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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
PRICES CURRENT 
Produce, Groceries, Provisions, 4c., 40 
Pot, 1st sort, 1853.100 lb.- (a) 7 — 
Pearl, 1st sort, 1852. 7 00.®- 
Beeswax— 
American Yellow. — 28®— 30 
Bristles— 
American, Gray and White. — 45 ®—50 
Flour and Meal- 
State, common brands. 8 75 ® 8 871- 
State, straight brands. 9 — ®- 
State, favorite brands. 9 12 ®-- 
Western, mixed do. 8 121®- 
Michigan and Indiana, straight do. 9 25 ® 9 37i 
: Michigan, fancy brands.. 9 50 ®- 
Ohio, common to good brands . 9 121® 9 371 
Ohio, fancy brands.—- — (cb 9 02 
Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan, extra do ..— — ®]0 25 
Genesee, fancy brands. 9 50 ® 9 75 
Genesee, extra brands. 10 62®11 50 
Canada, (in bond,). 9 — ® 8 75 
Brandywine . 9 — ®- 
Georgetown. 9 — ® 9 25 
Petersburg City. 9 25 ®- 
Richmond Country.— — ® 9 25 
Alexandria..® 9 25 
Baltimore, Howard-Street... ® 9 25 
Rye Flour.. fi 75 ®- 
Com Meal, Jersey. 4 25 ®- 
Com Meal, Brandywine. 4 75 ®- 
Com Meal, Brandywine.ip punch.-®19 95 
Grain- 
Wheat, White Genesee.p* bush. 2 45 ® 2 48 
Wheat, do. Canada, (in bond, ..® 2 00 
Wheat, Southern, White. 1 95 ® 2 — 
Wheat, Ohio, White..®- 
Wheat, Michigan, White. 2 22 ® 2 32 
Wheat, Western and Mixed.. 1 80 ® 2 — 
Rye, Northern. I 42 (cb - 
Corn, Round Yellow. 97 ®— 99 
Corn, Round White..(5)— 95 
Com, Southern White..®— 96 
Corn, Southern Yellow.— 93 (cb — 95 
Com, Southern Mixed.. (a) - 
Corn, Western Mixed.— 97 ®—98 
Com, Western Yellow.— — (cb - 
Barley. 1 25 (cb— — 
Oats, River and Canal. — 55 (cb— 57 
Oats, New-Jersey.— 48 ®— 52 
Oats, Western.— 55 (cb — 57 
Peas, Black-Eyed.pbush. 2 12 ®- 
Provisions— 
Beef, Mess, Country,.p bbl. 9 — ®11 — 
Beef, Mess, City.. .10 — (cb - 
Beef, Mess, extra.16 — ®— — 
Beef, Prime, Country, .. (cb 7 — 
Beef, Prime, City.— — (cb - 
Beef, Prime Mess .p Ice.23 — ®24 — 
Pork, Prime.12 25 ®— — 
Pork, Clear.14 — ®- 
Pork, Prime Mess.— — (cb - 
Lard, Ohio, prime, in barrels.p lb.— 10 ®- 
Hams, Pickled.— —®— — 
Shoulders, Pickled .. (cb - 
Beef Hams, in Pickle.p bbl.-®- 
Beef, Smoked .P lb.-®-- 
Butter, Orange County.— 24 (cb — 26 
Cheese, fair to prime.— 91®—10J 
^Utuertiscwents. 
Terms—( invariably cash before insertion): 
Ten cents per line for each insertion. 
Advertisements standing: one month one-fourtli less. 
Advertisements standing: three months one-third less. 
Ten wolds make a line. 
No advertisement counted at loss than ten lines. 
T HE AMERICAN PICK. 
(IVtii VOLUME, 1855.) 
This Illustrated Comic Weekly, published in the City of New- 
York, every Saturday, is about to commence its fourth year. It 
has become a favorite paper throughout the United States. Be¬ 
sides its Designs by the first artists, it contains witty Editorials 
of character, and will carry cheerfulness to the gloomiest fire¬ 
side. Its variety renders it a favorite in every family. 
$>It contains, each week, a large quantity of Tales, Stories, An¬ 
ecdotes, Scenes and witticisms. The “ Recollections of John C. 
Calhoun, by his Private Secretary,” will be continued in the 
PICK until finished, and then a copy will be sent free to every 
subscriber whose name shall be upon our mail book. Each 
yearly subscriber to the PICK will receive the double-sized Pic¬ 
torial sheets for the Fourth of July and Christmas, without 
charge. Each of these Pictorial sheets contains over 
200 SPENDID DESIGNS. 
The subscription price to the PICK is $1, cash in advance 
Six copies for $5. Thirteen copies for $10. 
