1825.] 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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£>tate Papers of the day. ^\ c should be happy to gfive 

 at full length Govoinur Liiicolri's inaugural Speech, 

 which is all that his warmtst advocates coiiUl antici- 

 pate, or the paiainaunl interest of his Electors demand. 

 But, I'or the reasons premised, we must content our- 

 selves with the lollowing' extracts, which n^ost directly 

 correspond with the leading subjects of this publication. 



" The spirit of enterprize which has already acconi- 

 jilishcd g-rtat aod valuable results in other parts of the 

 tlnion, and more especially in a neighbouring State, 

 haa also animated the people of Massachusetts to the 

 unequivocal manifestation of a desire that some public 

 t;flbrt should be made to secure a participation in the 

 benefits which arc to be derived from ir<!crnal itnproi-c- 

 menu, and the facilities to communication, and the 

 transportation of produce, and of articles of trade and 

 consumption, to the places respectively of demand and 

 of market. The advantages which are the common 

 and certain consequence of a judicious establishment 

 of Roads through a country, are to he enjoyed in an 

 incalculable advance of accommodation, by the con- 

 struction oi narigable Canals. The extent of territory 

 in the United .Stats:; so far exceeds the physical means 

 of its cultivation by manual labor, that the employment 

 of the labourer in the business of transportation, is a 

 direct subtraction from the profits*of husbandry. — 

 Manvfacturcs, and the Mechanic ^lils are alike re- 

 lieved by a reduction in the expense of obtaining the 

 raw materials for their fabrics, and in distributing the 

 products of their workshops to various and distant pla- 

 ces for a market. Commerce is promoted by. more abund- 

 ant supplies for ship building & for shipping, & by mul- 

 tiplying in the seaports articles of Country produce so 

 reduced in price by the saving of land carriage, as to 

 admit of profitable exportation. The appreciation of the 

 value of Pieal Estate in the vicinity of Canals, the ap- 

 proximation to the mai'ktt for whatever is to he bought 

 or sold, the diminished cost of all articles of foreign 

 growth, which are of common use and consumption, 

 are among the first and most obvious advantages, to be 

 derived from water communication, to the mlerior of 

 a county}/, while the increase of population and of 

 business will return to the sea-board a corresponding 

 demand for the supplies which trade and commerce 

 alone can furnish. It is now too late in the experience 

 of our own Country to question the importance to the 

 public prosperity of improving the means which nature 

 pi-ercnls for fiicililating inland transportation, and thus 

 lightening the iiand of industry of its most severe and 

 profitless labour. * * # 



^griCU.Vio-e, the source of subsistence, and the sup- 

 port of all oilier wniployments, has brought science to 

 her aid, and with the counsels of this associate, the 

 character of the husbandman has been exalted, by a 

 move general exhibition of the intelligence of mind in 

 directing the labors of industi'y. The moral virtues cf 

 the Yeoinanri/, place Ihera in the front rank of Repub- 

 lican Citizens. Standing upon the soil of Freedom, 

 anJ holding their estates by the tenure of personal 

 independence, the hapjiiness of their individual con- 

 dition is necessarily identified with the prosperity of 

 the nation. It is upon this class nf men, thus bound to 

 country by the ties of an inseparable interest, that a 

 Free Government may aUvays s: ''urely rest, for the 

 best suppo:ts of Patriotism. The special counten- 

 ance which recently has been accorded by the Legisla- 

 ture to the incorporation of Agricultural Societies and 

 in liberal gratuities granted to their encouragement, 

 has been attended with the most decidedly beneficial 

 effects. The style of husbandry has extensively im- 

 proved. Labor is mire advantageously applied to the 

 cultivation of the earth ; domestic animals are of better 

 quality, reared with more care and treated with great- 

 er kindness. The salutary influence of these institu- 

 tions can no longer he doubted. The general face of 

 the country, the increase and variety of the products 

 of the soil, the self confidence of the Farmer, snd the 

 higher estimate, by others, of his occupation, alike dis- 

 tinctly bear v/itness to the utility which attends them. 



