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1 .- 4-: I-- I. 4t COMMUNICATION, VV - r0R THE KEOISTSB.- the grape yiN&::t--f X My. friend, ;D' !Froncw;KtOT,rOf Stanly : countv, comintr to attend the annual comment mint at the Univei the UniTersity in Jufae iaH w8- . . ' Li 1 viih him a bottle of worms and. bugs, wnicn he nvpposcd to furnish the means of determin ing the cause of the ill success of euoh attempts as have , hitherto been made to cultivate the European, grape: in . the United States. is .. K ...... .u:. k ima dMt in. well nowB'umi jut a-" j - i ured, and frequently destroyed, py a small ! - i that establisbei himseir abouAha crown worm f the root, or juit below tbe sunace oi ao -- . irk t t bark, at Byll, ano prejws wLTn f length W up "-r' ;ween The nt. ami len'reri. flo'that the tree dieB. instct into which f the" worm is finally trans formed' has been named Egeria Exitiosa, tbe latter or specific part of the name, of 'Course, ,0fin,.. trt the mischief he produces. Dr. Kron supposed himself to'hav asctr . . .j t... . ..n7,ir nt another sne'cies of the ria'.'attacks the robtofjthe European wl?in r,lanted in America, causing the vine to become feeble, sickly, and unproduc tive in the first instance, and finally 46 perish t alsoj (which s even more important,) that he had a remedy. Ve had some jeaw since, as amember ot the tncuiiy ai me uuncniv,. eentieman, to whom all such; questions might be.referred. : There is no Entomologist amongst j -,tU Kavinff heen left with i us now. an us now, aim iui , uvure t -"c i me bv Dr. Kron, to be disposed of as I might iude best, I could think ot notmng Detter to tne grape in au ih vnu uj j,.v,v.---"be done with it, than to send it to the gentle-1 among us as perfect as in the most favorable man at Cambridge bv whom tne report on tne i insects injurious to vegetation m AiasBacnuseus was drawn up, Dr. Thaddeua W. Ha1rri8l for merly Lecturer on Natural History, and, at pre sent, .Librarian at narvara. v . Along with the nw geria, as Dr. Kron judged it, and as it proves in fact to be ; in its different conditions of larva, pupa, and imago, or perfect insect there had been put into the bottle fur comparison, some specimens ot the kind that infests the peach -, also, a baperda. Dr. Harric, finding these old acquaintances bf his, pronounced tbo hastily upon the whole cS6 tenta of the bottle that it contained nothjf g new ; but His attention having been called to it a second time, he found, on a re examination, a new Fa'CTIA. .. " These details will, shew that Dr. Kron haa not offered his views for publication, without having first availed himself of every means at his command to assure himself of their correct ness." Both of the following papers appear to me to be excellent , in this kind. . Dr. Harris made the best possible use of the materials with which he was furnished, and the investi gations of Dr. Kron are a model of that cau tion, keen and accurate observation, and intel ligent inference from the facts observed, which such inquiries demand. Certain statements cor roborative of his views will be found subjoined to the paper of Dr. Harris, l be paper ot vr. Kron having been drawn up in December laat, one or two expressions in it are out of date, but ' it has been thought best to let them stand. '' - i' Stanly Coon tT,N...C! To all cultivators of the Grape FJne-ia the South ; "Search the roots ofyour grape vines (between now and spring is the best time in the South to dp it;) for ehould you find the roots of. jour vines infested with a grub-like insect, resort, in the spridg,-to grafting on the wild muscadine, white or black, as the only means of ensuring .success in the cultivation of the grape among us. There is an insect, which, in tne terra state, yery much like a grub, feeds on the roots of the varieties of grape s so tar cultivated in this country, those ot native origin as wen as tnose introduced from foreign countries ; none being spared except the scupptmong, or muscadine, white or black. ' That the insect has been seen by others heretofore, there can be no doubt, though, nothing satisfactory has, ; as yet, been published in relation to the same. The grub in question, of a dusky white, often over an inch in length, and of the thickness of a goose-quill, may be found, at any time of the year, along the whole course of a root however long ; and the wasp-like butterfly of which the grub constitutes the larva, or one stage of -its existence, multiplies so fast that where once found, the utter extermination of all cultivated grape vinee, in spite of every effort to preserve" them, will sooner or later be their fate, unless averted by grafting on the only variety of grape, our muscadine, the immunity of which, from the attack of the insect is well ascertained. To be sure, if an unrelenting war be waged against the insect, when it has assumed the shape of a butterfly, from June to September, so as to pre-) tent or diminish the laying of the eggs, much may be done towards saving the vines and the crop ; but such a course, exceedingly labori ous where it can be pursued, as in isolated situations, would be ineffectual in a town' or a neighborhood where the chase was not univer sally carried on. And moreover, in almost all situations, there is a chance for a plentiful sup - ply from the vines in the woods, j As for pur suing the insect in its grub state, that is out of thequestion, for nothing less than filling up all the Vines with all their roots and throwing them in the fire, could be at all relied on. The earnest attention of all lovers of the grape, whether for wine or for the table, is therefore demanded to point out this their com mon and truly chief enemy. From results ob tained there can be no doubt that the vine gruoT is the main cause ot the failure of all attempts heretofore made to produce the grape among us on any extended scale. For : many years trials have been made, from Virginia to Ala bama, to introduce that species of Culture, as inueh for its own peculiar inducements as in order to free us from .dependence on . foreign supply.. Everything ffideed seemed to invite to such efforts ; the soil, the climate, the con figuration of the couny, the prosperous growth of native vines in places about, the partial suc cess in isolated spots, or with single vines ; all, in a word, did urge us on to make a beginning in what proved so profitable in other counties. Yet in tpite of the length of time since the trials were commenced, not a spotin the South em States can be pointed out where disappoint ment has not checked the further prosecution of grape planting. We hear of failures in every direction, and almost every imaginable cause but the true one has been assigned for the mis-carriage; the soil has been charged with wanting the proper elements, the cli mate with being too