1825.] 



NEW ENGLAND FAU^FER. 



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Long Koots. — We have received a line from 

 New Tork, containing' an intimation that n wri 

 ler in oui paper, with the signature of '■'■ A Far- 

 mer,'' whose proilHClion was pnlilisiied pag:e ICtS 

 of our current volume, was niistiiken in assert- 

 ing^ in substance, that Lucerne and Clover woiiM 

 not enilnre drought so well as St. Foin, on ac- 

 count ol" tiie long tap-rool of the kind of grass, 

 last mentioned. Our correspomlent says, " the 

 celebrated Young, in his Memoirs on Agricul- 

 «re, has asserted that lie ha<i a Lucerne root, 

 dug up from his garden, that measured seven 

 feel, which was not, however, tiie whole length 

 of the root, forit broke olTat'.liat length.'' The 

 " Farmer's Dictionary," an F.nglish work ol 

 reputation, under tlie head of St. Foin, says, 

 " the length of its root is scarce to be credited 

 by any but those who have seen it; it is fre- 

 quently drawn out of the ground, to the length; 

 of (zcclve orfourlcer.fcet, but is said to be often 

 thirty/ feet or more in length.'''' 



SUMMARY OF NEWS. 



JoHX QuiKCY Adams was cm Friday last inaugiiratfd 

 Trtsiilint, and John Caldwell Calhocx, \ ice Prtsi- 

 dent ol the United States. 



The United States Board of F.nginecrs have awarded 

 to Mr. .lolin Bruce, of Kentucky, the premium of one 

 thousand dollars — he having- presented to the Engineer 

 Department the mosl approved invention for tlie ri- ■ 

 moval of sawyers, planters, and suags, in the Missis- 

 sippi Ri\'tr. 



General Lufaiietle left ^Vashin»ton the 23d of Feb- 

 ruaiy. His route is throujli the Carolinas, Georgia 

 and Alabama, to New-Orleans, v/hence he will rsturn 

 by Mississippi and Ohio, visiting the different seats of ( 

 government on his way. As he contemplates being in '■ 

 Boston on the ITlh of June, he has less than '1 months, j 

 to travel oO(,'0 miles. | 



To Pnper Makers and others who require large and * 

 powerful Screw's. — We have pleasure in stating lor the! 

 information of those maiinfaclnrers, that Mr. JohnC. 1 

 Langdon, of this city, makes Scre'ws of a quality alto | 

 gether superior to those heretofore in use in this country. 

 We have conversed with two intelligent papf r Makers ■ 

 ■who have used Mr. Langdon's screws, and both concur ' 

 in this statement ; one of them tells us he has tried the 

 best screws made at Brandywine, I'alterson, New 

 York, and Albany, and having lately purchased one 

 of Mr. Langdon, is perfectly satislied of its excellence, 

 and shall lay aside all others in his mills, although not j 

 half worn, and furnish himself with these. — Troy Sent. 



Florida. — A census of Florida has been ordered by; 

 the territorial government. The St. Augustine paper j 

 says that such has been the recent influx of population, ' 

 that it will be found that Florida is entitled to claim 

 admission as one of the United Slates. 



Small Pox. — The Worcester Spy states that no new 

 esse of this fatal malady has occurred in IJouglas for 

 about three weeks past, nor do we hear of any in Ux- 

 bxidge, or elsewhere in the vicinity. There have been 

 within the limits of Douglas, in all, Iweire diaths, and 

 about./?'/''.'/ cases. All that now remain sick are con- 

 valescent. 



Longevity in Virginia. — The last Petersburg Intelli- 

 '^encer mention's the death of five persons in the alms- 

 house of that town, within the last two months, who--e 

 united ages amounted to 522 years! consisting of a 

 white woman aged 112, a negro man 110, his wife 105, 

 another negro 95, and another ditto 100. The editor 

 suggests these facts as a correction of the idea of the 

 gazetteers and geographies that very few of the citizens 

 of that part of the country survive the age of forty or 

 forty-five. 



Seventy tbtnisand persons have been counted passing 

 Blackfriars bridge, Lsndon, in one day. 



One pound of American cotton is converted by labor 

 aJone into articles which sell for 311. 10 shillings. 



A fine quarry of green Barbie has been found in 

 Ireland . 



