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THE HOSE.
[We defer for a week onr article on the Rose,
and in its place insert the following. Read it:]
RHAPSODIES ABOUT ROSES.
Old England's emblem is the Cose;
There i* no other flower
With half the graces that adorn
This beauty of the bower!
And England's daughters are as fair
As any bnd that blows 1
What son of hers that hath not loved
Some bonny English Hose!
I blush, almost as deep a crimson as “Geant
des Batailles, H. P.,” when I confess that for a
quarter of a century I walked “this goodly frame,
the earth," with about as much appreciation of
the beauties of Flora as a hippopotamus. If in
childhood I had some respect for the Cowslip, it
was only m anticipation of its sparkling wine ;
and no sooner was I promoted to port, than I
coldly abandoned my former friend to its grami
nivorous synonyme. Pomona was the goddess of
my youth: and the sacrifices which I made un
to her (upon the altar of our family medicine
chest) were great indeed. “ 0 dura puerorum
ilia!” it makes me really shudder to recall
how I cranched those huge green Gooseberries!
Mine early manhood brought no change, though
oft I gave my guineas for bouquets; and, when
there was a show at Criswick, wore raiment
which defied the showers, and laughed expense
to scorn. There might have been, so beautiful
was my apparel, a special prize for “ gent’s best
primrose kids,” and a Banksian medal, as big as
a warming pan, for the neatest, glossiest pair of
patent morning boots! “ Accoutred as I was,”
have I many a time strolled through those tent
ed gardens, and never (for I will make a clean
breast of it) never looked at a flower. Those
Pinks, Carnations, Roses, and Tulips, which re
quire the protection of a bonnet, monopolized my
admiring gaze, until I sought for “ Heartsease ”
within my breast, but found, (oh, dash my “Bach
elor’s Buttons!”) nothing but “Love-Lies-Bleed
ing 1” “ Have yon seen the beautiful Polly-An
thus ?” I was asked one day by a friend. “No,”
I replied, “do point her out; and may I beg you
to introduce me ?” Os course, he never forgot
it, and had grekt subsequent fun at my expense
in inquiring “ if I wished an introduction to Ma
ry-Gold, or HannaA-Gallis, or J/ws-Embryanthe
mum, or Jb/m-Quill, or Bi7l-Bergia.” * *
Thus “ sans eyes, sans nose,” (floriculturally) did
I misspend five-and-twenty years. Then I was
converted, and thus, one evening,—
“'Twas 1b the prime of summar time,
An evening calm and cool,”
I wandered to my favorite garden-chair, with
a cigar de la premiere qualite, to digest my din
ner and the last new novel. There was, I re
member in both, a considerable proportion of
calf's head; and altogether, having left Oxford,
and not being particularly in love at the time, I
felt, what the novel aforesaid would term,
“triste ” and “ennuie," doubtful of the veracity of
the poet who wrote about “Home, sweet home,”
and, like Goldsmith’s “Traveler,” —
“ Remote, unfriended, melancholy, elmc.”
In such a mood, and resting my eyes for a
moment from the wearisome treash, so liberally
administered to the public at half-a-guiuea a
volume, something flashed before them, and I
saw—A Rose ! It glowed with such an inten
sity of vivid crimson; it shot such sparks of fire
from its brilliant scarlet centre, that I believe it
was a special missionary from FlQra, and that
such a bloom of Rose “D’Aguesseau, Gallica,”
was never seen before nor since. Away went
the cigar, and the still more toeedy novel, and I
stooped over the flower with all the love and
enthusiasm of a neophyte. Mr. Vincent Crum
mies could not have felt more admiration when
he first saw the future Mrs. C., as “she stood
upon her head on the butt-end of a spear, sur
rounded by blazing fireworks!’’ * * * *
But, seriously, and passing “from gay to grave,
from lively to severe,” I count that hour among
the happiest of my life, for I date therefrom so
many of its purest pleasures; and then first I
experienced that indescribable but intense feel
ing of reverential joy, which the true florist
knows when he “ looks through nature up to
nature’s God,” and “admiring, cannot but
adore." * * * The next evening found me
seated as before, but my book was “Rivers on
the Rose.” [S. R. H.— Gardeners' Chronicle.
m
Where to Plant Peach Trees. —Those in
tending to plant peach orchards, would do well
to consider the following, before determining
upon location:
After several years experience and close ob
servation, the writer has found that those peach
orchards planted upon an elevation having a
height greater than the surrounding lands, pro
duce a crop of fruit each yefcr; whilst those
planted in ravines, or depressions, or on level
land, usually fail, at least two years out of
three.
The cause of this difference in fruiting, I
think, is this: Upon elevated locations the winds
are more constantly in action than in depressions
and on level lands, and in consequence, evapo
ration is carried on more rapidly, drying up the
humidity or moisture on the buds that may have
collected there. Therefore, the frost does not
penetrate the vital part of the bud or bloom. On
tho other hand, if water remains on the buds, it
congeals by only an ordinary frost—thus killing
the fruit.
