NEW EiNGLAND FARMER. 



:e Editor of Ihe A'tic England Farmtr, 

 R, — In this age of improvement, as it it justly cal- 

 I wonder no person lias invented a suitable Pruss 

 ttracting the jnice of Currants. It has become ve- 

 hionahle to make ctirraiit wine ; and it is an e.r- 

 ^ and dira/i substitiilP for «;i^ imported wines, but 

 ant of a Pre?? is much felt. It appears to me that 

 lan who shall invent a cheap I'icss, will find a 

 demand lor the article. A Farmer. 



>o<-.'i;ic, /un. i, lUil. 



lanufacliiry for converting; iron into steel has 

 been established in Morris County, N. J. and a 

 ■ for the Philadelphia Democratic Press, says that 

 persuaded no cast steel ever imported from Great 

 u excels it for the firmest and finest iustrumenls. 



\ew Brunswick Fredoni;in says nothing has yet 



■d relating to the villains, who robbed Mr. R. 



nory, but strong- hopes are entertained that their 



has been discovered, and that they will speedily 



ught to justice. 



FOKEIGiN-. 

 French troops took possession of Barcelona on 

 1 Nov. More than three humiiod pieces of brass 

 ■y were mounted on the ramparts. The king of 

 •ntered Madrid on the 14th Nov. A Paris ar- 

 lys that " the people tmik his horses from his 

 and the king, descending, was drawn into a 

 id Car by 100 men, to his palace under tri- 

 1 arches." The Duke D'Augouleme was ex- 

 it Bayonne on his way to Paris on the 25th 

 iber. 



London Courier of Nov. 11, states that there 

 counts from Paris " that vessels of war and pro- 

 were about to be s«iit to Cadiz, and that trans- 

 > carry twenty thousand infantry and two thou- 

 ivalry were to be furnished to Spain by difft i- 

 verE of Kuropo, and to Rendezvous at Cadiz. 

 . The probability, however, is, that this is 

 but fudge 1 



ish and Greek Ai^airs. — A Constantinople ar- 

 Oct. 10, states that the Captain Pacha had 

 d several Greek vessels near Lemnos. The 

 division consisted of 35 light vessels, and were 

 1 'with two divisions of the Turkish fleet. — 

 ■eek account states that Ad. Midoule, with 

 visions of fleet, attacked the Turks about the 

 September, near Mytelene ; — that the battle 

 •ur hours ; — that the Grecian lire ships destroy- 

 arge Turkish vessels ; — that others were ei- 

 k or stranded on the coast of Asia ; that two 

 iptured frigates had arrived at Psara ;— and 

 remainder sought refuge in the port of Olive- 

 ^ Greek accounts of land operations likewise 

 '.heir affairs in a favorable point of view. They 

 at the Turks have been repulsed and harrassed 

 Grecian Commandant Diamante, and suffered 

 ss : — and that they then retreated towards 

 V, and sustained several sanguinary defeats 

 route. 



: Iflfh Sept. the Turkish Pacha Mustapha at- 

 le Greek General Contavanne, who defended 

 le passes leading to .Missilonghi ; but was re- 

 tth great loss. On the Gth Mustapha attack- 

 her pass, defended by a corps of Suliots. — 

 contest was long and bloody, and the Turk 



Ietire from it till he had lost a great number of 

 ■cle, dated Zante, Oct. 20, states that in two 

 he Scodians [Tnrkish auxiliaries] left 2000 

 1 1 on the field. The loss of the Greeks, who 

 ;nded by entrenchments in the passes, was 

 nly ; hut among them were three of their 

 rs." It appears, however, that Mustapha 

 terwards made a third attack on the pass of 

 id succeeded in forcing it after an immense 

 was in full march for Missilonghi. But 

 e is strongly fortified. The Citadel of 

 ■av the same accounts surrendered to the 

 October- The garrison to be sent to .\sia 

 iron is is now capiiulating. The fort ofRothy- 

 inida surrendered in September ; and a Hy- 

 idron is shortly expected to arrive in the 

 Patras. 



An article dated Semlin, (.Sclavonia) Oct. 20, as- 

 serts as a rumor, that the Greeks have gained anew 

 naval victory over the Turks, Ihe first day of of Octo- 

 ber between I.emuos and Mylultne. A Nuremberg 

 article of Oct. 25, states that .\rcania is entirely free 

 of the Turks. Privesa and .\rta have only small gari- 

 sons, which the Greek Commandant Sturnaris is dispos- 

 ed to besiege. Vonizza is in the power of the Greeks. 

 ()dy.?seus is before Ntgropont ; Colocotroni goes into 

 the Peloponesus ; and Nicetas remains in Livadia. 

 The Pacha of Salonica is repairing to Larissa with 

 some thousand troops, to take the command there. 



CONGRESSIONAL. 



In Se.vate. — Friday, Dec. 26. Mr. Barton offered 

 for consideration a resolntion on the subject of the sale 

 of the Lead Mines and Salines of the United Slates, and 

 of the necessity, if to be sold, of diffusing information 

 among the people ofthrir situation and value. 



Mr. Mills, of Mass. gave notice that he should on 

 Monday ask leave to propose an Amendment to the 

 Constitution in relation to the choice of President and 

 Vice President. 



Monday, Dec. 29. Mr. Mills, of Mass. introduced a 

 resolution for amending the constitution of the U. S. 

 with regard to the choice of President, &c. and Mr. 

 Van Buren another on the same subject. 



Tlie bill to revive and continue the Acts relating to 

 discriminating duties in favor of our commerce was tak- 

 en up, and debated on by Mr. Smilh, .Mr. Lloyd of 

 Mass. and others ; and finally passed the Senate. 



