NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



CO.MMUMCATION. 

 ilmiral Sir Isaac Coffix, raember of the British 

 ■nl, having; Irom a rt'jard to his native State, 

 with a -wish to promote its Agriculture, purchased 

 frcat expense, a Bull of the first breed in Great 

 ;iin, and sent hira as a present to the Trustees of 

 Massachusetts Society for promoting Agriculture — 

 micliiii; of Ihc Trusters held this '2lst dai/ of ^ii- 

 gusl, 1 s;\!3 : 

 OTED, That the thanks of this Board be presented 

 the Corresponding Secretary to Admiral Coffin, 

 his very valuable present, and that he express to 

 their sense of his patriotism, and attachment to 

 native soil, which neither time nor distance had 



competent to weaken, 

 hat tlie animal presented by him, is a noble one, 

 afibrds in his own person, proof of his descent from 

 st approved stocks, independent of the historical 

 igrve which accompanies him. 



hat for the present season, he be placed at the farm 

 0)/in Prince, Ksq. of Roxbury, and that he will be 

 nilted to be used by any farmers at the moderate 

 e of five dollars for each cow. In future years he 

 1 be removed, from time to time, to various parts 

 le Commonwealth, at the discretion of the Trus- 

 and in no case shall an higher premium be re- 

 ed than is above stated, it biiug the wish of this 

 d to improve the stock of the country as rapidly 

 Dssibie ; and as the Trustees receive no emolument 

 him, should there be any, it will go to support 

 reat interest of Agriculture. If a lower sum should 

 emanded, farmers might be careless of his progeny ; 

 higher, they might not choose to incur so great 

 xpt use, at so much risk ; his cost in England, was 

 64; the expenses of his transportation, kc. $113, 

 nts ; whole amount $C94 90. His pedigree, as 

 i-s : — got by Mr. WetherelPs North Star ; dam by 

 t ; grandam by Wellington ; great grandam by 

 iby. 



irlh Star was by Comet ; dam by Baronet ; gran- 

 by Cripple ; g. grandam by Irishman ; g. g. gran- 

 by Hubback. 



itice will be given seasonably, every spring, in 

 county, and town, this Bull will be placed, to 

 ntent of affording to all parts of the State the ad- 

 ages which may be derived from a Stock, which 

 irst agriculturists of Europe have deemed the most 

 ct, in regard to disposition for fattening, and apti- 

 for the dairy. This improved breed is not the 

 t of accident, but of great care, and attention, to 

 such crosses of the breed of horned cattle as 

 d combine the most valuable qualities. The 

 :ees have every reason to believe, that the Dull 

 uted by Admiral Coffin, (which arrived in fine 

 ) combines all these qualities, judging from his 

 •ree and appearance. 



nen the Trustees speak of the price of five dollars 

 ich cow, being moderate, they have no reference 

 Unary prices, but to the value affixed to bulls of 

 »pproved race, in England and America. Bull 

 s, of sLx months old, have been sold as high as 50 

 as, or $23.j. in England, and in this country, at 

 )l!ars. If the price were diminished, the best 

 would not be sent to the animal, and it is the 

 ; of the Trustees that only the best cows should 

 at. Breeds of cattle can never be improved, un-' 

 re be sufficient encouragement offered for their 

 iction, and high prices alone can elfect this desir- 

 end. 



miral Coffin was elected an Honorary Member of 

 oeiety, and a vote passed to present him the Soci- 

 Gold Medal, and the numbers of their Journal. 

 A copy from the record, 



BENJ. GUILD, Msl. Rec. Secretary. 



FOREIGN, 

 e last advices from Paris are to July 2. By these 

 uld seem that the French are proceeding in a tri- 

 lant manner to settle the political concerns of 

 in such a mode bs best comports with the high 

 t of tht- victors. The hand of opposition is weak 

 aralylic, and is hardly elevated against the Gal- 

 gulators, who now perform pretty nearly their 

 ■ pleasure throughout a country whose inhabi- 

 can no more turn freedom to a good accoHut than 



could a stupid animal of some ferocious species, that 

 had been accustomed to a cage. The marches of the 

 in\:iders appear more like peaceful processions than 

 military movements in a hostile country. Instead ot 

 fighliug battles, they are pursuing fugitives, and Ihey 

 lell us they are almost everywhere welcomed wilh 

 enthusiasm by the great mass of the Spanish popula- 

 tion. It is said, in one of their despatches, that " Ca- 

 diz, as well as the island of Leon, are destitute of sub- 

 sistence ; that the greatest contusion prevails among 

 the wrecks of the revolutionary army, which have fled 

 thither, to the number of 70(J0 or IIOOO men ; and that 

 they have not prepared any means of defence." Se- 

 ville made some resistance, but was laid under a heavy 

 contribution. At Alcira was some fighting, but the 

 fight soou became a chace, in which the French were 

 the winners, for th( y say " several hundred soldiers 

 were taken in the retreat, and many presented them- 

 selves as deserters." If we make all possible allovj-- 

 ances for certain figures of rhetoric, usually abounding 

 in French Bulletins, called hyperboles, alias gascon- 

 ades, it is impossible not to conclude that Spanish lib- 

 erty-is suspended for a season, if not absolutely expa- 

 triated, or annihilated. 



The Regency at Madrid, got up under French aus- 

 pices, has issued a decree for sequestering the property 

 of the Cortes, together with the members of the regen- 

 cy of Seville, and others who have rendered themselves 

 obnoxious to the party now dominant. They proclaim 

 that the members of the Cortes, who have adhered to 

 the dethronement of the King, shall, for that art alone, 

 be declared guilty of high treason, and the punishment 

 adjudged l;y the law on those guilty of this crime shall 

 be inflicted on thera by the Courts of law on the sim- 

 ple recognition of their identity. 



