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184 becomes abundant. This majestic lily grows sometimes fully ten feet from the base of the stem to its apes. The flowers are proportional ly large. Its gigantic head of silver and purple flowers, so deliciously fragrant, will be conspicu ous objects, surpassing in grandeur, if not in brilliancy, the lovely Japan species and its varie ties. All lilies require a good deep loomy soil.— Plant three to five inches deep: vary the depth with the size of the bulb. The Japan varieties, put a foot apart in the bed. They need not be moved oftener than once in three or four years. Narcissus. —Several species of this genus are in our gardens under the names of Daffodils, Jonquils, white Narcissus and Polyanthus, and are deservedly favorites, from the earliness, fra grance and elegance of their flowers. They are all of tho earliest culture and blossom in Janu ary, February and March, hence a collection is very desirable. N—Pseudo Narcissus, the Daffodil is in several varieties, as the common double, double white petaled witli yellow cup, single with yellow petals and golden cup, one with three or four concentric cups. N. Liflesus —two flowered daffodil pale cream with yellow cup. The single, Great Yellow. The great yellow double, the last a large fine flowered variety commonly known as Butter and Kggs. N. Posticus. —Poets Narcissus, has snow white petals and a pale yellow cup with a red dish purple fringed border and is very sweet scented. A variety is double flowered, very de sirable. P. N. Jonquilla. The Jonquil is yellow, the cup deeper colored than the petals, and is both single and double. N. Odorus, the sweet Scent ed Jonquil bears four or five yellow flowers. N. Calathinus, Great Jonquil, is yellow and with odor rather too powerful to be agreeable. N. Bullicodium —Hoop Petticoat Narcissus, is in several varieties, as one pale citron, another deeper colored and of larger size, Ac. N. Tazette—Polyanthus Narcissus, flowers in April, and is the most tender of the genus. It produces splendid tresses of from six to twenty flowers, large and very sweet. The varieties are, the sulphur colored single and double, the pure white, the white and yellow, single and double, the yellow and orange—indeed tho Dutch have a hundred named varieties of this species, which is tho finest of the whole genus. This species is often, like the Ilyaciuth, flowered in glasses. A good Narcissus has strong, erect stems, regularity of form and disposition in the petals and nectars, distinctness and clearness of color, and when many flowered, the peduncles all of the same length and coming into flower at once. The Narcissus will grow in any good garden soil, and rapidly increaso by offsets. Plant three inches deep (the Polyanthus five inches) and every three or four years take up the clumps in October, divide and reset in fresh soil. (Loudon Breck.) ——«>» i^i [For the Southern Field and Fireside.] SULPHUR—A CURE FOR KUDEW. Norwalk, Oct. 14th, 1850. Mr. Editor : —I notice in your paper of the Bth instant, the use of sulphur recommended for Grapes, &c. It is good, yet I think there is a better way, particularly for the grape; which is to take tho sulphur in some vessel, over a pan of charcoal in the evening, and fumegate the vines—this will not only preserve the fruit from blight, but destroy tho insects that feed on the bloom. This has been my experience for sever al years ; though I have but few at present, yet hope to have more. I have not had one bunch of grapes injured from blight on the bloom, injured by the rose bug or other insect, and I believe so far as my experience goes, that it is effectual. It costs but little to make the trial. Yours Respectfully, Chas. F. Raymond. —- The Home of tiie Vineyard. —Prof. Christy, having spent the last three or four years in studying the questions connected with fruit and grape culture and wool growing, has selected his lands so as to include the altitudes and qual ity of soil best adapted to the purposes he has in view. It has been his object to find an alti tude and climate exempt from mildew and the rot of the grape, and where the late frosts of Spring and the early of Autumn would not de stroy the vintage. Judging from the statement of the Commercial below, we should say the Ib'fessor has certainly room for a fair vineyard and a sheep-walk besides. We have no doubt he will u aS ent to receive a few neighbors—and have them q e will. Grape and wool-growing are k be prominent interests in our country. Profesur C. may be addressed at Cin cinnati : Wool and lime.