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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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J \N. 26. The committee nn Education was instruct- 

 ed to rep Tt on the ejjpediency of authorizing; the Se- 

 lectmen oftheaereral towns in this Conirnonweallh to 

 proviile school books for children in the primary sciiools 

 a* the expense of the parents or ^iiatdians, 



JAN. 27. The Hon. .Mr Mills, from (he committee on 

 the subject reported a statement of farts, and sundry 

 resolves relative to the boundary line hctween thi" 

 stale and t'onnerticut. Also a biil for the relief of poor 

 debtors, which, after debate was postponed to '1 ue6day 

 next. 



.IAN. 28 — A hill for regulating the Militia was read 

 a first time. — The Committee on bridges made a report 

 unfavorable to the petition for a free bridge over Charb? 

 River. ^I'he 3d inst. was assigned tor the consii!- 

 eration of said report — A resolve passed granting $^J5') 

 to Bridgewater Academy. — Bills from the Houe t" in- 

 corporate the Boston .Marine Railway (Company, and 

 the RoxHury Insurance Company were read a first 

 time. Bill passed to incornorate the .Sth Mass. Turn- 

 pike — the Springfield Card Man Com'y — 'he Fpfi^ld 

 Man. Com'y. — ihe \. Fngland Glasc Hodle Co. — to 

 establish the Kssex Marine Railway Corp. — the Salis 

 bury V\'oolen Manufarturins t" ompany. 



•IAN. 30 — The hill relating to Landlords and Ten- 

 ants passed to be engrossed — The resolve passed re'a- 

 larr to the Con. Boundary line. A bill to establish a 

 School of .Agriculture at Dummer Academy had a first 

 reading. 



.lAiV. 31 — This day was prinrii ally occupied in Ihe 

 trial ot ^'amuel lilagge, F-sq. on impeachment, in 

 which the Court adjourned to the lat inst. without Com- 

 ing to a decision. 



£X OXJ S S. JAN. 25. The commiltee on Finance 

 was in trricted to inquire into the expediency of taxing 

 the agents of Insurance Companies, incorporated out of 

 this state for the amount of Capilal employed by the 

 same within tl i; Commonweallh. 



.lAV. 26. A hill to estaVilisb the New England Socie- 

 ty f -r the promotion of Manufactures and the Mechanic 

 Arts, was reported, and ordered to be printed. This 

 Mil provides for exempting American manufactured 

 ^no(^? sold at the public sales of the Institution from tlie 

 anrlion dutv- — A debate of considerable length took 

 p'ari' on the subject of the Massachusetts MilitiaClaim 

 and certain niodilled resolves for that purpose 'V'wd*«- 

 ferred to a committee. 



JAN. 27. A committee was appointed to inquire Into 

 the expediency of regulating bv law the width of the 

 rim of cart and wagon wheels, which travel the public 

 roads. 



JAV. 20— A message was received from the Gover- 

 tiir. informing that the Asrent for the prosecution of the 

 ?Tassachusetts Claim had tendered his commission, and 

 tlie resignation was accepted. 



J\N. 3f1 — A Committee was appointed relative to 

 bank returns being made to the Legislature within the 

 first week of its sf^ssion. 



JAN. 31— Resolves were reported for the adoption of 

 measures for a settlement of Ihe Massachusetts Claim. 

 — The Committee on the Judiciary was instructed to 

 inquire into the expediency of providing by law that 

 ille»ilimate childr'tn may inherit the estate of their 

 mothers. — Mess Lincoln of VV. and VVyles of B. were 

 fidd^d to the committee on the bill to confirm an Act of 

 the C^eneral Assembly of Vermont for the improvement 

 of the navigation in the valley of Connecticut river. 



The Supreme Court of Vtrmont. under the new or- 

 ga- izatlon, commenced its session at Rutland on the 

 23.1 inst. 



The amount of revenue paid into the U. S. treasury, 

 from <he port of Baltimore, for the year 1R23, wa'^ 41,- 

 OI3 7''4: the amount of drawbacks and bounties 

 J;24f!,'^57 : in 1824. duties <t8f:8,427— drawbacks J;2SS, 

 232: in 1R2.'). duties %9-l2 815— drawbacks $263,18L 



A bill has been reported in Ihe Senate of Prnnsvl- 

 vania. to exempt from the Auction drrty all goods of do- 

 m- stick manufacture, sold in that state. 



