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SI)C Sauna's iHontijig bisitor. 



For the Farmer's Monthly Visitor. 



Dear Sir:— In noticing nii article in tlie Vis- 

 itor res|iertiiig lime on potatoes as a preventative 

 a^iainst rnst, 1 wonlii remark that I sowed eight 

 casks of lime in 1842, on ten bushels' sowing of 

 wheat, an<l foiiiitl it a good article for the growth 

 of the wheat, and alio to prevent rnst. The 

 o-ronnd was |)loiighed in the fall and iiiannred ; 

 Then ))loui,'hed in the spring, and sowed ahont 

 the 20th oT April. The increase was 136 bush- 

 els from 10 hnsliels sowinj:. 



I also sowed 5J bushels for Isaac Foss : sowed 

 it in fom- lioms. The yield was 102^ bushels. 

 Onr .'-lahles of jrrass were the greatest that they 

 iiave been for 10 years. We thiidi lime equally 

 Qs good on grass as on wheat and potatoes. 

 Respectfully Tonrs, 



NATHL."MOxVTGOMERY. 



Ukprecedenteu Cold Weather. — The re- 

 cent cold weather has been so severe as to freeze 

 over Boston harbor and render it im|iossible for 

 vessels either to arrive or dep'art. The steamer 

 IJiittania has been <lelayed a day or two in its 

 departure from Boston for Liverpool on this ac- 

 count. The Bo^tou Post gives the following 

 account of the o[)cniug of the harbor in that 

 city ; — 



OPF.NIKG OF THE Haueok. — Vcslerd.iy morning the 

 gentlemen who had contracied to open the harbor, com- 

 menced operations. Tliey liad a Ibrce of about three 

 hcndreti men and sis liorses, and ice iaiplements of all 

 shapes and siz??, among which, the most cfTeclivc were 

 ice-p!oughs. The forces were divided into two parlies, 

 one of wliom commenced at the open sea below, and the 

 other at East Boston, in the vicinity of the Cunard wharf 

 Four furrows were cut. about 2o ieel apart, thus making a 

 channel 75 feet wide, sufficient space to admit of the de- 

 Darture of tire steamer Brittanra. The ice between the 

 "two southern furrows, 25 feet wide, as soon as cut, was 

 broken up and hauled under the ice by means of ropes 

 and grapnels. Last evening, about sunset, a channel 23 

 feel \. iJe and five miles long had been opened by the par- 

 ly wiio commenced at East Boston. Tiie party below, at 

 the same time, had cut an opening two miles in length 

 and 7-5 feet wide. When the two parties meet, the re- 

 maining ice, which is cut into two furrows above, will be 

 broken up and floated out with tile ebb tide, thus leaving 

 an open channel 75 feet wide, from E;ist Boston to the 

 enuthern outlet of the harbor, which is entirely clear of 

 ice. I'he partj' who commenced at F-ast Boston used 

 horses to drag the ice-ploughs, but below it was Ibund 

 impracticable, and men had to perform that l.ibor. 



A horse and iiled and two men, while driving over the 

 ice below, ti?li through, and were rescued with much dif- 

 ficulty. This is the only accident, so fir, tint has oc- 

 curred. The weather was remarkably mild during the 

 tlay, and large n'jmhors of people were on the ice. includ- 

 ing several i.idies, witnessing with a,nparenl glee the open- 

 ing of the harbor. 



Last night the weather continued so mild Ihat the con- 

 tractors continued their exertions, intending to continue 

 them through the night until they have completed a chan- 

 nel '■ ifTicieiUly wide to adniit the steamer Briltanin to 

 dep ■:i to-day. Tiiey have tents and fires on the ice, and 

 suitd)le refreshments for their forces. 



