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THE SECRET OF SUCCESS IN FARMING.
Some farmers have an idea that fate prevents
them from succeeding’ in this branch of business.
TJipv rarely, if ever, think that it is owing to
their own recklessness that they are sinking
down to misery. I know of a man who has al
most mysteriously prospered in this science. In
the first place he rises with the lark in the morn
ing, and works steadily and intelligently all the
day long. He does not suffer indolence to pre
vent him from accomplishing all that he wishes.
In the Spring he proceeds with his labor, with a
light heart and strong hands. He never grum
bles at his circumstances, nor wishes that he
were engaged in some other business, but goes
at whatever is placed before him with discretion
and knowledge. "W hen he plows, he does not
let the plow slide along only a few inches below
the surface, but strikes it down to the fertile
soil and throws the best part up. When he
sows his grain, he does not let heavy clods pre
vent the seed from generating, but by means of
the harrow lie reduces it all to a state of com
parative fineness, and then the grain placed
within the soil, while it is in the moist state,
soou springs up and grows luxuriantly, well re
paying him for all the trouble he has had in its
cultivation. He does not allow the fences to
tumble down, and thus afford the cattle an in
gress into his glover and grain fields, but repairs
them whenever it is necessary, and thus keeps
his poultry, cattl®) Ac., out of his corn fields, and
save* Immense amount of cam, which would
otherwise be destroyed. Every spring he makes
new fences and clears more land, ready for his
willing arms to cultivate. He keeps his horses
in good condition, and does not allow his milch
cows to nearly starve for want of food, but
feeds them abundantly, knowing that they will
give better milk and make better butter. His
wife is equally careful in the house, and every
scrap is saved to put in the soap tub, to make
this necessary material in household affairs.—
She generally takes care of the chickens, and
other poultry, and by prudent management
raises several hundred every year. All the eggs
arc well taken care of, and are regularly sent to
the store *to pay for all effects they may be caused
to buy. It is a great pride to me to witness this
farmer as he glories in his good crops, saving
wonder at his success —but tRe above is his
secret. — Lawrence Journal.
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SUMMER CARE OF HORSES.
From a valuable article in the Mark Lane Ex
press, on the summer grazing of stock we make
the following extracts:
Young Horses— Yearlings. —These, like
young cattle, if well wintered, are almost ren
dered safe for a summer’s grazing; but to turn
out to luxuriant grass a yearling in poor condi
tion, is a very doubtful course, rendering him
liable to all the ills that young animals are heirs
to, t. e., catarrhs, swelling of glands, bronchitis,
pneumonia, followed by roaring, wheezing, Ac.,
Ac. Then again, scouring, cholic, inflammation
of bowels, Ac., ensues; and unless subjected to
the most careful treatment, death or permanent
bodily weakness is the concomitant result. Two
year-olds are by no means so much to be cared
for. Give them a good pasture and plenty of
room, aad they are sure, if in a healthy state, to
make themselves fat. The usual course with
young horses is to turn them into fields, with
tiro general stock of the farm, in proportion of
one to about five acres; they will in this way
not do much to diminish the quality of grass,
for they love to graze those precise spots not
well relished by other stock; such as footways,
roadways, furrows, grip-bottoms, and the like.
If grazed for sale, they should be put into the
fatting pastures, and, if necessary, pushed for
ward with a feed of corn daily, as dealers much
prefer a truly well-fed colt, and will give a much
higher relative price for him, than if below the
proper standard.
Mares and Foals. —Two little attention is
paid to mares as breeders. They are generally
kept on the farm for service as workers, and if they
breed a foal, all well and good. This is not quite
right, mare should be rested,and in season should
be turned to graze some little lime before foaling,
few days at least. After foaling she should have
a sheltered pasture or a hovel to run into at
pleasure; and if grass is scanty, she will require
a feet of corn daily. I wish more particularly
to call attention to the proper grazing of mares
and foal. “It is the most important period in
the life of the horse; and if from false economy
his growth is arrested, his puny form and want
of endurance will ever afterwards testify the er
ror that has been committed.” Thus again, says
Youatt; and it is perfectly true. It is only in
this early stage of the foal’s growth that most
attention is required. After a time, or some five
or six weeks, the mare may be put to slight
work; but then It is not without injury to the
foal, even if never so well fed. To bring up a
good foal, the mare ought to have the summer’s
grazing in the ordinary pastures, and a short
time previous to weaning, zhe should have a
feed of corn daily, so as to induce the foal to
partake of it, in order that it may be continued
to him whet weaned, as it is then essential to
his full progress, and to compensate for the loss
of his dam’s milk. He should also be turned to
the eddish or afterneath, till taken up for the
winter. *
Breadstuffs Amount Exported. From
the interesting statistics of trade and commerce
contained in the June number of Hunt’s Mer
chants' Magazine, we learn that the present fis
cal year, which ends on the 30th June, 1859,
will probably present a smaller quantity of
breadstuffs exported from the United States
than has been witnessed in any year since 1849.