—lt > known to our readers that Prof. David Christy v, aa been fc- several years investigating the ques; on 0 f the adapta tion of the south-west Alleghany to the produc . tion of wool and grapes. The remits were so encouraging that he ventured the purchase of ten tnousand acres last year, which [he soon afterwards sold out at a small advance to some horticulturists of this city. UpOn examination of the lands these parties were very much pleased with their investment, and Vave gont t» work to stock it with fruit, vines and sheep. PnKq., the present season, has again been on the groxqd, and finding the soil much richer and more tuanising than he had supposed, has purchased abobvyo, 000 acres, and contracted for enough to make hlNLeep-walk equal to 100,000 acres, or about 15C miles. This amount of land equals 4 1-3 t°w)\hips of our Ohio sur veys. If the richness ot yv « o il, the advanta ges of wool-growing and and the healthiness of the climate arc represent ed by Prof. C. and others, this regiohLju inev . itably become at no distant day one oFsL most inviting fields of emigration. This purchase was, we understand, in ly western part of North Carolina. —[Fd. Strawberry Culture. —I am opposed to all stimulating manures for-(he Strawberry, or land over-enriclied, as some portions of the gardens are, but I have always preferred land in the best possible condition for a crop. Then apply a moderate coating of unleaclied ashes, lime and salt, say three bushels of ashes, one of lime and four or six quarts of salt, and if need be, prepar ed muck or leafmold or turf. Always keep them clean, and not only uniform large crops may be expected, but superior fruit, and all at a cost of less than fifty cents per bushel for the cultivation, as my own and other’s observations abundantly attest. If you mulch your bed with tan, the mulch will keep down the weeds near the plants. I would let runners grow, and in the fall take a fine rake and pull up the weak plants of the runners. This is cheaper than any plan of cutting off the runners, and does not in jure the plants. In setting plants, use the plants from the first end of the runners, as the roots are stronger than at the little end of the vine.[ — G. Pardee, in Cincinnati*. tmm mo in wmmnmm. WOMEN AND FLOWERS. Wo are not awate that any philosopher has yet undertaken to discuss the moral, sentimental, or chemical affinities between women and flow ers. Nor is it necessary that philosophers shall bother their brains on any such topic, seeing that the poets, who are better judges, have often found that flowers and womc-n are mutually illustrative of each other. There are many varieties of flowers, just as there are of women. Some flowers are beautiful merely to the eye and exhale no fragrance to the sense; so also there are some women of great personal beauty around whom is no aroma of virtue or sentiment.. Other flowers are exceed ingly beautiful and have delicious fragrance too reminding one of those rare women whose ex terior loveliness seems to be the natural reflec tion of the virtues that bcjewel their hearts.— Other flowers again are not at all beautiful to the eye, and yet they are full of the most exqui site odor. These remind us of those women of external plainness, whose minds are adorned with the gems of thought and sentiment, and whose hearts are tho homes of all those graces and elegances that live long after mere beauty of form and color has become dim and passed away. Thus we might run through the whole catalogue of flowers and find for them the most striking resemblance in the varieties of wo mankind. Woman was originally placed in the garden, and the garden even now seems to be a most appropriate place for her. She is always seen to advantage when she is seen extending en couragement to plants that are backward and directing the course which the more aspiring shall pursue. How sweetly she tends the sickly plant which droops its head beneath the noon day fervors, and while she gives it the sweet persuasion of sticks and props, and a cup of cold water, it seems grateful for her genial attentions, and seems to try to look fresh and cheerful once more! She scratches and loosens the earth around the stem, and takes therefrom every weed and blade of grass that would suck up its darling life-blood. Then again how desirously she teaches the climbing plants! How delicate ly she assists them in their upward efforts until step by step they reach tho topmost round of ambition’s ladder! What taste she exhibits in the mere arrangement of her plants! She may have a group here and a group there, but she more frequently rejoices in combinations of star ry-eyed beauties in which -di the colors of the rainbow shall successfully be displayed. It is true that some cold bDoded economists would say that a loveiy woman thus employed in mak ing her homa beautiful wastes her time, but the sulky fellow misfit with as much reason say that a woman cnm'oyed in developing and refining the highest sentiments of her nature is wasting her time Such emp.oyment of time is in the noblest sense profitable, and only she wastes her time who