Some writers, I see, are recommending the
planting of peach orchards on land closely and
densely surrounded by heavy forest trees; my
observation would dictate the reverse. The
day previous to the severe frost of the 22nd of
April, 1859, there was quite a quantity of rain
feU in the morning; about twelve o’clock ‘the
wind commenced blowing quite severely, and
continued till evening; upon lands where it had
free access among the boughs, the orchards bid
fair to yield an ordinary crop; but in other lo
calities, where the wind was obstructed in its
motion by adjacent forest or hills, and the water
left upon the buds, the crop is almost an entire
failure.
—
The Lesson of the Garden. —A garden is a
beautiful book, written by the finger of God;
every flower and every leaf is a letter. You
have only to learn them—and he is a poor dunce
that cannot, if he will, do that—to learn them,
and join them, and then go on reading and read
ing, and you will find yourself carried away
from the earth to the skies by the beautiful story
you are going through. You do not know what
beautiful thoughts—for they are nothing short
—grow out of the ground, and seem to talk to a
man. And then there are some flowers, they
always seem to be like over dutiful children;
tend them ever so little, and they come up and
flourish, and show, as I may say, their bright
and happy faces to you.— [Jenold.
—
The most beautiful flowers are those which
are double, such as double pinks, double roses,
QDd double dahlias. What an argument is this
against the chilling deformity of single blessed
ness! ‘Go marry!’ written on every thing
beautiful that the eye rests upon, beginning
with the birds of Paradise, and ending with ap
ple blossoms.
W&M SOTTSPKKIUi VISED MME W&MMBmE.
COMMERCIAL I
AUGUSTA MARKET.
COTTON Our market, the past week, hardened somewhat i
under the Influence of an Improved demand, but the firmnef-3
and confidence of holders checked sties. Th ■ sales readied
5,027 bales, and the receipts 3,799 biles.
The market closes to-day with a fair demand, at rather
easier prices. For Good Middling buyers offer 10X. while
holders generally ask 10X cents.
Those who are disposed to Indulge In arithmetical calculr
lations. as to the extent of the cotton crop, may find some
“food for thought” in the annexed statement:
There have been received this season, up to Jan. 6—2,394,266
After this time last year, up to Angus 31 1,840,C0U
4,234,266
The above exhibit Indicates that thrre will probably he
enough cotton for all commercial purposes,but there is another
Indication which seems to be less regarded. There has grown
up ademand for cotton fully as athletic, and redolent with
life an l buoyancy, as the cotton crop has proved massive and
powerful. This Indicates a cordial cooperation between the
laws of supply and demand ; and while the raw material
malntainsa good price, the manufactured matefial holds the
posiUonof Prime Minister in the cabinet of King Cotton.
The increase In the stocks of cotton on hand, compared with
the same time last year. Is about 190,000 bales. The increase In
the shipments to Or sat Britain's 360,0)0, anl the decrease to j
France and other foreig l'ports is 80,000 bales. The decrease, j
also,-to northern ports is aboutVO.OOO bales. There is some
difference in the cotton tablesbefi re.us,but .the above s atc
ment is sufficiently reliable for all practic rble purposes.
BUSINESS GEN ERA LLY.—Trade has materially revived
within the past week from the stagna’ion which prevailed j
during the holidays. Tne January payments were generally
met witli promptness and cheerfulness, which seemed to in- i
fuse new life Into every nerve and ligament of trade. Business
Is now bounding forward with activity, and our merchants
wear smiling faces; clerks are kept busy; and drays are
bearing off f.om stores loads of goods, and returning wilh j
cotton to the warehouses. There is a “good time” now, and ;
prospects are favorable for an excellent business in the spring.
BACON.—There is very little new meat yet come forward,
and the little offering Is rather too crude to be regarded as
Bacon. The sales are mostly In small lots for city consump
tion. Good old Side o i firm at 12Xcents.
Receipts of Cotton.
We have made the annexed statement of the receipts of cot
ton at the ports from the latest telegraphic and mail dates re
ceived at this office:
1860. 1859.
New Orleans, Jan. 6 1,185,740 976,563
Mobile, Jan. 6 470,704 871,013
Texas, Dec. 24..., 92,272 67,961
Florida, Dec. 30 61,581 63,813
Caarleston, Jan.s 275,078 246,700
Savannah, Jan. 5 285,819 262,593
Virginia, Dec. 1 16.858 11,389
North Carolina, Dec. 31 12,214 14,023
2,894,266 2,014,054
2,014.064
Increase .’ a 880,212 bales.
The Cotton Crop. . ,
Os all people in the world, the slaveholders of the South
have been in their business and their pecuniary profits the
most successful. Nothing like the magnitude of their large
and continually increasing gains is known in the history of
commerce and agriculture. The out-turn of the cotton crop
the present year will be enormous, and that, too, after having
had last year the largest crop ever before known. The price
at which it sells is very high, and the demand takes off the
product as fast as it can be carried to market, while the north
ern ships are taking it to market, as they will find at the close
of the season, for less than the actual cost of transportation,
as no return freights which will pay can be had. There is not
much danger of disunion on the part of the South under such
circumstances, for with such palmy prosperity it is unnatural to
find either ill nature or ferocity. ...
