THE FARMERS' REGISTER. 



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and Baliiaioro, the prices loec here liom 110 (i)r 

 red wheal, and 115 (or white, to 125 and 130, ai 

 which prices eome of the river crops were sold. 

 Most of the large crops however have been 

 held /or higher prices, and as we thought injudi- 

 ciously. However the last news irom England 

 eeems to indicate that wheat will be higher, 

 though there is no advance here yet on the pricen 

 Btaied above, to this date. 



Judging merely from the season, we inler that, 

 notwithstanding the very bad early and planting 

 season, an average crop of tobacco may be expect- 

 ed, provided there should be a warm autumn 

 and no early frost. — Ed. F. R. 



August 25th, 1841. 



P. S. On 27th, the price of wheat, as we anti- 

 cipated above, has advanced — to ^1.30 for red, and 

 81.35 for white. 



[Not having room for the communication to 

 which the Ibllowing was appended as a postscript, ia 

 the cause of presenting this alone.] 



" Queen linn's, Aid., Aug. 14, 1841. 

 " For the last filteen days our grounds have 

 been saturated by rain. In consequenne ol' our 

 cold spring, our corn was planted late ; it was 

 scarcely checked by the drought, much of it is 

 now ici fresh silk, and should the lall be (avorable, 

 we shall make enough to serve us, and some lor 

 market ; but should there be a cool month of Sep- 

 tember, or an early frost in October, the crop will 

 be email.'' 



on their bills, or lor us to take ihe trouble of 

 writing them, for tlie very small chance of re- 

 ceiving any compensating return. These are 

 some hundreds of the subscribers to the Carolina 

 Planter, transferred to our list, and who did not 

 discontinue their subscription, and who received 

 the substituted Farmers' Register for 6 months 

 (until it was stopped by our own act,) without 

 making any compensation. 



On the cover of this number will be marked 

 the amount due (if any thing) from such existing 

 subscriber, for the current or any previous vo- 

 lumes. 



With a subscription list larger than at any 

 previous lime, and of more value according to 

 the amount which should have been paid by 

 subscribers, our publication has never been of 

 so little profit as for this year. If this is owing 

 to the " disordered state of the currency," we are 

 heavily punished by the operation of the swin- 

 dling banking system for the efforts we make to 

 put it down. 



SU1VEIMEAH7 OF ITE-WS. 



A SAMPLE OF EDITORIAL AND PUBLICATION 

 PROFIT. 



Ill June and the early part of July we perform- 

 ed part of our annual task of sending bills for ar- 

 rears of subscription money, due li"om one class 

 of debtors only, that is, those whose names had 

 been erased from the list, at the end of the last 

 volume and previously for non-payment. These 

 bills amounted to between ^4000 and ^5000. 

 Now how much does the reader guess haa been 

 since received, from the many individuals thus 

 reminded of their neglected obligations'? A no- 

 vice in such business would perhaps guess a thou- 

 sand dollars — certainly not less than five hundred 

 — or one more experienced may suppose §100 to 

 $200. But the true product of the problem is 

 surprising even to us. The fact is, thai to this 

 25th day of August, not one of these bills or one 

 cent thereon has been paid ! ! ! 



There is another large class of debtors to whom 

 DO bills have been yet sent, and we scarcely think 

 it worth while to subject them to pay the postage 



Fridaij, August 6, 1841. 



The Great Western steam-ship arrived at New York 

 on the 31st of July, bringing accounts from England 

 to July 14th. 



The results of the elections of Great Britain hatl 

 been so nearly all reported, that it was certain that the 

 Tory or Conservative party will have a strong majority 

 in the House of Commons. Of course the present 

 Whig ministry will go out. Sir Robert Peel will be 

 the head of tiie Tory ministry. The corn laws will not 

 be repealed, nor tree trade otherwise greatly forwarded. 



Daniel O'Connell had lost his election for Dublin, 

 but will be in parliament as member elect of Meath. 



The insurgents of Candia have had several sangui- 

 nary contlicts with the Turkish forces, and are still 

 gaining strength. 



The emperor of Russia has assumed the title of 

 " Defender of the Christians of the East." This as- 

 sumption is full of meaning. 



The soldiers who formed the garrison of Albucerres, 

 in Spain, had mutinied, overcome all authority there, 

 and committed the greatest excesses, which continued 

 for more than a week. The last report stated that the 

 mutineers had submitted. 



The report of the English corn market and prospects 

 was such as to raise the price of flour in New Vork 

 fifty cents the barrel. 



In Georgia the proper steps are now taking to oppose 

 the swindling banking system, and compel banks 

 either to resume payment, or cease to defraud the pub- 

 lic by keeping their depreciated paper money afloat. 

 The Augusta Chronicle contains the following notice. 

 The frauds of banks and of the paper system must in- 

 deed be enormous, when the commercial community 

 stands up against them. This movement commenced 

 at Macon, and is called the " Macon specific." 



"Public notice. — In consequence of the great inconve- 

 nience and loss attending the circulation of a depreciat- 

 ed and fluctuating currency ; believing it to be the jnte- 



