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entire circular centre bud in a flower garden,
laid out in the geometric style, provided always
that such bed shall not be less than 10 or 12
feet square. If with a brick edging, there might
be a single outer row of mixed hyacinths in
spring, followed by China-asters in summer, and
sternbergias in autumn, the green leaves of
which would look well through the winter.
Athens, Ga., Oct 1,185 D. M. A. IV.
NEW BOCHELLE BLACKBERRIES.
A Connecticut subscriber and correspondent
sends us the following article, from the Xorualk
(Conn.) Gazette, to corroborate his statement —
sometime since in this paper—as to the value
of the above Blackberry:
Seymour's Blackberries, Again*. —Some
weeks ago we published a statement of the yield
of a patch of the New Rochelle Blackberries, as
raised upon three acres by Messrs. Geo. Seymour
,t Co., of this town. That statement seemed so
large that we could scarcely credit it ourselves,
until we had visited the grounds, when, upon
careful view, and a practical estimate, our bump
of credulity was prepared for almost anything.
We have witnessed enormous yields of this fruit
on the grounds of these gentlemen in years gone
by, but never anything to equal the bearing of
the present season, and no one can form any
adequate conception of their abundance from
anything we can publish, who has not seen the
enormous berries hanging in great clusters more
like a heavy yield of hope than anything we can
liken them to. What would be thought by the
uninitiated of a single bush yielding from three to
four bushels of berries! Yet this has been no
unusual yield. Mr. Seymour informs us that he
ha 3 sold over four hundred bushels in New York,
which have averaged him $8 per bushel, he has
also made thirty barrels of Blackberry Wine,
which he could readily sell now for SSO per bar
rel, and by Spring will be worth very much
more, being very generally used as a medicinal
and communion Wiue. * * *
This, is in addition to all that have been eaten
and carried away by hundreds of astounded
spectators from abroad, his neighbors, and the
Editor, (who has had a special regard for
three acres) so that here we have an aggregate
income from three acres (and only three) of not
the best land in the world of $3200 in berries
and SISOO in wine, with plants enough for next
spring’s sales to make the net yield from this
small plot an even five thousand dollars! When
will our honest, hard-working, toiling farmers,
who reside within ten or twenty miles of any
railroad leading to any great town or city, awake
to the value and importance of raising these
small fruits rather than potatoes and grain ? *
Mr. Seymour, it is true, has been one of the
most successful, as he has been the most exten
sive raiser of this particular fruit, and prices
have been such as to render his crops very large
ly remunerative, yet had he been compelled to
have sold his berries at 5 cents per quart, in-*
stead of 25—he would still have netted a better
return per acre, than any farmer hereabouts can
boost from any grain or root crop which has
been raised the present season. What farmer
will take our advice and make a similar trial
another year.
ESSENTIALS FORFRUIT TREES.
“Fruits may be successfully cultivated in al
most all localities, by observing the following
requisites:
Ist Wood ashes, containing, as they do, all
the elements necessary to their growth, except
carboD, which is derived from the air, afford
congenial elements for all trees and woody
growth.
2d. That lime, whether in the form of marl,
shell, plaster, or stone lime, is a specific for applo
trees, and that apples are largest and fairest
grown iu a calcareous soil.
3d. That phosphates, in the form of bones,
(which are principally composed of phosphate
of lime,) or prepared super-phosphates, are spe
cifics for pears and grapes.
4th. That ammonial manures, as guano,
horse-dung and urine, are specifics for the peach,
and give flavor and spirit to all other fruits.”
Prize Etsay.
As to the last proposition, we should fear the
application of such manures to the peach, would
cause the fruit to rot. We have generally ob
served that our peaches of the highest flavor,
grew on trees well thinned, in soils of medium
fertility, not abounding in ammonia.—[Ed.
—«■»>
Lexington, Sept. 20,1859.