'I'uesday, Dec. 30. This day was occupied by at- 

 tending to private bills, and resolutions, which were 

 postponed, 



Wednesday, Dec. 31. Numerous private petitions 

 were presented. The bill from the House to repeal 

 part of the Act to lessen the compensation of Marshalls, 

 Attorneys, &c. was read and committed. 



On motion of Mr. Elliot, a resolution was agreed to, 

 requesting the President of the U. S. to cause an appli- 

 cation to be made to the British Government, thro' our 

 Minister at that Court for a list of names of persons paid, 

 and sums received for Florida lands, previous lo the 

 Treaty of 17a3, of which they were deprived by the 

 transfer of that territory to Spain, by virtue of said 

 Treaty. 



Horsp. — Tuesday, Dec. 23. Mr. Webster from the 

 Committee on the .ludiciary, reported three bills. 1st 

 for the relief of persons imprisoned for debt in Pcnn. 

 2d, A bill to repeal in part, the Act to lessen the com- 

 pensation for Marshalls, Clerks and Attorneys, and a 

 bill allowing costs in all cases, whese patentees recover 

 more than $100. These bills were committed. 



The House lookup the resolution of Mr. Breck, call- 

 ing on the Secretary of the Treasury for the amount of 

 the exports and imports to and from Greece, Asia Minor, 

 and Egypt. This caused some debate in the course of 

 which Mr. Webster said in substance, that the motion 

 he had formerly made was merely to authorize an in- 

 quiry into facts as regarded the situation and prospects 

 of the Greeks, and not to produce a quarrel with the 

 Turks, and he wished to prevent any such impression 

 from going abroad as that his resolution was a declara- 

 tion of war against the Turks. 



Friday, Dec. 26. Mr. Sloane, of the Committee of 

 Elections asked for power to send for testimony in the 

 case of the contested election of John Bailey, a Mem- 

 ber from Mass., who was stated not to have been at the 

 time of his election an inhabitant of that State, &c. 

 Granted unanimously. 



On motion of Mr. Wayne, the Committee on the sub- 

 ject was instructed to report on the expediency of fix- 

 by law the net amount of annual income, which 

 shall disqualify any applicant from being placed on the 

 list of Revolutionary Pensioners. 



Tnesday, Dec. 30. Mr. Webster, from the Commit- 

 tee on the Judiciary reported that it is not expedient to 

 establish a Uniform System of Bankruptcy. In this 

 opinion, Mr. Webster observed that a great majority of 

 the committee concurred, and that he was the only 

 member, who bad the misfortune to differ from that 

 opinion, but the whole Committee were desirous of giv- 

 ing a fair opportunity to those gentlemen, who like him- 

 self were in favor of the system, to bring the question 

 before the House. TMs Report was laid »n the Table. 



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MASSACHUSETTS LKGISLATURK. 

 The Legislature of this Commonwealth assembled 

 on the 7th insl. Alter passing through the customary 

 forms, &c. a joint Committee was appointed, con: istin g 

 of the Hon. Messrs. Brooks and Austin of the Senal e, 

 and Messrs. Harte, Welles and \\ are, of the Hoii;c, 

 to wait on his i^Xcellency the Governor, who soon af- 

 terwards transmitted his .Message. We would, with 

 pleasure, give this at large, but most, perhaps nearly 

 all, of our readers will receive it from other sources. — 

 The following extract, however, having in part, a par- 

 ticular reference to the objects of this paper, we sliuU 

 not denyonrselves the privilege of publishing. 



" Agriculture, the stable so'jrce of the htalth and 

 strength of the state, encouraged and aided by gov- 

 ernment, is gradually improving; and with a continu- 

 ance of the patriotic zeal and exertions of individual 

 citizens, will attain higher degrees of perfection. — 

 manufacturing establishments are extending and in- 

 creasing, and as the means of protecting them by in- 

 creasing duties on foreign imports, is, by the constitu- 

 tion, vested exclusively in the federal government, it is 

 confidently hoped, that a review of the existing larifi. 

 an increase of duty on certain articles, and on thosr 

 particularly which are of primary necessity, may be 

 considered as accordant with, if not requijed by nati-ou- 

 al policy."' 



PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE, k.c 



[Revised and corrected every Friday.] 



.\SHES, pot, 1st sort, 



pearl do 



BEANS, white, 



BEEF, mtss, 200 lbs. new, 



cargo. No 1, . . . . 

 " No 2, . . . . 

 BUTTER, inspect. 1st qual. new 



"• 2d qual. 

 CHEESE, new milk .... 

 skimed milk, . . . 



FLAX 



FLAX SEED 



FLOUR, Baltimore, Howard St. 

 Gencssce, 

 Rye, best .... 



GRAIN, Rye 



Corn 



Barley 



Oats 



HOGS' LARD, 1st sort . . 

 HOPS, No 1, Inspection of 1823 



LIME, 



OIL, Linseed, Phil, and Northern 

 PLAISTER PARIS .... 

 PORK, BoneMiddlings new, . 

 NAVY, mess, 



Cargo, No 1, ... 



Cargo, No 2, ... 



SEEDS, Herd's Grass, 1822, • 



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 



PROriSIOX MARKET. 

 BEEF, best pieces .... 



PORK, fresh 



VEAL, 



MUTTON and LA.MB, . . . 



POULTRY, 



BUTTER, keg & tub, family, 

 lump, best . . 



EGGS, 



MEAL, Rye, 



Indian, 



POTATOES, .... 



CIDER, liquor, new .... 

 HAY ,accoKding to quality. 



TO 



D. O. 

 



137 

 1 00 

 8 50 



63 

 70 



9 



40 



1 17 



70 



4 50 



15 00 



12 

 n 25 



30 



70 



37 

 2 50 

 20 00 



