NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



cely the appearance of opposition. It may be that 

 Constitutionalists arc pursuing: that system of poli- 

 »hich conquers by delay, but appearances at pros- 

 are ominous to their cause, and almost preclude 

 hope of their eventual success, 

 he Cortes continue to act with apparent resolution, 

 announce th< ir determination to conquer or perish. 

 ether they will act the same part with the Cortes 

 'ortu^^al, and make a great show of resistance in 

 r to cover their dispersion, time only can determine, 

 he Regency established under French auspices at 

 Irid, appears to be exercising almost undisputed 

 lority over a great part of Spain, I'rance, Russia 

 Prussia, have recognized it as the legitimate s'^y 

 acnt of the country, while the English minister re- 

 is with the King and Cortes at Seville. 

 1 England subscriptions of money and arms have 

 1 raised to assist the Spanish cause, but the gov- 

 iient appears to be determined not to depart from 

 cutral policy. 



is to be recollected that the Spanish news is de- 



t principally through French channels. Bell's 



kly Messenger, a London paper, says " The friends 



pain and Portugal cannot be too much on their 



d against the devices of the common enemy, by 



ie agents every political occurrence beyond the 



nees is distorted, if unfavorable to his views, and if 



wise grossly exaggerated before the public here 



n France are permitted to hear any thing about 



Another London editor says that he had been 



d a large bribe to yield his columns to the dissein- 



5n of interested and deceptive statements. Still 



ig due allowances for one-sided statements and 



sted misrepresentation, we shall not be able to 



any conclusion favorable to the .Spanish cause. 



■ales Ciipltircd. — The United States' barges Galli- 

 r and AJusquito, under the command of Lieut's, 

 on and Inman, have succeeded in capturing near 

 )ot where Allen fell, a piratical schooner of 70 or 

 ns. and destroyed or made prisoners nearly or 

 all her crew, amounting to about 40. When the 

 s approached the piratical schooner, the crew of 

 liter leaped overboard, and attempted to swim 

 ?, but were pursued, and about twenty of them 

 a the water. Of those who reached the shore 

 were taken by tlie captain of the District, and 

 led to Matanzas, where they remained in prison 

 chooner was taken possession of by the barges 

 ommander, known by the name of Lilth Dcril, 

 illed in the action. 



icy. — Tlie brig Mechanic of New- York, has been 

 i and burnt by pirates, and all on board murdered, 

 iratical schooner which committed this atrocious 

 as taken by two English cruisers, and thirteen of 

 ates were captured and conducted to prison. 



araibo has been retaken from the Patriots by 

 Morales. The attack was sudden and tinexpect- 

 d about 200 of the Colombians are said to have 

 ;ilkd and wounded. The remainder made good 



el.-eat. 



r of Ike United Slates'' brig Enterprise. — On the 

 t. this vessel was cast away on Little Curacoa. 

 iicers and crew were all saved, and the rigging, 

 stores and guns were recovered from the wreck. 



DOMESTIC. 



Hon. Smith Thompson has been appointed, by 

 ;sident, a .hidge of the Supreme Court of the 

 States for the second circuit, iji the place of 

 Livingston, deceased. 



Rev. Heman Humphrey, of Pittsfield has been 

 lously chosen President of the Collegiate Institu- 

 t Amherst, Mass. vice Rev. Dr. Moore, deceas- 



John Meer, of Philadelphia, has discovered a 

 , by chemical process, of hardening a soft argi- 

 ! stone, of little use or value as it comes from 

 le, so as to give it anii degree of hardness suita- 

 sharpening all the different instruments which 

 a very fijie edge, such as razors, gravers, sur- 

 instruments, kc. 



Fires. — The valuable two story Farm House in 

 Montpelier, Vt. owned and occupied by C. C. Si A. S. 

 W ing, was consumed by fire on the 21st inst. The tire 

 is supposed to have been communicated by sparks from 

 Ibc thiinney falling on the roof. Most of the furniture 

 was saved. — The dwelling house, barns and out build- 

 ings belonging to Capt. Leonard Hodges, of ^\ illislon, 

 (\'t.) were lately consumed by fire. The fire origin- 

 ated in an adjoining field, which had been set cm fire, 

 and thi' family having left the house for the purpose of 

 extinguishing it, the building took fire in their absence, 

 and was not discovered till it was too late to efllct any 

 thing more than the saving of a little furniture, and a 

 few articles contained in the outbuildings. 



