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the cultivation of the vine, the importan t point
to be attained is the formation of ripe wood;
wood which is not killed by ordinary frosts.—
If the young plant is furnished with a super
abundance of manure in the form of an ash, or
alkali, a most vigorous growth is produced, and
a great length of vine is the consequenc ; but
what is the ultimate result ? The immature
wood is killed during the winter, and no pro
gress is really made. It is true, the immature
wood may be protected by straw, or the vine
may be laid down and covered with soil; it may
not be killed. But what then ? The fruit buds j
will not be vigorous the next season, the tend- 1
ency to produce stem and foliage will still be |
too strong, or may be, and the vine will rather
tend that way than to fruitage.
There is therefore a limit to the use of man- j
ures in certain cases, and with the vine, espe
cially the young vine, the object should be to
produce that liberal amount of wood which will !
actually ripen. It is only ripe wood which pro- j
duces a perfect flower and fruit bud, and which ]
is destined to the production of a matured fruit.
The process of development of leaf in the vine j
and in tobacco and cotton, should in the main ]
cease by the last of August, or in time for the j
accumulation or retention of sap in the old leaf '
and wood, which is so necessary to perfect the (
cellular tissue.
This doctrine may at first sight be contradict- j
ed by other facts. It may be said, that the best j
vine growers load the roots round about with
bones, Ac., or a great magazine of food is placed
within reach of them. But it must be remem
bered, that these bones are rather insoluble mat
ter, and comparatively weak, or a small amount
of nutriment can be abstracted by the roots. It
is therefore a magazine put there on time, and
not for immediate effect; and- it has a slow and
permanent influence. If ashes were substituted
for bones, all the effects we have described
would take place—a great length of vine and
large and numerous leaves growing till stopped
by frost or winter. We believe, however, that
ashes in small doses will operate well. Only so
much ash as shall be expended in time to per
mit the ripening power to begin in its appointed
season.
In the cultivation of Grasses, the foregoing
doctrines do not possess so much force ; espe
cially in those which form a turf, and which are
designed for pasturage. In these, we wish to
prolong the growth of leaf or foliage, and pro
duce as large a crop as possible and encourage
its growth into winter; therefore we may use
the strong alkaline fertilizers, ns ashes, with far
less restriction than in the cases which we have
had under consideration. [AVf/i Carolina
Planter.
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THE WOOD DUCK-ANAS SPONSA.
Mr. C. N. Bemext, author of the first and best
work published in this country on Poultry, thus
describes the American Wood Puck, in the
Country Gentleman:
Among the whole tribe of ducks known, there
is none that will compare with the beautiful lit
tle Wood Duck, for richness and variety of col
ors—the only one approaching it being the Man
darin Duck of China, which indeed it strongly
resembles. To describe it would require a col
ored plate, or the duck itself, as words are in
adequate to do it justice. It is called Wood
Duc-k from the circumstance of its making its
nest in the hollow trees. It is familiarly known
in every part of the United States, from Florida
to Lake Ontario. During the summer only it is
seen in New York, migrating southward on the
approach of cold weather. Its favorite haunts
are in the solitary deep and muddy creeks, ponds
and mill-dams of the interior, making its nest
frequently in old hollow trees that overhang the
water. In its wild state its food consists of
acorns, seeds of aquatic plants, and insects.—
It has been found from 19 deg. south to 54 deg.
north latitude: and breeds from Mexico to the
Columbia river, and eastwardly to Nova Scotia.
It is peculiar to America.
The Wood Duck seldom flies in flocks of more
than three or four individuals together, and most
commonly in pairs. They are not Mormons, but
live in pairs, like pigeons. The common note of
the drake is “ peet! peet! ” —but when stand
ing sentinel, if he sees danger, he makes a noise
not unlike a young sucking pig, “or eekl"
or eeJef' Their flesh is not equal to that of
the blue-winged teal. Formerly they were not
unfrequent in the markets of New York and
Albany. A few years ago large numbers were
taken in a seine on Lake Pleasant, and sold
alive in the Albany market.
