78 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
PRICES CURRENT. 
100 lb.-(55) 7 — 
- . 6 25(a) - 
29(55)— 30 
Produce, Groceries, Provisions, <5 c., <J-c 
Ashes— 
Pot, 1st sort, 1853. 
Pearl, 1st sort, 1852. 
Beeswax— 
American Yellow. 
Bristles— 
American, Gray and White 
Coal— 
Liverpool Orrel.Iff chaldron- fffill 50 
Scotch.. (a )- 
Sidney. 8 — ® 8 25 
Pictou. 8 — (a) - 
40(55)— 45 
2,000 1b. 
Upland. 
Florida. 
Mobile. 
N. O. 4- 'I 
71 
it 
7 1 
8 
9f 
98 
9} 
10 
101 
108 
10S 
m 
11 
ID 
ID 
ID 
Anthracite. 
Cotton- 
Ordinary. 
Middling. 
Middling Fair. 
Fair. 
Cotton Bagging- 
Gunny Cloth.P 1 yard.— 12J-®- 
American Kentucky.— — ®— 
Dundee ....®— 
Coffee- 
Java.P lb.— 12 (55)— 12J 
® 7 50| 
13 
14 ®— 14| 
.— 9 ®— 11 
.— 10 ®— 11 
(cash).— Or®— 91- 
S (o>— 9 
Mocha 
Brazil. 
Maracaibo.. 
St. Domingo 
Flax- 
Jersey.pib.— 
Flour and Meal- 
State, common brands. 0 75 (55) 0 871- 
State, straight brands. 7 121(55)- 
State, favorite brands. 7 — (55) 7 25 
Western, mixed do. 7 121® 7 25 
Michigan and Indiana, straight do. 7 25 ® 7 371 
Michigan, fancy brands. 7 25 ®- 
Ohio, common to good brands. 7 121® 7 371 
Ohio, fancy brands. 7 311® 7 50 
Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan, extra do... 8 — ® 7 50 
Genesee, fancy brands. 7 50 (3 '75 
Genesee, extra brands. 9 25 ® I — 
Canada, (in bond,) new. 7 — ® 7 121 
Brandywine .‘. 7 561® 7 681 
Georgetown. 7 561® 7 681 
Petersburg City. 7 561® 7 681 
Hichmond Country. 7 371® 7 431 
Alexandria. 7 371® 7 431 
Baltimore, Howard-Street. 7 371® 7 431 
Rye Flour. 5 371®- 
Corn Meal, Jersey..®- 
Corn Meal, Brandywine. 4 75 ®- 
Corn Meal, Brandywine.p punch. 19— ®19 25 
Grain- 
Wheat, White Genesee.p bush. 1 85 ® 1 78 
Wheat, do. Canada, (in bond, . 1 42 ® 1 50 
Wheat, Southern, White. 1 70 ® 1 80 
Wheat, Ohio, White. 1 70 ® 1 80 
Wheat, Michigan, White. 1 75 ® 1 80 
Wheat, Western and Mixed. 1 50 ® 1 50 
Rye, Northern. 1 18 ®- 
Corn, Round Yellow... ®— 78 
Corn, Round White..®— 81 
Corn, Southern White.— — ®- 
Com, Southern Yellow.— 77 ®— 60 
Com, Southern Mixed..®- 
Com, Western Mixed.— 7 7 ®- 
Com, Western Yellow. ®- 
Barley. 1 18 ®- 
Oats, River and Canal.— 45 ®— 47 
Oats, New-Jersey. — 47 ®— 45 
Oats, Western.— 52 ®— 54 
Peas, Black-Eyed.P bush. 1 50®- 
Lime— 
Rockland, Common.P bbl — 87® — 
Lumber— _ 
Timber, White Pine.p cubic — 18 ®— 24 
Timber, Oak. -25®—30 
Timber, Grand Island, W. O.— 35 ®— 38 
