Vol. I. —No. 6. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



47 



iDiensiiy of floral scent. In a fine, still, 

 dewy morning, the air is as it were sur- 

 charged with it ; but as soon as the sun's 

 heai increases, evaporation takes place, 

 or should sweeping winds prevail, the 

 scent is dispersed tar and wide. A cu- 

 rious circumstance, lately noticed, shows 

 that the fragrance of flowers is capable 

 of being exalted by qualities placed, or 

 which happen to be, in the near neigh 

 borhood. Onions growing near roses 

 improve their scent. This seems to be 

 a proof that there is an intrn-susception 

 of the extraneous quality ; and moreov- 

 er, confirms the old idea, that strong or 

 pungent application to the roots exalt the 

 color as well as the scent, it has been 

 nuticed, of the common ever-flowering 

 Chinese rose, that when first introduced 

 about 1793, it was, as the little dark-red 

 one still is, almost scentless ; though now 

 wuh many of its varieiies, highly Ira 

 giant. — [Florists' Directory. 



NEWS OP THE WEEK. 



FLOUK INSPECTIONS. 



F By the official returns, says the Journal of 

 Commerce, it appears that the following quan- 

 tities of flour and meal have been inspected in 

 New York. 



Wheat flour, rye flour, lad. meal, 



brl9 lil' brls brls hhds brls 



In 1830 of all grades 805,852 23,037 15.167 10.316 9,663 



In 1829 do 67H.279 16,634 24,522 8,578 19,446 



In 1328 do 578,863 19,266 18,316 9,517 23,475 



Large quantities are sold for consumption 

 within the State, which are not inspected. 



The extreme prices reached during each 

 month of 1830 and 1829 for fair qualities were 

 as follows :— 



The busuies of inspecting, during the ad 

 ministration of the present incumbent, has 

 been conducted with despatch, and as we be- 

 lls ve, to the satisfaction of the merchants. 



Our market, in the extent of its flour trade, 

 is now in advance of every other ia the Union 

 Baltimore has heretofore taken the lead. — 

 The inspections there, in 1830, of wheat-flour, 

 amounted to 587,875 brls. and 19,855 half brls 



From the number of barrels of Flour in 

 spected in this city the past year, the lees of 

 the inspector must have amounted to upwards 

 of $13,000, at U cents for each barrel. The 

 above sum is independent of the Sets, charged 

 for weighing each brl. light or underrated. — 

 The office of Flour inspector is one of the 

 beat in the gift of the State JV. F. Adv. 



For EIGN, 



The ship Herald arrived at New York, on 

 Saturday, from Liverpool, whence she salied 

 on the mh Dec The ship took the place of 

 the Canada, belonging to the Old Line of 

 Liverpool Packets, which was lost in going 

 into Liverpool. T e papers art no later than 

 those brooght bv the Sovereign. 



The sales of Cotton for the week, ending 



on the evening of the 16th, amounted to 7000 

 balei at a reduction of about }d 



Return of the Killed and Wounded during 

 the Great Week. — The Municipal Committee 

 of Pars has nearly terminated its detailed ex- 

 amination of the facts of the revolution , the 

 latest return is 1,162 killad among the people 

 alone, and more than 3,000 wounded. 



A FACT FOR THE CURIOUS. 



By the late census of New Hampshire it 

 appears that one in every fifty of the colored 

 population are deaf and dumb, while among the 

 whites the proportion is only one to every one 

 thousand nine hundred and seventy seven — 

 The difference i» very great, and the circum 

 stance one that may puzzle physiologists long 

 before tbey can solve it. 



BUENOS ATRES. 



Advices from this country to as late a date 

 as 9lb November, report affairs as still unset- 

 tled, and the provinces still at war. 



Our Southern neighbors must have very 

 just and elevated ideas of liberty, national pros, 

 perity and glory, and fine conceptions of good 

 order and happiness in the body politic. All 

 they bave gained by their emancipation from 

 Spain seems to be the privilege of cutting each 

 other's throat on their " own hook.'" 



