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c c '" "'" Friaa thoc Valley Farmer.. , " ; 0 ' " HEDGE FENCES. -. .' c N. J. ColemanEsq. You promised me ac little space in 'your crowded col p rmhs for M;y. I have a few lines on o that" very nice ahd important process ofc cutting the Os.nge Orange Hedge WiQf.nl time after heing set and grow ing one year! Ascthere has been much , f fatal teaching and many fatal mistakes made in pruning and training these c- hedges I cheerfully' furnish the follow " ing itenx .of instructions, of immense t importance, and of the highest authori ty, and lsm glad it will he time for those who will heed it to. correct the mistakes of the present Spring. c One year from the" time of setting, cut all cdovrn even with the ground, below the buds into the yellow root. The object of this is to destroy the c tendency to one main stock1, and force the plant to stool at the. outset. If we leave oiily one or two buds we get . vonly as many shoots If we cut them c till off, the root will swell and send up a fine and more strong, vigorous shoots J e , having their .iocn3 exactly at the sur face, 'or perhaps a- little below. No farther trimming is required this year, as we wish to strengthen the root, and . this we can only do by letting it form . .topc the whole of the oSerond year. c .The first cutting should be done "with I hedge-sheers; as with any thing else it ' will be 'difficult" to cut close enough. ' Keport3 of failures are discourag c 'mg when the story is but half told. Ycuhave published some such in former c 'numbers. I have some reports of fail ures to give you in future numbers in which I shall tell the storv! Long 'c will the cautious and the curious con tinue to bandy the question, will hedge- fences olast? and hq?v long will they grow and continue- good? I am happy to refer this question to philosophical c reasoning in the language of my friend, -JUr. J. A. Kemiicott m a late commu nicatiOn: c . . , " . ' V. "There is appoint which time, alone, cancfully settle; Will this hedge last? Y ill the plant, when old, bear the cpn c 'stant mutilation necessary to keep the c hedge, in t shape? Analogy, and its native habits are in our favor. Though a, tall tree, on the- rich bottoms, the Madura, is like the riative Crab, a c . t " round-headed, long-lived Dwarf, along cc e 'the dry prairie .borders and in thin s . . upland soils of its native region. What s soil and sun effect there, art can more. " c " c perfectly, accomplish'here.''. I will, now close, being much hurried, hoping ypur -promise may be good .for e I' ' a "little, space' also in your, next riuin- 'fter. vYoufs, Respectfully, " Y"" ' ' Logan, Sleeper. Cc e.'t;. iridgetQwn, Mo;AprillO, i856. . . , c " .' .POTATOES. .. 0 " " " '.Tohn Brown; of Long Island, com e . 1 . municates'thc following to the Granite -; Fanner:'- , Y. ..... 0 . Several years ago I made some ex- . periments to satisfy myself concerning ; the -.disputed point as to. which is the , . best portion. of a potato to -plapt in . order to pbtain the largest and best 1 yield. . ; The exact result has been lost, ." s tnd asI' have fcften- since heard and , . . , read assertions directly contrary to the . c :. .'.conclusions which I'the.n. deduced, I . resolved' to repeat the experiments. o 0 c e Last spring 1 planted four rows of c ; ;.. equal 'length, side by side, with two ' 'varieties of potatoes. In one row I planted none but seed-ends, so called, ' ..including about one-third of the pota . . .toes, and in the next row planted the . 1 but-ends of 'the 'same'potatoes. I had :'. '" .one row of seed-ends and. one row of . ; but-cnd3,- of a variety called Peach . ' '.Blows. . The yield of these four rows . ' I : was us follows : . " . " . cTink Eyes, but-ends Pink Eyes, seed-ends .: Peach Blows; but-ends . . -Peack Blows, seed-ends 217 pounds 170 ' 325 179 u It e v e The potatoes raised from the but 3 ' ends were much larger than those from , -the seed-ends, and appeared to be from . a week tb ten days earlier. This result ' . .: corresponds with that of ray former . . experiment. Had the whole field been planted with but-ends, the yield would tave been more than five hundred bushel? to the care, I also planted two - - rows next to the above, in one of which . f.pntonlv large potatoes, half a tuber . . in each hill, cut lengthwise, so as to ' ' . 'divide the eyes equally, 'and in 'the ..erroyIdroppedonlysmallpotatoes, . '..one in each hill. From the former I . : V'S 181 pounds, .and from the latter ". ;' 134 'pound. "'I should add that the 0 , average yield of the field was about c " .150 pounds tb the row; and that large . -r-not the largest potatoes were used ' for seed, cut lengthwise, with one-half .. ci a tuber in each hill. ' .. . . CHEAP AND EXCELLENT CARDIES. . , The-following recipe, says a corres ' pondeht of the Kew England Farmer,' I have, tried twice, and find it all that . '. it is cracked up to be. I have-no doubt ' .'that; it would have been worth more .. than twenty dollars to' me if. I had - known 'it twenty -years ago. .Most farmers iiave a surplus of stale fat and . . dirty 'grease, which can be made into good candles at a trifling expense. . . kept both tallow and. lard candles . through the last summer, the lard can . .tiles standing tke heat-the best, and burning quite as well, and also giving as good a light as the tallow ones. . .. Directions for making good candles from lard : For twelve pounds of lard, tane one pound of salt-peter and alum in a gill of boiling water; pour the wuijtuuuu iiuo uie laru Dciore it is .quite all melted; stir thewholetill.it . 1 -boils; skim off what rises; let it simmer e . ' till the ' water is boiled out, or till it ceases to throvr out steam; pour off the lard as soon as it is done, and clean the boiler while it is hot. -If the candles arc to be run, you may commence imr mediately;' if to dipped, let the lard cool first to a cake, and then treat as vou would tallow. ; . - Beans tor, Sueep. Bean straw is valuable for.sheep, and when properly cured they eat it with avidity, in a chemical analysis of beans, it is found tint they abound with a greater quantity of the elements of wood' than. 