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THE FARMERS' REGISTER. 



50 miles from Washington to Fredericksburg, Va , of | 

 nearly 2000 miles. — South. Recorder. 



Tlie death of M. Nieiiicevviez, the clist|nguiihed 

 Pole, who was for many years a resident at Elizabeth- 

 town, N. J., and whose name is alike dear to freedom 

 and literature in both hemispheres, is announced in the 

 Journal des Debats of Paris. He was S4 years old at 

 the time of his death. 



There arrived at the port of New York, on the 22d 

 and 23d inst., 1389 steera;;e passengers. 



" We learn, (says the IW Y. Herald of the 23d inst.) 

 by a private letter received yesterday from Lima, that 

 about the tirst of April an im[)0rlaiit battle was fought 

 between the government lorces and the revolutionary 

 party. The action took i)lace near Arequipa, and at 

 lirst the latter party, under the supreme command of 

 Vivanco, was victorious, but the government troops 

 under Gainana finally triumplied." 



Campeachy papers to 17th ult. have been received at 

 N. Orleans. The cultivation of tobacco, which formerly 

 was subject to taxation, is hereatterto be free. The poi t 

 ot Bacalar has been opened to foreign commeice. The 

 State of Yucatan lias definitively declared its absolute 

 separation from the Republic of Mexico. On the 

 Itith of May, the new constitution, decreed by the le- 

 gislature, was published at Merida, the capital of the 

 state. The Mexican liag was taken down by the po- 

 pulace, torn into pieces, and its place supplied by 

 olher colors. The liberty of worship is declared by 

 the constitution. To strangers tvery possible guaran- 

 ty is i)iomised. The new government is about to send 

 messengers to Washington and Europe, for the purpose 

 of being recognized as an independent state. Don 

 Francisco Riebaud has been called to Yucatan, and 

 placed in the charge and direction of the navy. Many 

 other distinguished men have been recalled. 



"Relief Laws. — It appears that a system of bank- 

 ing has been tried in Mississippi similar to that of the 

 relief law of the last session of our Pennsylvania 

 legislature — that is, a founding issues on state stocks, 

 and expecting them to remain in good credit without 

 the aid of specie payments. This system, being in 

 opposition to the fixed laws of nature, failed of course. 



"The Union Bank of Mississippi was established up- 

 on an issue of state stock, ot which it received five 

 millions, and issued its own notes upon the faith of 

 ihe capital so obtained. The bank was to have paid 

 llie interest on this stock, but it has neglected to do 

 so, and the people are now called upon to pay it. 



•' In the uieai. time the officers of the bank are too 

 wise to take their own pay m the stuff which they have 

 put oti' to others, and tlie cashier is now endeavoring 

 to obtain a loan of $'25,000 in cash upon the pledge 

 of the notes ol the bank, the money being wanted to 

 pay the bank expenses. 



" It is to be hoped that a few more such experiments 

 will convince our legislators that the best relief bill is 

 one lliat requires the banks to com})ly strictly with 

 their engagements, and the best monetary '^regulator" 

 is a bankrupt law, which shall wind up the affairs of 

 every bank which may suspend payment for thii-ty days 

 in succession." — Feiinsyivanian. 



The President. — I'he insurance company of New 

 York, that underwrote the cargo of the President, 

 have paid the full amount of the loss — conclusive evi- 

 dence of what they think of her fate. 



The Jackson Mississippian, of the 4th inst., says 

 that Governor IvlcNutt has received official informa- 

 tion that the state has been protested lor interest due 

 on a poi tion of the Union Bank bonds. 



The Doric, at New Orleans, from Tampico, brought 

 upwards of $'3(),000 in specie, and the Creole, at 

 the same port from Matamoras, brought upwards of 

 $50,000, 



The committee in the United States Senate having 

 in charge the subject matter of the Finances and a 

 National Bank, it is said will extend the limit of the 

 rate of dividends to 7 per cent. 



Nothing had been heard at the latest dates of the 

 robbers of the Frederick County Bank. 



An injunction was placed on the Bank of Michigan 

 on the 11th inst., and a receiver was to be appointed. 



The Great Western took out only about $5000 in 

 specie, and not a very large amount of bills. 



The recent census shows that there is one insane 

 person for every 990 inhabitants. 



CONTKNTS OF THE FARMERs' REGISTER, XO. VI. VOL. IX. 



ORIGINAL, COMMUNICATIOKS. 



Desultory observations on the banking system 

 of this country, and the effects of its different 

 modes of operation — concluded 

 Notes on Sandy Point estate. — No, 2 

 The patent family freezer - - - - 

 Remarks on the geological survey of the East- 

 ern Shore of Maryland . . . - 

 Depreciated and worthless bank notes, and sub- 

 scriptions to the Farmers' Register 

 The Farmers' Register, and its course in regard 



to banks 



Monthly commercial report - - - 

 Summary of news . . - - - 



SELECTIONS. 



Dairy management 



Fishery laws of Pennsylvania and their effects 

 To make names grow on fruit - - - 

 A specimen of agricultural legislation - 

 Condition of American agiiculture, and the 

 propriety of affording to it governmental aid 

 Halesworth farmers' club - . . . 

 Hiving bees 



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 344 



Page 

 Account of the mode of culture adopted in rais- 

 ing a crop of turnips with liquid manure - 346 

 The cotton gin. Am'erican inventions - - 347 

 Nitrate of soda as a manure - - - - 348 

 Vegetable and animal nutrition - - - 348 



On destroying rats 353 



Action of leaves ------ 353 



The disease called the " yellows" which at- 

 tacks the peach tree 357 



Canker worms ------ 353 



First exhibition and fair of the Agricultural 



and Horticultural Society of Henrico - 360 



Gapes in chickens 363 



Destruction of caterpillars - . - - 363 



The tart or pie rhubarb ... - 364 

 A minute scientific description of Kentucky 



blue grass 36.5 



The muscardine 367 



Durham stock as milkers . - - . 367 

 Sales of Berkshires . . - . - 372 

 The new theory — saving eggs - - - 375 

 First fruits of the season— success in silk- 

 making. 376 



Foundering 377 



Work oxen 377 



The board of agriculture . - . . 377 



