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rather sharply. Wool has been in fair demand, mostly 
on manufacturing account, at stronger rates. The finer 
grades of Fleece have been scarce. Hemp, Seeds, Hay, 
and Tobacco have been moderately sought after at the 
ruling prices. Naval Stores and Petroleum held higher, 
and in more demand. A very moderate business has 
been reported in Hops, at essentially unaltered rates. 
Groceries have been sought after—Coffee and Sugars 
lower. The Cotton movement has been comparatively 
brisk; but with free offerings of stock prices have 
declined. 
Slew York Sjive-Stock 35;irkets. 
WEEK ENDING 
January 19.7,314 43 668 
January 26.9,509 50 G02 
February 2.7,109 52 590 
February 9.9,022 42 3G6 
Total for 41Feeifcs..3!,954 189 2.42G 
do.forprev. 51Kee£s35,219 310 
RECEIPTS. 
Beeves. Cows. Calves. Sheep. Swine. Tot'l. 
20,998 37,571 66,596 
28,136 31,652 69,949 
19,107 23,353 50,211 
23,031 31,712 72,123 
96,322 127,288 259,179 
3,238 101,096 171,942 311,S05 
Beeves. Cows. Calves. Sheep. Swine. 
Average per Week . 8,238 47 606 21,080 31,822 
do. do. last Month... 7,012 62 617 20,219 34.388 
do. do. prev's Month.. 6,513 78 1,136 22,647 53,985 
Beeves.-After the dull close of last month’s busi¬ 
ness the usual reaction took place, and a firm and up¬ 
ward feeling was manifested. The receipts during the 
month were irregular, and prices worked back and forth 
exactly according to receipts. On the whole, the past 
month has not been satisfactory to dealers, and some 
have lost money. At the close the market was dull, and 
prices were easier for ordinary and medium cattle, %c. 
<p lb. having been lost from the top rates of the day. 
Cherokee and Texan cattle brought 9>£c. 10%c. $ lb. 
to dress 56 lbs. $ gross cwt.; prime native brought 8 ^c. 
@ 12)£c. on 54 @ 58 lbs.; and a few of the best reached 
12-^c. @ 13c. 
Prices for the past four weeks were: 
week ending Bunge. I.urge Sales. Aver. 
January 19. 8 @l'3><;c. 19R@ll c. 10%c. 
January 26.8>»@12^c. 10^@10<ifc. lO^c. 
February 2. 7X@13 C. 10M@U C. 10%c. 
February 9. 7 @13 c. 10K@10^fc. 10)Jc. 
Milch Cows.—The market for cows has been quiet. 
All that came to hand have been sold at steady prices, 
and a moderate demand is reported at $40 $80 ft head. 
.Calves. —A steady demand exists for all that ar¬ 
rive, and good veals are taken readily at highest quota¬ 
tions. At the close, 8 c'. @ lie. $ ft. was paid for veals, 
and $8 @ $12 $ bead for grass calves. Hog-dressed 
veals were firm at 11c. 14c. ^ ft. Sheep and. 
Lambs.—An increase in receipts, although trifling, 
has disturbed the market for sheep, and along with the 
weakness there lias been a falling off of hfc. $ ft. Choice 
lots bring high prices, and 8 *. 4 C. ft. was paid at the 
close for this class of stock. The range was 6 !£c. @ 
S' 4 'c. 1b. Swine.— The market has gradually 
crept up, and, with lighter receipts, quotations are con¬ 
siderably advanced. Live hogs sold at the close at 6 c. 
@ 6 >.iC.-ft. Dressed hogs were in fair demand, at 7c. 
@. 7>^e. ^ lb. for Western, and 7c. @ 8 c. ft. for City. 
containing a great variety of Hems, including many 
goo<l Hints anil Suggestions which we throw into smaller 
type and condensed form, for want of space elsewhere. 
Remitting; Money: — Clieclcs on 
New York City Banks or Bankers are best 
for large sums ; make payable to the order of Orange 
Judd ; ompany. JP®st-Ofllce Money Orders 
for $50 or less, are cheap and safe also. When these are not 
obtainable, register letters, affixing stamps for post¬ 
age and registry ; put in the money and seal the letter in 
the presence of the postmaster, and take his receipt for it. 
Money sent in the above three methods is safe against loss. 
Postage : On American Agriculturist , 13 cent* 
a year, and on Hearth and Home , 20 cents a year, in ad¬ 
vance. Double rates if not paid in advance at the 
office where flic papers are received. For subscribers in 
British America, the postage, as above, must be sent 
to this office, with the subscription, for prepayment here. 
Also 20 cents for delivery of Hearth and Home and 12 
cents for delivery of American Agriculturist in New 
York City. 
