32 



^[)t JTavmcv's illontljliji Visitor. 



ui-e destroyed, timing winter, l)y tlie denoiticii- 

 lion of liiici; lli.in by llio f>evoiity of tiie wliitei- 

 fiiijils. My lr;iiM|liMg tli<' snow conip.icily nroisiiil 

 the roots luiil stems, it is rurnleri'il impeiietniLile 

 to tlieir etfoi-ts, and lience un elKcient satuguafd 

 to the trees. 



Mr. Villi, a weiililiy merchant, informed us tliat 

 he did liusiiiess twenty years at Troy, N. Y. 

 About ib.-ee-foiirtbs of liis trade, vvas from tbe 

 State of Vernioiit. He remarlied tliat notwiib- 

 staiuliii^' the New York people were considered 

 more wealthy and alile limn those of Verinont, 

 liis losses in trade bad been almost exclusively 

 (inm the lijrmer, because while the habit of the 

 latter was to purchase only where they were sure 

 of the ability to jiay, the laws in New York have 

 been so made that "those only will jiay who do it 

 voluntarily. The difference'liere shews that the 

 most severe laws were most for the benefit of 

 both (hditor anri creditor. 



EXPERIME.^TS I.N RAISING POTATOES. !Mr. Eli- 



sha Williams ot Ariiyle, Penobscot comity, Me., 

 took a small (|iiaiitily of potatoes last spring, and 

 divided each puiato into four equal parts, plant- 

 ing the bntl end, the seeil end, and two centre 

 )iieces each separate, and the pn.duce vvas, from 

 the butt ends 40 ponmls ; (i-om the seed ends 62 

 pounds; and from the centre pieces both togeth- 

 er, 160 pciunds; shouing the superiority of the 

 centre pieces by 58 pounds in the cpiaiitity plant- 

 ed.— .V. E. Farmt.i: 



Fattf.nino fowls with potatoes. — There is 

 n sreat protit in feeding' geese, tnikies and fouls 

 of everv sort, with potatoes and meal mixed; 

 they will fitten in nearly one half the time that 

 th.ev will on any kind of corn, or even meal itself 



The pntatoi'S mn:-t be bruised fine while hot, 

 and the meal added when the mash is given to 

 them. — Selecltil. 



The late Duel at Washimiton. — We cut the 

 foll'iuins,' p;iilicuiais ol' Hie iluel between two young men 

 nt U'iisljniyton eity, Irom tlie J\. Y. Re|)ul)Uc. of l-'eb. 19 : 



Severe DiKL.^On Iridny morning l:ist a duel was 

 fiiu"lit with nilis between :l young man n,ini.?d Julian 

 May, .1 son ol' Dr. May, of W.isliinglon city, said to be 

 about twenly two jears olJ, and a youni,' man named 

 Cocliran. also of Washia'jton, aged about twenty years. 

 Tlie latter tell mortally w'ounded it is said in the head. 

 The duel was iiiu^'iit it tlio Chain Bridge, ia Virginia, 

 near Georgetown. In relation to the origin oC this afViir, 

 there are a great variety orrejiorts alloat. One, Irom a 

 source on wfiieli v.-e place reliance, says ; " The seconds 

 were a young gentleman named .\shc, irom Pennsylvania, 

 for Cochran^ and a person named Poole, for May. — Tho 

 quarrel originalv c.immenccil between the seconds, and 

 it may he remarked that A^he, the second of Cochran, 

 lias been the almost inse[ierable friend of .M.ay. Coch- 

 ran inquired who Pi;ole"s friend Was, and on being 

 informed that it was May, replied that May was a coward, 

 and unlit to be any in ii's second. The original quarrel was 

 adjusted, and Miiy challenged Cocliran lor the dispara- 

 ging remarks on his courage, and the result has been al- 

 ready stated. — Cochran was not more tJian nineteen years 

 of a'-je, though apparently several years ohler. iNiay is 

 probably twentv-Uiree or twenty-four, and the seconds 

 (who were the imly pereons [iresent betides the principals 

 and hack drivers) are tbout the same age. May, .\she, 

 and Poole are fashionable gentry, or " bloods" of the first 

 water. Cochran was supported by his broiherabove allu- 

 ded to. May escaped on horseback, and, it is said, was 

 in a state of friiiht'ul excitement." 



