsome form. Tree very vigorous and a
constant yearly bearer.
No 23. Stevenson's Winter —Size large, ripe in
November, keeps until March ; a seedling from
Holly Springs, Mississippi; a very beautiful ap
ple, a decided acquisition Tree a moderate
grower and a good bearer.
No. 24. Yellow English Crab —Size, medium,
ripe in November, keeps until March ; a south
ern seedling of good quality, and well worthy of
propagation. Tree very vigorous, and a yearly
bearer.
No. 25. Mattamuskeet —Size, large, ripe in-No
vember. keeps until March; a seedling from
North Carolina, of fair qualities and good keep
ing properties. Tree of vigorous habit and a
good bearer.
No. 26. Limber Twig —Size, medium, ripe in
November, keeps until April; a well known
Southern Seedling, rather iuferior in quality, but
very firm and a desirable keeper. Tree a fair
grower, ar d a profuse bearer.
No. 27. Lever. —Size, medium, ripo in No
vember, keeps. until April; a seedling from
South Carolina, a valuable handsome apple of
good quality. Tree remarkably vigorous and a
capital bearer.
No. 28. Yates —Size, small, ripe in Novem
ber, keeps until March; a seedling from Fayette
county, Georgia, of a pleasant aromatic flavor, a
truly valuable apple, far superior in this climate
to Hewes’ Virginia Crab, Hall, and others of
the small varieties. Tree, a splendid grower
and a profuse yearly bearer.
No. 29. Nicluijack —Size, large to very large,
ripe November, keeps until March ; a Southern
seedling of wide spread reputation, its great
size, showy exterior and late keeping properties
makes it a very desirable variety for market
purposes ; it is known from Virginia to Georgia
by various synonymes, —flesh, firm, quality
good. Tree very vigorous and a regular bearer.
No. 30. Shockley —Size medium, ripe Novem
ber, keeps until May, a native of Hall County,
Geo., decidedly the best and more reliable of all
the late keepers, and particularly calculated for
the cotton growing belt, where it has been
grown to great perfection in several localities,
an apple of attractive appearance and good fla
vor, valuable for marketing and for family use.
Tree vigorous, bearing heavy yearly crops.
A reliable list, the result of much experience
and containing quite enough varieties for any
orchard. Will the writer favor us with his ob
servations upon other fruits?
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The London seed dealers advertise in the Gar
dener's Chronicle, thirty-nine distinct sorts of
grass and clover seeds, for meadows and pas
tures. “They are mixed expressly to suit the
soil.” Two bushels of light seeds, or 12 lbs. of
heavy seeds are sown per acre, at a cost of
from §6 to 08 per acre.
Mr. Meciii, in a late article, says: “There can
be no doubt but that very shortly every agricul
turist must use steam power if he is to stand his
ground in the race of agricultural competition.
The want of it is already felt, if not. seen, by
those who have not the means or the inclination
to use it. The time is approaching when a steam
engine on a farm will ho as common as the drill
or threshing machine, although, like them, it has
to pass through the ordeal of disbelief, doubt,
and prejudice.” A committee of the Royal
Agricultural Society gives the most extraordinary
accounts of the rapid : rntoduetion of farm loco
motive engines, during the last three years.—
They cost about SI,OOO each.
The London Farmers Magazine, in an article
on the breeds of sheep for different localities,
says: “The chief recommendation of the Leices
ter sheep is a great beauty and fullness of form,
which contains in the same dimensions a greater
weight than any other breed of sheep ; a pro
pensity to fatten almost unequalled, and an early
maturity of growth that quickly fetches a remu
nerate value, and a very great diminution in the
proportion of offal to the size of the animal.—
But it is undeniable, that in proportion as ani
mals are improved in quality, and rendered finer
in the organization, they require food of a better
quality, and also a more favorable exposure.—
The external circumstances must correspond with
Ihe refinements that are effectual on the living me
chanism." This is not only truth, but, if acted
on, may save our enterprising farmers much
loss and vexation in fine stock raising. English
sheep have been made what they are by many
generations feeding on turnips, grain, and oil
cake in winter; and can we expect them to re
tain their size and excellence when fed for four
months a year on coarse Timothy hay, and that
alone ? The Spanish merinos, on the contrary,
never were accustomed, probably, in their native
country, to artificial feeding; and they improve
on our clover, even if they have only dry hay in
winter.
