11325.] 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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relates to a National University, was referred to a sc 

 led committee. 



!(OUSE.— Pec. Ifi— .\ resolution ofllrcd by Mr Bay- 

 lies fi'r information whether the sloop of war Boston 

 might not be bcnetirially employed in exploring the 

 North West coast of America, its rivers, inlets and par- 



l-ntsccU-'curon.*! Ktcms. 



Gnrdincr l.^anm. — Tlie fall term at thi? in^tilitlion 

 closed en Wednesday la^t. 'T'he wii'terterm commen- 

 ces on \''ednpsHay, the 4lh of January, ^ixtv-lwo stu- 

 dents attended diirin^the past term, as foil- wat — Krom 

 Maine 41), Massachusetts 10. iSew-llampshire 2, and 

 2 troni ItiC Province of Nt w-BrunswicU. We presume 



,, . , . , 1 ,1 j„i_. I that the lourse of Lectures to be ofiveii during the wii!- 



alles of latitude, was taken up, and alter some debate I . . ' °, . 



""^ , o ei I t( r wdl he an mducemf nt lor nianv tn.resorl here, m 



•was agreed to— It was resolved (hat the committee on [ n^der to avail themselves of the miportiuiilit s which 

 Public Lands he instructed to inquire into the expedi- [they present. V\ e understand that sevi ral younfccar- 

 ency of ^lro^ iding by law for the dis; osal of such por- | penters n^ay he .mployed at the Lycei.m to the Inil a- 

 J ' " 1 . rt ' '""""' of their tnilion, should they wish to pay in that 



way. — Knsliin Clnonirh. 



tlon of the public lands as have not been surveyei 

 prepared for sale, in consequence of th( ir liability to 

 periodical or perpetml inundation.— A resolution was 

 cffired for calling on the President for documents rela- 

 tive to an invitation which has been extended to the 

 government of this country \-y the Republics of Col. m- 

 fcia, ^'!exico, and Cen'ral America, to join in thede'lib- 

 eraiions of a Congrc sa to be held at the isthmus of Pa- 

 nama, and which induced hiui to signify to this House 

 "that Ministers on the part of the United States will 

 be commissioned to join in tlnse deliberations." — A res- 

 olution passed for inquiring into the txpfdicncy of es- 

 tablishing one or more founderi's for the manufacture 

 of hrass and iron oidnance. — The committee on the Ju- 

 diciary was instructed to inquire into the expediency of 

 measures for filling the vacancy in case of the dealSlior 

 resignation of the clerk of either of the courts of the 

 United States. 



Resolutions were offered by Mr Pawyer for an esti- 

 mule ofthe expense of surveying a large tract ofc((un- 

 ti-v westof tlie F^ake ofthe Woods to the Pacific ocftan, 

 i;c. — by Mr Drayton for the establishment of a nUy 

 yard at Charleston, S. C. — by Mr Barnfy for a similar 

 eMablishment at Faltimore— and by Mr Wiclcliffe on 



Census of Boston, 1C25— \Vard 1, 3890—2, oOOl;— 

 3, 4813—4, 4722—5, 6074 - (5, 4C3r,-7. .'■)73:— 8. 

 4727— 9, 4819—10. .6082-1 1. 4009-12, 3894— Honth 

 Boston. 1986— Islands, 28!i—'l'otal, 58281. 'I he col- 

 oured perso:.s are 1917. 



Population of Boston— In 1810, 33250-1^.20,43:98 

 — 1025, 58281. 



'1 he follov,ii]g were, in 1820, the numbers of inliabi- 

 tant? lu the fioui'i^hi-ig towns whlih immediately sur- 

 round Boston — and they lia^e continued, since, their j 

 increase in wealth and poptdation. I 



Ci.elsta 942— .Maiden 1731 — Meiifnrd 147 l-Charlrs- 

 lown 6o9i— ^'ambridge 329."i— Bi ighton 702— Brook- I 

 line 90' — Roxbury 4135— Dorchester 3fiS4— Milon 

 !.=,()2— Quincy ]6v3 — Wevmoulh 2407 — Hinghaui 

 C855. 



The above towns are backed by other prosperous 

 and populous agricultural and manufacturing towtis. 

 the inhahitiints of which have a daiiy intercourse with, 

 and transact business in the capital. 



The City Authorities of Boston hsve advertised for a 

 loan of :|36,000. 



'I he Spanish Castle at \'eia Cruz surrendered in con- 

 st qeence of the Gariison being reduced to a state ol 

 star\-alioo,by reason ofthe unaccount.ible failure of llii 

 great expedition from Havara to supply them. Their 

 deplorable condition exciffd the pi'y of Ihfir enemies, 

 the Patiiofs, who generously sf nt them some sttpp^ies. 

 the subject of the Judici .ry, which, on the sugges^u^ .j.,^ sewing silk and raw'siik produced in Windhnm 



MAJGIl STKVF..\S :-■[!„ put lie are rcwetlidly 

 infoimed that the ^'KlV EA'fU ^IJ^ D J\n!!-Kl'M, 

 No. 76 Couit street, continues sliadily to incr<ase. i'l. 

 is now veiy large— containing U[v arris ol fit'. fit arti- 

 cles, handsomely arranged, filling II 5| acinus halls & 

 apartments, Iw o of w bich art 70 t y Ltj leet. It contains 

 upwards of lOK -wax f.gi;re.- — very large collections of 

 quadrupeds, birds, prrdnctions of the sea, kc. with 

 immense varieties ol the works of natuip and art. ITve- 

 ry exertion will be made to render (he Museum agree- 

 able to visitors anil woithy ol patron; "-e. 



rvlaj. J. Stevens, the " Wondiriul Ldtli Man," near- 

 ly 22 years old. 37 inches high, wtij,hirg but 34 lbs. is 

 engaged lor a short time, and will be continually pres- 

 ent, day and evi ning. to converse with visitors, and 

 exj;lain to them the various articles.- Good Music, &c. 