A nrivate cemetery near New-York was robbed on 

 Saturday ni?ht of the body of a your^ man. who had 

 be«n buried the preeedino* ^Vednesday. The perpe- 

 trators of the outrageous act have not yet been discover- 

 ed. 



fVa.thinglon Cili/ — Mr John ."^essford has published 

 his annual statement otthe progress of this metropolis. 

 It appears that there are 2.631 t uilriings in the city, of 

 wbieii 6'i dwrlliiig lioufts and In sbins were burit drrr- 

 ing the past ^ear; and Uie preseirl po|rulairon is esliura- 

 ted at ](3,0£5. i he ixttut ol new lunl payiin uls Ui.l 

 is given and is V( ry consider able ; anri the cily, gcntr- 

 ally, is improving. A tri.5ate and a si lop ol war are 

 building al the navy yard. The deaths during the last 

 year, were 225— 104 adults and 121 ehildr-. n ; greatest 

 nuiiiln-r in .luly, 35; least in Kebuary, 9- L)iseas<s : 

 corjsurnpliori 2:j ; cholera inlaulrrm 23; all sorls of ft - 

 ver 2'., chielly bilious; whoopin; cnu;-h 16; convulsioirs 

 16; cholera 14; still-born 10; croup 6; sudden 10; 

 decay 7; old age 6 — all else, o, or under. 



A meeting has been called at Worcester, for the 

 purpose ol taking measures lor obtaining a census of the 

 town. 



AJichi'^an. — It is the opinion of intelligent travellers* 

 thai there may be drawn from the region of Out 'nagon 

 river, sufficient qua nl it v of Copp^'r tn supply the Union. 

 And the character ol the country on the whole coast of 

 the Lake, justifies the belief that it abnurxis in min- 

 eral wealth. — Copper is an iniporlant ai licle in the 

 building of our navy, and we ought not to be depen- 

 dent on foreign couritri-s for a supply of it. It is said 

 that it does not exist in great quantiliis in any other 

 parr of the United States. 



Sir David Ochtprlnnv, whose decease in India has 

 bfen lately mentioned in the papers, is said to have 

 been one of the most popular British Generals ever in 

 India. He was, liUt .Admiral Coffin, a native of Bos- 

 ton, .Mass. and a graduate of oar fn e schools. Several 

 persons are now living who were his school-fellows. — 

 lie rose in the world by his talents and by those excel- 

 lent habits which have been, and we hope will ever 

 continue to be, the characteristics of tie youth of Bos- 

 ton — and which are better to them than the inheritance 

 of an estate. — Pal. 



Gen. Harrison, stated last week, in the Senate of 

 Ihe United Slates, that the number of desertions from 

 the regular army, for the first three quarters o' the yrar 

 1825, amounted to 701. a'ld if they were in ptropoition 

 for the last quarter, would reach the enormous amount 

 of934. In nine montVis, three Serjeants and twenty 

 corporals deserted. 



7 he Merhanics Bank of New-Haven, Conn, having 

 fulfilled the terms of its charter, by expi-nding $50,000 

 on the Farmino'ton Canal, has commenced its opera- 

 tions. The bills are handsomely executed, wirh ele- 

 gant vi?nettcs, and have striking portraits of Washing- 

 ton, Hillhouse, and Whitney, on the margin. 



The number of students at the Seminary of Messrs. 

 Cogswell and and Bancroft in .\ortbampton is 101; and 

 al the Law School of .Messrs. Mills and Howe in the 

 same place, 17. 



Thf Poor. — The towns of Rehobofh and Attlebor- 

 ongh have purchased farms, upon which their patipers 

 are to be kf nt, and bv whom the farms are to be crilti- 

 vated. This plan has bc^n adopted in other places, 

 and we believe has had the effect to lessen essentially 

 the expenses of their maintenance. 



Brvnsiriek Siijfrrers. — At New Bedford, $121 75 

 was collected in the several societies, for the relief of 

 the sufferers by fire in Brunswick, Me. 