Tlie National Live-Stock Journal, 
which is a monthly journal published at Chicago, con¬ 
tinues very worthily to represent the interests of stock 
breeders ; it is thoroughly trustworthy, and is edited 
with great judgment and skill. It now comes forward 
as the defender of stock interests, being engaged in re¬ 
pelling an attack in the shape of a suit for damages for 
an expression of opinion upon matters of great moment 
to honest breeders. 
Clubs can at any time be increased by remitting 
forcacli addition the price paid by the original members: 
or a small club may be increased to a larger one; thus ; 
a person having sent 10 subscribers and $12, may after¬ 
ward send 10 more subscribers with only $8 ; making a 
club of 20 at $1 each ; and so of the other club rates. 
Mr. .Buddl’s MeaStla.—A paragraph has 
been going the rounds of the papers to the effect that Mr. 
Judd is seriously ill. This was news to us, who are quite 
as likely as other papers to know, and we can only say 
that his last and very recent letter was very cheerful, 
without any reference at all to his being ill. 
Oais- Elsie OBrojiKss.— Read all about 
them on third cover page. It is easy to secure one or 
both. 
Now loi* 6Sir Sesiate !—The House has 
passed a much needed amendment to the Postal law, 
which interests all who send books, plants, and other 
matters by mail. When it becomes a law we shall en¬ 
deavor to publish it in full. 
Twice ISotla I®a,j>ers.—If both the 
American Agriculturist and Heakth and Home are 
taken together they may he had for only $4, and $4.50 
pays for both papers and a Chromo with each. 
4jrraHtlMg’ tlie fiSidcoi-y. — “C. R.,” 
Locktown, N. J. The hickory is among what the French 
gardener calls 11 sujets rebelles," or hard cases; and to 
graft it successfully requires great care on the part of the 
operator. At best it only succeeds on very young stocks, 
and the grafts when set have to he covered with a bell- 
glass to keep them from drying out, and a shade to pre¬ 
vent burning. Grafting the hickory may be considered, 
so far as people in general are concerned, as impractic¬ 
able. A few years ago we published a communication 
from a gentleman who succeeded by drawing the earth 
away from small stocks, grafting in the collar by the 
usual cleft-graft, tying firmly, replacing the earth, and 
making a mound of earth to half cover the cion. 
l&easli of a Now BSaminsliii-e IIor« 
ticultiifist.—Mr. Calvin Eatou, of Concord, N. n., 
died suddenly of disease of the heart on January 14th. 
Mr. E. was prominent in the horticulture of his State, 
and was especially successful as a grape-grower. 
Walks In si 1 L«wm.—“ J. T. P.,” Chester 
Co., Pa. The walks in Central Park are made of various 
materials. The best, except on lull-sides where they 
will wash, are made of gravel, and if good gravel can he 
had and properly laid nothing can be better. The cement 
walks, so far as we know of them, are hampered with 
patents. One of our neighbors made his walks by melt¬ 
ing three parts of coal-tar and one of pitch, mixing sand 
with this material to make a thick mortar, and spread¬ 
ing and rolling. This makes a good walk; butwedonot 
know whether it interferes with any one’s patent or not. 
Triumph Sweet Corn. —A single tnai 
of tliis variety convinced us of its great excellence, and 
we regard it as “ tip-top ” in every respect. Mr. D. C. 
Yoorhes, Blawenburg, N. J., who brought this com to its 
present perfection, has furnished us enough for a more 
extended planting this year, and we shall make another 
trial of it. 
A Camellia, wish Two Centers.— 
Mr. David Foulis, Florist, 1466 Broadway, N. Y., brought 
us a camellia which had two distinct centers in the mid¬ 
dle of the flower, while the exterior shows no indication 
that it was formed by the union of two flowers. 
Tlxe English “ Farmer” — not the 
tiller of the soil, but the paper absurdly so-called—con¬ 
tinues to act out its natural instincts,and (in such a case 
it is not necessary to be very choice of words) steal from 
the Agriculturist and other papers with its accustomed 
freedom. If the articles thus stolen went no further 
than the obscure columns of the “Farmer,” it would 
matter but little, but other English as well as American 
papers, seeing a good article in the Farmer, quote it and 
credit it to iliat sheet, and thus a double wrong is done— 
it steals articles and gets credit for publishing something 
readable under the false pretense of its being original. 