Mr. Editor.—ls you know how to make
grape seed germinate with certainty you will
very much oblige me by giving me the informa
tion. lam desirous of increasing the scupper
nongs, considering them the most certain bear
ers, and an/mg the best wine and table grapes.
If you cannot give me the information I want is
it not possible foi you to procure it through the
Field and Fireside 1
Very respectfully, yours,
George W. Gilmer.
Grape Seed, we have found germinate freely
if sown in the fall. It comes up of itself in our
grounds where self-sown, every spring. Where
we have made beds of garden mould and planted
in autumn, the seed come up as readily in the
spring as other fruit seeds.
Bulbous Flower RooTS.-Our Holland friends
generally send us a few of their “ Oignons a'fle
«>» ”at this season. A bed must be prepared
for th«jji. The richest and deepest soil with a
just proportion of organic matters, is the soil for
these ; a loam is the most appropriate
for Tulips; it be highly manured, the ma
nure well incorporated with the soil; well rot
ted barn-yard matter'll the most useful. The
soil should be very deef% stirred and the sur
face well eievated from the W e 0 f the grass or
walk. Hyacinths require caK i n planting to
preserve from superfluous nifi^ ure . Snow
Drops and Crocus will succeed much
special care, but those who manage tfV Crocus
skillfully enjoy a rich treat in the spring \y e
know of no nicer feature in the garden a
pure bed of Hyacints in full bloom. The
must be arranged with regard to color and sym
metry: this demands a very complete knowledge
of the habits of the varieties planted; a rich
soil, dry and friable, with a fair mixture of sand,
and a deep covering, say four inches of soil in
winter, with litter or hemlock branches for pro
tection, are the important desiderata next to
firm and perfect roots. Do not select the lar
gest of the Hyacinths, rather the most firm and
compact, with small perfect crown, showing no
leaf. Get your bulbs from reliable dealers, and
see to it at once.— Country Gentleman.
—«• ra —
Baked Beans.—To have a nice dish of baked
beans, parboil half an hour, adding a little soda;
then pour off the water and rinse them. Add
your pork already notched, cover them with wa
ter, and let them boil an hour, adding a tea
spoonful of 6ugar to every quart of beans.—
Then put them in a baking dish, and let them
brown nicely.
TMM 3OT&3® M3® 3flE3iSl3®3ge
THE APPLE TREE BORER.
We copy from the horticultural department of
the Genesee Farmer , the following communica
tion, dated at Cameron Mills, Steuben county,
N. Y., Sept 2.
The Apple-tree Borer.—This pest of the
orchard i 3 becoming more and more destructive
every year. Young orchards, especially upon
gravelly ground, left to themselves are almost
sure to be ruined in from one to three years.—
I have been experimenting to prevent them for
the last six years, some of the time killing more
trees than grubs. I have at least ascertained, to
my entire satisfaction, that there are several ar
ticles not good for trees, be they ever so good
to kill the grubs. Experience is a dear school,
but it is called a good one. Spirits of turpen
tine, when applied to apple and peach trees, I
know will kill them; also, unleached ashes,
when plUced in contact with the hark of the
apple by being piled around them. The peach
appears to stand the latter. I have observed
that trees upon a clay soil were much less in
fested than when upon a gravelly one. I thought
by drawing the earth away from the roots of my
trees, which are upon a very loose gravelly soil,
and piling around them a small mound of clay
worked up into a soft mortar, to place them in
as favorable a condition as though they stood
upon a clay soil. The result proved me to bo
mistaken. Instead of being an advantage. 1
found my trees never contained as many grubs
before, many of them having a dozen each. —
This was caused by the shrinking and cracking
of the clay as it dried, forming a small space
between it and the bark, into which the insect
could crawl and deposit its eggs. The bark, by
being kept moist, was very soft and in excellent
condition for them to flourish. I have settled
down upon the following plan, which I am con
fident will prove successful: In the spring I
draw all the earth away from the body of the
tree quite down to the roots, and dig out with a
pen-knife all the grubs I can find, and then ap
ply the following mixture with a paint brush,
for a foot or eighteen inches above the ground:
Plug tobacco, one pound; aloes, four ounces;
water two gallons; steep down to oue gallon and
add one gallon of soft soap, and stir well. This
should be applied in the spring, again the last
of June and first of Septemoer, each time look
ing closely for grubs, which should always be
removed with the knife, as this will not, nor will
any other wash, eradicate them after they are
onco hatched. It should be used to prevent the
insect from depositing their eggs upon the bark,
and to destroy them when they are deposited,
before they are hatched.
