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192 HORTICULTURAL. WM. N. WHITE, Editor. SATURDAY, NOV. 5, 1859. .OPERATIONS FOR NOVEMBER Kitchen Garden.— Most of the directions giv en for last month, will apply to the early part of the present one. Radishes, Farsley. Spinach, Lettuce, Broad Beans and Asparagus, may still be sown. The main crop of Onions, black seed and buttons, should be put in at once or delayed until February. A few early Peas may now be planted. New plantations of Artichokes, As paragus, Rhubarb, Sea Kale, and other peren nials should be made. Gather all crops liable V suffer from frost. Cabbages are best preserved by taking them up the last of the month and re planting close together on the nortk.eide of a fence or building. Lay over them a loose rrof of a few plank or pino boughs, sufficient to them from the sun. Frost will not injure them, unless the sun strikes them while fro.«n. Con tinue to earth up Celery in dry weeper. Prepare a good supply of co^P 031 ® for spring use, and to this end save alimlling leaves and litter of ever}- description- This is the best month for all operates upon ground, such as terracing, trenctmg, laying out, &c. In trenching for a garden, reserve the best soil for the si Liace - Most crops do not thrive on the stiff subsoil that is thrown up, which general'/ requires a large addition of carbona ceou, matters before it becomes suitable for gar d«i products. Remove the haulm from Aspar agus beds, manure them, and dig out the soil from the alleys, and throw over the beds, to pro tect the roots from frost. Early in the Spring throw the earth back into the alleys and fork in the manure among the roots, and you will find the crop considerably hastened. Fruit Garden. —Gather Pears and Apples still on the trees. Immediately after the first killing frost, the sooner you plant out fruit trees, of all kinds, the bettor. Directions for preparing the soil were given last month, which see. Better delay planting a little, if need be, to have the ground well prepared. Plant out cuttings of all kinds, such as the Vine, Quince, Ac., the last of the month. Quince cuttings in good soil will generally make better stocks for pears next sea son, than the rooted ones brought from the North. Strawberry plantations may still bo made. It is also the best month for planting out the Rasp berry. The American Red, Black Cap, and espe cially the Catawissa, succeed best in our climate. Seeds of all kinds of fruit trees should now be planted. Clear the fruit garden from all rubbish. — Commence pruning fruit trees and the vine, as soon as the leaves fall. Remove the earth from the collar of your peach trees to expose the bo rer. Look for him wherever gum exudes, and remove him by digging out with a knife, or by applying boiling water, which will kill the worm, but not the tree. * Leave the collar exposed for a time, and look over the trees again in two or three weeks, to be sure you have entirely de 4troyed them. Many leave their trees thus un it spring, believing the period of bloom is thus retarded, the borer destroyed, and the tree itself not injured. Remove also the earth at the foot of each vine to the depth of ten inches, and cut off all the surface roots that have formed in summer. You may even go down to the roots which start at the base of the original cutting. The surface roots being removed, the lower ones are less af fected by atmospheric influences, and the vine does not start so early in the spring, and is less likely to suffer from spring frosts. * Manure well, both orchard and cursery. ad ding lime, ashes and bones, or bone dust to the compost. Pear trees, especially those on the quince, it is useless to plant, unless you are wil ling to feed them. Be liberal in'this respect, and ■nothing will give you more satisfaction. Ma nure now applied, is dissolved and sinks into the soil with the winter rains, where it is imme diately taken up by the roots, and the effect will be seen at once in the season of growth. Scions for grafting, of all kinds, may now be cut, and kept in covered tin boxes, or glass jars well corked, until needed for grafting. Put them up dry and keep them in a cool place. Protect Figs by a cover of green pine boughs, or lay down the stems under the soil, and the first crop will be saved. Flower Garden —Carry out ail litter and de cayed leaves, as they fall, and add to the compost heap. Collect all stakes and rods used for sup ports, tie iu bundles, and put under cover for next season. This is a busy month for the flor ist. Finish planting out bulbs of all kinds, at once. Sow the seeds of Coreopsis, Centaurea, Col liasia, Rocket and Perenial Larkspur, Chinese Pinks, Ervnimum, Eucharidium, Gilias Gode tias, Candytufts, Nemophilas, Pansies, Holly hocks, Wallflowers, Daisies and Polyanthus, as ..they will flower better if sown now, than if de layed until spring. Remove at once from the open ground, and place hv. frames, pits, or the green-house what ever you preserved of bedding