Up to 1846 the largest (quantity of wheat that
was ever exported in since the great
European wars of the firsts Bonaparte was
11,198,365 bushels in the yearpß4o. In 1857
the amount exported was 33,730;fc96 bushels;
in 1858 it was 26,487,041. For current
year the amount will be greatly less, tvhile it
will also present the new feature of enlarge im
ports of wheat from Europe..
From the same tables wo learn that the total
imports of wheat and flour into the United King
dom of Great Britain amounted in the year 1856,
to 5,207,147 quarters.* Os this sum 29,962
quarters werefumishod by France, while 2,105,-
584 were supplied by the United States. In 1858
the total British imports under the same head
were 5,343,469 quarters, of which 1,283,465
quarters were drawn from France, ann 1.098,871
from the United States, thus showing that,
while France in 1856 furnished almost nothing,
she supplied Great Britain in 1858 with nearly
one-fourth of her whole importation of bread
stuffs, and, what is more significant, it appears
that this Empire is now our great competitor
for the British market in this commodity, as the
trade of the United States has been proportion
ably diminished by the amount of breadstuffs
derived from France.— Nat. Intel
*) A “ quarter" is eight bushel*.
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COTTON PLANTERS’ CONVENTION.
At the regular session in June last, of the Cot
ton Planters’ Convention of the State of Georgia,
a Resolution passed, authorizing the presiding
officer, (after consultation with the Vice Presi
dent,) to call the Convention together, should
business require it; deeming it important that
the Convention should assemble, and having the
concurrence of those whom I was to consult, I
hereby require the Members of the Convention
to meet in the city of Macon, on IV ednesday, the
sixteenth day of November next, as business of the
most urgent necessity requires the action of tiie
Convention.
It is very desirable that each Cotton growing
county in the State should lie represented; there
fore, each county is requested to send Delegates
to the Convention.
Individual Planters, (not county Delegates,)
may attend and become members of the Con
vention.
Newspapers friendly to Direct Trade, and to
the Convention and its objects, are very respect
fullv requested to publish this notice.
IIOVVELL COBB, President.
Perry, Oct. 3, 1859. %
HORTHTI/ITRAL.
WM. N. WHITE, Editor.
SATURDAY, OCT. 15, 1859.
[For the Southern Field and Fireside.]
BULBS.—NO. 2.
Talipa, Tulip Most of the garden tulips are
varieties of T. gesneriana, a native of the Le
vant, but the Yan Thol tulips are from T. prae
cox, a dwarf early-flowering species, and it is
supposed that from the English native species,
T. sylvestris, have been obtained the parrot tu
lips. Varieties of T. gesneriana are divided in
to four classes. Bizarres, which have a yellow
ground, shaded with dark, brownish red or pur
ple. These are subdivided into flaked, in which
the dark color rises in a broad stripe from the
bottom of the petal, and feathered, in which the
dark color is on the margin if the petals, de
scending into them in delicate, feathery veins.
The second class are the Bybloemens, which are
white, shaded with violet or dark purple, and
these are also flaked and feathered. The third
class are Roses; these are also white, but shaded
with rose or cherry, also flaked and feathered.
The fourth class are seifs, which are white or
yellow with no dark shades. Besides these, the
French have what they call Baguettes, which
are very tall stemmed tulips with flowers white
striped with dark, brownish red ; Baguettes Ri
gauds, which resemble the others, but with
shorter stems and larger flowers, and Flomands,
which have a white ground and broad, dark, red
stripes. The Incomparable Verport of the Dutch
is white, feathered with bright, shining brown.
