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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



July 14, 1826. 



xaiscEi.]:.ANzz:s. 



HYMN, I 



Written by the Rev. Dr Holmes, and sung nt thi 

 Cambridge Celebration, July 4, 1826. 



With thankful heart and holy song, ^ 



Great God, we to thy temple throng, | 



Where, in our Country's darkest day, | 

 Her war-clad Leader came to piay. 



The prayer was heard ; God was our shield, 1 



He led our armies to the field ; 

 Girded with strength by power divine, 

 The field was theirs, the victory thine 



All-glorious Ruler of the skies, 

 Thy wisdom made our statesmen wise ; 

 Thy pillar showed the doubtful way. 

 By night afire, a cloud by day. 



Firm as the seer, the mystic roll. 

 They signed the heaven-appealing scroll ; 

 ** A nation born !" — the plaudits high 

 Of INDEPENDENCE lent the sky. 



God of our Fathers, now we rear 

 Altars of praise, for theirs of prayer ; 

 What they resolved. Thou didst decree, 

 To I'hee we owe this Jubilee. 



The RoyalCharter, Lord, defend; 

 Our Freedom guard till time shall end ; 

 Then, with thy ransomed, may we raise 

 New songs of never-fading praistti 



The following paragraphs are taken from the letter 

 of a traveller, published in the Boston Gazette. 

 Niagara Falls. On our arrival at the Falls, we 

 were struck with awe and reverence at viewing 

 "one of the greatest natural curiosities in the 

 world." As so much has been said and written 

 about them, it is unnecessary for us to make any 

 remarks — we will only say, that the scene to us 

 was very far beyond our expectations, both in 

 magnitude and magnificence ; and for a few mo- 

 ments we were lost in amazement in viewing the 

 works of the Almighty — that there is a God su- 

 preme who rules, thought we, who can doubt ? We 

 felt a gratitude to Him, for permitting us to view 

 this great work ; language cannot describe it — it 

 is wonderful and mysterious. The rapids appear- 

 ed to us like the troubled sea in a storm, before the 

 water reaches its destination, when it falls 160 feet, 

 in such a foam as to appear, on looking at it a mo- 

 ment, like congealed water, very pure and white. 

 On seeing the boat cross from shore to shore, a 

 man appeared very small, and in truth, mere noth- 

 ing, compared with this great work. It looked to 

 us rather terrific, but on being assured there was 

 no danger, we crossed over to the British side, 

 where we had a fine view from Table Rock, &c. 

 The moment we got into the boat, all fears of 

 crossing subsided, and we returned in safety, and 

 were well paid for the trouble. 



The Erie Canal is 36.3 miles long. We went 

 in the packets from Schenectady to Lockport, 304 

 miles, but it can be diversified as often as a person 

 chooses. You pass thhroug 27 locks from Schen- 

 ectady to Utica. From Utica to Rochester you 

 go upwards of 60 miles without a single lock ; and 

 from Rochester to Lockport it is the same. A per- 

 ion can go the whole length of the canal, begin- 

 »ing at Schenectady, for $17, and board found. — 

 The packets go about 3 1-3 miles an hour, night 

 mid day. The canal packets are in fine order, and 

 the living on board is equal to tliat of tlie best ho- 

 tels. We went as far as Utica in the Oneida 

 packet, and from there to Lockport, in the Niaga- 

 ra, Capt. Smith. We understand all the packets 

 have obliging and accommodating commanders, — 



at least, we found these so, and passed our time 

 very agreeably on board. The packet boats are 

 very economical tilings, as there is not any part 

 but what is appropriated to some useful purpose. | 

 The dining table appeared only about 3 feet long, | 

 with the captain's writing desk on it, and a small 

 number of books, to entertain the passengers, but 

 in a sliort time it was made to accommodate about 

 30 passengers, with a handsome dinner. At about 

 9 o'clock, P. M. generally all are silent on board, i 

 preparing for rest and in the same place where we ^ 

 dined, was our sleeping apartment — every one was 

 accommodated, as it were by magic, with a mat- 1 

 trass, blanket, pillow and sheets. We had all the 

 luxuries of the season on board. These packets 

 make a business of accommodating passengers. 



Utica, Rochester, &c. We were much pleas- 

 ed with the activity and bustle of Utica and Roch- 

 ester — wc saw many New England faces in both, 

 but the latter appeared to have a mixed population. 

 Rochester has at present about 6000 inhabitants, 

 has two theatres, open every day in the week, 

 which the public authorities have tried to check, 

 by taxing them 1^150 a month — has tried to get a 

 city government, and thinks she ought to have it, 

 as well as Troy. The great water privileges of 

 this place, must make it equal in population to 

 Albany in a few years. Utica has now five new 

 places of public worship going up. 



PEPPER. 



A ship arrived at Boston a few days since from 

 the island of Sumatra, with a cargo of 4500 pi- 

 culs, or 630,000 pounds of pepper. When she 

 sailed, two ships from Boston and three from Sa- 

 lem were taking in pepper at different places on 

 the coast. 



