MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
79 
< Latsst News by Telegraph. 
) JLATXIR FROM CAI.IFORNIA 
I fiestruetivo Flood at Sacramento City! 
) Nkw Orleans, Feb. 28.—The steamship Ala- 
bama has just arrived from Chagres. She brings 
65 pessengers and half a million in gold dust.— 
She also brings advices from San Francisco to 
? the I5th January. 
The city of Sacramento has been overflowed 
by water. Few spots of land are visible, and the 
iiihabitants are suffering terribly, in this dreadful 
snd unheard of calamity. Loss estimaterTat over 
one million dollars. 
Immense herds of cattle and other property 
have been swept away. While this great flood, 
however, destroyed a great deal of property, it will 
wash out the gold in great quantities. 
A party of Chilians made an attack upon the 
Americans at the mines in the vicinity of Stock- 
ton, in which two of the assailed were killed and 
others imprisoned,—though the latter were after¬ 
wards released. This affair creates great excite¬ 
ment. 
FIRE IN NEW YORK, 
N. Y., March 4, 8 P. M.—A severe fire oc¬ 
curred this evening, at Dry Dock. Two Steam¬ 
boats burned—the Eureka and Charter Oak.— 
They were undergoing repairs, and were chiefly 
insured at the east. 
New Orleans, Feb. 28-—The Steamer Ohio 
sailed yesterday for Chagres, with 480 passenger3> 
Late from New Mexico. 
From the St. Loui.r Republican, Feb. 18. 
By the western mail, yesterday, we received from 
Santa Fe a file of the New Mexican to the 3d of 
January. It was brought to Fort Leavenwortli by 
the express mail carrier, and thence to this city in 
the regular mail. 
Wo have looked through the papers from the 8th 
of December, without being able to find any thing 
of general interest. 
A hot war is carried on in the columns of the New 
.Mexican, between twn parties, into which the ter- 
ritor}'seems to be divided—one advocating and 
insisting upon the establishment of a State Govern¬ 
ment, and the other in favor of a Territorial Gov¬ 
ernment. 
The New Mexican contains a full account of tho 
expedition of Major Grier against the Apache In¬ 
dians, in tho hope of being able to recapture Mrs. 
James M. White and her child, her murder by tho 
Indians and the victory of Major Grier over them. 
We find in this account verj' little tliat we have not 
already laid before our readers. 
The Indians, it was ascertained, lost six killed 
and had many wounded. A senmnt of Maj. Grier 
was the only one killed on tho American side.— 
Maj. Grier received a flesh wound, from which he 
may not recover for some time. On their return 
they encountered a terrible snow storm, which 
compelled them to make for Los Vegas. 
This they wore enabled to do by tho matchless 
experience of tho guides. Kit Carson, Leroux, and 
Fisher. The conduct of Capt. Valdez, and his 
mounted Mexican volunteers, is highly commen¬ 
ded. 
Up to the third of January, nothing had been 
heard of Mrs. White’s child. 
THE MARKETS. 
Rural New-Yorker Office, > 
Rochester, March 7, 1850. 5 
ROCHESTER WHOLESALE PRICES. 
Flour, bbl_$4 75«4 88 Butter, lb.14o!l6 
Pork, mess.. 10,50® 12,50 
do cwt.4 50a4 60 
Beef, «wt.3 50fl4 50 
do bbl mess,-.0 OOaO 00 
Lard, tried.6a7c 
do leaf-.0a7c ——., -- 
Hams, smoked_Timothy.. 
Shoulders, do.5f?5|c Flax 
Cheese, lb.,.5a6c 
POULTRY. 
Turkeys, lb.7a8c 
Chickens.7a8c 
SEF,IJ.S. 
Clover, bu.5 00«5,50 
1 50ff2 50 
1 13ul .17 
SUNKRIES 
Potatoes, bu.31«37c 
Buckwhe't, cwt,150al 75 | Whitefish, bbl..6 50a7 00 
GRAi.v. Codfish, cwt.. .3 25a0 00 
Wheat, bu .... 1 06«1 09 , Salt, bbl.1 06a0 00 
Corn.48rt50e 
Ryo.00a56c 
Oats.34ff36c 
Barley.4.5(750c 
HIDES. 
Slaughter, cwt.3 50a4 00 
Calf, It).8alCc 
Sheep Pelts-75cul 25 
Apples, bu.75al 00 
do dried.1 50al 75 
Eggs, doz.12al4c 
Beans, bu.7.5al 00 
Hay, ton.7 OOaO 00 
WOOD. 
Hard, cord.3 00«3 50 
Soft, do .2 00a2 50 
NEW YORK MARKET—Ihj Telegrai^h. 
NEW YORK, Mar. '1.—ASHES—M.irket steady. 
Sales50 filils 5 e7®®7. Pearls an<l Pots 6 6‘2. 
FLOUR & MEAL—Les.s activity in the market.') 25 
®5 37 Michigan and good Ohio. Sales 3,!>00 bbls at4 87 
®85coirimon to strait state, 5 50®5 02 pure Genesee. 