RAii.noArs and .Mails. — By the annual report of the 

 U. S. Ftkst oince, it appears that ^5,000 per annnm is paid 

 the Portland ; g2.953 to the Concord and i\asluia ; ,§10,- 

 068 tithe Eisiern. in M.isj. aad ^. H.; g5.S6!) to the 

 Mai.ie ; gS.GOOto the Lowell ; .STS.oOO to the Worcester; 

 ;gl3.2.30 to the Western; ;?7.6CG to the Providence; 

 al, SOU to the Taunton, and g2. 100 to Ibc !S"ew Bedford 

 railroads. Total payment to railroads in IMassachusetts, 

 ^5o,G93. Tile Schenectady, for 73 miles, receives Jjlo,- 

 GO') i the Syracuse, .*?9,~75 ; Auliurn and Rnchestcr, JJI7,- 

 925; Rochester,5l3.650; Buffalo and Attica, ,?8,7S0 ; the 

 IS'ew Brunswick, ^i 1.783; Trenton, &.<■. g20.878 ; Co- 

 lumbia, SlS.'inO; i-leading, ?j'6.875 ; Baltimore and Phila- 

 delphia, ;JSJ.60C; Bdiimoru and Ohio, g43.22j; Augusta 

 anil Charleston. gS3.01£ ; Madison, S-d.JlS; Macon. 

 ^20..5S0. The whi-.le amount paid to railroads for mail 

 BiTvfce. is 5531.752, and to steamboats for the same, 

 S2Gt,773. 



350; Indiana, 6,400; Illinois, 200,000; Mi?.sonri, 

 13,150: Arkansas. 8,700; Florida, li,000.— Total, 

 0,179,174. 



Importa.nt to Agriculturists. — Rags as Ma- 

 nure. — The value of rags has liL-eu |jroved by 

 Mr. r. Howard, of Dovvlish Wake, near Bath., 

 Eng., who dres.sed u forty sicre [lieee of land 

 partly with rags and partly with lime, and put it 

 into wheat; ttie result of which is, Ihat the part 

 dressed with rags is far superior to the lime part, 

 producing stalks six feet four inches high, with 

 the ears proportionably long and large, the pro- 

 duce avejaging forty bushels an acre. Two oth- 

 er small pieces on the same farm, dressed with 

 rags after potatoes and vetches, are erpially pros- 

 [lerous. The ohl laborers of the place declare 

 they do not recollect ever seeing such pieces of 

 wheat before. The seed sown was called the 

 golden drop and the white lainnias. — Herald. 



The Wages of Factory Girls. — The Cin- 

 cinnati Atlas, speaking of a factory in that city 

 for the manntacture of cotton bagging, in which 

 55 gills and 45 men are employed, says — 



"A lillle girl at this establishment qifit work on 

 Saturday at 2 o'clock, having woven thirty cuts, 

 equal to 3,520 yards, from Monday moriung, lor 

 which she was paid twenty cents per cut, being 

 six dollars lor less than as many days' employ- 

 ment." 



AUCTIO.M SALES YESTERDAY. 

 [By Henry Robins &. Co.] 

 CF.EF — Western Prime, 35 bbls , ^4 per bb!., 4 mos. 

 COFFEE — St. Domingo, 10 bags, d\c per lb., cash. 

 SUGAR — Havana brown, 10 bxs. 7c per lb., 4 mos. 

 CORN MEAL— 100 bbls., gH 12 per bbl., cash. 

 BREAD— Pilot, 30 bbls., 2J a 2o per lb., cash. 

 BCCKWHE.Vr— 10 do., ,§3 59 per bbl.; do. do., 20 

 bags, 100 lbs. each, ^1 G2 per bag, cash. 



PAPER— Wrjoping. double, 170 reams, 67 a 47cJ ; do. 

 single, 137 reams, 26 aSo.'; Letter, 100 reams, $1 35 a 

 1 22^3 bhoe, SO reams, 30c per ream, cash. 

 [By John Tyler.] 



PORK— Western extra clear, 25 bbls., §11 75 per bbl., 

 cash. 

 LARD— Do. 100 kege. 6|c per lb., cash. 

 BEEF— Do. Prime, 29 bbls., gl 12 per bbl., cash. 



COJfCOKIJ WHOtiES.'tljE 



CASH PRICES CURRENT, 



For West India Goods & GaocEaiES, Floub, Gn\i."», Pro- 

 duce, Irok & Steel, Plasteh, Salt. Lliie, &c. &c. 



Corrected weekly for Mill's K. II. Patriot by GILMORE & 

 PR-\TT, at the Depot Store, Concord, N. H. 



