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NEW ENGLAND FARrvFER. 



[Jan. i'-j, 



XMCXSCEI.I.A27IES. 



From the Hampshire Gazelle. 

 J^avij. — The navy of the Uniteil States, built 



Sir W. Koy, Allorney General to Charles 

 the First. Three Graziers at a iair left their 

 money with their hostess, while tiicy wcrvt to 

 transact their business. A siiort lime after, one 

 ol'lhem returned, and under |)rtftnce lliat they 



and building-, (not including two 7')s at Sackett's - had occasion for the whole mone3', received it 

 Harbor) consists of 12 ships of the line, ten { from the hostess, and made his escape with it. — 

 44s, three 36s, two 24s, four 16s, five 12s, and The other two sued the woman for delivering 



several smaller vessels; also ten sloops of war, 

 building, which will be afloat the ensuing year 

 Of the 7-ls, four are finished, and are, or have 

 been in service, three are launched, and dve are 

 building at the navj' yards so covered as to be 



that which she had received/rom the ihrce, be 

 fore the three came and demanded it. The cause 

 was tried, and a verdict found against the woman; 

 when Mr. Nov then making his first ajipearance 

 at the liar, desired to be fee-ed by her, because 



entirely protected trom the weather. Four ofj he could not plead without it. He then moved 

 the frigates are not yet launched. Five vessels! an arrest of judgmenl, that he was retained by 



the defendant, and that the case was this: the 



defendant halh received the money ol' the three 



The North Carolina, 74, cost g343,2ol—abont together, and confesses thai she u-as v.ol to de- 



■ - - ~ . y' - - .. . . ii-^i,j. iiii j^j same three demanded il, and there- 



built under the administration of John Adams, 

 in 1797 and 1799, are still in service. 



sam 



lore the money is ready, — let xho three come and 

 it shall be paid. This motion altered the whole 

 case of proceeding and first brought Mr. Nsy 

 into notice. — Wcstminsicr Hall., or Anecdotes of 

 the Bar., the Ji'oolsack, i.'j'f. 



two thirds for materials and one third for labor: 

 on the Columbus, not yet finished, g42C,931 have 

 been expended. The frigate Brandywine with 

 her equipments and outfits cost ^261, 879. The 

 expenses of the navy for the year 1826, inchi- 

 ding the gradual increase of the navy, are es- 

 timated a( about three millions of dtdlars. Of 

 the vessels of the United States navy in com- 

 mission, six are in the Meiiiterraneati, three in 

 the Pacific, eight and several barges in the West 

 Indies, and one on the roast of Brazil. One ol 

 these vessels is a 74, three 44s, one 36, the other? 

 are small. 



Fortifications. — About three and a half mill- 

 ions of dollars have been expended upon 11 or 

 12 forts now urtder construction, and it is esti- 

 mated that two and a half millions more will be 

 reqiiLsile to complete them. Fort Monroe, at 

 Old Point Coniforl, iias cost upward* of a mill- 

 ion of dollars, and one quarter of a million more 

 will he necessary to finish it. The Board ol 

 Engineers have projected other tbrtificali"ii«. 

 "to be commenced as soon as possible," which 

 are ostim ited to cost about four and a half mill- 

 ions ofdollai's. — They have also projected other 

 Works, " to be commenced at a later jieriod,'" 

 the cost of which is estimated at more than five 

 millions of dollars. 



Indian Schools. — The government pays 13,500 

 dollars annnally for the support of schools, &ic. 

 at 38 stations among various tribes of Indians. 



Ot ihe schools 16 were establishe<l liy the .\meri- 

 can Board of Foreign Missions, 7*hv the Baptists, 



6 by the Uniteil Foreign l\Iis.=ion"iry Society, 2 



by the Moravians, &c. The society of Jesuits „o, <,ti,. one foot!" The Speaker was prudent 

 liave a catholic school among the Indians ol aiis- - 



Lord C. J. Holt. — In the reign of Queen Anne, 

 1704, several (iremen oi'tho Borough of .\yles- 

 biiry, who proved their qualiiications, were re- 

 fuseil the liberty of voting at an election of mem- 

 bers of parliament. The law in such cases im- 

 poses a fine on the returning oflicers of jJlOO lor 

 every such offence. Un tliis principle ihey ap- j 

 plied to Lord Chief Justice Holt, who ordered i 

 the officer to be arrested. The Mouse ol Com- j 

 mon=, alarmed at this step, jiassed an order ofj 

 ihe House to make it penal for either judge, j 

 counsel, or attorney to assist at the trial ; how- 

 ever the Lord Chief J u-itice and .«cveral lawyers] 

 were hardy enough to oppose this order, and! 

 Iirought it on in the court of King's Bench. The 

 House, highly irritated at this contempt oftherr 

 order, sent a Sergeant at .\rms lor the Judge to 

 ap(>fcar before them; hut that resolute defender 

 of the laws bade him, with a voice of aulhoiity, 

 "BfnoHc.'" on which they sent a second mes-j 

 sage by their Speaker, attended by as many i 

 members as espoused the measure. After the 

 Speaker had delivered his message, his Lord- 

 ship replied to him m the following remarkable 

 words: '-Go back to your chair, Mr Speaker, 

 within this five minutes, or 1 »vill send you \o . 

