1825.] 



NEW ENGLAND FARIVTER. 



303 



The sale of the lots on the slreet south of the new 

 market, Boston, took place i'hurs lay 3)th ult. and jYork, London papt-rs have been received lo Ihe 5(h 



brought an average of 3 1'-'^-- !"•''• loot — there were 

 22 lots sold, anj produced J 10.3 IJ.iJ 12 1-2, this is 

 calculated to be at the rate of lulf a million dollars 

 the acre . 



Un ler the head of the "revival of business," one of 

 the Haitian -re papers state«, that Mr Iteacham is about 

 laying the Ueel of a ship of 2000 tons ! 



The Karilau and Delaware Canal bill has passed 

 l)olh branches of the Legislature of Pennsylvania. 



LovEi.i.'s FiGBT. The hundredth aniversary of Lov- 

 ell's battle, is to be celebrated at H'ryeburg, Me. near 

 the spot where the tattle was fought, on the 16lh of 

 May next. 



A bill for establishing an Alhcneum in the city of 

 New York has passed the senate of that state. 



College of Lnuisiana 



Latest from Europe. — By a late aniial at N«w-(X1|RY and Ground WfllTF. LK.\D, of a Buperiot 



of j JL^ quality, for sale in lots to suit purchasers. 



-The Tjegislature of Louisiana 



.VIrirch. A petition has been presented to Ihe llousi 

 of Commons for cutting a ship thannel through Cejitral 

 .America for the purpose of uniting the Atlantic with 

 Pacific Orean ; and for mining and other purposfs, in 

 Guatiamala. — One of the Dutch paptrs asserts that in 

 one of the Provinces of the Netherlands. 250 person* 

 had been drowned by an inundation, .'JOOO persons re- 

 duced to want, ir>00 houses overthrown, and M,ltOO 

 head ol cattle had perished. — I'he project for forming 

 a tunnel umier the Thames has been revived, and the 

 work was commenced the 2d of March. Engineers re- 

 port favorably respecting the practicability of the A'ork. 

 — 'i'wo boys at Lton school, one a son ol Lord Shafts- ! Ions, 

 burv, and the other belonging tu some distinguished [ fit 

 familv had a serious 



ALLU.M, in bbls. of 300 lbs. 



BLUK VITRIOL, of a superior quality. 



RLFINED SALTPELRK, in kegs oni2 lbs. 



DUPONT'S superior GUNPOW DKR— for sporting 

 or blasting — warranted equal to any powder to be had 

 in the United States, forall purposes lo which Gunpow- 

 der is applied. This powder is sold at wholesale or re- 

 Inil. 



8HOT— BALLS— FLINT.S,— at wholesale or retail. 



^ho — 10, GOO gallons of l)yer''3 superior red and white 

 CURRANT WINE, put up in kegs of 6 gallons, quar- 

 ter casks of from 2fj to 30 gallons, and pipes of 110 gal- 

 K. COPELAND, jr. 

 .^6 65 broad street. 



set to'- 



at boxing which lasted ! 171 PaRSOiNS Ai CO. City 1' uruilure warehouse, 

 about lour hours, and alter 60 rounds, Cooper, the j X'j . Union Street, near the Union Stone, keep con- 

 young nobleman, received his death blow, and expir- [ stantly on hand for sale, a general assortment of fuini- 

 ,.,.,, . .,,.,, , , , ed in about four hours. Wood, the other combatant, j ture, chairs, looking glasses, feathers of all kinds, fire 



at then- last session, incorporated a College by the above I and several others were taken into custody, charged | spi., brushes, bell.nvs &c. &-c. liosh.n. March 25. 



name, to be established at the town of Jackson, in the 

 parish of East Feliciana ; and appropriated funds for 

 its maintenance. 



Great Tree on Boston Common. — On seeing a para- 

 graph in a New York paper, in which the writer re- 

 quested to be furoished with the dimensions of 'he 

 "Great I'ree on the Common;" the same was accur- 

 ately taken on Saturday last, by two intelligent citi- 

 zens. They found it by actual admeasurement, fo be 

 sixl^ five feel in h.ight Iwr.nlt) one feel ei-jjit inches in 

 circumference, at two feel and a half from the circum- 

 jacent earth ; and that its branches extended eighty 

 six feet. 



The art of priuling Cotton or Cuiico i'; brought to 

 great perfection in this coentry. — An < xtensive estab 

 lishment for this purpose has recently been put in op- 

 eration at Taunton, Mass. We observed yesterday at 

 Messrs. .Molts, In Pine street, seme cases of prints from 

 that factory which will not suffer in comparison with 

 the best fabrics of Europe. 



C«n/— An extensive bed of coal has lately been dis- 

 covered in Clearfield county, Peun. on the Susquehan- 

 uah (liver. 



Ohio. —The Legislature of this Stale, at thrirlast 

 session have passed a law indicting a fine of §100 or 

 iinderon any person who shall confine or aid in confin- 

 ing; any bull, s'eer. or other domestic or domesticated 

 animal for bull baiting or other purposes of torture • 

 and a fine of $20 or under, on any person concerned 

 in the game of cock fighting. 



J^'aval Orders.— Com. Rodgers has issued a general 

 order fin- the prevention o( Dwll ing among the Amer- 

 ican officers of the Navy, by which practice the country 

 has already been deprived ef many brave men ; and 

 declares, that for a violation of this order, by any olHcer, 

 he shall not fail to put the laws in force against him to 

 their utmost extent. 



