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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



recollection of pain or injury inflicted on others, 

 or the loss of moral rectitude. In rendering his 

 home more beautiful, he not only contributes to 

 the happiness of his own family, but improves 

 the taste and adds loveliness to the country at 

 large. There is perhaps sonietihng exclusive 

 in the taste for some of the fine arts. A collec- 

 tion of pictures, for example, is comparatively 

 shut up from the world in the private gallery. 

 But the sylvan and floral collections, the groves 

 and gardens Avhich surround the country resi- 

 dence for the man of taste, are confined by no 

 barriers narrower than the blue heavens above 

 and around them. The tastes and the treasures 

 gradually but certainly creep beyond the nomi- 

 nal boundaries of the estate, and re-appear in 

 the pot of flowers in the window, or the luxuri- 

 ant blossoming vines which clamber over the 

 porch of the humblest cottage by tha way side. 



Exchange. 



FINANCIAIi KNU COMMEMCIAIi. 



TOBACCO INSPECTIONS AND STOCK. 



"We are indebted to Messrs. John Jones & Co.? 

 of this city, for the following comparative state- 

 ment of the inspections for the two last years, 

 and of the stock now in the warehouses of this 

 State. The inspections are official and of course 

 accurate. The statement of Stock is conjectu- 

 ral ; but from the experience and information of 

 Messrs. J. & Co., may be relied on as not far 

 from the mark : 



Tob'co inspections Estimated Stock, 

 in Virginia. in Warehouses. 



Sept. 30th, 1855. 1856. 1856. 



Richmond, . 99,458 hhds. 36,695 hhds. 5,000 hhds. 

 Petersburg, . 13,348 " 15,675 " 1,400 " 

 Lynchburg, . 9,511 " 8,720 " 800 " 



Clarksville, . 3,122 " 2,126 " 200 " 



Farmville, . 2,211 " 2,106 " 200 " 

 Tye River, . 227 " 15 " 



Danville, . 20 " 



57,872 hhds. 65,359 hhds. 7,600 hhds. 

 1856 — October 1st — Stock for inspection at Rich- 

 mond, . . 66 hhds. 

 " " — Stock probably held for 



sale at Richmond, 900 » 



Slate of the Market, — An active demand for 

 all qualities. Prices have advanced in a week, 

 on an average, one dollar and fifty cents per 

 hundred. Probable production of the crop in 

 Virginia ih.Q present year, 40,000 or 45,000 hhds ; 

 more than half cut unripe, or in] ured by frost. 



JonN Jones & Co. 



Richmond, October 1st, 185G. 



AVe gather from the estimates of Mr. Jones 

 some further facts which are of interest to the 

 public generally. The Tobacco manufactured 

 m this city, and elsewhere in Virginia, and 

 shipped through this place — say from the 1st of 

 October, 1855, to the 30th of September, 1556— 

 including loose parcels, may be estimated at 36,- 

 000 hhds, yielding in packages of manufactured 



tobacco 324,000 lbs., of average value per pack- 

 age of $20, or a total of . . $6,480,000 

 Stems from Tobacco manufactured 



8,500 hhds, at $25 per hhd., 212,500 



Realized by manufactured Tobacco 



and Stems, . . . . $6,692,500 



Foreign exports of strips and Tob'cco 

 in hhds, for one year (1855-''o6,) 

 20,500 hhds, at an average value 

 of $120 per hhd, . . . 2,460,000 



Coastwise exports of Leaf and Lug 

 Tobacco, 10,000 hhds, at an ave- 

 rage value of $100 per hhd, . 1,000,000 



Total estimated value of Tobacco 

 shipped from this port for one 



year, 



$10,152,500 



This is a handsome exhibit for the Tobacco 

 trade of this city. There is much Tobacco man- 

 ufactured in the Dan River valley, that is wag- 

 oned ofi" to the Southern interior ; and there is 

 a portion of that manufactured in and beyond 

 Lynchburg, which passes by Petersburg. 



It is a moderate estimate to assume that this 

 great staple, which is used in its difierent forms 

 by all civilized and nearly all the barbarous na- 

 tions of the Globe, brings into this State annu- 

 ally $15,000,000. This is a very respectable re- 

 sult from one staple of a district of country not 

 very large, lying partly in North Carolina, but 

 chiefly in Virginia. — Richmond Dispatch. 



WAGON COVERS— EVERY FARMER HIS 

 OWN MANUFACTURER. 



Take about eight yards of Hadley Falls un- 

 bleached 5-4 sheeting, which can be bought at 

 about 13 cents per yard, cut it into two pieces 

 and sew it firmly together, as for a sheet — this 

 kind is mentioned because it is very strong and 

 thick, — then tack it up on the sunny side of 

 the barn and paint it over with the same mixture 

 as for the hay covers stated in your paper last 

 week. When dry take it down and sew stones 

 into each corner of proper weight, say about 

 one pound or more each, and it is completed. ' 

 By throwing this simple afi'air into his wagon, 

 on leaving home in the morning, the farmel* 

 would be able to load up his hay if he saw a 

 shower coming, and might stay to help his men 

 rake up the balance instead of driving oif his 

 horses at the top of their speed and perhaps not 

 reach home before he is caught in a pouring 

 shower, and is obliged, the next day, to back 

 his load out to dry his hay over again. One 

 such instance would pay the cost of a cover, 

 which need not cost over $1 25 to 1 50. The 

 same cover would enable him to take his grist 

 to the mill on rainy days, which is a great 

 saving of time, as safely as if he owned a 

 covered wagon. 



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