inconstant, the mode of culture as being erroneous: one was said prune too much, another not to prune enough no body looked at the roots where the destroy ers were at work underground whilst experi menters were speculating on causes, alt.fca the surface. The failure, particularly with the finer sorts of foreign grapes, has been so general that of late the importation of plants of foreign graces has been a dead loss to adventurers no pody being found willing to purohase. An idea has oven gained ground that we must re sort to our woods and be resigned to cultivate native varieties be they as they may. Hence same have confined themselves to the Catawba ' Grape, certainly a native ; others to the Isabella, supposed, by some, to have originated in North Carolina; but neither sort, any more than the foreign grapes, is secure from the depredator. The Isabella seems particularly a dainty bit for the grub. The only exception is the Scup pernong ; all other grapes, sweet or sour, of spongy or compact wood, of woody or soft inner bark, are certainly destroyed, though those of spongy wood and soft greatly in preference. Will the writer be pardoned for introducing his experience which led to the facts' now pub lished ? The same ardent wish now prompting him to this communication, namely to replenish among us the choiee varieties of the grape, which in their perfection are among the finest gifts of Providence, "had induced him - many years ag,o to attempt, with his own. hands, the cultivation of those sorts which he had seen so abundant and so fine from the banks of the Rhine to the shores of the Mediterranean, from tne region where tne peach will not ripen to 4 where toe orange matures in open l by watisot artificial beat. XbetauureoLowier hTi .t ilUaiiida him from making the attempt. wild He flattered himself , that b praotUing upon l k. tuna hn)ll( h miiTDI RUCCWU ir "TZxIa ii-atv. at first nlace th miccess was so complete, the wwod and the fruit of many foreign sorts ripened so satiao torily under his management, that, in the joy of the result, he, was inclined to thnk he ha found the way to manage the thing, and thai ll really depended on the mode of training.-- iJut toe ioj w ,y.ft.a. . . t Am ii Don i iiB niui L J JTk ShTwd oroop..js, " "ui; ,ron the did ntrti riDen sutncientl for another crop, tne iv..U .thoofc aaUins well, would rot or blight 7 A the vines themsekoS success V J . ; : . ively die. - Still, as the fines had aone so wei at first, neither soil nor climate could be charged with thedisaster. Charging therefore the mode of culture, sAnrt pruning, with the agency ot the mischief, the recommendations of those who can and asserted that the vines on this side ot the ocean Hrequired free scope in their growtn was now growths were al acted onfall new younger lowed to extend almost at pleasure 1 he first years they did nearly as well as those; which had been vigorously pruaed, and the -? set; plan aemd to be the' true plan for us. ! But, alas 1 before " and the ; last method better than the first. The pursuit was about foTbe-uiven up, when accident shed nn ihti previous failure a lizht, which has made x , i .i etronger than ever the writer s onndence ihat climates. On nulling up, in the spring of 1850, a vine, tlie foliage of which was withering, the roots were found as if gnawed off. On further search they were Been to be hollowed out and reduced to a mere shell of bark filled with the fresh gnawings of an insect . The latter, ; was : now sought for . end specimens enough of an ugly whitish grub were soon found from the extrem ities to the very origin of the roots at the truuk of the vine. The' grub though much larger and whiter than the larva of the insect which nnnva . the rjeaoh tree, vet resembles it so mnch.thatat first itwas thought to be the same, anmewhn.t modified bv the plant it fed on. On extending the search, other vines were found infested,- and the more as they were more droop- inir and nerishing. The conclusion was now unavoidable, that this jsame grub had been kill in? the vines and thatneither soil, climate, nor mode of training had any agency in the mis chief. To solve the aCestion whether this was a mere modified larva of the peach insect or of an insect altogether different, numbers of ap parently foil grown larva were put in a glass jar along with cocoons that were found ready formed in the roots; and behold, the naked larva formed gluey cases for themselves in the iar. and after a while, in July, out of the co coons taken from the roots, and out of the cases formed in the jar, .there issued alike, not the peach insect J but a yellowish brown butterfly, so much like' a wasp, that, seen under other cir cumstances, one would have been afraid to touch it. Having thus come in possession of the final shapeof the insect, afew minutes' ramble among the vines sufficed to identify numbers of speci mens on the wins and at rest but mostly dis- Dortiner amooe t he leaves or as if in quest of something, none of them feeding on anything whatever. Thenceforward daily observation led- to nearly a full knowledge of the history of the insect From 8 A. M., to 4 P. M., is the onlvTtime thev can be seen on the wing. The TWatest number appear at about 1 P. M. Their is froto the middle of June to the mid dle of September. Their whole j object in the butterfly state is the perpetuation pf the species. The males are smaller than the females and greatly more numerous. They seem to have special rendezvous to which the males always resort first, and wherever 'the males resort a female may be expected; they seem almost to know beforehand where a female is to appear above ground; indeed merely touching a fe male is enough tofcauae the males to settle on one's hand. The insect is readily caught, par ticularly the females when just evolved from their pod ; they are then too heavy for flight ; as many as 400 eggs have been taken from one of them. ' The eggs are laid anywhere, on any thing on the surface of the ground, and at any distance from the trunk of the vine, though of tener near to the trunk. Later in the season the young gruba can be detected along the small roots, gnawing their way under the . bark towards the trunk, which, by evolving time, is pretty well shorn of all its roots, large and small, and if new foots have not pushed out above the infested ones to keep the vines alive for another season, the plant must die the same year. An insect so disseminated over the whole area in which the vine grows is of course not to be destrcyed by anything you apply merely to the trunk of the vine ; it would indeed re quire application over tbe whole! surface of the ground.,-But what can that be which so ap plied would prove fatal to the! insect? Not lime onpotash even in their caustic state, for the bark, under which the grubs advance pro tected, shields