neglects the beautifying of her home in continual efforts to save a dime or to surplus dollars in the locker. —Louisville Journal. — i •■»■ -ii THE BEST WAY TO CURE BEANS. The butter-beau is a most valuable article of human food, and rarely sells at less than five dollars a bushel in New York and Boston. Our practice generally has been to thrash them with e flail, and to cure then, uch after the 'ollow ing plan, as described in the Boston Cultn t Out small second-growth trees, pine, grey, birch or lir, and trim tiie branches oil; leaving ‘hem about nine or tcu i'- hes long. The cal culations should be made to have the pole long enough for a stack, and allow two feet to go into'the ground, and have a space about a foot from the ground to where the first prongs come, so as to keep the beans from the ground. These can be placed in the field at convenient dis tances from each other. The process of stack ing is simple; begin by laying a small handful of beans into one of the lower prongs of tho pole, having the stalks or butts lay in the next the pole; thus laying one handful over tho other until it is complete; by this means the leaves come upon the outside of the stack, and make it impossible for the wet to penetrate, while the prongs keep them from settling down too close when in the stack. The advantages claimed by the author of tho article alluded to are, that “it is less trouble than any other; you can take your axe, and in an hour prepare poles enough to stack your whole field. Small shrub by trees are to be found near most of our homes, aud by leaving eight or ten inches of ♦’ « branches on the tree, there will be ueient prongs to form a complete stack. The beans, alter having remained upon the stack a short time, become settled together, aud are so closely fastened, that when they are sufficiently dry to be housed, cut the poles at the top of the ground, and load the whole stack at once. In this way beans do not shell, and they can be loaded in less time and with less trouble. They dry more thoroughly and more quickly. The wind has free circulation through them, and I have myself had beans stacked in this way out in wet and dull weather for three weeks at a time, and they have remained bright and with out moulding all the time. — VEGETABLE GARDENING—ITS PROFITS. Until very recently gardening here in the South has been looked upon as a business “that won’t pay.’ For owners of small farms, how ever, when suitably located, I know of no busi ness that will pay better. I know such a vege table farm of ‘ fifty acres,’’ situated six miles from New York, which, in spite of an immense competition and consequently low prices, will clear “nine thousand a year free of all expense.'” The Middle and Southern States bordering on the Atlautic, are now deriving large profits on raising and shipping early fruits and vegetables to the Northern markets. One freight train, for instance, from Baltimore and Philadelphia, brought about two thousand bushels of Straw berries to the latter city on June 7th; the sea port of Norfolk, Va., is shipping early fruits and >getables, especially to New York, during the |"Slh of May, June and July to the amount of and other places, as Charleston and ._avan\h a ro exporting these articles in pro portion. \Dii[ they have to contend with a heavy cc * m 'Ndtion from the Bermuda Islands. One of tho\^s t openings, however, in horti culture, is nowXfcring itself in the Southwest ern part of the All points situated on the great railroad nV SOO n finished from New Orleans to Memphis, aud farther uonli and all places conveuienWo the steamboat navi gation on the Mississippi, find the raising of early vegetables very pr& ta bi e . Early vegetables, so easilyVfised in our fa vorable Southern climate, can oWofitably ship ped to St. Louis or even CbicaWv at present probably the best market in the Uk(pn for early garden products. Tomatoes, for iriHance, sold by the first of August, as high as $7 Vr box of three pecks. This can unquestionably Word to bear expenses; and as they can be picked Wore fully ripe, there is no difficulty in shipping f\em. Cincinnati will soon get its early supply of strawberries from Mississippi and Louisian*. Asparagus, ’ tiglish Peas, Snap Beans, Egg- Plants, Okra, Incumbers, Squashes. Lima Beans, Onions, will ] ly well, while Turnips, Cabbage and others to voluminous in proportion to their value, may o it too much freight to be profita ble for a disk it market, except where the ship ping can con eniently be effected by steamboats. To obtain le full profits of vegetable garden ing, howevei the soil must be thoroughly and properly pre] »red, for an inferior crop will never pay.—[ Cotto Planter and Soil. ——«=*»• 4** Dwarf P ars.