REVIEW OF THE MARKET. — ADVERTISEMENTS. 
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REVIEW OF THE MARKET. 
PRICES CURRENT IN NEW YORK, AUGUST 18, 1849. 
ASHES, Pots, perlOOlbs. $6 00 to $6 12 
Pearls, (lu. 6 00 " 6 12 
BALE ROPE, lb. 9 " 11 
BARK, Q.uercitron, ton, 23 00 " 30 00 
BEANS, White, bash. 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. 11 " 13 
COTTON, do. 8 " 12 
COTTON BAGGING, Amer. hemp,.... yard, 15 " 16 
FEATHERS, lb. 30 " 40 
FLAX, American, do. 8 " 9 
FLOUR, Northern, Southern and West'rn bbl. 4 25 " 5 81 
Fancy, do. 5 81 " 6 25 
Richmond City Mills,. do. 75 " 7 00 
Buckwheat, do. — " — 
Rye, do. 3 25 " 3 31 
GRAIN— Wheat, Western bush. 105 " 130 
RedaudMixed do. 90 " 115 
Rye do. 61 " 63 
Corn, Northern, do. 62 " 64 
Southern, do. 60 " 62 
Barley, do. 52 " 55 
Oats, do. 34 " 42 
GUANO, Peruvian 2,000 lbs. 47 00 " 50 00 
" Patagonian do 30 00 " 35 00 
HAY.inbales, do 45 " 50 
HEMP, Russia, clean, ton. 200 00 " 210 00 
American, water-rotted do. 1 60 00 " 220 00 
American, dew-rotted do. 140 00 " 200 00 
HIDES, Dry Southern do. 8 " 9 
HOPS, lb. 4 " 12 
HORNS 100. 2 00 " 10 00 
LEAD.pig do. 4 60 " 4 63 
Pipes for Pumps, &c lb. 5 " 7 
MEAL, Corn bbl. 3 31 " 3 37 
Corn, hhd. 13 75 " 14 00 
MOLASSES, New Orleans gal. 20 " 26 
MUSTARD, American, lb. 16 " 31 
NAVAL STORES— Tar, bbl. 1 75 " 2 00 
Pitch do 125 " 175 
Rosin, do. 80 " 95 
Turpentine do. 2 50 " 2 75 
Spirits Turpentine, Southern, gal. 33 " 35 
OIL, Linseed, American, do. 67 " 68 
Castor, do. 150 " 160 
Lard do. 60 " 70 
OILCAKE, lOOlbs. 100 " 150 
PEAS, Field, bush. 75 " 125 
Black-eyed, 2do 150 " 175 
PLASTER OF PARIS, ton. 2 00 " 2 75 
Ground, in bb'ls of3001bs. 112 " 125 
PROVISIONS— Beef, Mess, bbl. 12 00 " 14 00 
Prime, do. 10 00 " la 00 
Smoked lb. 6 " 12 
Rounds, in pickle,, .do. 4 " 6 
Pork.Mess bbl. 10 00 " 13 00 
Prime, do. 7 00 " 10 50 
Lard lb- 6i " 7J 
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. 3 25 " 4 06 
SALT, sack, 117 " 130 
Common, bush. 20 " 35 
SEEDS— Clover, lb. 5£ " 7 
-Timothy bush. 2 00 " 3 50 
Flax, clean do. 130 " 140 
rough, do. 120 " 130 
SODA, Ash, cont'g 80 per cent, soda lb. 3 " — 
Sulphate Soda, ground, do. 1 " — 
SUGAR, New Orleans, do. 4 " 6 
SUMAC, American, ton, 35 00 " 37 00 
TALLOW lb. 7 " 8 
TOBACCO, do. 3 " 9 
WHISKEY.American, gal. 24 " 26 
WOOLS, Saxony, lb. 35 " 60 
Merino., do. 25 " 35 
Half-blood , do. 20 u 25 
Common do 18 " 20 
NEW-YORK CATTLE MARKET. 
