1864. 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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sends the common Juniper, Juniperus communis - 
D. T. Marston, sends from Camp near Newbern, N. C., 
Passi/lora incarnata, one of our native Passion-Flowers. 
It is very pretty as a garden climber, and the roots endure 
the winter around New-York city... I. N. Kanaga, spec¬ 
imen broken up—but appears to be Styloplioium dipkyl- 
lum, the Celandine Poppy...“ C. B. S.”, Waushara Co., 
Wis., sends Castilleia coccinea, the common Painted-cUp. 
Crop Prospects. 
Reports now coming in from all parts of the country 
indicate on the whole favorable harvests. From some 
sections the accounts are glowing—people being hardly 
able to estimate the great yield of wheat and oats. This 
is true of parts of Pennsylvania at any.ra.te, and good 
crops are reported from Maryland, and West Virginia. 
Throughout Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky the wheat 
has suffered “in streaks” from drouth, and in some coun¬ 
ties the estimates are of % to Jf of a crop. In some 
places the winter wheat was much hurt by the frost and 
subsequently the drouth nearly finished it. 
The rains in June came just in time to save the oats 
and other spring grain—and in many sections they filled 
well. There are few complaints of either rust or fly; 
though there are some serious ones. 
Our correspondents in Michigan represented very 
severe drouth in June followed by a hard frost “adding 
death to desolation.” These reports were followed by 
others chronicling abundant rains. Similar reports come 
from the Far West, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, the rains 
however coming in time to add half to two-thirds to the 
value of the crops. The Monthly Bulletin of the De¬ 
partment of Agriculture last month estimated two-thirds 
of a crop of wheat the country through. 
In this State and New Jersey, agricultural prospects 
were fair throughout, until within the past month, and 
rains coming soon would retreive the failing fortunes of 
the farmers. Corn is just beginning to suffer; So with 
fruit, though blackberries and raspberries are drying on 
the vines. We get very bad reports from the hop grow¬ 
ers ; mildew and aphis add their blight to other unfavor¬ 
able circumstances, and more than half a crop can 
hardly be anticipated. A fair crop of hay Was well se¬ 
cured (not damaged by rain , at least); In New England, 
rye generally turned out pretty well, and as to coi n and 
hay the same remarks apply. So far (up to the IBth Of 
July), in our opinion, we may count upon but little IfeSs 
than an average yield of farm produce generally ; though 
a continuation of the drouth a few days IbrigCr Will 
make serious differences. The damage is already great. 
Sundry Humbugs—J. H. Tuttle. 
Many readers of the Agriculturist,-who have receiv¬ 
ed letters from J. H. Tuttle, announcing that he had 
a package at Tuttle’s Comers, which would be sent 
on receipt of 35 cents (modest Tuttle), will be interested 
in the following notice. It is from the “United States 
Mail,” a paper devoted to Post Office matters and publish¬ 
ed under the sanction of the Post-Master General — 
“Tuttle’s Corners.” —Look out for swindling circu¬ 
lars dated at Tuttle’s Corners, N. J., staling that one J. 
H. Tuttle, of that place, has a sealed package for the in¬ 
dividual to whom the circular is sent, Which he W ill for¬ 
ward on the receipt of a specified sum. The ‘‘sealed 
package” (sealed by the ingenious J. II. T. himself) con¬ 
sists of a trashy book, riot worth 5 cents, and the whole 
operation is the scheme of a rascal too lazy to earn an 
honest living.. There is now no post office called Tuttle's 
Corners,—it having been discontinued in April last by 
the Postmaster General. 
The Post Office Department will not allow of any abuses 
Wriiieh it can prevent, and if our readers suspect their 
postmaster of any complicity with the circulars With 
which the country is flooded (some of them even 1 slip¬ 
ped into our owri paper), they should show him this notice 
and ihform him that there will be a detective after him. 
Since Tuttle’s Corners were broken up, J. II. T. has 
removed to New York City, where he Will have a wider 
field of operations, than at the “ Corners”, provided the 
P. O. detectives don’t catch him. It may interest our 
friends in the country to know that many of these swind¬ 
lers who operate through the post office, arid ask their 
victims to direct to Such a street and number, often use 
the direction of honest people and wait daily upon the 
side-walk for the letter-carrier. They have “ a name” but 
no “local habitation.” Some furnish the carriers with 
lists of the several aliases to which they have letters? di¬ 
rected. Look out for all unknown correspondents. 
The schemes, to transfer money from one pocket to an¬ 
other, of Hammett & Co., and Egerton & Co., of this 
city, have been sent us by several readers. The special 
agent of the P. 0. department informs us in writing, that 
these people have ho boxes !h the general prist office Of 
this City. You—the reader—are a sensible person. If you 
Could make in some way $10 or $100 a day, would you 
advertise to sell your secret for 50 cents or a dollar T 
Could you transmute base metals to gold, would you sell 
your secret for $1, or would you not make all the gold 
you needed yourself first, and dispose of the “secret” 
afterwards? Cannot the leaders of the Agriculturist give 
us credit for all our previous teaching and consider them¬ 
selves humbug-proof?—Let quack doctors, lottery and 
gift enterprise dealers, Mr. Dr. Freeman, and the whole 
horde of gold transmitters, swindling gold mining, tea, 
and other companies, humbug express parcel senders, 
and the whole crew of thieves, cheats and swindlers 
know that whoever takes the Agriculturist is not to be 
caught in any trap of the kind, be it ever so nicely baited. 