—We understand that Mr. Pinney, of C irkson N. Y., has Louise Bonne de Jersey pear rees, on the quince, seven years from plantin some of which produce this sea son three ba els each. He estimates his crop of Louise Bo ne at three hundred bushels. He asks $6 ab! rel for them. Mr. P. has embark ed extensivel in the culture of dwarf pears; and we are glad o hear that he is so well satisfied with the resu s cn the whole, that he is about to set out mote 'rees. He thinks the Louise Bonne de Jersly <ne of the most profitable varie ■MMIWIMIII 111 I | t lW——tllH— -137" C II«RO K K E INSTITUTE.—WeII qualified male nndfemale assistants wanted for the next year. Apply earli to S. FOUCHE, oc‘29 4t Principal and Proprietor, Rome, Ga. NOTICE TO lARMERS & PLANTERS. riMIERK Is greattdemand for a strong and permanent JL “ Fertilizer,” lid experience of late years has prov en the inefficienci of imported manures for securing crops end renovatig soils. To meet the wants of the times, and give to Exhausted lands of the Atlantic and Gulf countries, a superior fertilizer at moderate cost, we have pleasure!n calling attention to the valuable compound made at} he Highlands. New Jersey, and en titled the “NATpNAL FERTILIZER." suited to staples of every setion. It is composed of fresh bones, finely ground, and thor ougly dissolved bypulphuric Acid, thus affording food in ready form for asstiilation to plant With these as con stituting the basis hr Phosphate of Lime, are then also commingled large [proportions of Marine Fish, King Crabs, and other cifstacea, yielding the properties Am monia—as de[xisit*l by birds of the Guano Islands. To prevent escape of sis volatile element, a modicum of Green Shell Marl iiised. By virtue of this the ammonia resulting from decanposed fish, is at once fixed and laid dormant, till by nafiral process it is set free, and grad ually absorbed’ by vegetation as it progresses. With three important esstntials, Potash and Soda, as combined with soluble Silica, lire chemically manipulated, and the entire mass is ultimately made fine, dry. and immediate ly applicable to sjl. The “ National Fertilizer,” as shown in Circulars, s so compounded by change of these and other valued injredionts, as to be suited in diversi ties to any particular staple of tho United States. The Company's Works a«d Fisheries are very extensive, and though their enterprise is but recently started, they have a large and growing trade. They manufacture one Fer tilizer for the Cereal ' .rains. Cotton, Vegetables, Ac., and another specifically for Tobacco, and another for Sugar Cane ; thus giving lo plants those aliments peculiarly ndapted to them, nnd which, by rotation of crops, they are known to extract constantly from the land. Analy ses and certificates ettablish the results of this manure. It Is 30 percent less tost per ton than Peruvian Guano, but requires heavier application as a sure and lasting ren ovator. The National Fertilizer fulfils the two-fold ob ject of being stinmllnt to growth, and invigorator to soil. Mode of use : broadcast sowing—drilling—or de|>osit ing in hills. It pojsosses but half the moisture of Guano, and suffers less deterioration by carriage. Price S4O per Ton. of 2000 Ids, but up in strong bags of 200 pounds each, cr in new barrels, al l stamped with Company’s b ml, ani si ipped to any ler in the United States. Agc,.i« established in all the .ies. A fair trial, with discreet and liberal attenti< i., is solicited. LEW > 1 H ATCH. Agent, Charleston. S. C WELi Nil 'SON » oh CATE ILL ...MS, oo2! \ IHE SOUTHERN TEA*. Civil I.' above U .i;i., <,% ft Ri.MontMv .urnal of A School and Home Education, publir drt Montgo mery, Ala, and edited by Prof. W. S. Barton le first number gives evidence of ability and good ta. c and is fully equal to any' journal us the kind at the North, and superior to any Southern that has come under our no tice. We heartily recommend it, not only to teachers, but to heads of families as containing subjects inter esting to all classes. —[Southern Star. # The name of Prof. Barton is a guaranty for the success of this enterprise. He has long been known as a suc cessful teacher, and is the author of several school books of high repute. Bringing to the enterprise so much experience and zeal, anil the assistance of a num ber of contributors, the journal will be worthy of patro nage.—[Macon (Miss.) Star. This periodical will be one of great interest and value, not only to teachers, but intelligent readers of all classes. — [Clarion, Miss. We wish and predict for this important addition to our educational literature an extensive circulation and wide spread influence. — [Mobile Register. It contains several very ably written articles.—[Cou rant, Columbia, & C. It contains.various valuable papers of the class pecu liarly suited to its pages.