NEW ENGLAND FAllMER. 



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Gtn. t,n '^ayuttf has had a pleasant passage of 31 

 davs, enjoys gooil he»llli, is in (iiie sfiirKs.fiill of couver- 

 SAlioii, and happy' at finding hlidself onee more on ihc 

 soil of fieedom, among liis conipaliiots ol' Ihe Kevolu- 

 tion and a nation of Ireeini-n grateful (or his strvicLS 

 and eujer to honour him. — V. Y. aialtsmun. 



La Faye.tit. — V>'e have been fnvonred with a htter 

 from a s^entleman in New YorU, (a H.isioniaii) to his 

 friend in this city, from which we extract the following; 

 inlereslinj particnlais relative to 1 a Kayelte. We 

 think that the General may be expected in Boston as 

 soon as Tuesday next. 



'• I have just returned in the steam boat from Slaten 

 Island, and taken the earliest opportunity of informing 

 you of the arrival of La Fayette. He is at the house 

 of Vice President Tompkins. I have been introduced 

 to him, and was really delighted with his affability. 

 His dress is a blue coat, yellow vest, and black pantr.- 

 loons, which cotne down ov( r his shoes so htw as to 

 hide his stockings — he is lame in his left leg, and 

 walks upon the side of his foot. He is, I should think, 

 over six feet high, and stoops a little — of sandy com- 

 plexion — speaks broken Kuglish, and has the appear- 

 ance of a Frenchman both in looks and politeness. I 

 w'ill relate one circumstance which will amuse you. 

 Mr. Tompkins introduced several gentlemen, and 

 among them .Mr. .Voa/t, of the National Advocate — 

 the latter as follows : " I'/iit is Mr. Noiili, the Prince 

 Kci^inl of jWic- York.'''' The General ujiderslood the 

 quii, and laughed heartily — (he modest Major was ra-- 

 Iher dashed, but it passed off very well, for Xoah con- 

 sidirs himsell one of the General's children. 



'• During my conversation wiih the General, he 

 spoke in the highest terms of Boston and its vicinity. 



" 'I'lie committee requested hiai to stay at the Island 

 in)ti! Tuesday, but his answe'r was, " / rcn^i^'/, /u?" / 

 ■wis'i lo be in Bailun, that I mm/ riisil dimbril/gr on 

 Coinintnctninil diiy^ where I shall meet man}/ of my old 

 friends. You no donhtknuw my ullachment to you AM, : 

 lam heartily ^lud lo see you — but Timst make a visit 

 immediately to Boston., and tcill return again." \ ou 

 cannot think how disappointed the gentlemen of the 

 committee appeared to be — all making calculations 

 when Commencement would take place at Cambridgel 

 1 do assure you it gratified me much to hear him speak 

 so .affectionately of old Boston. — His son, George Wash- 

 ington, looks to be about 45 years old — there is nothing 

 very prepossessing in his appearance ; but I think the 

 good ladies of your city may be pleased with him not- 

 withstanding. 



" The General shakes hands, cordially, with every 

 person that is introduced to him — and I hope the com- 

 mittee in your city will so arrange matters that every 

 decent citizen may pay his respects to hiih, poor as 

 well as rich." — Boston Gazelle. 



jj^y" The Mayor of this city has received official in- 

 formation from New-York, that Major-General LA 

 F.AYE CTF, will proceed forthwith to Boston, and will 

 lie at the Half-way House between Providence and 

 Boston, on Sunday evening next, and that he will en- 

 ter Boston the next day. 



A most tragic event took place in this city on the 

 14th instant. Two young men, named J. and R. Hart, 

 natives of St. Thomas, who visited New-York this 

 spring, lately returned from Albany, and were waited 

 on while at dinner on Wednesday, by an officer with 

 writs against them both for debt. They begged per- 

 mission to retire to their chamber for a few minutes, 

 and presently the reports of pistols were heard, and on 

 forcing the door, they were found extended on the 

 floor lifeless, feet to feet, and with their brains blown 

 out, and their heads and faces completely destroyed. 

 They were brothers, of the reported ages of 24 and 21. 

 The only cause yet sssigned for this horrible suicide is 

 pecuniary embarrassment. — jV. Y. Ciironick. 



Damage by Lightning. — Two dwelling houses in 



Tarrytown, N. York, were struck with lightning on 

 the 9th inst. and a young lady severely injured. A 

 barn, belonging to George Combs, Esq. full of grain 

 and hay, was set on fire and consumed, and endanger- 

 ed an adjacent dwelling house though the rain descend- 

 ed in torrents. In the same vicinity another dwelling 

 and a young man were struck and injured. 