or tender plants, still gtwing in the open air, such as Alutilons, Cestrhqig, Heliotropes, Loutanas, Sal vias, Scarlet GerattVums, Halrothanmus, Aloy nas,[&c., to use for theWno purpose another sea son. \ Pot and keep in the or two of each of your choice Verbenas, tlintVm may still have a stock, should a hard winter destroy those you leave in the open ground. Do thnkat once. Let Dahlias remain in the days after their tops are cut down by frost, then take up their roots on a dry day, label carefuhy and store them in a dry place, free from frost. dioles, Tigridias, Sulveroses, take up, label, arkj preserve away from frost, in boxes of dry sand. tm'e somnßns&s vxasXtß in m&mzim. This is the proper time for improving a new piace, or remodeling the grounds of an old one. j For everything but evergreens, which do better i in spring, it is the season to transplant; and it is ; also the very best month for seeding lawns. All ; through upper Georgia, blue-gtnss succeeds per -1 fectly. if lime or ashes dust are'applied, I and a slight top dressing of manure is annually j given. By all mcays have a lawn; and if blue i grass will not sufficed, Bermuda is better than ' none. / PerenialJ&ordw flowers, Dicentras, Phloxes, ChrysanlKemuara, (after blooming,) Ac., may now be sathy divided. All of them thrive bet ' terif takfU up, parted, and replanted in fresh soil, ana many kinds perish entirely if kept in the 3<me place over two or three years. Cuttings of Roses, Pyrocanth and all orna mental shrubs thus propogated, should now be set out, it being the best season for the purpose ) while the earth is still warm and the atmosphere cool. Some half-hardy plants winter perfectly well out of doors, if the roots and collar by a few inches of fitter, tan, or light earth, to bo removed when the spring opens. Attend to all plants in pots, water gently when ' they really need it, and then only. —— -mm- REARING ORCHADISTS. To have model orchadists, we must adopt the rule which prevails as to the orchard; that is, we must begin with very young plants. We should be very careful to relieve the character of any fruit from imputations of sevilo wrath and juvenile stone-bruises; for these, being the‘Tun of the thing,” enter so largely into its flavor, as materially to impair the nice discrimination in matters of taste which it is our business to cul tivate. Children of all ages have a strange propensity to injure fruit trees, especially in respect to knock ing the bark off. True, they have herein not only the illustrious example of Washington, but the published precepts of certain more modern cultivators. As it is probable, however that a tree is a little better oft' for its bark, especially in a rabbit country, a due regard should be had to this in the rearing of our young nursery man. A child (of any age) that “ chunks” a tree, should be taught, on the spot by a twigular ap plication of “ lex talionis” that the tree can hurt back. There is, however, very little difficulty In es tablishing a mutual goad understanding between a child and a fruit tree. The foundations of it are laid deep in the nature of things, and they will not disappoint the generous care that judi ciously builds thereon. Give the child a tree. Let it be a marvel of its kind for thrift, beauty and productiveness.— Guard it like Argus; let him perform every manual operation conducive to its welfare; and do you see that nothing is neglected that shall insure the earliest success—for early success is a life-long stimulant. Theu, if you shall fail to see a development in the boy’s mental and physical natura, commensurate with the care and expense, you still have in reserve the pop-gun and the poney, the plantation and hands, the idleness and isolation to which his nature condemns and qual ifies him. It sometimes seems as though there was no place for the moiety of the rising generation.— The professions crowded ad nauseam ; the gov ernmental offices beyond an honest man’s hope, or a decent man’s desire; and daily labor under our Southern sun, a condition to which no father would condemn his child, if he could help it; yet, if one were called upon to select an entirely new business, on which to predicate the future of his offspring, I don’t know of one to which he should more seriously incline than that which both the soil and climate as well as taste and temper concur to make the most delightful, and which the want, alone, of proper knowledge and early training fails to make the most profitable —I mean, of course, fruit raising. Isn’t it time to raise Fruit Raisers ? Southern Cultivator. WHEN TO PRUNE. It is now generally known that tho old theo ry of the circulation of the sap, through the sets of vessels, analogous to the arteries and veins in animals, has been totally exploded by the more accurate investigations of the microscope, and the profound researches of modem philosophers. Instead of a vascular system which was sup posed to carry on the circulation of the juices, for the nourishment and growth of the tree, it is found that the entire vital and active portions of all plants are made up of cups, performing different functions in the vegetable economy.