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Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-07-12
Yours, &c.
G. w. X.

Jnne H.
The city is to day full of rumors and reports some ol
these of most startling nature iey could be relied upon
Inc story that the Mexican army is to ad ,ance upon
and surround this place entirely The Nlexcans are
known to havesevsn eight Thousand cavalry and their
ue policy would be TO 10 tlht Gen Scott in the omen
held but he who Judges OF the MeNcans bv the ordinary
rules which govern mankind will fl nd himself mistaken
nlne tlncs out OF ienso there no knowing hat they
will do Wv
Cen Worth's division was reviewed TO dav was aftcr
wards drilled. and certainly made most ,mns,no dis
play. large number of Mexicans inc lndng many Ia
dies III coaches were present The division of Gen
iw'ggs is equally well prepared for any emergency
and for one have an abiding faith in these portions of the
army ioufs' Il. W. X.
June IA
As Yet no one knows when tina army is to mako f,r
ward movement. Gen Scott certainly will no, march
uhu announcements arrive. which are now without oucs
uon on the way. delay is certainly Of more mnornnce
10 our army Than to that of the Mexicans for even !;
the latter are enabled to augment their forces they will
e maten-thai is certain and then there s = stronc
Probahhiy that So Strengthened are the Mexicans far
means that delay Of mouth will find them disnersng
yer Inc country for the very means of subsistence or
elSu cut up by internal dscords.
As regards The prospects of peace they appear lust
as distant as ever. peace patched up at The city of
Mexico al tins time would hardly last until the ink is dry
WIN which 1t may be signed; certainly no, until the
Americans are out Of the country. Without doub, there
sa large and Influential party in favor Of it, but they
dare not avow themselves for aaro after Consequences
KNOW not no" may turn up, but. as sad in former
lelltT, do not prcSrlf other
Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1847-10-23
TWO STEAMERS FROM EUROPE.

Since our last publication, two steamers have ar
rived the Cambria (Britsh) at Boston from Liver
pool, and the Missouri (Frcnch) at New York from
Cherbourg-the former with Liverpool dates to 9TH
inst, and the latter with Havre 30th ut. In their
appropriate places in this paper will be found such
selections of commercial interest as we could find
space for-thcy principally from the European
Times
Commercial and Findncial-The fearful condition
of mercantile and monetary affairs recorded in
last summary, and then rapidly eliminating to a
point of distress and arrangement rarely reached by
the organs OF commercial vision, has within the last
fortnight become wildly de, eloped in all its disas-
trous reality. One after another has failure followed
upon failure, each vibrating throughout every
avenue of trade and involving in its gloomy
Qucnccs those who but for their unfortunate
ion with the dcfaulter, could have withsood the
shock of the commercial storm.
OF the numerous causes to which this drcary state
of things is assgnabe the most palpable appears to
be the misregulatng of the money powcr-a system
originating with the Bank of England, and eagerly
initiated by all other money lenders, whereby gold
has become too dear 10 buy, and accommodation a
phantom
The reflex of system fatal to the prosperity of
trade has been deeply felt alike by the merchant and
the manufacturers and the attestaons of its conse
qucnces be found in narrowing abundance in the
crippled counting house and the deserted factory.
The failures during the past fortnight may be
enumerated follows: Cockerel & Co., London,
f600 900; Perkins, SCHUYLER & Mullins, E250, 900;
Fry, Griths Co., amount of liabilities not ascer
tanned; Lyall, Brothers & Co., E400,000; Samuel
Phillips & Co., fl50,000; Cockburn & Co., NJ. l..
| Bcnsusan & Co., Alex M'Donald & Co., and John
Shewa s. Co., all of London, whose liabilities also
have not been ascertained accurately. In Manches-
ter the failures and stoppages are Burt, w abin &
Co., Alfred Armstrong, James Guest & Co., Stocks
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(S5-Wc found note, of which the following is a
copy, in the Post Office last Saturday morning: it
had probably been left sometime the day previous,
and intended for our next days publication:
A writer in the ''Amcrcan" denies the business of
the praise you gave the Mutual Fire and Marine
Insurance Company of this city for anticipating the
period for payment of certain claim against them;
saying that il is unusual thing here for Insurance
Companies to pay before the credit on claim
prcs. That custom Of our Companies no doubt ex-
lists but you alluded to different You did
not speak Of claim proceed and admitted and where
only the credit the adjusted demand was foregone
but of a where in fact the requisite period (of
the vessels not being heard from) had not elapsed
to raise claim at ALL and yet that the Company paid
the sum insured. There is difference between
paying before the proof has matured and paying be-
fore the credit proued claim has run out Other
Companies may be ready to act as literally as did
the Company you mentioned-but what they did can
hardly, think, be said TO be only customary in our
city. A.
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order boots and shoes 1000 cases, mdze 100 pkgs,
sundry persons.
Netv York-Sch. Josephine.
Wine and brandy 25 or csks, f strohm y 20;
rice tres, White & Elder; wine % or csks, Dallam
& Carroll; bristcs cslSs, Birckhead Pcarce; WINE
20 bskts Barnum & Co; tea $50 pkgs, coffee bags,
hides POO sugar IS brls 10 Inf bxs, mdze 3Oi pkgs,
order.
Nclr York-Sch amelia.
Hides 100, tin plate 80 bxs, mdze 2I5 Pkgs, Rose
Merrill & Co.
Phitadelphia-Sch. Experiment.
Molasscs Is hhds, White & Elder; mackercl 70
brls ! Cruise; domestic liquor 20 do, Garland Y
Cunningham; forks 60 doz, Pratt & Bro coffee lOO
bags hides 300, order; mdze Al pkgs, w Brown
PhHadephiG-Sch. Catharine Martha.
MoIasses - hhds, White & Elder; 10 do, sugar
10 do, soda do, hides 100, order; Tdze 40 pkgs
w Brown.
Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1847-10-23
CORN AND THE FORTHCOMING CROP.