Let every head of a family and every teacher warn 
the young against all swindlers who offer more than a 
dollar’s worth for a dollar, no matter in what paper 
he advertises, or in liovv cunning a guise he may come. 
Tbe Care of Our Sick and Wounded. 
THIRD LETTER FROM MR. JUDD. 
Citv Point, Vat; (ort James River.) July 2, I&fei. 
My stay among the wounded, designed for a week or 
two at first, has now extended to nine weeks, and I can 
hardly yet leave the good Work, though duty to our large 
family of readers, and business correspondence, will im¬ 
pel me to soon leave this field to others. Hundreds of 
noble spirits have come arid worked, and returned worn 
out ; a kind Providence lias thus far preserved me in re¬ 
markably good health. ,’Oiir wounded men are fast de¬ 
creasing in number, the terrible, hot, dry weather, is in 
a measure suspending active fighting, and just now we 
are turning our chief energies to securing the health of 
our men at the front. For a week past, I have becti at 
the front lines around Petersburg, aiding in distributing 
piggies, vegetables, etc., irt the trenches, arid a world of 
good is being done. Said G'eri. Smith trt me a week 
since, “ The sick and wouiilled in the hospitals are com¬ 
paratively happy and Well taken bare of; an onion or 
pickle or two, or some fresh potatoes given to a man in 
yonder trenches may improve his digestion, recruit his 
health, and thus save us an efficient soldier, and you the 
care of an extra main in the hospitals.” This remark, 
which was confirined by other Corps Commanders, Gens. 
Burnside, Hancock, arid Warren, led to still greater ex¬ 
ertions on the part of the Sanitary Commission, to sup¬ 
ply fresh vegetables, pickles, etc., to the men at the front. 
I am now Waiting the loading up of a long train of 
Wagons with Which We Shall go out to the trenches, and 
as I shall be more exposed to danger than hitherto, I 
merely write this closing note upon the labors of the past 
two months. 
Following the army movements. We left White House, 
Where my last letter Was dated, arid came round to this 
point, 100 riiileS up the James at the mouth of the Appo- 
riiatox river. Our labors hfete nave been arduous. About 
(5,000 Wounded rind sick men have been brought back 
from the front around Petersburg, and placed in tents 
on high ground on the south bank of the Appomatox, IJf 
miles from here. (See II, on map.) Hospital boats, 
to carry them {North, have occupied the only available 
landing tin the Appomatox, so that our boats have neces¬ 
sarily remained here. The Sanitary Agents have Had 8 
tents established among the hospitals, arid a large force 
of mmi going among the wounded, giving the same care 
that I described in my previous letter. The comforts 
afforded, the suffering alleviated, the lives saved by these 
deeds, are not to be reckoned in figures. Here, too, the 
work of the Commission has alone repaid all that has 
been done or may be done to supply funds to its coffers. 
I rejoice that I came hither. The memory of the past 
tWo months will be the brightest spot in my life. Others 
are coming to take the places of such of us as are com¬ 
pelled to leave, by business ” want of health, and they 
Will enjoy the work. I have met many a noble compan¬ 
ion-old school-mates—men of wealth leaving their 
comfortable homes, and working here night and day- 
ministers—college professors—indeed men from all ranks. 
AS we meet hereafter we shall refer to these days with 
pleasure. I have not time or room to speak individually 
of the laborious officers of the Commission upon Whom 
has devolved the responsibility of forwarding supplies, 
and managing the distribution—of Dr. Douglass, Chief 
Inspector, of Major Frank B. Fay, Chief of the Auxil¬ 
iary Relief Corps, Of Dr. Smith, Dr. Prirish, Dr. Steiner, 
Dr. Fairchild, Messrs. Anderson, Williams, Johnson, 
Mossman, Clampitt, De Bose, Evans, Doolittle, and 
a host of earnest arid laborious clerks and assistants ; 
of Drs. Agnew, Johnson, arid Kriapp; Messrs, Strong, 
Bowne, Hoive'y, Cauidwell, arid many others 1 who are en¬ 
gaged at different points, gathering arid forwarding sup¬ 
plies, etc. Their good Works Will follow therri. I must 
not forget friy good' friends Mr. and Mrs. flolsteiri, whb 
left a Comfortable home in Pennsylvania, arid ire' giving 
their Whole tim'e to the care of the sick and Wounded. 
How many thousands Will remember the’ cups of coffee, 
lemonade, punch, etc., and the food prepared by theii 
own hands, given out by Mrs. Holstein and her niece. 