The receipts of cotton at the shipping ports last week reach
ed 185,000 bales, swelling the excess over last year, to same
date, to 811,0U0 bales. Next week we shall have another
heavy receipt, probably over 200,000 bales, and it seems now
pretty certain that when we receive the accounts from the
South up to 31st December, the receipts into the ports will
show a total of 2,300,000 bales, or 500,000 more than to same
period last year, an amount unprecedented in the history of
the cotton trade. , ,
The following are the estimates, by a leading and well in
formed house, Kir the cotton trop of the present year:
Receipts at New Orleans 1,900,000 ba es.
Receipts at Msbi'e . 8)0,000 ..
Atlantic and Florida ports 1,200,' 00 ..
Texas crop 000 ..
Interior receipts 100,000 ..
Total crop 4,250,000 ..
According to present appearances this may be set down as a
minimum esli uate, and it is quite possible the amount mav be
found at the close of the season nearly four and a half million
bales.— Boston Traveler.
Our Trade with Mexico:
It may be in'eresting to commercial mea to see what has
been the condition of our trade with Mexico during the last
ten years, as shown by the Treasury returns.
Domestic Foreign Total
Years Exports. Exports. Exports. Imports.
1849 #1,047,999 #1,042.869 #2,090 868 #2,216,719
1850 1,498,791 514,036 2,012,827 2,185,866
1831 1,014,690 567.093 1,681,783 1,804.779
1852 1.406,872 878,687 2,284,929 1,649,206
1858 2,629.770 1,029.054 8,558,824 2,167,985
1834 2,091.870 1,043,616 8,186,466 8,463,190
1855 2,258,868 669,436 2,922,804 2,882,830
1856 2,464,942 1,237,297 8,702,239 8,665.68 l
1857 3,017,640 697,566 8.615,206 5 985,857
1868 2,783,852 629,973 3,313,825 5,477,465
Total #20,111,394 #8,109,497
Here is a traffic during ten years of nearly sixty millions,
showing a balance against us of but little over three millions
for the whole period. In 1867, of the *5,985,857 imported,
#4,958,984 was specie: and In 1868, of the ,#5,477.465 imported,
#4,835,694 was specie, chiefly silver from her mines 1 We ex
ported no coin or bullion to Mexico those years, so she is a
rash customer.— Exchange.
BANK VOTE TABLE.
PREPARED AND CORRECTED BY F. C. BARBER
Slock Broker and Exchange Dealer, Auguela, Oa.
Augusta and Savannah Bank notes par.
“ “ Columbus r per cent, discount.
“ “ Fulton, Atlanta 1 “ “
** “ Empire State, Rome 1 "
“ •* Middle Georgia, Macon 1
Manufacturers'Bank, Macon 1“ “ “
North-Wettem Bank, Ringgold 1 “ “ “
Commercial Bank, Brunswick 5 “ “ “
LaGrangeßank 6 “ “ “
TimberCutters’Bank, Savannah 5“ “ “
Northern and Eastern notes of solvent
Banks 1 “ “
Good Banks in Tennessee, North Carolina,
Kentucky, Alabama anl Virginia 2“ “ “
The annexed lists comprise the names of the Banks con
sldered good:
IN TENNESSEE.
Bank of Chattanooga
** “ Commerce;
“ “ Knoxville;
•* “ Memphis; ,
“ “ Middle Tennessee ;
“ “ Nashville;
•* “ Paris;
“ “ Tennessee;
“ “ the Union ;
Commercial Bank:
Buck's “
City
Dandridge “
Merchants’ “
Northern ••
Ocoee “
Planters’ *•
Shelbyville “
Traders’ “
Union *•
GOOD BANKS IN NORTH CAROLINA.
Bank of Cape Fear :
“ “ the State of Nor Carolina;
“ “ Wilmington;
“ “ Wadesboro’ ;
•* “ Washington ;
“ “ Charlotte;
•• “ Yanceyvillei
“ “ Clarendon;
“ “ Fayetteville;
“ “ Lexington;
Commercial Bank;
Merchants’ “
Farmers' “
Branch at Greensboro*.
SPECIE TABLE.
Spanish Dollars 2 per cent, premium.
Mexican Dollars 2 “ “ “
South American dollars 2 “ “ “
American Halves, coinedpreviousto 1853.2 “ “ “
Quarters of same kind 1 “ “ “
Old Spanish Quarters are worth 21 cents, and smaller Spanish
coin, in proportion.