We have more than once recently, been request
ed to say something by way of caution to Farmers,
(if pcradventurc any remarks we make might reach
and be regarded by Them in reference to the condi-
ton in which they have hitherto brought their crops
to market and the great necessity which experience
has taught buyers be careful in future how they
operate in the article
Farmers ought to be very particular in cleaning and
preparing their Corn for market. The large ship
ments made last season to Europe have impaired
know ledge to shippers to greater extent than they
before possessed for which, in the shape OF losses
many of them have paid high prices, and this will
admonish them to take better care for the future
The forthcoming crop ofthc u. States this year will be
precedcntcdly large reaching probably 525 900 900
bushels extra large has been the breadth of ground
planted; and this immense amount will be disposed
of in various ways Much of it will find its way to
Europe, where, as that which reached there last
season was well received, will likewise be this and
subsequent rcccipts-and much will be consumed at
home, as Flour WILL in all probability, be scarce and
high during winter in the Atlantic markes-and in
the West stocks of cattle and hogs will be fed with
it, and large quantities will be distilled. To enable
Farmers them to obtain good saving prices il will
be necessary have the article freed from all foreign
matter, the presence of any unclcanness not only
INJURIES the appearance but likewise the dcor; and as
underwriters will longer take risks on Corn ship
Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1847-10-23
THE MARKETS..

For abstracts of the Markets generally, see next
page; the following presents the only new features
during three days subsequent to those dates-
At Netc York: The condition of the market was
SUCH after the arrival of the steamer, to preclude
any thing satisfactorily being said and must forcgo
for the present any quotations remarks beyond the
following, which copy from the Shipping and
Commercial List Of Wednesday:
The markets previous to yesterday, especially for
Domestic Produce, firm, and pretty active at
rather improving rates. but the arrival then of later
advces from abroad tended to unscttle prices, and
business for the most part suspended yesterday,
also, being partially observed holiday, contribu
ted to the general depression.
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JVheat, Flour, Corn and Potatoes.-The Flour
market here during part of the past week was so
entirely bare, that one company of bakers COM
PEELED TO borrow flour Of another, to be
bought; and of our hotels also rcsortcd to the
same source for supply. The whole supply on the
seaboard is scanty: But at the great milling depos
in the interior, wheat abounds and the flour is
uacturcd and sent forward as fast as mills can work
and freighs proceed. The crop of Indian Corn in
this neighborhood is abundant and good we be-
lievc it is generally. But potatoes here are fail
Rust and rot have so done their work that this
valuable root must be scarce and dear during the
coming winter.-POrtSmOuM Nv. II. Jour.
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1t is not claimed that accuracy is arrived in the
above statement, but that il approximacs the truth
The cost of hands, fuel, &c, &c, is not included
above, but allowing third of the product for the
use of capital land, machinery, and profit, and vau
ing labor at 80 cents per day, the result would show
that about four thousand persons daily employ
ed, i'll some way other, Immediately and remotely,
with the business created by the nine disteries of
this county.
1t is worthy of remark, says the Courier, that with
the immense quantity of liquor manufactured in Cler
mont county, there not licensed retailer of spirits
within lis borders.
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Breadsh!6s AIiue,-The Albany Journal says
E'There is new movement in Flour and Grain.
The demand in the Eastern market is great,
that it is impossible to procure freight sufficient
to answer the demand. All the shipping, well as
the Boston Railroad, is pressed into the service,
very fair rates. 1t probable that the demand will
continue through the season. in order to press suf
fcient winter supply forward
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PICKLES, JELLIES,
pRESER or

