NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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D again formed, and re-conducted to the S(ate j Ontario Bank, both badly executed, and easily distin- 

 ase by an escort, composed of the Independent Ca- g:uished from the genuine ; and $3's of the New Bruns- 

 s, commanded bv Col. Thomas C. Amory. wick Bank, Uic engraving of which is a perfect imila- 

 _ he Speaker and Clerk of the House of Rcpresenta- \ tion of the true bills, and would hardly be distinguish- 

 es were chos.n by an unanimous vote, and all the I cd by llie nicest obsenur JV. 1'. jVer. Ad, " 



tr olficers of both Houses were elected aimost 



nimously. 



irti.—Kt New Rowley, Mass. on the 21st inst. the 

 lUing house of Capt. Isaac Knapp, together with 

 lis furniture, mosi of the clothing of the family, his 

 ly stores, &c. were destroyed by (ire. His pock- 

 bosk, containing near JOO dollars in money, and 

 his papers was also consumed. 



e work shop of Mr. Burrill, Wheel wright, inRox- 

 , together with his tools and some stock was burn- 

 n the evening of the same day. 



t Baltimore about 10 o'clock of the 00th inst. the 

 i work, near the summit of the Shot 'lower, took 



Owing to the great height of the tower and th 

 ssibility of reaching it with the fire apparatus, sc 

 I of the upper platlbrms and a portion of the stai 



were burnt before the fire was checked. 



■3. Elizabeth Nrill, daughter of Mr. Isaac Perkins, 

 ately thrown from her horse in Winchester, V'ir- 



, and killed. 



. .Stephen T. Soper, and Mr. Roliff Classen, both 

 •ston, were drowned in the harbor on the evening 

 ; '24th inst. The actijent happened in conse- 

 i|e of the upsetting of a small boat, in which 

 five persons, two of whom were drowned. 



ail stage in coming out of Worcester onMon- 

 with 10 passengers, was accidentally ovwtnrned, 

 roken to pieces, but no person was dnn»erousIv 

 ded. a J 



Usappoinltd Lover.— \ desponding suiter lately 

 ed himself in Canada, in consequence of a neg- 

 cceived from a lass, whom he fain would have 



ting with Fire Arms. — A soldier in Richmond, 

 sport, took aim with a gun at tho hoai^W-m- 

 oldier, without knowing or suspecting that his 

 as loaded. The contents of the piece were 

 in the head of the man aimed at, and wounded 

 thtt his recovery is doubtful. 



il boat, with four persons on board, upset in a 

 .n Savannah harbor on the 13th inst. and all on 

 ■vere drowned. Another sail boat out at the 

 me, with three persons on board is missing. 



•umored in Canada, that the British ministry 

 to form a Union of all the British Provinces in 

 Inwrica, and to place at their head a Royal 

 is Vice Roy. A Quebec paper says — " We do 

 w what a want of information may lead minis- 

 idopt. There is only one thing of which we 

 ain, viz. -. that no change of the existing Con- 

 is of the Canadas can be made, which will ei- 

 wer the views of the promoters of these chan- 

 )e satisfactory to the great majority of the peo- 

 oth Provinces." 



ty. — We lately saw a curious specimen of in- 

 n a miniature Malay Proa, with a crew on 

 nd every part of the rigging complete, the 

 ade of cloves so nicely strung together, that 

 ear to be one mass. We understand that it is 

 Dosited in our Marine Museum, a present from 

 laber, of this town, commission merchant at 

 Sa/em Observer, 



)lice oScers have within a few days discovcr- 

 ablishment for counterfeiting Bank notes, at 

 ^onn. Messrs. Hays and Homan proceeded 



present week, and secured two men, named 

 id Russell, and a Mr. Goldsboro', keeper of 

 !, who were all committed to prison in Conn. 