— The first rudim nt of a plant being a single cells out of which, or in which, from the absorption of nourishment through its walls, are formed now and additional cells, which constitute the whole of the plant, be it ever so majestic, and what may seem surprising and curious to those who have not investigated tho subject, every perfect cell in the plant, placed under favorable circum stances. is capable of being developed into a bud, a branch, or perfect tree. In all trees belonging to the class of Exogeus, the growth and enlargement is formed on the outer surface, by the production of a new series* of cells annually, after which the older cells, which form the growth of previous years, be come gradually broken up, and hardened into woody layers, constituting the concentric circles of which all trees of this class are composed. The cells of tho last year’s growth, there fore. may be regarded as the only vital portion of the plant, which is upheld and supported in its position by the inner old wood, like the Vir ginia creeper—ampelopsis quinquefolia—by the dead trank of an old tree. These newly formed cells, are divided into two layers, forming the inner bark and tho outer sap-wood. In autumn and during the winter, these cells are plethoric with the nourishment laid up in store, awaiting the vivifying effects of a vernal sun to awaken from their slumber and give birth to another generation of similar cells, developing the buds, leaves and flowers. Now let us observo the consequences of cut ting oft' a limb in winter or spring, before the cells have exhausted their store of starch, gum, sugar and gluten, in the expansion of leaves and flowers, and in the extension ot branches. Every cell, surrounding the base of the branch that is cut away, whose store was laid up for the growth of that branch, forms a bud and bursts through tho bark in the form of what is • termed water-sprouts whereas, if the pruning is omitted till mid-summer; when the contents of these cells have become exhausted by the protrusion of buds, leaves, and young branches, and are beginning to decay, as it were, branch es may then be cut away with no injury to the tree. No water-sprouts will follow the opera tion, and the filling up of the new cells by the full growth, incorrectly ascribed to the descend ing sap, will go far toward healing over the wound, if not too large. This deposit, taking place so soon after pruning, and at a season usually dry, there will lie little exposure of the stump, which becomes so condensed that no decay ensues until healed over. The same principles that apply to pruning, should also be in the removal of suck ers from the roots around the trunks of trees. When grubbed off in spring, they are followed by a multiplication of the number in summer; but if carefully removed in July, or early in August, they rarely return. The almost universal practice of pruning in the winter or spr ; n< founded on the supposition t .. . • ‘SMakwi mant at this season, and would not feel the effects of the amputating knife. It is true that trees may be said to slumber, but if these branches be lopped off during that slumber, they awaken in. spring with a sort of vengeful effort to restore the am putated part, by throwing out a multiplicity of sprouts to repair the loss. A less philosophical argument perhaps, for pruning at this improper season, may be urged from the greater freedom from other more pressing occupations in winter and spring.— [Communication 'of Dr. S. Mosher to the Cincinnati Horticultural Society, 1859. Fixe Catawba Wixe.. —We aro under obli gations to Mr. A. B. Sprinkle, of Marion for a bottle of very fine Catawba wine, manufactured by himself, and the product of his own garden. From nino vines, we learn, he manufactured one hundred and forty gallons, which is worth, when bottled, six dollars per gallon. The specimen ho has sent is pronounced excellent by those who are capable of judging. The soil and cli mate of South Western Virginia are peculiarly adapted to the growth of the grape, and tho time, we imagine, is not very distant when wine is to become one of our great staples. The south sides of our mountaius and hills would, if plant ed with vines, yield a larger profit for the labor than our bottoms and plains do from cereals.— Lieut. Jones, of this county, we understand, has planted a vineyard and is preparing extensively to manufacture wine.— [Abingdon Virginian. — i■ i mm Augusta Colton Market. Nov. 4th.—Holders are firm for the higher grades, but market rather easy for lower qualities. Receipts, yes terday, 2,017 bales. Prices range from 10X toll cents. Z3?~ CHEROKEE INSTITUTE.