NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



15 



tiers, ant! pursue a gfood entl by means which 

 are conscious woultl not bear the testofcor- 



criticistn. 

 ks relates to being sometimes too learned for 

 ly of our readers, we shall borrow the buck- 

 olMr. Lo\vKLi,, as displayed in the last luim- 

 ol' the Massachusetts Agricultural Jouniai. 

 his shield is sullicicotly ca(iacious and im- 

 ctrable to defend us as well as the con<luc 

 of that very valuable publication. " We 

 reproached with introducing articles, which 

 above the capacity of common farmers. It 

 e intended as an intimation that we devote 

 lan^e a proportion of this work to philo- 

 lical agriculture, we deny the fact ; we al- 

 ive the preference to home-bred, practi- 

 cssays and experiments. But we are not 

 ly to admit that the introduction of rational 

 scientilic speculations, such as those of Kir- 

 and Daw, is inexpedient. Massachusetts 

 scarcely a town, which does not furnish ed- 

 ed men. Knowledge must be first commu- 

 ted to them, and from them it will inevita- 

 reach their less inlormed neighbors." In 

 ing use of words not of common occurrence, 

 have commonly introduced other words of 

 ■*ame meaning to explain them. Thus, it 

 ase the word hydrogen, we usually accom- 

 ' it with the words [inflammable air,] or if 

 vant the word oxygen, we explain it with 

 1 air] in brackets. After all, we cannot 

 blv make our meaning always obvious to 

 ; who have no previous knowledge of our 

 cts of discussion. And we presume that, 

 we Lave given such words, with their ex- 

 ilions, several times, that our readers to 

 Ti they were new, will be so good as to 

 llect them, and not oblige us to be always 

 biting " line upon line." With all our care 

 !apt our writings to every capacity, there 

 be some articles which every reader can- 

 ompreheud, although some other articles 

 scientific and more practical, may be ex- 

 fitted for his particular use. No reasona- 

 uest will find fault with an entertainment 

 jse some of the dishes happen to be too 

 ly seasoned, or otherwise not agreeable to 

 aste, if there are other substantial and 

 esome viands, which correspond with his 



FOREIGN. 



ITS from Cadiz has been received as late as tlie 

 June. On the 12th the Cortes, tlien sitting at 

 informed the King; that circumstances required 

 noval to Cadiz. Ferdinand replied that his con- 

 e and love for his people as a kingp, wotlld not 

 hiin to go ; but that as an individual, he would 

 any kind of sacrifice. The Cortes immediately 

 choice of a Regency, by whose orders the king 

 scorted to Cadiz, followed by the Cortes, the 

 cy. Sec. On the 14th the king arrived at Cadiz, 

 ;ceived with acclamations, and presented with 

 y keys. On the 16th the regency was dissolved, 

 e king restored to his authority, 

 oou a.i the Cortes and the troO|.s had left Seville, 

 ople rose en masse, aad for three days cojamitttd 



Teat (xcessts on the property of the Conslitiilionalists, 

 fho had left the place. They w. re, howevt r, dispers- 

 d by Gen. l.opez Bancs, who Uvinl a contriimtion of 

 ^50,0(10 on the clergy, by way of atoneim iit for the 

 XCffsei of the populace. The French hail not reachi d 

 Seville at the date of the last accounts. 'I he Cortesi 

 were in session at Cadiz, determined to defend that 

 place to the last^extreniity. 



On the l!!th, at Cadiz, the Minister of War nd inlc- 

 rim, Ifon Stanislaus \'aTichez Salvador, was found di nd, 

 with his throat cut with a razor. A note written with 

 his own hand was found in a window of his chamber, 

 in which he stated his intention of destroying himself; 

 observing that life was becoming every day more in- 

 supportable to him — that his conscience tlid not accuse 

 hiin of ever having committed crime or offence, and 

 that he mentioned this in order that no other person 

 may be in any manner accused or implicated. 



Al the last session of the British Society for the En- 

 couragement of .\rts. Manufactures and Commerce, a 

 premium of thirty guineas was grantid to Messrs. Cow- 

 ley \: Staines, of W'inslow, Berks, for preparing- one 

 hundred and forty-three pounds of Opium, from poppies 

 raised in England. 