GRAIN—Fair milling demand for wheat but at prices 
below the views of holders. Com in good demand and 
prices better, particularly white, Sales <16.000 bu 53 heat¬ 
ed, 5I)®56 Jersey and southern white, 56i®57 Jersey and 
southern yellow. Oats dull at 56®57. Oats heavy at 42 
®44 northern, 31®37 Jersey. 
WHISKEY—Supply and demand moderate; prison 25 
but only 21 bid at the close. 
PROVISIONS—Pork better but dull; s.ales 400 bis 10 
4'1®50 mess, 8 94a9 prime; beef steady; sales 75 bis city 
mess 10; country prime quiet; 0 75a6 and mess inactive 
at 8 50a9; lard in fair demand; s.tlesSOO bis 6 prime; but¬ 
ter firm and in good demand at 7al2 Ohio; 8a22 State; 
cheese no change; .sold at6a8. 
NEW YORK WOOL MARKET—March 2. 
Wool—There has been but a light demand from 
manufacturers during the week, and only few sales 
tvere made. 150 bales common washed Buenos 
Ayres sold at I4®16^c; 8,000 lbs, No. 1 city pulled 
31.i®32L and 6,000 lbs superfine, 34i®36. About 
50,000 lbs. fleece were taken for the Philadelphia 
market at our quoted rates. 
NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET, Feb. 2o, 
At Market—1,300 Beeves, (530 Southern, the remainder 
from this State and the E.ast,) 60 Cows and Calves, and 
5,000 Sheep and Lambs. 
Beeves—The market sinceour last report lias been very 
(lull. Prices are a little lower. Sales of good reUiiling 
qualities at from 5 50 to 7 50 ■!? cwt We lie.ar of some 
sales of extra qualities at 8*?. An article was in market 
for the supplying of the Bermuda cdntr.ict, and for the 
purpose 40 head were purchased for shipment. About 
insisting upon the establishment of a State Govern- leftover. 
„„,i .1 -. 1 —c- e _ Ti—i I Cows and Calvcs—Prices range from S'-IO to 830®41 
50. All sold. 
Fheep and Lambs—The supplies have come in pretty 
liberally. Sales at from 1 75®83 to 5 50. Unsold 400 
CAMBRIDGE CATTLE MARKET, Feb.28 
At market 310 Cattle, about 210 Beeves, and 100 Stores 
consisting of working oxen, cows and calves; yearlings, 
two years old and three years ohl. 
Prices-^MarkeiBeef—Extra575 ^ cwt, 1st quality 5 25 
2d quality 4 75; 3d quality 84; ordinary 83fa)3 50. 
Stores—Working Oxen, 60, 90®Ui8. 
Cows and Calves—820. 28®32®42. 7 veal calves sold 
84® 6 cash. 
Yearlings—8o. 7aI2 
Two years old—8 K', 15®20. 
Three years old—812, 16®24 
Sheep and Lambs—1004 at market; Prices: extra 83, 
5®6; by lot 1 25, 1 70®82. 
BRIGHTON CATTLE MARKET,Tfi\).'18. 
At market during the week, 525 Beef Cattle, 502 
Swine, and 2,175 Sheep. 
Prices—Beef Cattle—Extra86 25; 1st quality 5 50®5 73; 
2d, 475®8S; 3d quality 47585. 
Sheep—Prices; 225; 2 75, 3 50 84 an.i 83. A few ex¬ 
tra sold at 86. 
Swine— 33 ®IJc. Retail 4i®5jc-. 
DETROIT MARKET—Feb. 26. 
Wo have nothing new to communicate relative to 
the market. Business is dull and rather Inactive. 
Tlie receipts of produce is limited to the home con¬ 
sumption. Flour sells from wagons at $437, which 
is an advance of one shilling from last week. Bar¬ 
ley has declined to 50c, for 50 lbs. In other articles 
we have no material change to note, except a finn- 
er market for Pork. The receipts are light, and 
butchers are paying 3i®4c for 250 to 300 lb hogs. 
Rutter 12®13, Eggs 15®18. 
ADVERTISEMEMTS. 
NUR8ERY OF ,J. J. THOMAS, 
MACF.DON, WAYNE CO., N. Y. 
'Phis Nursery contains many thousand fine 
trees, of large, handsome, and thrifty growth, 
consisting of a selection of the be.it standadr 
SORTS, [O’ frerpagated for sale in all cases after be¬ 
ing thoronghly proved in bearing. SI\ 
When purchasers desire, selections of the best 
for aflbrding a regular succession of fruit throughout 
the season, will be made by the proprietor. 
A fine collection of some of the best and most 
productive Stkawjserries, for sale in quantity, 
at about half the usual prices. 
A carefully assorted collection of hardy orna¬ 
mental trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennial plants, 
&c., including the most showy and brilliant roses, 
at moderate rates. 
'I’rees for canal and railroad conveyance, well 
packed in bundles, enclosed in strong mats, with 
the roots muddbd and encased in wet moss, preclud¬ 
ing all danger of injury. 