Fair of tiie Cotton Planters’ Association.
—The Macon Journal it Messenger says : Ar
rangements are now making to hold a Fair in
this city on the first week in December. We
learn that the necessary funds for Premiums, fix
tures, Ac., are mostly raised. We have not
seen the general programme, and therefore can
not now give all the particulars.
WOOL-GROWING IN TEXAS.
A GENTLEMAN who owns n good Ranehc in West
ern Texts, of ovcr2,ooo acres of land, with cabins,
pens, and sixteen acres enclosed and under cultivation,
near a never-failing stream of water, desires a partner to
engage with him in sheep-husbandry and wool-growing,
whohas some S2.O<K) or s3,ft<H) cash capital to invest in
the business. The lianche is about sixty miles from that
of GEO. W. KENDALL Es<[., and presents every ad
vantage for profitable sheep raising. Address MI’N
FOKD LAUSSON, New York City; care of Rob't T.
McCay, 37 Warren Street 3t au27
SAVANNAH MEDICAL COLLEGE.
rpHE Seventh Annual Course of Lectures in this Instl-
X tution will commence on the Second Monday, the
fourteenth of November next
Preliminary lectures will commence on the first of No
vember.
FACULTY:
R. D, Arnold, M. D., Professor of Theory and Prac
tice of Medicine.
P. M. Kollock. M. D„ Professor Obstetrics and Dis
eases of Women and Children.
W G. Billock, M. D., Prof. Surgery.
J. B. Read, M. D., Prof. Materia Medico.
J uriaii Harriss, M. D., Prof. Physiology.
N. A. Pratt. M. D., Prof. Chemistry.
W. R. Waring. M. D„ Prof. Anatomy.
J. E. Godfrey. M. 1).. Demonstrator of Anatomy.
Clinical Lectures at the Savannah Hospital, twice a
week, by Drs. Arnold and Bulloch, on their respective
branches. These arc the only clinical lectures delivered
at the Hospital for the benefit of Students.
Agreeably to the conditions of the State Donation,
one Student from each Congressional District will be
taken free of charge.
Applications with necessary vouchers must be made to
the Dean.
Fees for entire Course of Lectures $lO5 00
Matriculation Ticket, (paid once) 5 00
Demonstrator's Ticket 10 00
Graduating Fee 80 00
For further particulars, apply to
WILSON’S ALBANY SEEDLING!
BEST AND MOST PROLIFIC STRAWBERRY!;
YIELDS over 200 bushels an Acre ! This unrivalled
Berry has this year, on my grounds, excelled all
previousones in size, quality ana productiveness. Num
bcrless specimens from 4 to inches in circumference;
some still larger.
Selected, strong, new plants, packed and delivered in
Albany—slo for 1000; $6 for 500; $! 50 for 100; $1 for
50. Descriptive circulars sent to applicants enclosing
stamp. X&“ Mo Traveling Agents employed.
WM. RICHARDSON,
au2o* Riverview. Albany, N. Y.
FRUITLAND NURSERIES.
AUGUSTA, GA.
PJ. BEKCKMANS & CO., solicit the attention of
• Planters to their huge and fine stock of Fruit and
Ornamental Trees. Vines. Roses, Evergreens. Flowering
Shrubs, Climbers, Strawberry Plants, Rhubarb, Hedge
Plants, etc., etc.
Our Trees are uncommonly well grown, and cannot
fail to give satisfaction, and the number and varieties
very extensive. Catalogues mailed free to all applicants.
Address P. J. BERCKMANS & CO..
au2o 8m Augusta. Ga.
IMPORTANT ARRANGEMENT
FOi: PLANTERS PURCHASING MANURES.