From the jVew Orleans Bee of Feb. 12. 



DF.STRUCTIVFCO.NFL,VGRATIO.\— fiKK\TLOSS 



OF CO rrO.N—KSl-l MATED LOSS .s(.?75.0no. 



Yesterday afternoon, about 4 o'clock, two of the hands 

 einploye<l in the Orleans Cotton Press discovered a fire in 

 the room of tlie second story of the centre front building 

 used as the " loose cotton room.'' One of them attempt- 

 ed to extinguish it by Ihreshiiig it with a stick, while the 

 other ran for a bucket of water, but the lire making such 

 quick prog^e^3, he w-is compelled to abandon the room. 

 The fi imes in a few minutes ascended to the cupola and 

 e.xtended under the roof to the adjoining rooms, where 

 alirgc number of bales of cotton were stowed, which 

 were almost instantly igniterl. Tbe number of bales of 

 cotton consumed is estimated at 8,.500. 



The loss of which, estimated at ,^'10 per bale, would be 

 ,^310.000. The damage done to the building could pun- 

 sibly be repiired for ^25.000, and the engine and two 

 rcrews for ^'O.OOO more, making the total loss, as far as 

 couhl be esiimited by a rough calculation, ,JJ75,U0y, 

 which we understand is fully covered by insur.ince — the 

 cotton in this city, and the building in the tiflices in this 

 city, in London and P. iris. This building was considered 

 the largest in the \voi-ld. It fronts upon the Mississippi 

 and on RjfFignac and New Levee streets, and is G32 feet 

 in front, by 308 in breadth. It was built by an incorporate 

 company at a cost of ,^'753,000, and is capable of storing 

 thirty th'ousand bales of cotton, which amount, we under- 

 stand, was yesterday morning under its roof. It has been 

 for some years le ised to Messrs. Freeland and Behan, at 

 the rate of ^2.5,000 per annum. One of the engines and 

 two of the screws are uninjured, and can be immediately 

 put into active operation. 



Since the above was put in type, we have seen several 

 letters received in this city, in relation to the fire, from 

 persons likely to have the most correct information on the 

 subject. One of the letters says : — 



■■ The amount of loss in cotton is variously estimated 

 at 5,000 to 3,0D0 bales. My own estimite however is very 

 considerably less, judging from tfie put of the press de- 

 stroyed, ami 1 put the loss at between 3,000 and 4,000 at 

 the outside. I do not think that the Ure was caused by an 

 incendiary,"' 



Anollier Icltar estimates the c itton burned at -l.jOO 

 bales, and stall's that the newspaper reriorts of the loss 

 are greatly exaggerated, 'i'he writer's calculation of the 

 total loss 13 ^aOO,000, all covered hv insurance, of which 

 ,530.000 is at the JNorth. Annesej'to the letter is a dia- 

 gram of the premises, by which it appears that about oae- 

 sistli part of the building is destroyed. The lirs is im- 

 puted to inccndlaris.n , on the ground that it broke out iu 

 two places simultaneously .^-.V. Y, Adv. 



From the B iston Cultivator. 

 BOSTON MARKE'f— Feb. 2k 



PROVISIONS — VVestern Mess Pork, new ordinary and 

 fair quality, 8 tii a 9 I 2; old, 7 23 a 7 37 i prime new, 753 

 a 7 7j cash j Western Prime Beef, 4 12 a I 37 j Lard, G^c 

 per lb. cash. Tlie quantity of t^ecf inspected" in this 

 Slate, from May to January Ist, 1844, shows an increase 

 over last season of 7000 bbls. , 



FLOUR — Genesee has sold quite freely at 5 25c. Fan- 

 cy and Etin Fancy brand.s,5 41 a 5 62 ; fiat hoop. 5 19; 

 Ohio Fancy, 5 50, cash; Howard st, Ale.tandrii, Freder- 

 icksburg, and Baltimore (My Mills, all ,^.5. cash; Peters- 

 burg. 5 25; do. Extra. 5 50; Georgetown. 5 25,4 inos. 

 Holders are firm and the mirket has an upward tendency. 



GRAIN— The supply of Corn csceeds the demand 

 which IS very limited. Sales of Southern yellow flat at 

 49 a 50e ; and white. 47 a 43c ; Southern Oats, 3r2 a 33c, 

 and Northern 34 a 35c, cash. 



