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ENGLAND FARMER. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



WASHINGTON'S APPOINTMENT. 

 The following account of the appointment of 

 General Washington to t!ie snprejne command of 

 the continental army, June 16(1), 1775, has been 

 placedjn our hands by a gentleman in whose ve- 

 racity we have full confidence. The account we 

 now give is an e.xtract from a private journal, nar- 

 rating a conversation with John .Adams, senior, be- 

 fore that great and good man was called to his final 

 rest. Lest we should, in any way, affoct the anec- 

 dote, we give it in the very words of the narrator. 

 —Philad. Sat. Ece. Post. 



The army was assembled in Cambridge, Mass., 

 under General Ward, and Congress was silting at 

 Philadelphia. Every day new applications in be- 

 half of the army arrived. Tlie country was urgent 

 that Congress should legalize the raising of the ar- 

 my ; for until thoy had, it must be considered, and 

 was in law considered, only a mob — a band of arm- 

 ed rebels. The country was placed in circumstan- 

 ces of peculiar delicacy and danger. The strug- 

 gle had began and yet every thing was without or- 

 der. The great trial now seemed to be in this 

 question — Who should be Commander in Cliief? 

 It was e.xceedingly important, and was felt to be 

 the hinge on which tlie contest might turn for or 

 against ns. The Southern and Middle States, 

 warm and rapid in their zeal, for the most part 

 were jealous of New Kngland, because they felt 

 that the real physical force was there. What then 

 was to be done ? All New England adored Gen. 

 Ward: he had been in the French war, and came 

 out laden with laurels. He was a scholar and a 

 gentleman. Every qualification seemed to cluster 

 in him ; and it w-as confidently believed that the 

 army conld not receive any commander over him. 

 What then was to be done ? Difficulties thicken- 

 ed at every step. The struggle was to be long 

 and bloody. Without union all was lost. The 

 country and the whole country must oomein. One 

 pulsation must beat through all hearts. The cause 

 was one and the arm must be one. The members 

 of Congress had talked, debated, considered and 

 guessed, and yet the decisive step had not been 

 taken. At length Mr Adams came to his conclu- 

 sion. The means 'of developing it were somewhat 

 singular, and nearly as follows : lie was walking 

 one morning before Congress Hall, apparently in 

 deep thoijght, when his cousin, Samuel Adams, 

 came up to him and said, 



"What is the topic with you this morning .'" 

 "Oh the army, the army," he replied. ''I am 

 determined what to do about the army nt Cam- 

 bridge: I am determined to gn into the hall this 

 morning, and enter on a full detail- of the state of 

 the Colonies, in order to show the absolute need 

 of taking some decisive steps. My whole aim will 

 be to induce Congress to appoint a day for adopt- 

 ing the army as the legal army of these United 

 Colonies of North America; and then to hint at 

 the election of a Commander in Chief" 



"Well," said S. Adams, " I like that, cousin 

 John, but on whom have you fixed as this Com- 

 mander .-" 



"I will tell yon — George Washington, of Vir- 

 ginia, a meniber of this House." 



" Oh," replied S. Adams, quickly, that will never 

 do — never, never." 



"It must do, it shall do," said John, "and for 



these reasons — the Southern and Middle Stales 

 are both to enter heartily into the cause, and their 

 arguments are potent: they see that New England 

 holds the physical power in her hands, and they 

 fear the result. A New England army, a New 

 England Commander with New England perseve- 

 rance all united, appal them. For this cause they 

 hang back. Now, the only course is, to allay their 

 fears, and give them nothing to complain of, and 

 this ran he done in no other way than by appoint- 

 ing a Southern Chief over this force, then all will 

 rush to the standard. This policy will blend us 

 in one mass, and that mass will be resistless." 



At this Samuel Adams seemed greatly moved. 

 They talked over the preliminary circumstances, 

 and John asked his cousin to second his rjiotion. 

 Mr Adams went in, took the floor and put forth all 

 his strength in the delineations he had prepared, 

 aiming at the adoption of the army. He was ready 

 to own the army, appoint a commander, vote sup- 

 plies, and proceed to business. After his speech 

 had been finished, some doubted, some objected, 

 and some feared. His warmth increased with the 

 occasion, and to all these doubts and hesitations, 

 he replied : 



" Gentlemen, if this Congress will not adopt 

 this army before ten moons have set, New England 

 will adopt it, and, she — she will undertake the 

 struggle alone — yes, with a strong arm and a clear 

 conscience, she will front the foe .'^ingle-handed." 



This had the desired effect. They saw New 

 England was neither playing nor to be played with. 

 They agreed to appoint a day — the day was fixed. 

 It came — Mr Adams went in, took the floor, urged 

 the measure, and alter debate it passed. 



