1826.J 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



19S 



DEC. 30 A bill prcsrri'.iiiig the mode of deciding 



controversies between the Slates, was introduced. 



}\S. :3— The Vice President communicated a Treas- 

 ury lle'iiort, giving the ag^'regate quantity of imported 

 wine.', with tlie rate of duties paid thereon, which, al- 

 ter Vo'mu remarks from Mr Lloyd, was referred to the 

 Cdnimiltee on l inance 



Blacl.ilone Canal. — The Annual Meeting of the Com- 

 pany for this Communication from the Heart of this 

 Ommonweallh to the c.-,^llal of Khode-lsland, vras 

 held on Wednesday last. The report of the Comniis- 

 siont-rs shows thnt the enterprize is in vigorous prosecu- 

 tion. $40,000 1.1 d been received by the Treasurer, 

 and $31,000 expended. Contracts had been made for 



jy^fv. 4 A motion waslaidon the fable for inquiring 1 the excavation of a large part of the Canal ; and Mr. j 



into tlie expediency of establishing a Navy Yard within Hutchf.nson (formerly engaged in the Grand Canal of I 

 the limits of Narraganset Cay, Khode Island. — 1 he 

 Revolutionary Pensioners' appropriation bill was passed 



SZOUSZS- DEC. 30 — A resolution was offered, 

 relative lo reducing the duties paid on Teas and Coffee. 



( ^rs( 3 — Ml- Hamilton from the Committee on Mill j 

 lary -. Cfairs, reported a bill to authorize the settlement i 

 of the claims of Massachusetts, was read twice and 

 committed. — Mr \Vebster from the Committee on the; 

 Judiciary, made a report that the petition of Thomas; 

 Cooper to have restored to him a fine paid under the 

 Sedition Law, might be withdrawn. After some debate 

 it was decided that the report and memorial should be 

 printed.— .Mr Webster likewise reported a resolution, 

 that 

 of b 



the whole, — A resolution calling on the President for 



list of appointments given by the Executive to members 



of Congress smce the fou';datioii of the Government 



and the state or Territory by them represented, was | were shivering, and ice formed a considerable thicknes« 



agreed to. — The House in Committee discussed the bill The old Creole negroes say the climate has changed 



■ lurther to amend the Judicial System of the United ■ for the worse, since the Americans purchased the coun 



New-York) was in acllvily. The Canal Commission- ^ 



ers arc Edward Carrington, Stephen H. Smith, and j form of the mould board, and land side, it is considered 



quired in working these several machines to advantage 

 and the great saving made in prepaiing fodder in this 

 way, render them among the most ust ful with the prac- 

 tical and experimental farmer. 



JAQUES' Improved Corn Sheller with fly wheel and 

 conical cylinder; the most approved machine for the 

 purpose in use. With a veiy general assortment of 

 wrought and ca?t iron ploughs. 



HOWARD'S Improved Paient wrought and cast Iron 

 Ploughs. IVom the superiour workmanship and peculiar 



,t It is expedient to establish by law a uniform system ' Orleans, during the year end 

 bankruptcy, which was referred to a Committee of; 1825, was about twenty-th 



Moses B. Ives, of Providence, John W. Lincoln and 

 John Davis, of Worcester, and Joseph Thayer, of U;c- 

 bridge. 



Flax. — .A p.itent for ten years has just been obtain- 

 ed in France for a machine for spinning flax. Buona- 

 parte promised a reward of a million of francs to the 

 invenior of such a machine. 



Broken Banls. — In looking over a Bank Note Table 

 published at New York, Dec. 30, we counted nearly 

 twenty Banks that had failed or stopped payment. 



The estimated value of articUa exporttd from New- 

 the year ending the 30th of September, 

 ree millions of dollars, of 



the most perfect plough now 



About 50 dozen of very superiour patent Steel MA- 

 NURE and HAY FORKS,— Common do. 



One London made patent CORN-MILL for grind- 

 ing or cracking corn, or well calculated for pulverizing 

 soda, &c. 



Improved patent CHURNS, — the best thing of the 

 kind we have ever seen. 



About 2000 setts of Willis' Patent BLIND SPRINGS 

 of various sizes, calculated to suit every description of 

 ■ Blinds, with hinges to f.t. 



The utility of these springs has been fairly tested in 



course of the past season, and proved beyond doubt 

 . ,. . ^, , their superior advantage over the common mode of fas- 



which there was upwards of fifteen millions m Colion. j^,^;^g_ (,y p^f.^iiy securing the Blind, and preventing 

 A'ew Orleans. — The weather was vfry cold in New- tl,at destruction of Blinds and Windows, that so corn- 

 Orleans during the first week in Deceniber ; the peo]-ile j monly take place. 



Likewise a great variety cf .Agricnltural tools, Szc. 



States." Mr Webster s'lpported the bill in a long and 

 able speech, when the Committee rose, reported prog- 

 ress and obtained leave to sit again. 



Massachusetts Lcmslaturc, 



S S N A T S. J-^N. 4— Mr Mitchell, Treasurer 

 and Ueei iver Geueril, made a report of the receipts & 

 expenditures of the Treasury. By this it appears that 

 the cash in the Treasury, Jan. 1st 18'.;5, amounted to 

 §29, 519 68, and on the 1st of Jan. I!!26 to Sn(),4o6 25. 



JAN. G — -An order passed both Houses instructing 

 the Committee on Roads-and Canals to inquire wheth- 

 er any practical and useful Improvements have been 

 made in the construction of Rail V\'ay-i and of Stoim 

 Carriages thereon, so as to admit rf their being success- 

 fully introduced into this Commonweallh : and if so, 

 ■whether it is expedient to extend thereto the aid and 

 encouragement of this Commonwealth. 