Tiie Bark-louse. —I have succeeded in free
ing a number of young trees that were wonder
fully iufestod with the bark-louse, by washing
with strong soap-suds and tobacco-water, ap
plied as warm as the hand could bear, using a
woolen rag and rubbing each branch separately.
The warm water softens up the woody scales, so
that with a little rubbing the bark will bo per
fectly clear of them. I have often tried weak
lye, but found they would stand any number of
applications. The rubbing with hot suds is slow
but perfectly effectual.
s. M.
—-*•*-
Fixing Up for Winter.—As winter ap
proaches, the advent of which is foreshadowed
by the decaying leaves and falling branches, the
neat and orderly gardener sots himself to clean
ing up his litter, arranging his pot plants in win
ter quarters, and otherwise “ fixing up,” as they
term it. This is not an unimportant matter;
dreary winter has few charms for the amateur—
her Verbenas are gone from the borders, her
Petunias from the mound; her delicate climbing
Manettia glabra has yielded; even the plebian
Morning Glory, which opens its bright and gaudy
corolla to the poor and rich, this, too, droops
and dies. Enjoyment is then to be sought in
rugged branches and tall towering trees, with
ever verdant foliage; in shrubs, whose leaf sys
tem withstands the change of the season, being
only removed by gradual and almost impercepti
ble instalments. Our needle-leaved trees are
the beauty of the pleasure-ground in the com
ing winter season. Remove, then, all the
gloomy remnants of decay and death; let not
November sun shine on your black and rotten
masses of leaves and litter; let the garden be
neat and clean, so that the owner may walk
therein with pleasure and gratification, without
lamenting the inevitable signs of the fulfillment
of another portion of his earthly sojourn.
[ Country Gentleman.
—
Ciietney Sauce. —The following recipe is fur
nished the Edgefield Advertiser by a gentleman
who is au fait in many things, and who ventures
to predict that every lady who tries it will like
it:
“ Take eight ounces of sharp Apples—pared
and cored ; the same weight of Salt, Tomatoes,
Raisins and Brown Sugar. Red Pepper and
Powdered Ginger, each four ounces, Garlick
and Escliallottes each two ounces.
Pound these ingredients separately in a mor
tar, mix them thoroughly; add three quarts of
vinegar and one quart of Lemon-juice. Place the
jar containing the composition, on a stove, or by
the side of a fire, in a heat not less than 130
deg. Fahrenheit. Stir twice a day for a month;
then strain it, but do not squeeze the residue
dry; bottle the liquor, which is an excellent
sauce for any kind of fish or meat, hot or cold.
A teaspoonful will impart a pleasant flavor to
any ragout, or be sufficient for a pint of broth.
The residue should be put into pots or jars;
it may be used in sauces or gravies; or may be
used like mustard with cold meat, being an ex
cellent ingredient for “ devils” either wet or dry.
It may be made very goocl with vinegar.”
New Tobacco.—The Petersburg Erpress of
the 10th says that a small parcel of new tobacco,
crop of 1859, was sold in the Dauville market
a day or two ago at $lO per hundred. This is
said to be the first new tobacco yet offered in
Virginia.