— WeII qualified male and female assistants wanted for the next year. Apply early, to 9. FOUCHE, oc 29 4t Principal and Proprietor, P.omo, Ga. MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL. MALE AND FEMALE, WILL commence the Spring Session of ISfiO, on the second Tuesday in January, under the direction of an efficient corps of Teachers, In" all tho departments of a thorough Education. Board and Instruction in the Literary Department will cost from $l2O to $l4O. Music and Ornamental Depart ment, Extra. For particulars, address, A. S, FRANKLIN, A. M., Principal. nos Monticello, Ga. NOTICE TO FARMERS & PLANTERS. TJAIIEUE is great demand for a strong and permanent A “ Fertilizer,” and experience of late years has prov en the inefficiency of imported manures for sectring crops and renovating 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 havo pleasure in calling attention to tho valuable compound made at the Highlands. New Jersey, and en titled the “NATIONAL FERTILIZER'’ suited to staples of eveiy section. It is composed of fresh bones, finely ground, and tbor ougly dissolved by Sulphuric Acid, thusaflbrding food in ready form for assimilation to plant With tiles,, osuon stltuting the basis for Phosphate of Lime, are then also commingled large proportions of Marine Fish, King Crabs, and other erlistaeea, yielding the properties Am monia—as deposited by birds of the Guano Islands. To prevent escape of this volatile element, a modicum of Green Shell Marl Is ssed. By virtue of this the ammonia resulting from decoui|>osed fish, is at once fixed and laid dormant, till by natural process it is set free, and grad ually absorbed" by vegetation as it progresses. With three important esscitials, Potash and Soda, as combined with soluble Silica, are chemically manipulated, and the entire mass Is ultimately made fine, dry, and immediate ly applicable to soil. The “ National Fertilizer,” as shown in Circulars, it so compounded by change of these and other valued ingredients, ns to be suited in diversi ties to any particular staple of the United States. The Company's Works aid Fisheries are very extensive, and though their enterprise is but recently starteiLthey have a large and growing trade. They manufacture one Fer tilizer for the Cereal Grains, Cotton, Vegetables. Ac., and another specifically (or Tobacco, and another»for Sugar Cane ; thus giving to plants those aliments peculiarly adapted to them, and which, hv rotation of crops, they are known to extract constantly from the land. Analy ses and certificates establish 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 stimulant to growth, and invigorator to soil. Mode of use: broadcast sowing—drilling—or deposit ing in hills. It possesses but half the moisture of Guano, and suffers less deterioration by carriage. Price S4O per Ton. of 2000 lbs, but up in strong bags of 200 pounds each, or in new barrels, all stamped with Company's brand, and shipped to any order in the United States. Agents established In all the cities. A fair trial, with discreet and liberal attention, is solicited. CARMICHAEL A BEAN, Agents, Augusta, Oa. LEWIS M. HATCH. Agent,Charleston, B.C. WELLS A ANDERSON, Agents, Columbia. S. C. OATES A WILLIAMS, “ Charlotte, N. C. 0c29 ts WARREN COUNTY LAND FOR SALE. THE undersigned, being desirous to change his busi ness, offers SI2 acres of land for sale, whereon he lives, 7 miles West of Wnrrenton. There are about 450 acres in astate of cultivation, and has agrist mill, withl 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 joiningthe horse lot, containingabout7sacres, that is al most invaluable. My price is s6,ooo—one-third Cash ; balance in two annual instalments. se24 ts -JOHN M. HALL. AMERICAN GUANO, I'MtOM Barker and Jarvis’ Islands, in the Pacific.— This valuable Fertilizer for sale, and Descriptive Pamphlet furnished, on application, by oc 22 8m R. F. tTRQUHABT. W. SANDIFER, VETERINARIAN—SI GREEN STREET, AUGUSTA. WS. has all the necessary Instruments for the • business, and the medicines that he has used suc cessfully incases of Cholic, Sprains, Intlamation of the Lungs, Bowels, Ac., Catarrhal Fever, Saddle Galls, Wounds, and Pricks in the Feet, Thrnsh and Canker. P. S;—W. 8. 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. I>. J. WHEELER. ESQ. F. CARTER, M. D. CAPT. CAMPFIELD. W. S. JONES. M. D. W. 11. WHEELER. ESQ. E. TWEEDY, ESQ. octS. BONNETS. MRS. M. TWEEDY having rotumed 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 Gienngarry Caps, La dies’ Cloth and Velvet Cloaks. Every stvlc of Head Pins, Bugle and Plain Head nets and Head Dresses, both mourning and fancy. Several styles of Corsets and Hoop Skirts; Crnels 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 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 oc!s 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 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 send ns 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 mnehinery. The"name of the owner should be marked upon every package sent. Wool sent by railroads in Georgia, Alabama, Tennes see, or South Carolina, to the Augusta depot, with tho 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 1,1859. JelS ly BOOKS AND STATIONERY, AfEDICAL, School, Law, Religions and Miscellaneous It! Books, Stationery, Music, Perfumery and Fancy Goods. For sale low, by WM. N. WHITE, my2S Bookseller, Athens, Ga. SOUTH CAROLINA INSTITUTE FAIR. '■po BE HELD in Charleston, November 15th, 1859. 