Letters must be addressed to 
JOSEPH A. SCOVILLE, Proprietor, 
-68nll47 No. 26 Ann-st., New-York. 
A GRICULTURAL CHEMISTY. — A 
Course of Lectures for young farmers and others, com¬ 
mencing JANUARY 22, 1855, and continuing one month. 
Practical instruction in analysis will occupy the remainder of 
each day. Analyses of all kinds made and prooesses taught 
l i ghout the y°ar. Address Prof. JOHN A. PORTER, 
t£b8-71nll45 Yale College. New-Haven, Conn. 
TAR. CLOUGH’S COLUMBIAN PILLS, 
A sa ^ e » s ¥ re an( l cheap cathartic medicine, prepared from 
the freshest and purest Gums, Balsams, and vegetable extracts; 
and for all the purposes of a purgative and a reliable family Pill, 
its equal can not be found. Its use is warranted to give entire 
satisfaction in all cases, and should be kept by every family. 
Observe a note for five mills on each Box, signed by WM. 
RENNE, Pittsfield, Mass. Sold by all Druggists 6 —C. H. Ring, 
A. B. & D. Sands, and C-V. Clickenar & Co., Agents, New York; 
T. W. Dyott & Sons, Philadelphia,; J. Wright & Co., New Or¬ 
leans; Weeks & Potter, Boston ; Little & Cole, San Francisco, 
California. C8-7J.nl 148 
SECOND GRAND NATIONAL POUL- 
try show. 
NEARLY #500 CASH PREMIUMS. 
The National Poultry Society, for the improvement of Domestic 
Poultry, will hold its SECOND ANNUAL FAIR at the 
AMERICAN MUSEUM, 
IntlieCity of New-York, on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 
JANUARY 15th, 16 th, 17th, 18 t!i, 19th, and 20tli, 1855. 
It will include the exhibition of all kinds of fowls, pea-fowls, 
ducks, geese, swans, fancy pigeons, gold and silver pheasants, 
&c. Premiums will also be offered for the best specimens of 
rabbits and deer. 
The Frst Annual Show of the Society (which was held in Feb- 
ruary last, in Bamum’s American Museum) presented a truly 
surpassing collection of rave and valuable Poultry, and not only 
attracted to an extraordinary extent the public attention, but 
thousands of gratified visitors of all classes, from all sections of 
our country. 
Flattering as was this success, the Managers are determined 
to make the SECOND ANNUAL SHOW a still more attract¬ 
ive illustration of the vital purpose of the Society to render uni¬ 
versally popular a pursuit hitherto limited to the sympathy of a 
few amateurs, and thus encourage every possible improvement 
in a branch of American Industry so intimately associated with 
our ideas of domestic enjoyment. 
The Managers, therefore, will make NO CHARGE WHAT¬ 
EVER TO COMPETITORS FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF 
EXHIBITING THEIR SPECIMENS. 
Exhibitors will be admitted free at all times during the Ex¬ 
hibition. 
Food and water will be provided by the Society for all fowls 
on exhibition, and proper persons will be appointed to regularly 
feed and provide for them, without expense or inconvenience to 
the owner. 
Fowls intended for exhibition may be sent any time after the 
10th of January, 1855, and they will be takencare of by the Man¬ 
agers, free of expense to the owners. They should be directed 
to the “ Poultry Committee, at the American Museum, New- 
York.” All specimens should arrive on or before the 16th Jan’y. 
In awarding prizes, the judges will lake into consideration: 
1st, Purity of Blood; 2d, Points of Form; 3d, Size ; 4th, Beauty 
of Plumage. 
The Railroads generally, as well as other public conveyances, 
will, it is believed, transport Fowls to and from the Exhibition 
Free. Fowls thus transported gratis are at the risk of their 
respective owners. 
REGULATIONS. 
Every coop is to be marked with the true name of the 
Fowls exhibited; and, when they are for sale, the price 
asked is to be legibly marked thereon. 
Exhibitors are expected to have their fowls exhibited in 
neat and tasteful coops, as small as convenient; and, for 
the sake of uniformity, it is recommended that they be 
made of one-half inch stuff, and be 36 inches in length, 28 
inches high, and 24 inches deep, with wire fronts. This 
rule, however, is not compulsory. 
Each exhibitor is expected to furnish, in writingg, all 
interesting information regarding the name., parentage, 
age, or importation of the fowls exhibited by him, the man¬ 
ner in which they have been fed, with an account of their 
production, &c. Any person who shall willfully render a 
false statement, in regard to the fowls exhibited by him, 
will forfeit all claims to premiums. It is not desirable 
that more than four specimens of any one breed or variety 
of Gallinaceous Fowls be exhibited in one coop. 