——
L Broom Corn.—An Illinois paper makes the
■nent: “ There is a field of broom
i in the vicinity of Rockford, 11-800
800 acres. The seed was plant
y, the corn being drilled in rows,
ches apart. The whole crop is
85 per ton. The crop this year
$20,000.”
——-■—-
To Cook tiie Vio Plant Fruit.—A most
competent judge of everything good sends us
two of the finest specimens of this vegetable
we have ever seen, and it with this
recipe for preparing the dis^;
“First, peal oft - the purple rind; then slice
crossways as when you fry sweet potatoes; then
soak two or three hours in felt and water;
grate over it several biscuits; ad& black pepper
to taste; beat up an egg and dip each slice in
it; then sprinkle with bread crumbs* fry, and
bring them in hot.”— Edgefield Advertiser.
, fruit culture.
With all die love of fruits possessed by man
kind since tie day that Eve tempted Adam with
an apple, it is a matter of surprise that but a
small per cAtage of the population of the earth
ever engagan the cultivation ot fruits, and yet
if, by an adiprsity of season, the main crop fails,
how a greaj lamentation is made over the loss,
and what eiorbitant prices will be paid at such
times for gjod fruit.
Aw' Ipt pateh of strawberries, 30 feet
square, J give a full supply of that delicious
fruit to a imily. On how many of the thou
sands of li mesteads can such patches be found?
The cost ft plants, manure, digging, hoeing and
weeding u to the ripening of the first crop,
would cos probably, less than $lO. The first
crop will, i a majority of cases, pay principal
and interei
Cherries mulberries, raspberries and black
berries, in pood situations, and with a little at
tention, raJiv ever fail. Apples, pears, peaches,
itc., by prol-r selections of localities, can bo had,
if not al warn in abundance, at least iu most years
iu sufficientV[iiattities for home use. The cli
mate and so| of our country are well adapted
for the cultif atitu of all fruits that usually flour
ish in temperate climates, and we have only to
take the nutter earnestly in hand, plant trees
and cultivate tljrni, when in a few years we shall
bo rewarded wf h an abundance of fruit.
To make a g>od beginning, .select your trees
from a reliable nursery, in your locality, if you
have such. Ytn will be quite likely to get what
you contract fok and may be sure that the trees
will be alive, r your nurseryman is posted up
in his business, le will not be slow in getting
new things tat are really valuable and
worthy of cult ation. Trees exposed for sale
in the market [laces, are not always reliable.
The practice of ,hus exposing trees for sale, is
a disadvantage J> the seller and buyer, and
should be disiuntenanced. Avoid travelling
agents, with tb|r portfolios of fruit done up in
the highest sty* of the art, so as to “ look as
large as life and wice as natural,” as you would
a viper, for you kill almost be sure to be “bit”
by them, unless .hey have the most undoubted
credentials andneferenees. — Rural Register.
The Lexingtki Flag says tnat pieces of sas
snfrus bark, put in with dried fruit, will keep
all insects away from it. The statement seems
highly probabley for the fragrance and essential
oil of this bark ire very offensive to these pests.
BW————
THE SOUTHERN TEACHER.
I'HE above is tie title of a Bi-Monthly journal of
. School anil Hu le Education, published at Montgo
mery, Ala, and edited by Prof. Vi\ S. Barton. The first
number gives evideicc of ability and good taste, and is
fully equal to any jmrnal of the kind at the North, and
superior to any Sotthem that has come under our no
tice. We heartily-( commend it, not only to teachers,
but to heads of families as containing subjects inter
esting to all classes—[NonfAem Star.
The name of Proflßurton is a guaranty for the success
of this enterprise, lie has long been known as a suc
cessful teacher, anti is the author of several school
books of high repul'. Bringing to the enterprise so
much experience and zeal, anil the assistance of a num
ber of contributors, tie journal will bo worthy of patro
nage— [Macon (Mils.) Star.
This periodical wil be one of great interest anil value,
not only to teaehers,but intelligent readersof ail classes.
—[ Clarion , Miss.