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, 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, Tobaoco, 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 tub Fair are respectfully requested to send full descriptions of the articles, and snen 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, Corn, 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 hail 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. aug6 NATIONAL FERTILIZER. WE would call the attention of Planters and Farmers to this most excellent Fertilizer. Ar article com posed of MARL, FISH, AND BONE-DUST—it is more tasting 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 sls ton of 2000 lbs. CARMICHAEL & BEAN. Jy 23 Bin 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 upon the exhaust ed lands of tho South, anil especially the resnlts when applied to Cotton, are reminded that such application of the above named Fertilizer has lieen 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 icceiircii nsotirv oothaV wLn 111, are matured, we shall be able to give the buyers of Fer tilizers such satisfactory proof of Us real vulue ns to in sure other orders for the next season. TIIOS. P. STOVALL & CO., Agents, and General Commission Merchants, No. 255 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. ty3o ts DOWNING” HILL NURSERY? THE subscribers beg leave to call the attention of the pubUc to their large collection of Southern raised Fruit Trees, embracing all the best varieties that havo 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 * CO., Je4-tf Atlanta, Georgia FRUITLAND NURSERIES. AUGUSTA, GA. PJ. BERCKMANS & CO., solicit the attention of • Planters to their huge and fine stock of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Vines, Roses, Evergreens, Flowering Shrubs, Climbers, Strawberry Plants, Rhubarb, Hedge Plants; etc., etc. Our Trees are uncommonly well grown, and cannot fail to give satisfaction, and the number and varieties very extensive. Catalogues mailed free to all applicants. Address P. J. BERCKMANS dc CO., au2U 3m Augusta, Ga GARDENING FOR THESOUTH. 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 THE SOUTHERN TEACHER. i'T'HE above is the title of a Bi-Monthly jonrnal of X School and Home Education, published at Montgo mery, Ala, and edited by Prof. W. S. Barton. The first number givesevidence of ability and good taste, and is fully equal to any journal of 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 tamilics as containing subjects inter esting to all classes.— [Smithern 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 anil zeal, and 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 ami 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.—[Oo»- rant, Columbia , S. C. It eontains|various valuable papers of the class pecu liarly suited to its pages .—[Montgomery Mail. We know of bo one better qualified to discant on the wantsot our section, and 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 up, ami commends itself to public patronage.— [A hit am a Beacon. It will bean aide co-worker in the cause of Education. —[Central Alabamian, It is edited wfth care anil 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 whlc iycirciilateil.-f Carolina Journal of Education. The initial number shows the ability of the editor to furnish thcteachersof the South with a valuable school journal.— The Schoolmaster, R. I. Terms: $1 00 per year, invariably in advance. Single copies sent by mail, prepaid, for eight postage stamps. 4t oc 2g NEW AND RICH PLANTATION FOR SALE. BFTiYEEN 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, Go., and one quarter of a mile from Rcscoa depot, on’tho West ern and A. R. Road. Uncleared Land all heavily tim bered, and convenient to the Rail mail. For further par- I ticuiars, apply early to GEO. WM. YOUNG, 00 1® 8m Resaca, Gordon Co., Ga. 1 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. WM. N. WHITE, Horticultural Editor. i 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- 1 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 th»n 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 1 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. i 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 i be brought to light, and furnish some agreeable surprises to Southern people. “ Full many a gem, of purest ray serene,” J will flash before their admiring eyes, and cause a gen erous glow of pride in Southern genius. The Agricultural Editor is I)r. Daniil Lei, the dis- i tinguished Professor of Agriculture in the Unlverity 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 EditorisMr. W». N. WmTE,asklll ful and experienced cultivator of fruits, flowers, and vegc- J 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 1 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 t offspring of Southern intellect, worthy of welcome at every llreside. 