Our friend Robinson, of the “ Garden,” recently pub¬ 
lished, with credit to the Farmer, an article on “ Carpet¬ 
ing Beneath Shrubs,” copied from the Agriculturist word 
for word. The Garden should know that if anything ap¬ 
pears in the Farmer worth quoting, it is quite sure to he 
stolen bodily from the Agiiculluiist or some other Ameri¬ 
can paper, for nothing short of a stroke of lightning 
would ever arouse it from its profound stupidity and in¬ 
duce it to perpetrate a readable article of its own. A 
burglar shows some daring in his crime, the pickpocket 
displays great skill, hut the fellow who steals the coats 
from the hall while the family are at supper shows 
neither daring nor skill, and we call him a “ sneak thief.” 
A paper that persistently and continually takes others 
articles without credit does not belong to the first two 
classes, as his exploits are not marked by either of the 
qualities that we have attributed to them. 
fsureroas.'y MSIMISITCSS.—Imp©rk 
ant Decision.—Many years ago, Mr. Judd fonnd, 
from his correspondence, that quacks and charlatans of 
all kinds were fleecing the people, especially the agricul¬ 
tural community, at a rate that was perfectly astound¬ 
ing. He, at a great expenditure of time and at the risk; 
of both person and pocket, began to investigate the com¬ 
plaints that came to him, and, when well founded, the 
evil-doers were exposed. Soon the humbug column be¬ 
came a regular thing, and it became necessary to employ 
assistants to look up the cases as they occurred. For 
a long time he fought the army of humbugs single- 
handed, though of late other papers have givcu more or 
less efficient aid; and it is satisfactory to know, that the 
Agriculturist has been the means of saving to the peo¬ 
ple a sum that may safely be reckoned by millions- 
Whoever has had the editorial charge, the manifesto 
against fraud has regularly appeared, and it is intended 
it shall appear until the rogues find the business hae 
grown unprofitable from their being unable to find 
dupes. A great help to our labors has come in the 
recent United States law against improper nsc of the 
mails; and wo are by this enabled to squelch some very 
mischievous things in the bud. It is not policy to tetl 
how this is done, as we do not care to put rogues on 
their guard. Suffice it to say it is through the officers 
the law. In exposing the designs of quacks and impos¬ 
tors of all kinds we may sometimes make a mistake, as®, 
do injustice to an innocent person, notwithstanding SB 
the care we take in investigating and considering each 
case. The cases in which this has happened hast 
been very rare, and we have hastened, when con¬ 
vinced we were wrong, to make the fullest repara¬ 
tion. \Ve would not in any manner injure any one engag¬ 
ed in a fair and legitimate business, tint, on the other 
hand, we will not allow those in unfair and illegitimate' 
business to fleece confiding and unsuspecting people if 
any warning on our part can prevent it. Of course, in de¬ 
fending thousands from the designs of qjuacks and im¬ 
postors, we must offend those who get up the swindling 
schemes, and some of these have money enough to en¬ 
ter a suit at law against ns. We get “hauled up ” so 
often that we have become quite used to it; and though, 
these fellows have it in their power to cause us to ex¬ 
pend time and money to respond to their suits, we ac¬ 
cept these as legitimate accompaniments of our posi¬ 
tion. Some prosecute us with the hope that the fact 
may be widely announced, and thus give them a capital 
advertisement gratis ; others enter suits with the ex¬ 
pectation of recovering damages. When we arc sued 
we do not publish the fact, as we do not care to do that 
kind of advertising. Very few of these suits ever come 
to trial, and in the few that have been fairly brought be¬ 
fore the courts, we have in no case been defeated. The 
la6t suit that was brought against us called forth such & 
positive opinion from Judge Davis of the Supreme 
Court of New York, that we are induced to print it in 
full. It is, indeed, a valuable contribution to medico¬ 
legal literature, and is of interest not only to the people 
at large, hut to every publisher of a journal and every 
lawyer and physician. Nor is it without importance t© 
makers and venders of various nostrums ; and this very 
calm bit of judicial wisdom is commended to their con¬ 
sideration. This opinion, copied from the court record, 
gives such a full and clear history of the case, that M> 
further comment is needed. 
SUPREME COURT.— Fikst Department. 
January General Term. 
David Richards, 
riff, and Appt., 
vs. 
Orange Judd and others, 
Deft, and Respt. 
Appeal from order of Special Term, striking out the 
complaint in this action, and dismissing the same with 
costs, for plaintiffs refusal to answer certain questions 
propounded to him as a witness pursuant to the order of 
the Court. * 
John L. Walker for plaintiff; Amos G. Hull las 
respondent. 
Davis, P. J. : 
The plaintiff alleges in his complaint, in substance, 
that he is and has for many ycara been the sole propri¬ 
etor, owner, and manufacturer of articles of medicines 
and merchandise generally and publicly known as Djl 
R ichan’s Golden Remedies, which he has for ten years 
last past manufactured and put up and offered for sale 
( Davis, P. J. 
Donohue and Daniels, 
J. 
