NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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OHIO AND CHF.SVPEAK CANAL. 



Extract of a letter from Ciimhcrlaiiil, datid ^ug. Zi. 



" I dined Ihis day with tin United States' eP!:i- 

 neers, who art siiiveyin" the ruoniac river — tin y 

 commenced at the month of Savat'e, and have got to 

 t'uiuherland ; their camp is a Hlth- below lowi\. 

 This !;rand undertakins; now proinises to be speedily 

 touipltted — the United States have taken a deep in- 

 terest ill the business, and if there is water enonc;h at 

 tile suiUQiit level, money can and will be found to 

 complete this ;;lorious work — a work which will do 

 more to cement and strenithen the Union than aey 

 other which can be ei'cn imagined. And to Wash- 

 intjton and Alleghany counties it will be truly a bles- 

 sing, and I hop< ytt to see the day when steam-boats 

 will be crossing (he Alleghany mountains. 



"Those mountains 1 crossed almost oO years ago, 

 and had a turnpike been talked of tlitn, all in that 

 neighborhood would have thought it was a wilti pro- 

 ject. And what shall hinder a canal from Savage 

 river to the sea? There is water in abundance, and 

 should it never go further we have a free turnpike 

 road to the western waters — but it will go further, it 

 ■will not be a halfway measure — it will go the whole 

 way from Lake Erie to Lake Erie again. 



" .Maryland and Virginia will rapidly rise — they 

 will flourish beyond calculation, and when you and 1 

 ar'- cold in the grave, our children's children will be 

 passing along the Chesapeake and Chio canal. Yet 

 even we shall see the meeting of the waters." 



AMERICAN CANALS. 



Three hundred and thirty miles of the New-York 

 Grand Canal will be navigable this fall: and it will 

 be opened into Lake Erie next year: establishing an 

 uninterrupted intercourse between the city of New- 

 York and Lake Superior. 



The success of the Grand Canal will cause many 

 other Canals to be made, and to be successful. 



The Canal between Philadelphia and Baltimore 

 will probably be opened next year ; and the Chesa- 

 peake and Ohio Canal commenced. When this is 

 made, an inland voyage between Norfolk, Baltimore, 

 &c. &c. and N^cW-Orleans, can be effected. 



Our Middlesex Canal has hei n more profitable' this 

 year than ever before, and will undoubtedly regu- 

 larly increase in profit. Chelmsford has become a 

 populous and important inland town. 



We hope s^ion to hear of spirited measures for mak- 

 ing the Canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific, through 

 a part of the Colombian Republic. If this Gr>al 

 Republic prospers, as we trust it will, the important 

 work will be achieved. Bosf. Pall, 



STEAM CARRIAGE.S. 



It is proposed in England to substitute iron rail-ways 

 for roads, and employ steam engines instead of the 

 great number of teams of horses and oxen, now used 

 to transport travellers and merchandise. The dis- 

 tance from London to Uie principal cities of England 

 will be reduced one quarter or even one third by the 

 construction of railways, in a right line and the nume- 

 rous windings in the roads will be avoided. The prst 

 from London, by this new arrangement will reach 

 Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds in twelve hours, and 

 only 24 hours will be required to arrive in Glasgow 

 and Edinburg. 



It will cost about 20,000 dollars jkt mile to con- 

 struct a double railway proper for carria»res both to go 

 and return. The expense of a railway of four rows, 

 is estimated at 58,000 dollars. The distance between 

 London and Newcastle in a right line is about 200 

 miles. The establishment of this kind of communica- 

 tion will cost therefore §11,500,000. The consump- 

 tion of New Castle coal is a little more than 2,000,000 

 chaldrons a year, which, if the freight is a dollar each 

 will yield the proprietors of the railway an annual 

 revenue of 2,000,000 dollars, and will re-imhurse 

 their capital in less than six years. But the profits of 

 the establishment 'roBi other articles of transportation 

 will be immense. To appreciate the amount, it is 

 only necessary to remark that one steam engine will 

 be able to propel along the railway in less than thirty 

 hours from London to Edinburg, tliree carriages laden 



with passengers and baggage which at present require 

 three hundred horses, and reach their place of desti- 

 nation only in fifty hours. 



Little feasible as the execution of this project ap- 

 pears, adds the French writer " we dare say capital- 

 ists will be found in England venturous enough to 

 I'irnish the funds and enjineers skilful enough to 

 01 ereonie the obstacles which seem to render it ini- 

 p acticable. .'V". 5'. Obs. 



Cut that ion of Oysters. — It is proposed to render 

 the lands in New-Jers"y now covered with salt water, 

 jiroductive to the state by /j/rtn/'Me" them with oysters. 

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ompanie! 



are to lie Inrnied to take leases of lots 



containing not less than 1000 acres each, to be char- 

 tereil for 30 years. *-ix companies are already said 

 to le formed, ready to apply to the Legislature for 

 charters, at the rate of $3000 per year for each lot. 



The harvests this season are said to be very al'up- 

 dant. lioth in England and Ireland. In the latter 

 rountry they will probably prevent much distress, 

 and perhaps save not a little commotion. 



REMOVAL. 