Timber, Geo. Yel. Pine,.(by cargo)— 18 ®— 22 
YARD SELLING PRICES 
Timber, Oak Scantling.PM. ft.30 — ®40 — 
Timber, or Beams, Eastern.17 50 ®19 75 
Plank, Geo. Pine, Worked ..®40 — 
Plank, Geo. Pine., Unworked.20 — ®25 — 
Plank and Boards, N. It. Clear.37 50 ®42 50 
Plank and Boards, N. R. 2d qual.25 — ®32 — 
Boards, North River, Box.16 — ®18 — 
Boards, Albany Pine.p pee.— 14 ®— 20 
Boards, City Worked.— 22 ®— 23 
Boa ds, do. narrow, clear ceiling..®— 25 
Plank, do. narrow, clear flooring.— 25 ®- 
Plank, Albany Pine.— 24 ®— 30 
Plank, City Worked .— 24 ®—29 
Plank, Albany Spruce.— 17 ®—24 
Plank, Spruce, City Worked.— 22 ®— 24 
Shingles, Pine, sawed. .. .pbunch. 2 25 ® 2 75 
Shingles, Pine, split and shaved. 2 75 ® 3 — 
Shingles Cedar, 3 ft. 1st qual.p M.24 — ®28 — 
Shingles, Cedar, 3 ft. 2d quality.22 — ®25 — 
Shingles, Cedar, 2 ft. 1st quality.19 — ®21 — 
Shingles, Cedar, 2 ft. 2d quality.17 — ®18 — 
Shingles, Company, 3 ft..32— ®- 
Shingles, Cypress, 2 ft.15 — ®16 — 
Shingles, Cypress. 3 ft.20 — ®22 — 
Staves, White Oak, Pipe.72 — ®- 
Staves, White Oak Hhd.90 — ®- 
Staves, White Oak Bbl.60 — ®- 
Staves, Red Oak Hhd.35 — ®— — 
Heading, White Oak.70 — ®- 
Molasses— 
New-Orleans.Pgall.—22 ®—26 
Porto Rico.— 23 ®—29 
Cuba Muscovado.— 22 ®—26 
Trinidad Cuba.— 23 ®— 26 
Cardenas, &c..®— 24 
Naval Stores 
Turpentine, Soft, North County 
Turpentine, Wilmington. 
Tar. 
Pitch, City. 
Resin, Common, (delivered). 
>' 280 lb.-® 4 621 
..® 4 50 
. p bbl. 3 75 ® 4 50 
..® 2 75 
1 80 ® 2 — 
1 50. 
•58 
Resin, White.p 280 lb. 2 121® 4 
Spirits Turpentine. p gall.— 52 ®- 
Oil Cake- 
Thin Oblong, City.p tun.30 — ®40 — 
Thick, Round, Country. ®- 
Plaster Paris- 
Blue Nova Scotia.p tun.3 25 ®- 
White Nova Scotia..3 — ® 3 121 
Provisions— 
Beef, Mess, Country,.p bbl. 11 — ®- 
Beef, Mess, City.13 50 ®14 871 
Beef, Mess, extra.16 25 ®- 
Beef, Prime, Country, . ®- 
Beef, Prime, City. ®- 
Beef, Prime Mess.p lce.23 — ®25 —" 
Pork, Mess.P(bbl.l3 18565)13 25§ 
Pork, Prime.11 25 ®-- 
Pork, Clear.14 — ®14 25 
Pork, Prime Mess.13 — ®13 25 
Lard, Ohio, prime, in barrels.p lb.— 101®- 
Hams. Pickled.— 8 ®— 7 
Shoulders, Pickled,.— 51®— 6 
Beef Hams, in Pickle.p bbl.-®— — 
Beef, Smoked.p lb.— — ®- 
Butter, Orange County.— 21 ®— 25 
Cheese, fair to prime.— 81®—101 
Salt— 
Turk’s Island.p bush.-®— 54 
St. Martin’s..®- 
Liverpool, Ground.p sack. 1 20 ® 1 121 
Liverpool, Fine. 145 ® 1 60 
Liverpool, Fine, Ashton’s. 1 62 ® 1 67 
Sugar— 
St. Croix. 