All communications, post-paid, to be directed to 
Macedon, Wayne Ho., N. Y. 
F. S.—The proprietor wishing to make alterations 
in the arrangement of some of his grounds, now oc¬ 
cupied with a fine growtli of Apple and Cherry 
Trees, will furnish, of his own selection, of sum¬ 
mer, autumn, and winter fruit, trees from 6 to 8 feet 
high, well packdd and delivered at canal or railway, 
at the low price of si.cteen dollars jier hundred, on all 
orders with remittances received before the first of 
4th mo. (April) next. They will mostly consist of 
the best standard sorts, such as Early Harvest, Sine 
Una Non, Strawberry. Gravenstcin, Yellow Bell¬ 
flower, Swaar, Rhode Island Greening, &c. &c., 
and be equal in growth to the be.st usually sold at 
retail. Also, large handsome Cherry Trees, 8 to 10 
feet high, suitable for avenues, at $25 per 100, to bp 
selected also by tho proprietor, and consisting of 
such fine sorts ns Black Tartarian, Elton, Downton, 
White Tartarian, May Bigarreau, &c. 
Macedon, 3d mo. 1, 1850. [10-3w] 
WM. R. PRINCE & CO., 
PRORIF.TOUS OF THE 
Einiipcan Botanic Gardens and Nui-series, 
FLUSIII.XG, NEAR NEW YORK, 
Have now on hand and offer for sale a large 
and very superior stock of Fruit and Or¬ 
namental 'IVees, Shrubbery, Vines and 
Creepers, Roses, Dahlias, Bulbous Roots, 
Green-Honso Plants, &,c. &c., at greatly reduced 
prices. Nurseries, Trustees of Cemeteries and 
Amateurs, will find it for their interest to call and 
examine tlioir stock before purchasing elsewhere. 
All orJens executed promptly, and trees packed to 
go any distance with safety' Descriptive priced 
Catalogues can be had gratis on application to tlie 
Proprietors, post-paid, by mail, or of their city 
Agents, Clark, Au.stin & Smith, Booksellers, 205 
Broadway, Now York. [10-4w*] 
The California Trade. —Various ostiiiiate.s of 
the California trade have been made wdiich lead to 
conclusions that that trade i.s already overdone._ 
We take a few figures from the Boston Atlas, 
pointing to the. opposite conclusion. It is suppos¬ 
ed that 1,0()0 vessels are on their way to California. 
By an outside calculation, the aggregate value of 
their cargoes is .^17,500,000. Fifty thousand gold 
diggers, a fair estimate of the number engaged in 
the business, averaging $5 per day, for 200 days 
in the year, would make the yearly product of cold 
$50,000,000. This would appear to show that a 
wide margin for the trade is yet loft. 
Female Doctors. — Two voung ladies, whose 
names are given as Miss Alinira I raim, and Miss 
Mary Ward, have become regular students in the 
Medical Department of the Memphis Institute. 
High Tide.— The highest tide known at Lon¬ 
don for twenty years occurred on tho 29th January, 
when tho waters rose within two inches of the en¬ 
trance to the Thames Tunnel. 
MARRIED, 
In Alabama, on the 20th ult., by Rev. R C 
Palmer, Mr. ELLICOTT W. TAYLOR, of Ala¬ 
bama and Miss SARAH NORRIS, of Batavia. 
In Clarkson, on tho 14th iilt., by Elder Eli Hana- 
hel, Mr. ALFRED CORNEL], and xMi.ss MARIA 
KENYON, all of Clarkson. 
In Chili, Feh. 26th, by the Rev. H. Bowen. Mr, 
<xEO. W. KERMAL and Mi.ss JANE C. NEELY. 
In Schuylervillc, on the 20th nit., by the Rev C 
.’L Chester, .^Ir. GEO. H. BURT, of Virginia, ami 
Miss MARY BRISBIN, of that place. 
place, by the same, 
IIBISBIN, Esq., Attorney-at-law, and 
Miss ALMIRA GEORGE, both of that place. 
In LeRoy, Jefterson Co., on the 8th ult., by the 
Rev. J. A. Russell, Mr. CHAS. H. SPENCER, of 
Great Bend, and Miss MARY' ANN, daughter of the 
Hon. J. Haworth, of the former place. 
At Walworth, Wayne Co., on Thursday evening, 
by the Rev. Mr. Forbe.s, Mr. JOHN M’CALL, of 
Brighton, and Miss HARRIET HOYT, of the for¬ 
mer place. 
alt., by the Rev. Mr. 
of Bergen, and Miss 
EMILY PARMALEE, of Le Roy. 
On Uie 20th ult., by Prof. C. T. Hinman of Al- 
rf?%PPivV JANETTE A. 
ORIPPKIN, both of Coldwater. 
died, 
la this city, on the 25lh ult., of consumption, at 
the residence of his son-in-law, I, 'rwifehell 
Mrs. DIADAMA BENTLY, aged56 years. ’ 
In East Bloomfield, on the 25th ult., Mrs. CLAR¬ 
ISSA B., wife of .Ylertillo Kellogg, aged 37 years. 
la Webster, on the 23d ult., of inflammation of 
the lungs, S. CORNELIA, daughter of Horace and 
feabrah A. Holt, .aged 21 months. 