We wish and predfct for this important addition to our
educational literatim an extensive circulation anil wide
spread influence.— [tdbile Register.
It contains several very ably written articles.—[Cou
rant, Columbia, S. C.
It containsjvarious valuable papers of the class pecu
liarly suited to its pages.— [Montgomery Mail.
We know of no one better qualified to discant on the
wants ot our sectitoi, and inaugurate improvements in
our system of edudutiun.— [tiatette, Union Springs.
The age is in great rr>ed of a journal of this kind.—
[Selma Courier.
It is neatly gotten up, and commends itself to public
patronage. — [Alabama Beacon.
It will bean able co-worker in the cause of Education.
—[Central Alabamian.
It is edited with care and ability ; we trust the Teach
ers of the South will give it a hearty' support —[ Wis
consin Journal of Education.
We are prepared to expect a periodical of marked in
terest and excellence. — [Michigan Journal of Educa
tion.
We are much pleased with it, and hope it may be wide
ly circulated.— [North Carolina Journal of Education.
The initial number shows the ability of the editor to
furnish the teachers of the South with a valuable school
journal.— The Schoolmaster, R. I.
Terms: $1 00 per year, invariably in advance.
J3T" Single copies sent by mail, prepaid, for eight
postage stamps. 4t 0c22
AMERICAN GUANO
I ['BOM Barker and Jarvis’ Islands, in the Pacific.—
This valuable Fertilizer for sale, and Descriptive
Pamphlet furnished, on application, by
oc 22 3m R. F. URQUHART.
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, Chesterfields 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 fancy. Several
styles of Corsets and Hoop Skirts; Cruels of every
shade anil fine quality. Ladies’ Dress Caps, mourning
and fancy. Misses anil 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-81 GREEN STREET, AUGUST A
WS. has all the necessary Instruments for the
• business, and the medicines that he has used suc
cessfully in cases of Cholic, Sprains. Inflamation of the
Lungs, 'Bowels. Ac., Catarrhal Fever, Saddle Galls,
Wounds, and Pricks 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 of the cases, and will
furnish‘full 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. I).
CAPT. CAMPFIELD.
W. S. JONES. M. D.
W. 11. WHEELER, ESQ.
E. TWEEDY, ESQ.
oct9.
VALUABLE VARIETIES OF GRAIN
FOR SALE.
TURKISH Barley, large grain and very productive,
do Flint Wheat, do <ro do
Algerian do do do do
do Hard do do do do
Chilian White do do do do
Italian ilo 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 anv other and a great luxury to lovers of “Rye Bread.’ -
The above are the most productive and valuable varie
ties yet found. nDd arc regarded an acquisition to this
country—especially tho South anil should be grown by
every producer in the Southern States.
Delivered in strong sacks a* railroad depot near me, at
$5.00 per bushel. Address, I. JONES,
oc 1 2t nerndon, Burke Co.
WARREN COUNTY LAND FOR SALE.
THE undersigned, being desirous to change liis 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
better quality of land for either grain or Cotton in the
countv. The neighborhood is good, and Churches and
Schools convenient. A fine plat of Bermuda grass, ad
joining the horse lot, containing about 75 acres, that is al
most invaluable. My price is s6,ooo—one-third Cash ;
balance in two annual instalments.
tf JOHN M. HALL.
IMPORTANT TO PLANTERS.
THE RICHMOND FACTORY, Richmond county,
Ga., continues to manufacture WOOLEN CLOTH
at 12X cents per yard for plain, and 16 for twills—finding
every material except the wool. The extensive anu
constantly increasing patronage the Factory has enjoyed
for past years, assures the proprietors that the article of
Winter Clothing for negtoes, 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 bo 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 bv 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 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 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, out
Agents in Atignsta, Ga.
A. JOHNSTON, President Richmond Factory.
April 1, 1859. jelS ly
IMPORTANT TO TEACHERS.
