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to the astonished bar-keeper, “ I ain’t going 
contrary to the rule, for the law says stuff 
shan’t be drank on the premises.” 
The bystanders came to the conclusion 
that the stranger would make an appropriate 
Governor for Illinois, being decidedly the 
greatest sucker of them all .—Cincinnati 
Enquirer. 
“ Bad Signs.”— In the Seventh-avenue, 
New-York the following signs were seen: 
“ Tar For Sale Hear and over an entrance 
to a wood shed, painted in large capitals, 
“ Beware of a Werry Savidge Dog.” In a 
more rural locality was found the following, 
at a grocery where refreshments (?) were 
kept: 
“Here Pize and ICakes and Bier 1 sell, 
And Oisters stood and in the shell, 
And Fiide Wun tew for them that chews, 
And with despatch blacks butes and shews.” 
At one of the ferries in Jersey City was 
found another bad sign of intelligence and of 
the schoolmaster’s labors. Here it is : 
“ Cottage to let in North Bergen Contain¬ 
ing six rooms with Three Fier Places and 
Foling Doors Biick Oven in Kitchen Large 
garden with Variety of Fruits quinces Peach¬ 
es Plume Creapes &c &c The Whold for 
$100.” 
SElarkk 
REMARKS. 
New-York, Wednesday, August 8. 
The majority of the reports from the wheat 
harvest the past week have been highly fa¬ 
vorable ; though there have been scattering 
showers of limited extent and duration all 
over the country, from Maine to Iowa. In 
some places west there have been heavy 
rains of from two to six hours duration, ac¬ 
companied with violent wind, prostrating the 
oats and doing considerable other damage. 
The general effects of the “wet term” 
ceased about the close of last month, but 
these rains have furnished “ panic ” mate¬ 
rial enough for the holders of old stocks of 
flour, to not only keep up the price to the 
figures of the past two weeks, but even to 
raise its price ; and we to-day quote an ad¬ 
vance upon last week of 25 to 50 cents per 
barrel on the different grades. 
We have collated and examined, during 
the past week, over one thousand reports 
of the wheat crop, embracing almost every 
section of the northern States, and we are 
still of the opinion that taking in the whole 
United States and the Canadas, the yield 
of the present year is from one-fourth 
to one-third — perhaps one-half — greater 
than in 1854. Notwithstanding the exag¬ 
gerated reports of “ grown ” or “ sprouted,’’ 
“beaten down,” and “ rotting” wheat, a care¬ 
ful sifting of all these reports indicates that 
not one-tenth, probably not one-twentieth, 
of the crops has been lost from the effects of 
the extended rain. Not one farmer in a 
thousand, with the exception of those in a 
few of the worst localities, will admit that 
he has lost ten bushels on the hundred 
more than in ordinary years. 
Taking the census reports of 1850 as a 
guide, and allowing for Canada, and the in¬ 
creased growth in Wisconsin, Illinois, and 
Iowa, more than three-fourths of the wheat 
crop is produced north of 40°, north latitude. 
In 1850, Pennsylvania, New-York, Ohio and 
Illinois produced just one-half of the wheat 
raised in the United States. The long rains 
prior to Monday of last week suspended the 
harvest till nearly that date, so that at the 
beginning of this month two-thirds of all the 
wheat crop was still in the fields. 'Since 
that time the damage has been trifling, and 
before that period the loss was not to exceed 
one-twentieth of the whole. 
The present price of wheat is no criterion to 
judge of the future. The interest of specu¬ 
lators in old stocks, the unwillingness of 
owners of wheat to part with it at a lower 
figure than they have been recently accus¬ 
tomed to receive, unless compelled thereto 
by necessity, and the uncertainty as to the 
real amount of damage, have all conspired 
to keep up the price. But all these circum¬ 
stances will soon cease to operate. Corn 
now enters so largely into the general con¬ 
sumption of the country, a large yield of 
that staple will naturally influence the price 
of flour, and should no untoward event occur, 
there will be by far the largest yield ever pro¬ 
duced in North America. Southern planters 
have planted much more than usual this 
season, and their crop is sufficiently advanced 
now to be out of danger. Corn has fallen 4 
to 5 cts. per bushel since our last. Buck¬ 
wheat is very promising. Potatoes ana 
other roots never looked better. We advise 
those who have grain and roots to sell, to 
get them to market as soon as possible. 
Nothing but a bad harvest in Europe wili 
prevent their falling still more. 
Cotton has advanced about £ cent per lb. 
Sugar is £c. per lb. better. Rice, firmer. 
Tobacco, a slight reduction. 
The Weather, on the whole, for the week, 
has been fine for harvesting, and the farmers 
are exceedingly busy. The prevailing winds 
have been South and South-East, and yet 
very little rain has fallen. This is singular, 
and we may infer that the Atlantic ocean is 
tired of furnishing weeping clouds for the 
present. 
PRODUCE MARKET. 
Reported Exclusively for the American Agriculturist. 
Tuesday, Aug. 7, 1855. 
The prices given in our reports from week to week, are tin 
average wholesale prices obtained by producers, andnot thosi 
at which produce is sold from the market. The variations in 
prices refer chiefly to the quality of the articles. 
The prices of vegetables generally are de- 
elining. We have often suggested to our readers the ne¬ 
cessity of getting this kind of produce early into the mar¬ 
ket, to obtain fair prices, and our advice is every day 
proving true. 