VENEfE subscriber would respectfully announce to
IL the public that he has on hand a large stock and
general assortment Of PICKLES and PRESERVES,
which he can sell, wholesale retail, fifty per cent
lower than they can be pu chased any where in tho
United States.
Shipping Merchants, Agents and Contractors will
find II advantageous 10 examine the stock before
purchasing elsewhere. His stock comprises in part
Z
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COMMERCE OF sAauA-LA-GRANr
Amount 1924 1894 |! ... S444 81 3

Amount. S22I,UJ4 > 4F4,oI 8
From which it is seen, that the first six months
of the present year has brought increase the
total Of the last year of S220,477 , rs; of which
$56,O67 g. rs. is from import duties, and Sl6i,4i0
i rs. from export duties. The Custom house duties
have brought this year difference of SlS,3S6 / J
rs. between the $16,S2l l of 1916, and ,207 .
of 1871. The ships entered and cleared in said two
periods, in the first half of the last year, 80
entered of 1926 onnages; and in the first part of this
year. so do. of Obj do. in the former, 80 cleared
of CLOG tons; and in the second 10 do. of SSi6 do.
so that the increase has been 40 entered and 80
cleared.
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Beat this trho can?-John A. Turley, Esq, raised
on his farm, in this (Scioto) county, the present
son, one hundred and sixty bushels of corn on one
acre Of land. This is doing up farming after the
old EgYptian fashion Portsmouth, lO.l paper.
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MPORTlTlONS AT BALTIMORE,
FOREIGN.

FOREIGN.
Rio Janeiro-Bark -dbby Baker.
Coffee 1000 bags, M Bathurst s. Son; 1910 do,
kirkland, Chase & Co.
Arecibo, (P. R.)-Brig pirginia.
Sugar 1911 hhds, molasses 10 do, w Howell & Son.
Ragged Isldnd-Br. sch. j. b. lathe,os.
Salt $500 bushels F T Montell.
COASTWISE.
Boston-Bdrk Ida
Rum so brls, Wilmington s Eastman; gunny bags
bales, Osborn Whitridge; pepper 240 bags,
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Letter Sheet Prices Current.

A Review of the Baltimore Market for the week
ending last evening" printed fine paper and adapted
to correspondence, be had at the Printing office
of this paper South Gay street, next door TO the Sun
Office to-day by o'clock, at g. cts single, or cts.
each for or more copies
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inst, 80 100 hhds.
WOOL-Thc stock is light and transactions con-
scqucnty cannot be heavy. We note sales of few
small lois OF 500 to 1900 lbs. each, at 3a32 cts. per
h., cash.
FREIGIIrS.-Thcrc is very little going forward
to Europe except Tobacco which is taken at 27s Cd.
per hid. to Holland, and at sails. cd. in Bremen
vessels to Bremen. No change in rates to other
places, but vessels are wanted
WESTERN TRANSFORMATIONS Sus-
quchanna Canal being no longer navigabc has divert
cd an immense amount of Freight TO the Baltimore
and Ohio Rail Road, the rates of which between
Baltimore and Cumberland published the first
page of the Journal, and from Cumberland to Wheel
ing they S 50, and from Cumberland to Browns
Vile s % per 100 lbs; from the latter to Pitts
bnrgh 49, cts do.
BEEF CATTLE.-The offerings at the drove
yards last Monday were large, amounting to 1900,
mostly fair quality, 100 of which were taken by
city butchers and packers, $50 driven Eastwardy
and $50 left drovcrs' hands. The prices
ranged from TO s 3.25 gross, equivalent to la S625
per 100 lbs, net. Hogs have sold at about last pre-
vous rates. at and from 625 to $675, as in quality
but few, however, below $3.50.
EXCHANGE.-Thc state of monetary affairs
such by the late accounts in England that transactions
in Sterling present appear TO be out of the question:
are informed there are no buyers or sellers, and
that all Foreign merely nominal-whch, with
Domestic, we give follow;
R;IIS op Ondnn 60 dave S3oQI nor ct prnp,
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Mails and Travelling Facilities.