Sovereigns sell from #4 75 to #4 80
Napoleons, (20 franc pieces) 876
Ten-Guilder Pieees 8 90
Five Franc Pieces 95
>■ to, A #a -v-Sar’’
SOUTHERN FIELD AND FIRESIDE,
A LITERARY AND AGRICULTURAL PAPER,
Published Weekly, In Augusta, Georgia.
Dr. D. LEE, Agricultural Editor.
W. W. MANN, Literary Editor.
YU. N. WHITE. Horticultural Editor.
Devoted to Agriculture, Literature, and Art It is in
■ quarto form of eight pages, folio size—each issue con
taining forty columns of matter. In mechanical execu
i Hon, it is in the best style of the tyjiographical 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 nseful and acceptable to them than any
I monthly journal of equal merit
In mental attractions, it will be all that a spirit of en
j terprise on my part, and a laudable emulation on the part
, of others, can evoke from Southern intellect and cultiva
■ tion.
Too long the Southern people have been content to look
to Northern periodicals tor instruction in agricultural
matters, and to Northern literary papers for mental rec
reation. There is, however, a growing spirit of inde
j pendcnce and of self-reliance at the South. Our people
: are awaking to the conviction that we have the elements
i of success in the experience, knowledge, and scientific
investigation, of the dwellers in our own Southern homes.
The truth is gleaming upon ns, 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 pajier 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
j such an extent of patronage and success, as will Justify
the most liberal compensation to all its contributors.
Able and experienced editors are engaged, and steps are
' in progress to secure contributions from the most pleasing
Southern writers, of both sexes. Much latent talent will
be brought to light, and furnish some agreeable surprises
j to Southern people.
J “Full manv a gem, of purest ray serene,”
will flash before their admiring eyes, and cause a geD*
j erons glow of pride in Southern genius.
The Agricultural Editor is Dr. Daniel Lee, the dis
: tingulshed Professor of Agriculture in the Univerity of
! Georgia—editor for many' years past of the Southern
i Cultivator, and a leading contributor to many Northern
agricultural journals of the highest repntation.
The Horticultural Editor is Mr. Wm. N. W bite, a skill
: ful and experienced cultivator of fruits, flowers, and vege
-1 tables—a writer of repute in these departments, and au
| thor of that popular work, “Gardening for the South.”
The Literary Editor is Mr. W. W. Mann, of this
city, an accomplished writer, of fine taste, and scholarly
attainments, who, having retired from the active duties
of the legal profession, spent many years in Europe, and
was for several years the Paris Correspondent of the Na
tional Intelligencer and Southern Literary Messenger
THE SOUTHERN FIELD AND FIRESIDE will
combine the useful and the agreeable. It will furnish
the Southern Farmer information useful in every field he
cultivates, and the Southern family choice literature, the
offspring of Southern intellect, worthy of welcome at
every fireside. It will be. in all respects, a first class pa
per —on a scale of expenditure more liberal than has yet
been attempted in the South, and designed to rival, in its
merits, the most distinguished of the North.
Terms— Two dollars per annum, in advance.
No club rates allowed. No credit allowed in any case.
Bills current in the State from which they are sent, re
ceived at par.
Postmasters will be allowed fifteen per cent on the
amount of subscriptions obtained by them.
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, Qa., May, 1859.
CHINESE, INDIAN, PERSIAN,
TURKISH AND JAPANESE GOODS,
AX AUCTION,
AT THE MASONIC IIALL,
THIS DAY AND MONDAY,
January Uth and 1 CM, 1800.
SALE BY CATALOGUE.
Auction commences at 11 A. M., and at 2 and 7 P. M.
Dr. J. A. RODOLFE & Co.,
Agents for the Owners.
W. B. GRirriN, Auctioner. 84-ts
gu ano~
1 AAA OF AMERICAN GUANO, from Jarvis’
1 «UUU island, Pacific Ocean, imported in Bulk, and
Barreled under my own directions, and therefore war
ranted
PURE AND GENUINE!
The Analyses nnd Certificates published In Pamphlet
form, and furnished gratis, show this article to be Equal,
if not
SUPERIOR
to Peruvian Guano; and the price is
ONE-TIIIRD LESS!
Planters and Dealers will flud it to their interest to
apply to the undersigned before buying Manures else
where.
84-ts DANIEL H. WILCOX.
PROFESSOR HAPES'
NITROGEN IZED SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIMF.
Patented November 25, 1859.
PRIOR to the year 1547, Superphosphate had been
made in England, by treating burnt bones with sul
phuric acid, and by the formation of sulphate of lime,
thus abstracting one atom of lime from the bones, a solu
ble phosphate had been formed. In 1»47, J. J. Mapes
made a series of experiments, thus: He found, analyti
cally, that Peruvian Guano contained the necessary ele
ments for insuring the growth of plants, but not in the
right relative proportions to each other. He InsUtuted
a series of experiments, practically, by which he proved
that one hundred pounds of burnt bones, treated with
fifty-six pounds of sulphuric acid, thirty-six pounds of
Peruvian Guano, and twenty pounds of sulphate of am
monia, formed a mixture every way superior to Peruvian
Guano, and that it would not excite the soil, but would
continually add to its fertility. .
