1838] 



FARMERS' REGISTER 



447 



tnr and retiiin its natural relative position with the I New York ami I'liiladc.lpliia, at $9 00 per barrel, 

 lej;. The broken leg was conlined in this box, Tiiose may, perhaps-, be coiisidfred rather preci- 



aiid treated in the usual inanner that bones are 

 when broken, and the box toixeiher with the lejr 

 fi-oni the knee to llic loot confined in a hori/^ontal 

 ])osition or nearly so, by straps of leather or other 

 suitable substances passed over the horse's back 

 and the two ends confined lo the box; the horse 

 was permitted to put his other three teet upon the 

 floor sutlicienily to preserve a healthy action to 

 the limbs, but not so as to permit him to displace 

 the broken limb in the box and injure it. A cure 

 was eflecled in the course of a few weeks. This 

 was one oC the anterior (or fnvc') lei^s. I sec no 

 dilliculty in treatino- a hind leg by partially sus- 

 pending the animal in this manner, and varying 

 the other parts according to the particular nature 

 of the case. Z. 



Chester cmmty, Pa., June, 1837. 



NEW BKANCn OF THE RICHMOND AND FRE- 

 DERICKSBURG RAILWAY. 



We understand, that the new rail-road, (about 

 three and a half miles long, to connect the Deep 

 Run Coal Pits with the Fredericksburg and Rich- 

 mond rail-road,) was opened on Wednesday last. 

 The road is said to be admirably constructed. 

 The field of coal in that region is very extensive. 

 Several shafts are about to be sunk; and the en- 

 terprising Mr. Barr has already 150.000 bushels 

 raised. This branch road has been constructed 

 by the proprietors of the mines; and they are en- 

 titled to the privilese of bringing their coal down 

 the main stem to Richmond, free of foil. When 

 the road shall have thus been paid for, it will be 

 transferred to the Fredericksburg and Richmond 

 rail-road company. — [Hich. inquirer. 



310NTHLY COMMERCIAL REPORT. 



The most important feature in the transactions 

 of the present month, is the great advance in the 

 price of grain. Inadequate supplies of wheat for 

 the daily demand of the millers, first gave an im- 

 pulse to the market; but accounts from England 

 fo the 10th August, by which it appears that 

 while this country waa oppressed with heat and 

 drought, the very reverse prevailed there, and ap- 

 prehensions were entertained of entcnsive injury 

 to the grain crops, created great excitement in all 

 markets. Prices advanced rapidly in England, 

 and were expected to attain, in a ibw weeks, to 

 the maximum average of 73 shillings per quarier, 

 (of 560 pounds of wheat,) at which foreign grain 

 is admitted almost duty free. Accounts to theSih 

 of this month, daily expected by the steam-packet, 

 will, in a great measure, decide the question, as 

 to the English crops. In Holland, also, the wea- 

 ther was unfavorable, and the stocks of old grain 

 in the north of Europe were unusually small. 

 The price of wheat consequently advanced in our 

 markets until it reached §1 70 to ^1 75 in Rich- 

 mond, SI 85 to 81 97 in Petersburg, and $1 50 to 

 $2 00 in the northern cities, where there is a 

 greater diversity of quality. Some shipments of 

 flour have already been made to Liverpool from 



pilate, as the result of the crop is yet doubtful^a 

 lew days will decide it. 



There have been sufficient rains below the fidls 

 of the rivers to revive vegetation; but higher up 

 the country, they have as yet, (22d September,) 

 been so moderate, that the water courses are not 

 filled. Few o( the country mills could grind, and 

 interior navigation has been in a great measure 

 suspended. The same state of things has pre- 

 vailed to the north and west; so that supplies of 

 urain and flour, which are represented as very 

 abundant in the western states, will be moderate 

 from thence until next spring. Corn has advan- 

 ced to 95 to 100 cents per bushel. In the lower 

 part of North Carolina, and in some of the lower 

 counties in Virginia, the crop is said to prove bet- 

 ter than had been anticipated; but, in the upper 

 country, very deficient. The price of bacon has 

 <Tone up to 16 to 17 cents. 



The weather, for some days past, has been fa- 

 vorable for tobacco; but ''the s/a/wZ," (as the plant- 

 ers term it,) was so small, and the season is now 

 so far advanced, that there is no doubt the crop 

 will prove very short, even with a continuance of 

 favorable weather; and, should there be a frost 

 soon, a large portion of the crop will be destroyed. 

 This article has attained to high prices: ^6 50 to 

 ir!l3 60, embrace the extremes, except for a fancy 

 article. The export to Europe has been mode- 

 rate, as are the stocks on hand compared with 

 former years. 



The receipts of cotton, during the month past^ 

 have been very light. The quantity received m 

 all our ports, since^lst October last, is now stated to 

 be 1,808,000 bales, against 1,360,000, in 1837, 

 The export, 1,580,000 against 1,155,000. Prices 

 have been sustained, better than could be expected, 

 under so heavy a supply. In this market, 10 to 11 

 cents is now quoted. A few hundred bales of the 

 new crop, received at New Orleans, and repre- 

 sented as very fine, commanded 12.\ to 13;^- cents^ 

 while the quotation of old is 7 to 11 cents. The 

 crops in Louisiana, Mississippi, South Alabama 

 and Arkansas, are stated to be fine and abundant. 

 From other quarters, the accounts vary. In 

 North Carolina and Virginia, the crop is undoubt- 

 edly very short. 



Exchange on England has recently been at 9| 

 to 10 per cent, premium; but the importation of 

 grain into Great Britain will tend lo reduce the 

 rate between that and other countries, to cause an 

 exportation of specie, and to advance the rate of 

 interest in England. X. 



September 22, 1838. 



P. S. Sept. 27.— The steamer, Great Western, 

 has arrived at New York from Bristol, whence 

 she sailed on the 8th inst. The weather in Eng- 

 liind had been generally favorable for harvesting, 

 since the advices previously received; and there 

 was some depression in the prices of grain. The 

 average of the preceding si.K Aveeks, had, how- 

 ever, reached 72 shillings and 11 pence, or within 

 one penny of the rate for admitting bonded wheat, 

 at the duty of one shilling per quarter.— There 

 would, therefore, be a very large quantity, (not less 

 than a million of quarters) entered for home use, 

 which would tend to reduce the price. This news 

 has caused a slight decline here. In the prices of 

 cotton and tobacco, there was little variation. 