'any other -grain or vegetable. To make sheep produce heavy fleeces, they will eat them with avidity, whole or ground, even in a damaged state. .To our star flocks during the winter season we generally give a pint of beans, per day, and potatoes. Corn is good for fatten ing sheep, but not so. valuable as beans, neas. oats.. ana most omer crams lur 1 7 7 a theo production of wool. " " THE GRASSES. The raising ot grass tor hay or past -.ire comes m vnin goou lanning ' iJil' 3 P-J. ! everv-where, and is made a more lm portant object as.husbandry advances. Some of our best farmers, however, prefer to raise grain mainly, and get along with their- stocky with a very small quota of hay. Cattle thrive well upon cut straw mixed with meal, roots, etc. We have kept working oxen and cows fat on straw and turnips. But these are exceptions'. The generality of farmers will raise grass for stock, and it is, no doubt, decidedly their best Dolicv to do so'. Grass js the natural food of our, domestic animals. From all that we have jet been able to' learn from experiments made with the different English grasses in this country, none of them equal our own, either for meadow or pasture. The perennial rye-gras3 is the best English grass for general use. It is nowculti vated to some extent in Ohio, and the southern part of Indiana, where, on clay soils, we are told, it thrives well. Loudon speaks highly of this grass. It might.be introduced, perhaps, to ad vantage on our prairie soils; but it is sheer folly to talk about the genera introduction ot the Unglish grasses while our own, proved varieties, are not half as much cultivated as they should be. lied clover, timothy, red-top, foul meadow, iventucKy Diue-grass, and white clover are really all we peed a present., A mixture of these seeds should be sown with every grain crop; for sandy soils, three pecks of clover. and one.of timoth; tor clay loams, hal and half; and on stiff clays, one-fourth clover and three-fourth - of timothy- mixing the other varieties as desirable White clover should always be added: there ii no grass which will supply its place in pastures. - NW KETHOD OF EAISIXG FETTIT TEEES The Patent-Office is in receipt o information from England in regard to raising iruit in what is termed orchard houses, by planting small trees in pots The writer says that a few old sashes some posts, and weather-boarding are all that are necessary to constitute a hqtisefor trying the experiment. Seme experiments were made last year under the management of Mr. Gordon, in the rose-house in the garden of the Hor ticultural Society, London. A variety of young dwarf fruit-trees were placed in pots from twelve, to fourteen inches in diameter, and as many as the house would hold were colected in it. This house is span-roofed, between fifty and sixty feet long, has half its. sashes sliding down; and the other half fixed. There is additional ventilation through he doors, which fall down in the wooden slides; but there is no artificial leat. The success attending this ex periment was highly satisfactory; The truit was abandant, highly-flavored, and of a superior quality, among which are classed strawberries, gooseberries, raspberries, currants, apricots, peaches, nectarines, plums, pears, figs, grapes, etc. Boston Cultivator. Change of Feed for Horses. The kind of food for animals should be changed? frequently. A" horse long :ept on shorts will be affected by a ever in hi3 legs and feet, producing a result similar to founder. Corn meal, or cob meal, should never be given except in a mixed state, with cut hay or straw. This will require them to eat slower, and the food is better pre pared for digestion. If given alone, it ferments rapidly in the stomach, pro duces a general fever, injures the di gestive powcrs,"and finally produces a stmness tnrougnout xne nmDS. n ncn these results are discovered, the remedy is a change ot tood. Continued feed ing on oats alone, will produce the same results as shorts, or meal, and as many a founder is caused by it, as" by ieeomg ana arinKing wnen tne norse is warm. IS necessity compels a per son to leed on shorts, corn meal, or cob meal, a supply of salt should be added to prevent fermentation in the stomach. Ohio Farmer. Cob Meal for Poultry. Hens and other poultry like to have some grass to eat; and they do better if fed during the winter with some substitute for grass than if fed upon nothing but dry grain. The corn-cob is somewhat like grass in its chemical ingredients. It should be ground fine, and may be ac companied with cabbage, mta-bagas, and fine-cut apples. $iew YorhEvan gdist. .'-.' '..''. ' It is said that the Empress Eugene's baby received the Pope's blessing by telegraph, in less than one hour after its birth.. . Well, what of it? IBs bless ing will do the little fellow no. more harm than his curse. mu a men sEsaoir. V Where is the man with his harp of a thousand strings? : -. . . The following rich extract Irom a sermon will be recognized at a glance hv some of our readers here at home. It loses much ot its humor, oecause wc cannot put in print that, sing song style and appropriate gestures that accompany it. . "My friends, sin makes the purtiest young man or ooman in the world ugly ah. And I'll tell you I know-ah; as 7 was coming up to church to-day-ah, I saw some young men in the- road-ah. And I thought one of them the purtiest young man I ever saw in my life-ah. And as I drew nigh unto them I dis covered that they were playing uv marvels,- and' they all drew nigh unto a place they called taw-ah, and they marveled-ah. -.And this purty young man- was the last to marvel-ah, and when he marveled he jumped up and flapped his hands like a rooster does his ivings, and says he, "I wish I may be d- d if I haint fat-ah." And, oh my friends, then I thought that was the ugliest young man I ever saw iri my life-ah And 1 opened my mouth and spake unto him thus-ah, says I, '-young man, this is not the way