No poultry of a common kind will be received by the 
Committee, and no exhibitor will be allowed to remove 
his contributions from the Show Rooms until the close of 
the exhibition, without the joint permission of the Presi¬ 
dent of the Society and the Chairman of the Local Com¬ 
mittee of Arrangements. 
Any person may become a member of the Society by 
subscribing his name to the List of Members, and paying 
into the Treasury the sum of $3. Membership entitles 
the possessor to admission for himself and family at all 
times during the exhibition. 
The list of Judges will be called at 12 o’clock, M., on 
Tuesday, the 16th January, and they will immediately 
thereafter enter upon their examinations. At 10 o’clock 
on Thursday morning, the awards will be announced. 
On Friday morning at 10 o’clock, an appropriate Ad¬ 
dress will be delivered, and a CONVERSATIONAL 
MEETING held in the Lecture Room of the Museum, 
in which it is hoped that all interested in the subject will 
join. 
Tne most extensive arrangements will be made for ex¬ 
hibiting all the specimens of the Poultry in the FIVE 
SPACIOUS HALLS OF THE MUSEUM, and NO EX¬ 
TRA CHARGE WHATEVER will be made. 
Admission to the National Poultry Show, including also 
all the usual attractions of the Museum and the Lecture 
Room, will be ONLY TWENTY-FIVE CENTS. Chil¬ 
dren under ten, half price. Open from 7 A. M. until 10 
P. M. 
Persons to whom large Premiums are awarded can 
have all or any portion of the value in Silver Plate, appro¬ 
priately inscribed, if preferred. Piemiums not called for 
before the 15th of March will be considered donated to 
the Society. P. T. BARNUM, 
66-70nll44.] President ofthe National Poultry Society. 
I MPROVED SHORT HORN BULL FOR 
Ja- SALE.—The subscriber offers for sale his superior Short 
Horn Bull, PRINCE ALBERT, that won the second prize at 
the recent State Fair held in the City of New-York. 
Prince Albert was calved in 1849; his pedigree is of much mer¬ 
it ; in color, he is a deep red with white marks ; in temper, ex¬ 
tremely mild and easily managed. He is an excellent stock- 
gettw, and would not now be offered for sale, but that the sub¬ 
scriber, in the system of breeding he lias adopted, has no further 
need of his services. 
Under these circumstances, lie is for sale at the low price of 
three hundred dollars. The animal may be seen at Ellerslie 
farm, one mile south of Rhinebeck station. Address personally, 
or by letter, WILLIAM KELLY, 
60-tf Ellerslie, Rhinebeck. 
T he most valuable of all fer- 
tilizers.—It is well known and now universally con¬ 
ceded, that for the greater number of crops the most valu¬ 
able element in all kinds of organic and artificial fertilizers 
is the ammonia contained in them. The subscriber has, 
on this account, jundertaken extensive arrangements for 
manufacturing subjects of amoma from the gas works in 
and about New-York city. The greater part of this is 
used in preparing his Super Phosphate of Lime, but he 
can also supply to such as require it, a few tons weight 
o f the pure crystalized sulphate of amonia which will be 
furnished packed in quantities to suit purchasers at $6 50 
per hundred lbs. All orders promptly filled. 
66—78n 1142. C. B. DE BURG, Williamsburg, N. Y. 
HPHE SATURDAY EVENING POST, 
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Weekly Edition between, 80,000 and 90,000. 
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SATURDAY EVENING POST has been established, and its 
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as we trust will l 
Post. POSITIVE AKKAiNU-iiiTViJbJN is already 
made for contributions from the gifted pens of 
MRS. SOUTHWORTH, GRACE GREENWOOD, 
MRS. DENISON, MARY IRVING, 
ELIZA L. SPROAT, MRS. CARLEN, 
FANNY FERN, and A NEW CONTRIBUTOR, 
(whose name by request is withheld.) 
In the first paper of January next we design commencing the 
following Novelet: 
SIX WEEKS OF COURTSHIP. 
By Mrs. Emilie F. Carlen, Author of “One Y’ear of Wed¬ 
lock/’ &c., &c. 
We purpose following this with an Original Novelet—designed 
to illustrate, incidentally, the great evils of intemperance—en¬ 
titled THE FALLS OE THE WYALUSING, 
By a new and distinguished Contributor. 
We have also made arrangements for Two Stories, to be entitled 
THE ONEIDA SISTERS, and THE NABOB’S WILL. 
By Grace Greenwood, Author of “Greenwood 
Leaves,” “ Haps and Mishaps,” &c. 
Also, the following additional contributions: 
NEW SERIES OF SKETCHES. 
By Fanny Fern, Author of “ Fem Leaves,” &c. 
MARK THE SEXTON. 
A Novelet, by Mrs. Denison, Author of the “ Step-mother,-’ 
“ Home Pictures,” &c. 
