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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
STATUARY AT THE CAPITOL, 
The eastern side of the capitoiis now, and, 
it would appear, will continue to be, the field 
in which to display the marble statuary pro¬ 
cured by the government’s munificence, and 
m accordance with its varied tastes. 
On the north side of the great entrance 
door from the portico to the rotunda, stands 
the statue of War, of Cararra marble, and 
about nine feet in height; while on the other 
side of the door, likewise in a niche, stands 
the beatific figure of Peace. The maiden, 
in simple flowing garb, (without corsets,) is 
represented in the act of sweetly extending 
the olive branch to her warlike neighbor, 
who does not seem disposed to accept of it, 
for, according to the hand books “ his eyes 
are lowering with anger, and his whole atti¬ 
tude indicates a roused and excited temper.” 
In view of the imposing overture, and the 
determined manner in which the mail-clad 
warrior holds his sword in readiness for com¬ 
bat, we are left no other conclusion than 
his heart is hard and cold as the marble in 
which he is chiseled for the admiration of 
mankind. 
On the southern abutment of the grand 
steps is the group of the “ Discovery of Amer¬ 
ica,” consisting of the marble figures, like 
the statues to which we have just alluded, 
by Persico. A knock-kneed Indian maiden, 
not encumbered with buckram skirts, and 
incidently nude, is represented looking up to 
a figure intended for Columbus, holding in 
his outstretched right hand—not carrying on 
his back, like Atlas—the globe. The group 
is intended to be emblematic of “ the triumph 
of science and perseverance in the discovery 
of a new world.” 
On the northern abutment of the same 
grand steps is “ the Rescue,” by the la¬ 
mented Greenough, our own countryman. 
This occupied the artist eight years, besides 
a delay of four years, occasioned by his not 
being able in all that time to obtain a block of 
Serravezza marble suitable for the purpose. 
A conflict between a hunter and a savage are 
the more prominent figures, while the wife of 
the former, seated on a rock, holds in the 
arms an infant, smiling, unconscious of the 
danger with which the small white family 
was menaced by the man with the toma¬ 
hawk. The hunter’s dog quietly and silent 
ly watches the contest, instead of assisting 
his master in the work of death. But as it 
is evident the pale face already lias the ad¬ 
vantage of the red, a proffer of canine servi¬ 
ces would be cowardly under such circum¬ 
stances. 
Real fidelity may be rare, but it exists in 
the heart. They only deny its worth and 
power who never loved a friend, nor labored 
to make a friend happy. 
A Hint.— What if there should appear in 
the next European family recipe book, (re¬ 
vised in London and Paris) directions how 
to take Greece out of maps? [Punch. 
^UiDcrtisewcnts. 
Terms—( invariably cash before insertion) : 
Ten cents per line for each insertion. 
Advertisements standing- one month one-fourth less. 
Advertisements standing three months one-tliird less. 
Ten woids make a line. 
No advertisement counted at loss than ten lines. 
A S GARDENER.—An Englishman who 
thoroughly understands the growing of fruits, flowers and 
vegetables; also the management of green-houses and grape¬ 
ries, with or wit hout fire. Excellent testimonials as to ability 
and steadiness can be given if required. Will board in or out 
of the house. A situation near the city preferred. Address 
W. SUMMERBEY, Bellport, L. I., where he is at present em¬ 
ployed. 72—75 
LLOW PEELING MACHINE.—A 
few Machines for peeling the BASKET WILLOW 
either by hand or horse power, will be furnished next Spring, if 
ordered immediately. 
Also Cuttings for planting, with full directions. 
GEO. J. COLBY, 
Jonesville, Yt. Jan. 16, 1355. 72-75nll54 
L arge sale of short horn 
STOCK AT AUCTION. 
