AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
365 
A SUBLIME BRIDAL—TWO OCEANS WED. 
Invitations are out for the most sublime 
and magnificentnuptialsevercelebratedupon 
our planet—the wedding of the rough Atlan¬ 
tic to the fair Pacific ocean. An iron neck¬ 
lace has been thrown across the Isthmus ; 
the banns are already puslished ; and the 
bridal party will leave this city on Monday 
next, February 5th, to perform the August 
ceremony. Some seven millions of dollars 
have been spent in achieving this union ; 
but, as the fruits thereof will soon show, it 
has been money well invested. Across the 
bosom of the Isthmus, the golden products 
of our Pacific borders and the incalculable 
treasures of the distant Orient, are destined 
to flow in unremitting streams. 
The stupendous enterprise of uniting the 
two oceans which embrace the greater por¬ 
tion of the globe we are proud to say, was 
conceived and executed by our own citizens, 
in the frowning face of obstacles that none 
but Americans could overcome. The swamp, 
the mountains, the miasmas of the Isthmus 
drove all the engineers of Europe home in 
despair who contemplated the gigantic un¬ 
dertaking, and the Herculean work was left 
to the hands and hearts of men in whose 
vocabulary “ there is no such word as fail.’' 
The engineers of England and France pro¬ 
nounced the project utterly impracticable. 
To the late lamented John L. Stevens and 
his associates, Aspinwall, Chauncy, Colt, 
Whiteright, and others, the world is indebted 
for the completion of this great bond —this 
commercial linking of the hemispheres. 
An enterprise so full of poetic sublimity, 
and so fraught with interest co-extensive with 
the whole earth, may well command the ad- 
mirationof the world ; and deserves to be 
fitly inaugurated by such a bridal party as 
are now preparing to embark as a witness of 
the grand consummation. It is a theme for 
such as Epit’naiamium as was never sung in 
Greece, and an occasion for a world-ringing 
burst of eloquence that makes one deplore 
afresh that the tongue of Webster is mute in 
death. Neio-York Mirror. 
RECIPES FOR BEAUTY. 
A handful of beams of sunlight, or moon¬ 
light, and equal proportions of cloudless 
blue air. 
Among the most beautiful of Nature’s 
beautiful workmanship, are Night and Mor¬ 
ning ; complicate and diverisfied in their ef¬ 
fects, yet simple in their manufacture. 
What an ado would men make, the best of 
them—had they the recipe and right to make 
such a piece of work as a genuine summer 
morning ; such an array of furnaces and cru¬ 
cible, of scene-painters and gilders—such a 
clatter of hammers and explosion of chemi¬ 
cals, and roaring of furnaces and rustling of 
curtains, and opening and closing of doors ! 
And then what a parade there would be, to 
letthe rest of mankind ” know ’twas “ do¬ 
ing”—what a flourish of trumpets and roll¬ 
ing of drums, to let them know ’twas done. 
But how silently does Nature set about 
the beautiful process. She wheels the globe 
a little on its noisless axels, and there shines 
the sun ! She takes a pure white beam of 
light and turns it down into the azure vesture 
of the air—it opens like a fan, the forests are 
fringed with gold, the lake is molten silver, 
the earth is crimson, and the sky is purple 
and gold. Then all eyes are turned unto it, 
then a note or two of song from the thicket 
and a rustle or two of leaves in the grove, 
and the thing is done, and the bright emblem 
of every thing hopeful, youthful and beauti¬ 
ful is “ all abroad.” It is Morning. 
Chicago Journal. 
A true friend is seldom found. 
Be Gentlemen at Home. —There are few 
families, we imagine, any where, in which 
love is not abused as furnishing a license for 
impoliteness. A husband, father, orbrother, 
will speak harsh words to those whom he 
loves the best, simply because the security 
of love and family pride keeps him from get¬ 
ting his head broken. It is a shame that a 
man will speak more impolitely, at times, to 
his wife or sister, than he would dare to any 
other female, except a low and vicious one. 
It is thus that the holiest affections of man's 
nature prove to be a weaker protection to 
women in the family circle than the restraints 
of society, and that a woman usually is in¬ 
debted for the kindest politeness of life, to 
those not belonging to her own household. 
Things ought not so to be. The man, who, 
because it will not be resented, inflicts his 
spleen and bad temper upon those of his 
hearth-stone, is a small coward, and a very 
mean man. Kind words are the circulating 
medium between true gentlemen and true 
ladies at home, and no polish exhibited in 
society can atone for the harsh language and 
disrespectful treatment too often indulged in 
between those bound together by God’s own 
ties of blood, and the still more sacred bonds 
of COIl jllgal love. Springfield Republican. 
Unlucky Numbers. —Some people, even in 
very high quarters, it is said, have an objec¬ 
tion to thirteen at dinner. Dr. Kicherner 
happened to be one of the company of that 
number, at Dr. Henderson’s and on its being 
remarked and pronounced unlucky, he said. 
“ I admit that it is unlucky in one case.” 
“ What is that V '—“ When there is only din¬ 
ner enough for twelve.” 
Edgar A. Poe used to drink strong tea to 
excite him to poetical inspiration. Diogenes 
says it is no wonder that / should make Poe 
a poef. 
(®$3 25; Long Reds, $225©$2 50 ; Virginia, Sweet Pota- 
toes, none ; Philadelphia sweet, none ; Turnips, Rus¬ 
sia, $1 75(®2 00; White, $1 25®$1 50; Onions, White, 
$4 50; Red, $2 50®$3 00; Yellow, $3 50; Cabbages, 
$6®$10 P 100 ; Beets, $1 75^bbl.; Carrots, $1 50; Pars¬ 
nips, $1 87. 