TiiE Markets. — We are unable to give the 

 readers of the Visitor the usual variety under the 

 head of '■ Markets'' — onr exchange papers from 

 the cities south of Boston not bavins come to 

 band for several days in consequence of the in- 

 terruption of the mails, which, lietween New 

 York and Boston, have been retarded and ilelay- 

 cd by the freezing of water communication. 



02/^ The |)ublication of the present nmiiberof 

 the Visitor we have delayed a day or two, in or- 

 der to arrange our list of new subscribers, itiany 

 of whose names liave not been returned within 

 the time specified in our prospeclns for the pres- 

 ent volume. Tliose subscribing hereafter, can be 

 furnished with liack numbers. 



TO FORMER SUBSCRIBERS.— TAKE NO- 



TiCE. 

 PG^'^Ve shall .send this volume of the Visitor 

 (for 1844) to al! of our subscribers of last year ; 

 excepting; to such as have alreatly or shall IIVI- 

 .Mi:UI..iTEliy order to the contrary, who, by 

 givias usuotice throuah the postmaster iu their 

 several towns, and pacing up for any arreara- 

 ges, wiil have tueirsubscrijitious discontinued. 



(X^T/iosf^ u-ho Jmve not aireadji paid llieir sub- 

 scrijjfionsfor the priscnl I'olume, should reroUed thai 

 our terms are '-cash in auvcince," and ad cccordinj;- 

 bj. Prompt prnjnunls are particular!;/ and urgeiili;i 

 requested, since our suhscriptinn price is so vert 

 LOW that the publication of Ihe yisdor cannot be sus- 

 tained otherwise. Jli it will be inconvenient, and in 

 man;/ cases impossible, for us to send out agents to 

 miike collections front such, they loill great!;) oblige 

 us bj !ia:iding the arnounl due io Hit postmaster oj 

 the toicn tvlicre tlieij may rt^sidc, who wit! enclose iiio 

 us ivilhout tlic expense of poslas^-e to iliem. 



LHILL 4- SO.YS. 



Concord, Jan. 31, 1344. 



THE MARKETS. 



The S.4.LT Trade.— The Boston shipping list 

 has some valualile statistics in referetice to the 

 cr.iaiilily of salt manufaclm-ed in the United 

 Stales in 1840, and the quaii!iiy imported In tiia! 

 yeiii-. The iiggregate is i-4,302,:J37 bnshel.s wliich 

 would give to each man, woman and child in the 

 Union, a portion of sev:»ii-ei_'li!hs of a, husliel o! 

 f!alt. The following table exhibits the aggregate 

 amount of salt inatiufuclurcd in 1S3!), in eatdi 

 State and Territory in tlie United Stales. It 

 shows how widely tliij mineral, so necessary for 

 man, is dilfused tlironghuut onr ■onnlry : — 



Maine, .'iO.OOO bnsbi-ls ; New Hampshire, 1,'itTO ; 

 Massachiise'its,376,590; Counccticnt, 1,.500; New 

 York, 2,867,864; New Jersey, 500; Peiinsvlvn- 

 hia, 549,4<)8 ; Delaware, 1.460 ; Marvland. r,QOO; 

 Virginia, 1,755,648: North Carolina, 1,4S3; Souili 

 Carolina, 9,550: Kfutitckv, 219.n9,5: Ohio, 9f>7,- 



BOSTO.V M.iRKEr — Jan. 31, 1844. 



[Reported (or the Courier.] 

 FLOUR — The tlomesiic market is very arm to-day, and 

 as there can be no arrivals chile the present cold v/eatRer 

 last.^, the liarb ir being entirely closed, holders anticipate 

 some t'urthpr advance in prices. Sales ol" Ohio gT), and 

 1000 hbls. Genesee §5^ — the best descriptions of S.ontli- 

 erji are also § !:i;rlier. Grain ofal! kirit<s isiield Tor better 

 prices; yellow flat corn we quote at 53, and v.hite aOc. 

 Its, best, 35 a 3Gc per bushel. 



NEW YORK C.ITTLE BJARKET, .Tan. 29. 



.\l Market. 9£o Beef Cattle. ( loO Southern,) and JSOO 

 Sheep and Lambs. 



PaiCKS— flfe/ Catlh—Wp. quote giZj ii HO, to $5 

 25 a &^0. O^^CPi^ quality, and ilnti. 