NANCY SELWYN, or the Cloud with a Silver Lining. 
A Novelet, by Mary Irving. 
And last, but by no means least—from the fascinating and 
powerful pen of the Post’s own exclusive contributor— 
VIVIA, a Story of Life’s Mj r stery. 
By Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Southwortli, Author of “ Miriam,” 
“ The Lost Heiress,” &c., &c. 
In addition to the above proud array of contributions, we shall 
endeavor to keep up our usual variety of Original Sketches and 
Letters, Pictures ot Fife in our own and Foreign Lands, Choice 
Selections from all sources, Engravings, Agricultural Articles. 
General News, Humorous Anecdotes, View of the Produce and 
Stock markets, Bank Note List, Editorials, &c v &c.—our object 
being to give a Complete Record, as far as our limits will admit, 
of the Great World. 
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GSPTlie money must always be sent in advance. Address, al¬ 
ways post-paid, DEACON & PETERSON, 
No. 66 South Tliird-st., Philadelphia. 
SAMPLE NUMBERS sent gratis to any one, when request¬ 
ed. —66nll41 
A ndre leroy’s nurseries, at 
ANGERS, FRANCE.—Mr. Leroy begs to inform his nu¬ 
merous friends that he is now prepared to execute all orders 
for TREES, EVERGREENS, SHRUBS, STOCKS, &c., en¬ 
trusted to his care. 
His Trees, etc., are verv fine this year, and his collection very 
complete. Orders should be sent at once, so as to secure the 
different kinds. The best care will be given to all orders, as 
usual. The Angers Quince Stocks have not succeeded well this 
year, and are scarce and high. 
Orders should be, as usual, addressed to our agent in New- 
York, Mr. EDWARD BOSSANGE, No. 138 Pearl-st., who will 
give all the information desired, and mail, on application, free of 
charge, a detailed copy of my catalogue, with prices, in dollars 
and cents. 60—72 
T 
REES AND PLANTS.—PARSONS & 
CO., Flushing, near New-York, offer for sale their usual 
assortment, with the addition of many rare novelties of Fruit 
Trees, for the Orchard and the Garden; Ornamental Trees, 
Shrubs, and Roses, for the Avenue, Lawn, or Cemetery ; Vines 
for the Grapery, and Exotic Plants for Greenhouse culture. 
Catalogues can be obtained at No. 60 Cedar-st., or will be sent 
by mail to all post-paying applicants inclosing a postage 
stamp. 23-71 
R aspberry plants, of the pure 
RED ANTWERP slock, for sale in quantities to suit 
purchasers. The Plants are all warranted, and in a thrifty con¬ 
dition, and will be delivered in New-York for $50 per thousand. 
VALENTINE H. HALLOCK, 
Poughkeepsie, N. N. 
P. S.—Orders by mail will be promptly attended to, and no 
charge made for package. Orders to R. L. ALLEN, 189 and 191 
Water-st., N. Y., will receive prompt attention. 60—tf 
M 
ULES FOR SALE.—The subscriber 
keeps constantly on hand 400 to 500 MULES, of all sizes. 
Among these are some of the choicest animals in the United 
States ; 16 hands and over in height, and well proportioned. 
Mules are almost the only working animals used in portions of 
the Southern States, the West Indialslands, and Spanish posses¬ 
sions, where severe work and hard usage are allotted them, and 
under which horses would soon die. An equal advantage would 
follow their introduction among farmers and others, in the 
northern States. They are not only much hardier than horses, 
but they will draw more in proportion to their weight; will en¬ 
dure a great deal more; live twice as long, and eat less; and the 
only dressing or currying they need, is a soft place to rolLon 
They are gentle, tractable, and easily managed; and nobody wh 
has ever tried them will ever give them up for horses or oxen. 
Call on, or address by letter, JAMES BUCKALEW, 
Jamesburg, New-Jersey. 
Refer to Amos Chamberlain, B ull’s Head,24th-st., N. Y. [59 
SUPERIOR SEED WHEAT.—A LARGE 
^ assortment of the best varieties of improved Seed Wheat ; 
among which are the Red Mediterranean, White Mediterranean, 
Soule’s and Blue stem. For 9ale by 
R. L. ALLEN, 189 and 191 Water-st. 
O HORTICULTURISTS. —A person 
who has been engaged in Horticulture for the last twelve 
years, will shortly be disengaged, and desires a situation in an 
extensive Nursery, or in connection with a Horticultural or 
Agricultural Periodical. Can give satisfactory reference as to 
ability,&c. Address S., Kingsessing.P. 0 ,PhiladelphiaCo.,Pa. 
Refer to A, B. Allen, Office of the American Agriculturist. 
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