He had found that one barrel of blood, fresh from the
animal, mixed with a cord of organic matter would, by
fermentation, produce a manure equal to a cord of well
rotted stable manure. He further found that seventeen
barrels of blood, when dried, would make one barrel,
and that blood could be produced at comparatively little
cost in certain sections; that it could be dried by cooking
and pressing so as to produce a dry powder, and by ad
ding to the above-named ingredients an equal weight of
dried bullock’s blood, a manure is formed, one hundred
pounds of which are equal in power and lasting effect to
one hundred and eighty-five pounds of the best Peru
vian Guano.
Since he has offered his invention to the fanners of the
country, some fifty companies have imitated this article
under various names, and for the purpose of rendering it
popular, have traduced Prof Mapes and his article,
claiming to make that of a superior quality. Every year
presents new imitators of this article, who manufacture
an inferior article, using the mineral phosphates as a
basis, instead of th» calcined bones of animals. Not
withstanding all this, the demand for Mapes’Nitrogen
ized Superphosphate of Lime has doubled.
Peruvian Guano contains an excessive amount of am
monia, the only use of which is to render water capable
of dissolving a larger amount of the inorganic constitu
ents of the soil, or as sometimes called to act as an exci
tant. The market gardeners of New Utrecht commenc
ed some years ago by using two hundred weight of
guano to the acre; they are now compelled to use twelve
hundred weight to produce the same effect, and their land
is evidently impoverished by its use, while those who
have used the Nitrogenized Superphosphate of Lime,
have steadily found their soils to ue improved, and in
stead of requiring more, they require less fertilizing ma
terial each year. And this is particularly true of Cotton
and Tobacco lands.
Among the advantages arising from the use of Nitro
genized Superphosphate arc the following: It carries no
weed seed to the soil; it prevents rust, and insures the
perfecting of plants; thus, when used on Cotton, the
bolls do not fall, and. as by tbo experience of Mr. Lomas,
CoL Davis, Col. Goodwin, and others, it gives greater
weight per acre of Cotton. For Wheat, it has steadily
proved itself to be superior to Peruvian Guano; when in
contact with seed it does not destroy it, as does the Pe
ruvian Guano; and it supplies the deficiency of Phos
phate of Lime and other ingredients, produced by exces
sive reaping of grain and undue pasturage.
The reports or the farm of the inventor, of the Ameri
can Institute, and committees of other institutions, who
have visited it, although it is manured entirely with
this fertilizer, prove that no manure has yet been used
which produces an equal amount of profit.
The American Institute have justawarded their Silver
Medal to Professor Mapes, for the best fertilizer, after a
most thorough investigation into the merits of all in the
market
The subscriber has been appointed Sole Agent In Augusta
for the sale of the above fertilizer, and guarantees that
its constituents are the materials Btated above, and noth
ing else. Planters desiring more information, will please
send for our Circular, containing Testimonials, and the
articles by Dr. Enderlin, which constitute the best trea
tise on Phosphates ever written.
Price, $56 per ton, in Augusta.
J. A. QUIMBY,
No. 193 Broad Street,
51 Next door to “Constitutionalist” Office.
-Tv-* Yu Tv* a
RHODES’ SUPER-PHOSPH ATE !
PLANTERS seeking Manures, will recollect that
Rhodes’ Super-phosphate is the only Manure the
late eminent Analytical Chemist, Prof. Bickell, of Mary
land pronounced Standard! ami w hich has been con
firmed by every secrion into which this Manure has been
introduced.
This Manure is sold under a legal guarantee of Purity
and Freedom from all Adulteration, from the eminent
Manufacturing Chemists, Messrs. Potts & Klett, under
whose personal supervision Rhodes' Bu|»e-Phosphatc is
manufactured. This Manure has been used in South
Carolina for several years |>ast, with great success, in the
culture of Cotton and Corn, and is now thoroughly es
tablished for these important staples. Do not let the sea
son pass without the experiment.
Head the annexed letters from gentlemen who have
tried it the past season.
J. A. ANSLEY & CO,
No. 800 Broad SL, Augusta, Ga.
Athens, Ga.,Nov. 22,1559.
Dear Sir: Rhodes'Super-phosphate has been applied
by me this year, on a small scale, to both Cora and Cot
ton. The result exceeded my expectation, althougn
the experiments, for many reasons, were not, and could
not be conducted with due caution ; yet I am entirely
satisfied that the growth of weed, in both instances, and
the fruit in corn and in the- number of bolls of Cot
ton, were fully double the yield in the portions nnma
nured, and this when only a tablespoonful of the Super-
Phosphate was applied as a top-dressing to each hill of
Corn, and a tea-spoonfhl to each stalk of Cotton—and the
.last as late in the season ns ths 18th of July. Some of
the Weed grew to nine feet high, with six feet branches,
covered with bolls, while the unmanured was not half so
good. It is my intention next year to test it more fully.