All florists or late tulips ought to have cup
shaped flowers, round at the base; the ground
color inside the flower ought to be quite clear
and bright in the centre, and all the marks ought
te be sharp cut and distinct. Double Tulips are
not much esteemed.
Tulip beds should be prepared as for Hya
cinths and made a little higher in the centre;
the general directions given, are, one-third de
cayed turf, one-third cow-manure, both thorough
ly decomposed, and one third sand are to be
mixed intinately three months before using.—
Put the tulips seven inches apart, cover each
bulb with sand and then three and a half inches
deep with the prepared earth. A less propor
tion, both of sand and manure, will be likely to
give equal satisfaction. The bed should be, when
finished, about four inches above the path and a
little higher in the centre of the bed. In plant
ing, the taller growing kinds should be planted
in the middle of the bed, and the lower growing
ones ranged on each side. When the leaves of
the Tulip turn brown and wither, the bulbs are
taken up and laid on shelves to dry. When dry,
the leaves and offsets are removed, the fibrous
roots rubbed off, and the bulbs, with their names,
wrapped in paper until time to replant, which
should be done in October or early in November.
The soil of a Tulip bed should be changed every
year.
A very satisfactory mode of cultivating these
early flowering bulbs is mixed on the borders.
Take a border facing the sun, prepare the soil as
directed for Hyacinths, let the outer row be com
posed of crocuses, the next of the Hyacinths, and
the third of Julipc. The crocus will first come
into bloom and as they go out the hyacinths and
early Julips will come into their prime, while
the foliage of the crocus will form a pretty edging
to the bed. These being in bloom while the
ground is still damp and cold,the border selected
should bo near the dwelling where the eye can
rest upon them and they can be readily approach
ed while in flower. Oval and circular beds
planted in this manner have a beautiful effect.
On each side of the approach to the house let
them be circular beds made two feet in diameter
a foot from the edge of the walk, and at regular
distances from each other, alternating with them
may be a bed of Jonquils or Yarcissus, a rose
bush, or other choice shrub planting, tho same
plant or variety on the opposite sides of tho walk.
Fxcavate and prepare these little beds as for Hy
acinths. Round the ease of the bed, put two
rows of crocuses, then spread Hyacinths equally
over the bed, and fill the vacancies with early
Tulips. Such a bed contains seventy two of the
crocus, six Hyacinths, and twelve Tulips. Oth
er beds may be bordered with the crocuses and
filled with Crown Imperials, or other early flow
ering bulbs. If there are several beds very
pretty contrasts by having the Hyacinths Ac., in
the same bed of the same colors, but where few,
the colors may be mixed in the bed. Yerbenas
may occupy the beds when the bulbs are remo
ved.
Os course, beds for Tulips and Hyacinths may
be prepared with less care and the result be
pleasing, but the more care taken in the prepar
ation of the soil, the more satisfactory will be the
result.
Iris. Several species of the Iris are cultiva
ted and prized, by florists.
Iris Persica, the Persian Iris. A very low,
bulbous-rooted plant: produces its delicate flow
ers in March, which are esteemed for their fra
grance, as well as beauty. A single plant will
perftune a room. Colors: pale sky-blue, purple,
yellote and white.
Iris Susiana, the Chalcedonian Iris, is a tu
berous root* with the largest and most magnifi
cent flowers of any of the species. Its petals,
nearly as broad as the hand, are dark, purplish
brown, which befqg mottled and striped with
white, gives it a beautiful appearance. The roots
must be taken up after flowering, and preserved
like the Hyacinth, as, if left in the soil, they will
perish.
Iris Kiphium, Spanish Iris, has channeled,
convoluted, sharp-pointed leaves, with emargi
nate petals. The flowers grow on stems about
eighteen inches high, and are blue, yellow,
white, violet, and variegated—all very elegant
It flowers the last of April—a handsome border
flower.’
Iris Xiphoiiles, the English Iris, resembles the
last, but is much larger in all its parts than the
preceding one. The flower-stalks are over two
feet high, and the flowers are twice the size.
Its colors anfas varied, and the plant is as desi
rable for thelborder, in which it flowers later
than the lasi
Plant all tliese bulbs in November, m light,
rich soil, tw > and a half inches deep, and, ex
cept the Chi Icedonian, they need not be taken
up oftener imn once in three years. If left too
long in one >laee, the plants are lost. We shall
notice the 1 mius-rooted species hereafter.