RHODES' SUPER PHOSPHATE—The Standard
Manure for Cotton, Com, Wheat and Tobacco Cul
ture, besides all root crops.
This celebrated and Standard Manure, which is fully
warranted and sold under a Legal Guarantee, can be had
of . J. A. ANSLEY & CO.,
Agents for Manufacturers, at No. 800 Broad streeL
Augusta, Ga„
Who will se'l at manufacturer's prices—$45 per Ton,
with shipping expenses added. augfi
FERTILIZER.
L S. HOYT'S BONE SUPEK-PH OSPHATE OF LIME
THE readers of the Field and Fireside, interested
in knowing the value of Fertilizers uinru the exhaust
ed lands of the South, ami especially the results when
applied to Cotton, arc reminded that such application of
the above named Fertilizer has b en 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 sea-on.
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 A CO.,
Agents, and General Commission Merchants, No. 285
Broad StreeL Augusbi, Ga. jy.’So~ ts
PROSPECTUS OF THE
SOUTHERN FIELD AND FIRESIDE,
A LITERARY AND AGRICULTURAL PAPER,
X\. 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, folio size—each issue con
taining forty columns of matter. In mechanical execu
tion, it is in the last style of the typographical art. In
utility, it will be all that the best agricultural science and
practical knowledge of the South can furnish. A weekly
visitor to 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, ami to Northern literary (ia{iers sos 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 extierience, 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 South
ern writers should be divided some portion of that vast
stream of Southern money that flows iierpetually north
ward to sustain Northern "literature.
My aim is to establish a paper that will be a vehicle o
information useful 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 justify
the most liberal compensation to all its contributors.
Able and experienced editors are engaged, and steps are
in progress to secure contributions from the most pleasing
Southern writers, of both sexes. Much latent talent will
be brought to light, and furnish 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 Dr. Daniel Lee, 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 Editor is Mr. Wm. N. Wiute, 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, anil
was for several years the Paris Corres])ondent of the Na
tional Intelligencer and Southern lAterary Messenger.
THE SOUTHERN FIELD AND FIRESIDE will
combine the useful and the agreeable. It will furnish
the Southern Farmer information useful in every Held he
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-om 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.
Tunas—- 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 sent, re
ceived at par.
Postmasters will be allowed fifteen per cent on the
amount of subscriptions obtained by them.
On all subscriptions exceeding twenty, sent from one
office, twenty-five per cent, will be allowed.
Contributions solicited from the inns 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 polities.
On matters pertaining to their respective deimrtments,
address the Editors. On matters of business generally.
Address, JAMES GARDNER.
Augusta, Ou„ May, 1859.
BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
MEDICAL. School, Law, Religious and Miscellaneous
Books, Stationery, Music, Perfumery and Fancy
Goods. For sale low, by WM. N. WHITE,
my2S , Bookseller, Athens, Ga.
MARIETTA FEMALE COLLEGE.
rrilE KENNESAW SCHOOL PROPERTY, erected by
I 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 ojiened In It, en
larged and improved, on the 10th of AUGUST. Board
may lx* had for ten dollars per month, exclusive of lights
and washing. Only a limited number can be 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 he bail in all the de|uirtments 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.
je!S 8m
ULRICA STILL AND SPARKLING
WINES,
FROM the Vineyards of Dr. G. A. Ulrich, Tallapoosa
Co.. Alabama. In the above Wines, now introduced
for the first time in this citv. 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 h» convinced of its
truth. DAWSON & SKINNER,
je4-tf Sole Agents for Augusta.
JUDSON FEMALE INSTITUTE,
MARION, ALABAMA.
IMIE twenty-second Annual Session of this Institu
tion will open on Monday. October 8, 1859.
For further information, or catalogues, apply to
NOAH K. DAVIS,
jyßo fit 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 attend the first
day.
JAS. E. PALMER, Sec'y Board Trustees.
Oxford, July 25, 1859. jy3o 4t
VALUABLE LAND FOR SALE.