Very respectfully.
Your most ob’t serv’L
(Signed), M. C. M. HAMMOND.
Union Point, (Q. R. R.) Nov. 28,1559.
Messrs. J. A. Anslet & Co—-Gents: I bought a ton of
Rhodes’ Super-Phosphate in Baltimore, last Spring,
through Mr. 11. D. Lcitncr, of Berzelia, to test its value
as a Manure. I put about 125 pounds on an acre of Cot
ton, in the drill, on land that would not make over 75 to
100 pounds of Seed Cotton per acre, without manure.—
The result is entirely satisfactory. I have made at least
450 to 500 pounds to'thc acre on’this very poor land. I
expect to purchase from 5 to 8 tons for my spring crop.
My overseer wishes me to put his name to this also.
Yours, in great haste,
(Signed). P. W. PRINTUP,
delO WILLIAM FOSTER.
NEW FALL AND WINTER
Millinery, just opening! miss mathews,
after an absence of four months, has returned from
New York to Augusta, Ga., and has now ready at 229
Broad street, (opposite Masonic Hall.) a large stock of
rich and fashionable French and American Bonnets, Caps,
and Head Dresses.
On hand: Frames/Rlbbons, Feathers Flowers, Chil
dren's Beaver, Leghorn, and Straw Hats ; Velvet, Plush,
Satin and Silk Materials, which she will sell at whole
sale or retail.
Embroideries. Dress Trimmings, Hoop Skirts, Corsets,
Alexander's Kid Gloves; and a few to sell at 50 cents a
pair.
Gauntlets —Cotton, Silk, and Kid ; Furs;
Cloaks —Velvet, Beaver and Cloth, from $2 to $75.
Shawls, Scarfs, and Worsted Goods; Hair Braids,
Curls, Fancy Combs, Hair Pins, Sachets, Fans, &c.
dlo-2m
MONEY—ONE-HALF RILLS LOST.
ON the 15th ult., at Salem, Alabama, the LEFT
HAND HALVES of the following desert tied Bank
Notes, were mailed In a letter addressed to the subscri
ber, Atlanta, Ga., and have not yet come to hand—sup
posed to be lost or stolen. Note A, No. 899, Sept 2d,
1854 —for SIOO. Note A, No. 121,2 d Sept.. ISs4—for SIOO.
Note A, No. 750, Sept. Ist, 1854—for $100; and Note A,
No. 313, Sept Ist, ls>s4—for $100; each on the Union
Bank, Augusta, Ga.
The Right-hand Halves of said Notes were afterwards
sent by Express, and came safe to hand—each signed
“Eded. Thomas. Prcs’t”
At the expiration of three months, the subscriber, who
is the bona fide owner thereof, will apply for payment
of said notes. _ [no3o] MARCUS A. BELL.
AUGUSTA COTTON GIN FACTORY.
I AM continuing to manufacture those superior Cotton
Gins in this city, known heretofore as the “Oglesby
Gin;” therefore. I need' only refer to those that have used
them, to establish their superiority. lam well posted in
all the improvements, and my workmen arc of long expe
rience. My prices will be In unison with all other man
ufacturers, and as the performance of my Gins are guar
antied, it is useless to multiply words. Old gins repair
ed at moderate charges.
Orders solicited early, to prevent disappointments.
Factory located on Mclntosh St., Augusta Canal.
THOS. J CIIEELY, Proprietor,
de 8-ts J. J. OGLESBY, Superintendent.
NEW AND RICH PLANTATION FOR
SALE.
BETWEEN four and five hundred acres of Land. All
good. 250 acres of first quality bottom, 265 acres
cleared, under good fence, and in cultivation. Watered
by two creeks, three or four springs and wells—both free
stone and limestone; healthy. New buildings, Ac.
This place is six miles above Calhoun, County, Ga., and
one quarter of a mile from Rescaa depot, on the West
ern and A. R. Road. Uncleared Land all heavily tim
bered, and convenient to the Railroad For further par
ticulars, apply early to GEO. WM. YOUNG,
oc 15 8m Calhoun. Gordon Co., Ga.
W. SANDIFER,
VETERINARIAN—9I GREEN STREET, AUGUSTA.
WS. has all the necessary Instruments for the
• business, and the medicines that he has used suc
cessfully in cases of Cholic, Sprains, Infiamation of the
Lungs, Bowels, Ac., Catarrhal Fever, Saddle Galls,
Wounds, and Prieks in the Feet, Thrush 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 Or the cases, and will
furnish full instructions forgiving and using the same.
Refers, by permission, to
HENRY F. CAMPBELL, M. D.
ROBERT CAMPBELL, M. D.
J. WHEELER, ESQ.
F. CARTER, M. D.
CAPT. CAMPFIELD.
W. 8. JONES, M. D.
W. 11. WHEELER, ESQ.
E. TWEEDY, ESQ.
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MANIPULATED GUANO.