The undersigned being about to remove his place of residence, 
will sell, at his present residence, (known as the Ayres Farm,) 
in Barre, Mass., on THURSDAY, the 1st day of February next, 
HIS ENTIRE HERD OF SHORT HORN STOCK, 
as follows: 
The high bred, full blood Durham bull DUKE, bred by E. P. 
Prentice, at Mount Hope, siredby Fairfax, (Coates’ Herd Book, 
3754); he by Sir Thomas Fairfax (5186), which took the following 
premiums: At Otley, Eng., 3 guineas; at Leeds, 20 sovereigns, 
and at Yorkshire, 30 sovereigns—and was never beaten. The 
dam of Duke was Matilda, (Yol. 5, p. 629,) which took the first 
prize at the Fair of the American Institute in 1843, sired by 
white Jacket, (5647); dam Heart, bred by the late Thomas Hol¬ 
lis, Esq., at Blythe, Eng. 
FORTY COWS, 
About half of which were sired by Duke, the remainder were 
mostly sired by the celebrated ijnporled bull MONARCH. 
The above stock was selected with great caie, not only as re¬ 
gards symmetry of form, but also for their extraordinary milking 
properties; and to guard against the impression that the best 
will be kept from sale, the ENTIRE HERD will be sold with¬ 
out reserve, and will be sold by catalogue. The age and pedi¬ 
gree given at the sale, offering an opportunity to stock-breeders 
to purchase animals of rare excellence. 
Terms made known at the sale. CALVIN SANFORD. 
DANIEL BRACON, Auctioneer. 
Barre, Mass, Jan. 15, 1855. 71—72nll55 
TCLVRMERS AND GARDENERS WHO 
-*L can not get manure enough, will find a cheap and powerful 
substitute in the IMPROVED POUDRETTE madefy the sub¬ 
scribers. The small quantity used, the ease with which it is 
applied, and the powerful stimulus it gives to vegetation, ren¬ 
ders it the cheapest and best manure in the world. It causes 
plants to come up quicker, to grow faster, to yield ■heavier and 
ripen earlier than any other manure in the world, and unlike 
other fertilizers, it can be brought in direct contact with the 
plant. Three dollars’ worth is sufficient to manure an acre of 
corn. Price, delivered free of cartage or package on board of 
vessel or railroad in New-York city, SI 50 per barrel, for any 
quantity over six barrels. 1 barrel, $2; 2barrels, $3 50; 3 bar¬ 
rels, $5 00; 5 barrels, $8 00. A pamphlet with information and 
directions will be sent gratis and post-paid, to any one applying 
AMERICAN HERD b60K. 
CIRCULAR. 
D EAR SIR: During the past year I have been in¬ 
quired of, by several S'hort Horn cattle breedeis, 
when 1 intended to issue a second volume of the American 
Herd Book. My reply has been, “Not until the Short 
Horn breeders would come forward in sufficient number 
to patronize the work, by furnishing the pedigrees of their 
stock, and to buy the book to an extent sufficient to war¬ 
rant the expense of its publication.” The first volume of 
the American Herd Book, which I published in 1846, is 
still indebted to me in the cost of the book itself, throwing 
in the time and labor I spent upon it. 
At the late “ National Cattle Show.” held at Springfield. Ohio, 
a large number of Short Horn breeders were assembled, from 
ten or twelve States and the Canadas. The subject of a contin¬ 
uance of the publication of an American Herd Book was fully 
discussed by them. It was agreed that, with so large a number 
of Short Horn cattle as are now owned and bred in the United 
States, and the Canadas, a Herd Book, devoted to the registry of 
American Cattle, was imperatively demanded. The expense 
Liid trouble of transmitting their pedigrees to England, and the 
purchase of the voluminous English Herd Book, now costing at 
least one hundred dollars, is no longer necessary: and that as 
the breeding of pure Short Horn Bipod must depend much upon 
having a domestic record at hand, when the requisite informa¬ 
tion can be obtained, and that of a reliable character, a Herd 
Book is indispensable. 