Fruits. —Apples, Spitzenbergs and Greenings, $3 00® 
$3 50 Pbbl.; Russets and Gillifiowers, $2{{50®$2 00. 
Butter, Orange Co ,{25®30c. £Hb.; Western, 20®23o.. 
Eggs, 24e. P doz.; Cheese, 10c.®llc. p lb. 
NEW-YORK CATTLE MARKET. 
Wednesday February 14, 1855. 
The severe north-east storm of rain which begun in the 
night still continues and renders the day most unfavora¬ 
ble for the market. Still the Yards present a fair supply 
of cattle with, however, less activity than usual. 
Poor stock figures pretty largely, though some of the 
Yards presented much better flesh than we commonly 
meet with. Among others we noticed a lot of 78 cattle 
from Virginia, owned and sold by Joseph Williams. These 
were young cattle, in fine condition, and none of them 
selling less than lie. per lb. 
Another fine lot of 70 was from Greenbriar Co., Va., 
belonging to Killough & Harlan. Like the other they 
were young, fat, and selling from 11c. to 111c. 
Besides this, we noticed, as last week, a few very choice 
animals which always run too high to be taken into account 
in quotations. We were unable to find the owner, else 
we should have given them particular notice. 
Considering the weather the market to-day is good, and 
under fat orable circumstance we may hope to see it still 
better next week. 
The following are aboutthe highest and lowest prices 
Superior quality beef is selling at.ll®Iljc. ^ lb. 
Extra quality at.12c. 
Fair quality do. .9j®llc. do 
Inferior do. do. .. 7}(®9|o. do. 
Beeves.. ■ 7Jc.®llc, 
Cows and Calves.$30®$60. 
Veals... 44c.® 6c. 
Sheep... $4®$8, 
Swine. — 3c.®7c. 
Washington Yards, Forty-fourth-street. 
A. M. Allerton, Fropnetor. 
RECEIVED DURING THE WEEK. IN MARKET TO-DAY 
Beeves,. 1658 J563 
Cows,. 17 - 
Veals,. 234 - 
Sheep and lambs,. 1528 —“ 
Swine. . ■ 354 —— 
Remarks. —Flour of the common and me¬ 
dium qualities is 12i cts. less per bbl. 
Wheat and Corn, no change. 
Cotton has declined £ to i of a cent per 
lb. In other Southern products, no change. 
Money continues easy on the very best se¬ 
curities, and good stocks are rising. 
The weather for the two past days has 
been mild and thawy. Last night it began to 
rain, and to-day it continues very copiously. 
The snow is rapidly dissolving in our streets. 
PRODUCE MARKET. 
Tuesday, February 13, 1855. 
The prices given in our reports from week to week, are the 
average wholesale prices obtained by producers, and not those 
at which produce is sold from the market. The variations in 
prices refer chiefly to the quality of trie articles. 
The intensely cold weather during the last week has 
frozen large quantities of Potatoes, and has given in¬ 
creased demand to those that are lett. Good Merceis, 
Pink Eyes and Western Reds are very scarce, as are also 
the common round potatoes. Of sweet potatoes there are 
none in market. The weather to-day is much warmer 
again, and if it continues, we may hope to see the market 
supplied in a week or two. 
Apples, too, have suffered much in consequence of the 
frost, which leaves the supply quite limited. The prices 
have advanced from 25c. to 50c. ip bushel. 
The weather, likewise, has cut off the supplies of but¬ 
ter, and given material impulse to the trade. Eggs have 
gone up a little. On the whole, the market is very good, 
and looks propitious for the week to come. 
Vegetables. —Potatoes. New-Jersey Mercers, $3 8/® 
$4 00 P’bbl.; Western Mercers, $3 75®$4 00; White 
Mercers, $3 50; Nova Scotia Mercers, $3 25® $3 50; N. J. 
Carters, none in market; Washington Co. Carters, $3 25® 
$3 50 ; Junes, $3 50; Western Reds, $2 75®$3 00 ; 
White Pink Eyes, $3 50® S3 75; Yellow Pink Eyes, S3 00 
Ofthese there came by the Erie Railroad—beeves.. 350 
Swine. 354 
By the Harlein Railroad—Beeves.350 
Cows... 17 
Veals. 152S 
Sheep and Lambs. — 
By the Hudson River Railroad. 734 
By the Hudson River Steamboats. — 
Ncw-York State furnished.375 
Ohio, “ 412 
Indiana, “ 92 
Illinois, “ 180 
Virginia. “ 145 
Connecticut, “ 4! 
New-Jersey. “ 6 
The report of sales for the week, at Browning’s, are as 
follows: 
Sheep and Lambs.3014 
Beeves. 264 
Veals. 30 
Cows and Calves. 37 
The following sale were made at Chamberlain’s ; 
394 Beef Cattle.8® 11c 
08 Cows and Calves.$20®$60 
3,428 Sheep. $2®$6. 
28 Calves.4i®7c, 
SHEEP MARKET. 
{Wednesday, February 14, 1855 
The market at Browning's has been good the last week 
and still continues with a light stock on hand. The sales 
of Mr. McGraw have run from $4®$S, with an average 
of about $5 50 per head. Among others were 21 South 
downs, which sold for 13c. I? it>. 
At Chamberlain’s the market is not quite as good to-day, 
owing to the weather. The quality of the stock is gene¬ 
rally good. We noticed one flock, 137 in number, of very 
superior quality^ fed by Mr. Erwin, of Syracuse, N. V . 
They were partly of the Leicester breed, estimated to 
weigh 135 lbs. each, and were held at a price of $10 60 
per head. 
Taken together, we never saw a finer lot. 