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1 OTFS ON THE APPLE.
If possib >, winter varieties of the apple should
be planted in lowlands along streams. They
would ther flourish and attain great perfection,
as mjy be ecu from the old orchards which
were plant! 1. forty or fifty years since, along
the lowlam s of Broad river and its tributary
streams. 1 lie Hughes crab, in many of the
locations, h ,s attained the size of forest trees,
and bears llge quantities of fruit which cover
the limbs will its abundant fruitage, even after
seuere frosts: * * * *
Wo would name among the t ative varieties,
the Anderson. Augustin, Cherokee red, Cook’s
red, Davis. Elgin. Epting. red Winter, Epting's
Premium, Foust Frey, Seuthern Greening, Pc
maria Greening, Oconee Greening, Gully, Hall,
Hoover, Hopper, Hammond, Carolina red June,
King, Lexkigtor.. Lever. Maverick's Sweet,
Meadow Woods, McDowell’s Winter, Never-fail,
Perkins, Clark’s Pearmain, Peake’s red Winter,
Price Shockley, ;Yall, Wonder, Walker’s yellow.
These are wortlfc of a place in any collection. —
[Summer's Prizi Essay.
SANITORY TROPERTIeToF FRUITS.
Fruits.—Then is no diet so salutary, so re
freshing and deightful, both to the young and
old, as ripe, fresl fruits, and there are not a few
diseases for whit'd fruits are the best remedy.
Those whose bre kfast or first food in the morn
ing is of fresh fait 8, seldom suffer from dyspep
sia or bilious eot plainis as is proven by the in
habitants of Italy, where the free use of grapes
and canteleups u indulged in. The climate is,
in many respects, similar to ours. The acid of
fruits, is a panada for scurvy and eruptive dis
orders. The del cious pear is a perfect remedy
for dyspepsia, anl ripe peaches have been found
to be a specific In summer complaints, and the
juices of fruits tf.id to drive humors to the sur
face, and to purify the blood; and instances are on
record, where vholo families, with scrofulous
tendencies, have been saved and restored to
blooming health, Hy returning to the simple fruit
diet of nature, la Hertfordshire, where apples
abound in every ledge, and cider is so plentilul
as to be the alrwst common beverage, there is
not a case of dropsy to bo seen.—[ Win. Sum
mers' Prize Essay.
NEW AND RICH PLANTATION FOR
SALE.
BFT WEEN four and five hundred acres of Land. All
good 250 acres of first quality bottom, 265 acres
cleared, under good ft nee, and in cultivation. Watered
by two creeks, three tr four springs and wells—both free
stone and limestone; healthy. New buildings, Ac.
This place is six miWs above Calhoun, County, Ga., and
one quarter of a mile from Iteseaa depot, on the West
ern and A. It. Road. Uncleared Land all heavily tim
bered, and convenient to the Railroad. For further par
ticulars, apply early to GEO. WM. YOUNO,
oc 15 8m Resaca, Gordon Co., Ga.
BONNETS.
MRS. M. TWEEDY having returned from New
York, is now opening the latest styles of Fall and
Winter Goods, consisting in part of every variety of
Ronnets, Misses' Hats, Raglans, Chesterfield's and Cloaks,
Boys' and Babies’ Lace Velvet and Glenngarry Caps, La
dies’ Cloth and Velvet'Cloaks.
Every style of Head Pins, Bugle and Plain Head nets
and Head Dresses, both mourning and faney. Several
styles of Corsets and Hoop Skirts; Cruels of every
shade and fine quality. Ladies’ Dress Caps, iflourning
and fancy. Misses and Ladies’ Cloaks of every descrip
tion, made to order, and of latest fashions.
Embroidery stamping done to order. This new pro
cess saves the trouble of trocing patterns, and Is done at
a trifling cost per yard.
Ladies are respectfully invited to call and examine
her really beautiful stock of Ladies' wear. Every exer
tion will be made to please. 4t ocls
w. sAndifer,
VETERINARIAN-SI GREEN STREET, AUGUSTA.
WS. has all tho necessary Instruments for the
• business, and the medicines that he has used suc
cessfully incases of Cholic, Sprains, Inflnmation of the
Lungs, Bowels, Ac., Catarrhal Fever, Saddle Galls,
Wounds, and Prieks in the Feet, Thrush and Canker.