In pursuance of the unanimous request of the gentlemen en¬ 
gaged in breeding Short Horns, above alluded to, together with 
many individual solicitations, which I have received from other 
breeders during the past year, I have concluded to issue this, my 
Prospectus, for a second volume of “The American Herd Book,” 
and to request you, if you feel an interest in the work, to inform 
me at your earliest convenience, whether you will aid in its pub¬ 
lication by sending a record of your animals for registry, and to 
designate the numoer of volumes of the book you will take. The 
size of the work will, of course, depend upon the number of ani- 
malsregistered, which, if this opportunity is embraced by the 
breeders generally, will be several hundred pages octavo, and 
illustrated with portraits of such animals, properly engraved, as 
the owners may be desirous to have inserted, they furnishing the 
cuts for the purpose. 
I shall also give ail account of all the recent importations into 
theUni'ed States. A copy of the Catalogue of each separate 
herd will be given, whenever they can be obtained, togethe 
with the account of their sales, the prices at which they were 
sold, purchaser’s names, &c. In short, every matter of interest 
in relation to them, so lar as it can be obtained, will be given. 
All papers relative to such information will be thankfully re- 
ceiveu, sent to my Post-Office address at Black Rock, N. Y. 
As it is necessary that I get to work by the first of March next, 
you will oblige me by replying immediately, and informing me 
whether you will have your cattle recorded, and if so, what the 
probable number will be, and the number of volumes you will 
take. The i ecording-fee for each animal will be fifty cents; 
the price of the book five dollars. The recording fees will be 
expected to be remitted in advance, when the pedigrees of the 
cattle are forwarded, and the bookpaid for ondeliveiy. 
If, by any casualty, the book should not be issued, the ad¬ 
vance money will be prompt ly refunded. 
That there may be as little uncertainty as possible, I wish that 
the reply to this may be as prompt as convenient, that I may 
know whether I shall be j ustified in undertaking the work; if so, 
I will give you notice of the fact as early as the first of Februa¬ 
ry, 1855, on receiving which, your pedigrees and insertion-fees 
will be required to be sent immediately. 
Very Respectfully yours, 
LEWIS F. ALLEN. 
Buffalo, Black Rock Post-Office, N. Y., Dec. 1, 1854. 
P. S.—As I can not be presumed to know tho name and address 
of every Short Horn breeder in the country, you will oblige me 
by sending one of these Circulars to every breeder with whom 
you are acquainted, or to whom you have sold “ Herd Book ” 
animals, and give me a list of others, that I may send them a 
circular, so as to give as extensive information as possible on 
the subject. L. F. A. 
Agricultural papers through out the United States giving 
the above Circular one or more conspicuous insertions, shall be 
entitled to receive a copy of the Herd Book when issued. Aside 
from this, they will confer a favor on their several subscribers in 
thus giving them notice. 69—71nll40 
D EBURG’S SUPERPHOSPHATE, PE¬ 
RUVIAN GUANO, BONE DUST, POUDRETTE, &c., 
for sale by R. L. ALLEN, 
70—77 189 and 191 Water-st , N. Y. 
F ERTILIZERS.—Bone Dust, Guano. 
Poudrette Plaster, and Super Phosphate, all warranted o 
the best quality. R. L. ALLEN, 189 and 191 Water-st. 
By the same artist (Greenough) is the 
statue of Washington. It stands in the east 
square of the Capitol. A foreign writer has 
said of it, “ nothing can be more human, and 
at the same time more God-like, than this 
statue of Washington. It is a sort of domes¬ 
tic Jupiter." But however much gentlemen 
of classic taste may laud the Roman appar- 
aled figure and the convalescent attitude of 
the lymphatic subject, the common-sense 
patriotic masses prefer the Father of his 
Country in “ the modern costume,” as he 
himself did, when consulted by Jefferson, 
before Houdon commenced the statue of 
Washington—a cast from which is now dis¬ 
played in the rotunda of the Capitol. The 
great man condemned “ a servile adherence 
to the garb of antiquity,” in that connection. 
