NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



23 



roR TllE ^F^V EXGI.A.VD FAKMER. 



Mr. Editor — I think there is an error in a 



coiumondation given in your paper of the I'Jth 



ilv, -carefully to pick from loamy ''nil all the 



ines as far as it couhl he done. The object 



ould be directly the reverse. 



1 was in the habit of having the stones picked 



)m light and loamy soil in this carel'ul "ay, 



ider the idea that it was beneficial, and con- 



(eriog them as worse than useless and trouble- 



>. .\n excellent practical farmer in niy 



hborhood, suggested to me that 1 was in an 



ror, observing, that he picked no stones from 



hi or loamy soil, except such as the roller, 



avino- the ground down, would not press 



el" with the earth, and that he thought it 



nld be well if even these were sunk in the 



by labor. 



have so practised, and am well convinced 

 t both utility and economy are promoted by 

 U stones being covered and intermixed in 

 1. The following are some of the rea- 

 s for my opinion. 

 St. Stones absorb moisture and give it back 

 he earth in slow degrees, as is most condu- 

 e to the purposes of vegetation, and when 

 st wanted. 



d. They keep land light and cool, which is 

 he soil we describe, a great advantage, 

 d. It is thought that from the calcarious and 

 ar substances of which they are composed, 

 y impart, as they are worn upon and ground 

 in culture, a I'ertility to the soil. 

 1 fact, stones are of no other disadvantage, 

 bably, to any soil, than when they incumber 

 surface, if taken from low soil and situa- 

 s, you do an injury by sinking the ground 

 ch would be raised to advantage. 

 am sensible I dift'er from a member of a 

 ■ectable Society in a neighboring state ; but 

 eak from some experience of my own, and 

 t is of more consideration, from the judg- 

 t and opinion of those who have been re- 

 ed judicious observers. 



I am yours, &c. W. 



orchcsicr, August, 1823. 



FOREIGN. 



e last news from Europe is from London to the 

 and I'aria to the 27th of June, and Gibraltar to 

 th of July. It fhould seem by these advices that 

 Vench troops are overrunnii:io; Spain with rapid 

 s, and almost without meeting with opposition, 

 entered Port St. Mary's on the 23d ot June, to 

 uaouut of 4,000 foot and 500 cavalry. St. Mary^s 

 .rly opposite Cadiz, distance less than three miles, 

 the nearest points of which Soult threw shell into 

 .ty in Bonaparte's war with Spain, 

 -lalusia is occupied by 20,000 men, of whom 5000 

 ivalry, and 14 pieces of cannon. They formed 

 ivisions which united at Cordova. 



J~ a. Ballasteros, accorfling to French accoanls, had 

 compelled to evacuate Valencia. His retreat, 

 •ay, was so precipitate, that he lost a column of 

 or 2000 men, which had been despatched to 

 '; only hope now is that Cadiz will be able to 

 it, and a few months resistance will do every 

 for Spain, as the French must return across the 

 ees before December, or submit to undergo a 

 r campaign. 



English paper states that it was reported in the 

 Iters from Paris that the Spanish Cortes had pro- 

 to the Duke of Angouleme, to give up the cus- 

 if th King, provided their personal safety shall 

 iran'-i >■ 



: Loii li;i Courier states an opinion that Sir Wm. 

 art, liiitish .Embassador to Spain, has been or- 



dered to return home. Follow the King he cannot, for 

 that would be to sanction the viuknce which has been 

 ollired in removing him ; accredilnl to the .Madrid 

 Kigcnry lie cannot be, for that would be a virtual 

 abandonment of British neutralily. 



The Paris papers say that the garrisons of St. ?ebas- 

 lians and Santona, are reduced to the greatest ditUcul- 

 lit s, anil must soon surrender, the men Having only six 

 ounces of bread per day. 



A letter from Uayonne states that there are many 

 reports at Madrid of an approaclmig arrangement ; but 

 even if the Cortes should agree to such a one it would 

 remain to be se**n whether Mina, Ballasteros, \'illa- 

 campa and Morillo would subscribe to it, as it must be 

 confessed that there are elements sufficient to continue 

 the war, and that the French will want in that case 

 an addition of 50,000 men, and large sums of money. 



DOMESTIC. 



Perkins' SIcam Engine. — 1 he New York Statesman 

 says it is reported that an American gentleman in Lon- 

 don has bought of Mr. Perkins the right of navigating 

 the waters of the states of New York, New Jersey and 

 Pennsylvania, for the sum of forty thousand dollars. 



The Sea Serpent has been seen on the 6th and 7th 

 inst. near Gloucester. At Sandy Bay Harbor he re- 

 mained for some time visible, within fil'ty yards of the 

 shore, and w?t3 tired at a number of times with mus- 

 kets ; two balls were seen to strike him and rebound. 

 He was seen by as many as fifty people, being perfect- 

 ly calm, with his head about two feet out of water, 

 and his body visible only in parts or humps, with a 

 space of about two feet between each. The inhabi- 

 tant? of Sandy Bay, who saw this monster, are desirous 

 of withholding their testimony on the subject, as they 

 conceive their reputation for veracity has been hereto- 

 fore too much trifled with. 