The Small Pox is said to be prevailing at Bakcrsfield, 

 Vt. to an alaming degree. One death has occurred, 

 and the lives of two or three others are despaireil of. 

 The infection was communicated by a gentlemen re- 

 cently returned from Canada, to which a great number 

 were exposed before the nature of the disease was 

 known. 



A man was lately discovered in Lynn woods, ex- 

 fended on the ground and perishing with hunger. He 

 was unable to give any account of himself, had built a 

 sort of a wigwam, was extremely emaciated, and had 

 been missing about two months. He was removed to 

 an alms-house, and it is thought that he may recover. 



We hope to do some good by suggesting lo those who 

 might not otherwise think of it, the danger of suffering 

 children to eat as freely as they choose of unripe fruits 

 and vegetables. There is a great deal of this trash that 

 ca« easily be got at, and while even grown people 

 sometimes make themselves sick in this way, it should 

 be recollected that children have more fondness for 

 these things, and little if any judgement in the use of 

 them. — Ccnn. Mirror. 



The Philadelphia Society for the encouragement of 

 Agriculture, has awarded to Mr. Jonathan Nichols of 

 this town, a medal and twenty dollars in cash, being we 

 understand, the highest premium it can bestow, for the 

 invention of his Spring Carriage Seat. — Prov. Jour. 



Messrs. Dyers Si Co. have completed their Currant 

 Vintage. They gathered more than eight hundred 

 bushels of currants, and have made fifteen thousand 

 gallons of wine. Four thousand dollars worth of sugar 

 was melted down in the process, and two hundred dol- 

 lars paid to children for gathering the fruit, besides 

 other lai^e expenditures for labor. — Ibid. 



A very singular fact occurred in Manchester a few 

 days since. As Mr. Samuel Cheever was at work in 

 his field, his attention was arrested at the sight of a 

 number of dung-hill fowls, with heads erect and wings 

 extended, standing in a circular manner. On going 

 near to ascertain the cause, he saw a large black Snake 

 of 5 feet in length, within the circle, and his squamous 

 head elevated 7 or 8 inches above the surface of the 

 earth, while his posterior parts remained in a spiral form. 

 And so complete was the fascination, that Mr. C. was 

 under the necessity of getting a pole to disperse the 

 fowls, in order that he might kill the snake, in which he 

 happily succeeded. 



The Serpent, which had power over our mother Eve, 

 hath power also over the beasts of the field, and the 

 fowls of the air ! — Essex Register. 



By a recent decision of the Supreme Judicial Court 

 it has been decided that Banks are liable to pay their 

 note when one half is presented by the owner, the other 

 being lost. 



Mr. John Prall, Jr. of Prallsville, in this county, says 

 the Trenton, N. J. American, has this season cut and 

 gathered, from two and a half acres of meadow, nine 

 tons of Timnthy ha;/. One of th*? stalks measured 

 more than five feet in heighth ; and the Whole averag- 

 ed more than four feet. 



Three highwaymen have been arrested in the neigh- 

 borhood of Albany, having in their possession pistols, 

 gunpowder, knives, and all the necessary implements 

 for their foul profession. Two belonged to Philadel- 

 phia, and the other a lad, only 16 years of age, beloug.- 

 ed to New York. 



As some men were lately digging a cellar in Lyim, 

 they found a human skileton, apartntly Ihtit of an In- 

 dian, who must have been buried many years ago. It 

 was on one side, with the fict and legs drawn up. The 

 bones were very large, ami hcsi<le them were found 

 two large clam-shells, probably intended for the d( ceas- 

 ed to eat his soup, on his journey to the land of spirits. 



An insane man named Freeland, entered a boat in 

 New York on the 2 Itli July, and proceeded to the niiil- 

 dle of the New York river, where he cut his throat in a 

 most shocking manner. Every attempt was made to 

 save him, but proved fruitless. 



The amount of capital which may he invested in 

 Manufacturing Incorporations granted the last session 

 of the Legislature alone, in this State, hfii'c million of 

 dollars. The Dover Company employ one million ; the 

 Nashua Companv, one million; Somersworth, half a 

 million ; Jaffrey and Chesterfield $300,000. 



Kccnc Senlinet. 



It is stated in the Kingston (Jamaica) papers, on the 

 authority of an intelligent gentleman from Cuba, that 

 in consequence of the continuance of extreme dry wea- 

 ther for many mouths in Cuba, that the loss in cattle 

 and in horses is estimated at a million of dollars. 