This most beautiful duck has often been
tamed, and is chiefly valuable as an ornament
to pleasure grounds, on account of its brilliant
plumage. They soon become nearly as tame
and familiar as other fowls. It is generally
conceded, we believe, and there can be no
doubt but that all domestic fowls we now pos
sess, have been reclaimed from a state of na
ture. We are certain the turkey and the Bra
silian duck have been recently reclaimed: and
wo see no reason why many more may not bo
domesticated os well, if any pains were token to
do it. Some forty years ago, as we are inform
ed, a Mr. Nicol, wild lived .on the west side of
Gunpowder creek, had a whole yard swarming
with the wood ducks, which he had tamed and
completely domesticated, so that they bred, and
were as familiar as any other tame fowls.
Discovery of Mammoth Trees. —A grove of
trees, even larger than those of Calaveras,
which have become so celebrated as California
wonders, has been discovered in on unfrequent
ed part of Mariposa county. The largest tree
in the Calaveras group was one hundred and
five feet in circumference. In this more recent
ly discovered grove, a tree was found measuring
XKK SOimSSKS WSSXS BUS BX&KBX&X.
one hundred and fourteen feet in circumference. I
The grove contains six hundred of these mon- j
sters, none others of them, perhaps, quite so
large, but all of them of approximate propor
j tions. These trees grow on the south fork of
| tne Merced river, about thirty miles south-east
of the town of Mariposa. One of the trees,
one hundred feet from the ground, has a circum
ference of sixty-six feet, and a branch measur
ing eighteen feet in circumference. —California
paper.
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DEEP PLOWING.
The lion. F. Holbrook makes the following
I statement in the New England Farmer: “ The
| land had, for many years, been under the wast
ing effects of shallow plowing and severe crop
! ping with rye, until at leugth it was quite ex
hausted, and abandoned to pasturage, yielding
I a scanty herbage in the early part of the season,
I but becoming dry and sere by midsummer, and
j remaining so through the remainder of the j’ear.
My friend found that the surface soil was of little
or no account any way, but thought there might
be some hopes of making productive land of the
subsoil. He accordingly commenced upon a
| piece of the tract, of about five acres, by at
once putting in his universal sod and subsoil
I plow ten inches deep, in the month of Novem
ber, and turned up a subsoil of yellow loam,
j fine-grained and free from stone, and that had '
I never before seen the day. In the spring fol- i
j lowing, the plowed land was manured broad- j
cast, at the rate of about twelve cords per acre, !
and cross-plowed with a sharp steel plow, turn
ing the manure under four or five inches deep.
The field was then harrowed, furrowed out in
rows each way, a tablespoonful of superphos
phate put in each hill, and the piece planted
with corn. It yielded about seventy bushels of
shelled corn per acre, and the next year a good
crop of oats, and is now well set in grass for a
mowing field. Other portions of the condemned
old plain are now undergoing a similar process
of deep plowing and high culture, with good
results; and this desert will doubtless soon
‘blossom as the rose. ”
CATTLE FOR THE SOUTH
That the South should devote more attention
to the raising of stock—and neat cattle in par
ticular —than heretofore, we earnestly hope no
one will gainsay. We need neat cattle, not alone
for milk and butter, but for beef and draft, and
if of no other use, we certainly should have
them to gather the material and prepare manure
for our lands. It is money wasted to bny good
stock, unless we do more than is now done to
wards preparing to sustain them, and to do our
utmost, many ore not now in position to grow
feed, at least »n midsummer and fall, in sufficient
quantity. If we would try, we certainly can
raise an ample supply for all use except August
and September. Our best uplands become so
dry many years that the grass is, in a word,
parched up.
In looking to the best stock, we should con
sider of this, and make our judgment up upon a
fact that oftentimes our pastures must be scant.
And we must make up our mind, for what we
most desire stock. If for short pastures we
could not recommend the Durham. Willing to
admit that the Durham docs not demand the
quality, yet it must be granted that a 700 to 1000
pound animal will demand more than one weigh
ing 400 to 500 pounds.
One thing is certain, iu every well-regulated
family, milk and butter are two of the indispen
sables. We must procure a stock that will do
the best upon short faro at time—able to endure
the heat and drought of summer, as well as the
occasional cold and driving rains of winter.