REPORT of Analysis of Robinson’s Manipulated Gua
no, for Francis Robinson, Esq., Baltimore, Md.
A sample of the above, which was taken at your Mills,
was found, upon Analysis, to be capable of producing of
Ammonia, 8.81 per cent.
And to contain of
Bone Phosphate of Lime, 45.82 per cent
The above proportion of Ammonia and Bone Phos
phate of Lime is known to be most proper for Conccn
trJted Manures. Both theoretical reasoning, and the re
sults of numerous practical experiments have approved
of it An application of 200 pounds of this article per
acre, will supply more of Bone Phosphate of Lime than
is required for any crop—thus leaving a considerable
surplus of this valuable nutriment incorporated with the
soil aftercropping, and will furnish a sufficient quantity
of Ammonia to act as nutriment and stimulant.
CIIAS. BICKELL, Ph. D.
Baltimore, January 28,1559, No. 88, Second St
REPORT ON MANIPULATED GUANO FOE FRANCIS ROBINSON.
The sample Analyzed was taken by myself from the
bags in the mill where the Guano was manipulated. It
contained of
Ammonia, 8.24 per cent.
Phosphoric Acid, 2 .98 per cent
Equivalent to
Bone Phosphate of Lime, 47.59 per cent.
It is therefore and excellent manipulated Guano, con
taining enough Ammonia to produce a rapid and vigor
ous growth, and a sufficient quantity of Phosphates to
prevent exhaustion of the soil.
A. SNOWDEN PIGGOT, M. D„
Analytical and Consulting Chemist.
For sale by J. A. ANSLEY & CO.,
30 Agents, 800 Broad st., Augusta, Ga.
AMERICAN STOCK JOURNAL.
1860.
THE great success which has attended the publication
of the First Volume of the American Stock Jour
nal, has induced the Proprietor to undertake several im
provements for the Volume commencing Jan., 1860, and
he now offers it to the public with the assurance that its
present high character will be fully sustained, and no ef
fort will be spared to render the paper an indispensable
necessity to all interested in the Breeding and Manage
ment of our Domestic Animals.
The Veterinary Department will be under the edito
rial direction of Doct Geo. H. Dadd, the distinguished
Veterinary Surgeon, and late Editor and Proprietor of
the American Veterinary Journal.
Each number of the paper contains 82 large octavo
pages, and is handsomely illustrated. It is published
monthly, at 25 Park Row, New York. Terms, $1 per
year, invariably in advance, with a liberal discount to
clubs.
|3B' -S pccimen copies Bent gratis. Money may be sent
at publisher's risk, in registered letters.
„ D. C. LINSLEY, Proprietor.
C. M. Saxon, Barber & Co, Agents, No. 25 Park Row,
New York. de 3-2am2m
—V, _ N*.
tw~ Southern Field and A few Bound
Copies of this valuable family paper, lor the first six mouths,
tor sale at this office. Price ter copy *5.
Jfi&ll dactf
IS~ Choice Beadj-Jlade Clothing;.—Gen
tlemen visiting Augusta, can find the newest, and best
styles of Ready-Made Clothing, Shirts. Drawers, Gloves,
Neck-ties, Pocket Handkerchiefs, Ac., at the new store
of J. M. NEWBY,
No. 58S, Broad Street
Call and see him. ’ 1 no 26-ts
GREENSBORO’ FEMALE COLLEGE,
GREENSBORO', GEORGIA.
THIS Institution was founded by the Synod of Geor
gia. in 1851, and continues to prosper iinder the care
of that body. The Second Session of the Scholastic year
will begin on the 25th instant and close, with the usual
examination and commencement exercises, on the last
Wednesday in June.
FRED. C. FULLER,
83-3 t Sec’y Board Trustees.
MARIETTA FEMALE COLLEGE.
SPRING Session will begin January llth, and close
June 27 th, 1860.
Fall Session will begin Aug. Sth, and close Nov. 28th,
IS6O.
Board, with washing and lights, and tuition in regular
course, $l6O
The above, with music on piano and guitar, 200
All expenses, including even books and clothing, from
$275 to 800
Payments in advance. .Further particulars from
W. 11. ROBERT,
President Marietta Female College,
SO-4t* Marietta, Geo.
EMORY COLLEGE.
SPRING Term opens Wednesday, January 18th. Ap
plicants for admission will please be in attendance
that day.
Dr. Means' health being restored, his promised course
of lectures before the College may be expected in the
Spring. JAS. E- PALMER,
Oxford Ga., Dec. Sth. Sec. Board.
80-71.
GEORGIA FEMALE COLLEGE.
MADISON, MORGAN COUNTY—IB6O.
THE Spring Term begins on the 2nd Monday, the 9th
of January.
The services of Prof. M. Malcolm, now of Virginia,
have been secured for the department of Music.
Ample provision for board in private families have
been made for young ladies coming from a distance.
For furthec information, address
GEO. Y. BROWNE,
no 25-9 t President.
SEE HERE.