—-I ought here to name hundreds of others also, ai 
friends Bradish, Hyde, Sperry, Brooks, Dennison, Light- 
hight, Le Baron, Potter, “ Uncle John ” Vassrir, etc., but 
have neither time nor space. War is awful at best, 
but no previous War was evei so shorn of Its hor¬ 
rors, as that now waging. To all who have helped by 
work or money contributions to aid the soldiers I de¬ 
sire iri the name arid behalf of tens of thousands of 
wounded arid sick, to offer you their warmest and inbit 
heartfelt thanks, as I do for myself, also, became of 
the means you gave, through which I; as one of the 
workers, have been able to do arid enjoy so .mueft, dur¬ 
ing the prist two months. ORANGE JUDD. 
I’. S.—The U. S. Sanitary Commission have expended 
in their labors during the past two months $525,000! 
and I can well understand how the money has been 
used. Here are a feW of the Sanitary things we have 
just distributed to the fighting men at the front, to keep 
them well: Canned tomatoes, 207,1515 pounds (over 103 
tons); canned fruit, 15,060 ‘pound's; canned jellies, 574 
pounds; pickled cucumbers, 36,273 gallons (about 1,200 
barrels); pickled onions,, 13,34-1 gallons; pickled toma¬ 
toes, 4,719 gallons; ctirried cabbage, 1,166 gallons; sauer¬ 
kraut, is,2i8 gallons; fresh onions. 100 barrels; potatoes, 
70 barrels; dried apples, 242 barrels; oilier dried fruit; 39 
barrels , lemrins, 301 boxes; portable lemonade, 2,400 
boxes, oranges, 25 boxes; etc. O. j. 
Notes from the Battle Field. 
FOURTH LETTER FROM MR. JUDD. 
Near Petersburg, Va., July 4th, 1864.* 
In the map sketch herewith [see next page] I mark with 
a circle the point where I How sit Writing—Under the shade 
of a large tree—on the lawn of the noted Country Seat of 
Mr. Friend, Of the old firm of “Friend <Ss Scott,” of 
Petersburg, Va. Account books in the Mansion show the 
dealings of the firm back td 1709.—This point is about 
4,400 yards North N, E. from the centre of Petersburg, 
which is in so full view, that I can; with a small pocket 
glass now read 3 o’clock P. M„ on the city clock; These 
grounds are just now the Hbad-qUrifters of Mrij. (Jen. W. 
F. Smith (“Baidy Smith”), Commanding 18th and pail of 
10th Army Corps. The location is a very commanding one. 
From where I sit I can plainly see bur advanced lines o 
earth-works in the valley, IK miles toward the feity, 
stretching from the Ap-po-mat'-ox river, eastward; then 
in a zigzag course around the city to the south. There 
are few trees in the valley or plain between this point and 
the city, while to the left and most of the way round, the 
lines are in the woods or hidden by groves. The enemy’s 
lines lie just beyond our own. Without actually seeing 
them, one can form little idea of the immensity of these 
earthworks. The front line consists of a continuou s 
bank of earth thrown up, very zigzag in its course, and 
extending five or six miles. At brief intervals are Lu¬ 
nettes or Forts with embrasures for cannon. Every 
available knoll or high ridge, or point of land, is taken ad¬ 
vantage of for batteries ; and every creek, valley, or low 
spot furnishes a shelter where the men may encamp un¬ 
der small tents, cook, eat, sleep, etc., and be ready at a 
moment's warning to meet an attack upon the front, and to 
exchange places with (relieve) those in the front trenches 
or works. On both sides, sharp-shooters, stationed in trees 
and other hidden spots, are ever on the lookout to pit j r off 
any one who for a moment exposes any part of his bob" 
in sight. (I had a rather close intimation that one of them 
saw me nearly a mile off.) Not a minute passes during 
any day when one can not hear the cracking of their rifles, 
and if near enough the shrill whistle of the bullet through 
the air; while at night the advanced lines of pickets or 
skirmishers keep up an incessant firing as if to let each 
other know they are there and awake. I have slept at 
this point (or tried to) five different nights, and seldom 
counted less thaii 35 to 50 muskets fired in a minute, in 
the woods at the left of me. The other evening the firing 
increased from fifty to ai hundred per minute, then faster, 
then suddenly burst out into a continuous roll, which 
sounded like a hundred bunches of great fire crackers set 
off in as many empty hogsheads. This continued for 25 
or 30 minutes, with cannon and mortars chiming in every 
few seconds. I could only hear the noise and see . ne 
flashes above the woods ; ignorance of what was the ta- 
* Since the above date Mr. Judd returned very unexpect¬ 
edly. His exertions to supply the men In the trenches with 
Sanitary stores, added to tils previous labors, and tne intense 
heat, brought on a prostrating disease which has confined 
him to lus hed since his arrival home. For some days his 
illness threatened to be serious, but the readers of the Agri¬ 
culturist will he glad to hear that he is Improving at th« 
time we goto press. This statement will explain why many 
business, personal and other letters still remain ona» 
swered. AssoclATX Editor*. 