The Ayrshire cattle are good feeders, of early
maturity, and fair milkers—not yielding the
quantity that the Durhams do, but of much
richer quality. Numberless statements go to
prove that they have made eight to twelve
pounds of bntter per week, and being a hardy
cattle, patient of short feed, they are better
suited to the South than the large breed; they
are almost, in a word, small Durhams, partaking
greatly of the same qualities, but richer in milk
and hardier. *
The Alderneys aro an ugly race of animals,
but yielding the richest of milk ; their yield not
to be compared to Durhams, but in riel ness far
excelling. Nine pounds of butter per week has
been made for nine months together, which
would satisfy most of us. They are a hardy
race of animals. The Devon is our stock; not
as productive, perhaps, in milk or meat os the
Ayrshire, nor so rich as the Alderneys, yet the
color—invariably a deep red, no white except
end of tail —the quickest walkers, and able to
stand work in hot days almost equal to the mule.
We have worked half bloods under the yoke for
years, and they keep in better order and stand
hard work, short fare, and hot weather better
than natives.
Could we give Devons the quantity of milk
and the fattening quality of the Ayrshire—not
much behind them, tlio’, at the best —with the
creamy milk of the Alderney, we would have
a cattle to our notion, as superior to Durhams for
the South as is the Maltese mule superior to the
Spanish, or the horse iu the cotton field under
negro driving and our Southern keep and work.
Our interest is os that of any other planter.
We kept Durhams for years, because then and
now we liked the noble Durham, we have had
the Devon and the Ayrshire, and, allowing for
fancy, we have never given the palm to Devons
for the South. They have had it iu the North
where hard seasons and short fare prevailed as
here. Our second choice would be the Ayrshire
and if upon farther trial we find much difference
in the milking quality, we will forego the pretty
and take the useful.—[.SSufAero Rural Gentle
man.
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Adhesion of Locomotive Wheels by Mag
netism. —As was announced in a recent number
of the lie view, an engine has been fitted upon
the Central Railway of New Jersey with mag
netic driving wheels, and on Thursday last a
series of trials were made, under the direction
of Major Edward W. Serrell in presence of the
master mechanic, (Mr. Crossman) and other offi
cers of the road, and a number of gentlemen in
terested in railways.
The result of the trials may lie very briefly
stated as follows:
By means of the magnetism the adhesion is
increased seventy-flve to eighty per cent, with
out adding one ounce to the actual weight of
. the engine.
The trials were made on the engine “ Leba
non,” which weighs 21-J tons, and it was found
that the power required to slip the wheels was
equal to that which would havo been necessa
ry to do so if the engine had been loaded with
a dead weight of eighteen tons beyond her own
weight, and the force which gave this increase
of adhesion weighed nothing at all.—[American
Railway Review.
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Lemon Pie. —The juice of four lemons, six so
da crackers rolled fine, four tea cups of water
three tea-cups of sugar.
EVANS' TERRACULTOB.
We give above a fair drawing of a recent invention for tillage purposes, called a te>racultor, or
; n plain English, an earth cultivator. This machine is designed mainly for use on oj>en prairies.—
It operated well at one of the New York State Fairs. It is claimed by the inventor, that four
horses will thorough pulverize the ground to the depth of ten inches and four feet wide, as they
pass over the ground. It is a rotary digger on wheels, and looks promising.
E2F” Six months have elapsed since the writer !
assumed the labor and responsibility of conduct- j
ing the Agricultural department of The Southern j
Field and Fireside. It has been our aim care
fully to avoid all exaggeration of statement, j
alike in what is copied, communicated, and |
written as editorial. Facts in agricultural ;
practice and science, and logical deductions !
therefrom—not idle, and often mischievous, the
ories—are the matters most worthy of public 1
consideration. To the planters and others who j
have kindly contributed instructive articles for j
our columns, our gratefnl acknowledgements :
are respectfully tendered; and we trust that
they and many others will send ns communica
tions on all subjects pertaining to rural affairs.
Practical men should write more for the agricul- j
tural press, and the improvement of both tillage
and husbandry. In no other way can agricul
ture be so rapidly and securely advanced. It
tends constantly to make the highest profession
al knowledge of the best farmers the common
property of all. This is what we desire; and
we seek reliable information from every avail
able source. Our Field for cultivation is of no
ephemeral character. It may have some weeds
and briars and gauled places; but time, and care
and industry will remove these defects, and
present Southern agriculture, its literature and
its science, in a condition of which all may justly
be proud.
