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THE FARMER'S MONTHLY VISITOR. 



Public Lunds of the United States. 



The follnwintr abstract, is niadp from a communi- 

 cation recently transmitted by the Secretary of the 

 Treasury to the House of Representatives, in re- 

 lation to tlie lands ceded to the United States, the 

 quantity surveyed, &c. 



Estimated quantity of land ceded to the United 



States in each of the States and Territories, 



acres, 319,r.3(;,23xi 



Quantity of public land surveyed, 290,803,232 



Ofvvhicli there was sold, on the 30th 



September, 1^3e', 77,134,821 



ITnsold, exclusive of private claims, 2l3,(if)r',4Ul 

 Estimated quantity unsurveyed, in- 

 cluding private claims, 105,807,431 

 Granted for colleges, academies, and 



universities, 484,320 



Granted for roads and canals, 2,535,711 



Granted for salines, 329,699 



Quantity granted to States and Terri- 

 tories, exclusive of lands for com- 

 mon schools, 3,365,050 

 The l-30th part of the lands in each 

 State and Territory, granted for 

 common schools, 9,305,2i37 

 Grants out of the nett proceeds of 



sales, $3,967,358 



"Total quantity of lands granted to 



each of the "States and Territories, 12,690,338 

 The quantity of public lands within 

 the territory of thi' United States, 

 as laid down on Tanner's map, pub- 

 lished in 1823, and to which the In- 

 dian title has not been extinguish- 

 ed, is estimated at acres, 766,000,000 

 Of which 548,000,000 acres lie east, and 128,- 

 000,000 acres lie west of the Rocky mountains. 



*Tlie Ptfite-? and Territorips to wfiicli grants of land and 

 money have been made, are, Ohio, Indiana. Illinoia, Mi.s3otl- 

 ri, A!abain:i, Mi>ifi5sipj)i, Louisiana, Michiyan, Aikansaa, 

 Florida, Wisconsin and Iowa. 



The Ooal Trade of Pennsylvania for 1838. 

 The following is the quantity of Coal shipped 

 from the ditlerent regions in 1837 and 1838: 



Decrease in 1838, 

 The consumption 

 certained, was in 



1831, 

 1832, 

 1833, 

 ■ 1834, 

 1835, 

 1836, 

 1837, 



140,938 tons, 

 of Coal, a3 near as can l)e as- 



177,000 

 329,000 

 413,000 

 457,006 

 5.56,000 

 682,000 

 664,000 



Annual increase. 



150,000 

 83,000 

 41,000 

 100,000 

 126,000 

 decrease. 



Creation of Weahh hy the completion of the Erie 

 Canal. — Oflicial valuation of the real and personal 

 frroperty of the State of New York, as per Ruggles' 

 Report to the Legislature of that State, dated 

 March 12, 1838 ; 

 1815. 

 Real Estate, .$239,667,218 



Personal property, 41, .587 ,905 



" — $281 ,255,123 



1825. 

 Real Estate, 

 Personal property, 



1835. 

 Real Estate, 

 Personal property. 



199,.->33,47l 

 63,803,875 



363,427,346 



403,517,585 

 12.5,0.58,794 



She has resolved to do this in the shortest possible 

 time, viz ; within five years — and it is calcmlated 

 that the revenue of the enlarged canal will pay for 

 its cost, principal and interest, before 1865. _ 



PRICES CURRENT. 



528,.576,379 



Foreign Exchange. 



Table of Foreign Exchange on England, as rec- 

 ommended by the Chamber of Commerce, giving us 

 tiie value of a pound sterling in Federal money : 



s $4 66 



s 4 67 



s 4 68 



s 4 70 



s 4 71 



3 4 72 



s 4 73 



s 4 74 



s 4 75 



3 4 76 



5 4 77 



s 4 78 



3 4 80 



3 4 81 



s 4 82 



s 4 83 



s 4 84 



s 4 35 



3 4 86 



s 4 87 



3 4 88 



3 4 90 



s 4 91 



s 4 92 



s 4 93 



3 4 94 



3 4 95 



3 4 96 



3 4 97 



The existing value of the pound sterling in New 

 York is four dollars and eiglity-six cents, (109 1-2,) 

 which is in a language every body can understand. 



jVf w Yorh. — The Comptroller reports, th.at up to 

 the 9th inst. the number of liankf which hate filed 

 certificates under the General Banhiu!; Law is fif- 



TV-FOUK. 



Capital subscribed, is $12,319,175 



To what amount the capital may 



be increased, 487,080,000! 