Two peasants of Maceretta-Fetta, near Fort l.eo, 

 in diggin? a pit, at the beginning of May, discovered 

 something conceah'ii below the surface. Thev inlbrm- 

 ed their ina>ter, who immediately came to i'Ik; spot, 

 ivith three fi lends and a sniilh. With great dilficulty 

 tlicy raised from the ground a brass chest liouud with 

 iron. The smith opened it, and tin y fonml in it the 

 following valuable articles : — many rods and vessels of 

 gold ; a crown ornamented with diamonds ; a great 

 quantity of female ornaments ; cloths ofamiant bus, with 

 borders embroidered in gold ; gold candlesticks, with 

 ancient inscriptions Sic. The chest is five feet Ion", 

 2 liroad, and 2 1-2 deep. Some persons conjecture that 

 these jewels may have belonged to Uerengar, Duke of 

 hea, and King of Italy, who, in his war with the Fm- 

 peror Otho, fortified himself with liis Queen Gilda, on 

 the celebated rock of St. Leo, where he was besieged, 

 and together willi his consort, fell into the hands of 

 Otho, who sent them both to Germany. — Eng. pa. 



F.xlraordinari/ I'egelable. — Richard H. Cocke, Fsq. 

 of Surry County, has presented to tlie proprietor of 

 Carres Hotel, in this town, a Carrot, raised in his gar- 

 den at Bacon's Castle, weighing ?f»i pounds — 17 inches 

 long and fifteen in circumference. Can any of our 

 Northern Farmers excel this? — jYorfulk Herald. 



A valuable young man, about 20 years of age, recent- 

 ly died at Cincinnati, (Ohio) in consequence of eating 

 wild parsnip — in mistake fur spikenard. 



The government of New South 'Wales has introduced 

 the tread mill into that colony with great success. 



JOSEPH BRIDGE, No. 25, Court street, has for 

 sale, an extensive assortment of imported and do- 

 mestic Garden and Field S< eds, among whieh are ear- 

 ly and late l'ea«, (various kinds) Beans, RUf'A BAG A 

 MANGEL WUR r;^EL, Carrot, Beet. I'arsley, Lettuce 

 (various kinds) Endive, Celery, Cauliflower, Cabbages 

 (various kinds) Burnet, Chervil, SALSAFIE, or Vege- 

 table Oyster, SCOR^iKNEIlA, Sweet Marjoram, Sage, 

 1 hyme, winter and summer ijavory. Tomatoes, (Jrass 

 .Seeds, \'iz. — Herds, Foul Meadow, Rirfl Top, Red and 

 White Clover, with over 200 varieties of ORN A ME.NT- 

 ALSEEUS. Garden Tools, viz: Edging Irons, Pruning 

 Saws, Pruning and Budding Knives, 'I'ransplanting 

 Trowels, Garden Keels and Lines, Dutch or Pushing 

 Hoes, «Sl-c. 



Bird Seeds, GREEN HOUSE PLANTS, and FIcwer 

 Pols. 



Wanted as above, a few bushels MILLET. 33 



J\''alional Leo-islaturc. 



SENATE.— Feb. 25. Mr Chandler, from the Com- 

 miUer on the Militia, offered a resolution, which was 

 agreed to, directing the Secretary of War to advertise 

 for proposals tar printing 40.000 c(.pies of the abstract 

 of Infantry Tactics, which was reported to the Senate 

 by the Secretary of War, on the 3d day of February 

 inst. fcc. 



The bill for the continuation of the Cumberland 

 Road was read a third time, passed, and returned to 

 the House — Yea52l, Nays 11. 



Fkb. 28. The Pnsident of the United States com- 

 municated copies of Treaties with the Quapaw and 

 Choctaw nations of Indians. 



Mr Haynes laid on the table a resolution intended, as 

 he said, as a solemn protest against any unsolicited in- 

 terference on the part of the Federal Government on 

 the subject of the emancipation of slaves. 



March I. The General Post Office Bill was dis- 

 cussed, and ordered to its third reading. Motions to 

 strike out the clause, which allows printers to exchange 

 newspapers beyond a certain number, and to reduce 

 the time allowed to Members of Congress for franking 

 letters, were rejected. 



A letter was received from the President elect, in- 

 forming that he proposed to take the Oath prescribed 

 by the Constitution, &:c. on the 4th inst. 



The amended bill for tiie suppression of piracy pass- 

 ed both Houses. 



HOUSE.— Feb. 25. Mr Cambreleng, from the 

 Committee of Ways and Means reported a bill to au- 

 thorize the importation of foreign distilled spirits in 

 casks of a capacity not less than fifteen gallons, which 

 was read twice and laid on the table. 



