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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. — 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. — — - 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. - —— 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. — —— 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. — 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. — 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. —— - 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. —» 'W r\ ■ill** _ 239