them from the action of the caus tic, and, in fact, vines have been killed with the lime and the potash when the grub escaped unhurt by either. With the exception of the Scupoernong. everv Variety of grape cultivated and the writer cul tivates many sorts, though but; few plants of any was found infested with the grub. At first the insect could not be detected in the vines in the woods, but since it has been found even in vines, such as the winter grape, which on ac count of their compact wood, closelrhin bark, and, harsh juices, would have seemed most likely to be' spared. The thrift of the Scuppernong in the midst of Buch universal decay Was so remarkable, that at one time it was inspected of being the cause of its neighbours' languor ; some Chasselas and Miller's Burgundy seemed starved to death. - On taking up the Scupper nong after the discovery of the grub, not a fibrS was found injured, its legion of all invading roots, interwoven with the roots of other vines, I j .a ----- - " m uuiu uie vicinity of the Scuppernong, were found untouched. . ine nint was plain ; it the Scuppernong could serve as a stalk to graft the other sorts upon, the insect would be foiled, the remedy would be discovered along with the evil, and we might yet expect to see in America, growing at the toffk g i S-T ellason rich man's arbour, those splendid clusters of grapes," the very sight of which, in Europe, commands admiration. : Tbe trial made on a. wild muscadine resulted in all that could be desired ; fifteen months after the graft was inserted, ripe Chasselas of Fon tainbleau grape, the berries of which, though not the clusters, would not have been disowned oi wnion isa native uaronna muscadine, gratted a few inches above the ground. So hot only did the graft stick and grow the first year,, but! oore perrecs iruit uie uen joiir, aim nrmiy united now, exhibiting above the characters of the Chasselas and below those of the muscadine. From that time, every variety cultivated by the writer has been grafted successfully on our wild Scuppernong; tbe Herbemont and -wine grape not less readily than the fine Chasselas and Muscat for the table. A doubt may still occur to some as to the diffusion of the insect ; some may think it con fined to this locality, on the Yadkin near the mouth of Uwharee, among thehillsof Stanlv and Montgomery. But on referring them to the Pa tent Office Rep., Agriculture, for 1850-'51, page 448, they will there find W. L. Morton, Esq., from Cumberland county, Virginia, statingjhat "vines should be transplanted the 2dyear, as large ones become wormey and die," and more over that all his foreign vines ' died in a few years in spitof all care. It will be seen also by the subjoined note of Dr. Harris, that in 1830 the same insect here introduced to notice was seen in Georgia and figured by Mr. Abbot So there can, unfortunately, be no doubt as to V viy-SJS J4S-;rSrr SftS:,.-;... - 7 " .igf . : 4 longer, yellowinh tufts, or pencils of Jair; moscaainfr-froin ebrnaryt XQfAPiwxnv common wwi K";."''r'r-n. . -: ifi - . u. fQo ifinhM ahnva tne f win? roil ml W ith, cuttinue: saved -lit ft uoKl, 8naaenii.vi- . . w-'-W! till that tiineV Care must be taken not to let the ovtting above tlie point of onion ttrike the root, or the muscadine send-forth canes, which would defeat thi? object of the grafting. By waging a war of extermination against the 4 and tha season Tlakt' frofa the middle of June tofincb the middle of September, the result will be-a revival of drooping vines, tne. ripening wi ic wood for ensuing cropi, and tne regular growm and maturation of the fruit , Such result has been obtained even afler one season oi perse- vering chase: Fruit l)as again been obtained which had tailed to come to periecimo uunug an interval of many years. 1 white Muscat and Black Hamburgh have shown again wnat iney be among us whei) the erub is not at wars, have fully vindicated North Carolina soil and climate and mode of cultivation from all manner of reproach j Bqt such . perseverance must not be emitted for one season, as such omisaion would be certain to renew; the evij. Hence grafting on the' muscadine is the better rrbm t.v it the insect is baffled, the vine saved and a world of trouble, avoided. fr It seems that the vine grub is a plague of .our own. Careful; enquiry has 'failed to discover antf mention of anvthing likeit in Europe, as the mere tact ot tne nounsuing vineyarua u part of tbe world might naturally have led to expect. It is a plague which can be easily tranemitted by sendinglarge rooted vintsabroad and which ought theretore to ne careiuu; avoided; nothing but cuttings ought to be sent or received."; F. J. KBON. Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 21, 1SS. Nate uvon the insects injurious to the roots of the cultivated grape vine in North Carolina: by Traddeus W. Harris "It is well known that the peach tree suffers much from the attacks. of an insect that bar rows under the bark of the roots and bark of the trunk. Another insect allied to this is very denrructive to the best kinds of pumpkin, and eo u ash vines, by boring through their roots In like manner, ;the roots of cultivated grape Vines in some of the Southern States are fouud to be inucn injurea uy similar insects, wuitu prevent the ripening of the fruit, and fiually cause the decay and death of the vines. . The insects above referred to, though not absolutely identical, have many points of resemblance in all their stages, and in their habits and trans formations. I hey are different species of one and the same genus, qalled Egeria by natural ists of England aniLAmerica, and Sesia by those of France and Qfermany. The peach tree insect has been dssoribed and figured in the second volume of Mr. Lay's American Ento mology, under the name of JEgeria Exitiosa. The species that infests the roots of the pump kin and squash, is called AZgeria Cucurbitce, and was first described in the New England Farmer, for August 22, 1828. This JEyeria of the grape vine, does not appear to have been described; but there is a rude figure of it in its" adult or winged form, in an unpublished col lection of drawings made bv the late venerable John Abbot, of Ueorgia. in the year 1830, and now in the possession of the writer of this note. To Dr. F. J. Kron,, of Albemarle, North Ca rolina, who has paid much attention to the cul tivationof the grape vine, we are indebted for a complete discovery of the history and transfor mations of the destructive insect that infests the roots of the most valuable varieties of this vine, and for the means of arresting its depre dations. He has favored the writer with sam ples of the injured roots, and with numerous specimens of the insects in all their forms, ac companied by a request for a scientific name, and a description of the species, which are herewith