to salvation. " And ays he, "Old hoss, if you had been salivated as bad as I have, you would'nt want to. hear folks talk about salvation." And now my friends, when that ar young man said he was fat he told a lie-ah, for he was lean as. that hungry looking sister over thar that's always a praying so pious while the hat is bem passed around-ah. ' And, my friends, if that young man hadn't been' blinded by sin, he never could a mistuk me for an old horse-ah, A Methodist Parson Looking for Lost Sheep. A preacher of the Methodist church, traveling in Indiana, stopped at a cabin door where an old lady received him kindly. Alter set ting provisions before him, she began to question him: "Stranger, where inought you be from?'' ' -. "Madam, I riside in Shelby county Kentucky." "Wall, stranger hope no offense; but whatmought yoube dom way up here: "Madam, lam searching for the lost sheep of the tribe of Israel. "John! John!", shouted the old lady, "cum right up here this minnit; here's a stranger from fehelby county, Hen tucky, a huntin stock . and I'll jest bet my life that, that tangle haired old ram, that's, bin in our lot all last week, is one of his n. ' ..A Sailor's Idea of the Efficacy of Prayer.-1 At the moment when on the.Hth of Oct., 1796, the British fleet under Admiral Duncan, and the Dutch fleet under Admiral De Winter, were "about to engage, two sailors, pass ing by Admiral Duncan's cabin, saw him on his knees. ' . "My eyes,. Jack!" exclaimed one, "what is the Admiral about there: "Praying to" Heaven," replied the other. "Praying, for what?" "That the Lord give us victory." "Well now, that's a blasted shame. We are wdl able to lick them our selves. Besides, give the chance. beggars a A Touching Ditty in Prose. When Seth got home from mackereling, he sought his Sarah Ann, and found that she, thaheartlcss one, had found another man. And tnen mosx awiui. tigm ne A 1 1 - t I . J T 1 A. - got, and so he went away, and bound himselt to go and cut live oaK m r loriaa. He pined upon the live oak lands; he murmured in the glades; his axe grew heavy in his hands, all m the wild wood shades. ' Musquitors bit him every where, no comfort did he get; and ah! how terribly he'd swear whenever he'd get. At last despairing of. relief, and wishing himself- dead, he went into the woods a piece, and chopped off his own head. Thus died poor Seth. So says Bull frog. "Massa says you must sartin pay de bill to-day,"- said a negro to a New Orleans shop-keeper. "Why, he isn't afraid I'm going to run awav, is he?" "ISot zactly dat but look heea," said the darkey slowly and mysteriously, "he's going to run away himself, and darelore wants to make a big raise? A lad wishing to turn sailor, applied to the captain of a vessel for a berth. The captain wishing to intimidate him, handed him a piece of rope and said : "If you want to make a good, sailor, you must make three ends to that rope. "1 can do . it, readily responded the boy". f'Here is one, and here is another that makes . two. Now, here's the third," and he threw it overboard. ; Things are queerly connected. A late statistician says, if all our-old maids "should marry, the manufacturers of single bedstead would be .utterly ruined. An Emeralder, in writing a sketch of his life says, "he "xan away early from his father, because he discovered he was only his uncle." . A Good Beason. A lady was asked, the other day, why she chose to' live a single life, and simply replied,' "Be cause I am not able to support a hus band.' ' . No vengeance is more' heroic, than that which torments envy by doing good. " " " MOORE'S FIRST PREMIUM. a : - Wheat;'rill ! :-7 : : Sixty-BigM Premiums 'Atcardedl ; 8,640 BrilI'S In Use. THIS nuicliiric was Patented April 18th, 1843, and July 2d, 1850, and reissued Oct.- 12, 1852, and awarded the Highest Premium at 68 Agricultural Society Exhibition, including 6 State Societies, namely : Delaware State Fnir, held at New Castle in 1850 , Maryland State Fair, held at Baltimore, ISoOand 1851 j Siichigan State Fair, 1851 and 1855; Penn?ylTania, Ohio and Indiana State Fair3 1853 ; and Ohio, 1851." It also received 6 First Class Di- Elomas where no Premiums were awarded to any (rill. These Machines hare been much improved and perfected, and will drill Wheat, ltye, Barley, Oat?, &c.,withaFlai, Millet, Clover and Timothy Seed Sower attached, which can be used at the same time of drilling the grain or otherwise as desired. . All liability of injury by coming in contact with roots or rocks, is completely oonatea, ana icn acres pur day of ordinary ground can be drilled with ease to a light team. The principal of drilling over broadcast at this day is too well understood by most Farmer to need any explanation. V e will only say, tnai we are certain ct beinz fusutineu oy mousuuus m Farmers who have used this drill, that by drilling, & saving of from one to two pecks of seed per acre is gained, by the grain being distributed uniformly at the desired depth, and leaving a ridge of earth be tween the rows, for the action of the rain and froHt to moulder down and nounsu iub room oi iuc inauu, instead of bein washed bare or heaved out, as is often the case in broadcast sowing ; on this account the stocks are stronger and less liable to rust or mil dew, and not so apt to bo injured by the fly, as it starts much earlier in the Spring, and we stand ready to give them the names and residence of hund reds of Farmers, who will sustain us in saying, that . r r 1 1 n there bas been many instances oi a gam oi irom iutw to five, and sometimes ten bushels per . acre obtained on a fair test over broadcast, by the use of a drill ; and the Moore Drill is now distributed over the- country, and is used by more than 8,640 Of . Our Best Farmers! In twenty of the Grain-growing States, who can and will testify to its superiority, which is considered a sufficient recommendation. Some of the many ad vantages we can claim over other Unlls are,itnas a surveyor that measures the ground as it passes over it and measuring', the Grain into th box, we know exactly the amount we