The next thing was to get a Commander for this 

 army, with supplies, &c. All looked to Mr Ad- 

 aips on this occasion, and ho was ready. Ho took 

 the floor, and went into a minute delineation of the 

 character of Gen. Ward, bestowing on him the epi- 

 thets which then belonged to no one else. At the 

 end of his eulogy of Gen. Ward, he said — " But 

 this is not the man I have chosen. He then went 

 into a delineation of the character of a Cmmander 

 in Chief such as was required by the peculiar situ- 

 ation of the Colonies nt that juncture. And after 

 he had presented the qualifications in his strongest 

 language, and ^iven the reasons for the nomina- 

 tion he was about to make, he said : 



"Gentlemen, I know these qualifications are 

 high, but we all know they are needful in a Chief, 

 at this crisis. Does any one say they are not to 

 be obtained in this country ? I reply, they are — 

 they reside in one 'of our own body — and he is the 

 person whom I now nominate — GeoVge WASHi."tG- 

 TO.N, of Virginia." 



Washington, who sat on Mr Adams's right, was 

 looking him intently in the face, to catch the name 

 he was about to announce, and not expecting it 

 would be his own, he sprang from his .seat the mo 

 ment he heard it, and rushed into an adjoinini 

 room. Mr Adams had asked his cousin Samuel to 

 move an adjourimient as soon as the nomination 

 "•as made, in order to give the members timt 

 deliberate, and the result is before the wnrUl. 



I asked Mr Adams, among other questions, the 

 following: » 



" Dul you never doubt of the success of the con 

 flict .'" 



" No, no !" said he, " not for a moment. I ex 

 peeled to be hung and quartered, if I was caught ; 

 but no matter for that — my country would be free 

 I knew George the HI. could not forge chains long 



enough and strong enough to reach around thes 

 States." 



AGRICIIL,TIJRAI< IMPIiE-llKSTS, &.C 



The Proprielnrs nf tl)e New Englanrl Asriniiiural Wort 

 house and Seed Store No. 51 and S2 North MiirUet slree 

 would inlbrm iheir iiisIomiTS and Ihe pulihc j;t':ier&lly llii 

 thoy have oa liand llie most e.xlensive assortiufnl nf Aer 

 eultuial and Horticultural Tools to lie found iii the llnhc 

 Stales. Part ol whiuh are Ihe following 



lUUO Howard's Patent Cast 



Iron Ploughs. 

 .■iOO Common do. do. 

 2110 Cullivaiors. 

 too Greene's Straw Cutters. 

 SOiWilIis' do. do. 

 too Common do. do. 

 100 Willis' Patent Corn 



Shelters. 

 60 Common do do. 

 2u0 Willis' Seed Sosvers. 

 50 " Vegetaljle Cutters 

 .'iO Common dn. do. 



200 Hand Corn Mills. 

 200 Grain Cradles. 

 100 Ox Vokcs. 

 1500 Doz- Scythe Stones. 

 3000 " Austin's Rifles. 

 JIarch 17. 



too dn 



Cast Sicel Shnvcli 



Common do. 



Spades, 



Gio.«s Scythes. 



Paient S'nailhs. 



Commnn "do. 



Hay Kakes. 



Garden do. 



Manure Forks. 



Hay do. 

 000 Pair Trace Chains. 

 100 " Truck do. 

 100 Dialt do. 

 500 'lie up do. 

 50 doz. Halier do. 

 lOOO yards Fence do. 

 25 Grind Sloiies un rollers 



500 

 .300 

 200 



son 



200 

 200 

 300 



MUCK MANUAL,. 



For sale liy JOSEPH BRECK& CO., The Muck Mm 

 ual for Farmers. I3y Dt S. L. Daka; price isi. 

 Boston, April 13. 



GREENS r.ill : • - ■ilVCVTTER. 

 JOSEPH BRECK &- CO. at Ihe New En;,'laiid Asrici 

 tural Warehouse and Seed Store Nos. 51 and .".2 North Mt 

 iiel Street, have lor sale, Green's Patent Straw, Hay a 

 Stalk Cutler, operating on a mechanical principle not heli 

 applied to any implement for this purpose. The most pro 

 ment effects of Ihis application, and some of the conbequi 

 peculiarities of the machine are: 



1. So great a red'uclion of ihe quantum of power reqiiis 

 In use il, thai the strength of a hall grown boy is sutiicii 

 to work it elficienlly. 



2. Willi even this moderate power, itcasilycntslwoliu! 

 els aminuie, which is full twice as I'asl as has hccn claie. 

 hy any other machine even when worked by horse or sle. 

 power. 



3. The knives, owing to the peculiar manner in which li 

 cut, require sharpeniug less often than those of any oil 

 straw caller. 



4. The machine is simple in its construction, made and | 

 together very strongly, ll is Ihcrefoie not so liable as I 

 complicated machines in general use tu gel nut of order 



TYl-: rP CHAINS. 



Just received by 500 Chains for lyeing up Catlle. 



These chains, introiluced by E. H. Dekby, Esq. of Salt 

 and Col. Jacciues, lor the purpose of securing talile to I 

 stall, are Inund tr he the safest and most cnnv.nienl inc 

 of fastening cows and oxen to the stanchion. 



For sale by JOSEPH BRECK &. CO., No. 62 No) 

 JlarUel si. 



DRAFT AND TRACE CHAINS. 

 400 pair Trace Chains, suilalile lor Ploughing. 

 200 •' Truck and leading Chains. 

 200 " Urafl Chains. For sale hy J. BRECK & Cl 

 No. 52 North Market si. 



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