J.\\.7 — .^ memorial of the town of Charlcslown in 

 favor of the pi '.ilion of John Skinner and others fur a 

 free Bridge over Charles river, was referred to a Com- 

 ■' mittee. 



JAN. — The Hon. Mr Winthrop from the Com. on 

 Public Lands reported a resolution for referring the 

 subject of certain undivided lands in Maine, ice. to the 

 2d Wednesday of the first session of the next General 

 Court. — \ Con.iniltce was appointed to consider what 

 alterations, if any, are necessary in the several acts rel- 

 ative to poor prisoners committed on execution fo)' 

 debt. 



HOU'SB. Jan. 6—1 he Conmiiltee on Educa- 

 tion was ordered to inquire into the expediency of era- 

 powering the inhabitants of School Districts to remove 

 their school houses. — A resolution passed relative to the 

 expenses of persons imprisoned for debt — also respect- 

 ing costs in crimi;-al rases before Justices of the Peace. 

 .A communication was received from the Warden of the 

 State Prison, relative to the expenses of the same for 

 the last ten years. 



JAN. 7 — The Commilteeon Banks was instructed to 

 inquire if any and what alterations were requisite to be 

 made in the laws relating to the establishing and pay- 

 ing for County Roads. 



JAN. n — The Committee on Banks was instructed 

 to consider the expediency of taxing all banks in this 

 commonwealth for their increased capital. 



try I 



A translation of parts of i\Ir Wfestf.r's Bunker Hill 

 Address has appeared in the Paris papers. 



In the Legislature of Georgia, Resolulions have 

 been moved, expressing a deserved confidence in the 

 'Government of the United States, and a patriotic at- 

 tachment to the Union. 



Bricks. — The U. S. Engineer, at Wilmington, North 

 Carolina, has adverti«ed to receive pioposals for fur- 

 nishing 6,000,000 of hard burned bricks, deliverable at 

 the mouth of Cape Fear river, during the months of Ju 

 ly, Oct. and Dec. 1S26. Proposals will be received 

 until the 2Cth Feb. next. 



The acting Governor of Florida, has rrcnnimcnded 

 to the Legislature, to exempt Gen. Lafayette's lands 

 from taxes, and to invite the General to come and re- 

 side on them— and he has recommended to the people 

 to sec that no injury is done to the General's proper- 

 ty- 



The National Journal of Wednesday contains an of- 



PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE, &c. 



[Corrected every 'J'hursday evening.] 



APPLES, best, 



ASHE?, pot, Isl sort, - - - 

 pearl do. - - - . 



BEANS, white, 



BEEF, mess, 200 lbs. new, - 

 cargo, No 1, new, - - 



"• No 2, new, - - 

 BUTTER, inspect. No. 1. new. 

 CHEESE, new milk, - - - - 



skimcd milk, - - - 



FLAX 



FLAX SEED 



FLOUR, Baltimore, Howard St 



Genesee, 



Rye, best, 



ficial list of recent promotions and appointments in the ^'r 



army of the U. S. "■ "' 



''•^* .An article from Providence on Lightning Rods, and 

 the inquiry of •' C." on Cob Mills, will be inserted 

 next week. 



Expedilion. — A Factory, er.rung in Dover N. H. 

 two hundred ind fifty-three feet long on the front, and 

 six stories high, and one hundred and eighty feet long 

 ton (he wing fronting on the river, and seven stories, 

 which was begun the -ast week in October, was in read- 

 iness 'o receive the roof last week. About two millions 

 of brick have been used in the building. 



FOR SALE, at the Agricultural Warehouse 108 

 State Street, one of WILLIS' improved and very supe- 

 rior Cylindrical HAY and STRAW CUTTERS. This 

 machine will cut with the greatest ease from 75 to 100 

 bushels of hay or straw per hour with the labour ef one 

 man and a boy. This ciitling may be varied from one 

 half to three inches in length. 



A great improvement in this machine is in the side 

 gearing, which enables one person to work and tend the 

 machine and at the same time cuts four strokes with one 

 revolution of the wheel. 



Likewise, one of EASTMAN'S Cylindrical ^TR AW 

 CUTTERS, with a general assortment of improved 

 Horizontal and Vertical machines. 



SAFFORD'S Improved ditto,— DUTCH HAND do. 

 with best cast steel knives. The very little labou." re- 



orn - 

 Barley 



Oats - - . - - 

 HOGS' LARD, 1st sort, nev, - 

 HOPS, No 1, Inspection - - 



LIME, 



OIL, Linseed, Phil, and Northern 

 PLAISTER PARIS retails at 

 PORK, Bone Middlings, new, 

 navy, mess, do. 

 Cargo, No 1, do. - - 

 SEEDS, Herd's Grass, - 



Clover - - - . - 

 WOOL, Merino, full blood,wash 



do do unwashed 



do 3-4 washed 



do 1-2 do 



Native - - - do 



Pulled, Lamb's, 1st sort 



do 



-pinn. 



ing, 1st sort 



PROVISIOJV MjIRKET. 

 BEEI'', best pieces - - - - 

 PORK, fresh, best pieces, - . 



" whole hogs, - - - 



VEAL, 



MUTTON, 



POULTRY, ...... 



BUTTER, keg & tub, - _ • 

 lump, best, - • ■ 



EGGS, 



MEAL, Rye, retail, - - - . 

 Indian, do. - . - ■ 

 POTATOES, - - 



CIDER, liquor, - - 



