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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Nov. 2, 1831. 



MISCELLANY 



From tlie United Stales Telegrapll. 



The following Chronological List of the principal 

 Officers of the United States Government under the 

 Constitution, has been compiled from authentic sour- 

 ces, and may be interesting to many, as a convenient 

 document for reference. 



PRESIDENTS. 



1789, Georg^e Washington, of Virginia. 

 1797, John Adams, of Massachusetts. 

 1801, Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia. 

 1809, James Madison, of Virginia. 

 1817, James Monroe, of Virginia. 

 1825, John Q. Adams, of Massachusetts. 

 1829, Andrew Jackson, of Tennessee. 



VICE PRESIDENTS. 



1789, John Adams, of Massachusetts. 



1797, Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia. 

 1801, Aaron Burr, of New York. 



1805, George Clinton, of New York ; died April 20, 

 1812. 



1813, Elbridge Gerry, of Massachusetts ; died Nov. 



23, 1814. 

 1817, Daniel D. Tompkins, of New York. 

 1825, John C. Calhoun, of S. Carolina. 



SECRETARIES OF STATE. 



1789, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia. 



1794, Edmund Randolph, of Virginia. 



1795, Timothy Pickering, of Pennsylvania. 



1800, John Marshall, of Virginia 



1801, James Madison, of Virginia. 

 1809, Robert Smith, of Maryland. 



1811, James Monroe, of Virginia. 

 1817, John Q. Adams, of Massachusetts. 

 1825, Henry Clay, of Kentucky. 



1829, Martin Van Buren, of New York. 

 1831, Edward Livingston, of Louisiana. 



SECRETARIES OF THE TREA3CRV. 



1789, Ale.\ander Hamilton, of Now Y'ork. 

 1795, Oliver VVolcott, of Connecticut. 



1801, Samuel Dexter, of Massachusetts. 



1802, Albert Gallatin, of Pennsylvania. 



1814, George W. Campbell, of Tennessee. 



1814, Alexander J. Dallas, of Pennsvlvania. 

 1817, William H. Crawford, of Georgia. 

 1825, Richard Rush, of Pennsylvania. 

 1839, Samuel D. Ingham, of Pennsylvania. 

 1831, Lewis M'Lane, of Delaware. 



SECRETARIES OP IVAR. 



1789, Henry Knox, of Massachusetts. 



1795, Timothy Pickering, of Pennsylvania. 



1796, James M'Henry, of Maryland. 



1800, Samuel Dexter, of Massachusetts. 



1801, Roger Griswold, of Connecticut. 



1801, Henry Dearborn, of Massachusetts. 

 1809, William Eustis, of Massachusetts. 

 181.3, John Armstrong, of New York. 



1815, William H. Crawford, of Georgia. 



1817, Isaac Shelby, of Kentucky, (did not accept.) 



1817, John C. Calhoun, of S. Carolina. 

 182.5, James Barbour, of Virginia. 



1828, Peter B. Porter, of Now York. 



1829, John H. Eaton, of Tennessee. 

 1831, Lewis Cass, of Ohio. 



*SECRETAmES OF TBF. NAVV. 



1798, George Cabot, of Massachusetts. 

 1798, Benjamin Stoddert. of Maryland. 



1802, Robert Smith, of Maryland. 



1805, Jacob Crowninshiekl, of Massachusetts. 

 1809, Paul Hamilton, of S. Carolina. 



1812, VVilliairi Jones, of Pennsylvania. 



1815, Benj. VV. CrowninshicUl, of Massachusetts. 



1818, Smith Thompson, of Now York. 

 182-3, Samuel L. Southard, of N. Jersey. 

 1829, John Branch, of N.Carolina. 



1831, Levi Woodbury, of New Hampshire. 



*This department was not established until the 

 30th of April, 1798, being prior to that date a branch 

 of the \Var Department. 



POSTMASTERS GENERAL. 



1789, Samuel Osgood, of Massachusetts. 

 1791, Timothy Pickering, of Pennsylvania. 



1795, Joseph Habersham, of Georgia. 



1802, Gideon Granger, of Connecticut. 