Give the Southern Field and Fireside
your confidence, and that aid in extending its
circulation and usefulness which the great inter
ests of the planter and the farmer so eminently
deserve. It is their own Field— their own
weekly journal, and looks confidently to tho
cultivators of the soil for support. Its conductor
has no private interest to warp his judgment in
favor of any new- agricultural machine, imple
ment, seed, plant, or fertiliser; so that, while
he studies to lie well informed in his profession,
his readers can rely on having an unbiassed !
opinion on every agricultural question that de
serves consideration. All are liable to be mis
taken sometimes, but prudence and caution,
taught by long experience, will, it is hoped, keep
a thoughtful man from committing serious
blunders.
Certainly the prospects of Southern agricul
ture were never before so flattering as they are
at the present day. Cotton, com, wheat, livo
stock, and almost everything the agriculturist
produces, bring a remunerating price. Whijp
his land, labor and skill yield so good a return,
the husbandman can well afford to replenish
both his library and liis mind with useful matter
relating to his noble calling. He has the means
to improve himself, his children, his servants
and his farm, as well as'the community at large,
by contributing to tho support of public schools
and churches. The happiest life a rational man
can lead, is one devoted to human progress and
elevation. A mere money-getting machine is at
best a low order of living mechanism. A steam
engine or waterwheel can do that kind of work;
but it cannot cultivate either intellect or morals.
We strive to make Agriculture an intellectual
pursuit; and in that behalf, all who thirl: and
reason about crops, the quality of land, its culti
vation, domestic animals, manures, renovating
plants, and farm management generally, are
earnestly solicited to co-operate in a common ef
fort to render agricultural thinking and reason
ing the most fruitful of all human powers.—
Let us understand the true principles of agri
culture, and then we shall all be able to write j
recipes in rural economy to suit our peculiar
circumstances, far better than any chemist can
do it for us. ne must be governed by general
principles, and cannot appreciate local advan
tages and disadvantages as well as the owner or |
occupant of the land. All proper recipes will
be given in this journal in due time, and the !
reasons for the same. All the material facts re
lating to the analysis of soils, marls, manures,
and the food of animals, will also be plainly
stated. Science has no secrets, but it is modest
and waits its turn for a hearing. Conscious of
its intrinsic value and strength, it can afford to f
wait. Science with Practice, each assisting the j
other, is the motto of Tiie Southern Field
and Fireside, and the theory that governs its
Agricultural and Horticultural departments.
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A Splendid Rose-Show.— lt is a very splen- !
did sight, in a green-house or conservatory, to
to have either the blush or yellow tea-rose bud
ded on any of the strong growing sorts, with a
stem perfectly straight, three or four feet in
height, ramifying with four or five lateral growths.
Where the blush, white and yellow varieties
could be, if so desired, inserted upon one stalk,
tho whole, when in flower, would have an ele
gant effect, as the weight of the flowers would
naturally give tho whole plant a pendulous
habit.
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 issne 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
-1 terprise on my part, and a laudable emulation on the part
1 of others, can evoke from Southern intellect and cultiva
tion.
Too long the Southern people have been content to look
to Northern periodicals lor instruction in agricultural
matters, and to Northern literary papers for mental rec
reation. There Is, however, a "growing spirit of inde-
I pondenee and of self-reliance at the South. Our people
I are awaking to the conviction that we have the elements
of success in the experience, knowledge, and scientific
investigation, of the dwellers in onr own Southern homes.
Tho 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 of
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
bo brought to light, and furnish some agreeable surprises
to Southern people.
“Full many a gem, of pnrest 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 Lie, 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. Wu. N. Wiiitr, 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. Max*, of this
city, an accomplished writer, of line 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 tho agreeable. It will furnish
the Southern Farmer information useful in every field he
cultivates, and the Southern ihmily choice literature, the
I 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.
Teems — Tun dollars per annum, in advance.
No club rates allowed. No credit allowed in any case.
Bills current in the State from which they are sent, re
ceived at par.
Postmasters will be allowed fifteen per cent, on the
amount of subscriptions obtained by them.
