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REVIEW OF THE MARKET. — ADVERTISEMENTS. 
REVIEW OF THE MARKET. 
PRICES CURRENT IN NEW YORK, MARCH 17, 1849. 
ASHES, Pots perlOOlbs. $6 62 to 86 69 
Pearls do. 7 00 " 7 25 
BALE ROPE lb. 6 " 8 
BARK, auercitron, ton, 26 00 " 28 00 
BEANS, White bush. 75 " 125 
BEESWAX, Am. Yellow, lb. 19 " 22 
BOLT ROPE, ..do. 11 " 12 
BONES, ground bush. 40 " 55 
BRISTLES, American, lb. 25 " 65 
BUTTER, Table, do. 15 " 25 
Shipping, do. 9 " 15 
CANDLES, Mould, Tallow, do. 10 " 13 
Sperm, do. 25 " 40 
Stearic, do. 20 " 25 
CHEESE, do. 5 " 10 
COAL, Anthracite 2,000 lbs. 5 00 " 6 00 
CORDAGE, American, lb. 10 " 12 
COTTON do. 6 " 10 
COTTON BAGGING, Amer. hemp yard, 15 " 16 
FEATHERS lb. 30 " 40 
FLAX. American, do. 8 " 9 
FLOUR, Northern, Southern and West'rnbbl. 5 25 " 6 06 
Fancy, do. 6 25 " 6 50 
Richmond City Mills, do. 6 75 " 7 00 
Buckwheat, do. — " — 
Rye do. 3 25 " 3 44 
GRAIN— Wheat, Western bush. 110 " 135 
Red and Mixed do. 100 " 120 
Rye, do. 63 " 64 
Corn, Northern, do. 15 " 60 
Southern, do. 52 " 57 
Barley, do. 62 " 65 
Oats do. 31 " 45 
GUANO, Peruvian, 2,000 lbs. 50 00 " 60 00 
" Patagonian do 35 00 " 40 00 
HAY.inbales, do' 50 " 56 
HEMP, Russia, clean, ton. 205 00 " 225 00 
American, water-rotted, do. 160 00 " 220 00 
American, dew-rotted do. 140 00 " 200 00 
HIDES, Dry Southern, do. 7 " 3 
HOPS lb. 4 " 12 
HORNS, 100. 2 00 " 10 00 
LEAD.pig, do. 4 62 " 4 75 
Pipes for Pumps, &c lb. 5 " 7 
MEAL, Corn bbl. 2 62 " 3 00 
Corn, hhd. 14 00 " 14 50 
MOLASSES, New Orleans gal. 25 " 30 
MUSTARD, American, lb. 16 " 31 
NAVAL STORES— Tar, bbl. 175 " 2 00 
Pitch do 1 25 " 175 
Rosin, do. 90 " 105 
Turpentine, do. 2 50 " 3 00 
Spirits Turpentine, Southern gal. 35 " 37 
OIL, Linseed, American, do. 65 " 66 
Castor, .do. 1 25 " 150 
Lard do. 65 " 70 
OILCAKE, 100 lbs. 150 " 175 
PEAS, Field, bush. 75 " 125 
Blaclc-eyed, 2do 1 25 " 150 
PLASTER OF PARIS, ton. 2 25 " 3 00 
Ground, in bbls of3001bs. 112 " 125 
PROVISIONS— Beef, Mess, bbl. 9 00 " 13 50 
Prime. do. 5 00 " 8 50 
Smoked lb. 6 " 12 
Rounds, In pickle,, .do. 4 " 6 
Pork, Mess, bbl. 10 00 " 13 00 
Prime do. 7 00 " 10 00 
Lard, lb. 7 " 8 
Bacon sides, Smoked, do. 3 " 4^ 
In pickle do. 3 " 4 
Hams, Smoked, do. 5 " 9 
Pickled, do. 4 " 7 
Shoulders, Smoked do. 4 " 5 
Pickled do. 3 " 4 
RICE, lOOlbs. 2 88 " 3 38 
HALT, sack, 117 " 130 
Common, bush. 20 " 35 
SEEDS— Clover lb. -6 " 7£ 
Timothy, bush. 2 00 " 3 50 
Flax.clean do. 1 30 " 140 
rough, do. I 25 " 130 
80DA, Ash, cont'g 80 per cent. soda,... .lb. 3 " — 
Sulphate Soda, ground, do. 1 " — 
SUGAR, New Orleans do. 4 " 6 
8UM AC, American, ton, 35 00 " 37 00 
TALLOW, lb. t» " 9 
TOBACCO, do. 3 " 8 
WHISKEY.American gal. 22 " 24 
WOOLS, Saxony, lb. 35 " 60 
Merino., do. 25 " 35 
Half-blood do. 20 « 25 
Common do 18 " 20 
NEW-YORK CATTLE MARKET. 