On the first page of this paper will be found the
time of the Arrivals and Closing the Mails in different
cties-Stcamboat and Car regulations
of Foreign Steamers, Packets, &c.
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l52 .292. ......... l24 1874
OF which 1912 hhds. to the British Provinces 1901
do. to Great Britain; 1922 do. to Holland and Bel
GUM; and the rest to the United States.
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ALNUTT, TIFFANY 81 co.
COMMISSION MER CHANTS,
Agents for the sale of LEAF TOBACCO,
Provisions AND PRODUCE Generally.
O. r. w, ALNurr ! No. 1871 Lombard street,
osMoND TIFFANY, BALTIMORE, Md.
WIZ. T. DICKINSON oct % II.
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CUBA.
hrs 500 46s Gal 557 oS1

IUIdI UTS.05Z, IOS % ,oOI 2oI,bZJ
About 100000 bXs remain for shipment in town
and country, part of which, however, owing to the
bad state of the roads, be brought forward be-
fore October and November. The appearance of the
fields continues highly favorable for the next crop.
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ssssS.1ss ~ 81 - iff e. Al

Also, connecting with the Sea Board and Roam.
oakc Rail road TO Gary sviIle and franklin; thence
BY Steamer Fox, TO Edcnron, Plymouth, Newborn
and Washington, n. e. Return with same connec-
ton.
Returning, leaves Norfolk at }, and Portsmouth at
O'Clock, M Daily (exccpt Sundays,) and arrive
in Baltimore in time for the several routes going
North, East, South and West.
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LATEST DATES-FRoM
LIVERPOOL, Oct 5. HAV RE, Oct !.
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FARE:
Between Bait. and Norfolk Or Portsmouth, S5 90
Do do do Franklin. ...............6 90
Do do do Elizabeth City, n. C..7. 90
Do do do Richmond or Petersburg Va 500
Do do do CASTOR or Wrldon..........9 90
Do do do Thro' to Charleston, S. C.. is 90
Meals on board Bay and James River Boats in
cudxa' thereby saving each passenger by this route
$3.50
0r5-Travcllers by the above routes will please be
directed by our Soliciting Agent in the Cars, and
by the Porter in the Depot Yard, Norfolk Line
labelled on his hat,) who will conduct you and
your baggage to the boat
&C II T. SHEPPARD, Agent.
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ALTHHE % Es II:

SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER %, ls47.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1847-11-18
NUMBER IS.
Agricultural.
WHAT cRor rNcRnAsrD NJ
ArTMCNrACAL MANUREe.

On,a piece Of ground cultivated in iS43, by
Mr. j. b. Lawes, of Ro,hainsted, England,
which had not been manured. the yield per
acre was l64 bushels of wheat, and |, i IS lbs.
of straw. This may be considered as the nat
oral produce OF the soil, subject only 10 the
atmospheric influence Of that particular sea-
son. The same space OF ground was cul,iva-
ted and manured for three consecutive years,
with the following results:
In 1874. the application OF eco lbs. OF burnt
bones and go lbs OF siicate Of po,ass pfodu--
ced l6 bushels Of wheat and Lila lbs. Of
straw.
In 1916, 4 cwt. each. Of sulphaie ard mu-.
rate Of ammonia, produced 3ls bushels Of
whea, and 2,2i4 lbs Of straw.
In 1876. 2 cwt. Of sulphatc Of ammonia
yielded "a bushels Of wheat and 2,2i4 lbs Of
straw.
In another experiment, quantity Of farm
yard manure was weighed into two portions.
at the rate Of IA tons each per acre, one being
burnt to ashes, and the other ploughed into the
soil the product Of the unburnt dung was %
bushels Of wheat and ,476 lbs. of straw !; and
that fthe ash, l6 bushels Of wheat and | ,l04
lbs of straw.
Hence the absolute necessity Of supplying.
nitrogen Che essential part Of ammonia 10
enable the soil to produce more wheat than it
could do in natural state.
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THE ELI.