Jit Market.— 1.150 Beef Cattle, (1,120 southern, the remainder 
from tliis state and east,) 50 Cows and Calves, and 4.500 Sheep 
and Lambs. 
Bee/' Cattle.— The market for Beeves is rather active, the 
sales of good retailing qualities ranging from $6 to $8 per 
hundred. The number on hand unsold is estimated at J 00. 
Cows and Calves- — These vary from $20 to $45. Unsold, 15. 
Sli.cep and Lambs. — These are plenty ; the Sheep selling from 
$1.25 to $6, and the Lambs from ijjSl to $3.75 each. The num- 
ber left unsold, 350. 
Eemarks.- Ashes, Flour, Grain, Hay, Beef, Pork, Wool, 
Cotton, and Rice have risen slightly since our last, and are in 
more active demand. Other articles without change. 
Crops. — The small grain is all harvested, and though the 
Wheat has suffered much in certain sections of the western 
states, and also at the south, still, as far as can be now ascer- 
tained, the crop will be a full average for the Union. Corn 
long since ripened at the south, and is rather more than aver- 
age ; in other sections of the country, except far north, it 
promises fairly. Some complaint of want of full earing at the 
north. The drought has been very severe in many parts of 
the northern and western states, greatly injuring the root 
crops and late pastures, but the abundant rains during Au- 
gust will remedy this in a measure. 
Money continues abundant for all business purposes. 
The Cholera is rapidly on the decrease. Our friends may 
now visit the city without danger. We have been constantly 
at our post ; eaten vegetables, fruit, &.c , as usual, and were 
never in better health. We mention this merely to show 
that the cholera is not so much to bo dreaded if one is regular 
in his habits, temperate, and careful. 
To Correspondents. — Communications have been received 
from E. Payson, J. W. Burrup, Thomas Antisell, E. S., M. W. 
Philips, Samuel Allen, W. D , Wm. H. Sotham, A. Stevens, and 
Reviewer. 
Sitting Hens.— The Semi- Weekly Whig, at Yazoo City. — We 
advise your would-be witty correspondent to refer to the de- 
finition of the verb to sit, and the participle sitting, in Web- 
ster's Dictionary. He will there find, that fowls do actually 
sit, not set on eggs, and thereby hatch out their young. 
China Tree. — W. D., of Morristown, N. J. — What is com- 
monly called the " China Tree," at the south, is not the 
Ailantus glandulosa, but the Melia azedarach, originally a 
native of Persia. It is also known under the name of " Indian 
Lilac," "Persian Lilac," "Bead Tree," " Pride of China," and 
" Pride of India." 
Reclaiming Salt Marshes. — E. Payson, of Portland, Me —The 
water should be first excluded from your marsh by means of 
a dyke constructed with valves or flood gates, closing with 
the rise of the tide, and opening without aid, if necessary, at 
its ebb, to let off all water that may have accumulated on the 
marsh by leakage, springs, or rain. The land should then be 
intersected by ditches suitable in number and depth to keep 
it dry. Then, any kind of sand, gravel, or rubbish, may be 
spread over the surface to a depth of three or four inches, 
afterwards to be well incorporated, by plowing or otherwise, 
with quicklime and the upper portion of the sod. Thus pre- 
pared, a salt marsh would be adapted to the cultivation of 
grass, and probably many of our garden plants. 
Acknowledgements. — Third Annual Report of the Board of 
Agriculture of the State of Ohio, January, 1849 ; List of Pre- 
miums and Rules and Regulations for the Second Cattle Show 
and Agricultural and Horticultural Exhibition, to be held by 
the Maryland-State Agricultural Society, in the City of Bal- 
timore, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 10th, 11th, 
and 12th of October, 1849; The North and the South — a Review 
of the Lectures on the same Subject, delivered by Mr. Elwood 
Fisher, before the Young Mens' Mercantile Association, of 
Cincinnati, Ohio. From the Southern Quarterl y Review. 
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