furnished : The Egerians appear under three different forms. The first is that of the larva, which is the form and condition of the insect when it. is hatched from the egg, and during the whole of its growing state. The .Algerian larva, some times improperly called a worm, is a whitish, plump and grub like creature, provided with horny jaws, and with sixteen extremely short feet. It is while it remaius in its larva or grub like 6tate, that the insect does all its mischief. Being at this time very voracious, it i ncreases rap idly ia size, and comes to its full growth in less than a year, and many species in the course of a few months. At the end of its growing state, the larva encloses it's body in un oblong oval pod or cocoon, formed of fragments of bark or of wood, or particles of earth, cemented by a Bin all quantity of viaoid matter. In the course of a few days, while still lodged within its co coon, it casts off its larva skin, and appears in J its second or chrysalis form. The chrysalis ia much shorter than the larva ; it is of a shining brown or mahogany oolor, and spindle shaped, and blunt at one end, and abruptly tapering at the other; its limbs are immovably soldered to its breast ; the rings of its hind body are surrounded with transverse rows of minute teeth, and Uie tail is also generally beset with a few larger teeth or short spines. When the time approaches for the last transformation of the insect, which commonly occurs in the snrinc or in the early part of summer, the chrysalis) and, by the help of tbe tranverse rows of teeth and the spines of its tail, it forces its body .half way through the opening of the cocoon. Im mediately after it has so far liberated itself, the skin of the fore-part of its body splits open, and from the fissure there issues a six legged wasp like creature, provided with four narrow and flabby wings, which eoon dry and become fitted for flight when the insect has made its way to the light and air. The winged Egerians fly only during the day, at which time also they seek and couple with their mates. The males delight to bask and spread their tufted or fan like tails in the warm sunshine, during which also the females may be discovered laying their eggs. The foregoing short and general account Of the transformations of the yEgerians, will prepare the reader to under stand the more particular description that fol lows : . . - The grape vine Algeria, in its winged or adult form, might, at first sight, be mistaken for the brown wasp of the South, called Vespa Polistesnigrapennis, by De Gur, being some what like the common insect in form, size and color. Upon examination, however, it will be found to belong to a different order having a !L1fa M"1 Ci LIZ .0fiaS ?ZtZ kin, and a tuft at the end of its tail, instead of. a sting. Its resemblance to this wasp suggests for this species the name of JEqcria FolistcB- formis, or the Polistes-shaped Egeria. There "i- l:i,j a: i. ta Boiiieiiuico n uioyjiinjr in inn size, and marKings pt the sexes of the Ege- rians This is particularly observable in the ! nn AO thai AAniOO tAm tkn wt.n.n.n.U i. 1 males and females ot winch differ ho each other as to have been mistaken ent species. Aitnougn toe two sexes of the4 grape vine .geria donot difler so greatly from each ether, there is much disparity in the size, and some variation ip their color. The speci-1 mens sent by vr. ivon have been somewhat i injured and hence the following descriptio'n ! may not correspond exactly to fresh and unin jured specimens: The body of this .Egeria is of a brnwnlab covers of the male are tawnv orange or saffrnn colored, as are also the fulus or palpi, the tip, base, and lower side of thp antennae, and the legs, in both sexes; the middle of the upper side of the antennas, jand the lower ; side of the thighs and of the shanks are of the steel blue. The fore wings are dusky and opaque ; theliind wings are transparent, with black veins, mar gins, and fringes, fn both sexes there is a short tawny tuft on each side of the tail : be- oior, iuoro or icso wueu wnn tawny orange on; goest, i win go : wnere thon lodgesf, I will lodge the back and sides of the female. The thorax thy people shall be my people ; thy Qod mv and two of the wings of the hind body are t (1,d- Wliere thon ffiest I will die, and there edged with yellow. The neek'and nhoulHar i will be buried also, - Th l . l .r j . i . i ,.T J.? .- - - . - - - . Ide rhetltMtermw j ; JMf vf..-:s.-"-.- - T. - '3.ii - - .. u--ws ezoana-irom n incu to one inch and a Considerable diSwrence "wnf probably be found the di.meowo.njjhjbin8Vini vof an inca longhand his wings jpad trom one gieao some niew;siiug vjuju . , o' inch to one inch and three twentietns: .. v 1 n.iew, there were, in tuj vtM i i forms.- The iarra er grubs submitted to tny examination 'were from one inch and one quar ter to one inch and three quarters, in length j the chry sands from three quarters ot n to rather more than one inch in length. The late Dr; CaldweU aftertra versing that par: of France where the "finest r vines are pro duced" and passing (down fthe Rhine,' wa desi rous of seeing the ; cultivation, of the grape in troduced into, North Carolina, and undertook to make himself the necessary experimental trials.' He procured from M Parmentier, "of Brooklyn, Long Island, rooted vines 6f choioe- varieties, that had been imported trom n ranee, to the amount of between one and two hundred dollars, and had ibem planted: according to di- reciions Willi nuivu i , iuiuu. "'t vineyard received Hbe; most careful' attention, and the result ofL the first year were of the fairest promise. . The ; vines took on a rapid set growth some attained, a height of te.n, twelve. and fifteen teet were ot corresponding size or diameter, and full of health and" vigor. At the close of the first summer, -Dr. Caldwell had the 1 highe anticipation of complete success. A paper or has, giving an account ot wnat ne naa done, and what the prospect was, at the time, may be fouud in the Kegister of that day. xne experience of the second year did not corres pond to tbatof the:firsf; Some grapes of rather indifferent quality, were .obtained, but the vines did not flourish as In the preceding summer. The whole proved in- the end a total failure, and the stock of. vines procured . by him has probably by this time died out altogether, or if not, they have at least been abandoned as worthless. Now, the difficulty is to account for the discrepancy between the results of the first and the succeeding years. During the first summer, there was every indication that the soil was of tbe right kind, and the climate ge nial to the varieties of grape that were under culture. Why then did they sicken and fail so soon afterwards? the suggestions ot ur. tvron seem at least to furnitfh a solution to the enig ma. H a new