Tht Greets have established a Genera! Government 

 for the whole nation. The first meeting of (heir Na- 

 tional Congress, under the new constitution, closed on 

 the 30th of April last. The thanks of that Congrts= 

 have been voted to the armies through whose valor, ir, 

 the course of sixteen months, more than 90,000 of theii 

 enemies had been destroyed. The High .Admiral of tb. 

 Turkish fleet had been ordered to comm"nce the im- 

 mediate attack of the Grecian Islands, and to prosi - 

 cute the war with the utmost vigor. The same ordtr,- 

 had been issued to the Pachas in Thessaly, Lividia, &c. 

 and accounts from Larissa to the 2d May stated, thai 

 the Pacha of Sceutoria had embodied 30,000 men, and 

 that columns were traversing that quarter. On thi 

 other hand, it is said that the Greeks are making great 

 preparations to repel the enemy — they are fully awari 

 of the dangers which menace them, but notwithstand- 

 ing, are full of energy and confidence. 



DOMESTIC. 



Public sale of Laiuh — T he President has issued a 

 proclamation for a public sale of lands at New Orleans 

 on the first Monday of February next. These lands 

 are situate southwest from the city of New Orleans, 

 and lie on the Delta, from three to ten and twelve feet 

 above high-water mark. There ar' above l.'OO lots, 

 containing for the most part 160 acres each, and hav- 

 ing generally a front of four acres on the water with a 

 depth of forty acres. They are well adapted for sugar 

 plantations. 



Fire. — The Virginia State Penitentiary was destroy- 

 ed by fire on the 9th inst. It is supposed that the fire 

 commenced in a shoe maker's shop, where sometimes 

 20 or 25 worked at once. It is suspected that the fire 

 was the work of design. There were 244 convicts in 

 the building, all of whom were saved. Loss to the 

 Commonwealth supposed to be $200,000. 



Daring Rohhery. — The rooms of a number of the 

 boarders at .Mr. Bunker's Mansion House, Broadway. 

 New Vork, were lately entered between 1 and 5 o'clk. 

 in the morning, by some villain unknown, and robbed 

 of cash and other property to a large amount. 



Hail Stnrm. — On the 4th inst. a destructive storm 

 of hail visited Quakertown, in Penn. For the width 

 of three miles were to be seen hailstones several hours 

 after the storm had abated ; some of which measured 

 7 1-2 and inches in circumference. Fences were 

 prostrated, trees torn up bj thejoots, promising crops 



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oflndian corn and buck-wheat were cut topiec(s by 

 the hail, and blown in every direction. In that village 

 alone upwards of VM) panes of glass were broken, and 

 much other serious damage sustained in that place and 

 its neighborhood. 



Extraordinary Hailstone.— The Hartford Mirror says 

 that a hailstone, or rather mass of ice fell during j. 

 thunder storm, in the presence of several persons, iu 

 Monson, Mass. of the following very extraordinary di- 

 mensions : Extremes 4 ft. long, 3 do. wide, 2 do. thick. 

 The appearaiice is said to have been that of a compact 

 body of hail stones, as firmly united as hail usually is. 

 After removing the rough parts of the body there re- 

 mained a solid block 2 feet 3 inches long, 1 foot 6 in- 

 tJ.es wide, and 1 foot 3 inches thick. 



One Johnson (reported to be the famous " T'/nmiffr- 

 bolt," the companion and tutor of Martin) has been 

 pursued from Portland to Canada, and ai rested for 

 running away with a horse and chaise, and been safe- 

 ly caged in Portland. He is represented as a powerlul 

 man ; has exhibited the marks which Martin says he 

 had on him ; and is said to have cleared himself from 

 lour or five of his pursuers, but found a match in a 

 brother Hibernian, who knocked up his career by 

 knocking him down. — Ctniinel. 



PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE, &c. 



[Revised and corrected every Friday.] 



ASHE.S, pot, 1st sort, . . 



pearl do. . . . 



BEANS, white, .... 



liEEF, 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, superfine, 

 Genessee . . . 

 Rye, best . . . 

 GRAIN, Rye .... 

 Corn .... 

 Barley .... 

 Oats .... 

 HOGS' LARD, Ist sort 

 HOPS, No 1, Inspection of 182: 



LIME, 



OIL, Linseed, American 

 FLAISTER PARIS . . . 

 PORK, Navy Mess . . . 

 Bone Middlings . . 

 Cargo, No 1, . . 

 Cargo, No 2, . . 

 SEEDS, Herd's Grass, 1822, 

 Clover .... 

 WOOL, Merino, full blood, washed 

 do do unwa 



do 3-4 washed 



do 1-2 do 



Native .... do 

 Pulled, Lamb's, 1st sort 

 do Spinning, 1st sort 



PROVISION fihlRKET. 

 BEEF, best pieces .... 



PORK, fresh 



VEAL, 



LAMB, 



POULTRY, . . . 



RUTTER, keg & tub 



lump, best 



FlTGS, 



MEAL, Rye, . . . 

 Indian, . . 

 POTATOES, new, . 

 CIDER, liquor, . . 

 HAY, best, . . , 



I), c. 



135 CO 



1 00 



9 56 



8 00 



7 00 



12 



10 



14 



10 



9 



70 



1 75 



7 37 



4 12 



70 



£5 



70 



37 



11 



15 



1 12 



65 



3 GO 



12 50 



15 OO 



12 50 



11 50 



12 

 18 

 C 

 6 

 12 

 1* 

 25 

 14 

 80 

 75 

 50 

 7i» 

 09 