P. S.—W. S. can prepare at five minute's notice, for
gentlemen living In the country, any of the above medi
cines. by their stating symptoms or the cases, and will
furnish hill instructions forgiving and using the same.
Refers, by permission, to
HENRY F. CAMPBELL. M. D.
ROBERT CAMPBELL, M. D.
J. WHEELER, ESQ.
F. CARTER. M. D.
CAPT. CAMPFIELD.
W. S. JONES. M. 1).
W. 11. WHEELER, ESQ.
E. TWEEDY, ESQ.
octS.
A VALUABLE SEABOARD
PLANTATION FOR SALE.
RARE chance for anv one desiring a healthy and
beutiful home. The subscriber offers for sale his
Valuable Seaboard Plantation, Laurel View, situated In
Liberty countv. Geo., on an ocean inlet, known as Med
way River. This place, containing 2500 acres, is justly
famed for the beauty of its situation, handsome improve
ments, productiveness of soli In the growth of Cotton
and Provisions of all kinds, and its peculiar adaptedness
to the lucrative business of stock raising.
A bold salt river in front of the residence, whilst in
suring health, pleasure and an abundance of the various
delicacies the sea, affords the important advantage of a
Shipping Port immediately at hand. Savannah, thirty
miles distant, and accessible by railroad and water, offers
a market for produce of every description. Natural sce
nery, susceptible of the greatestartistical improvement;
a handsome Dwelling house ; ample out buildings anil
accommodations for 100 negroes, are among the many at
tractions of this desirable home.
The subscriber—reluctantly consenting, under the
pressure of a professional connection, to remove to Flor
ida—will sell the above place, completely stocked, (ne
groes excepted) and provisioned, ready for occupancy, on
the most reasonable and satisfactory terms. Communi
cations soliciting further particulars and a personal in
spection of the premises, will receive prompt attention,
if addressedto A. M. JONES,
or, J. BRYAN,
oc 1 lm Johnson's Square, Savannah.
VALUABLE VARIETIES OF GRAIN
FOR SALE.
TURKISH Bariev, large grain and very productive,
do Flint Wheat, do do do
Algerian do do do do
do Hard do do do do
Chilian White do do do do
Italian do Rye, clear, white grain, almost
transparent. This crop has been grown in this latitude
until thoroughly acclimated, more productive than the
common rye, and a more reliable and profitable crop than
wheat here. The bread from this grain is not excelled
by any other and a great luxury to lovers of ‘‘Rye Bread.”
The above are the most productive and valuable varie
ties yet found, and are regarded an acquisition to this
country—especially the South and should be grown by
every producer in the Southern States.
Delivered in strong sacks at railroad depot near me, at
$5.00 per bushel. Address, I. \ . JONI>,
oc 1 2t Herndon, Burke Co.
WARREN COUNTY LAND FOR SALE.
THE undersigned, being desirous to change his busi
ness, offers 842 acres of land for sale, whereon he
lives, 7 miles West of Warrenton. There are about 450
acres in a state of cultivation, and has a grist mill, with 1
run of stones, and a Water-Gin, both new. There is no
but tor quality of land for either grain or Cotton in the
county. The neighborhood is good, and Churches and
clhm.ls convenient A fine plat of Bermuda grass, ad
joining the horse lot. containi ng aboi 1 175 acres, that is al
most invaluable. My price Is 000—one-third Cash ;
balance in two annual instalments.
bi ,jl if „ JOH.VM.HALL.
IMPORTANT TO PLANTERS.
THE RICHMOND FACTORY, Richmond county,
Ga., continues to manufacture WOOLEN CLOTH
at 12% cents 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 tho article of
Winter Clothing for negroes, made by them, has not been
surpassed by any cloth made North or South.
Recent extensive improvements, and others now being
erected, enable us to keep up the standard of the Goods,
and to secure an early delivery.
Planters, or others, who may wish to send us wool to
be made into cloth, can send it dirty or clean. If washed.
It should be done in cold water, and done thoroughly. If
sent dirty, we charge half cent per yard extra for wash
ing. Burry Wool Is not objectionable; the burs are re
moved by machinery. The name of the owner should he
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 14 Richmond Factory " marked upon
it, will be regularly and promptly received, and the cloth,
when made, returned to the points directed. Each par
cel is made up in the turn received.
We would especially urge upon our patrons the great
necessity of sending in the wool as soon ns 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, President Richmond Factory.