THE undersigned will sell on accommodating terms
476 acres of valuable land, lying 8 miles from Rome,
on the Great Annuchee Creek. Over 200 acres of this
tract is very rich bottom—the balance good upland. Price
16,000 —one-third cash, the balance in one and two vears,
with interest augfi ts S. FOUCIIE.
SOUTH CAROLINA INSTITUTE
FAIR.
T) BE HELD in Charleston, November 15th, 1959.
Competition open to all. Fair for the promotion of
Art Mechanical Ingenuity and Industry. At their large
and commodious building in the City of Charleston, 8.
C.. commencing on Tuesday, November 15, 1859.
Suitable premiums will be given for the best speci
mens in Art Mechanism and other branches of Industry;
also for Cotton, Rice, Sugar. Tobacco, Corn, Wheat Rye,
Oats, Potatoes, and other Agricultural products.
The Ladies, to whom the Institute is so much Indebt
ed. are respectfully informed that suitable Premiums will
be provided by the Committee, and awarded for the best
specimens in every department of Ladies' work.
All articles entered tor Premiums, must be sent in on
or before Friday, the eleventh day of November next,
directed to the care of Mr. THOMAS AIM A It, Clerk of
the South Carolina Institute, Charleston. Articles may
be sent after that day for exhibition only.
Contributors to the Fair are respectfully requested
to send full descriptions *f the articles, and such gene
ral information as may he of use to the Judges, and suit
able for publication. Every attention will be paid to all
articles sent for exhibition. auglß
IMPORTANT TO TEACHERS.
4 VALUABLE School property, very eligibly situ
-I\. ated, will lie sold upon reasonable terms to a suitable
purchaser. The School is of high grade, anil is now
worth over 14.000 per annum. This opportunity of mak
ing a profitable investment is presented by one desirous
of retiring from the business, if a suitable successor
should present himself.
For particulars, apply to the editors of the field and
Fireside. ts augfi
GEORGIA FEMALE COLLEGE.
IMIh next term, being the first of the Eleventh Colle
. giate year, %-ill begin on Monday, September sth.
Every pupil receives constant instruction in the com
mon studies.
The young ladies board in private families, where
they receive those offices of maternal care and kindness
which are necessary for their health nnd comfort
GEO. Y. BROWNE, Pres't
Madison, July 80, 1859. 4t. augfi
~ ~~ TURNIP SEED- ~~
TN addition to my fine assortment of fresh Landreth
1 TURNIP SEED, 1 have on hand a select lot of <;ar
uen tools, including Spades, Rakes, Reels. Lines. Prun
i ing and Budding tools, Ac., &c., ail of which will be sold
lo «-. V. LaTASTK.
augfi ts No. 200 Broad Street
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 arc unsurpassed. They are, in all respects,
fully up to the requirements of the day.
Tue Constitution a list belongs emphatically to the
school of State Eights 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.
Tor the South it claims equality in the Union, or inde
pendence out of it.
A uniform, tirm, and consistent course for the Idrty
seven years of its existence, is a guarantee of fidelity to
its principles.
Terms —Daily. $6 0O
Tri-Weekly. 4 Ort
Weekly 2 Ob
Caeh. invariably in advance.
Paper stopped at the end of the time paid for.
JAMES GARDNER, Proprietor.
Augusta, Ga :
DENTAL NOTICE.
A. W. LATH POP, M. D„ SURGEON DENTIST,
TAKES pleasure in informing his city and country
friends that he. has taken the residence No. 266
Broad Street, directly opposite the State Bunk, and will
remove there on the Ist of October next, where he will
be pleased to see all his old friends, and as many new
ones as desire to have their natural teeth preserved, or
artificial ones substituted.
Having been engaged in his profession for twertty
years, and being acquainted with all the late improve
ments in Dental science, he is prepared to guarantee that
ail his operations shall be performed in the very beet
manner , and so ns 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., arql has recently
also been using the Electro-Magnetic Battery for similar
purposes.
lie will use either, if desired, whenever the case will
admit of it
Augusta, July 27,1559. jySO toctl
THE CABLE LIGHTNING RODS
WILL NOT CORRODE.