"If the Commerce, of the country has latterly been 

 attended with diminished gains, it has nevertheless 

 been pursued with general advantage, and with but 

 little interruption in the ordinary channels. TI1* dan- 

 gers to -which a portion of our trade, and the lives of j 

 our stamen have been exposed, through the blood- 

 thirsty and remorseless rapacity of the Freebooters of! 



the ocean, have been in a great degree r'.'n:ovt:d, by 

 the energetic measures of protection and chasllicnicnt 

 adopted by the General Government, and enforced by 

 (he galla'itry of a devoted Navy. The nation is on 

 terms of friendly intercourse with every civilized peo- 

 ple, and the marts of the world are busy with the traf- 

 fic of our enterprizing merchants." 



Massachusetts Legislature. 



Senate,— JUNF. 1— E. D. Bangs, Esq. and Hcrr. Mr 

 .Mitchell severally signified their acceptance of the offi- 

 ces of Secretary and Treasurer of the state — A Com- 

 mittee was appointed on the subject of regulating the 

 street lamps in Boston for enlightening the streets. — A 

 petition of (Jen. Dearborn, Collector oi'lhe Port of Bos- 

 ton, relative to the establishment of a Marine Hospital 

 inClnlsea was referred to a committee. — A petition 

 from Col. Amos Binuey, in behalf of the United States 

 for the extension of the jurisdiction of the Navy Yard 

 was referred to a committee. 



.lUNE 2. A Convention of two Houses was formed, 

 and his Excellency the Governor came in preceded by 

 the Sheriff of Sutfolk, and accompanied by his Honour 

 the l.ieut. Governor, Sic. and delivered an excellent 

 Speech, (rora which we have published extracts la this 

 day's paper. 



JUNE 3. The various subjects alluded to in the 

 Governor's Speech were referred to committees special- 

 ly chosen for that purpose. Two messages were re- 

 ceived from his Excellency. They related to depreda- 

 tions by British subjects on lands in Maine, belonging 

 to the State of Mass — To the employment of Engineers, 

 by the U. S. for making surveys of routes for canals. — 

 To resolutions of certain States, with regard to an a- 

 mendment in the Constitution of the U. S. to prevent 

 the importation or ingress into the U. S. of people of 

 colour. — A communication from the Governor of Con- 

 necticut on the subject of the boundary line between 

 that State and Massachusetts. 'J hese messages were 

 referred to Committees 



JUNE 4. The president nominated the Joint Com- 

 mdtees of the two Houses and the standing Committees 

 of the Senate. — \ number of petitions were presented.^ 

 — The committee on Public Lands was instructed to in- 

 quire into the expfdiency of providing for a survey 

 from time to time of a portion of the lands belonging to 

 the Commonwealth and the State of Maine, and tor the 

 sale thereof; and also into the expediency of appropri- 

 ating the proceeds thereof to the establishment of a 

 Fund for the support of common schools. 



JUNE, 6. The Secretary of State was directed to lay 

 he last received Bank Returns before the Senate. — 



JUNE, 7. A commiltee was appointed to inquire into 

 the expediency of altering or amending the laws relating 

 to the solemnization of marriages. 



Hoi'SE — JUNE 1 — Petition of the Mayor and Alder- 

 men of Boston, for additional power's for forming a 

 more efficient organization of the Fire Department in 

 Boston — Resolves authorizing the Govei-nor to appoint 

 an Agent to meet the U. S. engineers for making sur- 

 veys in this State, were read, kc. — A Committee was 

 appointed to inquire if any improvements can be made 

 in the laws for the more speedy recovery of debts, &c. 



JUNE 2 — A bill to assess a tax of $75,000, and to 

 provide for the reimbursement of $24,998, paid from the 

 public treasury to members for their session in 1824, 

 was reported. 



JUNE 4 — A Committee was appointed to inquire in- 

 to the expediency of providing by law for taking a cen- 

 sus of the Commonwealth ; also to consider the expe- 

 diency of causing a survey to be made of the towns & 

 counties of this State, and a new map to be construct- 

 ed at the publick expense. — A message was received 

 from the Governor relative to the Massachusetts Claim 

 — The Committee on Roads and Canals was directed 

 to inquire into the expediency of directing a survey for 

 ascertaining the practicability of opening a Canal be- 

 tween Boston and Providence. — .\ number of petitions 

 were called up and committed. 



JUNE, 6. — Ordered, That the Committee on matters 

 of Probate and Chancery, consider the expediency of 

 providing additional security for the property of native 

 Indians in this Commonwealth. 