No republican, we fancy, cares about regard¬ 
ing him as “ a sort of domestic Jupiter.” 
Crawford, in Rome, is now engaged on the 
grand work ordered by the United States 
government. It is to be of statuary marble, 
and placed at the eastern extremity of the 
Capitol extension. The group will be thor¬ 
oughly Republican, emblematic of our coun¬ 
try’s history. 
for the same. 
Address, the LODI MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 
No. 74 Cortland-street, New-York. 
Watertown, Mass., Oct. 19 1854. 
Lodi Manufacturing Company : 
Gentlemen—At the request of John P. Cushing, Esq., of this 
place, I have, for the last five years, purchased from you 200 
barrels of Poudrette per annum, which he has used upon his 
extensive and celebrated garden in this town. He gives it al¬ 
together the preference over every artificial manure, (Guano 
not excepted), speaks of it in the highest terms as a manure for 
the kitchen garden, especially for potatoes. 
I am, gentlemen, very respectfully, 
Your obedient, servant, 
70—121nll52 BENJAMIN DANA. 
TENANCY FOWLS FOR SALE.—A variety 
-B- of pure bred Fowls, Asiatic, Spanish and Game Fowls, Se¬ 
bright. Black African, Antwerp, and other Bantams. 
B. & C. S. HAINES, 
70-74 Elizabethtown, New-Jersey. 
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, ^undertaken 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 feyv tons weight 
of the pure crystalized sulphate of amonia which will be 
furnished packed in quantities to suit purchasers at $0 50 
per hundred lbs. All orders promptly filled. 
66—78n 1142. C. B. DE BURG, Williamsburg,N. Y. 
L AWTON BLACKBERRY.— Genii ine 
Plants may be purchased of WM LAWTON, 
57 No 51 Wall-st.. New-York 
G uano outdone. —the gas 
WORKS TURNED TO GOOD ACCOUNT. 
C. B. DeBURG has the pleasure t of announcing to his former 
patrons, and to other farmers who may wish to improve their 
lands, that he has, during the past j r ear, succeeded in manufac¬ 
turing from the gas works, in and around New-York City, a 
superior quality of Sulphate of Ammonia, in large quantities, 
and he is now prepared to furnish 
C. B. BeBURG’S SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME, 
Highly charged with AMMONIA, which is now acknowledged 
to be the most valuable ingredient in Peruvian Guauo and other 
concentrated fertilizers. Price $45 per ton. DeBURG’S Su¬ 
perphosphate is warranted to contain 
SEVENTEEN PER CENT OF AMMONIA. 
Agricultural Societies and distinguished farmers tried many 
experiments during the last season, and with almosl universal 
success. Detailed accounts of several ot these will shortly be 
placed before the public for examinaiion. 
The Proprietor is working for a future and lasting reputation, 
and will spare no effort to make every bag of Superphosphate 
bearing his name just what it purports to be. To avoid imposi¬ 
tion or deception, every bag will henceforth be distinctly marked 
C. B. DeBURG, No. 1 SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME. 
Pamphlets with instructions for its use, &c., will be sent 
on application. C. B. DeBURG, Williamsburg, N. Y., 
70—82nll51 Sole Proprietor and Manufacturer. 
OSIER WILLOW, &C.—The subscriber 
'—'will furnish cuttings of the SAL1X VIMIN ALTS, the best 
OSIER WILLOW, at S3 per 1,000. They can be sent during 
the winter and early spring to all parts of the continent. 
Orders addressed to the subscriber, care of C. P. Williams, 
Albany, N. Y., will meet with prompt attention. 
Also all varieties of Fruit Trees, Foreign and Native Grapes, 
Sic. Catalogues sent on application. 
S. P. HOUGH 
7C.-37nll49 Hillside Nurseries, Albany, N, Y. 