Safp niensmbs—M Si 60 a So, with eales of eitra 

 at ,S5 a .?G. .J P ' .^ 



.■\LB.\NY, Jan.SJ. Kiour sells at S4. There is con- 

 siderable f.vo-rov-cd Barley arriving, and sales of prime 

 have been made as hii»h as .'J3c. Oats come in l.»r'^e 

 qinntities. and sell at id a 29.Jc. Rvc sella readily at 65Ac. 

 .\ small lot 0\' v.lntc field Peas at 50c j green niarrowials 

 at GO a 31c. Sales of Tiuaothy Seed at ^2? a 2^. Park 

 comes in freely, and sales of iieivy ar.^ luad.T at ^5. and- 

 POfDc choice lots imiirV^^r 



Jan. 3) 



ASHES, Pots, ni 



Pearls .i',| 



.■\L1,U.M 4' 



BLUE VITHIOI.,, -SJ 



RIUMSTO.^iE, Roll, 3 



Sulphur, .' 4 



C.'i.MPHOr., Refined..... 1,00 



CANDLES, Mould, 10 



Spsrm, 32 



CASTOK OIL, first qiial- 



ilv, 4>eall l,Ra 



CHALiv,"^ hunJ 50 



COFFEK, St. Domingo, 6J 



Porto Rico,, ?,i 



Porto Cabi-llo, 9 



Ohl Government Java,... 11 



COPPERAS, 9 



F1.?H, Uank, g^ quintal,. .2,73 



Polioiik, 2,50 



P,av, ^,62^ 



Old Dun, ..4,00 



FLOUR, Ger.c3ee, 5,75 



Far.cy brand, G,09 



Ohio, Akron, 6,0) 



FRUIT. Fics, 14 



Raisins, blue mark 7,50 



Black mark 7,00 



Bn.^, hunch 2,35 



FUSTIOK, Cuba, f- ton, 30,00 



Tarapico, ,'>2,00 



Ground, ti* bund 1,50 



GLUE, Russian bi-st 17 



American II 



GRAIN. Oats, 30 cent 1» bu 



Corn 6-5dodoIni 



Eye, .'.. 58 do dobil 



Beans, 75 -ai 1,50 



Peas 7511)1,00 



GRINDSTONES, 1st qual- 

 ity, finislisd,^? ib "-,33 



Tij. do. unfinish,id, \S 



GC.M C0P.4L, 4!) 



HERRING, =» box, Ko. I, .55 



Scaled 75 



INDIGO. Een5aI,.l,lO'a!i.75 

 Spanish float, ...l,na@ 1,53 



Manilla 75'aJ,*25 



IRON, Old Sable,, 4', 



En;Hsh, 3 



Banks, refined, 4 



Eii^li..^il, sheet, 5 



Russia, ilo p.; '51 13 



Old Sabl; nail r.ids a.j 



.Norvvegian do « 



Ooniinon d.i 4.^. 



Enj;Iish hoop, 5' 



A:nfrica!i do ....4 



Shoi Shap.;s, Am ' . . .44 



Swedes, shoe shap.'^s, 4| 



LEAD, Sheet, 5 



Pig, 4 



LEATHEtt. Nciv Vcrk 

 Sole Leather, Lisht, 17 ® 90 

 Do. H:-avy, 15'?S16 



LIME, TJioinaslon, fu^t 



q.iaiitv .1,3 5 



Camdil, do ■M^ 



LOGWOOD, St. Domin!''^ 



Ro, l*t.in, 2^00 



Campeachy, 27,00 



Cirou'iid, ^*hund I, .50 j 



MACKEREL, ^lo. 1, ^ 



bh! 11,00 ! 



No. 9, S,03 1 



No. 3, 7,00:| 



MOLA-i.-SES, liavaqa, ..fti-23 i 



Siirimm 93 



■I'rinidad, -VJ I 



Porto Rico, v 33 j 



£iij"r House, 45 i 



NAILS. Boston Iron Co's ' | 



brand. ;...4" 



Old Cidanv do........... 4 



1844. 