There are now nineteen count* j in England, into 

 which the tread mill has been introduced ; and it has 

 uniformly followed, that those persons who have been 

 subject to the discipline of that machine, have, at the 

 expiration of the terms of their imprisonment, shown a 

 strong disposition to forsake their former dissolute hab- 

 its, and have returned into society with improved ideas 

 of rectitude and morality. — Portsmoulk Journal. 



The daughter of a Greek, called Sparlar, has trav- 

 ersed the islands in the garb of a warrior, and called 

 upon the young men to enlist under the banners of their 

 country. She recruited, by her activity and enthusias- 

 tick eloquence, sixteen companies of 50 men each, plac- 

 ed herself at the head, and proceeded with them to 

 J^apoli di Fomania. 



DOMESTIC. 



Melancholy. — A trading and hunting party, consisting 

 of about 75 .'Vmericans, commanded by Gen. Ashley, 

 left St. Louis last spring for the Rocky Mountains. On 

 the 2d of June, 2 or 3 hundred miles above the Coun- 

 cil Bluffs, they were attacked by the Recaras Indians, 

 who killed 14 of the American party, and wounded 9. 

 Gen. Ashley then took post, wilh one boat and thirty 

 men, a few miles below where the attack was made, 

 and sent his wounded and disaffected men back to the 

 Council Bluffs. Col. Leavenworth, by order of Gen. 

 Atkinson, marched from the Council Bluffs on the 22d 

 of June, with a body of troops and friendly Indians, to 

 punish the Recaras, who were reported to have taken 

 post and fortified themselves. 



Three daughters of Mr. Marcus Robbins, of Hampton, 

 Vt. lately spun, in one day, 345 knots of good woollen 

 yarn, or 115 knots each. 



Two young cattle lately died in Pawlet, Vt. in con- 

 sequence of eating dried black cherry leaves. The 

 leaves operated as a very powerful poison. 



American Dnrk. — We have just examined several 

 specimens of this article from the manufactory of Mr. 

 George Johnson, Salem, Mass. This Duck doubtless 

 possesses, in every respect, the superiority over any of 

 foreign manufacture — being made of pure flax, every 

 thread, both warp and filling doubled tind twisted, with- 

 out the addition of any glutinous or acrid substance 

 which might expose it to mildew. Of its strength and 

 durability the highest commendation isfurnished by the 

 government of the United States, who have contracted 

 for its exclusive tise in the navy — after testing its utili- 

 ty by satisfactory experiment. We confidently recom- 

 mend it to the notice of merchants antl ship owners in 

 this place. — Nantucket Enquirer. 



A young man of Mercer, (Pa.) having been to grind 

 a scythe, on his return, being on horseback, and carry- 

 ing the scythe crosswavs hi ic' 'am. tii" l/>rse started, 

 and the heel of the scythe caug.i: a liush, which drew 

 it across the young man and cut him iu »o shocking a 

 jiuuiaer »s to cause iiutaut death. 



How to curt a irrri.— A getitlemaM of Haltimorc, who 

 lor II or IB years was plagued with a wen on his head, 

 for which he could finifno cure, happened a short time 

 ago in a frolick wilh iv.i/oung Irishman to receive a se- 

 vere blow directly upon the excrescence, which cntinly 

 ri moved it. The operater is very willing to try his 

 skill in any other cases that may offer. 



Toio Cloth — There is no article of domislic manu- 

 facture so much wanted aa stout Tow Cloth. The fil- 

 ling and the warp should be of equal firmness and size, 

 and full forty inches wide, as this article is principally 

 wanted for bailing up Domestic Cotton Goods. It need 

 not be very fine, but it should be very stout and firm. 

 Our New Hampshire friends are particularly requ< sted 

 to attend to these remarks, as the Tow Cloth which 

 comes from that State is so thin and slcazi/ that no ma- 

 nufacturer of Cotton Goods will buy it. — Centintl. 



Jl Great Shark — A Shark, when alive, measuring 

 from 12 to 13 feet in length, and weighing about lOtiO 

 pounds, was presented to the Alexandria Museum, by 

 Capt. Joseph Marbury, of that town. This monster of 

 the deep was taken by the donor, in the Atlantick 

 Ocean, and is supposed to be the largest ever preserv- 

 ed for any intlseum in the United States. 



Several buildings were injured by lightning during 

 the storm last Monday evening. 