CONCORD IVHOLESAIiB 



CASH PRICES CURRENT, 



For West India Goods fit Groceries, Flovr, GRAtn, Pno- 

 OUCE, Iron ^ Steel, Plaster, Salt, Lime, &.C. ,St.c. 



Corrected weekly for Hill's .V. H. Patriot bv GILMORE i. 

 PR.VTT, at the Depot Store, Concoril, X. H. 



Pots,. 



Feb. C9 

 ...Ai 

 ,...5.i 

 1 



THE MARKETS. 



The eest harbor on the covst. — The Portsmouth 

 papers arc eulogizing, and very justly too, the superior 

 excellence of their lurbor. which his been the only one 

 this side the Chesapeake Uiy not frozen up during the 

 recent cold weather. Not only Ins Portsmouth harbor 

 remained entirely unobstructed by ice, when Boston. 

 New York, and everv oilier port in the F.atteru and mid- 

 die States was c impietely frozen up, hut the navigation 

 of tlie Pisratiqna has remained open up to Dover Point, six 

 miles above Portsmouth. In the coldest days the first 

 of this month, the Daver Pickets, we are told, r.in from 

 Pinkham's wharf at the Point; lo Portsmouth with no 

 other imjipdimeiit than a Ittilc ice in the immediate vicin- 

 ity of the wharf, w'hich was but a few inches thick and 

 easily broken. This winter has proved the harbor of the 

 Pise itaqu 1 to be deserving more attention from the Gen- 

 eral r.overnment than it ever yet has received. .As a sta- 

 tion for a Naval depot it possesses advantages superior 

 to any other harbor on lonr coast. — Dover Gazette. 



Froni tlie Boston Post. 

 DOME.STIC ia.\RKET.S-N. Y. Feb. 21,3 P. .\I. 



1.300 bags St Domingo Coffee sold at jj a (ic. the latter 

 price for quite prime — bunch Rasins at ^'2 a 2 05 — some 

 BordeaiiA softshelled Almands Sold at llic — Buenos Ayres 

 Hides have been sold at 12^ a 13c— 2000 dry salted iNiar- 

 anh3m,at something under 10c. time — Indigo is rather 

 better — a s.ilo of Ivory has been nude at 117o for prime, 

 and nOc for serivello — .Molasses is plenty ; M Jlaazas sells 

 at 24c in lots. 30 hhds selected Porto Rico new crop at 

 30c. New Orleans at 3Ic. Small sales are miking of 

 Whale Oil at 40^: — a cargo at Mystic has been sold, 35.} a 

 3Gc. Sales American and English Linseed Oil at 85e 

 gall. .-Ml seeds are dull. Sales Cassia .at 19o. Sugar 

 droops- 250 hhds N. O. sold at 6 a 7c— 300 biixes Cuba 

 at G| a 7A. The Teas by the .Mary Chilton sold at steady 

 prices by'auction to-dav. Greens are very much wanted, 

 as the stock is extremely small, but blacks continue heavy. 

 Cotton is rather feeble to d.ay, the sales reach 1500 bales 

 at :Jc lb declins. Flour is hold firmly, but with no large 

 sales. Corn is to be had at 47c weight for Southern — i 

 parcel of Jersev brou.'hl 50c— 1100 bushels Pennsylvania 

 Oats, prime, siild at Sic. Siles Pearl Ashes at ft'j OG— 

 Pots at ,54 02. brand of '43. .\ sale of Flaxseed was 

 made this m iriiin,' at g9 62 tee, for crushing. 1300 bush- 

 els Barley sold at 5Jc. Sterling bills S^ a 9 preni— I'r.mcs 

 5.30 per dollar, exhibiting some decline — stocks rather 

 droop, and upon tlie whole, people are in quite a prudent 

 mood ti>day. 



(t^ To such pa-sons as mai/ subscribe Jor Ike. 

 Viiilor iluring Ihc month of Much or ,^prU, we can 

 sxijip'y the back nu-.nhers (in an;/ quantily) J'ront the 

 cnmmtncr.nrnl of the present year. 



Bick numbers, from llie commencement of Vol. 1, 

 tolil nl-o be supplied upon uppllcalion, at the present 

 subscription price. 