On all subscriptions exceeding twenty, sent from one
office, twenty-five per cent will be allowed.
Contributions solicited from the pens of Southern wri
ters.
A special appeal is made to the ladies of the South for
their patronage and good wishes.
This paper will be entirely silent on politics.
On matters pertaining to their respective departments,
address the Editors. On matters or business generally,
Address, JAMES GARDNER.
Augusta, Ga., May, 1859.
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IMPORTANT INVENTION TO PLANTERS.
We have seen a new invention by Mr. George
H. Peabody, denominated the “ Cotton Picker’s
Wallet.” Its principal features consist in being
so constructed that it can be suspended from the
back and shoulders without occasioning the
slightest inconvenience. It is known that more
cotton can be gathered in the morning than the
afternoon, because the dew fallen the night pre
vious moistens the cotton in the boll, and causes
it to cohere, and makes it therefore easier to be
drawn out by the hand. Mr. Peabody has fur
nished this advantage by artificial means, so
that the cotton picker can take advantage of it
throughout the entire day. In the wallet, next
to the front of the picker, is a water proof porch
perforated with small holes, and containing a
sponge saturated with water. In taking the
hand from the wallet, it can be drawn over this
pouch and the fingers can thus be moistened as
often as may be necessary. After tho wallet is
filled with cotton it can l»o instantly opened at
the bottom, and its contents emptied into a bask
et or other convenient receptable. This inven
tion has received only one practical test, which
was made upon the plantation of Mr. ,T. B. Hill.
In one day four hands picked by the usual means,
1,261 pounds ; then three days with the wallet,
in the last one gathering 1,484 pounds, being
‘ 121 pounds more picked with the wallet than
i without it. One hand who picked with his bag
235 pounds, picked with the wallet in the same
time, 412 pounds, making a gain of 94 pounds.
This invention is exceedingly simple and conve
nient, and is bound to supercede the ordinary
means of gathering cotton. Our planting friends
will certainly be pleased with it, as its use must
facilitate the gathering of cotton.—[ Col.
I San.
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Tin: Value of Leached Asiies.—A western
Agricultural paper says, “ thoroughly leached
ashes contain no potash." I have noticed that
I ashes cannot be thoroughly leached of their pot
ash, even by the application of hot water, as
1 enough of alkaline salts has remained to affect
the skin of my fingers. The presence of acids,
or the action of the roots of growing plants, can
alone extract all tho potash from wood ashes.
But as leached ashes contain, beside potash, all
the mineral elements of plants, they cannot fail
to be an excellent manure for all light and thor
oughly exhausted soils, fine of the best farms
I ever saw in Rhode Island was brought up,
from an exhausted barren sand that supported
no vegetation, to clover bearing, by the aid of
leached ashes alone. Milch cows and swamp
muck, afterward, with the aid of clover, induced
great fertility.— [Genesee Firmer.
AUGUSTA PRICES CURRENT.
WHOLESALE PRICES.