A VALUABLE School property, very eligibly situ
ated, will be sold upon reasonable terms to a suitable
purchaser. .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. ts augO
BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
VI'KDICAL, School, Law, Religious and Miscellaneous
ItA Books, Stationery, Music, Perflimery and Fancy
Goods. For sale low, by WM. N. WHITE,
my2S Bookseller, Athens, Ga.
SOUTH CAROLINA INSTITUTE
FAIR.
fpO BE HELD in Charleston, November 15th, 1559.
X 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, Com, 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 day of November next,
directed to the i-are of Mr. THOMAS AIMAR, Clerk of
the South Carolina Institute, Charleston. Articles may
be sent after that day for exhibition only.
CoNTKinirTORS to Tun Fair are respectfully requested
to send full descriptions of the articles, and snch 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. auglß
IMPORTANT ARRANGEMENT
FOR 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 street,
Augusta, Ga.,
Who will sell at manufacturer's prices—$45 per Ton,
with shipping expanses added. augO
NATIONAL FERTILIZER.
WE would 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 ton of 2000 lhs.
CARMICHAEL A BEAN,
jy 23 8m Augusta, Ga.
FERTILIZER.
L.S. IIOYT S BONE SUPER-PIIOSPIIATE OF LIME
THE readers of the Field and Fireside, interested
in knowing the value of Fertilizers upon the exhaust
ed lands of the South, and especially the results when
applied to Cotton, are reminded that such application of
the above named Fertilizer has been made upon this
year’s crops as to test fairly its worth as compared with
Peruvian Guano, and the various other concentrated ma
nures, so generally used the past season.
Reports already received assure us that when the crops
are matured, we shall be able to give the buyers of Fer
tilizers such satisfactory proof of its real value as to in
sure other orders for the next season.
THUS. P. STOVALL A CO.,
Agents, and General Commission Merchants, No. 285
Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. ivßo ts
DOWNING HILL NURSERY.
THE subscribera 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.,
jo4-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 are uncommonly well grown, and cannot
fail to give satisfaction, anil the number and varieties
very extensive. Catalogues mailed free to all applicants.
Address P. J. BERCKMANS A CO.,
au2o 8m Augusta, Ga.
GRAPE ROOTS, CUTTINGS & WINES.
lAn nnn ROOTED VINES, of the following
lUU.UUU kinds or varieties:
So. Isabella, (aClaret Wine,) at $35 per thousand:
Mary Isabelle, “ “ 70 “ “
Warren or Herbcrmont,(Madcira) 50 “ “
Catawba (Hock,) 50 “ “
Pauline or Burgundy, (Hock,) 70 “ “
Lc Noir or Black July, (Port.) 60 “ “
White Scuppernong, (Muscat,! 100 “ “
By the 100 Roots, from $5 to sl2, as above rated.
300,000 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. McDONNALD, M. 0.,
oct 8-2amonts Woodard, S. C.
GARDENING FOB THE SOUTH.
THIS WORK, securo/y 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. my2S-tf
SOUTHERN GROWN FRUIT TREES
FOR SALE.
TnE subscribers offer a very fine lot of Fruit Trees,
all 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, Apricot*, 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,
wl lm Augusta, Ga.
NEW AND RICH PLANTATION FOR
SALE.
BFT WEEN four and five hundred acres of Land. All
good. 250 acres of first qnality bottom, 265 acres
cleared, under good fence, and in cultivation. Watered
, by two creeks, three or four springs and wells—both free
. stone and limestone; healthy. New buildings, Ac.
1 This place is six miles above Calhoun, County, Ga., and
one quarter of a mile from Rescaa depot, on'the West
ern and A. R. Road. Uncleared Land all heavily tim
bered, and convenient to the Railroad. For further par
ticulars, apply early to GEO. WM. YOUNG,
oc 15 Bra Resaca, Gordon Co., Ga.