 1814, Return J. Meigs, of Ohio. 

 1823, John M'Lean, of Ohio. 



1829, William T. Barry, of Kentucky. 



Chief Justices of the Supreme Court. 

 1789, John Jay, of New York, appointed. 



1796, William Cushing, of Massachusetts. 



1796, Oliver Ellsworth, of Connecticut. 



1800, John Jay, of New York. 



1801, John Marshall, of Virginia. 



Attorneys General. 

 1789, Edmund Randolph, of Virginia, appointed. 



1794, William Bradford, of Pennsylvania. 



1795, Charles Lee, of Virginia. 

 1801, Levi Lincoln, of Massachusetts. 



1805, Robert Smith, of Maryland. 



1806, John Breckenbrulge, of Kentucky. 



1807, Cssar A. Rodney, of Delaware. 

 J8I1, William Pinkney, of Maryland. 



1814, Richard Rush, of Pennsylvania. 

 1817, William Wirt, of Virginia. 

 1829, John M. Berrien, of Georgia. 

 1831, Roger B. Taney, of Maryland. 



Speetkers of the House of Representatives (f the 

 United States. ' 



1789, First Congress, 1st and 2d sessions heldat N. 

 Y'ork, 3d session at Philadelphia ; Frederijk A. 

 Muhlenburgh, of Penn. 



1791, Second Congress, held at Philadelphia; Jona- 

 than Trumbull, of Connecticut. 



1793, Third Congress, held at Philadelphia ; Fred- 

 erick A. Muhlenburgh, of Penn. 



1795, Fourth Congress, held at Philadelphia ; Jona- 

 than Dayton, of New Jersey. 



1797, Fifth Congress, held at Philadelphia ; Jonathan 

 Dayton, of New Jersey. 



1799, Sixth Congress, 1st session at Philadelphia, 3d 

 at Washington ; Theodore Sedgwick, of Mass. 



1801, Seventh Congress, held at Washington ; Na- 

 thaniel Macon of N. Carolina. 



1803, Eighth Congress ; Nathaniel Macon, ofNorth 

 Carolina. 



180.5, Ninth Congress; Nathanel Macon, ofNorth 

 Carolina. 



1807, Tenth Congress ; Joseph B. Varnum of Mass- 

 achusetts. 



1809, Eleventh Congress ; Joseph B. Varnum, of 

 Massachusetts. 



1811, Twelfth Congress; Henry Clay, of Kentucky. 



181.3, Thirteenth Congress ; Henry Clay, of Ken- 

 tucky until January the 17th, 1814. 

 Langdon Cheves, of South Carolina, for the resi- 

 due of the Congress. 



1815, Fourteenth Congress ; Henry Clay of Ken- 

 tucky. 



1817, Fifteenth Congress ; Henry Clay of Kentucky 

 1819, Sixteenth Congress ; Henry Clay of Kentucky. 



during the 1st session ; 



John W. Taylor, of New Y'ork during the 2d 



session. 

 1821, Seventeenth Congress; Philip P. Barbour of 



Virginia. 

 182-3, Eighteenth Congress ; Henry Clay, of Ken- 

 lucky. 

 1825, Nineteenth Congress ; John W. Taylor, of 



New Y'ork. 

 1827, Twentieth Congress; Andrew Stevenson of 



Virginia. 

 1829, Twentvfirst Congress ; Andrew Stevenson. 



A young Russian Nobleman, travelling in Ger- 

 many, struck with great violence the postillion 

 who drove liiin. ' Take care,' said a bystander, 

 ' you will kill him I' ' Oh, as for that matter,' 

 said the Russian, ' I am rich enough to answer 

 for it. What do they charge for postillions in this 

 country ?' 



FRUIT TREES. 



For sale at the Kenrick Nurseries, ia 

 Newton, near Boston, a most exten>ivo as- 

 sortment of Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, 

 Cherries, Apricots, Nectarines, Almonds' 

 Mulljerries, Quinces, Raspberries, Gooseber- 

 ry and Currant bushes. Grape Vines of the best torei^n 

 sorts, and 25 finest varieties of Strawberries, including 

 the most rare, productive and esteemed. 