— ®— 
_ 
New-Orleans. 
.. 
41®— 
68 
Cuba Muscovado. 
— 
4^(5)— 
51 
Porto Rico. 
. — 
41®— 
61 
Havana, White. 
. . .- 
7 {-(a )— 
8 
Havana, Brown and Yellow. .. 
5 (a) — 
7i 
Manilla. 
. . - 
55 .®— 
51 
Brazil, White. 
Brazil Brown . 
— 
6J®— 
7 
. — 
5 (a )— 
51 
Tallow— 
American, Prime . 
it..— 
lli®— 
121 
Tobacco— 
Virginia. 
.19' lb 
—®— 
8} 
Kentucky. 
.— 
7 (a) — 
10 
Maryland. 
.— 
— ®— 
— 
St. Domingo. 
Cuba . 
Yara. 
Havana, Fillers and Wrappers.. 
Florida Wrappers. 
Connecticut, Seed Leaf, . 
Pennsylvania, Seed Leef. 
Wool— 
American, Saxony Fleece. 
American, Full Blood Merino.. . 
American, 1 and 1 Merino . 
American, Native and 1 Merino. 
Superfine, Pulled, Country . 
No. 1, Pulled, Country. 
12 ®— 18 
19 ®— 23 
40 ®— 45 
25 ® 1 — 
15 ®— 60 
6 ®— 15 
— ®- 
■ P 1b.- 
38 ®— 
36 ®— 
30 ®— 
25 ®—■ 
30 ®— 
■26 ®— 
Alnmliscments. 
Terms—( invariably cash before insertion) : 
Ten cents per line for each insertion. 
Advertisements standing one month one-fourth less. 
Advertisements standing three months one-third less. 
Ten wotds make a line. 
No advertisement counted at less than ten lines. 
ORNAMENTAL TREES—Suit- 
JBL 5 XJ A7 able for Belts, Masses, Shrubberies, Woods. &c., 
in the best and hardiest varieties, strong and well grown—deliv¬ 
ered in Boston and New-York. Price list on application. 
B. M. WATSON, 
56-63 Old Colony Nurseries, Plymouth, Mass. 
\7STACHUSETT GARDEN AND NUR- 
V V SERIES, New-Bedford, Mass., ANTHONY & Me A- 
FEE, Proprietors, successors to Henry H. Crapo, would invite 
the attention of the public to their extensive stock of 
Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Flowering Shrubs, Rose 
Bushes, &c., Evergreens, Balsam Firs, American 
and Chinese Arbor Vitae, Cedrus Deodara, 
Cryptomeria Japonica, Norway Spruce, 
Yew Trees, Tree Box, &c., &c. 
An extensive assortment of 
Apple, Pear, Plum, 
Cherry. Peach, 
and Apricot 
Trees. 
The stock of Pear Trees is very large, both on Pear and Portu¬ 
gal Quince Stocks, embracing every tiling worthy of cultiva¬ 
tion. All our Pear Trees arc propagated and grown by our¬ 
selves, and 
WARRANTED TRUE TO NAME. 
The soil, climate, &c., of this locality being so favorable to 
the Pear, our Trees are unrivaled for health, vigor of growth, 
&c., &c. 
They are all free from that, destructive malady, 
THE PEAR BLIGHT, 
which has never existed in this locality. 
Prices low. and a liberal discount to the trade. 