BALTI.^IORE MARIfEP- ri 3. 19,5 P. .M. 



There were about 100 head of Beef Cattle offered for 

 sale at the Scales to-day, of which 75 were sold. The 

 prices paid range from ,51 62.\ to §2 75 per 103 lbs, on the 

 hoof, which is equal to 5-3 25 a 5 25 net. 



FLOUR— Asile of 200 bbls llo.vir.l-street Flour, of 

 good mixed brands, was made frona store on .Saturday al 

 Si C2.j. Holders generally, however, ask g I 75, but buy- 

 ers refuse to pay that price, an I na trans ictions have taken 

 plaio to-day! 'I'he receipt price continuas at 5^50. 

 Holders of City Mills Flour ask gi 75, but we hear of no 

 transactions. 



GRAIN— The few parcels of red Wheat that reach the 

 mirket by wagons sell at 95 a 100c. .\ s ile of a cargo of 

 Maryland while Corn was made to-day at 40c; yellow is 

 worth 41 a 15c, .\ sale of a cargo of (Dats, afloat to-day. 

 lit 29c. 



BRIGHTON MARKET— -Mo.NiiAV, its. 19, 1844. 

 [Reported for the Boston Daily Advertiser.] 



At Market 500 Beef Cattle, 900 Sheep. 40 Beel Cattle 

 unsold. 



\'n\cr.i—Beef Cntlle. — We quote a few extra at gi 7o 

 a go; first quality $4 25 a 4 50; sec )nd quality £14 00 a 

 4 25 ; third quality, 3 50 a ,54. 



Slicep—We quote lots from g\ 50 to $2. Wethers from 

 2 75. to 4. 



Sioirie — None Qt market. 



ASHES 



Ptarls 



ALLLI.M 



BLtJU VITlilOL, 8J 



Bltl.MSTO.XE, Roll, 3 



Sulphur, I 



CAMPHOR, Ret'ined,..,.l,00 



CANDLES, Mould 10 



Sp-rin, 32 



CASTOR OIL, first qual- 



itv, l?-sall 1,00 



cnALK,>- hand 50 



COFFEE, St. Domingo, Si 



Porto Rico 8.^ 



Porto Cabe'llo, B 



Old Government Java,... II 



COPPERAS, 'i 



FISH, Dank,p-qnintal,..S,75 



Pollock, 2,.M 



Dav : -ifiV, 



Old Dun ■t,')0 



FLOUR, Genesae, ,.0,V5 



Fancy hranil, {1,09 



Ohio, Akron, '....6,00 



FRCIT. Fiss 14 



Raisins, bine mark 7,50 



Black mark, 7,00 



Box, hunch, 2,25 



FUSTICK, Cuba,<|>- ton, 30,00 



Tampico ^,00 



Ground, i^hund 1,50 



GLUE, Russian best, 17 



American, 11 



GUAfX. Oats, 30 cent I* bii 



Corn, 6.:ido(lohu 



Rye, oSdodohii 



Beans, 7 j ffl) 1,50 



Peas 73® 1,00 



ORINUSTOXES, Ist qual- 

 ity, finished, (;> lb '3,''^5 



Da. do. unfinisliL'd, 1^ 



GUM COPAL, 40 



HERRLNG, (p- bo.x, Ko. I, .50 



Stal.id, 73 



I.\DIGO, Bengal, .1,10® 1,73 

 Spanish lloat,... 1,00® 1,31 



Manilla, 73(5)1,85 



IRO.V, Old Sable, 4^ 



English, 3 



Banks, refined, 4 



Biialisb, sheet, « 



Russia, do i;® 13 



Old Sahle nail rods 5^ 



J^orwegian do i> 



Cmiimon do 't j 



English hoop, 5 



Am-rican do 4 



Shoe Shapes, .A^n 4.i 



Swedes, shoe shapes 4) 