In Clarkson, on the 24th ult., of cdnsuniDtion, 
WM. H. DEUEI., aged 33 years. 
In Clarkson, on the 19th ult., of consumption, 
Miss JANE BANCKl'.R, aged 16 years. 
In this city, on Sunday evening, the 3d inst., 
SOPHIA ELIZA ROCHESTER, wife of Jona¬ 
than Child. 
At tlie residence of her grand daughter, Mrs. Win. 
McKnight, in this city, on the morning of the 3d 
inst., Mrs. MARY W'OODFORD. in the 93d year 
of her age. 
MAIL RECEIPTS 
On Subscription to Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
(Lr All Moneys received by mail for the Rural 
New-Y^orker will be acknowledged in these col¬ 
umns, under the above heading. 
(1? Where one individual remits subscriptions for 
several persons at once, we acknowledge here to the 
person sending, but credit as desired. 
C B Dickinson 
$14 
32 
Silsby ifc Keeler 
30 
L A Morse 
Hiram Crosman 
1 
IS FI Norton 
20 
Carlton Sage 
1,50 
Wm McKav 
o 
J D Smith 
5,50 
L Long 
1,50 
Wm Kame 
3 
Ira Peck 
1,50 
E C Gregg 
1 
II Martin 
1.50 
Wm M Hubbard 
9 
C H Dickinson 
1 
S H Pike 
1 
D Bunnell 
13,75 
G Harnett 
7 
A G Eldridgc 
o 
Luman Shepard 
7 
Jas Van Horn 
16 
.las B Seward 
2 
1) C Ray 
1 
Wm B Downer 
2,50 
Henry Collins 
1 
A Stone 
15 
F'ranklin Adams 
1,50 
Henry Bigelow 
2 
R B Warren 
5 
Robert F’fint 
2 
S S Secord 
o 
G H Janes 
10 
Moses Flumes 
6 
George Tyler 
1 
M Scott 
15 
John B Lowell 
12 
J A Albertson 
1,.50 
Lyman Carver 
2 
S Lewis 
1 
Samuel Duty 
2 
Naum Cole 
1,50 
John Potter 
8 
G V Phelps 
1 
J F'aulkner 
1 
J G Verplank 
o 
E VV Fairchild 
7,50 
1) H Lusk 
o 
O C Hill 
2 
C D Dickinson 
1 
H S F'risbee 
1,50 
S F' Church 
1 
John Murdock 
5 
Jas Mullens 
5 
J H Stedman 
1 
C J Wood 
2 
Henry F’ellows 
3 
J Harris 
4 
L I) Branch 
10,50 
H 11 Beardsly 
7 
R R Sacket 
1 
M Adams 
2 
Thos M Boyer 
1 
0 H Giles 
2 
HA Richmond 
1,50 
I R Trembly 
1 
H C Silsby 
2 
Jas W Reed 
7,25 
'I’hos F Bennet 
3 
M W Simons 
/ 
A J Peck 
9 
John Potter 
1 
J C Phillips 
1 
'I’heocloro Dickinson 2 
C N F’ulton 
1,50 
G W I’aylor 
2 
H Collins 
1 
Solomon Williams 
9 
Jacob Chase 
1 
G Manvel 
2 
G D Muse 
5 
J Edgell 
2 
Daniel Averill 
1 
W H Willard 
2 
John Wheeler 
1 
Geo W Shippy 
1 
James FI Kelsy 
2 
1' R Stackhouse 
2 
Cyrus R Ackly 
6 
P S Jones 
4 
Calvin Sperry 
2 
J C I’lante 
3 
J H Vanbleck 
1 
M Burt 
2 
Benjamin Fish 
1 
Wm B Squires 
2 
O B Scott 
F: Hopkins 
l,.50 
Ira Odell 
.1 
A Gtis 
1,25 
Moses Sperry 
i 
R H F'arrington 
8 
YV 11 Cheney 
4 
itJ Mouioe Comity AgTicultural Society. 
— A meeting of the Executive Committee of this 
Society, will bo held at the oflice of the Genf.see 
Farmer, on W^^EDNESDAY, the 13th of March 
inst., at 10 o’clock, A. M. A general attendance of 
the Committee is requested. 
[lO-lt] CALEB K. HOBBIE, President. 
The American Poultry Yard! 
SIX THOUSAND IN THREE WEEKS!! 
N ew and BEST W’ORK on poultry, 
comprising ongin, history, and description of 
the different breeds of Domestic Poultry, with com¬ 
plete directions for their breeding, cro.ssing, rearing, 
fattening, and preparation for market; including 
specific directions for caponising fowls, and for the 
treatment of the principal diseases to which they 
are subject; drawn from authentic sources and per¬ 
sonal observations ; illustrated with numerous en¬ 
graving.?. By D. J. Browne, author of the Sylva 
Americana. With an Appendix, embracing the 
comparative merits of different breeds of fowls. Bv 
Samuel Allen. 