The countries that produce pepper are Suma- 

 tra, Borneo, Malacca, east coast of the gulf of Si- 

 am, west coast of Hindoostan, and some small is- 

 lands near Sumatra. It is calculated that the an- 

 nual produce of pepper on the globe is 45 millions 

 of pounds, one half of which is furnished by Sum- 

 atra. The average price at Sumatra is about six 

 cents and a half per pound. A great share of the 

 pepper trade is in the hands of the Americans, 

 who supply a considerable part of Europe with 

 this article ; in 1824, there were 27 American 

 vessels that took in cargoes of pepper on the south 

 west coast of Sumatra. — [Hampshire Gazette.] 



Length of Service. — Two men in the employ- 

 ment of E. Smith & Go's Chesterfield Iron Works, 

 (England) having been in their service during half 

 a century, without working for any other snaster, i 

 were in commemoration of the completion of their ! 

 jubilee term, treated with a supper, on the 10th of, 

 April last, with 9 others who had been in the ser- i 

 vice of the same firm above 40 years. The sum 

 of their ages is 759, making an average of 69 years, 

 and the average number of years since they were 

 first respectively employed is 47. [Manchester Pa.] 



JVeiv Article. — A package of a singular descrip- 

 tion has been just imported at the Custom House, 

 Dublin, from Leghorn, and consigned to the Rev. 

 T. Murphy, of Kilkenny. The declared value to 

 the owner is one shilling, which subjects it only 

 to a duty of t« o pence, and the package is entered 

 on the books "one box of bones of martyrs." 



TEA IN FRANCE. 



Tlie French are fond of coffee, but make very 

 little use of tea. Mr Carter, in his first letter 

 from France, says " The use of tea is almost en- 

 tirely unknown." The " Bulletin des Sciences " 

 gives a table of the imports and exports of France 

 for the year 1824, from which it appears that the 

 value of the tea consumed in that year was only 

 230,000 francs, (about t!43,000) while that of cof- 

 fee was almost 100 times as much — 22 millions of 

 francs, (about 4 millions of dollars.) The value of 

 the chocolate consumed in France is three times 

 as much as that of the tea. 



France exports silks (tissus de soie) to the 

 amount often millions and a half of dollars; rib- 

 bons 4 millions of dollars ; crape $750,000 ; wine 

 near 7 millions ; brandy near 5 millions, &c. Ibid. 



FIR WALTER SCOTT. 

 Tlip lady of Sir Waller, whose death haslately been 

 announced in the papers, was a native of Switzerland, 

 and although estimable in her private life had none of 

 I hat exquisite relish for the picturesque which charac- 

 terizes her ilUistiinus husband. An English periodical 

 magizine slates that while travelling on the borders 

 of France, some years ago. Sir \Valter was expatiating 

 in the most rapturous terms upon the beautiful land- 

 scape around them and pointing out to her particular 

 attention a verdant slope doited over with numerous 

 s'eep. — " l-)ey would be ver good wid de caper sauce, 

 nion cher," replied her ladyship. 



Great Improvement. — An ingenious mechanic 

 has invented a machine by which ladies can lace 

 their corsctts equal to a two horse power. Tliis 

 will be a great saving in the time of attendants, 

 and will enable ladies to dispense with the screws 

 and wind-ioMfs formerly in use. In a letter to the 

 inventor, Miss Wasp states that, she has reduced 

 her waist from_^ue inches diameter, to four and a 

 sixteenth! 



Canal. — On i\Tonday seventy boats arrived and twev- 

 ly-five cleared at Albany. Among the travellers pass- 

 ing west, were a company o( .yonregia}ts^ consisting of 

 several families, emigrating for the purpose of settle- 

 ment on the frontier of our state. — A". I'. Paper. 



According to Bell's Weekly Messenger, it is 

 thought that the common sort of tobacco may be 

 cultivated with success in many parts of England. 



Lynn Celebration. — The Lynn Mirror states 

 that the 4th of July was ushered in by the merry 

 peal of the bakers' bells, the ringing of la]i-stoncs, 

 &c. &c. 



PATENT noes.— .1. & A. Fale's Patent Hoes con- 

 stantly lor sale by French & Weld. 31 & 32 South 

 Market St., and French & Davenport 713 Washington 

 Street, who are appointed sole agents for vending the 

 jsame. eptf. Boston, Apr il 28. 1826 



' BELI^Ol'XDKR. This celebrated horse, of a 

 bright Hay, with black legs, standing 15 hands high, a 

 celebrated trotter, and a true desrendant of the f"ire- 



inwoyj, will stand at Col. .laqnes' stable, in Charles- 

 town, during the season. Charge $20. and $1.00 the 

 groom — see New England Farmer, April 14^ 1826. 



The travelling fare from New York city to Buf- 

 falo, a distance of 450 miles, it is euid to be only 

 ttedve dollars. 



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