JUNE, 7. — Among the Petitions presented were those 

 for a bridge in South Boston, and for incorporating a 



new town by the nnaif of Merrimack, and for new 

 banks in Salem, Aihol, Milbury and New-Bedford. — 

 Orders passed relati\e to making provision by law for 

 th.'^ encouragement of the use of Broad ^\ heels, and for 

 making provision for a survey of a route for a canal 

 from the toivn of Sharcm, Conn, on and along the river 

 Housatonick to its source. 



Pro.ipecl.i of the .S'»e.ton. — I'apcis from all quarl< rs of 

 our country represent the prospects of the coming 

 harvest ia a very flattering light. It this vicinity, we 

 are told by the farmers, the prospect for English grain 

 has not been so promising for a number of years as it 

 is Ht the present time. I'ruit generally bids fair to 

 come in abundantly ; but we regret to learn that our 

 most delicious staple, the Peach, has bfen consider- 

 ably injured by the frost. — Palmyra (/vM'.) pnfur. 



THE subscriber having improved a machine for 

 spinning wool, cotton, made for doubling and 

 twisting lire same, ou a simple and much improved plan, 

 offers for sale, rights for states, counties, towns, iic. on 

 favourable terms. 



The advantages of this Machine are such as will 

 recommend itself to every one who will exanjiue it. 



Besides the improvement in the finish and texture 

 of the cloth wdiich i" liianufacturtd fiom yarn made 

 by this machine — it also would, in spinning 100 lbs, 

 of common, or 30 or GO Ihs. of fine Wool, clear itself. 

 For it is calculated that a run and a half can be spun 

 in a day by an ordinary spinner, on each spindle, and 

 as there are 10, spindles attached to the machine, it 

 would make 15 run a day, or 90 runs in a week — so 

 that there would be a difference in favour of this ma- 

 chine, of 78 runs a week, over the common method of 

 spinning. It would thus require but a fortnight or 

 three weeks to clear the first cost of the machine. And 

 any person can easily calculate what an immense saving- 

 of time and labor there would be in the spinning of 

 great quantilies of wool, cotton, i'C. 



This machine recommends itself by its simplicity and 

 durability ; as well as for its cheapness. Any person 

 can be taught how to spin with it, in an hour or two, 

 so as to need no further instruction. And another 

 great advantage is, that it is not liable to get out of 

 order. 



The p'-ice of the machine, including the apparatus 

 for Doubling and Twisting Yarn, is $35. Ten spindles 

 are attathed to it, but the number can be varied, as 

 the purchaser may wish. 



The above machine may be seen at the Agricultural 

 Establishment, 108 State-street, where terms may be 

 known for the purchase of the same. 



Boston, May 27 S. SLATER. 



^lUCTIOJV SALE, 



DURHAM COW AND BULL CALF. 



On SATURDAY, 18th inst. at 1 o'clock, 



In Liberty-square, 



The Bull Calf Hercules, got by the noted bull Ca- 

 lebs, out of Lady Liverpool. 



Also, Lady Liverpool, a short horned Durham Cow, 

 raised by Mr. Ashcroft, bred at Bank Hall, got by 

 Sampson, out of Old Cherry — imported in the ship Ceres 

 from Liverpool, in 1823. 



The above Bull Calfwas born on the 10th Oct. 1824, 

 and weighed 127 lbs. 12 oz. the day he was dropped. 

 On the 17th following, he weighed 141 lbs. ; on the 

 25th, 172 lbs. ; on the 1st Nov. 202 lbs. and on the 

 9th, 239 lbs. making him 4 weeks old ; and is consider- 

 ed by good judges, one of the best pointed animals in 

 this country. 



Lady Liverpool is said to be one of the most perfect 

 animals ever imported into the U. States. — -Her color is 

 red, a star in the forehead, short horns, long deer head 

 and ntck, large udder,tUin tail, small bone, and weighs 

 from 1200 to 1500 lbs. Her strength and quality of 

 milk is in the superlative degree. 



The above described Cow and Calf may be seen 

 at Stephen Heartwell's Stable, School-street, any time 

 previous to the sale 



J. L. CUNNINGHAM, Aucfr. 



ASH will be paid at this office, for any Ko, of 

 copies of Nos. 41 and 45 vol- Hf, 



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