April 1,1559. jelS ly
IMPORTANT TO TEACHERS.
A VALUABLE School propertv, very eligibly situ
ated, will be sold upon reasonable terms to a suitable
purchaser.s/The School is of high grade, and is now
worth over $4,000 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. tt aug6
BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
A YEDICAL, School, Law, Religious and Miscellaneous
IVA Books, Stationery, Music, Perfumery and Fancy
Goods. For sale low, by WM. N. WHITE,
my 23 Bookseller, Athens, Ga.
SOUTH CAROLINA INSTITUTE
FAIR.
TO BE HELD in Charleston, November 15th, 1559
Competition open to all. Fair for the promotion of
Art Mechanical Ingenuity and Industry. At their largo
and commodious building in the City of Charleston, S.
C., commencing on Tuesday. November 15,1359.
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, arc 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 for Premiums, must be sent in on
or before Friday, the eleventh dav of November next,
directed to the care of Mr. THOMAS AIMAR, 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 of the articles, and such gene
ral information as may be of use to the Judges, and suit
able for publication. Every attention will be paid to all
articles sent for exhibition, aug!3
IMPORTANT ARRANGEMENT
FOR PLANTERS PURCHASING MANURES.
RHODES’ SUPER PHOSPHATE—The Standard
Manure for Cotton, Corn, Wheat, and Tobacco Cul
ture, besides all root crops.
This celebrated and Standard Mannre, which is fully
warranted and sold under a Legal Guarantee, can be had
of J. A. ANSLEY A CO.,
Agents for Manufacturers, at No. 800 Bfciad street,
Augusta, Ga.,
Who will sell at manufacturer's prices—s4s per Ton,
with shipping expenses added. aug6
NATIONAL FERTILIZER.
WE wonld call the attention of Planters and Farmers
to this most excellent Fertilizer. As article com
posed of MARL, FISH, AND BONE-DUST-it is more
lasting in its effects than Guano, and is well adapted to
wheat Send and get pamphlets containing the analysis,
which will be sent promptly by the Agents.
Price of the Fertilizer $45 if) ton of 2000 lbs.
CARMICHAEL & BEAN,
jy 23 3in Augusta, Ga.
FERTILIZER.
L. S. HOYTS BONE SUPER-PHOSPHATE OF LIME
THE readers of the Field and Fireside, interested
in knowing the value of Fertilizers uikjd the exhaust
ed lands of tho South, and especially the results when
applied to Cotton, are reminded that such application of
tne above named Fertilizer has been made upon this
year’s crops as to test fairly its worth as compared with
Peruvian Guano, and the various other concentrated ma
nures, so generally used the past season.
Reiiorts already received assure us that when the crops
are matured, wo shall be able to give the buyers of Fer
tilizers such satisfactory proof of its real value as to in
sure other orders for the next season.
THOS. P. STOVALL * CO.,
Agents, and General Commission Merchants, No. 235
Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. ivßo ts
DOWNING HILL NURSERY.
TIIE subscribers beg leave to call tho 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 Shrnbs.
Catalogues furnished by mail, free of charge, to ail ap
plicants. Address
PETERS, HARDEN A CO.,
je4-tf Atlanta, Georgia.
FRUITLAND NURSERIES.
AUGUSTA, GA.
PJ. BERCKMANS A CO., solicit the attention of
• Planters to their laige and fine stock of Fruit and
Ornamental Trees, Vines, Roses, Evergreens, Flowering
Shrubs, Climbers, Strawberry Plants, Rhubarb, Hedge
Plants, etc., etc.
Our Trees arc uncommonly well grown, and cannot
fall to give satisfaction, and the number and varieties
very extensive. Catalogues mailed free to all applicants.
Address P. J. BERCKMANS A CO.,
au2o 8m Augusta, Ga.
WILSON’S ALBANY SEEDLING!
BEST AND MOST PROLIFIC STRAWBERRY!!
YIELDS over 200 bushels an Acre I This unrivalled
Berry has this year, on'my grounds, excelled all
nreviousones in size, quality and productiveness. Num
bcrless specimens from 4 to 4% inches in circumference;
some still larger.
Selected, strong, new plants, packed and delivered in
Albany—slo for 1000 ;$6 for 500; $1 50 for 100; $1 for
50. Descriptive circulars sent to applicants enclosing
stamp. [W* IVo Traveling Agents employed.