— [Montgomery Mail. We know of no one better qualified to discant on the wantsol our section, nd inaugurate improvements in our system of education. — [Gazette, Union Springs. The age is in great need of a journal of this kind. — [Selma Courier. It is neatly gotten np, and commends Itself to public patronage. —[Alabama Beacon. It will be an 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 $1 00 per year, invariably in advance. Single copies sent by mail, prepaid, for eight postage stamps. 4t 0c22 ~ AMERICAN GUANO, I M’.OM Barker and Jarvis’ Islands, in the Pacific. — 1’ This valuable Fertilizer for sale, and Descriptive Pamphlet furnished, on application, by oc 22 3m K, F. ÜBQUHAKT. BONNETS. MBS. M. TWEEDY having returned from New A'ork, is now opening the latest styles of Fall and Winter Goods, consisting in part of every variety of Bonnets, Misses' Hats, Raglans, Chesterfields and Cloaks, Boys’ and Babies’ Lace Velvet and Glenngarry Caps, La dies’ Cloth and Vel vet 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 and fine quality. Ladies’ Dress Caps, mourning 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 tracing 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 oets w. sandifba, VETEEINABIAN —SI GREEN STREET, AUGUSTA. W. S. has all the necessary Instruments for the • business, and the medicines that he hap used suc cessfully in cases of Cholic, Sprains. Inflamation of the Lungs, Bowels, Ac., Catarrhal lever. Saddle Galls, Wounds, and Prieks in the Feet, Thrush and Canker. p $ _\v 8 can prepare at five minute s notice, for gentlemen living in the country, any of the above medi cines, l>y their statin? symptoms of the cases, and will furnish’full inaametidns forgiving and using the same. Refers by permission, to HENRY F. CAMPBELL. M. D. ROBERT CAMPBELL, M. D. . J. WHEELEIi, ESQ. F. CARTER, M. D. CAPT. CAMPFIELD. W. 8. JONES. M. D. W. H. WHEELER, ESQ. K. TWEEDY, ESQ. octS. WARREN COUNTY LAND FOR SALE. THE undersigned. being Jesirous to change his busi ness. offers 842 acres of land for sale, whereon he lives, T 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 county. The neighborhood is good, and Churches and Schools convenient A fine plat of Bermuda grass, ad joining the horse lot, containing about T 5 acres, that is al most invaluable. My price is SO,OO0 —one-third Cash ; balance in two annual instalments. se24 ts JOHN M. H ALL. IMPORTANT TO PLANTERS. THE RICHMOND FACTORT, Richmond county, Ga., continues to manufacture WOOLEN CLOTH at 12J{ 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 the 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 sendhs wool to he 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 dejiot, 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, our Agents in Augusta, Ga. A. JOHNSTON, President Richmond Factory. April 1,1559. 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 aug6 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. SOUTH CAROLINA INSTITUTE FAIR. rpo BE HELD in Charleston, November 15th, 1559. JL 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, S. 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 for Premiums, must be sent in on or before Friday, the eleventh day 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. augl3 IMPORTANT ARRANGEMENT FOR PLANTERS PURCHASING MANURES. RHODES’ SUPER PHOSPHATE—The Standard Manure for Cotton, Corn, Wheat, and Tobncco Cul ture, besides all root crocs. This celebrated and Standard Manure, which Is fully warranted and sold under a Legal Guarantee, can be hail of J. A. ANSLEY A CO., Agents for Manufacturers, ot No. 800 Broad street, . Augusta, Ga., Who will sell at manufacturer’s prices—$45 per Ton, with shipping expanses added. aug6 NATIONAL FERTILIZER. JY. would call the attention of Planters ar.d Fanners V to this most excellent Fertilizer. An artie' »< posed of MARL, FISH, AND BONE-DUST—It lasting in its effects than Guano, and is well a a lirat. Swnd and get pamphlets containing the which will be sent jn-omptly by the Agents. Price of the Fertilizer $45 & ton of 2000 lbs. CARMICHAEL & BEAN, jj 23 3m Augusta, Ga. FERTILIZER. L. S. HOYT’S BONE SUPEK-PHOSPHA’I F. OF LIME r |'MIE readers of the Field and Fireside interested JL In knowing the value of Fertilizers uiKin 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 fuirly Its worth as compared with Peruvian Guano, and the various other concentrated ma nures, so generally used the past season. Re[K>rts already received assure us that when the crops are matured, we shall he 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. TUGS. P. STOVALL A CO., Agents, and General Commission Merchants, No. 255 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga ivSO ts DOWNING HILL NURSERY. THE subscribers beg leave to call the attention of the public to their large collection of Southern rain'd 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. 