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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



bee. 2S, ISS!. 



MISCELLANY 



PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. 

 The Presiileni'^ Message will lie accompanied 

 by Repiiits from Lewis Cass, Sei-ietiiry ol" War, 

 Levi VVooHlMiry, Secretary of tiie Navy, and W.T. 

 Barry, Postmaster G.-nera!. The Rt-port of Louis 

 M'Lane, Secretary of liie Treasury, lias since been 

 transmit'ted to conj;ress. Some iiifonnatioii deriv- 

 ed from these documents fullows : 



The Jinny. — .Mr Cass slates that desertion from 

 the army is an evil, which not only continues hut 

 increases. The nundier of desertions in 1826 

 was 636 ; in 1829, 11 M, and in 1S31 will proha- 

 bly amount to 1,450, and make a pecuniary loss to 

 the govermnent of 118,000 dollars. He suggests 

 the expediency of increasing the pay of the uou- 

 commissioned officers ami privates. 



Mr Cass thus notices the effects of ardent spirits 

 in the army ; — ' A very large proportion of all 

 the crimes committed in the army may he traced 

 to habits of intemperance. This vice is in fact the 

 prevalent "tie of ciur sol. liery. I am satisfied that 

 BVuCnt spirits should not form a coni|)onent (lart 

 of the nation. By issuing it, we furnish to those 

 already acciistonied to its use the means of a vi- 

 cious indulgence, am! '.vs invite those who a^e yet 

 temperate to acquire this destructive lialnt. Tliere 

 were issued to the army in 1830, 72,537 gallons 

 of whiskey, at the cost of 22,000 dollars. If this 

 sum were applied to the purchase of tea, coffee, 

 and sugar, for the use of the soldiers, their habits 

 and morals would he greatly improved, and the 

 discipline and rcspectahility of the army promoted.' 

 Mr Cass says that the moral culture of the 

 American soldiers is wholly neglected, and sug- 

 gests that something should he done to promote 

 their mental and religious improvement. 



Tht Trtnsurn, Public Debt, S,-c. — The expenili- 

 lures of the govermnent for 1831 are estimateil liy 

 Mr M'Lane at 39,967,201 dollars. Of this sum 

 16,189,289 dollars have been or will he paid on 

 account of the principal and interest of the public 

 debt, and 14,777,912 dollars for civil list, foreign 

 intercourse, army, fortifications, navy, &c. The 

 receipts into the treasury for 1832 are estimated 

 as follows : 



From Customs 26,500,000 



Puhlic Lands 3,000,000 



Bank Dividends 490,000 



Other Receipts 110,000 



30,100,000 



Of this sum of 30 millions, upwards of 13 mill- 

 ions will he required for the expenditures of 1832 

 for all ohjects other than publico debt, leaving up- 

 wards of 16 millions which may be applied to the 

 public debt. 



The puhlic debt on the first of January, 1832, 

 will amount to 24,322,235 dollars ; and Mr M'Lane 

 states that the government has the means of pay 

 ing the whole debt on or before the 3d of March, 

 1833. He proposes to sell the 7 millions of stock 

 in the United States Bank ; this, with the 16 mill- 

 ions above, and between 2 and 3 millions from 

 revenue of 1833, would extinguish the whole 

 debt. 



Mr M'Lane differs from the President in regard 

 to the National Bank. He recommends the re- 

 newal of the charter of this Institution, 'guarding 

 its future operations by such judicious checks and 

 limitations as experience may have shown to be 

 necessary.' 



He. esliniales that the annual expenditures ot 

 the government, after the puldic debt is paid, will 

 lot exceed 15 nulfions of ilollars, and recommends 

 uch a reducti.in of the duties on imports, that 

 they will not amonnt to much over 15 mdlions. 

 He thinks this may he done, and at the same time 

 I reasonable proKMtion he afforded to domi Stic 

 industry. He woid.l not at present chan>;e mate- 

 rially the duties on wool, woollens, cottons, iron, 

 hensp and sugar, but reduce thein gradually in fu- 

 ture. 



He suggests the expediency of selling all the 

 public lauds to the states in whose limits they lie, 

 and of apportiiMiing the avails anjong the several 

 states of the union. 



Post Office Department. — Mr Barry states the 

 expe4iditures of this department for the year ending 

 July 1, 1831, asfidlows: 



Compensation to postmasters $635,029 

 Transportation of the mail 1,252,226 

 Incidental expenses 48,304 



$1,935,559 

 The revenue from postasps for the same time 

 amounted to 1,997,811 dollars. On the 1st of 

 July last, there were 8,686 post offices. The an- 

 nual transportation of the mail by stages and 

 i^tpnni linar- ..vas 10,728,348 miles, and on horse- 

 hack and ill sulkies 4,740,344 miles. — Hamp 

 Gazette. 