^ Cannl.—\t is slated that the navigation of the .'Mer- 

 rimack could be extended from Concord to Salisbury— 

 20 miles-for Ihe paltry sum of $2i ',000— which could 

 be raised by Lottery, in six months. The heights of 

 the Lake Winnipisseogee and Baker's Pond, "ensure 

 water, through fieders for anv canal which mi'^ht be 

 constructed between the upper Merrimack an'd the 

 Connecticut. — Pal. 



Death of a rich Bachelor.— WiWiam Gait died in 

 Richmond, Virginia, on the 26th of Maich. He emi- 

 grated from Scotland in ]77,~, and commenced trading 

 with a pedler's park. At that time he did not own 

 SIX feet of soil, but in IC25 he could ride 15 miles rec- 

 tilmearon bis own ground. A short lime before his 

 death he estimated his estate 7.50,000 dollars, but others 

 add .'.^11,01 more. He accumulate <1 his immense fortune 

 by taking care of pence first, and then pounds. He 

 IS said to have been parsimonious to himself.and liberal 

 towards others. He lived and died a bachelor. 



The New- York American states that a regular pitch- 

 eel tiattle, m which several hundred Irishmen were 

 engagad. look plac. in that city on Tuesday mo. ning 

 last, to the great annoyance of the more peaceable in- 

 habitants. About a dozen of the ringleaders were 

 tak r into custody, and fully committed ; hut not until 

 oue or two constables were seriously injured. 



with manslaughter. This catastrophe, it is tho ught, 

 will have a tendency to render this barbarous amuse- 

 ment le-ss fashionable than it has been. 



Several petitions have been recently presented to the 

 Briiish Parliament, from Manchester, flull, &c. for the 

 removal of the restrictions on the impirtation of grains. 



A farm of 160 acres near Colchester, Eng. was lately 

 sold for 100,000/. sterling. 



C):5"W0AD SEED, fop. bistribution. — Rirhnrd 

 Crowninshield, Esq. of Dnnver=, having present- 

 ed the Mass.iclin-ptis .Socielv 'or ProinolinST Asf- 

 riculliire, willi ihrpp barrels of woad seed, one 

 of them is left with the Editor of ihe New Eiiij- 

 lund Fannef, who will g^ive it lo o:enllemen dis- 

 posed to make use of it, till, at the meeting of 

 the Trustees, they direct ils distriltution. — A 

 letter from Mr Crowninshield, with an account 

 of the culture of VVoad will be sriven next week. 



To CoRRESPONDEiNTS. — ' D' is received. ' Pomona' 

 will reeeire an early insertion ; likewise the premiums 

 of the Essex Agricultural Society. 



Several articles from an esteemeel friend came too 

 late for insertion in this week's paper, among which 

 are an essay on the utility of establishing agricultur- 

 al schools, &c. 



new. 



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

 tivating an extensive FRUIT NURSERY. He 

 now has a large assortment of Peach Treks, budded 

 from the best Emit in the country, native and foreign, 

 in the best order for transplanting. By another seas6n 

 he bopes to offer pEAR and Cherry Trees of the 

 first quality. O. FISKE, Worcester. 



BISBEE'S Patent Improved Hoes, constantly for sale 

 at the Agricultural Establishment, No. IOC State 



Street. 



F 



Oil sale at this Office, BALL SKINS at the usua' 

 prices. 



NOTICE.— The office of the New England Farmer is 

 removed to No. 3] Congress-street, corner of Liadall 

 street, four dgors from the Post Office. 



P-i'i'EN'P lMi:s_,\otice is hereby given, that tie 

 subscribers are appointed the sole agents for ven- 

 ding J. 1- Jl. Falc^s Patent Hues, which are offered for 

 sale at factory prices by A.D.WELD & J. FRENCH Jr. 

 Boston, March 25. 182'). No. 1\1 Washington St. 



17(OR sale at Ibis e)IHce. Hutu Baga, Mangel V\ urt- 

 JD zel, and Sugar Beet seeds, raised this season, by 

 John Prince. Esq. Roxbury. The Rula Baga seed is 

 from superiour roots, from seed not two years since from 

 Sweilen. Feb. 11. 



[■RICES OF COUNl'RY PRODUCE, &.c. 



APPLES, best, 



ASPIES, pot, 1st sort, - 



pearl do. - - ■ 

 BEANS, white, - - - . 

 BEEF, mess, 200 lbs. new, 

 cargo. No 1, new, 



'• No 2, new, 

 CUTTER, inspect. No. 1 

 CHEESE, new milk, - - 



skimed rnilk, - . - 



T-LkX * - 



FLAX SEL'D 



FLOUK, Bajtimore, Howard St 



Genessee, - - - 



Rye, best, - - . 

 GRAIN,Eye 



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, new, 

 navy, mess, do. 

 Cargo, No 1, do. - - 

 SEEDS, Herd's Grass, - 



Clover ..... 

 WOOL, Merino, full blood,wash 



do do unwashed 



do 3-4 washed 



do 1-2 do 



Native - . . do 



Pulled, Lamb's, Ist sort 



do Spinning, 1st sort 



PROFISIOJV MARKET. 

 BEE!', best pieces - - . . 

 PORK, fresh, best pieces, . . 



" whole hogs, . . . 



VEAL, 



MUTTON, 



POULTRY, 



BUTTER, keg & tub, 



lump, best, - . - 



EGGS, 



MEAL, Rye, retail, - . . . 

 Indian, do. - . - . 

 POTATOES, . . . . 



CIDER, liquor, - . - . 



HAY, according to quality, 