In Fairhaven village, Bristol County, the Meeting 



house was struck on Tuesday morning, and damaged 

 to (he amount of ^500. The fluid (ir.«t struck the 

 weathercock, and des'V'uded lo the building. On 

 .Vloriday a barn was struck in N. Scotland, N. Y. and 

 consumed with its c;out( nts. Loss iJlOtJO. On Friday 

 the Kingston Cotton and Woolen Factory was struck 

 and consumed. On (he Gth a house in I'over, I'enn. 

 was siruck, and the son of the ov.'ner, 16 years old, 

 l-.illed. A barn in 'I'hrrnet, .N. Y. was struck on the I 

 'M inst. and consumed with all its contents. We be- I 

 lieve none of the above houses or barns were provided I 

 with ligblning rods. A barn belonging to Mr. Asa I 

 Wood of Ashburnham, was struck on Monday last I 

 week, but not esstntially damaged. A stable belong-' 

 ing to ,lames Turner, Fsq. in Baltimore county, was 

 struck and consumed. IMtarly 100 hogs were stunned 

 by the shock, and lalil appait ntiy dead for some hours, I 

 wlii'n they recovered and exliibited no signs of bodily I 

 injury. In Itnssel in this state, three cows and a bull, I 

 belonging to Mr. Loomis, were killed ; in West Spring- 

 field, 17 sheep belonging to Mr. Leonard ; and in | 

 Granville, the tavern of Mr. Parsons, and the house of 

 .V!r. Church were struck and destroyed. At the south- 

 ward thi^ storms were attended with hail. InGittvs-' 

 burgh, Penn. from 7 to 10,000 panes of window glass 

 were broken and much grain destroyed. Some of the 

 hail stones were so thick as (o be filteen hours in dis- 

 solving. In 1-gypt, N. J. a similar destruction took 

 place. — Centinel. 



The JJi/sentcry. — This dreadful elisease is spreading 

 itsravagts in Clearfield county. — Amongst a vast num- 

 ber of victims we are extremely sorry to find the name 

 of Mrs. Bell, wife of A. Bell, F.sq. who died a few days 

 since. All that Medical skill can do for those who 

 are attacked, seems to avail but little ; such is the vir- 

 ulence oi" the disease. — Belle/ante., Penn. /ia/ier. 



Brig of U qr wrecked. — The schooner Princess Anne. 

 Captain Banks, arrived at Norfolk in nine days iVoni 

 liavana, reports that on the 4th instant, ^^ in latitude 

 29, 10, longitude 79, 40, saw a wreck to leeward, got 

 out the boat and boarded her ; found her to be a largt! 

 man of war brig, with her larboard bow out of water ; 

 her larboard quarter stove in, her masts and the great- 

 er part o( her rigging and sails standing; saw 2 dead 

 bodies on the wreck, under water, and a number of 

 pieces of flesh floating near the wreck — found a Co- 

 lombian pendant on board. Supposed her to be a 

 Colombian man of war, and probably blown up, as 

 part of the stern frame was lying in the foretop ; the 

 long boat was alongside, bottom upwards, she was 

 American built, and a yellow streak round her — took 

 from the wreck an anchor, sails, rigging, &:c." 



[jV*. 1'. Statesman. 



William Rollins, Ksq. has been recognized by the 

 President of the U. States, as Vice Consul of the King 

 of Sweden and Norway, for the States of Maine, New 

 Hampshire and Massachusetts. 



William Henry Allen, of Maryland, has been ap- 

 pointed by the President, Commissioner for ascertain- 

 ing Claims and Titles to Land in Florida, in place of 

 William G. D. Worthington, declined. 



Extraordinary Fruilfulness. — A grain of wheat 

 which grew this summer on a farm in Allentown, Penn. 

 is stated to have had, apparently from a single root, 

 46 perfect branches, averaging 35 grains each, or 1610 

 grains in the whole. 



The manuscript of Milton recently discovered in 

 England, was about to be printed in June, at the Press 

 of the University of Cambridge, together with an F,ng- 

 lish translation. It consists of more than seven hun- 

 dred pages. 



The Crops. — From recent accounts we can state, 

 that the staples of Louisiana never promised a more 

 abundant yield, especially that of sugar ; the fields are 

 literally groaning under their rich covering. In des- 

 pite of every disaster, Louisiana, like Sampson of old, 

 can never be completely bound. Her agricultural 

 strength will break through every temporary enthral- 

 ment, and must carry her sons in triumph to the por- 

 tals of wealth and grandeur. She must he the mis- 

 tress of the West — hurricanes and rot to the contrary 

 notwithstanding. — Louisiana Jldrcrliser. 



In one or two instances, recerdly, persoi.shave her a 

 fined (or carrying letters in .team boats, in violation ofa 

 law of the L. S. (.'apt. Bead, of steam boat Superior, 

 has been fined $."0 at Wilmington for cou\tyiii» a fjji- 



gle letter. 



Cast Iron Bits — A Dearb".rn waggon, containing a 

 family, upset in the State of Ohio, and injnrid several 

 persons ^r vi rily, in consequence of the bridle of the 

 hr)r.se llrtai^ing, wliieh was found to be composed of 

 cast iron bits. This is a common si'ecies of nianutac- 

 tnre from abroad, and should be looked into closely, 

 beibre they are purchased. 



CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC. 



STOLEN from the bar of the subscriber, between the 

 20th .hily and 2d of .August instant, a lot ol KEYS, 

 13 In number, all but two ot which were altered, cith- 

 er by filing or cnKirig. They were found on the s(age 

 road in Lexingtm, on Friday, the 9th o( July last, 

 connected together by a small iron chain wi'h a ])i( ce 

 of cloth and silk handkerchief around them, 'i he keys 

 were of largo size, some of them had the appearance of 

 being store keys recently used, olViers were rusty but 

 newly altered. 'i hey were doubtless collected for 

 no good purpose, and may be instruments for doing 

 much damage. 



STEPHEN PATCH. 

 Lincoln, Aug. 6, 1f;24. 



PRICES OF COUATRY PKODUCK, k.c. 



[Revised and corrected everv Friday.] 



