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ed by i\Ir Clay, Uie Speaker, in a very eloquent and 

 impressive manner, to which Gen. La Kayclte made a 

 very appropriate and feeling reply. 



Dec. 13. On motion of Mr Little, a select Commit 

 tee WU3 appointed on the subject of lievolutionary 

 Pensions. Resolutions were also offered on the sub- 

 ject of Public Lands, Post Offices, Light Houses, for 

 authorizing the State of Ohio to sell certain tracts of 

 land ; for increasing the navy, [which was negatived ;] 

 more elTettually to punish certain crimes. The bill to 

 authorize an issue of ammunition fur the use of the 

 pupils of Partridge's Academy was objected to, and 

 ordered to lie on the table. 



Dtc. 14. Three Mess.igcs were received from the 

 President ; one relating to the expenditures of the Pub- 

 lic Buildings and their progress ; another on the sale 

 t)f Public Lots in Washington ; and a third on lands 

 located under the Virginia Military Land Warrants, 

 lying in Ohio. 



Mr Wright, of Ohio, otTered a resolution, which was 

 adopted, to instruct the Committee on the Judiciary 

 to inquire into tlie expediency of providing by law 

 that any judicial or other civil officer of the United 

 States, who shall be engaged in fighting a duel, ire. 

 should foifeit his olfice, and be forever rendered inca- 

 pable of holding any office under the government. — 

 Kesolutions were offered relative to the Treaty with 

 the Cherokee Indians in 1S04 — for making Hudson and 

 Troy, in New Vork, and Bowdoinhani, in Maine, and 

 Eastport, in Ohio, ports of delivery — for instructing the 

 Post Office Committee on the expediency of erecting 

 Post routes in \'irginia, Florida, and Maryland, &c. 



Dec. 16. The Speaker laid before the House a com- 

 munication from the Treasury Department, stating the 

 amount and periods at wHich the bonds for duties on 

 imports in the year 182'2 became payable. The reso- 

 lution of Mr Forsyth relative to the Treaty with the 

 Cherokees passed. A resolution on the subject of Du- 

 ties on Canal Boats was referred to the Co.mmittee of 

 Commerce. 



Dec. 19. .4 bill to authorize the Secretary 'of the 

 Treasury to adopt a new hydrometer was read a third 

 time, and passed, and sent to the Senate for concur- 

 rence. 



The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roa(l»«'a« 

 instructed to inquire into the expediency of establish- 

 ing a post route in Newhampshire from .\ndover to 

 Conway. 



Mr Wickliffe, of Kentucky, offered a resolution that 

 the appointment of Electors by the several states, of 

 President and Vice President, shall be made on the same 

 day throughout the United States. 



Soulli. America. — A sanguinary action was fought be- 

 tween the Spaniards and Colombian army near Trusil- 

 lo on the 17th of September. Both Bolivar and Can- 

 tcrac commanded in person. In the midst of the bat- 

 tle one of tb.e battallions of the Colombians deserted to 

 the enemy. The space thus left open was taken ad- 

 yantage of by the Spanish Cavalry, who iniLnediately 

 charged, and made dreadful havoc amongst the Colom- 

 bians. But Bolivar rallied them and made good his 

 retreat. He had three horses killed under him and 

 was wounded by two balls without losing his sang 

 fioid. Canterac is likewise said to have been wounded 

 severely,. It is thought tliat this battle will not prove 

 decisive, but that Bolivar will soon be able to take 

 the field again. Gen. Miller, an English officer, and 

 Gen. Cordova were killed in the battle. 



Sleam Boat Dimsler.— The Stram boat Riflleman was 

 lately destroyed by taking fire from her furnace, when 

 within five miles of Cahawba, Alabama, and was run 

 ashore, and the crew and passengers were saved, but 

 the books of the boat, and the letter bag, supposed to 

 contain valuable remittances, were burnt with the 

 boat and cargo. 



Veterinary Operation.— A correspondent of the Wor- 

 cester Spy state" that in the month of May last, a cow 

 belonging to a farmer of Templeton, was choked with 

 a -.aw polatoe ; and that after all the usual means of 

 relief had been found un.ivailing, Mr Partridge, a med 

 jcal student, made au incision about 6 inches in !en»ih 

 through the skin and nuiscles, till be came to the wea- 



sand (windpipe) into which he made a sufficient open- 

 irg to extract the potatoe with ease. '1 he wound was 

 thin nicely closed by sewing, and the whole secured 

 by lint and bandage, and in a few weeks the cow was 

 completely recovered. Not more than four ounces of 

 blond were lost during the operation. 



Extraordinary Pear Tree. —Hertfordshire in England 

 isfiimons for apples, pears, cider and perry. The Ency- 

 clopedia says there is a pear tree growing in the parish 

 of Holm Lacy, which has more than once filled fifteen 

 hogsheads in a year with liquor, 'the branches of this 

 tree becoming long and heavy, their ends fell to the 

 ground, where they took root, each branch becoming as 

 it were a new tree, and in its turn producing others, in 

 the same way. This tree covers nearly half an acre of 

 ground. The produce of the pear orchards in this county 

 is one third more than the produce of the apple orch- 

 ards. — Hampshire Gazelle. 



Grain.— k short time since, 14,000 barrels of flour, 

 and more than 100,000 bushels of grain, lately arrived 

 in this city from the South in one day. 