Four editions of the above work have been sold 
in two weeks. Price in cloth binding, $1. Mail 
edition, 75 cents. 
EXTRACTS OF NOTICES. 
“It is the best tcoj'/c 07i the subject, and should be 
in the hanflu of everj- ‘Hi-Uly Cj/tiirLt.’ ”_Mahon¬ 
ing Index. 
“ Its editor was well qualified to fulfil the task ho 
undertook, and has accomplished it with fidelity and 
talent.”—American Farmer. 
“This is a work xvhich will commend itself to 
every farmer.”—Mirror of the Times. 
“ As a work o( practical utility we recommend 
it.”—Farmer and Mechanic. 
“ It would be a cheap book to a farmer at almost 
any price, il ho would profit by its directions.”— 
Richmond Whig. 
“ It is a good work, and will have general circula¬ 
tion.”—Fairfax News. 
“ This is not merely a dry morsel, but is an inter¬ 
esting work on the natural history of Fowls, as well 
as the best modes of raising and treating them.”_ 
Scientific American. 
Mail edition 75 cents; bound in cloth $1. 
ALSO. 
New edition of Allen's American Farm Book._ 
Price $1 ; mail edition 75 cents. 
Allen’s Diseases of Domestic Animals. 75 cts. 
Miner’s American Bee Keeper’s Manual. $J. 
Guenon’s Ylilch Cows; new edition. 37^ cts. 
In Press —'Phe American Bird Fancier. 25 cts. 
Published at C. M. SAX'l’ON’S Agricultural 
Bookstore, 121 Fulton street. New York, and for 
sale by 1). HOYT, 6 State street, Rochester, G. H. 
Derry & Co., Buffalo, and W. II. Moore & Co., 
Cincinnati. March 1, 1850.—[U)-2t] 
BENNETT’S 
GREAT AJIERICAN POULTRY’ BOOK! 
PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & CO., 
110 Washington St., Boston, will publish on the 
5th of March, 
THE POULTRY BOOK 
and 
FOWL breeder’s GUIDE ; 
Being a treatise on the Hreedhig, Rearitig, Faten- 
ing, and general managemertt of Domestic Fowls, by 
John C. Bennett, M. D., illustrated with 
FIF'l’Y PORTRAITS OF FOWLS, 
taken from life. This work, it is believed, will 
contain more original and practical inj'ormation on 
the subject of Fowl Breeding, than ail other works 
issued from the American press. 
The above for sale by Booksellers and Periodical 
dealers throughout the country, and by 
[9-3w] D. M. DEWEY', Rochester, N. Y', 
SPANISH MERINO SHEEP. 
S. G. Foote, of Vermont, would re¬ 
spectfully announce to the wool growers 
-of East Bloomfield, and to the citizens of 
the surrounding country, that be has for sale, at the 
residence of Harlow Munson, a few SPANISH 
EWES of the best quality. They will cut from 
five to ten pounds of wool, and are in lamb by a 
French Ram. Said Ram will be two years old in 
April next; and when shorn, on the firstday of July, 
1849, his fleece weighed eighteen and a half pounds. 
He is now with the ewes. 
Also, a few lambs, half-blooded French, wliich he 
offers at from $ 15 to $25 each. Call and examine. 
S. G. FOOTE. 
East Bloomfiehl, Ylarch 2, 1850. 
MORGAN STALLION FOR SALE. 
owners of “ Green Mountain. Mor- 
gmi, ’ will sell him at a fair price, if appli¬ 
cation is made between this and tho 1st of 
May next. They invite any one desirous of pur- 
cha.sing, to e.xamine and satisfy themselves in re¬ 
gard to the horse. 
Communications addressed to John H. McClary, 
cure of M. W. Bennett, Cashier Bank of Salina, 
will be attended to. 
Syracuse, N. Y., Feb., 1850. [8-2w] 
JUST PUBLISHED, 
BY DERBY', MILLER ii. CO., AUBURN, N. Y. 
THE AMERICAN FRUIT CULTURIST, 
BY J. J. THOMAS. 
C CONTAINING directions for the propagation and 
J culture of Fruit Trees in the Nursery, Orchard 
and Garden, with descriptions of the principal Amer¬ 
ican and Foreign Varieties cultivated in the United 
States. With 300 accurate illustrations. 1 volume 
of over 400 pages, 12mo.; price $1. 
A cheaper, but equally valuable book with Down¬ 
ing’s, was wanted by the great mass. Just such a 
work has Mr. Tluimas given us. Wo consider it an 
invaluable addition to our agricultural libraries._ 
Wool Grower. 
YVe predict for it a very rapid sale ; it shoulil be 
in the hand of every fruit grower, and especially 
every nurseryman. It is a very cheap book for its 
price.—O/iio Cultivator. 
It is a book of great value.— Genesee Fanner. 
