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112 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. ■■ * i» 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. — 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. TXX SOTPXKKRF VXB&9 ASO VX&SBXSB. 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? — 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. my2B 8m 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. Jy3o 8t