WM. RICHARDSON,
au2o* Blvcrvlew, Albany, N. Y.
GRAPE ROOTS, CUTTINGS* WIMS.
lAA AAA ROOTED VINES, of the following
IIMJ.UUU kinds or varieties:
So. Isal/clla, (aClaret Wine,) at $35 per thousand;
Mary Isabelle, “ “ 70 “
Warren or Herbermont,(Madeira) 50 41 44
Catawba (Hock,) 50 “ “
Pauline or Burgundy, (Hock,) 70 * “
LeNoir or Black July, (Port,) 60 -l “
White Scuppernong, (Muscat,) 100 44 44
By the 100 Roots, from $5 to sl2, as above rated.
800,000 Cuttings, of the above kinds, $5 to $lO per
thousand.
5.000 gallons of Wine.’of the above mentioned Grapes,
by the cask or pipe—new crop, 1859—for sale.
Address JAMES C. W. McDONNALI), M. D.,
oct 8-2amonts Woodward, 8. O.
GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH.
THIS WORK, securely enveloped, will be sent by
mail to any person enclosing one dollar and twenty
five cents per copy. The odd cents may be sent in post
age stamps. WM. N. WHITE.
Athens, Ga., May, 1859. my2B-tf
SOUTHERN GROWN FRUIT TREES
FOR SALE.
THE subscribers offer a very fine lot of Fruit Trees,
ail of this year’s growth, for sale.
Ten Thousand Apple Trees, of the most approved
Southern Varieties.
Ten Thousand Peach Trees, in forty of the best varie
ties known, which will ripen, in an uninterrupted suc
cession, from early in .June to November.
A few thousand of the Best varieties of Pears, (all on
Quince stock).
Also, Plums, Apricots, Nectarines, Strawberry Plants,
Asparagus Roots, Grape Cuttings, Ac.. Ac.
Also. Roses, and Ornamental Shrubbery.
Descriptive Catalogues sent gratis to all applicants.—
Address FLEMING A NELSON,
oci lm Augusta, Ga.
PROSPECTUS OF THE
SOUTHERN FIELD AND FIRESIDE,
Alitekaey and agricultural paper,
Published Weekly, In Augusta, Georgia.
Dr. D. LEE, Agricultural Editor.
W. W. MANN, Literary Editor.
WM. N. WHITE, Horticultural Editor.
Devoted to Agriculture, Literature, and Art. It Is in
quarto form of eight pages, folio size—each issue con
taining forty columns of matter. In mechanical execu
tion, it is in the best style of the typographical art. In
utility, it will be all that the best agricultural science and
practical knowledge of the South can furnish. A weekly
visitor to the homes of Southern Planters and Farmers,
it will be more useful and acceptable to them than any
monthly journal of equal merit. J
In mental attractions, it will be all that a spirit of en
terprise on my part, and a laudable emulation on the part
of others, can evoke from Southern intellect and cultiva
tion.
Too long the Southern people have been content to look
to Northern periodicals for instruction in agricultural
matters, and to Northern literary papers for mental rec
reation. There is, however, a growing spirit of inde
pendence and of self-reliance at the South. Our people
are awaking to the conviction that we have the elements
of success in the experience, knowledge, and scientific
investigation, of the dwellers in our own Southern homes.
The truth is gleaming upon us, that we have literary re
sources of own worthy to be fostered—that among South
ern writers should be divided some portion of that vast
stream of Southern money that flows perpetually north
ward to sustain Northern literature.
My aim is to establish a paper that will be a vehicle o
information 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
suchgm 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 Me. Wm. N. 'White, a skill
ful and experienced cultivator of fruits, flowers, and vege
tables—a writer of repute in these departments, and au
thor of that popular work, “Gardening for the South.”
The Literary Editor is Mr. W. W. Mann, of this
city, an accomplished writer, of fine taste, and scholarly
attainments, who, having retired from the active duties
of the legal profession, spent many years in Europe, and
was for several years the Paris Correspondent of the Na
tional Intelligencer and Southern Literary Messenger.
THE SOUTHERN FIELD AND FIRESIDE will
combine the useful and the agreeable. It will furnish
the Southern Farmer information useful in every field he
cultivates, and the Southern family choice literature, the
offspring of Southern intellect, worthy of welcome st
every fireside. It will be, in all respects, a first class pa
per —on a scale of expenditure more liberal than has yet
been attempted in tho South, and designed to rival, in Its
merits, the most distinguished of the North.