THE DEAD ALIVE 



It now appesrs beyond a doubt that Mr. 

 Edward Greene the stage driver who was 

 reported frozen to death some where near 

 Providence, is not only not dead, but ac- 

 tually alive, and engaged in transporting 

 the mail as usual, diffusing the very papers 

 letters and packages which are on their differ- 

 ent routes to announce the dreadful intelli, 

 gence of his own decease by fro;t. Much 

 more comfortable however we take it, he will 

 conceive his present avocation, than a moose 

 beneath a snow drift, so profound that no stage 

 born could ever more •• arouse him from his 

 snowy bed." 



EXPENSE OF MARRYING. 



It seems that the subject of marriage or ra 

 ther of certain old and foolish customs prepar- 

 atory to marriage which now do and have for 

 a long time existed in Massachusetts, have 

 become the subject of Legislative investiga 

 lion. The matter of posting for three weeks 

 or so, is the tiling that appears most obnux 

 ious to the young folks, and which some of the 

 '•grave and reverend segniors" are disposed 

 to erase from the statute books. One legisla- 

 tor averred that many young people who bad 

 contracted a fondness for each other sufficient- 

 ly strong to have led to the most intimate & re- 

 sponsible connexioLS, have wholly forborn, 

 and put off forever the consummation of their 

 happiness solely from delicacy on the matter of 

 posting. How this is we know not, but we do 

 know, that of all the idle, foolish, useless and 

 tyramcal laws ever adopted and suffered bv 

 man, that of posting "intents of marriage" 

 stands first and foremost, and partakes so 

 deeply of the spirit of the dark ages as to be a 

 disgrace to any people (bat will tolerate it 

 at any time. 



The National Intelligencer of Thursday 

 Bays — "It is understood that the Senate 

 have ratified the Conveniion with the 

 Ottomam Porte, with the exception of 

 the reputed secret article, granting to the 



Turkish Government certain privileges 

 as to the building ships of war." 



ROCHESTER PRICES CURRENT. 



FeD. 11,1831. 

 Owing to the inclemency of the weather 

 during the week, the quantity of wheat in 

 our market has not been as great as during 

 tbe week past, but the prices have been well 

 sustained, and tbe prospects for the Canadian 

 and foreign markets are such tbat our millers 

 are anxious to purchase. 



Antic* per 2240 lbs 



Pot $91a92 50 



Pearl I00ol02 50 



Apples per bushel 25a44 



Do dried 75 



BrislleB,comb'd per lb 20a31 



Beeswax do 18o20 



Butler do 10al2 



Beef— Mess per bbl $Sa9 



Do prime do 5a7 



Do fresh per lb 03a03 



Barley per bushel 38<z44 



Beans do 50a62 



Candles, mould per lb 9 cts 



Do dipped do 8 



Do sperm do 28 



Corn per bushel 44d50 



Cheese per lb O4a05 



Clover Seed per bush $4 50 



Flour per bbl 5 50 



Flax per lb 



Flax Seed per bush 78a87 



Feathersper lb 3U37 



Furs— Otter 100u400 



Fox. red 50a75 



Mink 



Raccoon 



Martin 



Fisher 



Wild Cat 



Gray Fox 

 Grass Seed per bush 

 Hops per lb 

 Honey do 

 Lard do 

 Mutton do 



Mustard Seed per bush 

 Oats per bush 



12a31 

 18o31 

 25o62 

 37a50 

 16o25 

 16(125 



02 

 12nl3 



09 

 06o07 

 02a03 



$4 



2C 



Fox, cross 



Oid Pewtev, Brass and 



Copper per lb 14 



Peaches, dry'd bush 100o200 



Pork, mess per bbl $12al3 



Do prime 8a9 



Do fresh per lb 03aC4 



Quills per 100 25«30 



07<r08 Rye per bush 50 



Rags per lb 03o04 



Salt per bbl $1 75 



Tallow per lb 06«07 



Wheat perbush 103(1109 



100a200|Buckwheat flour, cwt. $1 "5 



METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, 

 for the week ending Feb. 5, 1831 . 