The sting Of the humble bee is not only Sc
we're, but he can sting many times in success
sion, as he does not lose his sting in the oper-
alton. The honey bee, on the contrary, bu-
-ries his sting deepin the flesh Of person or
animal, and as he tears himself away, he
leaves the extremity o. his body, and tears out
a part Of his enualls; and though he may re-
turn TO the hive, he is soon killed by his fel
lows, as useless, or he soon dies.--lf a person
uses leather gloves or miiiens, in managing
bees, when there is danger Of their singing,
they lose their lives il they sting in the leath
er.-We once counted fifty stings IN pair OF
old leather gloves after going among bees that
were enraged. So many lives were lost,
which induced us afterwards 10 use very
thick, fringed, wooden miltens, and when the.
bees stung these. they could withdraw their
stings without injury, as there was not firni-
ness in the material to hold the sing, which
has beard or barbs, like those of a fish. hook,
that prevent their easy extraction. -Bost. Cult.
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uNDrH-DRArNrNc.

Mr.. Johnston is Of opinion thatthe winter
killing of Wheat is caused by loo great a re-
tention Of water in the soil and sub soil. In.
this we may agree with hm. To obyiate the
evil he has ressr,ed fo understanding with
tiles. of which he laid 700 rods. The tiles are
made by MIR. Whartenby, Of Waterloo, after
a pattern procured by MIR. J., from Scotland.
They cost at the kiln 20 cents per rod. The
drains are dug about two and hafieet, or so
low that the water dees not come up through
the bottom. The digging costs from eight to
zen cents per rod. The tiles appear TO be
made in the best manner. They are not in
the least injured by the weather, even when
exposed to the most severe frost. When the
bottom Of the ditch is firm, the ties IRE placed
Immediately on il; if the ground is soft, a
hemlock board is laid down, on which the
tiles are placed. A little straw is laid over
the tiles, and the earth which had been exca-
vaied is then thrown on.
The beneficial effects OF draining on Mr..
Johnston's farm are very apparent Places
which formerly would bear no wheat. nor in
deed scarcely any thing but a kind Of sour
glass and reeds, are made, merely by drain
I ing, 10 produce the finest crops Of every des
cription Of grain. He is so well convinced OF
the advantages of the practice that he has laid
400 rods the present season, and intends 10
continue il still more extensively.
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Mlisfcllancous.
FROM THE PHILADELPHIA SATURDAY COURIER.
LEGENDS OF THE REVOLUTION,
THE LAST DAY OF JEFFERSON AND ADAMS.

Fifty years passed away: the Fourth OF
July, 1776, had been made immortal BY its
Declaration; the Fourth of July, 1896, was
to be forever rendered Holy Day, by the
hand of Death.
On that serene morning, the sun rose beau
tifnlly upon the world, shining upon the
Young Brotherhood of States, extending from
the wids of Maine 10 the Gulf of Mexico,
with the Atlantic gliltering like a belt of
waves and beams along its eastern shore, the
Mississippi vending four thousand miles
through its Western border, while ruggedy
sublime, the Alleghanies lowered in the CEN
ire Of the land
The same sun, fifty years before, mad light
ed up with Its smile of good omen, little ma
ton of thirteen Provinces, nesting between
the Alleghanies and the Atlantic, aud fighting
even for that space, bounded by mountains
and rivers, with the greatest and bloodiest pow
er in the world.
The battle Of eight years had been fought;
England, foiled in the Revolution, had been
humbled in the dust again fifty years had
passed away the thirteen Provinces of the
bloody Monarchy had swelled into twenty
four States of Free People. The banner
that had waved so gloriousiy in the Revou-
ton, unveing its thirteen stars to the blood
red glare OF battle, now iiuttefing in the sum-
mer morning air, from Home and Church and
Council Hall, flashed from its folds the blaze
Of ,wen,y-four stars, joined in one Sun OF
Hope and Promise.
The wild Eagle who had swooped so fierce
ly on the British host some fifty years ago.
now safe calmly on his mountain crag, sur
veying his Banner, crimsoned with the light
OF victory, while the peaceful land, beautiful
with river and valley, blossomed on every
side.
1t was the Fourth Of July, 1926. From
the little villages came joyous bands--white
robed virgins and sinless ehildren--scatieriug
flowers by the way; in the deep forests the
voice of praise and prayer arose to God; from
the Pulpit the Preacher spoke; beside the old
cannon which had blazed at Germantown,