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, nnd cannot fail to give satisfaction, and the number and varieties verv extensive. Catalogues mailed free to all applicants. Address P. J. BERCKMANS A CO.. au2o 8m Augusta, Ga. GRAPE ROOTS, CUTTINGS & WINER 100 000 kITo E rvJe« N ef : 9 ’ ° f f ° lloW,nß So. Isabella, (aClaret Wine,) at $35 per thousand; Mary Isabelle, “ “ 70 “ “ Warren or llerbermont,(Madeira) 50 “ “ Catawba (Hock,) 50 “ “ Pauline or Burgundy, (Hock,) 70 “ “ Le Noir or Black July, (Port,) 60 •* “ i White Sciippernong. (Muscat,) 100 “ “ By the 100 Roots, from $5 to sl2, as above np"!' . 800,000 Cuttings, of the above kinds. *° P cr thousand. 5.000 gallons of Wine, of thejdrW® mentioned Grapes, by the cask or pipe—new ywTTfS’. , T . Address JAMES «W. McDONN ALD, M. I)., oct 8-2amonta Woodward, S, C, GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. I'plllS WORK, securely enveloped, will be sent by J_ 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, 1559. my2B-tf SOUTHERN GROWN FRUIT TREES FOR SALE. TIIE subscribers offer a venr fine lot of Fruit Trees, all of this year's growth, for Bale. 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, lm Augusta, Ga. NEW AND RICH PLANTATION FOR SALE. BFTWEEN four and five hundred acres of Land. All good 250 acres of first quality 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. This place is six miles above Calhoun, County, Ga., and one quarter of a mile from Reseaa 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 GKO. WM. YOUNG, oc 15 8m liesaca, Oordon Co., Ga. j) 23 3m PROSPECTUS OF 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. W T M. 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 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 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 Editoris 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 Corresjiondent 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 — 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 tße 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 of business generally, Address, JAMES GARDNER. Augusta, Oa., May, 1859. POLITICS, COMMERCE, NEWS. THE CONSTITUTIONALIST is published, Daily, Tri-Weekly, and Weekly, in Augusta, Ga. In politics, it is Dem .vatic. In its spirit and aims, Conservati In Its commercial tables and statements, irate and reliable. In its news department, prompt, ui. In its telegraphic arrangements, r i‘-*od. They are, in all respects, mlreui 01 the day belongs einph at ally to the Construction. Itsprin rai >c Party, as set forth by at Cincinnati. It Is the advo _.gnty of the States and the union of the States; but not one w i.hout 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 exlstenc is a guarantee of fidelity to Its principles. Terms— Oailv. $6 00 Tri-Weekl 4 00 Weekly 2 00 Cash., invariably in advance. Paper stopped at the end of the time paid for. JAMES GARDNER, Proprietor. Augusta,.Gt. GEO. A. OATES & BROTHER. BROAD-STREET, (between the IT. 8. and Globe I 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 Wedding En velopes; Port Folios; Ivory Tablets; Writing Desks; Backgammon Boards; Dominoes; Playing, Vißltlng 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 fine Line Engravings and Lithrographs. ear Mo« ks 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. 11. Gales A Cot of 6 %, 6%, and 7 octaves, varying in price from s27* to $450. These Instruments arc too well known o“ ou £n' 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, lee cry Instrument warranted as represented. GEO. OATES A BRO., Sole Agents for the above makers. N. B.—A splendid as»->'tment of Guitars, Violins, Ac cordeons, Flutes, s* J every article in the musical line, always on hand ’ The stock of Printed Music on hand is the largest ** the State. my2B-tf NEW CARPET STORE. I AMES G. BAILIE A BROTHER, direct importers fl 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 Engiish Velvet Carpeting, rich colors and new de signs. A full lino English Brussels Carpeting, embrac ing the best and newest patterns manufactured. A full line three-ply Ingrain and Venetian Carpetting. A frill 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, anglß ts 24 King St, Charleston, 8. C. DRY GOODS. ROBERT ADGER A CO., 209 and 211 King Street, Corner of Market, Charleston. 8. C.—We invite attention to our extensive stoclc of OOODS, suitable for Family and Plantation purposes, comprising— Rich Dress Silks; Rich Silk Robes; Silk Robes and 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 Chintzs; 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 Kerrevs. Brown and Bleached Sheetings and Shirtings; Plaid Homespuns; Plain and Striped Osnaburgs. We would respectfiilly inform our friends and the pub lic generally, that we keep, at all times, one of the largest stocks to be found in the Southern Country, and confi dently invite an examination of them, both as regards styles and prices. oct 8-3 m ROBERT ADGER A CO.