species oi xgeria, new to naturalists, : a native insect, attaches itself of preference to the European vine, and feeds upon it, it -is easy' to see how : Dr. Caldwell's vines may have had a vigorous growth during the first summer, and have failed altogether at a later period. It was not till near the close of the first summer, or in the course of the next following, that the effects of their depredations would be seen.. The insect supposed to be the cause of the mischief . may be more abundant in some parts of the country than in others, about Demopolis, in Alabama, for example, whereanattempt, that was wholly unsuccessful, was made under the patronage of the General Government, to introduce the culture of the grape,, by the agency, ot the rrencn colonists some years since, .then at Vevay, in Indiana, where emigrants from the Pays de Vaud, in Switzerland, did accomplish something. If any one nhalt judge it improbable, that we should nave in America a native insect, which after having propagated itself and lived upon some native grape for innumerable generations, at length, as soon as a foreign gtape is intro duced, abandons its old victims ana lays hold of the new. comer in such nujgrs and with such an appetite as utterly toestroy it, it may be said in reply, that it is but another in stance of what is witnessed in the -Egeria of tne peacn, tne wurcuuo oi tne pium, the bug (Bruchos) of the common garden pea, perhaps also of the cornfield pea, (th ugh this last pea may have been borrowed from the Indians,) all of which are nati ves, were unknown to Europe ans on their arrival on the western shore of the Atlantic, and now seem to confine themselves, very much j if not exclusively, to trees, fruits, and seeds that were introduced from Europe. With regard to the remaining point in Dr. Kron's paper, that the new -Nigeria, though it 6eeks eagerly when in the larva, or grub state, the roots of the European v'me,' will avoid those of the muscadine, it is to be recol lected that whilst some insects are nearly omniverous, so. far as green vegetables are concerned, - others confine themselves, if not to a single plant, at least to plantajamongst which there is a very intimate resemblance. The lo cust of the' East sweeps everything before it ; no green leaf of whatever kind escapes. The Siperda which was along with the other in sects in the bottle sent to Dr. Harris, prefers greatly the hickory ; j whose small limbs he cuts on in great numbers, so as to strew the ground under the tree with them in the full of the year' T -J. I 1 -1 " r r liui ii ne nappens to ue anven on uy a storm, . - j i . f., . or to wanuer in any way irom tne spot wnere hickories are to be found, he will make use of the persimmon, the honey locust, and, as Gov, Owen told me he had observed in his own gar den, on the quince. .-The Muscadine departs so widely in all the characters ot its growth and wood front other grapes: that there is no ante cedent improbability in-the idea, that a worm which eats iKir roots with avidity, may turn away, and. retuse to touch those of the other. Dr. Kron, it Will have been seen, does not de sire that1 his views shall be received and his plans adopted withoutodue examination. . But Itelieving that he has., fallen upon some facts that are both hew atid likely to prove valuable to his fellow-citizens,' he offers them for publi cation, nopmg t&at some persons, who take an interest in such things, will assist him in these ivestigations so that the truth will at , length be ascertained. ; The time may come, when the vine clad hills of North Carolina will be spoken oi as iamuiariy as tnose oi r ranee are now. E. MITCHELL ' Ihportant Discovery. We find the follow ing article extracted from a Paris paper, in the Courier des Etats Vnis. "Some davs since. public attention was. excited by the report of a discovery said tb Ijiave been made, by which any part of the huriiair body, subjected to a jet of the vapor of chloroform, was reduced to such a state of insensibility, as to endure surgical operations without pain." . This process was tried on Thursday last be fore a large assemblage of physicians, by Dr. 2elabarre, whose applications and studied of chloroform are well known. The experiment consisted in extracting some teeth, and some SISS --tilns hateve?,othL tluST" very soua roots., ut nine the tooth escape, as it were, from a benumbed but not painful part ;, all manifested great sat isfaction It the result. This is truly an impor tant fact in the annals.of science. Phil. News. How to Make Lovb. A bashful gentleman, who bad for somn timn nA daring to disclose his passion, sittin rTpar m (1 fi. 1 . - ' W1 " vv ed down a leaf, on which he. had m)f,to Z S. a pencil the following, in the epistle of SL JohrT second chapter and fifth verse -""And I now 1 beseech thee, lady, not as thou-h 1 wrote a the beeinnine. that er." The ladynin a, few tairiutes, returned it, with this passage turned down and miAd . (Ruth.first chapter, 16th verse,) -Whither thou more also, if aught but death part me and thee." .-That great advbeate and; dramatist, Seiw geant 'ialfourd, djed sbddenly.of apoplexy, on the- 13th insf.; While charging the Grand Jury at the Assises of Stafford England, vst. ' 7 A w!OK.rtThere is ;aa: inscriptionj on a touhstonerMolnlAlc-'Sttpetior.'wUeb' reads as follows j "John Phillips, accidentally shot as a mark of affection by his brother " mo uer one punuay, at cnurcn. hit nnon t.h follow. much fiom inz method bf declarino- it. Toi,; u: for differ- i Bible, he handed itoverto her havin-pf -. CC&MOtf SCHOOLS IN N.!:CAROUA. f rom tne awtjinnuaiueporioj v xa.yT lorintDTuUnt f mmutt School. .V r7 Pond r!.nmon:St.h(ula-whole : 7nrt ScUSlai- Lcademiesand Colleges iVi' w-' I t e ''-t - A'tf iwwvi in ia - , 7T5Total of children. at School 19,483. ! IT K fn tUji SwKtJ R Mala tl.HeS..