NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



39 



This is not the movement of a turbulent populace 

 excited by the fresh laurels of some recent conqueror. 

 It is a grave, moral, iulellectiial impulse. 



A whole people in the enjoyment of freedom as per- 

 fect as the condition of our nature permits, recur with 

 gratitude, iucriasing with the daily increasing sense of 

 their blessings, to the memory of those, who, by their 

 labours, and in their blood, laid the foundation of our 

 liberties. 



Your name, Sir, — the name of La Fatette, — is as- 

 sociated with the most perilous and most glorious peri- 

 ods of our Revolution, — with the imperishable names of 

 Washington, and of that numerous host of Heroes 

 ■which adorn the proudest archives of American history, 

 and are engraven in indelible traces on the hearts of the 

 whole American people. 



Accept, then, Sir, in the sincere spirit in which it is 

 offered, this simple tribute to your virtues. 



Ao'ain, Sir, the citizens of Boston bid you welcome to 

 .the cradle of .\mericau Independence, and to scenes 

 consecrated with the blood shed by the earliest mar- 

 tyrs in its cause. 



(To which the General made the following reply) 

 To Ihe Mayor and People of Boston — 



The emotions of love and gratitude, which I have 

 been accustomed to feel on my entering this city, have 

 ever mingled with a sense of religious reverence for the 

 cradle of American, and let us hope it will be hereafter 

 said, of universal libtrty. 



What must be. Sir, my feelings, at the blessed mo- 

 ment, when, after so long an absence, I find myself 

 surrounded by the good citizens of Boston ; when I am 

 so affectionately, so honourably welcomed, not only by 

 old friends, but by several successive generations; — 

 when 1 can witness the prosperity, the immense 

 improvements, that have been the just reward 

 of a noble struggle, virtuous morals, and truly republi- 

 can institutions. 



1 beg of you, Mr. Mayor, gentlemen of the City 

 Council, and all of you, beloved citizens of Boston, to 

 accept the respectful and warm thanks of a heart, 

 which has for nearly half a century been particularly 

 devoted to your illustrious city. 



jSn Impostor — Late U. S. papers speak of an impostor, 

 or rather a madman, who calls himself the son of Louis 

 XVI, and signs all his letters, "Charles X. king of 

 France and duke of Navarre." We find in the Titrtes of 

 to-day a letter written at Portsmouth, June '29, and 

 signed N. Persat, Knight of the Legion of Honour, 

 and ex-captain of Cavalry. This Frenchman de- 

 clares that the unhappy maniac in question is his own 

 brother. " But (says he) I like better that the world 

 should think him insane, than have it supposed that my 

 family contains such an abominable impostor." There 

 are several authentic particulars of this pretended 



Charles X Victor Persat was born in 1790, at Eane- 



zet, in the department of Puy-de-Dome ; he entered 

 into the service in 1807, and after having passed seve- 

 ral years in the 25th and 23th regiments of cavalry, he 

 ■was transferred to the guard of the usurper. A wound 

 in the head, and the cold of the fatal campaign of Mos- 

 cow, deranged him. He was put upon half pay, and 

 returned to his family in 1816. It took him but three 

 years to dissipate all his fortune. Being one day shoot- 

 ing, the gensdarmes commanded him to eshibit his 

 sporting license, but his only reply was firing upon 

 them and wounding one in a dangerous manner. After 

 a detenti'->n of three months, he was put upon trial and 

 acquitted, and joined his brother (author of the fore- 

 going letter) to serve the American Patriots, but having 

 put into Havana, the rigor with which he was treated 

 by the Spanish governor, appears to have deprived him 

 of his reason. — Frotn the Journal de Paris, July 6. 



Fire. — Two valuable Cotton Manufactories were 

 consumed by fire in the village of Pawtucket, on Sat- 

 urday afternoon last. The fire originated in the pick- 

 er (either bj' friction or collision) in the three-story 

 factory belonging to Messrs Timothy Green & Sons, 

 and spread so rapidly, that the work-people with diffi- 

 culty escaped from their several apartments, and a 

 very small part of the machinery, cotton, and manu- 

 factured goods was saved. The fire, with almost the 

 rapidity of lightning, spread to the adjoining foui-story 

 ttone factory, belonging to A- & I. Wilkinson, and in a 



moment the interior was filled with a solid sheet of fire. 

 But little of the machinery or other property was saved. 

 A small Iniikling occupied as a groctry store, and 

 owned by Mr iJaniel Greene, was torn down to pre- 

 vent the spreading of the fire. The amount of property 

 destroyed belonging to Messrs Green & Sons, is estima- 

 ted at iVom 20 to $'25,OilO ; 10, rOO of which is insured. 

 The loss of A. & 1. Wilkinson is estimated at $3i),000. 



v4 projitable Cow. — A cow in West Bradford, in the 

 last week of July, produced 111 quarts of skimmed 

 milk, and 37 quarts of cream, which made 15 lbs. 11 

 oz. of butter. This was a profitable cow, although 

 she cost her owner twelve quarts of Indian meal per 

 week. It seems she gave more than 21 quarts of 

 milk per day, which is considerably more than Mr. 

 Patchen's big cow at Brooklyn ever yielded. Yet, af- 

 ter all, we citizens surpass all the world in this partic- 

 ular as well as in almost every other. I have heard 

 of an honest milkman who had the art of obtaining 

 double the number of quarts, and with less waste of 

 time and fodder, from one of our old city pumps I 



JVe w York paper. 



A person in South Carolina raised the past season 

 800 bushels of sweet potatoes on an acre, by placing 

 the vines snugly in their beds, an inch apart. The 

 same person had one potatoe 3 feet 9 inches long, and 

 another which weighed 12 1-4 pounds. 