"VtO Joints; no getting out of order; double tho con-
II 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,
Jy3o 8t Charleston, 8. C_, or Savannah, ua.
PIANOS! PIANOS!
JUST received, and in store, an assortment of Piano
Fortes, from the justly celebrated manufactories of
Raven, Baron A Co., llazelton Bros., A. 11. Gales A Co.,
of 6%, 6%, and 7 octaves, varying in price from $275 to
$450. These Instruments are too well known through
out the whole country, to need nny puffing. Persons
wishing a first rate Piano Forte would do well to call and
examine the above before purchasing. Every Instrument
warranted as represented.
GEO. A. OATES A 8P.0.,
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. my2»-tf
GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH.
THIS WORK, securely enveloped, w ill 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, 1859. my2S-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, ami Fluid Extract of Buchu, near
the Post Office, 212, Brond-st., Augusta, Ga.
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GEO. A. OATES & BROTHER.
BROAD-STREET, (between the U. 8. and Globe Ho
tels.) Augusta, Ga., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
School und 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 Indeliiblc 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; Water Colors; Mathematical Instruments; Port
Monnaies; Card Cases; Pencils; Bristol Board; all kinds
of Drawing Materials; also a large assortment of fiae
Line Engravings and Lithrographs.
fy Books being constantly ordered a Single Volume
of the smallest value may be sent for. iny2S-tf
DOWNING HILL NURSERY.
THE subscribers beg leave to call the attention of the
public to their large collection of Southern raised
Fruit Trees, embracing all the best varieties that have
been tested in the Southern climate.
Also, a fine collection of Ornamental Trees and Shrubs.
Catalogues furnished by mail, free of charge, to all ap
plicants. Address
PETERS, HARDEN A CO.,
je4-tf Atlanta, Georgia.
SOUTHERN SEED STORE,
NO. 200 Broad street, Augusta, Ga. V. LaTASTE
resjiectfully informs the public, that he keeps on
hand a fine assortment of GARDEN AND FIELD
SEEDS, from the celebrated house of D. Laxdbith A
Son, of Philadelphia.
Gardening being the advertiser's legitimate trade, per
sons may apply to him with confidence of receiving none
but the best of Seeds. Orders by. mail attended to with
dispatch.
V. I. 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
IMPORTANT TO PLANTERS.
THE RICHMOND FACTORY, Richmond county,
Ga., continues to manufacture WOOLEN CLOTII
at 12)4 rents per yard for plain, and 16 for twills—finding
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
surjiassed 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 secqre 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 name 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 [mints directed. Each par
cel is inode 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.
A. JOHNSTON, I‘resident Richmond Factory.
April 1,1859. jelS ly
NEW CARPET STORE.
JAMES G. BAILIE A BROTHER, direct importers
of, and wholesale and retail dealers in all kinds of
English and American Carpetings, Rugs, Floor Oil Cloths,
Curtain Goods, Cornices, Window Shades, Ac. A full
line of English Velvet Carpeting, rich colors and new de
signs. A full line English Brussels Carpeting, embrac
ing the best and newest patterns manufactured. A full
line three-ply Ingrain and Venetian Carpetting. A full
stock of Curtain Goods in Satin de Lane. Lace and
Muslin Curtains, Cornices. Ac. Window shades in great
variety. CARPETS and Curtains made up PROPER
LY if required. Patronage respectfully solicited.—
Terms cash, or city acceptance.
JAMES G. BAILIE A BROTHER,
205 Broad St., Augusta, Ga., or,
JAMES G. BAILIE,
auglß ts 24 King St, Charleston, 8. C.
NATIONAL FERTILIZER.
WE would call the attention of Planters and Farmers
to this most excellent Fertilizer, An article com
posed of MARL FISH, ANI)BONE-DUST—it ismoro
lasting in its effects than Guano, and 1b well adapted to
wheat. Send and get pamphlets containing the analysis,
which will be sent promptly by the Agents.
Price of the Fertilizer $45 ton of 2000 lbs.
CARMICHAEL A BEAN.
. jy 23 8m Augusta, Ga.
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