Do. Extra Dry, 5,75 



Do. No. 1, do 6,95 



Albion extra, do 5,25 



Do. No. l,do 4,75 



PLASTER, p- ton, 5,50 



Do. cround 9,00 



PROVISIONS. Pork Ex- 

 tra clear 1(> bbl, 14,00 



Common d.i 19,00 



,£.\tia .Mess, 19,00 



Voinmon do 11,50 



R'uind Hogs, ^ hun-. 



dred, 4,00'® 5,50 



Butter,^ lb, (iiffill 



t^liuese, new inilcb,.. .4fw5 



Four meat,. . , 3 O 4 



Dried apple, best 4 fW 4^ 



Lard, northern, 7i 



Do. southern, 64 , 



Turkeys, ii(»B 



Chickens, G®6 



Geese ; 4fi)5 



REDWOOD, ground, r 



bund.-. 9,.'>0 



Nicarajiia, If* ton, ....35,00 

 RICE, K> liund. best, .-,..3,53 



RDSLN, t»lilil 5,00 



SAL/E:{.\TUS, first qualitv,5i 

 SALT, at. Ubee, f- hbd. 4,00 



Cadiz., 3,75 



lionairei, 4,5D 



Turks Island 4,50 



Liverpool, 3,75 



Do. tin.":, VVortliingston 



brand, {> has, 9,95 



D.i. other brands, 2,19 



S.*LTPEPRE, crude, 7i 



Do. refined, 8 



SEED. Clover, northern,. 11 



V'i. s^uthetn, 7 



Herds :;risi, » bu.1,75, 2,00 

 SHEETINGS, prime1?-yd,. .8 



SHOT, assarted, SJ 



SHOVELS, cast st^cl, t* 



do'^. . . 

 5t-;el pointed do... . 



Iron da. bet. 



Do. common, 



SOAP, CB>-tile, 



While Soap, best,. 



Brown, No. 1, 



Family, 



.10,00 

 .9,00 

 .8,00 

 .6,53 

 ...12 

 ....8 

 ....4 

 ... .5 



Extra, ...0 



SPICES. Cassia, in mats, 90 



Do. ground S3 



Chivus, 30 



Gin?er, pure, RJ 



Macs, ^J> lb I.Oe 



N.i'n-e5=, best, 100 



Pirilenlo, whole 12 



Do. groiind, ,. 13 



Pepper, \\ hole, 11 



Do. cr.innd, 12 



SPIRIT.S TUBPENTIN E, 

 i^gall 50 



STEEI,, Sivedcs, best SJ 



Sanderson, Blethers Sz 



*Co. cast steel, 18 



.Ifssop & Son, do 174 



Carman, best, 12 



Do. common 10 



Ce;ach spring, best, 9J 



Si^GAUS, nro«n Hava- 

 na, Very best, 8 



Do, do. prime, 7J 



Do. do. fair, 7.', 



Double refined East Bos- 



ion'loaf, 19{ 



Do. do. crushed, .........19^ 



- Do. do. powdered, ......13 



Cimmon 1.11^ II 



Porto aico,B&t,. 8 



Purified .Muscovado do .. .7.^ 



Wrirelmm do <35 ! TAR, !,> bbl 3,00 



P.\L\Tj:. Cbrcrneycdlow, 3 ! TBAS. Gonpowdcr, best 



quality, 1? lb, 75 



imperial, i^o 60 



i!yson,dn 60 



Hyson Skiv, do ...30 



Liiharge 7 I 



RndLcpd CM 



Prussian Blue, best, 80 I 



Veii'^lian Red. ;3 



Verdigris, 



U'hilini-', best, 



Do. common, 



French Y.'dtow,... 

 Paris Green, best,. 



\'eri;iilion, 



Camwood 



.2,11.1 

 .1 



Young Hysou, common, .3:1 



Do. I'.n. fair,'. 35 



51 ne.do. sood, 4.') 



. . .' . .3 [ Do. do.- iicsl 45 



...,35 I TQB.XCCO, common keg...() 



.;2.00 I Coed do 10 



4,00 ICnram.an box, 8 



Peabody's e.tlra Lead. : , jGooddd. -. '..i 



ground In oil e,?5 [--Hoisey Ufw, do. bist, ...t'- 



Ho. No. 1 5,75 r^cavi:-df>b e;'' 