Among all the writers on fruits, we do not know' 
of one w'ho is Mr. 'Phomas’ superior, if his equal, in 
condensing importmit matter. He gets right at the 
pith of tho thing—ho gives you that which you wish 
to know at once ; stripped of all useless talk and 
twattle. No man has a keener eye for the best way 
of doing things. Hence w'c alw'ays look into his 
writings with tho assurance that we shall find some¬ 
thing new, or some improvement on the old ; and 
w'o arc seldom di.sappointed. This book is no ex¬ 
ception. It in full. There is no vacant space in it 
—It is like a fre.sh egg—all good and packed to the 
sholl full.— Prairie Panner, 
In the volume before us, we have the result of the 
aiithor’s cxporicnco and observations, continued 
w'ith untiring persoycrance for many years, in lan¬ 
guage at once concise and perspicuous.— Alb. Cult. 
For sale in New-Y'ork, by M. H. New man & Co., 
and C. M. Saxton. Boston, B. B. Mussey & Co._ 
Philadelpliia, Thomas Cowperthwaite A Co. 
*** Copies in paper covers sent by mail free of 
expense, on receipt of $1, post-paid. Direct to 
DERBY, MILLER & Co., 
[^0-3w.] _ Auburi^, N, Y. 
TO FARBIERS AI\rD GARDENERS! 
SEYMOUR’S GRAIN DRILL. 
T his drill, winch was patented in Septem¬ 
ber, 1849, is one of the latest improvements in 
Drilling Machines, and better adapted to the w-ants 
of the farmer than any other now' before the public. 
It soxvs or plants all kinds of grain and seeds, from 
peas, beans, corn and cotton, to the smallest seeds_ 
and combines the advantages of sowing either broad 
cast or in drills. It is an excellent Broad Cast Sow- 
ing Machine, when tho drill teeth and conducting 
tubes, (which are very conveniently detached,) are 
taken off. 
Many farmers soak their wheat in brine or other 
liquid, (in which the good seed sinks while the foul 
floats off,) for the double purpose of separating it 
frorn foul seed and rolling it in lime, plaster or other 
fertilizing substances. This has the advantage over 
other drills, inasmuch as it performs w'ell in sowing 
gram thus prepared, while they utterly fail in the at¬ 
tempt. Wet wheat, oats or white caps, which so 
other machines, are not serious obsta¬ 
cles m this. Those who wish to soak their seed for 
any purpose whatever, or mix with it any fine fer¬ 
tilizers, such as lime, plaster, bone dust, &c.,—and 
also those who prefer thrashing with a flail, to avoid 
the injury done to the seed by thrashing with a 
m«chme —will find THIS THE DRILL FOR 
W’hen drilling with this machine, the grain falls 
from the grain-box to the tubes, (a space of six 
inches,) in full x'iew of tho person attending it — 
so that, in passing over the field, he may be con¬ 
stantly ASSURED that the seed is deposited as he de¬ 
signs. 'I'he teeth are all raised from the ground at 
once, with one lever; or one may be raised at a time. 
The convenience and simplicity with which this 
machine is managed is unparalleled. No necessary 
expense or pains have been spared in making it aif 
desirable, in all respects, as possible, and after )nany, 
and the most e.epffi-iuipyifs~-TiQt in the 
winter on the floor of the machine shop merely, but 
iu seeding time, with the farmer, under various cir¬ 
cumstances, on rough and smooth, hilly and level, 
stony and clear land — the inventor (who was bred 
a practical farmer, and ought to know something of 
the farmer’s wants,) feels assured that the machine 
is not only established on correct principles, but is 
got up ill that simple and permanent style and good 
taste which cannot fail to suit all. 
'I’lie first premium, for a Grain Drill capable of de¬ 
positing fine manures with the grain, was awarded 
to this iYIachine at the Fair of the New Y'ork State 
Agricultural Society, held at Syracuse in Sept., 
1849. It also received the first premium at the 
Michigan State Fair, in 1849, and the first premium 
of the Ontario County Society. 
RECOMMENDATIONS. 
A few certificates, from the most reliable sources, 
are subjoined:— 
Mr. Seymour—tilt■. W’ith tho Grain Drill which 
1 purchased of you this season, my son, a lad 16 
years of ajre, has put in about 50 acres of wheat for 
me, and with some of it about a bushel and a half 
per acre of ashes and hen dung was mixed, and all 
to my entire s.atisfaction. He has also drilled in 
about 100 acres for others, and I believe all are well 
pleased with the Machine, and I must say I prefer it 
to any I have seen. IRA R. PECK. 
East Bloomfield, Sept., 17, 1849. 
Mr. P. Seymour — Doar Sir: Y'ou ask for my 
opinion with regard to tho Wheat Drill 1 purchased 
oi you this tall. W ithout specifying particulars, I 
would express my unqualified approbation of it o\er 
that of any other which I have seen in use. I am 
somewhat enthusiastic on the subject of drilling — 
believing it will soon be universally adopted by far¬ 
mers. I would not willingly disparage the patents 
of other individuals. 
In haste, with great respect, yours, &c., 
Gates, Sept. 10, 1849. CALVIN SPERRY'. 