Scioto Valley.— An Ohio paper states that 30,000 acres 

 of corn might be seen growing, last autumn, between 

 Columbus and Piketon, on the alluvial lands which 

 border on Scioto river ; and that the corn will yield 60 

 bushels to the acre, making 1,800,000 bushels, the rais- 

 ing and harvesting of which did not cost 10 cents per 

 bushel. The paper does not inform us what the corn 

 will sell for, but another account states that in some 

 parts of Ohio, thirteen bushels of corn are exchanged 

 for a pound of tea. Tte soil of the Scioto valley is de- 

 scribed as being " a rich sandy loam, interspersed with 

 pebbles, which form an inexhaustible bed of manure!" 



*^* Those of our subscribers who are indebted for the 

 New England Farmer for more than one year, are 

 respectively requested to make payment as soon as con- 

 venient. We are aware that these small matters are 

 often neglected thro' forgetfulness ; but though small, 

 yet collectively they are the only means of our sup- 

 port. W^e trust our friends will not consider this request 

 amiss, when they consider that our paper, deriving no 

 support from advertisements, depends wholly upon the 

 prompt payment of subscribers. 



Our friends in the interior of Massachusetts are re- 

 minded that an opportunity for remitting money by the 

 members of the Legislature, will occur in January. 



WANTED, as an Apprentice to the Printing busi- 

 ness, a smart, active lad, of good education and 

 and habits. Apply at this office. 



NOS. 1 and 26 of Vol. ii of the N. E. Farmer, are 

 much wanted to complete a file for a Gentleman 

 in New Bedford. Any person having a copy of either, 

 will much oblige us by forwarding it to this office. 



For sale at this office, a few pounds of Mangel Wurt- 

 sei and Rula Baga Seed, raised by John Prince, 

 Esq. Pvoxbury. 



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DYER'S supcriour Red and White Groseille (or 

 Currant) Wine, is for sale, wholesale or retail, for 

 the present, at 65, Broad-Street, by E. COPELAND, Jr. 

 Price per keg of 6 gallons, delivered at any part of 

 the city, 87 1-2 cents per gallon, including keg and 

 sending home, for the Red; — and $1,50 per gallon 

 for the White. The extensive sale of this valuable ar- 

 ticle of Domestic Industry is its best recommendation. 



TIlc following notice of this Wine is extiacledfrom the 

 (^Saltni) Essex Register, 



" We have been politely favoured with a sample of 

 the Groseille Wine, made by the Messrs. Dyers, of 

 Providence, R. I. and have no hesitation in pronounc- 

 ing it superiourto much of the imported Wine, and a 

 beverage oi' uncommon richness of flavour and colour. 

 It is said to be very v/holesome ; and we cannot doubt 

 that it will take the place of the foreign Wines at our 

 social parties," &c. , Dec. 24. 



Bremen Cccttc. 



FOR sale by Thomas Williums, at Noddle's Island, 

 near Boston, 20 large Brkmkn Gef.se, which, at 

 5 months'old, weighed from 15 to 20 lbs each. These 

 Geese were obtained by Mr. W iUiams of Col. Jaques 

 of Charlestown, Ms. and arc of the same breed, of which 

 notice isgiven in the New i'.ngland Farmer, vol. iii. p. 

 45. in an article copied from a Providence paper. — 

 They are recommended in preference to all others by 

 their weight, extra quality and quantity of down, and 

 feathers (yielding double ;) they arc perfectly white, 

 set much earlier, are more sure of bringing off a brood, 

 are remarkably hardy, and will weigh when fatted dou- 

 ble the weight of our common geese." They are like- 

 wise very prolific. Mr. Williams raised, the present 

 season 28 goslings from 3 geese. The original stock of 

 these geese was imported by Ebenezer Rollins Esqr. of 

 Boston. Oct. 9. 



RICHARDSON & LORD, have just published, a 

 new and valuable Reading Book, designed for the 

 use of Schools, entitled the Agncullural Reader — By 

 Daniel Adams, M. D. author of the Scholars' Arilh- , 

 metic, School Geography, k.c. 



JOB PRINTING 



executed with neatness and despatch, on reasonable 

 terms at this Otfice. 



PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE, &:c. 



[Revised and corrected every Friday.] 



APPLES, best, » 



ASHES, pot, Ist sort, - - - 

 ptarl do. - - - - 



BEANS, white, 



BEEF, mess, 200 lbs. new, - 



cargo. No 1, new, - - 



" No 2, new, - - 



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, new, - 



HOPS, No 1, Inspection - - 



LIME, 



OIL, Linseed, Phil, and Northern 



PLAISTER PARIS retails at 



PORK, Bone Middlings, aew, 

 navy, mess, do. 

 Cargo, No 1, do. - - 



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 



PROVISION MARKET. 

 BEEl'', best pieces - . . - 

 PORK, fresh, best pieces, - . 



" whole hogs, . - - 



VEAL, 



MUTTON, 



POULTRY, 



BUTTER, keg & tub, 



lump, best, - . - 



EGGS, 



MEAL, Rye, retail, - - . - 

 Indian, do. - . - - 

 POTATOES, new, - - - - 

 CIDER, liquor, new - - - - 

 HAY, according to quality, - 