Ther! Baromet'r 



29.47 M 

 28,95|io 



20 29,55 

 36 ; 30 1 29,40 

 30|30|a0,n,-29,46|Ji « 



37 28 29,67|29,70U 



32|31 29,30 28,82J se 



22,13 28,95:29,05s to 



8l 2|20.3029,44U 



Observa'ns 



12 in -snow 

 6 in. snow 



XT The Barometrical and Thermometries observa- 

 tions are registered at 10 o'clock A M.and P. M., which 

 by a long series of experiments made for the purpose, 

 show that time to give a nearer mean average of the 

 relative heat of a day than any other time. 



BANK NOTE TABLE. 



Corrected Weekly for the Rochester Daily Advertiser . 



BY C W DUNDAS. 



NEW YORK. 



All banks in i\tu state, par. 

 except the following 

 BrokenBanks. (Fashing 

 ton & Waireu, Barker's Ex 

 chaoge, Franklin Bank, Mid- 

 dle Diet., Columbia, Greene 

 County, Marble Manuf. Co., 

 PlattsburgU, and Niagara. 

 MASSACHUSETTS. 

 Al banks in this state, par. 

 except the following 

 Broken Bankf* Farmers 

 b'nkof Belchertown, Sutton 

 Rerksbiie, Essex and Brigh- 

 ton banks. 



VERMONT. 

 AH banks in this state, par 



KHODF-ISLAND 



AH banks in this state, par, 



except the following 



Broken Banks Farmers 1 



Exchange, and Farmers' & 



Mechanics' banks. 



CONNECTICUT. 

 All banks in this state, par 

 except the fellowing 

 Broken Banks. Eagle, 

 Eagle pay'ble at Union bank 

 Rew-Vork, Derby, and Der- 

 by payable at Fulton bank 

 New-York. 



NEW- HAMPSHIRE. 

 All banks in this state, par 



MAINE. 



All banks in this state, par 



except the following 



Broken Banks. Castine 



Wiscaspct, Hailowell & Au 



samaqnoddv banks. 



NEW* JERSEY. 



Stateb'nk, & Trenton Bank- 

 ing Company, par * 

 A i other banks, 2 per cent, 

 except the following 

 Broken Banks. Salem & 

 Phil. ManafCo.. Monmouth., 

 Hoboken and, Grazing Co., 

 N. Jersey Manuf & Banking 

 Co. at Hoboken, State Bank 

 at Trenton, Protection and 

 Lombard, and Jersey City. 



PENNSYLVANIA. 

 Philadelphia Banks, par. 

 All other banks, %per cent, 

 except the following 

 Broken Banks. Farmers' 

 &Mechanics' at N. Sa., Cen- 

 tre, Huntington, Meadville, 

 Marietta, Juniaie, Greences- 

 lie, Bedford, Beaver, Wash- 

 ngton, Uniontown, Agricul- 

 tural, Sil Lake, Westmore- 

 land at Greenburgh, New- 

 Hope Bridge Co new emis- 

 sion, and Brownvile batiks. 



OHIO. 

 AUbanks, 4 to G per cent, 



MICHIGAN. 



All hanks, % per cent, 



except the following 



Broken Banks. Monroe^, 



and Detroit. 



CANADA. 

 All banks, S to 3 per cent, 

 except the 

 Upper Cana. at Kingston, 

 and Unchartered banks. 



usta, Kennebec, and Pas-| 

 XT' The above table when speaking of foreign Bills, re 

 fers to those of $5, and over, as none of a lessdenamin- 

 atioji are receivable. 