Tomatoes are plenty this week, and have fallen in price 
to 62|c. p basket. Peaches, enough in quantity but poor 
in quality, 62®75e. p basket. This crop is said to be fall¬ 
ing from the trees before maturity, which may account 
for the small size of those in market. There is a scarcity 
as yet of good sour apples. We quoted potatoes last week 
declining in price, and have to add to-day that the market 
was overstocked on Monday so, that a number of loads 
went back. The rot has made its appearance, though but 
little damage is apprehended this season from that cause. 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes—Long Island Whites_P basket $—50(5) 56 
Do. do. Mercers.do. 56(a) 61 
New-Jersey, Dyckman’s.1ft bbl. 1 75®1 87 
Do. Junes.do. 1 50®1 75 
Do. Mercers.do. 1 75®2 — 
Onions—Jersey Potato.I? bbl. 2 25®2 5( 
Corn—Rare ripe— .do. 2 12(®2 25 
Garlic.I? 1 100 0 —® — 
Cabbages.IP* 100 2 50(3)3 50 
Cucumbers.;. do 56® 62 
Squashes—White.bbl. 1—® — 
Yellow. do 1 25®l 50 
Blackberries.p bush. 1 50®3 — 
Whortleberries. do. 2 50®3 — 
Tomatoes. “ 62® _ 
Apples, Sour and Sweet Bow..,,.p bbl. $1 50®2 — 
Common. do 1 25®1 50 
Peaches. 
37® 1 50 
Watermelons. 
10 ®12 — 
Butter—new. 
18® 24c. 
Orange County. 
23®25c. 
Cheese. 
8®10c. 
Eggs. 
—®16c. 
NEW-YORK CATTLE MARKET. 
Reported Expressly for the American Agriculturist. 
Wednesday August 8, 1855. 
There is no material variation in prices from last week, 
although the sales at the same nominal figure are dull. 
The weatheris fine with a fresh breeze. The total sup¬ 
ply for the day and week at Allerton’s is 1,810. No fresh 
ones were received on Friday, and we noticed some agaia 
in the yards that we saw quoted as sold last week at lOjc. 
Farmers must remember that the whole cattle market 
system tends toward high quotations. The butchers wish 
to sell well at retail, the brokers like the credit of having 
sold well, and everybody who eats beef is benefitted, by 
increasing the supply in the market. The traffic is based, 
too, on estimated weight, so that there is a great deal of 
latitude for variations in judgment. There is no depend- 
ance to be put on rates of to-day over ten cents, for any 
thing, although some brokers claim to have effected trans¬ 
actions at lOjc, and even 11c. The owner and the sales¬ 
man frequently make a difference in their estimates, of as 
much as one cent p pound. Among the best cattle in 
market to-day, were a portion of the drove of Herd, Cul¬ 
ver & Co., which remained unsold from last week’s quo¬ 
tations at 10{c. and 11c. 
A drove of 70 head sold by R. Murray, from Jos. II, Wil 
liams, in Ohio, was among the best. They came from 
Madison, by N. Y. and Erie Railroad, at an expense of 
ibout $8 phead. Heldatllc. 
W. H. Gurney was selling a lot of 114 beeves, from 
Champagne County, Illinois, fed by Chas. M. Culverson; 
driven to Indianapolis, and thence shipped through by the 
Bellefontaine & New-York and Erie Roads, at an expense 
of $9 p head, to Bergen Hill. They were a fair lot of 
grass fed cattle, that would average 6 cwt. dressed. Forty 
of them had been sold at 11 o’clock, at from $45 to $65 p 
head. The butchers called it 10c and the owner 9c. 
The expense from Buffalo to Albany is $30 p car; from 
Dunkirk to Bergen $43 p car. 
The following are about the highest and lowest prices: 
Extra quality. 9}®10c. 
Good retailing quality. 9®9Jc. 
Inferior do. do. . 8®8ic. 
Veals. 5®7c. 
Swine, alive,. 6{®7c. 
Cows and Calves—Extra.$65®$75. 
Common. $50®65. 
Washington Yards, Forty-fourth-street. 
A. M. Allerton, Proprietor. 
RECEIVED DURING THE WEEK. IN MARKET TO-DAY. 
Beeves,. 1810 
:ows,. 15 
Veals,. 185 
■iheep and lambs,. 1559 
twine,. 853 
Ofthese there came by the Erie Railroad—beeves. .1110 
Swine. 382 
By the Harlem Railroad—Beeves. 26 
Sheep and Lames.1559 
Cows. 15 
Calves. 15 
By the Hudson River Railroad. 207 
By the Hudson River Boats—Beeves.457 
Swine. 471 
The report of sales for the week, at Browning’s, are as 
follows: 
Sheep and Lambs.6561 
Beeves. 600 
Veals. 65 
Cows and Calves. 48 
The following sales were made at Chamberlain’s: 
468 Beef Cattle. 8®10c. 
98 Cows and Calves.$25®$60 
5,741 Sheep and Lambs.2$®$5-l. 
304 Veals. 4®7c. 
The average run of sheep and lambs is 
about middling. Sheep were sold during the week as low 
as $2, and as high $8. Lambs, $1 75®$6. 
Sales of Thos. C. Larkins, 546—$5,246 17; average $4 12. 
Jas. McCarty, 2,735—$8,030 36 ; average $3 42. 
McGraw & Smith, 1,330—$4,200 60. 
The market was pretty good last week, but sales are 
not quite so brisk this week. Yesterday the supply was 
oo great, and sales were a little slow. Good sheep and 
lambs are scarce, and command a good price. 