The country between Darien and Savannah, in Ga. 

 has been inundated by rain, which commenced falling 

 on the 22d July, and continued almost without inter- 

 mission for 27 hours. The mail from Darien to Savan- 

 nah was transported some distance in a canoe, while 

 the stage horses swam along side. It is supposed that 

 not a bridge, large or small, is left between Bryan Co. 

 and Darien. .■\t Baisden's BluiT, a large Academy had 

 been swept off entirely into a gulf, and nothing but 

 the roof was visible. 



Gen. TVarren^s Sword. — The Belfast, (Maine) paper 

 says, " we have recently received a number of docu- 

 ments tending to prove that Capt. Cornelius Dunham, 

 of this town, purchased of a British officer's servant, at 

 Halifax, the identical sword which Gen. Warren wore 

 when he fell. The swoid is now in the care of Win. 

 Davis, Esq. of Plymouth, Mass." 



House of Industry. -^The directors of the House of 

 Industry, at South Boston, have appointed Mr. Wil- 

 liam Stone, ofWatertown, Superintendant, with a sala- 

 ry of $500 per annum. The house having been made 

 ready for the reception of tenants, forty-one persons 

 were, on Thursday last, discharged from the Aims- 

 House, for the purpose of being removed thither, but 

 twenty-one of the number, thinking that if they must 

 get a living by industry, they might as well labour on 

 their own account, took an absolute discharge. The 

 other twenty were tiansferred to the House in South 

 Boston, and we are told, have found it a more agreea- 

 ble residence, and the occupation less irksome than 

 they expected. They are to be followed, we uiider- 

 stand, by other tenants of the Alms House, the number 

 of whom still remaining, is about 280. — Daily ^dv. 



A man named Joseph Danford, of Boston, while on a 

 visit to the Navy Yard in Charlestown, on Sunday last, 

 fell from the deck of a 74, now on the stocks, and was 

 instantly killed. 



Convirlion of a Pirate. — Barbadoes papers have 

 been received at Baltimore to the L'ith July. A Court 

 of Vice Admiralty was held at Barbadoes on the 14th, 

 at which a man of the name of Johnson, was tried for 

 and convicted of murder and piracy, it appears a Col- 

 umbian privateer had captured a Spanish brig and put 

 a crew on board with orders to proceed to Laguira. 

 Jobosou was one of these, and he and the prize master 



murdered at difi'crent times the Mhole of (he crew ex- 

 cept two. Johnson (lien fastened the prize master to 

 the deck where he died in two days. On being asked 

 at Barbadoes where the diflerent persons of the crew 

 were, he without hesitation answered, " 1 shot them." 



The inhabitants of the village of Wooster, Ohio, 

 were lately gulled by a " raw-boned athletic-made 

 fellow," who olfered to give them some pleasing exper- 

 iments of the nature and powers of exhilarating gas. 

 He collected a pretty nunuious assemblage of bolli 

 sexes, at the rale of 25 cents a pair. After many of 

 the company had sucked and tuggi'd away at his gas- 

 bag till they were exhausted, without any efftct, it all 

 at once popped into their heads that he was a yanlite ; 

 and he was accordingly taken before a justice and ex- 

 amined ; he confessed that he was no chemist, and 

 had merely got a gas-bag for the purpost; of ^^ raising 

 the wind." While they were cogitating and planning 

 some punishment answerable to his ci'ime, he slippeil 

 through the lingers of the guard, and fled into a neigh- 

 boring thicket, leaving his '"'• bag and baggage" behind, 

 and we guess he'll trouble them no more. 



Salem Gazette. 



0:^The following numbers of the first volume of ihe 

 N. E. Farmer are wanted at this Olfice, for which a 

 generous price will be given, viz. — No. 14, 5 copies — 

 No. 38, 2 do.— No. 45, 2 do. 



PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE, &ic. 



[Revised and corrected every Friday.] 



ASHES, pot, 1st sort, . . . 



pearl do 



BEANS, white, 



BEEF, mess, 200 cwt. . . . 

 cargo, No 1, . . 



" No 2, . . . . 



BUTTER, inspect. 1st qual. . 



" 2d qual. . 



small kegs, family, 



CHEESE, new milk .... 



FLAX 



FLAX SEED 



FLOUR, Baltimore, superfme, 

 Genessee .... 

 Rye, best .... 



GRAIN, Rye 



Corn 



Barley 



Oats 



HOGS' LARD, 1st sort . . 



HOPS, No 1, 



LIME, 



OIL, Linseed, American 



PLAISTER PARIS .... 



PORK, Navy Mess .... 



Bone Middlings . . . 



Cargo, No 1, ... 



Cargo, No 2, ... 



SEEDS, Herd's Grass . . • 



Clover 



WOOL, Merino, full blood,washed 

 do do unwashed 



do 3-4 washed 



do 1-2 do 



Native .... do 

 Pulled, Lamb's, 1st sort 

 do Spinning, 1st sort 



PROVISIOJ^r MARKET. 

 BEEF, best pieces .... 



PORK, fresh 



VEAL, 



LAMB 



POULTRY, 



BUTTER, keg & tub ... 

 lump, best . . . 



EGGS, 



MEAL, Rye 



Indian, 



POTATOES, new, .... 



fTDER, liquor, 



HAY, best 



1 00 



9 50 



8 25 



7 00 



12 



10 



16 



9 



9 



4 25 

 70 

 62 

 70 



11 



15 

 1 J2 

 00 

 3 00 

 12 50 

 15 OO. 

 12 50 

 11 50 



2 75 

 20 0(1 