are putting to the. acre, which is very important ; and whenever it i3 necessary to change the quantity it can bo dono in an instant, al ways making the cnange precisely me same ui eacu Hoc, which is a docided advantage ovor many others. Different soils require a different amount of soed a change is often necessary in the same field, hence the necessity of making the change without a -moment's delay. This Drill is warranted to perform fiotijvl to anv other, and is superior to any other in its simplicity of construction, having no COG GEARING, or otner complicated aiacninery 10 gei out vi ivyaui. Of selling the above Machines delivered at Brown ville : Price $85, $40 of which is to bo paid when the Machine is taken away. " If the machine operates as above described, then the purchaser gives his note, payable in 6 months for the remainder, and if it does not operate as above named, the the money paid, is . r - . . . . iV 1 l-A 1..1. tobereiunded ana tne nuicuine uruugm uavn. These machines are made and warranted by ADAM P1UTZ. & JU. ATlAMPRTTZ h CO.. Proprietors of Pond Foundry and Agricultural Works, corner of Second, Webster, and Pond St?., Dayton, O. manufacture the celebrat ed Patent One and Two-Horse Railroad Endless Chain Horse Powers, Threshers with Shaker, (which have given more general satisfaction to the farming onmnmnitv fur wise to the horses, and durability. than any other Horse Power in use, ' Wood Saws, for . a a . n f 1. J X. cutting fine wood, and all Kinds oi vasungs aone w order. All orders thankfully received, and promptly at tended to. . - - . ' R. W. FURNAS, lly ., General Agent for T Nurserymen, Fruit-Grorcert and Farmer. THE tfEW YORK Ilortioxiltural rioviowi A JOURNAL OF SUBURBAN ART. Superbly and profusely Illustrated. Devoted to the Advancement of the Rural Interests in America. FTJfllS is one of the largest and most elaborate X works of the kind in tne world. Rural Architecture forms one of the principal features.- Each number . contains from two to four enafravines of model cottages, from designs by cmi nfcnt and skilful architects. Space is also assigned to the tasteful art of Landscape, Uardening; engrav ed plans of gardens in every style, and .adapted to the peculiarities of different orders of architecture, beautity tne wont. Pnrm-nvino-anf nnw frnjs. TiAwflnwors. tirw veeta bles, are illustrated and described as soon as their respective qualities can bo determined, forming the most complete and elegant Manual of Rural Hus bandry ever attempted. ' An experienced eorp3 of practical writers, seven in number, are engaged to fill its colamns, It contains seventy large pages, and is! printed on the finest rear! surfaced paper, manufactured ex pressly. Tebms. $2 per annum, payable invariably in ad vance, r n ty cents comraission on eacn BUDScnuer allowed to those who act as agents, ifcl.uuu will be distributed at the end of the year among those who send us the twenty largest lists of subscribers. These premiums will be paid in cash The first premium will be $500. The followinsr are selected from hundreds of simi lar notices, voluntarily contributed by contemporane ous publications : . The Horticultural Review deserves the most liberal patronage. It is not eminently practical, but is written in a style that equals the bcs efiorts of the lata A. J. Downing. Knickerbocker. The most elegant and useful book of the kind that has ever come under our observation.-sffejistfr, Mr. Readcs, the Editor' of the Horticultural Review, is a practical pomologist, and one of the finest scholars our country boasts of. He possesses the glowing descriptive power of Dickens, the elegant gossip ot aipoie, comDinea wun inorougu knowledge ot rural an. mate roue inuune. Farmers buy it for your sons buy it for your daughters. It is a rich intellectual treat; a rare combination of the beautiful and the useful. Argvg JV. Y.' ' ' We had thought in Downing's death, the eloquent advocate of rural adornment nad become only a cherished remembrance ; but in Mr. Reaglcs we dis cover an equally rich mine of mental wealth, that betokens the influence of the spirit that is gone. Montrose. Tribune. " ' Advertisers will find this an unsurpassed medium" of publicity, as the Horticultural Review circu lates extensively in every State in the Union. Ad vertisements inserted at the rate- of $10 per page. . WOOD ENGRAVING. Those requiring Wood Engraving, can have their orders executed in an unrivalled manner. Special attention is given to views of ANIMALS; an experienced English Draughtsman is engaged , for this express purpose. Persons living at a distance can forward a daguerotype of the object by mail they wish engraved, which will be a sufficient guide to obtain a perfect fac-$imile. Stock Breeders will be dealt with on very liberal terms. Our Exchange last is already very large. A further extension is not desired, unless publishers are willing to give the above advertisement several insertions in their respective papers. ' Agricultural . Books can be furnished on every useful subject, from both English and American pub lishers, by enclosing to cm address the price of the book required, . . Specimen copies will be forwarded on the receipt of 18 cts. in postage stamps. C. BEAGLES, Publisher. . 208,. Broadway, N. Y. . Wertz's Patent Submerged Water Wheel. THESE wheels are exempt from all liability to claims of Pattentees of other Wheels, as will be shown by the following letter from Mr. Merchant, agent of Z. Parker: ' Dayton, March ltt, 1855. " Messrs. Chapmam& Edoab, Dear Sirs ? In answer to your enqui ries, I would state that the first patent granted to Z. a. A. Parker, for improvements in Water Whoels expired on the 19th day of Oct. 1850, having run 21 years from the 19th of Oct., 1829. The second patent granted to Z. Parker and Robert McKelsy for the Draft Box, or air tight chest; (so called,) was granted in June, 1810, and expired in June, 1854, having run 14 years. We thereforo claim nothing for the use of either of the above improvements since the above dates. : Respectfully Yours, L. Merchant, Agent for Z. Parker. The subscribers have secured the right to manu facture the above Wheel, and are prepared to furnish all size3 oa short notice. These Wheels have been thoroughly tested in this vicinity, and give universal satisfaction. CHAPMAN 4 EDGAE. Dayton, June 7, 1S56. 