New-Bedford, 1854. 17-68 
ICM1UIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES 
-0- AND PLANTS—Including every thing necessary to the 
Garden, Green-house, Nursery and Orchard, with all the recent 
introductions, at very low rates. Descriptive price Catalogues 
gratis. Carriage paid to New-York. Ornamental and other 
planting done in any part of the country. The best season for 
transplanting is after October 10. Address 
B. M. WATSON, 
56-64 Old Colony Nurseries, Plymouth, Mass. 
SUPREME COURT.—In the matter of the 
^-Jtaking of lands for a new Reservoir, between Eighty-sixth 
and Ninety-sixth-streets, and the Fifth and Seventh-avenues in 
the City of New-York. 
To all owners, mortgagees, lessees, occupants, and other per¬ 
sons, in any matter, by judgment, decree or otherwise, entitled 
unto, or interested in the lands or premises above mentioned, or 
any part thereof, 
Notice is hereby given that you are required to appear before 
the Commissioners of Appraisal in the above entitled proceeding, 
at the office, No. 293 Broadway, the third story front room, at 10 
o’clock, A.M., on any day (Sundays excepted) on or prior to the 
21st day of October next, and to produce the evidences to your 
title or interest therein. In default thereof, and in case the per¬ 
son entitled or interested as aforesaid shall not be ascertained by 
or be known to the said Commissioners, or be fully known, the 
same will be reported to the Supreme Court as belonging to un¬ 
known owners. 
It being the desire to consummate this great improvement, and 
to present the report at the earliest day consistent with proper 
examination, and due regard to rights and interests affected, it 
is earnestly requested that all parties note and comply with the 
preceding notice, as no other or further notice will be issued. 
Dated New-York, September 1 , 1854. 
EDWARD C. WEST, h 
ABRAHAM TURNURE, > Commissioners. 
DANIEL DODGE. ) 
Robert J. Dillon, Counsel to the Corporation. 
N.B.—All papers puolished in the City of New-York are re¬ 
quested to publish the preceding notice until the 21st day of Oc- 
tobor next, once in each week, and to send their bills, with affi¬ 
davits of publication, to the office of the Counsel to the Corpor¬ 
ation, to be paid on the final taxation of the proceedings. 57 
S TATE OF NEW-YORK—Secretary’s Of- 
.fice, Albany, August 10, 1854.—To the Sheriff of the County 
of New-York—Sir: Notice is hereby given that at the GEN¬ 
ERAL ELECTION to be held in this State on the TUESDAY 
succeeding the first Monday of November next, the following 
OFFICERS are TO BE ELECTED, to wit: 
A Governor, in the place of Horatio Seymour; 
A Lieutenant-Governor, in the place of Sanford E, Church; 
A Canal Commissioner, in the place of Henry Fitzhugh; and 
An Inspector of State Prisons, in the place of Henry Storms; 
All of whose terms of office will expire on the last day of De¬ 
cember next. 
A Representative in the Thirty-fourth Congress of the United 
States, lor the Third Congressional District, composed of the 
1st, lid, IHd, Vtli and VTIIth Wards in the City of New- 
York; for the Fourth District, composed of llie IVth, Vltli, 
Xth and XIVth Wards of the City of New-York; for the Fifth 
District, composed ol the Vllth and XHIth Wards in New- 
York, and the City of Williamsburg in Kings County ;‘for the 
Sixth District, composed of the Xlth XVth and XVIIth Wards 
in the New-York; for the Seventh District, composed of the 
IXth, X Vltli and XXth Wards in New-York, and for the Eighth 
District, composed of the Xllth, XVIIIth and XIXth Wards in 
New-York. 