UXThere cannot be a doubt that the propensity 

 in trade and speculation to increase the paper cir- 

 culation of the country is immeasurably injurious 

 to the agricultural interests of the Union : steadi- 

 ness and stability in the circulating medium will 

 produce a steady and stable prosperity for the 

 farmer. 



INSPECTION OF HOPS. 

 The following is the official returns of Hops in- 

 spected under the authority of the Commonwealth 

 of Massaclnisetts, from January 1st, 1638, to Jan- 

 uary 1st, 1839, at Charlestown, by Samuel Jaqucs : 

 1087 bags, 208,109 lbs. first sort, 

 623 '° 119,049 /bs. second sort, 



175 " 32,834 lbs. refuse. 



1885 bags, 3.59,992 lbs. 



Refined Surrar. — There was exported from Bos- 

 ton, during the year 1838, 2,948,734 pounds or re- 

 fined sugar. 



Thus showing that the whole amount of the 

 whole real and personal property in the State of 

 New York, was doubled, in the ten years, which 

 followed 1825. 



Eio'hteen hundred and twenty-five is the memo, 

 rable year of the completion of the Erie Canal, 

 which has already, paid for itself and now gives 

 $1,100,000 a year nett revenue to the State Treas- 

 ury- 



But that canal, great as have been its results, is 

 found inadequate to accommodate its immense bu- 

 siness; and New-York State has determined to en- 

 larn-c it seven fold, at an expense of .«; 15,000,000. 



THE FARMER'S MONTHLY VISITOR, 



A MOSTHLV NFWSPAl'F.R, IS PUBLISHED BV 



WILLIAM P. FOSTER, rjill's Brick Block, 



Coucord, .V. //. 



JAMES BURNS, 104, irashington St., Boston, Ms. 



The Visitor is issued on the fifteenth day of 

 each montli. 



EACti nmiil)er will rontain sixteen pages o( quarto .size 

 on p.iper calculated for presservaf ion and on a f;iir and Iteaii- 

 liful ti pe. Tlip subjects will he THustraled with engraving--*. 

 'I'lie terms will he .<!cnr.ntti-Jii-c cnit.^ii vearijoiinlilruhpays in ad- 

 ranrr. For all subscriber's less than 2i, .Agent* will he allowed 

 n d^dnclwn of f J cents each— for all over 21 subscribers on 

 any one aL'ency i2\ cenis each will he allowed. Thus, for 

 aivsiihsrribers'foirf dollars— twtlve, eight dollar.'— eighteen, 

 twelve dollars— tweiitv-four, flll.-pn cinllars.will he remilled. 

 Sincle numbers, twelve and n liaUcenis each. All siihscri- 

 bers will cnnnnence with the lirsl number ni the year. 



nO"f^nmtnnnicat)ons bv mail, will he directed to WIL- 

 LIAM P. FOSTER, (;on'cord, N. H. 



AT.(t'IVt, American 



ASHES, I'ots 100 lbs. 



•■ Pearl " 

 BK.VX.S. bushel 

 BKi<;F, mess bbl. 

 BKESW.IX. yellow lb. 

 KUlTi'-.R.IuiMplb. 

 CAM)L.fc;S, sperm lb. 



■' IrlflilU '• 



CHEKSE. lb. 

 COAflj, Anthracite ton 



•' New Caslte cliulJron 

 COFFEE, best lb. 

 COPPEKAS.Ib. 

 CO rXO^', he-tlb. 

 FEATHEity, live grese lb. 

 Russia lb. 

 FISH, Mackerel No. a, hhl. 



" Cod.iirand ijank tiniijt'l 

 FLAX, lb. 

 FLliS, fovred 

 '* IMnskrat 

 GRAIN'S, 4tc. Flour best bhl. 

 " Rye flour 



'* Indian meal 



" Wheat bushel 



" Rye 



" Corn " 



" Oils " 



Barley " 

 HAMS. lb. 

 H.VV. best 100 lbs. 



'* pressed 

 HIDES, Buenos Ayres 



'* Goat skins 

 HOP.S, first son lb. 

 IKOX. Swedes ton 



" Pig tuu 

 LA Bin, lb. 

 LEAO. while lli. 

 LEATHEil, lb. 

 LIME, cask 

 LIN'SEED OIL. gall. 

 Ll'MBER, Boards in.iVo.a.M. 



" Timber Ion 



MOL.iSSES, best gall. 



'' Philad. y. house 



N.VILS. cut lb. 

 PLASl'ER S>,\a.IS, ton 

 PORK, whole liogs, fresh 



" middlings bbl. 



RICE. 101) lbs. 

 S.\LT. Turks Island best hhd. 

 S--VLTPErilE. cruile lb. 