 !, plates, &c. of the concern, were also seized. 



were found in the act of altering New Haven 



tens. The original dies were all taken out 

 2mical process, and new ones stamped with 



enuity. — Among the counterfeits found, wcre> 

 . Girard's Bank, Philadelphia— $5'9 of :he 



Villain Apprehended.— StviM T. Mack, who was 

 lately advertised for running away with the daughter 

 of the lady, with whom he boarded, kaving his wife 

 behind him, has been arrested, at Amsterdam, .Mont- 

 gomery Co. Maryland, and committed to prison. He 

 married the girl he ran away with, and she has return- 

 ed to her mother totally insane. 



Frost.— Or the night of the 25lh a frost of consid- 

 erable severity made an attack on this part of the coun- 

 try. In some places ice was formed one fourth til an 

 inch thick. We have not learnt the nature and ex- 

 tent of (he damage accruing in consequence of the in- 

 frnsion of this unwelcome visitant. 



L,!. 



CONGRESSIONAL. 

 In Se.nate.— Friday, May 14. The Senate con- 

 curred in the amendments of the other House to the 

 bill providing for the extinguishment of debts due for 

 public lands. The bill for the survey of Charleston 

 Harbor, and tlfe Coast of Florida passed, and was sent 

 to the other House. 



Saturday, May 15, was occupied in attending to pri- 

 vate bills. 



Monday, May 17. Mr. Benton's resolution calling 

 for information why canvass, cordage, and cable* of 

 American hemp were excluded from the Navy ? was 

 adopted. 



Thirty three private bills from the other House were 

 read a third time and adopted. 



After a long debate a bill passed to appropriate 

 $19,000 to enable the President to send a military es- 

 cort, when he shall think proper, for the protection of 

 Commissioners to be sent to the Upper Missouri to treat 

 with the Indians. 



The Committees of Conference, which were appoint- 

 ed between the two Houses on the diflerences respect- 

 ae the Tariff Bill reported that each House do recede 

 in part from their respective voles, and their reports 

 were agreed to. The bill was finished and sent to the 

 President for his approval. 



Wednesday, May 19. A " bill to improve the nav- 

 igation of the Ohio, Mississippi, and Missouri rivers, 

 by removing obstructions, &c. was discussed. Mr. 

 Chandler moved to add the Kenebec and Penobscot 

 rivers in Maine, in order to ascertain whether the ad- 

 vocates of internal improvements were disposed to dis- 

 tribute the advantages of these improvements in any 

 degree of equality. The amendment, after debate, 

 was rejected, and the bill passed to a tliird reading. — 

 Yeas 25, Nays 20. 



The resolution of the House for the adjournment of 

 the present session on the 27th inst. was concurred iu 

 by the Senate. 



House. — Friday, May 14. The House, in Commit- 

 tee, considered certain resolutions offered some time 

 since by Mr. Letcher, relating to decisions of the Su- 

 preme Court of the United States in cases which in- 

 volve the validity of the Constitution of a State, &c. 



Mr. ^V'ebster moved an amendment, and the resolu- 

 tions and proposed amendments were debated at con- 

 siderable length, but no decision obtained. 



The Committee on Manufactures reported the Ta- 

 ritr Bill as amended by the Senate, and recommended 

 the concurrence of the House with the following ex- 

 ceptions, viz. : 1. that which limits the duty on wool- 

 en goods below 33 cents to the square yard ; and 2d 

 that which imposes a duty of 25 per cent, on cotton 

 ''sgging instead of five and half cents per square 

 yard. This caused a sharp and desultory debate but 

 no decision. 



Saturday, May 15. The Tariff Bill was 'again dis- 

 cussed, and the amendments of the Senate were agreed 

 to by the Committee, with a few exceptions, relative 

 to to Raven's Duck, Osmaburgs, Burlaps, and Ticklen- 

 burgs. The Committee disagreed to the amendment 

 of the Senate relative to fixing the duty on woolen 

 manufactures at 25 per cent, ad valorem, and on cot- 

 ton bagging at 4 1-2 cents per square yard. The 

 House concurred with the Senate in adding 15 per cent 

 to the duty on foreign distilled spirits. 



Monday, May 17. Among the petitions presented 

 was one from a person, styling himself Louis Charles 

 de Navarre, Dauphin of France, legitimate son of 

 Louis IGlh, praying aid to restore him to the Throne 

 of France, &c. which was laid on the table. 



Mr. Webster reported a bill for altering the time of 

 session of the Suprtme Court, which was ordered to a 

 third reading. 



The House by a small majority refused now to take 

 the Beaumarchais claim into consideration. 



Tuesday, May 18. No concerns of much general in- 

 terest were attended to this day. 



Wednesday, May 19. On motion of Mr. Vinton, 

 the Committee on Coromeice was instructed to report 

 on the expediency of refusing licences to navigate 

 Boats, propelled by fire or steam on the piinciple of 

 construction commonly called '■'■high pressure.'''' Al- 

 lusions were made in the debate on this motion to the 

 accidents which have occurred in consequence of using 

 high pressure engines fot propelling Steam Boats. 



Thursday, May 20. 'i'he Post Office bill was again 

 discussed, and more than 100 amendments proposed, 

 and the bill eventually ordered to be engross td. 



The bill making an appropriation for Vice Presidert 

 Tompkins, &c. was discussed at much lertgth. The 

 sum fixed was $115,000.— Ayes f!6, Navs 65. A mo- 

 tion was then made by Mr. Wickliffe to strike out the 

 first section, but Oie House rose before auy question on 

 the subject was taken. 



PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE, &:c. 



[Revised aud corrected every Friday.] 



APPLES, good, to best, 

 ASHES, pot, 1st sort, . . . 



pearl do 



BEANS, white, 



BEEF, mess, 200 lbs. new, 



cargo. No 1, . . . . 



'• No 2, ... . 



BUTTER inspect. No. 1. 



CHEESE, new milk .... 



skimed milk, , . . 



FLAX 



FLAX SEED 



FLOUR, Baltimore, Howard St. 

 Genessee, . . . 

 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, ... 

 SEEDS, Herd's Grass, 1822, • 



Clover 



WOOL, Merino, full blood,washed 

 do do unwashed 



do 3-4 washed 



do 1-2 do 



Native .... do 

 Fulled, Lamb's, Ist sort 

 do Spinning, 1st sort 



PROnsiOJf MARKET. 

 BEE}', best pieces . . . 

 PORK, fresh, best pieces, . 

 " whole hog, . . . 



VEAL, 



MUTTON, 



POULTRY, 



BUTTER, keg & tub, 



lump, . . 



EGGS, 



MEAL, Rye, retail, . . . 

 Indian, do. . . . 

 POTATOES, ... 



CIDER, liquor, new ... 

 HAY, according to quality, 



bush 

 bbl 



bush 

 bbl 



lb. 



cask 

 gal 

 ton 

 bbl 



FROM 

 D. C. 



2 00 

 114 

 117 50 



9ti 



bbl. 



Uon. 



I. 



C2 



6 50 



6 50 



2 76 

 65 

 42 

 6 



32 

 10 

 31 

 90 

 70 



3 25 

 15 00 

 12 50 

 12 



1 76 

 7 

 50 

 35 

 40 

 35 

 30 

 50 

 40 



5 



2 



3 



6 



5 



10 



10 



65 



55 



20 



2 50 



16 00 



D. C. 



115 

 120 

 1 10 



11 



10 



4 



9 



84 



6 75 



6 75 



58 

 50 

 70 

 34 

 11 

 40 



1 12 

 75 



3 50 

 16 



12 50 



2 00 



70 

 40 



55 

 50 

 35 

 00 



42 



K 



10 



6 



6 



12 



SO 



25 



16 



12 



70 



60 



37 



3 50 



18 oe 