3ra. 3E3E. .lESLi Tn e9s3 Great . Plow and Wagon MANUFACTORY, Head of St. Clair Street, on the bank of the RiTer. DAYTON, OHIO. EVERY desiription of Plows and Wagons kept constant on hand and manufactured to order. The Plows "turned out" at this Establishment, among which may bo found Crain's celebrated Pat ent, are not excelled by any in the United States in fact, their reputation has already extended ever the country. ' Persons in want of Wagons or Plows would do well to call here before purchasing elsewhere. June 7,1.S6. II. KIM.ES! girrersoivs N nrser . .,, ST. LOUIS, MO. JOHN SIOERSON 4 BEO., I . Offer for Sale the coming Spring . -"-ToO.OOO Apple iroc9,o tjc.uam,ciiiui, Vfa. Thrice 25 to 40cnts. ' 25 COO Peach Trees, from 0 to 8 feet high, 6S varie- 11.'' J.! imivvtv ties.tromzo vova. , ... 2 500 Standard Pears, embracing 43 . varieties, ' price from 50 to 75 cents. 5,000 Dwarf Pears, embracing 33 varieties, price $1 00 each. 5,000 Cherry Trees, 31 varieties, 50 to 75 cents 'SOT Apricots, Early Golden, Buda, Peach Ap- 50 cents. nwB, -'i r r t rn 1 Mfl n,iinp nssnrfced. X o v cents. VIA j 500 Dwarf Apples 500 White Grape Currants. 50 25 25 23 500 Black Naples-" i..., .inn Cherry Currant--" 500 5C0 500 Red Dutch Currant Vitr,ria flurrivnts 15 White Dutch Currant3" Larce Bed Dutch Currants ..12 ...12K .-12M .;-12 .. .25 .. -25 .. 25 . 25' -25 i. 25 . 500 500 English Black do 2.000 Prolific Green- 1.000 Houshton'a . Seedling 500 Warrincton . do 1,000 Sulphcr do 1,000 Ashton do 500 Crown Bob do 500 Riflemen do 2,000 Yellow Antwarp Raspberries 1,000 Ohio Everbearing do 2,000 Large German Antwarp do - 1,000 Red Antwarp---- 1.000 English Filberts 10 25 10 10 50 50 1.000 Horse Chesnuts- 5,000 Grape Vine3, 2 to 3 years old 25to50 150,t00 Grape Vines, 1 year old--f 5 100 5,000 Dahlias assorted, each 25 Ulft ParnilUi - do. ...... ..50 u u 10,000 Giant Asparagus Roots -$5100. 5,000 Tube Roses-- lOo each. 2,000 Yards Pink-- .- 50o $ yard. 2.000 Hants Victoria Rhubard 50c. or $40100. 8,000 Wilmot's Early Red Rhubard -12o. 50,000 Strawberry plants, 12 varioties--- ....$5 to $10 per 1000. . 10 000 Shade and Ornamental Trees, embracing ' Catalpa, Black Locu3t,Palionia Imperiallis, Pnnlar. Silver Leaved Poplar. Linden Wood, Sweet Gum, Elm, Balsam . Poplar, Allianthns, Tulip Trees, Upland Cypress,. Sycamore, Paper Mulberry; Ameri can Larch, Weeping Willow, Buckeye Mountain Ash, White Birch, Red Maples, varying in price irum iu w w uiu ing to silzo. 15,C00 Evergreens, embracing Red Ceders, price each 50o to $2. White Pine- do 50o to $1. Y'ellow Pine do 50c to 2. BalsimFir do 50o to $1. . American Arborvitas 25c, 50c, 75c, $1 50. Chinese Arborvitas, 50c $1 50. European Savin 50cj Tree Box 50c. Norway Spruce 50c, 75o to $1. WTiitn finrnce SI. 12,500 Plants of Ornamental Shrubbery, embrac ing in part as follows: Snow Balls, each 6i y-fi to si. . Ly lac, each 50c; Spireas a33orted, each 25c. - Hardy Roses, each 50c. Monthly Roses, each 50c. Honey Suckles, assorted, 25c, 50c, and $1. Syringa Philadelphus 25o to 50c. Rose Acasia 25o to 50c. Privet for Hodegs 25c. m " Bladdacina 25c: Corcorus Japo'nica 25c. Ellagnus 25c; Liburnum 50c. Tamarix Africana 25c to 50c. Ribes Gordoni 25c to 50e. Weeping Mountain Ash $1 50. ' White Fringe Tree $1 50. Forsythea 50o to$l. Cornice Dogwood Silver Striped, 50c to $1. Deutza Scabia 25c; Doutza Gracalis 50c. Weeping Birch 50c. Magnolia Acuminetta 50o. . Weeping Linden $1 50. Dwarf Box 50c, per yard. Eauonimus 50c. Altheas, assorted, 25c to 50c. 5?. In. offering the above Stcck to our customers, we bt;g to say it' is superior in growth and quality to any heretofore offered, and persons wishing a supply, can avail of furtker information, by addressing the undersigned at St. Louis. Catalogues furnished to all post-paid applications. . Respectfully, JOHN SIGERSOX & BRO 1-ly in. NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. E ACH Number of the Magazine will contain 144 octavo pages, in double columns, each year thus comprising nearly two thousand pages of the choicest Miscellaneous literature of the day. Jvery Cam ber will contain numerous Pictorial Illustrations, accurate Plates of the Fashions, a copious Chronicle ef Current Etents, and impartial Notices of the im portant Books of the Month. The Volumes com mence with the Numbers for JUNEond DECEM BER ; but Subscriptions may commence with" any Number. Terms. The Magazine may be obtained of Book sellers, Periodical Agents, or from the Publishers, at Three Dollars a year, or Twenty-five Cents a Number. The Semi-annual Volumes, as completed, neatly bound in Cloth, are sold at Two Dollars each, and Muslin Covers are furnished to those who wish to hare their back Numbers uniformly bound, at Twenty-five Cents each. , Eloven Volumes are now ready, bound in Cloth, and also in Half Calf. The Publishers will supply Specimen Numbers gratuitously to Agents and Postmasters, and will make liberal arrangements with them for circulating the Magazine. They will also supply 'Clubs, of two E;rso:as at Five Dollars a year, or five persons "at Ten ollars. Clergymen and Teachers supplied at Two Dollars a year. Numbers from the commencement can now be supplied. Also, the bound Volumes. The Magazine weighs over seven and not over eight ounces. The Postage upon each Number, tcS ich must be paid quarterly in advance, at the Office where the Magazine it received, is Three Cents. ange Kewspapert and Periodicals are re queued to direct to "Harper's Magazine, Keio York." The Publishers would give notice that they have no Agents for whoso contracts they are responsible. Those ordering the Magazine from Agents or Dealers must look to them for the supply of tho Work. . The Great Western Central Route. Dayton & Western & Indiana RAIL ROAD. IN through trains