Jit Market.— 1,000 Beef Cattle, (800 southern, the remainder 
from this state and east,) 75 Cows and Calves, and 2,000 Sheep 
and Lambs. 
Beef Cattle. — The market is firm in prices. The sales run 
from $6 to $9 per hundred. The number of head on hand 
is estimated to be 100. 
Cows and Calves-— All taken at from $20 to $45. 
Sheep and Lambs. — These are getting scarce. Sales from 
$2.25 to $6, according to quality. All sold. 
Remarks. — The changes have been so trifling since our last 
that we find nothing worth recording. 
The Weather is very fine for the season, and spring ha§ 
opened well. Planting has begun at the south under favor- 
able auspices. Winter Wheat and Rye are looking well, gen- 
erally, and we hear of very little winter-kill. 
To Correspondents. — Communications have been received 
from Thomas Antisell, Wm. H. Sotham, Solon Robinson, E. S., 
Enoch Reed, Jacob Hewes, John Wilkinson, J. McKinstry, M. 
W. Philips, George Gebhart, Col. W. Hampton, and Reviewer. 
Fastidiousness. — A Subscriber. — It has ever been our aim 
since the establishment of this journal, not to admit anything 
in its columns, that would offend. Yet, in many instances, 
from the very nature of the subjects on which we necessarily 
write, it is impossible to avoid the use of terms and language 
that will not be more or less repulsive to a delicate, or fasti- 
dious mind. The passage in our March number, to which you 
take exception, was inserted at the urgent request of several 
individuals, and involves one of the most important principles 
in the economy of breeding, without a knowledge of which, 
the uninitiated would often fail to accomplish a very impor- 
tant end. If you possess " more enlightened views'' on 
''The Cow — Her Diseases," &c, than are expressed in our ar- 
ticles under that head, we should be pleased to receive them ; 
but the articles above alluded to. are based on twenty-five 
years' successful practice of one o£ the most enlightened and 
distinguished veterinary surgeons of the age. We assure 
you that we have often been thanked by farmers for the very 
articles of which you complain, and they reckon them among 
the most valuable in our columns. However, we know that 
it is a delicate subject, and we will be doubly watchful here 
after not to offend more than is absolutely demanded of us by 
those who seek useful and practical information. 
Acknowledgments. — Proceedings of the Agricultural 
Convention of the State of Delaware, held at Dover, Jon. 17th, 
1849 ; Catalogue of Mount-Airy Agricultural Institute j from 
Fowler's and Wells, of New York, Lectures on the Philosophy 
of Mesmerism, also, a small Treatise on the Cholera, its Causes 
Prevention, and Cure. 
COLE'S AMERICAN FRUIT BOOK. 
S. W. COLE, Esq., Editor of the New-England Farmer, and 
author of the popular work entitled the American Veterinarian, 
of which 22,000 copies have already been published, has, af- 
ter years of patient labor and close investigation, completed 
his great work, entitled " Cole's American Fruit Book," — a 
work which we believe is destined to have a more widely- 
extended circulation than any similar work, ever before offered 
to the American public. We believe so for the following 
reasons : — 
1st. It is a mature work and a practical one, one upon 
which Mr. Cole has spent many years of study and close ex- 
amination, and knowing the wants of the community, has met 
those wants in a plain, concise, and familiar manner, avoiding 
technicalities, and scientific specifications and definitions, use- 
ful only to the few, he has made a work intelligible to all. It 
is emphatically a book for the people. 
2d. It will have an unprecedented sale on account of its 
cheapness. It makes a volume of 288 closely-printed pages. 
Illustrated with nearly two hundred beautifuily-exeoited en- 
gravings, by Brown, and is sold for 50 cents firmly bound in 
leather, and 62}£ cents in fancy cloth, with gilt backs It con- 
tains full directions for raising, propagating and managing 
fruit trees, shrubs, and plants, with a description of the best 
varieties of fruits, embracing several new and valuable kinds ; 
embellished with engravings, and outlines of fruit trees, and 
various other designs. 
100 agents, active, intelligent, and honest, are wanted to sell 
this book, in every state in the Union. A cash capital of from 
$25 to $50 will be necessary. Address, (post paid,) the pub- 
lishers, John P. Jewett & Co., 23 Cornhill. Boston. C. M. 
SAXTON, Agent for N. Y. city, and southern'counties of New 
Jersey. apr2t 
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Dep6ts, Roofs of all descriptions, and Public Buildings, it 
is invaluable. For an account of this paint, see p. 29, of tho 
present number. For sale by the hundred, barrel, or ton. by 
WM. H. STARR, general agent for the proprietor, No. 67 
Beekman street, New York. j3t 