Mr Sandford S. Perry of Troy. N.Y. has procured let- 

 ters patent for making S'one Ware Milk Pans. Their 

 superiority consists in being; impervious to all liquids ; 

 (hey keep milk more cool, sweet, and nrce than tin 

 pans ; and are strong enough to survive ordinary ac 

 cidents. 



Bnvk of Ihe Vnilfd Slates. — Larje sales of the stork 

 ofthis bank have been made in England at 21/. 10.?. 

 equal to $95 46 with dividend from the 1st July : which 

 was about seven per rent, below rar. The scarcity of 

 money in England, probably caused this. 



The Rrvnhil inn — It is supposed that there are about 

 one thousand x-enerable men living*, who served their 

 country in arms, as officers of the revolutionary war.— 7 

 Thev are 'iro-Ing before the Cong*rfss of the United 

 States a fulfilment nfthe rromis- s made them, at dif- 

 fere"t times, from 1778, to 1783, by the revolutioaary 

 Congre«s. 



The population of Ibinois is found by the state sen' 

 sus lately taken to be 72,817. According to the United 

 States census of 1820, it was 55,511. 



F.NGLISII I'O r.A'l OKS — I hese potatoes are Irom 

 the English Kidri'y see.!, and have bi tu amply proved 

 to be of excellent qrrality (or lamily rise ; pjsM;?siiig a- 

 bove all others r-ai.^ed (his season, a superior flavei"'. — 

 f arn)ers wb* are desirous ot improving; (he set d I'l this 

 most valuable vegetable, in quantity and qiralily, can 

 have a supply, by calring at the cellai under the church 

 in Chairncey I'lace (near .Sunuiiei street} any time dur- 

 ing the present and th- two Ibllowing iftf.ntbs. and it is 

 hoped they will improve the oppf>rtunity. — 'I hese pota- 

 toes are the same alluded to in page 190 ol the New 

 England Farmer. tl Jan. 20. 



{):^MR. I'Ol'EV- Threshing A Hrh:n( (a drawing of 

 which was given in this j^aper a lew months since) may 

 be seen at No. 65 .Market-street. Boston — 'Ihe Iriends 

 ol Agriculture are requesdd (oral! ai»d txan'ine it. 



.;^;y=\V AN 1 f^U — An ui. married man ol 22 to 30 years 

 of age who is well skill- d in the management of 1 ruit 

 trees as well as tho«e employm»*nts incident to agricul- 

 ture. He must prodrice unquestionable testimonials 

 of his ability, industry, and lidelity. Such an one will 

 reci ive liberal wages and gcod iieatuieut. Apply at 

 44, State-street. Jan. 27. 



PKICl;- of CtiL'IS'lKV PkODLCt:, &.C. 



[Corrected every 'Ihuisday evening.] 



APPLES,best, 



A.SHLS, pot, 1st sort, - - - 

 pearl do. - - - - 



REANS, white, 



BEEF, mess, 200 lbs. new, - 



cargo. No 1, new, - - 



" No 2, new, - - 



BUTIER, inspect. No. 1. new, 



CHEESE, new milk, . . - - 

 skiiued milk, - - - 



FLAX 



FLA.X SFEH 



FLOl/^, Baltimore, Howard St 

 Genesee, - - - 



Rye, best, - - . 



GaAlN,Rye 



Corn - - - - - 

 Barley - . - - 

 Oats - - . - - 



HOGS' LARD, 1st sort, new, - 



HOPS, No I, Inspection - - 



LIME, 



OIL, Liattced, 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, let sort 

 do Spinning, 1st sort 



PROVISION MARKET. 

 BEE!', best pieces . - . . 

 POP>K, fresh, best pieces, - . 



" whole hogs, - . - 



VEAL, 



MUTTON, 



POULTRY, --.... 

 BUTTER, keg & tub, - 

 lump, best, 



EGGS, 



MEAL, Rye, retail, - . - . 

 Indian, do. - . - ■ 

 POTATOES, - - 



CIDER, liijuor, - - - 



TO 



D. C. 



1 75 

 105 00 



112 00 



16 



9 



4 



II 



00 



00 

 80 



75 



50 

 10 

 25 

 98 

 85 



8 



90 

 40 

 60 

 40 

 35 

 55 

 45 



U 

 7 

 6, 

 6 



8 



8 



20 



22 

 25 

 80 

 8ll 



£0 