The Leaves of the Vine are greedily devoured 

 by all cattle, especially the cow, sheep and hog, 

 which are excessively fond of them. They are 

 a creat resource during a dearth of fodder. But 

 it should not he forgotien that the wood will not 

 ripen without the leaves ; and that they are a 

 great protection agninst the fnist ; as well as an 

 essential towards a mature and plentiful crop 

 They should not l«.e jilucked ; but, as they fall 

 slionlil l)e gailieied, lieape<l in a dry place, or salt- 

 ed and pjiked hard in barrels. They may he 

 packed alternately with straw or hay, which soak; 

 the taste of the leaves ami becomes a new delica 

 cy to the cattle. — Vine Dresser's .Manual. 



From Hie Ednilpurgli Ciibinel Libr.iry. 



GENERAL ASPECT OF PALESTINE. 



The bills still stand round about Jerusalem as 

 they stood in the days of David and of Solomon. 

 The dew falls on Ilermon, the cedar grows on 

 Lihanus, and Kishon, that ancient river draws its 

 stream from Tabor as in the times of old. The 

 sea of Galilee still presents the same natural ac- 

 companiments, the fig-tree springs up by the way- 

 side, the sycamore spreads its branches, and the 

 vines and olives still climli the sides of the moun- 

 tains. The desidation which covered the citie.s of 

 the plain is not less striking at the present hour 

 than when Moses with an inspired pen recorded 

 the judgment of God ; the swellings of Jordan arc 

 not less regular in their rise than when the He. 

 Iirews first approached its banks ; and he who 

 goes down from Jerusalem to Jericho still incurs 

 the greatest hazard of falling among thieves. 

 There is, in fact, in the scenery and nianners of 

 Palestine, a per|>etnity thai accords well with the 

 everlasting import of historical records, and which 

 enables us to identify with the utmost readiness 

 the local imagery of every great transaction. 



CoB CiGAKS. — A subscriher has handed us for 

 publication the following extract from a letter 

 written by a Pittsburg correspondent: — I find 



there are rogues in Keutm-ky as well as P.iuisyl- 

 ia. A hox of Kentucki) Cigars maiked D 

 was a few days since opened in one of our utorcs, 



nd after taking a com-se of very fine cigars off 

 ihe lop, the remainder was found transformed into 

 cunt cubs. A good way of di-posing of tlie whole 

 produce of your cornfield truly. But perhaps the 



laker itiay have discovered that Cubs smoke 

 heller than Tubncco. 



Jeive'ry, Hatches and Fancy Goods. 

 \\M. M. WESSON, No. 105 Wj^hiiiKluii Street, | 

 Boston, is coiisliinlly supplied niih a goo:l assortment 

 of VValches Silver ami Plaied Wrtie, Jewelry, Cutlery,. : 

 Tiays of all kitiil-; Y'ZT.Zy Gooils, ^'c, Sfe, wliich he will ] 

 l";:c:e of at as low a fate as can be purchased in the 

 aly- ttj" VVaK'ies repaired nnd warranted. 



university. 



Sir Thomas Brouwie's li'orks. 



HiLLiARD fy Brown, Booksellers to ''■- \,„iversuy 

 Caaihiklge, have ilus day pulilished— The Library of 

 the Old English Pio^e Writers, Vol. HI., coniaining the 

 Mi-rellaneous Woiks ol Sir Thomas Biowne, with some 

 account of his lite and wiilings. Ediied by Ihe Rev. 

 Aiexamler Voung. This volume contains the whole of 

 'i lie Religiau of a Physician,' tiealise on ' Urn-Burial,' 

 Ihe Letter to a Friend on the death ol his intimate 

 Friend, and selections fiom the ' Vulvar Errors.' 



H. & B. have a lew copies remaining ot the first and 

 second vols, of this colleclion, coutainine Fuller's Holy 

 Slate, Sidney's Defence of Poesie, and Selden's Table 

 Talk. Each volume mav be obtained separately, neatly 

 hoiHid in linen, or eteganlli/ in calf and gilt. Dec. 21. 



Flooring Boards, Ifc. 



Of hard Southern Pine, or Eastern While Vine, fur- 

 nished to order, leady planed (by steam pcjwer) and 

 toiifiued or grooved, of any requiicil dimensions. Qualrty 

 good, and price lower than Ihev can be elsewhere had. 



Apply to E. COl'ELAND, Jr, 65, Broad street. 



Cobb's Treatise on Siik. 



Just published, and for sale at ihe Agricultural Ware- 

 house and Seed Store, No 504 Norlh Market street, 



A Manual, containing information respecting the 

 Growih of the Mulberry Tree, wiih suilable Directiotw 

 for the Culture of Silk — In ihree parts— niih rnlored en- 

 travings. By J. M. Cobb, A. M. Published by direc- 

 tion ot His Excellency Gov. Lincoln, agreeably to a 

 Resolve of the Legislaiure of Massachusetts. Price 37jJ 

 cents. Oct. 26. 



(U*" Ammvnilion 



01 Ihe best quality ai.ii lo-rest prices, for sporting 



constantly for sale at COPELA.N D'.S POW UEK STORE, 

 6 Broad Street. 



IV. B. if the quality is not found salisfactory, it may 

 be reltu'ned, and the money ivillbo rch-niieu Jan. 1 



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