without change of jruage, Between Dayton, Indianapolis and Chicago, M it tl U it Lafayette, . Terre Haute, . Louieville. First Morning Train leaves Dayton for Indianapolis at 7:45 A. M. Second, Evening Train leaves Dayton for Indian apolis at 3:15 P.M. JAMES M. SMITH Sup't. IMPORTANT TO FARMERS. Wakefield's Hand . Com-Planter. THE Western Corn Planter Company, havingcom pleted their arrangements for Manufacturing this valuable Labor-Saving Implement, now offer them to the Farmers of the West, in the full confi dence that they will at once supply a want long felt by aft, for a substitute to the old laborious, slow, and expensive meth'nis of planting with a hoe. The ob jections heretofore made to Corn Planters, are, in Wakefield's invention, entirely obTiated; their sim plicity, accuracy, cheapness, and durability, will at once recommend them to All Farmers. It is carried and used as a cane or walking stick, requiring no de lay or additional motion or effort is adapted for planting in rocky and uneven ground, and in all kinds of soil is easily adjusted to plant at any desired depth, and to drop any required number of scees in a hill. , The method by which the seed is planted with this Planter is new, and, it is believed, possesses advan tages over every other, not only in facility of use,but in hastening germination. The seed is forced, by pressure, obliquely from the surface 6f the ground to the required depth, thus insuring the immediate absorbtion of moisture, by bringing it into perfect and hard contact with the soil, under and around it, while the earth falling loosely over, cannot obstruct the coming up amd growth of the blade. . The economy of using this Planter, that will more than pay for itself if only wanted to plant in a com mon garden i3 apparent to alL "Persons wishing to purchase Planters or Rights, may obtain further information by address ing Western Corn Planter's Co. office, No. .84 Main street, between Olive andLocu3t streets, St. Louis, -"coy U1 . i . 1 ti, Agent. THE NEW FLOURING LULL. pLARK'S PATENT COMBINED GRINDING V and .Bolting or Merchant Flouring Mill. This mgniy ingenious and much needed invention form3 f . . . . Qtircly new feature in the manufacture of WHEAT and FLOUR, by the superior manner in ""ltu ' pt-riorms lis worn ixKOULMi and BOLT IAG the Grain at a single operation into Seven different kinds of flour and feed. - ibis mill possesses advantages to numerous to be enumerated in any advertisement. The proper way to fully appreciate its great merit is to seet it run. It is in operation daily at . No. 313 Broadway, Corner Court sfc., St. Louis, Mo. auu vouniry .uignw ana anus ror sale. W. W. IIAMER & CO., . . Croadwayand Court, 2d Story. PATENT GRAIN SEPARATOR .. rP milE SUBSCRIBER is now; prepared to fur X nisa Farmers and others with his "GRAIN SEPARATOR," for the present season. It is unnecessary to speaK particularly of the merits ct tneso Aiacnincs, as iacy ra ton well known throughout the country to need extolling ; but tho fact that they have heretofore and nra continuing to receiVD tae premiums at ine-oiato nJ f!nnntv Fair3 whrr thev have been exhibited is mffiMPnt tn induce all those in want of such, a Ma chine, to purchase one of these. At a practical te3tof this Separator in competition with the best of those made in England, in 1853, it received the highest commendations of tno press, ana tf the leadinsr trrijrultaralists of that country. I have a large number of them on hand, re8dy for the coming crop, made of the best material, and war ranted to do eood work. I have made many valuable improvements in these machines within the last year, and have no hesitation in warranting them superior to any in use. I am also preparing a large number of Crawford's' Improved Clover Hollers, patented in 1854, which are greatly superior to his patent of 184i, being in itself feeder, and greatly ahead of it in o iher respects, lney will be manu factured under the immediate supervision of the patentee, who hs permanently located in this place. The above cut represents my four horse u Separa tor," and i3 designed especially for the farmer's own use." - - La also agent for McCorraick's celebrated REAP ER and MOWING MACHINE, combined. J. R. MOFFITT, Piqua, Miami couniy, Ohio. OLIVER BENNETT & CO., MAJ.XFACTrREB3 AXD WHOLESALE DEALEBS IN Boots Shoes & Erogans, NO. 87 MAIN STREET, SAINT LOUIS, MO. ARE NOW IN RECEIPT of a complete assortment of goods from their own and other manufac tories, adapted especially to the Western trade. Purchasers are invited to examine their stock, manufactured and selected with great care and warranted of superior quality. Orders will receive prompt and careful attention. 1S5C. FURNITUREl 1S5G. SCARRITT & MASON. FURNITURE & UPHOLSTERY, DEALERS AND ?Xaziufacturcrsa No. 40 and 42 Washington Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. HAVING completed our arrangements for a fall stock of Goods in our line, and having thebest assortment in the West, we take pleasure in offering to purshasers both WHOLESALE and RETAIL 3000 Bedsteads,' 500 dozen wood seat Chairs, 20u do cane seat .do, 100 do rocking do, 100 do childrens' do, 500 tin safes, 200 Cribs, asserted size3, 200 Lounges, ' 100 doz. Rush and split bot 1000 Bureaus, 500 Dining Tables, 500 Breakfast do, 200 200 100 1000 Work Stands, Wash do, Wardrobes, -Looking Glasses, tom Lhairs. SF"To which we add mahogany and walnut, par lor and rocking Chairs, Sofas, centre, side and exten sion Tables; Secretaries and Book Cases. 