I SINGLE, Southern gentleman, and a graduate of a
A Southern College, with two years' experience in
teaching, desires a situation as instructor In tne Classics
and French. He will, however, teach in any School that
will pay him from S7OO to SI,OOO.
Best "of references given as to morals, Ac.
Address immediately, T. SAMFORD.
de 10 Maxey's, Ga.
BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
AYEDICAL, School, Law, Religious and Miscellaneous
IvA Books, Stationery, Music, Perfumery and Fancy
Goods. For sale low, by WM. N. WHITE,
my2B Bookseller, Athens, Ga.
DOWNING HILL NURSERY.
THE subscribers beg leave to call the attention of the
public to their large collection of Southern raised
Fruit Trees, embracing all the best varieties that have
been tested in the Southern climate.
Also, a fine collection of Ornamental Trees and Shrubs.
Catalogues furnished by mall, free of charge, to all ap
plicants. Address
PETERS, HARDEN A CO.,
je4-tf Atlanta, Georgia.
GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH.
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.
Ga., May, 1859. my2B-tf
NOTICE TO FARMERS & PLANTERS.
THERE is great demand for a strong and permanent
“ Fertilizer,” and experience of late years has prov
en the Inefficiency of imported manures for securing
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 ut moderate cost,
we have pleasure in calling attention to the valuable
compound made at the Highlands. New Jersey, and en
titled the “NATIONAL FEBTILIZEB. suited to
staples of every section.
It is composed of fresh bones, finely ground, and thor
ough dissolved by Sulphuric Acid, thus affording food in
ready form for assimilation to plant With these as con
stituting the basis for Phosphate of Lime, are then also
commingled large proportions of Marine Fish, King
Crabs, and other Crustacea, 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 used. By virtue of this the ammonia
resulting from decomposed fish, is at once fixed and laid
dormant, till by natural process it is set free, aqd grad
ually absorbed by vegetation ns it progresses. With
three important essentials, Potash and Soda, as combined
with soluble Silica, are chemically manipulated, and the
entire mass is ultimately mode fine, dry, and immediate
ly applicable to soil. The “ National Fertilizer,” as
shown in Circulars, is so compounded by change of these
and other valued ingredients, as to be suited in diversi
ties to anv particular staple of the United States. The
Company's Works and Fisheries are very extensive, and
though their enterprise is but recently started, they have
a large and growing trade. They manufacture one Fer
tilizer for the Cereal Grains, Cotton, Vegetables. Ac., and
another specifically for Tobacco, and another for Sugar
Cane; thus giving to plants those nliments peculiarly
adapted to them, and which, by rotation of crops, they
are known to extract constantly from the land. Analy
se and certificates establish the results of. this manure,
j It is 30 percent less cost 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 Ids, 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, Ga.
LEWIS M. HATCH, Agent, Charleston, B.C.
WELLS A ANDERSON, Agents, Columbia, S. C.
OATES A WILLIAMS, “ Charlotte, N. C.
0c29 ts
FOR SALE.
SEVERAL LARGE TRACTS OF;LAND, on the nav
igable waters of the St Mary's and St. Ilia rivers,
well adapted for the manufacture and shipment of Tur
pentine.
Also—along the line of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad,
between the St Ula and Alapaha rivers, and in Clinch
and Echols counties, fifty to seventy lots of 490 acres
each, many of them from four to six in a body, of both
pine and hammock, equal in fertility to any land in the
State or Florida, as is clearly demonstrated by those par
cels which have been under cultivation thirty years
without deterioration of the crops, or fruit trees growing
thereon. Recent discoveries have proven that these
lands are thoroughly impregnated with a fertilizer re
sembling the American Guano, and peculiar alone to the
region or the Okefenoko swamp, accounting for their
productiviness and durability.
The country is entirely healthy—good water, free from
limestone and mosquitoes, and intersected by innumera
ble runs or natural drains, making drainage easy without
wash.
For further particulars, apply to
S. W. NICHOLS,
Ag't for parties, Magnolia, Clinch co., Ga.
Or for information to A'. DUPON,
dec 3-6t*cow Darien, Geo.
NOTICE
THE well known school at Woodstock, Oglethorpe Co,
Ga., will again open on the second Monday in Jan
uary iB6O, under the care of Rev. JOHN W. REID. —
The Trustees need only say that for the past seventeen
years, Mr. Reid has taught In this place, and given gen
eral satisfaction. Scholars will be prepared for the Ju
nior Class in any of our Colleges,
Tuition for Languages, Ac., per year, S4O
“ English Grammar, Ac., 24
“ Elementary, ■. 16
Board can be had in good families at sl2 per month,
everything furnished except light and towels.
31-8 t TRUSTEES.
AMERICAN GUANO.
FROM Barker and Jarvis’ Islands, in the Pacific. —
This valuable Fertilizer lor sale, and Descriptive
Pamphlet furnished, on application, by
oc 22 8m R. F. URQUHART.
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