BACON—Ham* f i 11 a 14
BAGGING.—Gunny ? yard... l.’yja 15”
BUTTKR.—Goshen ?A 23 3 25
Country V A IS 0 21
BRlCK—Building Brick ? 1010... @ 7 00
Pavingßrick ? 1000... 0 8 00
Pressed Brick * 1000... @2O 00
Well Brick * 1000... @ » 00
CANDLES—Adamantine V A 20 @ 25
Chemical Sperm ? A 8.3 0 S 3
Pure do V A 43 @ SO
Patent Sperm...# A A SC @ CO
CHEESE—Northern White ? A 12)40 14
English Dtdrv ft A 13 @ II
COFFEE—Rio ? A...... 12 @ 18)4
Laguiro ?A..... 13 @ 14
Java ? A 17 0 13
CEMENT ft bid.... 225 @ 2SO
- Piaster ¥ hb1.... 8 25 0 8 60
DOMESTIC GOODS—Yarn? ¥ yard... 95 @1 GO
V Shirting, Brown ¥ yard... 4 @ C
H Shirting. “ ¥ yard... 6)40 7)4
1 Shirting. “ V yard... 8 @ 10
54 Shirting, “ * yard... 10 @ 14
6-4 Shirting, “ ....?yard... 12)40 IC*
Fine Sea Island Shirting ? yard... 8 @ 12
Osnaburgs ? yard... 10 @ 11
f f.ath e'Ks 2^.": 4 1 L°
FLOUR—Tennessee Extra Family? bbt.... 7 75 @ 8 00
TcnesseeSuperfine ? Uh1.... 6 75 @ 7 00
Tennessee Extra Superfine ¥ 1id.... 7 26 @ 7 50
Granite Mills, F.xtra Fam11y....? hb1.... 8 CO @ 8 25
“ “ Ext.a ¥ hb1.... 760 @7 75
•* •• Superfine ? bbl ....7 00 @725
Carmichael Mills, Extra Family? 1b1.... 8 00 @6 25
" “ Extra ¥ bb1.... 760 @7 75
“ Superfine....? bb1.... 700 @7 25
Paragon Vilis, Extra Family....? bb1.... 8 00 @ 8 26
“ Superfine ? bb1.... 700@ 725
GRAIN—Cora, with sacks ? busn... 90 @ S 3
Wheat,white, new ? bush... 1 50 @ 1 60
■Wheat,red, new ? bush... 1 40 @ 1 60
Oats ? bush... SO @ 90
Rye ? bush... 140
Peas ? bush... 80 @ 90
Cora M» al. Country ground ? bush... 1 00 @ 1 05
GUNPOWDER—Dupont’s ? keg.... 6 50 @ 7 00
Hazard ? keg.... 6 50 @ 7 (0
Blasting ? keg.... 5 00 @ 3 25
HAY—N.rtbern ? 100.... 1 40 « 1 50
Eastern ? 100.... 1 65 C 4 1 78
HIDES ? A 10 @ 12
IRON Swedes ?A 6UO
English ? A 3)40 4J4
LARD ? A 12 @ IS
LEAD—Bar ? A @ 8
LlME.—Country ? b0x.... 1 25 0 1 65
Northern ? bb1.... 1 75 @ 200
LUMBER ? 1000....12 00 @l4 00
MOLASSES—Cuba ?ga1.... 28 @ 30
Golden Syrup ?ga1.... so @ 66
New OrleanaSyrup ?ga1.,.. SO @ 60
NAILS ? A 4 0 4M
OlLS—Sperm, prime ? ga1.... 2 00 @ 228
Lamp ? ga1.... 1 10 0 1 23
Train ? ga1.... 76 @1 oo
Linseed ? ga1.... 1 00 @ 1 10
Castor ? ga1.... 2 00 @ 2 25
RICE ? A 4)40 5
ROPE—llandspun ? A 8 0 8)4
Machine ?A 9 @ 10
RAISINS ? b0x.... 360 @4 00
SPlßlTS—Northern Gin ?ga1.... 45 0 60
Rum ? ga1.... 45 0 60
N.O.Whisky ?ga1.... 29 0 81
Peach Brandy, old ? ga1.... 1 75 0 2 50
“ “ new ? ga1.... 100 01 25
Pure Cider Brandy, old ? ga1.... 1 50 A 1 75
Apple Brandy, new ? ga1.... 75 @ 1 26
Alt’s Dry Catawba Wine, 1856..? ga1.... @lO 75
* 1857..? ga1.... @8 75
Holland Gin ? ga1.... 1 60 @ 1 75
Cognac Brandy ? ga1.... 8 00 0 6 CO
Longworth's Catawba Brandy..? d0z.... @l2 75
Longworth's Wines ? d0z.... 8 75 @l4 23
SUGARS—N. Orleans ? A 8 @ 10
Porto Rico ? A....... 8 0 10
Muscorado ? A 7 0 8
Loaf. ? A 18 0 14
Crushed ? A 11)40 12
Powdered ? A lljt@ 12
Refined Coffee A ?A 10E@ 11
Do. do. B ? A lOVO 11
Do. do. C ? A.. ... 10L@ 10)4
SALT ? sack.... 1 40 0 1 60
SOAP—Yellow ? A 6 0 8
STARCH ? A 7X@ 8
SHOT ? bag.... 200 0 125
TWIN E—Hemp Bagging ?A 20 0 22)4
Cotton Wrapping ? A 28 0 87)4
BANK NOTH TABLE.