- 8 Female, perhaps Academies. , :;. tur inf Student at Male CollezeS ! now isjierhaps between &00 and G00 number lale at remale-ilgplieges, including aieui t cwuwi inare eiftmineq tnra vors w some eivwn, uu and St. Mary's. ) XMitless tbatt 1,000. ' ..hare been greatly satisfieii with its pUu andV eSe- There are alsct several Male Colleges on the -eution The manner of presenting the subject to .ml tufinrthrvi at least three Female - ttteiaihd'fcv' a direct 3aesti6n.' isi exceedingly well. Colleges. - 1 - J and Private Classical Schools, cannot' be less than 7.000. - . " : By the census; of 1850 the whole number f white children at School in North Carolina yu wyv, Nervous Diseases. Dysjjepaia, Costiveness. Ery- during that veac. was 100,o91,. (one hundred pirates the industry and leaniiaguh.whi ' s .j eari.' Inflammation and thousand, five hindre4and ninety-one. j X. !XtXwUl be'well revived bv ' Chest; JJacknd Sidend all disea Vlo 1840. after! the Common Schools had been.; i? ?iouUV"' TlI Uses arisiugfrom a deraWsUfe'of the Stom- in operation abut nineyears, there were i children at scuooi; in tsou, wu.i, ur ;tIS ; - The whole niimber f Commoh Schools at j- ,-iTHfe.mosstitnpnrUBt s'otBlaekstQne s'.l?em--that, time was f32 ; in 1863, there were .2131 rmcntartes reduced toque5Upps.and awers-hbv hools -tauelit ki seventy counties, and -perhaps fully twenty five hundred in all ; being ati-in-'i crease thirteen years of your hundred per j ,; cent. rn, . II L 1 !..., 101 ine iucreas in coiiciscs um wtu , two hundred mid fiftv ner cent, and in Acade- mies, at least one hundred per eent. j The number of children now attending torn-1 mon schools, in seventy counties, is oo.oio ; and the number in the counties not heard from, and the number not reported, may be safely estimated at twelve thousand more making at least 95,000 in 1853, against 14.937, iu 1840. an increase of over six hundred per cent. The Common Schools have not injured the quality education by breaking down better schools, for colleges and academies hare made an unexampled increase, and the course of studies, has, every year, been made more thor ough and practical. The value ef apparatus for illustrating the sciences, at the schools now in the State, is perhaps fully three times as great as in 1840 ; the number of Grammars and Geographies sold, fully five times as great, and the number of good scholars at least three times increased. Mr. Wiley is convinced that for overy,twO good subscription schools broken down by the Common Schools, we have at Uast three equally good Common I Schools and one Academy some where else, or two good schools for one, bf sides three or Jour ether schools not so good, or ecery one thus interfered with. The whole income of the public School Fund of the United ;States, in 1850, aside from that raised by taxation, donations, &c, ic, was I Only two millions, five hundred and odd thous- j and dollars ; and the income of the public fund of North Carolina, (aside from swamp lands and county taxes,) equal to more than one twen tieth of the whole. The whole amount expended in the United States was nine millions and something over five hundred thousand dollars ; and in North Carolina about one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. The whole number of public schools was about 81,000, i(eighty-one thousand,) and there fore the averageamount expended in the United States was alout 117 dollars to the school the average amount in JNorth Carolina about 70 dollars to the school taught, and at least 56 dollars for evry District in the State, or every four miles aqa&re of territory. Now, without farther taxation, we - can nearly double this sum; many counties now lay no taxes for school purposes, while our general taxes are lighter, our resources less developed, and the value of our real estate, mines, commerce and manufactures bound to increase more and more rapidly, from their present rates, than any other State in the Union. The average time during which all the schools are taught in ; the year, for the whole State, is about four months ; and the whole number of white children between the ages of 5 and 21 years, cannot be short of 195,000 and of these, we may consider that at least 55,000 are be tween the ages of 5 and 8, and 18 and 21 ; and we may calcalate that of those at this age, the number who have not yet commenoed going to school, and who have finished their education, is at least 30,000 which, taken from 195,000, leaves 165,000. ; .'. It is entirely safe to estimate that not more than two-thirds of those who go to school at tend in any oce year; and by this calculation, we have one kuadred and fifty thousand child ren attending school at some time in the State, and one hundred and sixty-five thousand who ought to be at school. This leaves fifteen thous and as the estimated number of those who are -not attending school at all ; but we have every reason to belijeve that one-third at least of these will yet co ta some institution of learning. If they do, it will leave us ten thousand illiterate people in a generation of one hundred and ninety-five thousand, or 1 in every 19 or at the worst, fifteen thousand in one hundred and ninety-five thousand, or. 1 in 13, who will not be able to reajd and write. The N. Y. Jlirror, in speaking of Mr. Cutting, says : "He is the best shot we have in our pistol gal leries, has oarte and tierce at his finger ends, understands the ."manly art" quite as well as any. private gentleman that we know of, and has withal the courage to stand square up to the rack, whether in the right or in the wrong. To the proof": Dr. Ilosack, the celebrated sur geon, challenged Mr. Cutting, .who faced the music so readily, offering to meet him at any time or place, and with any weapon, that the Doctor, thought better. of it, and let him pass. Com. McDoneugh, when a client of his, once sent him an invitation to meet him with what ever weapons, he might select. , Mr. V. chose nature's own j and, in his office, after directing the clerks to Seep the room clear, gave the Com modore a pummeling that he long remembered.' S&" The Democratic papers of the State gen erally have assailed General Dockery in : true lo cofoco style. He is misrepresented and abused in a manner which must eventually commend him to the generous hearted citizens of North Carolina, who have only to see and know him, to admire and respect him. Goon, Messrs. of the locofoco press, wield your.favorite' weapon, dirt, with eopiows'hands, and we will liave a Whig Governor in spite'of Whig divisions, So mote it be. Gr. Pat. A See Saw. "Brudder Pete, did you see. him see de log afore you saw him. sa.W4it ?" "De uninterlectual stupendity of some niggurs is perfectly incredulous why, ef I seed .him saw it afore saw him see it. it's a consequen tial ensnrance dat he saw he sawd it -afore he saw he seed it ; but he couldn't help seen' he saw it afore he saw he sawd it, for ef he saw de sawen afoife he saw.de eeein';ob Je sawin, consquinchilly he must a sawd it afore he seed it, which is ot-snrdly darefore I did see it afore I saw it ; quoddy rat demon strandumii jQMrs. Patience was locidating to her neighbors thei wonderful things, that Bhe saw "down in Bosting." . " But did I, tell you what a time I hal with my little Joe ?" f .v. " No ; what was it ?" "Why I was showing him the picture of tho martyrs thrown to the lions, and was talking very solemnly to him, trying to makepum feel wnat a terrible thing it. was, when all : at once he said, "Oh I ma just look at that poor little1 lion, way oeuinu were, ne won't get any. . ;.' "Misnr xov Own Business. Kossuth h as written a letter lo the Germans in " the United; Mates, in which he censures the senatf.for re jecting the. nomination of George Sanders . as consul to London. , ' New Adverttselnents. Kinne'sLaW CjOmpeadium, V j TIV.STIONS on lw. aluhabeticaliv' .arraneed ! T ' I - w j . with reference to the most approved author- "ies, ay Asa iviune, .sq., a volumes . x viu contemingCOO pages;, 1 Volume, f ta UJepi arrangement ana execution or mis war i.wwmnnwmdation from this worlr has re- mituv of V' - ----- j,,,-;,- ,:tn frar6 jL V Ytin: I Attorney General of the State of Massachusetts. calculated ia my j udgment to produce a clear and law, id which precision: and accuracy are iridispen-4 ; " r 1 :;V" V" ' ' 1' J ' -V. -.I ''" Vf,r " I answers given are.foandexplandfor- - V,? 