..Agriculture inJ^ew Hampshire. — The committee of 

 the Agricultural Society ofthe County of Hillsborough, 

 iy. H. appointed to award premiums on agricultural 

 products and farms, completed their tour on the 6th 

 inst. having travelled a hundrefi and eighty miles, and 

 visited forty-six farms. In a short notice of their tour, 

 which they have published in the Amherst Cabinet, 

 they say, " they are hnppy to announce the flourishing 

 condition of agriculture through the county ; and the 

 abundance, which a Munificent Providence this year 

 pours into the lap of industry. The products of grass 

 and small grains are in great profusion. Indian corn 

 will require several warm weeks to bring it to matu- 

 rity." 



Gold, — A letter from Curacoa of July 22, mentions 

 that upwards of $1511,000 in value of pure virgin gold, 

 24 carats have been received from Aruba, where the 

 existence of gold has recently been discovered. The 

 Dutch government has taken measures to secure the 

 exclusive benefit ofthe discovery. 



Charles Thompson., Secretary of the Rerolutionary 

 Congress. — This venerable patriot has lately paid the 

 debt of nature, at his seat near Philadelphia, in the 

 95th year of his age. His public services, and private 

 virtues had justly rendered him dear to every intelli- 

 gent and patriotic American. 



Yellow Fever at Charleston. — One death has been 

 published by the Health Committee, and three other 

 cases announced in the Charleston papers of the 11th 

 inst. which also contains the advice of the physicians 

 for strangers to leave the city. Several deaths from the 

 same disorder have also taken place at New Orleans. 



The Phi Beta Kappa. — The annual exhibition of this 

 Society was held in Cambridge yesterday. Besides the 

 members ofthe Society, a very numerous audience, in- 

 cluding Gen. La Fayette and the gentlemen who ac- 

 company him on his visit, together with several other 

 distinguished strangers and many gentlemen of distinc- 

 tion and accomplished ladies of our own vicinity, were 

 highly entertained by a poem on Liberty., by the Rev. 

 Henry Ware, jr. and an oration on the motives to 

 intellectual exertion in this country, by Rev. Professor 

 Everett. After the literary exercises, about two hun- 

 dred members ofthe Society, together with their guests, 

 among whom were Gen. La Fayette, Mr Duponceau, 

 of Philadelphia, and the late Gov. Brooks sat do-wn to 

 a frugal dinner in the Commons Hall, at which Judge 

 Story, the president ofthe Society, presided. The ex- 

 ercises oflhis occasion were highly enlivened by a great 

 variety of excellent toasts, from the chair, from the 

 guests, and from the members, some of which we shall 

 hereafter preseat to our readers. — fioston Daily Mv, 



NEW ENGLAND MUSEUM. 



76, COURT STREET, yjO.V/'OJV, 



CONTAINING much more nunierou« Collections 

 and greater variety of entertairunents than any 

 other Kstablishment in America, continues steadily to 

 increase, and is open for the reception of vie-itt ra 

 F.VLRY DAY AND EVENING. 



It will be constantly in the best possible condition 

 and every exertion made to render the visits of its pat- 

 rons agreeable. 



This Establishment now contains FIVE former Mu- 

 seums united in ONE, together with very great and 

 numerous additions (the whole receipts being faithfully 

 laid out to increase it.) 



JUST ADDED, 

 The celebrated Knee Horse Eclipse, 

 A beautiful Ccsmoramic View of London, 

 A large and beautiful live Raltlesnake, 

 The Arabian Bottle, made of the stomach of a 



Camel — holds about a barrel — used to carry water 



across the desert. 

 The Invalid's Chair — very ingenious — invented 



by Professor Peck. 

 A very large and elegant Sword Fish, upwards 



of 14 feet long, with a sword 4 1-2 feet long. 

 f^f^j' The Museum is well lighted, and a Band of 

 Music performs every evening. Admittance 25 cents. 



PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE, fcc. 



(Revised and corrected every Friday.] 



APPLE!?, best, new, 

 AShES, pot, Ist sort, . - - 

 pearl do. - - - - 



BEANS, white, 



BEEF, mess, 200 lbs. - - - 

 cargo. No 1, - - - - 



" No 2, - - - - 

 BUTTER, inspect. No. 1. new, 

 CHEESE, new milk, - - - - 



skimed milk, - . - 



FLAX 



FLAX SEED 



FLOUR^ Baltimore, Howard St 



Genessee, ... 



Rye, best, ... 

 GRAIN,Rye 



Corn - - ... 



Barley - . . • 



Oats - - . - - 

 HOGS' LARD, 1st sort - - 

 HOPS, No 1, Inspection of 1S2 3 



LIME, 



OIL, Linseed, Phil, and Northern 



PLAISTER PARIS . . - - 



PORK, Bone Middlings - - - 



navy, mess. 



Cargo, No 1, . . - 



SEEDS, Herd'sGrass, 1823, - 



Clover ..... 



WOOL, Merino, full blood,wash 



do do unwashed 



do 3-4 washed 



do 1-2 do 



Native . . - do 



Pulled, Lamb's, 1st sort 



do Spinning, 1st sort 



PROVISIOXf MARKET. 

 BF.EI'', best pieces- - - - - 

 PORK, fresh, best pieces, - . 



" whole - ... 



VEAL, 



MUTTON, 



POULTRY, 



BUTTER, keg & tub, new, - 

 lump, - • - 



EGGS, 



MEAL, Rye, retail, - - - - 

 Indian, do. - . - - 

 POTATOES, new, - - - 

 CIDER, liquor, new - - - 

 HAY, Recording to quality, 