County Officers also to he selected for said County: 
Sixteen Members of Assembly; 
A Suirogate, in the place of Alexander W. Bradford ; 
A Recorder, in the place of Francis R. Tillou ; 
A City Judge, in the place of Velcome R. Beebe; 
A Mayor, in the place of Jacob A. Westervelt; 
A Register, in the place of Garret Dyckman; 
A Commissioner ol Streets and Lamps, in the place of Gcoige 
G. Glazier, avIio was appointed to fill a vacancy caused by the 
resignation of Henry Arcularius ; 
A Police Justice for the Second District, in the place of Dan¬ 
iel W. Clark, who was appointed to fill a vacancy caused by the 
death of John McGrath; 
Two Governors of the Alms House, in place of Giistavus 
A. Conover and William Pinckney, appointed to fill vacan¬ 
cies; 
A District Attorney, in the place of Lorenzo B. Shepard, who 
was appointed to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Nathaniel 
B. Blunt. 
A Civil Justice and a Police Justice for the Seventh Ju¬ 
dicial District, composed of the Xllth, XIXth, and XXIId 
Wards: 
A Police Justice for the Eighth Judicial District, composed of 
the XVTth and XXth Wards. Yours respectfully, 
E. W. LEAVENWORTH, Secretary of State. 
Sheriff’s Office, New-York, Aug. 14, 1854. 
The above is published pursuant to the notice of the Secretary 
of State and the requirements of the statute in such case made 
and provided. JOHN ORSER, 
Sheriff of the City and County of New-York. 
All the public newspapers in the County will publish the 
above once in each week until the Election, and then hand in 
their bills for advertising the same, so that they may be laid be¬ 
fore the Board of Supervisors and passed for payment. See Re¬ 
vised Statutes, volume 1, chapter 6, title 3, article 3, part 1, page 
140. [53-60] JOHN ORSER, Sheriff. 
TOERUVIAN GUANO.—First quality of 
Fresh Peruvian Guano, just received in store. 
R. L. ALLEN, 189 and 191 Water-st. 
’^i/'ILLARD FELT, No. 191 Pearl-street, 
» ▼ (near Maiden-lane,) Manufacturer of Blank Books, and 
Importer and Dealer in PAPER and STATIONERY of every 
description. Particular attention paid to orders. 26-77 
]|/f ACHINE WORKS.—M. & J. H. BUCK 
i-YJL & CO.’S Machine Works, Lebanon, N. H., Manufacturers 
of a great variety of wood working Machinery, of the most ap¬ 
proved style, simple construction, and effective and firm opera¬ 
tion, to be lound in the country: comprising complete sets for 
making Railroad cars, doois, sash and blind, ship-building, bed¬ 
steads, cabinet, and carpenter work, &c. &c. Also, some ma¬ 
chines of peculiar merit, such as for single and double Tenoning, 
capable of making from one to four tenons at the same operation 
of any width, size, or length, on large or small timber, with rel¬ 
ishing cylinder attached. Also, an improved timber Planing 
Machine, with the addition of a side-cutter, with whicli the top 
and edge of timber or plank is planed, whether square or bevel, 
at the same operation, and in the same time occupied in plane- 
ing but one side on all other machines. They also manufacture 
circular, single, and gang Saw Mills, Flouring and Corn Mills, 
hand and power Hoisting Machines for storehouses, Shafting, 
Hangers, Pullies, and Mill Gearing of all patterns. 
MARTIN BUCK, 
J. H. BUCK, 
F. A. CUSHMAN, 
WM. DUNCAN, 
Agents—R. L. Allen, 189 aiid 191 Water-st.; S. B. Schenck, 
168 Greenwicli-st.; Andrews & Jessup, 67 Pine-st.; Lawrence 
Machine Shop, 51 Broad-st., New-York, and Lawrence, Mass. ; 
Leonard & Wilson, 60 Bcaver-st., and Wm. F. Sumner, Crystal 
Palace. 36-tf 
! ERTILIZERS.—Bone Dust, Guano, 
Poudrette Plaster, and Super Phosphate, all warranted of 
“ " ALI ~ ' “ 
the best quality. 
R. L. ALLEN, 189 and 191 Water-st. 
L AWTON BLACKBERRY.—Genuine 
Plants may be purchased of WM LAWTON, 
57 No..54 Wall-st., New-York. 