1 ... .a r aVk-toV V ,A9a.inne,.. - . yne '.'.' -y u' t V- TT r , i. wai tUaUIWrS U'.l HIUl III xux., Chief Justice. Cranch of Washington City, Chief I Justice Williams of Vermont, Chief Justice Tuek-! er of Virginia, Mr. justice Story of Cambridge mversity, Ovid F. JoliMon, Attorney; Ueaeral 6T Pennsylvania, R. S. Field. Attorney. General of Nsw Jriey, Hon. Judges . Peters, Jones. Bouvier and Conrad of Philadelphia, Hon. Lucas Thompson of Staunton Va., peter S. Duponeeau, Wm. I. Hurst, David Paul Brwn, and Joseph Ingersol, Esq., of Philadelphia. KINNE'S KENT. -; The most important parts of Kent's Commenta ries on, American Law, reduced to questions and answersrBy Asa Kinne. 2nd edition, with an Index and glossary. The bench and bar in the 0 nited States have given the most fluttering testi monials in favor of this- publication. Exlrati of a lettet ' jfbm the late Chancellor Kent ; to the Author. ; L "I am much pleased .with the , ability, fidelity, and accuracy, with which you have. stated.the an swers as drawn from the text. I approveo.f the work and wish it success, for I think it is well cal culate to facilitate and promote the study and dif fusion of the elementary principles of constitutional and municipal law embodied in the commentaries.' " JAMES KENT. For sale by nEXRY D. TUUNER. N. C. Bookstore, April, 1854. 28 O! YE,, FISHERMEN. Run to Pescud's, and see hi tsplendid assorUnent of Limerick looks. Silk and Grass Lines, Sinkers and Snell s, which he has just received .and will sell very cheap. ..- - , , . P F. PKSCUD. TURPENTINE SOAP - large supply just p:f:pesci?d. received by - T 2 PERFECTION TOBACCO ,-"JIr. James Thomas jr., says," I present - to the lovers? Of wie wetu, in hub oranu, mature ano. Art com . 1 - 1 - .1. . I .1 V- 1. -. . bined, which my tooth after 30 years experience pronounces perfection. The boxes contaiu 4 pounds and on the label th signature aud likeness of Mr. Thomas is rep-, resented without which none is genuine.- A sup., ply just received arid for sale by P. F: PESCUD. BTTINDOW GLASS.; Best qualities of French YW Ionian and Baltimore brands ol'followirfg sizes, via: 8 by 10, 10 by 12, 12 bv 14, 12 by 10, 12 by 18, 12 by 20, 13 by 1G, 13 by 18, 13 by 22, 1 G by 20, 1 8 by 24, 24 by HO. Orders received for any size Coach niid Picture Glass. Glass for Green Houses, and Glass Tiles for Floors filled promptly by P. F. PESCL'D. I EXCELSIOR SOAP.-This is the best soap iu 'i use, tor tue oatn or lor uouiesnc purposes. It is put up in boxes of 60 pounds, and readily'ex- tracts grease, tar and paint. It is nearly as cheap , as Turpentine Soap aud is an hundred fold more valuable. A large supply is receiveu ana ior saie by P. F. PESi UD. SPONGES FOR THE BATH. A large supply very beautiful and of desirable sizes just received at . PESO UD'S. . HAIR BRUSHES The most extensive varie ty of Hair Brushes in this CLtv. may be seen an bought very cheap at P. f.' PESCUDS TOOTJ3 BRUSHES. I have a very large sup ply of splendid Tooth Brushes fof sale very low by , v: 1.F: PESCUD. rEIDLITZ POWBERS.-t-A supply of very su-, penor Sendbtz Powders just received and for sale by; ' i t r V P. F. PESOUD. M' USTARD. A further supply of Lontlon Mustard of very superior quality, just re ceived at PESCUD'S. TREAST PUMPS. A supply of very superior quality for sale very low by P. F. PESCUP. SYRINGES. A large stock of Syringes of all kinds, just received and for sale by sj r '- ' - . P. F..PESCCD. . LAMPS. I will sell my presentsupply of Flu id Lamps, at reduced prices, as I desire to introduce a new style. " P. F. PESCUlS" - -- : . - - ' -. : , ,;"' I THRESH CONGRESS WATER. A fr-eeh supply ' just received, and for sale by u , ' - . . s s. . " -.-iir P.F.T'ESCUD,;- LUE, GLUE A larger supply of White and Brown Glue just received and for sale by . . , ., --i v- r;p. PESCUD. OCK CAND. This brand so weir and ..fa-; i; voVablykhowni and; which took the prize at the last State Fair, has a great run" and I hav just received a fresh Supply, wbi.di ithoueht ef en superior to my last lot. uatl soon and get a pis cuit of premium Tobacco: ; ' p. F.'PESCUD. "K: RONOGO HONEY DEW I have 40 or 50 cases of splendid Chewing Tobacco, for Re tail and Wholesale Trade, of superior quality, from tne touowmg celebrated manufacturers, viz : Y. & E. P. Jenes, R. Js. Jenkins, and Simsford & Sat-1 terfield. - . , j J . P. F. PESCUD. - SUPERIOR SMOKING TOBACCOIn roll!; papers and pound boxes weD fiavored,vand for sale in quantities to suit purchasers". - -. - ' " P.F.-PESCUIX " IliSt ljN fi 1M PORTED CIGARS. A large- supply oi magnipcent vigars-weU flavored, and .wmcn smoke tree : to which the attention of uiTiigiu x ivy ouppi oi uomestic and low priced Cigars very cheap. ,.. I. 'TV::' :p. f. pescud. ATENT ZINC PAINT. ,A good supply is to hand aud mstructioti'hoV to use it; Manypre- fer it to White Lead it has & fine hotly, very whit and glassy.- Call htPeBcnd's. , v X "1 LATENT DRYER. A substitute for Litharge and Sugar-Lead very cheap ..and very good, i is received 0 f , Y. i. FESG UD.: ICHAEL TjlAYf Wholesale Dealer in Co fectionary. Fruit and Groceries. ' No. .204' Market fetreev above sixth, south side, next door to Red Lion Hotel, Philadelphia. ' ; " ' ' Feb. 28th. 18o4 -''TT - ' ' 8ms-13 " TO CAPI-LISTS- GUARANTEED BONDS. f it :;-;$oo,ooo.; - p' fr'V V rilHREE nundred Thousand Dbllarai bf Coupon .JL Bonds of the. Southside Railroad Company, guaranteed by the city of Petersburg and secured "by"' Mortage oh" the Road and alt of Us Drobertvl" J. Be.uSng'an ihterest'ef sixiper centum per annatn payame semi-annually, on the 1st day of January aud July bf each year-the pi-tDcipal payable in 1870 andtl 875, in sums of $-0l and,I,000 fof Saler"'-'V ! - j-: , --v 'T-X , Apply at the office of the cempany in Petersburg 4 -March 28, 18oi c --- -e i-'- :' 4 wt2d v EtCi;; AViefce of Fjsfii tiee very nice ; iir store. '? SJUJ TQWLES; ' DR. STRONG'S COMPOUND SANATIVE PILLS. milESE-PILLS ARE' enrireW Vegetable, and X are ut most superior Medicine in, the cure of all Bilious OomDlnints. Chilla and Vever T)rmiwi 1 ( 'r ' T I , J I r Costiveness, Liver Complaint, Jaundice, Sick Hend- acne, creuia, paivoeum revera or an mm, Losa of Appetite, Obstructed, and paiuful Men.tru athjrt; and all lingering disease's. As a Female Medicine they act like a charm, and J. 1! H . Al J? 1 . i er fail to cure the very worst cases of PILES, after all other remedies fail. 