Mr Newton reported a bill to authorize the register 

 or enrolment and licence to be issued in the name of 

 the President or Secretary of any incorporated compa- 

 ny, owning a steam boat, which was read twice and 

 engrossed. 



Feb. 28. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 

 Treasury to borrow a sum not exceeding $12,000,000, 

 or to exchange a stock bearing 4 1-2 per cent, for a 

 certain stock hearing an interest of 6 per cent, passed. 



March 1. The ('ommitlee on Military Affairs was 

 discharged from the further consideration of the Mes- 

 sage urging the immediate adjustment of the claims of 

 Massachusetts for Militia services. 



The bill concerning copper mines near Lake Superi- 

 our was discussed and rejected. A bill in regard to a 

 road from Missouri to the Mexican border was passed. 



FOR sale, as usual, at the Kenrick Place, 

 near Brighton, (Mass.) The Nurseries have 

 been much enlarged, and contain a variety of Pears, 

 Apples, Cherries, PImns, Apricots, &c. Also, the finest 

 variety of budded Pt ach Trees know n in America ; con- 

 sistlngof a choice collection of about 40 of the most ap- 

 proved kinds in our best gardens, or seen in the 

 markets ; the Peach Trees are from five to eight feet 

 high, andsold at the moderate i>rice of 30 cents each, 

 of good sized ornamental trees, the flowering Horse 

 Chesnut, flowering Catalpa ; European Mountain Ash ; 

 Weeping Willow ; the Evergreen Silver Fir, and the 

 Larch ; English Walnuts and Butter Nuts, both of 

 which are justly admired for their fruit. 



Currant Bushes of the large prolific red kind, of all 

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

 terras. Also, the black, white, and Champaign do ; 

 red and white Roses ; Lilacs ; English Grapes, &c. 



Orders addressed to JOHN or WILLIAM KENRICK, 

 and sent to the Brighton Post Office, or to the Office of 

 DANA & FEN NO, Brokers, iu State-street, Boston, will 

 be duly attended to. 



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

 ping, and conveyed to Boston when ord^red ; but gen- 

 tlemen at a distance should employ some agent to re- 

 ceive and pay for them. 



CASH will be paid at this Oflice, for any number 

 of copies of the New England Farmer, Vol. iii. 

 I\'o. 31. 



The Wonderful Norfolk Trotter, imported July 1822, 



from England, 



WILL STAND THIS SEASON, 1825, 



^it Tieent'j Dollars, and One Dollar the Groom. TVie 



Tiiontif to be paid to the Groom at Coveruig. 



THIS celebrated Horse is a bright bay, with black 

 legs, standing 15 hands high ; his superior blood, 

 sj'mmetry and action excebthose of every other trotting 

 Stallion. He is allowed by the best Judges in Norfolk 

 to be the fastest and best bred Horse ever sent out of 

 that County. He has proved himself a sure foal getter, 

 and his Stock for size and substance are not to be sur- 

 passed ; they are selling at the highest prices of any 

 Horses in Norfolk. 



BELLFOUNDER was got by that well known, fast 

 and high formed Trotter, Oi.D Bellfousder, out of 

 Velocity, which trotted on the Norwich road, in 1806, 

 Sixteen Miles in one hour, and though she broke fifteen 

 times into a gallop, and as often turned round, won her 

 match. In 1808 she trotted Twenty eight miles in one 

 hour and forty seven minutes, and has also done many 

 other great performances against time. 



BELLFOUNDER, at five years old, trotted Two 

 mdes in six minutes, and in the following year was 

 matched for 200 guineas, to trot Nine miles in thirty 

 minutes, and he won easily by thirty two seconds. His 

 owner shortly after challenged to perform with him Sev- 

 enteen miles and a half in one hour, but it was not ac- 

 cepted. He has since never been saddled or matched. 



Old BELLFOUNDER was a true descendant from the 

 original blood of the Fireaways, which breed of Horses 

 stand unrivalled, either in this or any other nation. 



BELLFOUNDER is strongly recommended to the 

 public by the subscriber, as combining more usefnl 

 properties than any other Horse in America, and will 

 stand, during the season, at his stable in Charlestown, 

 where all inquiries, post paid, will be attended to. 



Bfllkocnder's foals thus far have proved fully 

 satisfactory, showing extraordinary action. 



SAMUEL JAQUES, Jr, 



Charlestown, Mass. March 11, 1825. 