PREPARED AND CORRECTED BY F. C. BARBER
Stock Broker and Exchange Dealer, Augutta, Oa.
Augusta and S&annah Bank notes par.
“ “Columbus lp>er cent, discount.
* “ Fulton, Atlanta. 1 “ “ ’*
“ “ Empire State, Rome ...1 “ “ “
“ “ Middle Georgia, Mxcon 1 “ “ “
Manufacturers' Bank, Macon 1“ “ “
North-Western Bank, llliiggold 1“ “ “
Commercial Bank, Brunswick 5“ • ”
LaGrangeßank :.S ;
Timber Cutters'Bank, Savannah 5“ “
Northern and Eastern notes of solvent
Bank? 1 •’ •’
Good Banks In Tennessee. North Carolina,
Kentucky, Alabama an 1 Virginia 3“ “ “
The annexed lists comprise the names of the Banks con.
sidered good :
IN TENNESSEE.
Bank of Chattauooga
“ “ Commerce ;
“ “ Knoxville ;
“ “ Memphis;
“ •• Middle Tennessee ;
“ “ Nashville ;
“ •’ Paris:
“ “ Tennessee;
“ “ the Union ;
Commercial Bank;
Buck’s “
City “
Daodridge “
Merchants’ *•
Northern ”
Ocoee “
Planters' ••
Shelbyvtlle “
Traders’ “
Union ’•
GOOD BANKS IN NORTH CAROLINA.
Bank of Cape Fear : •
“ •• the State of North Carolina ;
“ “ Wilmington;
“ •• Wadcsboro’ ;
•• “ Wsshlngton ;
“ “ Charlotte :
“ •• Yanceyville;
*• “ Clarendon;
“ •’ Fayetteville;
“ “ Lexington ;
Commercial Bank;
Merchants’ “
Farmers’ *•
Branch at Greensboro’.
SPECIE TABLE.
Spanish Dollars 2 per ceht. premium.
Mexican Dollars 2 “ •* “
South American dollars 2 “ “ “
American Halves, coined previous to 1853.2 “ •' •*
Quarters of same kind 1 “ “ “
Old Spanish Quarters arc worth 21 cents, and smaller Spanish
ooln, in proportion.
Sovereigns sell from It 75t05l so
Napoleons, (20 franc pieces) 3 73
Ten-Gullder Pletes 3 90
Five Franc Pieces 93
Thalers 70
Spanish Doubloons 916 @l6 20
Patriot Doubloons 915 30015 60
Old American gold, previous to 1832 3 per cent, premium.
BANKABLE MONEY.
Ail the bills of the banks In Savannah, (except the Timlcr
Cutters’ Brink,) all the Augusta banks, and the branches of tne
State Bank, and the banks in South Carolina, are bankable
here.
Our banks take from their customers bills on the—
Bank of Athens;
Bank of Columbus;
Bank of Middle Georgia ;
and some take. In the same way, bills on the—
Bank of Fulton.
The bills of the other interior banks of Georgia are not bank
able, and are purchased by our brokers at the rates we pub.
llsh in another place.
EXCHANGE.—Our banks charge )# per cent, premium for
Northern Sight Exchange, but the tendency Is to a lower
rate. .
Cotton Talk.
The X w Orleans Crescent, on the 7th inst., not satisfied
with talking about its own business, llius ief» re lo Its up-tbc
river neighbor of Memphis ;
The receipts at Memphis for the last month (November)
•ere large, say 93,425 bales, making the total receipts at that
port, since the Ist of September last. 177.83} bales, of which
there were shipped te New Orleans 91..60 bales and for St.
Louis 15.695 bales, to Cairo or the Ohio river 88,341— total up
the liver, 49.036 bales, seven-eighths of which have gone to
eastern maikets ; so the estimates of only 50090 bales, made
by some parties as belt g the quantity shipped from Memphis
up the river are about covered In the first three months of the
commercial year, it appears, however, C> cost 95 ? bale to
transport cotton irom Memphis, via Cairo, to New York, and
from Memphis, via Cincinnati, the same price. The rate of
height from Memphis to New Orleans Is lednced to 91 25 ?
' bale.
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