THE A-ricultural Establishment is removed from 

 Vo. 20 .Merchants Row to No. 5, north side of the 

 Old Market, up stairs, where is for sale, a general as- 

 sortment of the most approved Farming Implements 

 togethirwith Willis's improved Straw Cutter and Blini 

 Fastenings. Sept. 25, 



NURSERY. 



THE Subscriber, for a few years past, has been cul- 

 tivating an extensive KRUIT NURSERY. He 

 now has n large assorrment of Peach Treks, budded 

 rom the best I'ruit in the country, native and foreign, 

 n the best order for transplanting. By another season 

 he hopes to ofttr I'jiAii and Cherry Trees of the 

 first quality. O. HSKE. 



IVorcesler, Sept. 21, lf;24. 



''!"-= M ^' ^^ of the 2d volume ol the New l^^ngland 

 '^^ J3I Farmer is much wanted to complete files ; — 

 lor which a generous price will be given. Printers who 

 exchange willi us, will confer a great favour by re- 

 turning their copies of that number. Sept. 4. 



The national debt of Spain is at present estimated 

 at 81 millions sterling 



By the latest accounts, the yellow fever seems to be 

 increasing at New Orleans. 



The new cases of the fever at Charleston, (S. C.) 

 were two on the 15th and nine on the 16th. 



Major /-/'P7IJ7/ and party, who have been on an ex- 

 pidif ion of three years to the Rocky mountains, have 

 recently arrived at St. Tonis. Missouri. The compa- 

 ny descended the Missouri in boats, having a consid- 

 erable quantity of fur &'c. 



About three years since a Geopraphical Society 

 was established at Paris, patronized by the Govern- 

 ment. It has funds sufficient to award yearly premi- 

 ums for dissertations on such subjects as the Society 

 proposes ; and has alreadv awarded premiums to the 

 amount of 7,700 francs, the largest of which was 

 3000 francs 



Jl violent gale commenced on the evening of the 

 14th iusl. at Charleston, S. C. which continued about 

 eis:ht hours to blow with increasing violence. Con- 

 sid.ralile damage was sustained by the shipping in 

 fh> harbor, though it produced very little effect upon 

 the tid . 



IViiit and Ornamental Trees. 



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OR sale, as usual, at the 

 KENRICK PLACE, near 

 Briiihton. The Nurseries have 

 been much enlarged, and contain 

 variety of Pears, Apples, Cherries, 

 Plums, .Apricots, &c. Also, the 

 finest Nursery of budded Peach 

 =*^'^^3SjPft9f^ite Trees known in America ; con- 

 sisting of a choice collection of about 30 of the most 

 approved kinds in our best gardens, or seen in the mar- 

 kets ; the Peach Trees are from five to eight feet high, 

 and sold at the moderate price of SS' 1-3 cents each ; — 

 of good sized ornamental trees, — the flowering Horse 

 Chesnnt — flowering Catalpa — European Mountain Ash 

 — Weeping Willow — the Evergreen Silver Fir, and the 

 1 Hrc h — English Walnuts and Butter Nuts, both of 

 which are justly admired for their fruit. The latter is 

 a hardy, handsome tree, and its bark valuable in dyes 

 and medicine. 



Currant bushes of the large prolific red kind, of all 

 sizes, by the dozen, hundred or thousand, on moderate 

 terms. Also the black, while, and Champaign, do — 

 red and white roses — Lilacs — English Grapes, &c. 

 Orders addressed to JOHN or WILLIAM KENRICK, 

 nnd sent to the Brighton Post-Office, or to the Office 

 of Mr. Samuel Oana, Broker, in State-street, Boston, 

 will be duly attended to. 



N. B. Trees will be packed in clay and mats for 

 shipping, and conveyed to Boston when ordered ; but 

 gentlemen at a distance should employ some agent to 

 receive and pay for them. 



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OR sale at this Office, BALL SKINS at the usual 

 prices. 



PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE, &c. 



[Revised and corrected every Friday.] 



APPLES, best, new, 



ASHES, pot, 1st sort, - - - 

 pearl do. - - - - 



BEANS, white, 



BEEF, mess, 200 lbs. - - - 



eargo, No 1, - - - - 



" No 2, - - - - 



BUTTER, inspect. No. 1. new, 



CHEESE, new milk, - - - - 

 skimed milk, - - - 



FLAX 



FLAX SEED 



FLOUR, Baltimore, Howard St 

 Geacssee, - - - 



Rye, best, ... 



GRAIN,Rye 



Corn - - . . - 

 Barley - - - - 

 Oats - - . - - 



HOGS' LARD, 1st sort - - 



HOPS, No 1, Inspection 2£ 



LLME, 



OIL, Linseed, Phil, and Northern 



PLAISTER PARIS - - - - 



PORK, Bone Middlings - - - 

 navy, mess. 

 Cargo, No 1, - - - 



SEEDS, Ilerd'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 



PROVISIOTT MARKET. 

 BEEI-', best pieces- - - - - 

 PORK, fresh, best pieces, - . 



" whole hogs, - - - 



VEAL, 



MUTTON, 



POULTRY, 



BUTTER, keg & tub, new, - 

 lump, - • - 



EGGS, 



MEAL, Rye, retail, - - - - 

 Indian, do. - . - - 

 POTATOES, new, - - - 

 CIDER, liquor, new - - - 

 HAY, according to quality, 