_ 'Phis may certify, that I have used Mr. Pierpont 
Seymour s W heat l)rill, and I consider it just the 
thing for puttirffe in xvheut. W’M. OTIS. 
Rochester, Sept. 7, 1849. 
I have examined certian certificates in the hands 
of Mr. Seymour, in favor of his Grain Drill, one of 
them from IraR. Peck. I am personally acquaint¬ 
ed with Mr. Peck. His statement can be fully re¬ 
lied on. The other certificates, I have no doubt, 
are from equally reliable sources. I have myself 
heard the DrHl spoken of iu high terms of commen¬ 
dation, by farmers who had used it; and have also 
seen it in operation, and believe it to be at least one 
of the very best in use. 1 was present at the State 
Fair, in September last, where the first premium 
was awarded to Mr. Seymour for his Drill. I have 
the confidence that any statement which Mr. Sey¬ 
mour would bo likely to make in regard to the Drill 
would he strictly true. ISAAC K MITCHELL. 
,, „ Justice of the Peace. 
I'.ast Bloomfield, Feh. 5, 1850. 
of ground on an acre of land with less than half a 
bushel of plaster; and thirty or forty bushels of 
lime may be thus evenly applied to the same amount 
of land, if desired. It sows 10 feet wide. 
This machine has been much improved by sub¬ 
stituting iron in several important parts in the place 
of wood, making it a very durable article. It has 
taken the first premium atfive County and two State 
Agricultural Fairs. 
TESTIMONIALS. 
The following certificates show the public senti¬ 
ment in regard to this machine; 
We, the undersigned, being w'ell acquainted with 
Seymour’s Broad-cast Sowing Machine, do .say it is 
iv-ell adapted to all the purposes for vshicli it is de¬ 
signed, and it lar exceeds all others of which wo 
have any know'ledge. 
DAVID C. BATES, Cunand’tigua, 
SAMUEL H. ANDREWS, do. 
RUFUS HUMPHREY, Victor, 
DAVID CLARK, Seneca. 
This may certify, that I have used Seymour’s 
Sowing Machine, in sowing outs, barley, peas, 
clover and herds grass seed, and it operates to my 
utmost satisfaction. I sowed 30 bushels of oats, 8 
bushels of peas, and 20 bushels of barley in one 
day, and I think 30 acres a reasonable day’s work. 
J. H. GLASS, Avon, Liv. Co. 
Mr. Seymour —Dear Sir: The Sowing Machine 
I purchased of youiu September last, fully answers 
the recommendation,s, and I think it among the best 
farming implements of which ourcountry can boast. 
J. HOLLOWAY, York, Liv. Co. 
Mr. Seymour —It gives me pleasure to state that 
I have used your Sowing Machine with much .suc¬ 
cess. .lABEZ GODDARD, York, Liv. Co. 
^ I have used for two seasons past, P. Seymour's 
Sowing Machine for sowing grain and plaster. F'lr 
sowing grain it is excellent on account of sowing .s') 
much more evenly than can be sowed by hand. In 
sowing plaster, it is invaluable on account of its .sa\ - 
ing labor as xvell as avoiding the very disagreeable 
dust that arises from it. 
JARED H. BOUGHTON, Victor. 
The subscriber tenders his thanks to his former 
friends and ^customers, and invites them and all 
others desiring any thing of the kind, to examine the 
above described machines. 
The right of either or all of the above machines 
can be had on such terms as to make it an object for 
manufacturers or dealers to purchase. 
PIERPONT SEYMOUR. 
East Bloomlield, Ontario Co., N. Y'., Feb. 25, '50. 
PRICES.— Price of Drill-w ith 7 teeth, $70; with 
9 teeth, $80; Garden Drill, $60; Broad-Cast Sow¬ 
ing Ma-chine, $45. [9tf.] 
VALUABLE FARxM FOR SALE, 
M LYING one mile from the Y’illageof Lc Roy. 
Genesee County, on the (’anandaigua and 
Buffalo Road, containing 90 acres of choice 
land, 22 acres in wheat, 20 acres in choice meddow, 
12 acres in heavy timber. 'J’he whole well adapt¬ 
ed to grain and gra.ss. On the premises is a new 
and convenient cottage house, two barns, a large 
apple orchard of grafted fruit, and a choice varie¬ 
ty of pears, peaches, plums, quinces, grapes, echer 
ries, &c., all in full bearing. 
Price moderate. Title indisputable. Terms ac¬ 
commodating. Possession given in April next, la- 
quire of me, on Main street, in said villac'c. 
HENRY BREWSTER. 
LeRoy, Jan. 23, 1850. 
P- S'—Ee Roy village possesses all the advanta¬ 
ges of churches, schools, mills, stores, mechanical 
business, and healtlifulness, necessary to render a 
residence in it, or in its vicinity, pleasant and profit¬ 
able. [5-9w» 
Nexv and Imiiortant Agricultural Paiieri 
THE WOOL GROWER, 
and Magazine of Agriculture and Horticulture, 
Edited by T. C. PETERS, Proprietor of the Buffa¬ 
lo Wool Depot. Monthly—50 cents single subscrib¬ 
ers; to clubs, 20 per cent, discount. 