 Newgate. You speak of your authority ; but 1 

 will tell you I sit here as an interpreter of the 

 laws, and a distributer of justice, and were the 

 whole House of Commons in your belly, I would 



fore, in the humblest ami mosi cunning manner, 

 wrote to Frederic to obtain his permission, al- 

 legixig that both his health and aft'airs required 

 his departure. But the more cral'ty King, who 

 probably saw through his design, returned this 

 short but affectionate ansiver. 



'• My Dear Siordecai, nothing but death shall 

 part us. Frederic" 



The Husbandman in IVinter. — The winter is 

 a season of leisure. How'short Ihe day for per- 

 forming labor 1 How long the evening and night 

 for rest ! How convenienl the evening for re.id- 

 ing, for study, for religions and moral improve- 

 meut. Several hours may be devoted by the 

 husbandman to instiucting his lamily, gaining in- 

 l'orm:ilion, examining the state of his affairs, lay- 

 ing liis plans lor future business, occasionally 

 h-dding intercourse with friends and neighbors, 

 and the like. He may meditate on the works 

 ot God, his' providence, his g<ivcrntnent of the 

 world, especially on Ihe wonders of Ihe passing 

 season. The (lower and majesty of God are 

 suggested by the howling wind, the mighty cold, 

 the impassable snows, the strong fetters of ice. 

 .'I'he wisdom and goodness of God are seen in 

 the arrangement of the seasons, in the provision 

 made for the sui)port and comlort of this dreary 

 season by the productions of the preceding, in 

 the comlbit of our dwellings, in the various me- 

 thods of mitigating the severity of the season. 

 This work forces ifself on our reflection. We 

 are invited liy many circumstances to meditation. 

 What vast imjirovement may be made, if our 

 minds are half as active as our bodies are when 



we venture from our sheher. --Christian Ressis. 



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Pensions. — Tlie number of Revolutionarj- pensioners 

 ia all the states, on the 4th of September latl, was 

 12,9!;5 ; of invalid pensioners 3,690 ; those on half pay 

 111. Amount annually paid to Revolutionary pension- 

 ers $1,304,681 16; t" the invalid and halfpay pension- 

 ers $210,106, i:9. Of the RevohiUonary pensioners, .New 

 York has 2,9fiO ; aiassachusetts, 1665; Maine 1,152; 

 Vermont 1,050. 



souri, which receives 80i) dollars annually. — 

 The number of teachers (including their fami- 

 lies) at all the schools is 281 ; number of schol- 

 ars 1159. 



Lead Mines —The lead mines of the U. S. in 

 Missouri and N.W. Territory, produced 887,298 

 poundsof lead the first nine months of the (iresent 

 year,of which ihe U. S. received 101,1 13 pounds 

 tor rent of the mines. It is estimated that the 

 ore raised will make as much more. Itissup- 

 Jiosed that additional leases will be applied lor, 

 and that live millions of pounds will l)e made 

 next year. The rents have been fixed at ten 

 per cent. 



enough to retire, and the House were equally 

 prudent in lolling the aliair drop. — Ibid. 



Frederic of Prussia — At Ihe time Lord Hat- 

 field was sitting for his picture, he frequently 

 diverted Ihe painter by some curious anecdote, 

 one in particular, of a very rich Jew who re- 

 sided in Prussia, at the time of Frederic the 

 Great, and was in high favor with his Majesty, 

 and a very useful person to him. Certain ap- 

 prehensions, however, arising in the Jew's 

 mind, that a very wealthy subject was not in the 

 mosi safe situation, while under an arbitrary 

 monarch ; he resolved within himself to get out 

 of the Prussian dominions, together with his 

 property, as soon as he could accomplish it. — 

 But thi.s he saw was not possible to t)e done till 

 he had procured the King's consent. He there- 



Thc imports into the U. S. in the year ending Sept. 

 30,1325, have exceeded $91,000,000. The exports, 

 92,000,000. Of the exports, upwards of 66,000,000 were 

 of domestic productions. Of the imports upwards of 

 86,000,000 were in Am. vessels, of the exports upwards 

 of 81,000,000. 5 or 6 millions of the exports were of 

 domestic manufactures. All the exports and imports 

 have increased greatly. The tarifl" has not diminished 

 the forei^'n trade. 



An account is given in an -■ilbany paper of a well 

 dressed Iheif entering a house by niixing with some re- 

 spectable company ; coamiitting a robbery and escap- 

 ing. 



The names of the two ships of the line on the stocks 

 at the rVavy Yard, Charleslown, Ms. are f'irginta and 

 Vermont^ and of the frigate recently commenced, Cum- 

 berland — The ship of the line at I'orlsmouth is named 

 the Alnhama.1 and the frigate the Santcc. 



VF.aY I'INi: COW— Kor Sale, a cow from the breed 

 of Mr Williams of Northboro' — expected to calve ia 

 February next. Enquire at this office. I.IIO 



yj''- i'ulilished every Kriday, at TiiRr.t 1./lili.ars, 

 per annum, payable at the end ot the year — but those 

 who pay within sixty days from tlu time of subset ibicg* 

 will be entitled to a dt duction ol I'll rv C eats. 



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