'f iiey purify the hlood, equalize the circulation, restore the-Liver Kidneys, and other Secretory Organs to a heal thy tone and action ; and as an Anti-Bilious Family Medicine they have no equal. Price 25 cents per. box : ' :. ' ALSO- s-np . KTimwn2 1 - ---- -f - . pv-imj, , sti lf Vttt" p'lLM A - remeJv fej-Vougbs. Colds; CaUrThVBronchitis, v CrouK Whoopir fJough, Asthma. ConsumpUoa, - to Mitve tUeslirtres and bad feeling i4,from eating too hearty .food', in weak and dys- J peptic hftoits.; , V" . WAHRANTEfo TO BE" PETRELY VEGETABLE. fTJH-ESS; pillsaot is ''a-Expectoraat. Tonic, and JL Ap'erient.' One 25 cent box possesses three limes more power to cure uiseases inetu a one aoi lar bottle of atiy of the" Syrups Balsams or Sarsa parillas, that wts ever made, and a simple trial of ohty one-box "will prove thft important truth. . They promote xpeetoratiori, loosen the Phlegm and eear the Lungs and other Secretory Organ of all uioi ti J matter, and there U not another remedy in the tf hole Materia M edica capable of imparting such healing properties to the Lungs and Vital Or gans as in vie mis. . . iney cure, costiveness, pro duce' good regular appetite, and strengthen the Sy stein. . ' : Price 25 ots. . per box, containing 25 doses of medicine. Call on the Agents who sell the. Pills, and get the "Planter's Aliiiauae" gratis, giving full par ticulars and certificates of cures. Both kinds of the above -named Pills are for salt iu Raleigh, by Williams & Haywood, who also keep a supply of Lh Spencer's Vegetable Pills, and Dr. Hull's Celebrated Pills, which stop the Chills and Fever the tirst day, and do not sicken the stomach ot operate on the bowels. -August 12, 185. wly-66 1 HARDWARE IMPORTATION, 1854. r " MUIR & BRYAN, IMPORTER AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FOREIGN AND AMERICAN '' HARDWARE. CUTLERY, GUNS. Ac., Sycamore Sbekt. Petersburg, Va. E are now receiving of our own direct im portation froiu Englaud and from the Manutactories in the Lnited States, our Spring Stock of Hardware,' Cutlery, and Guus, em bra -eingevery description and variety of goods gene rally found in our' line of business.' Our goods have been purehaseoVon . the best possible terms, and selected with particul attention to the trade of Virginia and North Caroliua. We have a larger and more commanding stock of goods than we ever yet offered to the trade, and we feel confident that we-can sell as low,v and offer as great induce ments, as-any other Jobbing House in the country. JVe respectfully solicit from merchants and dealers gienerally'au examination of our stock. . - ' " MUIR & BRYAN, , Sign of the Pad lock; Petersburg, Va. March 14, 1854.- 2mos 22 North Devon Stock for Sale- NE. Bull, Hi mouths old: 1 Bull. 13 months old-; and as I do not wndi to breed in and in, 1 offer my stock bull, BARNUM, 8 years old, also, tor sale. The sire and dames ef these young hulls were from different herds, the former from New York and" tn latter from Maryland. Price of the two yearlings, $40 each ; Bamum, 5f7i. t , D. H. HATT0N. , NansemondCo;, Va., March 21. 23 9tp Law Notice. riMlE Subscriber, having removed to Raleigh, of J fers his' services to persons having business in the Supreme (lourt and iu the Superior and County Courts of Wake and the adjoining counties, as an Attorney and Cov, asellor. EDWARD CANTWELL Raleigh, 'Jan. 20, 1854.- , .' tf 7 HOPKINS, HIJLt & CO. ' . . WHOL6.-5ALE " . PRJ GOODS MERCHANTS, V .. , ko: 238 BXi.Tri.odE stebet, .... (Opposite Hanover Street.) Basil B. Hopkins, Robe it Hull, Wm. H. Ryan, (Late ofilyan,& Wibion,) Thomas W. Atkinson. V Referring to the above Card, we would say to the Merchants of North Carolina, that we shall be able, at all, times; to offer a i extensive assortment, embracing the newest and most desirable styles of Goods in our lineii ' Many articles of DometHc Fabric received on commission dit-ect from fh manufacturers. i From the long experiei:e we have had, and with an earnest endearor oa our part to secure ths best trade tliat comes to the market, we feel as sured that -our frieuds', and merchants generally, will tind it to their interest to examine our stock before purchasing.. -V " T '- V- ' BASIL B. HOPKINS, , ' ' . ROBERT HULL; , " - WM. -M. RYAN; :T. THOS. W, ATKINSON, -. Baltimore, Feb. 1st, 185 1, ly-10 , Raleigh Livery Stables. THE Subscriber has taken-charge of, and fully refitted,' -the Livery Stables formerly occupied by Jere.Sixon,.on Wilmington Street, and solicits the patronage of the travelling Public He has on hand a number of fioe Horses: and Carriages, genteel,! -elegant, substantial, comfortable, and wiU.he prepared, at .the., shortest snofice, to furnish TrayeHers with conveyances to any part of the State; Also, Carriages furnished with careful driyersto convey indi viduals Or families to evening partiea, or for(.visitiugt calls. ,, . - Horses will be kept by the day, week, or year, at prices,. to suit the times, i V ' ' Horse Drovers will find,1 a trall times, good ac commodations." - 9 r i- V-sT - ".EbWARI) YARBROUGH, Jr. X Raleigh, May 3 X, 1 85. " 45-ly JJ 'Owihg to'thfe'preseritehieh prices of grain and provisions, I shall be compelled hereafter to vunrgeoj venia ior a smgie leeu, umieau oi m cents. . v E. Y. ' FeW3,-183. 11 CLAUDIUS B. SANDERS, ; - ATTORNEY AT LAW, SMlTHFUuLO, NOETH . CAROLINA, "VT77ILL attend the Courts of Johnston; Wayne V? v and Nash. ., Jan. 14,1853. 6 .WHOLESALE HARDWARE TRADE. .XV;, :f Spring' 1854, " IMPORTERS A!tD nSALKOS 1H PISE AND HEAVT ,V - . t. JlA!'cPfiBT AND aVN8. Also Agmtifof thil rericli, fturr and Esopas ' -; - ' : ; Mill Stone. SISk' ar receiving, of our own importa V w . tion,' direct from Birmingham and Sheffield, and from'the manufacturers in this country, the largest and most eohrmanding stock of Hardware, Cutlery,, Guns .and Edge Tools, we have ever had the pleasure of offering to the public. Having in creased facilities" both at .home and abroad, ws are now enabled to offer inducements to purcha Btxs which cannot be. surpassed by any house of the kind. v" ' ' " - ' ; Always bri hand best Cast Steel Circular Saws, from 8 to 62 inches, and best Cast Steel Gin Saws, Gum and Hemp Packing, Banca Tin, Spelter, An timony and. Crucibles ; and agents for the best French Burr and .Esopas Mm Stones and MiU Irons, Bolting Cloths, India Rubber and Patent Leather Belting, and Brown's Patent Platform Scales, Irom SOO toiiyOaiba. - : . n.;;.-f -Juujn:& spencer, ;v1x-. ' :, Sycamore street, Petersburg, Va, Mii0lClg;f.'. : - , c, 22 lm TTIIKLD SEEDS.iiJBst received-and in store, "JJ 1 ' CloverXirchard, Herds and Mixed Lawn Grass Seed. ' . 4 JAS- M. TOWLES.
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