LEAD, Sheet, 5 



Pip 4 



LE.Vl'HER. New York 

 Sole Leather, Light, 17 (ffl20 



Do. Heavv, 15® 16 



LIME, Thouiaston, first 



quality, 1,25 



(■anid."n, do 1,00 



LOGWOOD, St, Domin- 

 go, t» ton, 93,00 



Cainpeachy,. 27,00 



Ground, V* iliind 1,50 



MACKEREL, So. 1, i^ 



bhi 11,00 



No. 2 9,00 



No. 3, 7,U0 



JIOL.VSSES, Havana, ....2J 



Surinam, 98 



Trinidad, ....30 



Porto Rico 33 



Siisar House, 45 



NAILS. Boslon Iron Co's 



brand, ^\ 



Old Colony do 4 



Warehana do 



P.M.NTS. Chrome Y( 



Litharge 



Kid Lead lU 



Prussian Blue, best, 80 



Veneliaii Red 3 



Verdigris, 2,0U 



Whiting, best, 1 



Do. common, S 



Freilrb V'dluw, 3 



Paris Green, best, 33 



Vermilion, 9,00 



Camwond, ;. 4,00 



I'cabody's extra Lead, 



ground in uil 6,75 



Do. No. Ir 5,75 



How 



IS14. 



Do. Extra Dry, 5,75 



Do. No. l,do 5,2i 



Albion extra, do 5,25 



Do. No. 1, do 4,75 



PLASTER, ^ ton, 5,50 



Do. groiin.l, 9,00 



PROVISIONS. Pork Ex- 

 tra clear t?- libl, 14,00 



Common do 12,00 



Extra .Mess, 12,00 



Common do 11,53 



Round Hugs, ^ hiin-. 



drcd, 4,00® 5,50 



Butter, ^ lb, 6® 11 



Cheese, new milch,...4i®5 



Four ineal 3® 4 



Dri.?a appL', best 4 ® 4J 



Lard, northern, 7{ 



Do. sontliern d| 



Turkevs, O'ffiS 



Chickens, efffiS 



Geese 4® 5 



REOWOOU, gtouud, ^ 



liniid 2,50" 



Nicaragua, ■p ton, 35,00 



RICE, If /lunrt. best 3,50 



ROSIN, ^ bbl ?,00 



SAL,«RATL'S, first qnalitv,5J 

 SALT, St. Ubcs, 1* hbd. 4,00 



Cadi/., 3,75 



Bonaircs, 4,50 



Turks Island, 4,50 



Liverpool, 3,75 



Do. fine, Worthingston 



brand, l* has 9,25 



Do. other brands, 2,12 



S.ALTPETRE, crude, 7^ 



Do. relin.-d, 8 



SEED. Clover, northern, .11 



Do. soulhein 7 



Herds tTass, JS- hu.1,73, 2,00 

 StlEETI.N'GS, prime i)^yd...S 



SHOT, assarted Si 



SHOVELS, cast steel, .^ 



doz 10,00 



Steel pointed do 9,00 



Iron do. best, 8,00 



Do. coininon, 6,50 



SOAP, Castile, 12 



White Soap, best, 8 



Brown, No. 1, * 4 



Family, ,..5 



Extra 6 



SPICES. t::assia, in mats, 20 



Do. uround, 2-3 



Cloves, ; 30 



Ginger, pure €| 



.Mace, t* ft, 1,00 



.Vntmegs, best, 100 



Pimento, whole, 19 



Do. ground, 13 



Pepper, whole 11 



Do. groiintt, 13 



SPIRITS TURPENTINE, 



{^ pall SO 



STEEL, Swedes, best 8J 



Sanderson, Brothers & 



Co. cast steel, 18 



J.^'ssop &. Son, do 174 



G riiian, best, 18 



Do. coin man, 10 



Conch spring, best, 9.) 



SUG.MtS. Brown Hava- 

 na, very best, 8 



Do. (lo. prime, 7} 



Do, do. fair, .7^ 



Double refined East Bos- 

 ton loaf, 12} 



Do, do. crnslled, 12^ 



Do. (lo. powdered, 13 



Common loaf, 11 



Porto Rico, best, 8 



Purified .Muscovado do . ..7J 



35lT.\R, l* bbl 3,00 



3 JTE.\S. (iitnpowder, best 



7 quality, Plb 7.1 



l>.l I Imperial, do 80 



Hvson, do 60 



Hyson Skin, do 39 



Young llvson, common, .30 



Do. do. fair 35 



Do. do. good, 40 



Do. do. best 43 



TOC.XCCO, common keg,..C 



Good do 10 



Common box, 8 



GooJdo 12.1 



Honey Dew, do. best, ...18 

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