Also about 4U0 varieties of the most hardy ornamental 

 trees and shrubs, and superb hardy roses, including SiWer i 

 Firs, varieties of Spruce, Flowering Horse Chesnuts, 

 Flowering Calalpas, Mountain .Ash with beautiful clus^ : 

 teis ot red berries in autumn and winter, Purple Acacia 

 Three Thorned and Thornless Acacia, Butternuts, Ailan- 

 tlms or tree of Heaven. Elm=, American and Scotch, 

 Sugar Maples, Weeping Willows, do. do. Napoleon from 

 St Helena tree, Honeysuckles. Many ( f the above sorts 

 of trees of extra sizes, for ornamenting highways and 

 commons. 



White Mcri.BERniEs, genuine sort for silk worms, 

 by the 100 or 1000 for Pl.intations. 



Isabella and Catawba Grape Vines, either singly 

 or at reduced prices by the 100 or 1000. 



China Roses, Chinese Chrysanthemums, Ge- 



HANEUMS, SfC. iS'C. 



Written orders addressed either to John or William 

 Kenrick, Newton, are regularly received by the 

 daily mail, and will be promptly attended to, or they 

 may if more convenient be left with J. B. Russell, at the 

 New England Farmer office, where also, catalogues may 

 be obtained gratis on application. But purchasers are in- 

 vited when convenient to call and examine the trees, ^c, 

 for themselves, and make their own selections ; but when 

 this is not convenient, then let them forward their or- 

 deis, relying that the very best possible selection will bo 

 made for thera. Trees when destined for a distant place, 

 are carefully packed either in clay or moss, and mats, 

 and delivered whenever ordered in Boston free of any 

 charge for transpoitation. eptDI Oct. 19. 



Farm ffanted. 

 Wanted to purchase, or hire, a good Farm within 

 5»ven miles, south or west of Boston, containing forty 

 to eighty acres of land, with genteel dwelling house, 

 good barn, &c. Apply to J. B. Russell, Farmer office, 

 Boston — if by letter, post paid. If Oct. 19. 



Pear Seedlings. 



For sale at the Agricultural Warehouse, No. 92 

 North Market Street— 



Pear Seedlings, of vigorous growth, and prom- 

 ising appearance, raised within six miles of Boston, in 

 fine order for nurseries — the largest size are from IS to 

 24 inches in length, the whole plant; price .flO per 

 thousand ; the second size from 12 to 18 inches in length, 

 price $5 per thousand. They will be suitably packed 

 as wanted, for tr.msportation to any distance. Oct. 19. 



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Published every Wednesday Evciiin", at g3 per annum, 

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Jj° No paper will be sent to a distance without payment 

 being made in advance. 



Printed for J. li. RcssELL.byl. R. Butts— by wboB 

 all descriptions of Printing can be executed to meet th* 

 wishes of customers. Orders for printing received by J. B. 

 Russell, at the Agricultural Warehouse, No. 62 fioilk 

 Market Street. agents. 



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 /4Zinn!/— Wm. Thorbcbn, 317 Jlarkct-sireel. 

 PldtaUelplna—^y. & C Landreth.85 Chostnul-slreet. 

 Baltimore— G. B. Smith , Editor ijtihe American Farmer. 

 Cincinnati— fi. C. Pakkhurst,23 Lower Markel-slreel. 

 Flushing, N. Y. Wm.Prisce & Sons, Prop. Lia. liol.Ciardci 

 Sliddlebury, Vt. — Wight Chapman. 

 Harlford— iloort\y IK & Co. Booksellers. 

 Springfield, Ms. — E. Edwards. 

 Newburyport, Ebenezer Stedman, Bookseller. 

 Portsmouth, N. H. J. W. Foster, Bookseller. 

 Portland, it/<'.— Samuel Colman, Bookseller. 

 .Su(rusta , Me. Wm. M.4.nn. 



Halifax, N. S.— P. J. Holland, Esq. Recorder office 

 Montreal. L. C.— Henry Hillock. 