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- { celveil 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- . tens. I A special appeal is made to the ladies of the South for * their patronage anil good wishes. This paper will be entirely silent on politics. On matters pertaining to their respective deportments, , address the Editors. On matters or business generally, * Address, JAMES GARDNER. Augusta, Qa„ May, 1859. POLITICS, COMMERCE, NEWS. TIIE CONSTITUTIONALIST is published, Daily, 1 Tri-Weekly, and Weekly, in Augusta, Ga. In politics, it is Democratic. In its spirit and alms, Conservative. In its commercial tables and statements, t accurate and reliable. In its news department, prompt, industrious, truthful. In its telegraphic arrangements, its facilities are unsurpassed. They are, in all respects, fully up to the requirements of the day. The Constitutionalist belongs emphatically to the school of State Rights and Strict Construction. Its prin- f cipli-s 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 h 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- f 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. Teems—Dally $6 00 Tri-tyeekly. 4 00 P Weekly 2 00 Cash, invariably in advance. i Paper stopped at the end of the time paid for. k JAMES GARDNER, Proprietor. » Augusta, Ga. GEO. A. OATES & BROTHER. BROAD-STREET, (between the U. S. and Globe Ho tels,) Augusta, Ga., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in School and Miscellaneous Books, and Foreign and Domes tic Stationery, Oold and Steel Pens and Pencil Cases; P English, French and American Writing Papers; Copying ana Seal Presses; English and American Copying, Wri- J ting, and Indellible Inks; Letter, Note, and Wedding En- V velopcs; Port Folios; Ivory Tablets; Writing Desks: 1 Backgammon Boards; Dominoes; Playing, Visiting and Printers’ Cards; Gum Tickets; Pen Knives; Drawing v Paper; Water Colors; Mathematical Instruments; Port , Monnaies; Card Cases; Pencils; Bristol Board; all kinds a of Drawing Materials i also a large assortment of fine A Line Engravings and Lithrographs. - m~ Books being constantly ordered a Single Volume J of the smallest value may be sent for. my2B-tf r PIANOS! PIANOS! J JUST received, and in store, an assortment of Plano Fortes, from the justly celebrated manufactories of (I Raven, Bacon & Co., Hazelton Bros., A. H. Gales A Co., of 6>i, 6X, and 7 octaves, varying in price from $275 to 4 $450. These Instruments are too well known through out the whole country, to need any puffing. Persons wishing a first rato Piano Forte would do well to call and / examine the above before purchasing. Every Instrument tk warranted as represented. GEO. A. OATES & BRO., [ Sole Agents for the above makers. k N. B.—A splendid assortment of Guitars, Violins, Ac- V cordeons, Flutes, and every article in the musical line, always on hand. The stock of Printed Music on hand is o the largest in the State. my2B-tf , NEW CARPET STORE. JAMES O. BAILIE & BROTHER, direct importers J of. and wholesale and retail dealers in all kinds of A English and American Carpetings, Rugs, Floor Oil Cloths, / Curtain Goods, Cornices, Window Shades, Ac. A frill 4 line of Engiish Velvet Carpeting, rich colors and newdc- is signs. A full line English Brussels Carpeting, embrac ing the best and newest patterns manufactured. A full I line three-ply Ingrain and Venetian Carpetting. A full O stock of Curtain Goods in Satin db Lane. Lace and J Muslin Curtains, Cornices, Ac. Window shades in great M variety. CARPETS and Curtains made up PROPER- \ LY if required. Patronage respectfully solicited.— Terms cash, or city acceptance. J JAMES G. BAILIE & BROTHER, A 205 Broad St, Augusta, Ga., or, [ JAMES G. BAILIE, * auglS ts 24 King St, Charleston, S. C. a DRY GOODS. A ROBERT ADGER & CO., 209 and 211 King Street, A Corner of Market, Ciiableston, S. C.-We ixvite attention to our extensive stock of GOODS, suitable for “ Family and Plantation purposes, comprising— / Rich Dress Silks; A Rich Silk Robes; / Silk Robes and Plain Silks, for Evening presses; 4> Embroidered and Tulle Robes for do do W Plain Black Silks—best Goods; ’ • Plain and Printed Delaines ; , Plain and Plaid Poplins; * French Chlntzs; best English Prints; i Cloaks, Mantillas and Shawlrt 7 Ladies. Misses nnd Childrens’ Hooped Skirts; Flannels, of every variety! Richardson's Linens; J Bed Blankets, Tickings; A Plantation Goods; {. Blankets. 4> Plains and Kep.sevs. V Brown and pleached Sheetings and Shirtings; Plaid Hoprfsjiuns; • Plain apd Striped Osnaburgs. tN Wo would respcetftilly inform our friends nnd the pub- , lie generally, that wo keep, at all times, one of the largest fj} stocks to be found in the Southern Country, and contl dently invite an examination of them, both ns regards styles and prices. . „„ out S-3m ROBERT ADGER A CO. AI