PKOSPECTUS OP THE
SOUTHERN FIELD AND FIRESIDE,
A LITERARY AND AGRICULTURAL PAPER,
Published Weekly, in Augusta, Georgia.
Dr. D. LEE, Agricultural Editor.
W. W. MANN, Literary Editor.
WM. N. WHITE, Horticultural Editor.
Devoted to Agriculture, Literature, and Art It is in
quarto form of eight pages, 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 Fanners,
it will be more useful and acceptable to them than any
monthly journal of equal merit 1
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 Fanners, 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 arc 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. Daxixl Lite, 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. White, a skill
ful and experienced cultivator of fruits, flowers, and vege
tables—a writer of repute in these departments, and au
thor of that popular work, “ Gardening for the South."
The Literary Editor is Mr. W. W. Mann, of this
city, an accomplished writer, of fine taste, and scholarly
attainments, who, having retired from the active duties
of the legal profession, spent many years in Europe, and
was for several years the Paris Correspondent of the Na
tional Intelligencer and Southern Literary Messenger.
THE SOUTHERN FIELD AND FIRESIDE will
combine the useful and the agreeable. It will furnish
the Southern Farmer information useful in every field he
cultivates, and the Southern family choice literature, the
offspring of Southern intellect, worthy of welcome at
every fireside. It will be, in all respects, a first class pa
per —on a scale of expenditure more liberal than has yet
been attempted in the South, and designed to rival, in its
merits, the most distinguished of the North.
Terms— Txjco 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 Indies 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 of business generally,
Address, JAMES GARDNER.
Augusta, Oa., 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 deiurtinent, prompt,
industrious, truthful. In Its telegraphic arrangements,
its facilities are unsurpassed. They are, In all respects,
fully up to the requirements of the any.
The Constitutionalist belongs emphatically to the
school of State Rights and Strict Construction. Its prin
ciples are those of the Democratic Party, ns sot fbrth 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 ii. claims equality in the Union, or inde
pendence out of it.
A uniform, firm, and consistent course fur the thirty
seven years of its existence, is a guarantee of fidelity to
its principles.
Teems—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 Indelllble Inks; Letter, Note,and Wedding E
nvelopes; Port Folios; Ivory Tablets; W'riting 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 i 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. my2S-tf
PIANOS! PIANOS!
JUST received, and in store, an assortment of Piano
Fortes, from the justly celebrated manufactories of
Raven, Bacon & Co., llazelton Bros., A. H. Gales A Co.,
of 6X, and 7 octaves, varying in price from 1275 to
$450. These Instruments arc too well known through
out the whole country, to need any pulling. 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 BRO.,
Sole Agents for the above makers.
N. B.—A splendid assortment of Guitar*, Violins, Ac
cordeons, Flutes, and every article in the musical line,
always on hand. The stock of Printed Music on hand is
the largest in the State. my2B-tf
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,
Oi tafn Goods, Cornices, Window Shades, Ac. A frill
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 dc Lane. Lace and
Muslin Curtains, Cornices, Ac. Window shades In great
variety. CARPETS and Curtains made np PROPER
LY if required. Patronage respectftilly solicited.—
Terms cash, or city acceptance.
JAMES O. BAILIE A BROTHER,
205 Broad St., Augusta, Ga., or,
JAMES G. BAILIE,
auglS ts 24 King St, Charleston, 8. C.
DRY GOODS.
ROBERT ADORE a CO., 209 and 211 King Street,
Corner of Market, Chaelkston. 8. C.—W'e invite
attention to our extensive stock or 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.
Plains and Kkesets.
Brown and Bleached Sheetings and Shirtings;
Plaid Homespuns;
Plain and Striped Osnaburgs.
We would respectfully inform our friendsand the pub
lic generally, that we keep, at all times, one of the largest
stocks to lie found in the Southern Country, and confi
dently invite an examination of them, both as regards
styles and prices.
oct S-8m ROBERT ADOER A CO.