 .Admittance 25 cents. 



\"KRY FI?CE CCV,"-- For Pa!e, a cow from the breed 

 of .\;r Wii.i.jA3:s of Northboio'— expected to calve in 

 February next. Enquire at this office. tJlO 



NATHANIEl, DKAKBOKN has taken a room atNe. 



33, to 64, Market-street, up stairs— where he respect- 

 fidly solicits a continuance of public lavor. Cards of 

 every descriplirn engraved ard printed — I'ocr Plates 

 and Ptencil Plati s fiu-nished — F.ngravirgs on Wood — 

 seals, lVc. execut- d to order. 



of Mr W. bster, were referred to leie committee on niat 

 subject. 



Dec. is — ^"r Webster offertd a reso.ntion to provide 

 by law for the examination and survey of the peninsula 

 of Kloiida, fi.r the purpose of ascertaining whether it 

 f.e practicable to unite (he Atlantick Ocean and the 

 GulpU of Mexico by a ship canal, to run from the 

 neighbourhood of f."t Augu-^tine or from the mouth of .= t 

 .fohu's river, on the Atlantic coast, to the neighboihood 

 ofthe mouth of the Suwanny river in theGulph of .Mex- 

 i,r,._Ou motion of Mr Reed, the committee on Naval 

 AfT;<irs was directed to inquire into the expediency of 

 estaWisI inj: a line of communication between the At- 

 lantic and Pacific oc- ans, through the isthmus of Pana- 

 ma. 



Okc. 20 — Mr Forsyth's resolution, that the President 

 be requested to communicate to this House copies ot 

 the correspondence between the United States k Great 

 Britain relative to the suppression of the slave trade, 

 ■was agreed to. 



Dec 21- On motion of Mr Lincoln, the report made 

 to the last Congress relative- to the Massachusetts C'iaim 

 •was referred to the committee on Military .Mfairs. 



Dec. 22 — Mr Webster reported several resolutions. 

 One from (he Judiciary Committee, to extend the time 

 allowed for the redemption of lands sold for direct tax- 

 es, and two others relative to the Judic ary system. — 

 The appropriation bill for revolutionary pensions was 

 passed and sent to the Senate. — The Secretary of the 

 Treasury communicated (he annual Treasirry Report, 

 •which was referred to the committee on Ways and 

 Means. 



county, Connecticut, is estimated to be woitli §45,000 

 per annum. 



A petiiion'is now before the Legislature of Pennsyl- 

 vania, for an act to incorporate a company ibr the con- 

 struction of a rail road from Willie t>,arre, eui the Sus- 

 quehanna, to the nearest point on the Uelaw.ire. 



The regular army of the Uri^ed States, Officers and 

 Privates, now ce n^ists of only .'^19 men. 



Jonathan Maltby raised the season pnst a potatoe. 

 that "vveiirbed 5 noimds and 1-ioeincrs an 1 measured I 

 foeet round, it was the only one in the hill ; this can be 

 avoeiched for by a number of persons. — Wmdsvr paper. 

 General Barton, a hero of the revolution, liberated 

 afte r a long impiisonmenl I'or elebt in V'eimont by the 

 liberality of I a Fayette, returned to this town and to 

 his family an Friday e\-eeiing last, after an absence of 

 about fourteen years — Proridtvct paper. 



From 12 to 20,000 'at hogs have, the present senson 

 been driven throifgh Wooster.Ohio, elestined to Cleave 

 land, thence they are to be taken to maiket, probably 

 N. Oileans. 



How la " cut n loon." — .4 gentleman at Falmouth. 

 C. C. on Monelay last, shot a Loon, weighing 1 1 pounds, 

 which seemed armed ard equipped for battle, having a 

 fish hook fixeel in his neck, " and thereby hung a tail," 

 or in other words, attached to this hook were three feet 

 nf cod-line and a pound of fishing lead ; doubtless all 

 for the purpose of assisting his loonship in the practice 

 of diving. — Barnstable Gerr. 



A Canal is proposed in Georgia, to connect the At- 

 lantic with the Gulf of Mexico, through that State. 



Congress has, by the Constitution, an express power 

 (o establish Post Roads — and these are all the Roads 

 they can want to establish, as nearly every Road is, at 

 present, a Post Road— and they can designate any 

 they please as such. 



We understand that the amount of auction duties, 

 paid into the State Treaniry, by the auctioneers ofthe 

 city of Philadelphia, for the quarter ending the first 

 day of December, is about 80,000 ! 