0 00 Upholstery in great variety, such as spring, hair, eclton, moss and husk Matxesses, Comforts, Spreads, and Blankets. Our work is all Warranted as reprosented--our Prices as Low as the Lowest. . Orders promptly and faithfully executed and re spectfully solicited. Satisfaction guaranteed. Please call and satisfy yourselves. " EAGIiE jlllliLS, :s ;st. JOSEPE. THE MILLS being now in good repair and run ning order, I am prepared to supply my custom ers with the very highest market price for Wheat. I can grind all I can get and pay for all I can grind. Como and see me you that want to buy Flour, Meal, Bran, Short3, or anything else kept in the Mill. If my farming friends do not want cash for Wheat I kave plenty of Flour for them. If they do want cash and want to sell thsir Wheat, call at the Mill and it will be a trade. Remember tho place, tho Brick Mill,; corner of Charles and Second streets. . JAMES CARGILL. . GWYME'S PATENT CENTRIFUGAL FULIPS. THE undersigned, sole agents for the South and West, for the salo of the above Iumps, would respectfully call the attention of miners, manufac turers, railroad companies, and steamboatmen, to the superior advantages these pumps possess over all others heretofore brought before the public. Among their chief recommendations may be mentioned the following: They are less liable to get out of order than any other. , They have less friction and are cocsequently more durable. They are not affected by mud or sand, and will force water to almost any height. They will raise more water per minute with the same power, and same priced pump than any other ever invented. 1 hese are facts. i- They aro sold by the undersigned at the manufac turer's New York prices, with the cost of trans-por-tation added. They are warranted to give entire satisfaction. All eizes on hand. " Letters promptly answered and information given by ' EADS & NELSON, No. 232 North Main St., St.'Louis. 1856. SPUING TRADE. 185G. EDWARD MEAD & CO., . Oldest Ilouse of the kind in the West-Fitablish'd 1835. KO. 50 MAIN STREET, CORNER OF FIXE. ST. LOOS. IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALERS of Watches, Jewelry and Fancy Goods, Watchmaker's Tools and Materials, Silver and Plated Ware, Shot Guns, Rifles, Pistols, Revolvers. Musical Instruments, Daguerreotype, Ambrotype, &,c, Chrystalotype. Materials; Hotel and Steamboat Table Ware. Dayton, Xenia & Belpre R. R. Direct Through Konle t the East. WINTER ARRANGEMENT. . The only Route authorized to Ticket to . NEW YOEX aU the way by RAIL EOAD ! Via. Dunkirk, Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Connections Direct and without detention to New York, Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washing ton City, Albany, Buffalo, Niagara FfJi, Dun kirk, Cleveland, Crestline, Pittsburg, Whee- ling, Z&ncsville, Newark, Columbus, Springfield and Xenia. ON and after Wednesday, Dec. 27, trains will start from Depot at junction of Third street and CTa- nal as follows : . Express Train, 720 A. M. Accommodation Train 11:10 u Mail Train, C:03 P. M. Going East. connect at Xenia with morning Express of L. M. A v. a. . iviiirwKi toiiew lorn, lioston, IV lazara raHs. cunaio, uunKirK, Cleveland, UresUine, Pittsburgh and Philadelnhia. Also for Tfa.lt.imnr TT..m City, heeling, Zanesvill.;, Newark and Springfield. ' Passengers by the 11:00 A. M. Train from D.iyton connect at Xenia with the. aftpmnnn train r, -, rvir, W)us, Newark, Zanesvillo, Wheeling, Baltimore, and niso wun mo aownwara train for Cincinnati, Love land, Morrow, Wilmington, Washington, Circleville and Lancaster. .... Passengers by the 6:00 P M. Train from Dayton connect at Xeria with evening Express, for Spring field, Columbus, Crestline, Cleveland, Dunkirk, Buf falo, New York, Boston, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia. To all the above point by way of Columbus, may u-o muuii;u in, iuo v. A. 13. Ii. 14. UepOt. All trains Will Stnr. t. TTarKJnn anrl t bhoup s and Frost's cn notice or signal to Conductor. a. v. iviij, ncKet Agent. JOS. CLEGG, Pres't. AGENTS !-AGENTS ! PERSONS accustomed to procure subscribers for Books, Magazines Ac, or get up clubs for news papers, ar9 requested to send us their names and ad dress, and we will forward them, free of charge, a specimen number of a publication for which they will find ready sale; and we will allow them a commission of 50 percent. for their services. , J.BRADFORD & BROTHER. No. 3 Courtland st, Nc w York. Via ST. LOUIS M lUTE R. p. THE Shortest and Quickest aU' RcJlrom! Rente t Cincinnati, Louisville, Baltimore, ItnaJelfb-, New York, Boston, and all Eastern Citic3, . . s .1 ST LOUIS AND TERRE HAUTE R. H Open to Terre Haute, direct through, without chan- road Line, and one less chango jf cars. Ttco TlirovfjJi Trains Daily,. Sundays Excepts 1st. MORNING EXPRESS-I eares St.-U:, 8.30 A. is, and Blinoistown at 9 ) a. Jf. arriving Terre llante at 8.45 pm. , 2 ' 2d. EVENING EXPIiESS-Leates St. Lon;3 als p. M., and Illinoistown at 6 p. jf ., Se 1 -- , . , -- t i iivin; t j " i" uour ana ten minuttj One Sunday Train at C p. jr. CoPnccting at Indianapolis with IndianapclU 4 Cincinnati Railrcad, and Indianav-JL, an(i jj!;ipf,in taia Railroad, for Cleveland 'n?J. ufl t,' jew x or I awengers have a cIoi;e of four ed ' routes from Indianapolis; via N. Y. Central, Sads!1111'117111 CeUral Itimore Ohio . tPasseners takinff the ST LOFT urnv A TERRE HAtjTE BATiioAD LlS SatS connections for aU the above-named ixintT Passengers for Decatur, Bloomlngton, Lasalla, Mendota, Rock Island, Burlington. Ciena,' DiX? and Chicago, connect at Panawiii lUinoU Central R. R., direct through, making th s the ahortet and most reliable route to the Northern points abov named. . ' , - ' Also connecting at Maijon with zha Chicago Branch of the Illinois Central, for all point on thai Road Passengers are requested to ser ure their ThrouVh Tickets by this most reliable routo. . Ba7?nge handll and checked frej cf charge. " '. C3TThrough ticket? can bo pmcued at the Com pany's Office, No. 32 Fourth street under the Plant ers' House, where all information respectki thg differeni routes will be cbeerf i lly fai-nidbei. ! L.R. SARGENT, Sup't. WM. G. HUNT, Aaat Sup'J.' B. F. FiFrELD, General Ticket Ag't. "Omnibus es will call for pc$3crgers in any part of the city,0 by leaving their caidfess at thu office. o o o PACIFIC RAILROAD. 2 OPEN TO JEFFERSON CITY. "N WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12th, this road J put in operation for transportation of Passengcn and Freight, through without chaug j of cars. .