 SEEDS, llerdsi^iass bushel 

 " Kedlr.p " 



" Flaxseed " 



" Clover lb. 



SII KKTINKS, Am. rot. 57 in 

 SHIRTINGS, ■■ 311 " 



SPKiiM OIL. wiuterbest 

 SPIRITS TfUPEX.. tall. 

 STEEL. Ens. be-t &. Oerinaii 

 Sr(;AR. loaf best {ti. 



" lirowii " " 

 T.VLLOW.lb- 

 TEAS. Hyson & Y. H. best 

 \VOOD, per curd best 

 ^VOOL, .Merino, best 



SpEcir: AT PHtL\nEi.PHi\, Feb. .S. American Gold \ per 

 cent prem. Spauisli doubloons 10 :)0 ; En2li>h f:inne:is .'iO.'i ; 

 Sovereigns 1 SS; Spanish nulled dnliais 103; .Mexican do. 

 1 01 i Head Pistareens 20 els. Old Pisiarcens 17. 



PRICES OF fLOUR. 



New York,. Ian- 31 SS S7 Cincinnati, Jan, 23 (i !« 



Philadelphia, .Ian. 30 SM Cliarh-ston. Jan. 19 9 60 



RalTimore, Jan. C'J 8 12 Midiile, J.in. ID 00 



Richmnnd, Jan.a7 8 12 New Orleans, Jan. 19 8 BO 



From the midtlte of November to the 1st of February 91,- 

 OOU loon .New York, 22,000 from Phil ulelpbia, 90,000 from 

 Baltiuiore, and 10,850 barrels Hour fiom Richmond, liav« 

 been e.\ported to Great Biilain. '1 he ship Columbus, which 

 sailed from New York on the 2d inst, was laden " ilh flour. 



DOMESTIC EXCHArfGKS AT r<LW YORK, FEB. 2, '39. 



Boston, only brokerage 

 Philadelphia, do 

 Raltimore, do 

 Rii-hmond 2 to 5 

 Charleston U 

 Kentucky 2 



FEB. ; 

 Georgia \\ to 2 



Alabama li 



New Orleans ,'"to I 

 Slississij'pi 4i 

 Ohio 2' 



Indiana aiidlllinois 2 



jVon-subscrihcrs receiving this nvmher, and who 

 maij approrc of it, are respectfullij solicited to act as 

 agents ; or if this is inconvenient, cngatre some ac- 

 tive man to do this service. Th ' lahie of the paper 

 toill be vcrij much increased hij r 1 irij increase of its 

 subscription. 



The following is a table showins the highest and lowest 

 ratesof exchange on Loudon troin 1832 10 183H : — 



1832 1833 1831 1835 18313 1837 183S 

 75 a JO.V 5 a 8S 2a7,U;.ialO 6; a 10 7ia22 4^ a lOJ 



Fani-uV H.ill .nirkct Hoslon, Feb. 0.- Potatoes, bush. 75cts 

 — Turniiis. 34— Beets, 7.5— Carrots, 7.5— Parsnips, 75-Onions 

 1 .2.7— Cabbages, do/,. l,0fl— Celery, root, 15— Pickled peppers 

 50— Pickled Cucumbers, 2.5— Apples, bush. 1 .00- Pears, 1,50— 

 (Cranberries, 2,.50— Lein-His, 1I07.. 25— Oranges, .'I'l- Grapes, 

 10 30- Prunes, lb 8— dried apples, lli .5— Almond.s, I9\— Fil- 

 berts, 0— W'nlnuls. bush. 9,00— Chesniils, 2,00. 



Hay, hundred, 90 els— Siraw, 60. 



BRIGHTON MARKET. FEB. 4, 1839. 



Beef Cattle —nnring t'le month of January the price 

 has gradually advanced. First qnalily. I'inin n,.50 to 7,.50 a 

 7.75 to 8. Second i|iialitv, from l.,50 lo 7,50. Third quality, 

 from 5,25 to 0,. 50— avenge 50 cents ii|>on the hiiiidied. 



Sheep.— "Dull" on Hie lirst of Januai-j, at from 2 lo2,33, 

 have advanced and are "quick" from 3 to 7 dollars e.ach.— 

 an average of more than one dollar per head. Eiglit extraor- 

 dinary cosset xvethers sold about the middle of January, 

 lor $125. 



NEW YORK CATTLE .MARKET, FEB. 4, 1839. 

 IIeef Cattle.- Priceslmproved : all ofl'cred this day, tn 

 ken at Iroiii $9 to .<S15— averaje S10,.50. 



One hundred Cows and Calves Hold at $35 to jO. 

 One thousand SHttr sold at $3, 5, and S. 