This publication makes wool growing in all its 
brunches a leaiiing subject, and puts the farmer in 
possession of the best and most reliable information 
on the markets and prices for wool. The present 
volume closes 1st of April. Address 
[1-tf.] T. C. PETERS, Bufl'alo. 
ENGRAVING. 
E B.YI.DWIN, would respectfully inform his 
. friends and the public generally, that he has 
located himself in Rochester, and is prepared to e.x- 
ecute all descriptions of Engraving, Seals, Labels. 
Machinery, Visiting and Wedding Cards, Letters', 
Book and Cloth Stamps, Views of Buildings or An¬ 
imals, in short every thing in his line will be done 
neatly and reasonably. All those wishing any thing 
in his line, will please call at .No. 15, third floor, 
Reynolds’ Arcaile, Rochester, N. Y’. [7-6m*' 
C. J. HAYDEN^S 
CABINET AND CHAIR WAREHOUSE. 
C ONSTAN’FLY’ on hand every variety of CABI¬ 
NET FURNITURE, every style of Bedsteads 
and Chairs, which he is now ofl’ering at crkatkr 
B.4RG.VINS that can be had elsewhere in ^Vestom 
Nexv Y'ork. 
No. 6, Front street, Rochester, N. Y'. 
(CP All work warranted good, or no sale. [1-tf.] 
E. C. JOHNSON, 
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN 
Fur and Silkllata; Cloth and Fur Cups; Mohair and 
Silk Plushes, and Silk Plush Caps; Leghorn, Pana¬ 
ma and Straw Hats; Canes and Umbrellas, d:c. &c.; 
all of which will be sold cheap, for cash. No. 38' 
Bufl’alo street, Rochester, N. Y'. [5-tf.]' ' 
Improved Well and Cistern Pumps. 
D owns, MYNDHERSE & CO., of Seneca 
Falls, N. Y., would call the attention of Hard¬ 
ware jMerchants and all other.? who have occasion 
to deal in or use Suction Pumps, to their CAST 
^POUT if CISTERN 
POMPS, for which they have obtained Letters 
Patent of the United States. F’or particular de¬ 
scription and figures of our Pump, see August num¬ 
ber of the Genesee Farmer, page 181. [1-tf.] 
SEY’MOUR’S G.YRDEN DRILL 
Is a small Ylachine ol suitable size to be drawn by 
a ninn. It is got up on the principles of the Grain 
Drill, and will plant peas, beans, beets, and even 
carrots, or any kind ol garden seeds, mixed with 
plaster, &,c. It is very convenient for large gar¬ 
deners, as it >vill SOW' five rows at once as readily as 
the Garden Drills in common use will sow' one, and 
is much less liable to clog, 
Seymour’s broad cast sowing machine. 
1 bis machine is well know n iu Y\ estorii New- 
Y'ork, and is universally acknowledged to be the 
best implement in our country, for the purposes for 
which It is intended. It sows correctly, all kinds 
of Grain, (and any desired quantity per acre,) from 
peas to grass seedincluding wheat, rye, oats, bar¬ 
ley, buckwheat, rice, hemp, flax, clover and tim¬ 
othy seed. Also plaster, lime, salt, ashes, bone 
dust, &c. &c. It is capable of dasting every inch 
Newest ic Cheapest Marble Establishment 
IN ROCHESTER. 
C IY'RI S ALLY'N (corner of BufRilo and Sophia 
! streets,) keeps constantly on hand a large stock 
of American and Imported Marble, and Manufac¬ 
tures, in the best style, all kinds of 
MONUMENTS, TOMB & GRAVE STONES. 
Also Table and Stand Tops, Sinks, ^oda Slabs 
Paint Stones, Mullers, Printer’s Imposing Stones' 
and all kinds o ' Marble work. ’ 
Rochester, Jan., 1850. [1-tf.] 
AGENTS YVANTED—TO YOUNG MEN. 
Local and Traveling Agents w'anted for Moore's 
Rural New- Yorker, and to sell bound copies of the 
Genesee Farmer, (embracing all the volumes frqm 
1845 to 18<19, inclusive.) Active and responsible 
young men can do well in the business. In all cases 
where certificates of agency are given, satisfactory 
recommendations as to integrity and responsibility 
will bo required. I.ocal agents will not need certifi¬ 
cates, as they will only act among their friends and 
acquaintances. 
'I'o all properly qualified, who wish to engage in the 
business, a very liberal commission will be allowed. 
For p,articulars;uld!-':'‘!s(post paid)or apnly personally 
to D. D. T. MOORE, 
January I, 1850. Rochester, N. Y. 
B ound copies of the Genesee Farmer. 
including all the volumes published in octavo 
form [1845 to 1849, inclusive,] for sale at tliis office. 
Price 50 cents per volume in paper covers — 62i in 
lioarda and leather. A large discount to agents. 