- Lntil further notice, the Passenger trains will ran daily, (Sundays excepted ) as follows Leave St. Louis af 10 a. m. Arrive at Jeff. City, 5 p. m.' " Frankiin at COO a. m. - St. Louis, 8.00 a.m. : " St. Louis at 5.50 P. M. o Franklin. 7.0" p n SUNDAY TRAIN'S. Leave St. Louis at 7 a. jr. Arrive at Jeff. at4.l??.n. " Jefferson at 11.20 a.m. Sr,. Iuisat6.30 p.m. Passengers can go out by the li) o'clock, a. Train as far as Washington, have 15 minutes there, " and return to St. Louis at 3.30, p. u. Persons thm Franklin and points East of it, by tiking the morn- ' ing train in, can have two hours at St. Louij, and'- return home on the train which start-font at 10, a. it., ' or,, those who eomo in at 3-JO, p. jr., can go- ont on'', the y, p. jr. train, having an hour and a htliin the city. '' ,, Passengers aro requested to proctire Ticket bet fore taking seats in the l-ar3. '"-,'' Extra char?? for tickets parchar d in tho Cars. . UNITED STATES MAIL. EiF"Kimball, Moore A Co'a., Daily' Line of four X horse Post Coaches will connect at Jefferson City with the trains and run regularly to West to Boon ville, Lexington, Independence and St. Josephs Also. XT il. a 1. . i. " i i r l it. . . ' .uriu iu i uitou, voiumoia, vjiasgow ana isrunswick; and South to Versailles and Springfield, Mo, cd vaniiurcn ana xort smitn, Arfcsnsiis. . t For through tickets, including Railroad fare.apf'j at the Stage Company's OfSco, nnJerthe Plant;r'i House, corner of Chestnut and Fcurlh sts, St. Louk Jt$5F. Bartold will run hi3 line of Express U.wkj between Barrett's and' Manchester, in , connection . with each Passenger Train. Ticlcct i procured at tha' Railroad Depot on 7th etreet. This extension of the ILoad to Jefferson Citv hvm great advantages to the travellLag pulijic', enabling them to avo'd many hours of teuious river convey-, . ance; and merchandize U conveyed speedily to and from market on reasonable terms. . ... FREIGHT will be received for transnortion titUt , Fourteenth street Sution, (Sndrjr:i Jixcaptaf,) Ikjj tween the hours of 8 a. m., and l P. a. J Freight to those Stations whero the Company hav no Agents, must be pre-paid. ' " . . EMIGRANTS and SHIPPERS, and others -inte rested, are invited to call for further information t the office of Master cf Transportation, comer of lnira and Cnestnut streets, and at the ticket office, Seventh street, near Spruce. C.F.BROWN, 0 3 Engineer and Superintendent. Niagara Falls Albany, Boston, New VCreS' Pittsburgh, Ilarnsburgh, Phila'lthia- P,' ' Washington City, Richmond, CindK, U$Z Dayton, Columbus, Zancrille, Whee iHuaiSSSS ' .V V m O O O WF ST. JOSEPH AND. COUNCIL BLUFFS PACKET ; LINE; v Season Arrangement for 1856. . . THE entirely new and fine pnsscDger picket, r OMAHA, J. B Holland, Coaimande', Y. B. . Kercheval, Clerk;) having been built crrressly for the trade, is now running1 as a r'eguUr weekly packet between the cities of St. Joseph and Council Bloffs. Leaving St. Joseph every Monday at 12 o'clock M. And returning will leave Council Bluffs andOmaii ' City every Friday morning at 8 o'clock, andrmicf a connection with the five packets leaving St. Lonii -on Mondays and Tuesdays, which arrive here qb Saturday and Sunday evening?, by which arrangs ment passengers or freight will not be detained a! St. Joseph; but to prepare against fcll contingencies the owners of the Omaha have a large ,Ware-Hun to store all goods hot moeting thcra promptly, . i without charge to the owners, which we deem ti most pcrrect arrangement to passenger or shipper t that can or will be made the present season, aoi they therefore hope by promptness and strict atten tion of her officers and agents to1 receive a hrp thare of public patronftgu. " " ; DONNELL,SAXTON A McDONALD,) - , lti 1 T TOOTLES & FAIRLEIGH, .Vr I 1-tf. I i- ST. L0U1S AND COUNCIL BUFFS PACKET. a . TnE steamer ADMIRAL, having beenthorcog?.' repaired and refitted, will ply ruguiarly bctwet! St. Louis and Council Bluffs, daring the po" 1855. touching at Jefferson VAtv l: 'Leaven worth, St. Joseph, Savannah, Brcwnville, Sonun Nebraska City, St. Mary, and atl intermediate points iua.uK.iui ior me pairopage extci decl toiQ9 MIRAL dllririT tVio nnat. ioiwh Ik. ,ffi,..M hnvie. 0 - f . i.vji;u, IliU J LAI v. . . " r ' ' DUnctualitv a.ml a I j . " W. L ) tiKM JLUIIH WHO K.J' ( of the favors conferred by shippera, and pajwag . Will rMtAIVA oil -I rv v 4 : 'vvviiv aa vi uo a.4.ti:i tJ;u. CHAS. K. BAKER, Slaster. II. A. DARST, Clerk.0 ' MISSOURI' KIYEK TACSLt. . TnE now, elegant and fast running p1. packet and freight steamer, E. A. 0GLt. Baldwin. Commander. i .trills between SSt. Louis and Council Bluffy -one of the best freight steamers on the river, ba . oeen Duiu expressly lor tnia trade. . COUNCIL s BLUFFS PACKET. THE fine passenger steamer GENOA,' Thructt:r ton. Master, will mn rptmlarUflnrinc tbtfje"1 W between St. Louis and Council Bluffs. Her oS hope by regularly and strict attention to ouaiD0' merit a share of the putlic patrrnage. J. THROCKMOUTON, 3h.it J.E. GORMAN, Clerk. B. W. LEWIS , JAMEH W. LEWIS ' 0TH(18. J. BABTIWW late vn.r babteo'io B. W. LEWIS M BROS. . . " Ji.lM:FACTrR2B3 OP ALL JE3CB1PT10' Mr CHEWING'TOBACCl? GLASGOW, MISSOUBL : THANKFUL for the very liberal patron?' we have heretoforq received from cur nt . friends and customers, and while respectful' x, ing a continuance of the samo, pledging car!',' sparo neither pains nor expense t) merit thF aajo of the public, we beg leave to announo J William J. Lewis has withdraws from our fir Thos. J. Bartholow is admitted a tartaer fr ' date, the style of the fina rcmairing unchar that we have gf-cured the services of Ca'pt. G. Davis who will hereafter act ia the cf p;', traveling salesman in connection with ar Bartholow and will during the so:ning ScJ sonally wait upon our customers fof the , soliciting their orders. Oar stock l.eld over t 't year of all description is unaiJEiously0 1',, quality of which cannot fait to giv entira tion to consumers. . B. W. LEAVIS J Glasgow, Mo., January 61855. . DAY & IIATLACK, Wholesale, Dry Goods Eo. 57 Tearl sfrest, bctwe nut and Vine, Cincinnati, Ohio. s he- y;i D S. 1 IL' f.KS unr c: