NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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, Dctlraclive Fire. — \ few minutes before one, on Wed- 

 nesday afternoon, a fire broke out in a carpenter's shop, 

 It tl>e corner of Chesuut and Charles street, and not- 

 .vii'iiiandinj the m ist spirited exertions, before it 

 , \ h^. suhducd, it proved to he the most destructive 

 tl>(thasbcen known in this town for many yc.irs. 

 \\ h we had no rain for more than a fortnight, so that 

 ;ri ry Ihiii^ was excessively dry ; and the wind lil.-w 

 tlii^,! a g»le. The fire soon caught two dwelling 

 1 • i>. ^ in Ch.'snut street, and a block on Charles street, 

 « : h extended to the corner of Beacon street, and ex- 

 I ltd for a considerable distance up Beacon street. 

 Fho whole number of dwelling houses burnt is to, one 

 ;r ■■GiTy, and a carpenter's shop. Some of the houses 

 Icstroyed are among the finest in town. Two of the 

 noiist-s were on Cliesnut street, six on Charles street, 

 ind seven on Beacon street. It was only by the 

 jre.^test exertions that the fire was at length arrested,af- 

 t r raging with unabated fury for more than two hours, 

 i'he last house burnt was separated only by a brick 

 viU t'roo^ the next, wind blowing directly upon it, and 

 he out houses were principally of wood. The distant 

 T II U of the town were at the same time in no small dan- 

 :er, from the burning flakes, which were carried an 

 mmense distance by the wind. We have already 

 leard ofa great number of places were the iire caught, 

 mt was put out before any considerable injury was 

 loue — We are not able to give a complete list of the 

 ilT rers; the following is all we have learned. — On 

 h 'fiaut-street, the carpenter's shop and the two dwel- 

 ii!^ -houses, were owned and occupied by Messrs. Stod- 

 lari and Lincoln. On Charles-street, Messrs. Bailey & 

 •[unlord, kept a grocery shop at the corner of Beacou- 

 Irett, anil two dwelling houses were occupied by .Mcs- 

 rs. Grigg5, Granger, I'utney, Smith, Tilden, and 

 IIssos Huse, and perhaps others ; the owners we do 

 ')t know. — On Beacon street, the houses were occupl- 

 I by .M-ssrs. Bryant, T. Swett, II. G. Rice, W. Mi- 

 ot, T. H. Carter, S. Austin, and S. Bean, and most 

 f them were owned by the same gentlemen. A large 

 rop-irtioa of the furniture was saved. It was carried 

 poll the Common, where a guard was soon formed for 

 s protection. Immediately after the fi.-e was subdued 

 'apt. Loring, of the N'ew England Guards, volunteer- 

 d to furnish a guard for this purpose, and issued his 

 I dcrs accordingly ; and in forty minutes, forty mem- 

 - of his company were on the ground, and formed a 

 >r sentinels around the property to bf profigcted. 

 •.t 9 o'clock, they were relieved by the Indepen- 

 dent Cadets, who continued the protection as long as 

 [ was needed. We have heard several reports as to 

 -le manner in which the fire caught. One account at- 

 rihutes it to a chimney — another to a cigar — and a 

 lird to boiling glue — but we do not know which is 

 Drrect. It was doubtless accidental. — Bos, Daily Ad. 



Solemn dispensation of Providence. — On Wednes- 

 :ay last, about 2 o'clock, P. M. a thunder shower 

 rose from the west, and passed over the town of Rye, 

 ic;hly charged with electric fluid. The lightning 

 .as very vivid and incessant, and the peals of tliun- 

 • r tremendous. The rain descended in torrents. 

 "lie lightning struck in five places, in two of which it 

 roved fatal in its effects. It struck the south school- 

 ouse, in whiah there were about seventy scholars. 

 i lore than half the number were knocked down, and.' 

 .) lany were stunned. Eight or ten were unable for some 

 me to rise up ; and six or seven, when first takeja up 

 y the master, were apparently dead. Twelve or 

 Durteea were more or less injured ; the clothes of one 

 ook fire, and he was considerably burnt ; and the 

 air "of another was singed. All, however, recover- 

 d, or are hopefully recovering, except two, who were 

 istantly 'deprived of life, viz. Sheridan, a very for- 

 vard and promising son of Jonathan Philbrick, Esq. 

 ged II — and Joseph Smith, a desirable child of Sam- 

 lel Randall, aged 7. The lightning entered the 

 chool-house at the westerly window — shattered the 

 asemeut — broke the glass, and appeared to spend its 

 orce chiefly among the scholars ; no other considera- 

 ile efiects appearing. — The master, Mr. Fellows, 

 eceived a considerable shock, but was not so affict- 

 d but that he was able to pay immediate attentXn 

 o the case of his scholars — and who is entitled to 

 steem for his benevolent exertions for their wel- 

 are. 



About the same time, the lightning struck the 



house of Mr. James Philbrick, a mile distant from 

 the School-House. Most of the family were in a 

 chamber — several of them were aflected with the 

 shock, and a son of Mr. Philbrick, about 19 years of 

 age, was instantly killed. — Portsmouth Juut. 



-IT.EXANDRI*, jrr.Y 2. — On Monday nijht last, we 

 experienced a fall of rain, preceded by a strong wi'id 

 and almosi incessant lightning and peals of thunder. 

 .\ father and his child were killed in Baltimote, Md. 

 and one or two persons seriously hurt in Washington, 

 by the lightning. iS'o one, that we have heard of, 

 w^as injured here. 



On Wednesday afternoon, we experienced one of 

 the heaviest slorvUs of wind and rain ever known to 

 our oldest inhabitants. Such was the density of the 

 rain that the atmosphere was nearly as much d.ar- 

 kened as by the thickest fog we ever saw. A tree, 

 which, from its protected situation by the buildings, 

 it was thought could not possibly be injured, was 

 blown down in the market square. Many garden 

 trees, &c. in other parts of the town were also pros- 

 trated. 



There is every reason foi' the 'most serious appre- 

 hension fur the fate of the standing crops of ever;/ land, 

 wherever the storm of Wednesday has been felt ; and 

 it is but too probable, that it has not been very li- 

 mited in its extent. 



The following vessels of w.ar, we understand, are 

 now equipping for sea with all possible despatch, to 

 wit: North-Carolina, 71, Com. Rodgers ; Constel- 

 lation, 44, Com. Macdonough ; Hornet, 22, Captain 

 Kennedy ; Ontario 22, Capf. Nicholson ; Shark, 12, 

 Lieut. Stevens ; Porpoise, 12, Lieut. Skinner; Store- 

 ship Decoy, Lieut. Gamble. 



We should presume that a considerable portion of 

 this armament is intended to show itself along the 

 coasts of South .America in order to impress the nations 

 there with a proper idea of our naval strength. 



Wash. Gas. 



FOREIGN. 

 London papers to the 1st and Liverpool papers to the 

 4th ult. have been received in Boston, but contain no 

 intelligence of much importance. The Sun, a Lon- 

 don paper, declares that the English Government 

 would not recognize the South American States th; 

 year, and attributes the decline of the South Americjro 

 Stocks to a knowledge of the fact. The Courier of 

 Jua.e 1, however, says, " we can venture to state that 

 previously to the close of the present session of parlia- 

 ment, a communication will be made on this subject to 

 the House of Commons." 



The dissensions and disturbances in Lisbon have ter 

 minated in the restoration of the King, and the ban 

 ishment of the Queen, her son, and her father confes 

 sor, the Patriarch of Portugal. The Queen, it is 

 said, will go into a convent, the Prince to England 

 and the Patriarch to Busaco. 



The cause of the Greeks, we are assured, continues 

 to wear a prosperous appearance. 



Ibrahim Bey has rebelled against the Vice Roy of 

 E'ypt — taken possession of Cairo — been appointed 

 Vice Roy by the Porte, and Generalissimo of the Ot- 

 toman forces. 



A Mr. Harris, a new candidate for aeronautic fame, 

 ascended in a balloon, about the last of May, from a 

 tavern near London, accompanied by a Miss Stocks. — 

 When about tivo miles from the earth he prepared to 

 descend, in efiecting which he was killed. He open- 

 ed the valve at the top, and the balloon descended 

 with surprising rapidity. The noise occasioned by the 

 escape of the gas was terrible. A number of persons 

 ran to the car as it descended, and found .Mr. Harris a 

 corpse, and his female partner totally insensible. She 

 recovered from the shock in the course of the next day 

 — and intended to ascend again. 



GROSEILLE WINE, 



pUT up expressly for families, in kegs of 6 gallons 

 f: „r^ 'J""^ delivered at any part of the city at 

 ijj, .oper keg. Also in ca«es of] dozen bottles, for 

 safe by the subscriher. 



This genuine and excellent article is made by Dr. 

 Benjamin Dyer, ol Providence, who cultivates in one 

 field lorty.five acres ot Currant Bushes ; and it is the 

 opmion o( men of medical science that the Wine made 

 ol the I ruit of the Currant is equal, in all respects, 

 tthcn old, to the best i.mported Wines. It is in flavor 

 much like the old Constantia, and were it as dear and 

 not knovn to he of home manufacture, no family in the 

 habit of keeping Wine would be wiiuiut it. It has, in 

 several instances, passed 00" at parties as foreign Wine 

 of the most delicious character ; it exbiUratcs" <» thout 

 producing intoxication, and its effects are peculiarly 

 beneficial to costive habits. — As a Summer Beverage 

 it is not surpassed by any other. " 



E. COPELAiNU, Jr. jYo. 65, Broad-slretf. 



June 26. 



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R. GROVE'S Kssny on iViee;/, in a pamphlet iorm 

 for sale at this Office. Julv 10. 



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TO PIIINIERS. 

 OR sale at this Office BALL SKINS, at the usual 

 prices. 

 June 12. 



'prices of country produce, fcc. 



[Revised and corrected every Friday.] 



WANTED No's. 1, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28, of 

 the 2d volume of the N. E. Farmer— for which a 

 generous price will be given by the proprietor of this 

 paper — Printers who receive the Farmer in exchange 

 will confer a favor by forwarding the abovementioned 

 No's to this Office. 



APPLES, good, to best, 

 ASHES, pot, 1st sort, . . . 



pearl do 



BEANS, white, 



BEEF, mess, 200 lbs. . . . 

 cargo, No 1, . 



" No2, . . . . 

 BUTTER, Inspect. No. 1. 

 CHEESE, new milk .... 



skimed milk, . . . 



FLAX 



FLAX SEED 



FLOUR, Baltimore, Howard St. 



Gcnessee, 



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, Bone Middlings . . . 

 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 

 Pulled, Lamb's, 1st sort 



do Spinning, 1st sort 



PROriSIOJ\r MARKET. 

 BEEF, best pieces . . . 

 PORK, fresh, best pieces, . 

 " whole hog, . . . 



VEAL, 



MUTTON, 



POULTRY, 



BUTTER, keg & tub, 



lump, . . 



EGGS, . 



MEAL, Rye, retail, . . . 

 Indian, do. . . . 

 POTATOES, new, . . . 

 CIDER, liquor, new . . . 

 HAY, according to quality, 



117 50 



122 50 



1 10 



84 



6 75 

 6 62 



2 75 

 55 

 47 



51 



12 



40 



1 20 



75 



17 



13 50 

 13 



7 

 70 

 40 

 55 

 50 

 35 

 00 

 42 



12 

 25 

 12 

 18 

 17 

 65 

 60 



2 50 



3 50 

 18 00 