Terms —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 pens of Southern wri
ters.
A special appeal is made to the ladies of the South for
their patronage and good wishes.
This paper will be entirely silent on politics.
On matters pertaining to their respective departments,
address the Editors. On matters or business generally,
Address, JAMES GARDNER.
Augusta, Qa., May, 1559.
POLITICS, COMMERCE, NEWS.
THE CONSTITUTIONALIST is published, Dally,
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, truthfiil. In its telegraphic arrangements,
its facilities are unsurpassed. They are, in all respects,
fully up to the requirements of tho day.
The Constitutionalist belongs emphatically to the
school of State Rights and Strict Construction. Its prin
ciples are those of the Democratic Party, as set forth by
the National Convention at Cincinnati. It is the advo
cate of the sovereignty of the States and the union of the
States; but not one without the other. It is for the equal
rights of the States, and of each section.
For the South it claims equality in the Union, or inde
pendence out of it.
A uniform, firm, and consistent course for the thirty
seven years of its existence, is a guarantee of fidelity to
its principles.
Terms—Daily $6 00
Tri-Weekly. 4 00
Weekly 2 00
Cash, invariably in advance.
Paper stopped at the end of the time paid for.
JAMES GARDNER, Proprietor.
Augusta, Ga.
GEO. A. OATES & BROTHER.
BROAD-STREET, between the U. 8. and Globe Ho
tels,) Augusta, Ga, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
School and Miscellaneous Books, and Foreign and Domes
tic Stationery, Gold and Steel Pens and Pencil Cases;
English, French and American Writing Papers; Copying
and Seal Presses; English and American Copying, Wri
ting, and Indellible Inks; Letter, Note, and W edding En
velopes; Port Folios; Ivory Tablets; Writing Desks;
Backgammon Boards; Dominoes; Playing, Visiting ana
Printers’ Cards; Gum Tickets; Pen Knives; Drawing
Paper; Water Colors; Mathematical Instruments; Port
Monnalea; Card Cases; Pencils; Bristol Board; all kinds
of Drawing Materials! also a large assortment of fine
Line Engravings and Lithrographs.
Books being constantly ordered a Single Volume
of the smallest value may be sent for. my2B-tf
PIANOS! PIANOS!
JUST received, and in store, an assortment of Piano
Fortes, from the justly celebrated manufactories of
Raven, Bacon A Co., llazelton Bros., A. H. Gales A Co.,
of 6>i, CJ i, and 7 octaves, varying in price from $275 to
$450. These Instruments are too well known through
out the whole country, to need any 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 & BRO.,
Sole Agents for the above makers.
N. B.—A splendid assortment of Guitars, Violins, Ac
cordcons, Flutes, and every article in the musical line,
always on hand. The stock of Printed Music on hand is
the largest in the State. my2B-tf
NEW CARPET STORE.
JAMES G. BAILIE & 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 groat
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,
augl3 ts 24 King St., Charleston, S. C.
DRY GOODS.
ROBERT ADGER A-CO., 209 and 211 King Street,
Comer of Market, Chakleston. 8. C.—We invite
attention to our extensive stock of GOODS, suitable for
Family and Plantation purposes, comprising—
Rich Dress Silks;
Rich Silk Robes;
Silk Robes ami Plain Silks, for Evening Dresses;
Embroidered and Tulle Robes for do do
Plain Black Silks—best Goods;
Plain and Printed Delaines ;
Plain and Plaid Poplins;
French Chlntzs; best English Prints;
Cloaks, Mantillas and Shawls;
Ladies. Misses and Childrens' Hooped Skirts;
Flannels, of every variety;
Richardson's Linens;
Bed Blankets, Tickings;
Plantation Goods;
Blankets. i
* Plains and Kekskvs.
Brown and Bleached Sheetings and Shirtings;
Plaid Homespuns; *
Plain and Striped Osnaburgs.
We would respectfully inform our friends and tho pub
lic generally, that we keep, at ail times, one of the lamest m
stocks to be found in the Southern Country, and confi
dently invite an examination of them, both as regards
Styles and prices.
oct 8-8 m ROBERT ADGER A CO.