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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Oct. 1, i8S0. 



MISCELLANIES 



As the season is approaching when militia train- 

 inijs will be frequent, we call the attention of our 

 readers to the following judicious and pertinent re. 

 marks. The subject demands attentive considera- 

 tion. 



THOnOHTS ON THE MILITI.V. 



1. It is not strange that provision was in;ule for 

 arming anil draining the great body of ciiizens, on 

 the first organizalion of the national ami state 

 governments. The number of people was then 

 sniail; the remembrance of the honors ami dan- 

 gers of war was vivid ; onr young nation w-js like 

 a lamb among ravening wolves ; and we knew no 

 other method of being 'prepared for war in time 

 of peace,' having discarded 'standing armies.' 



2. Our situation is extremely different now. 

 There is linle danger of war ; if it should occur, 

 uot one tej)th of the able-bodied citizens would be 

 needed for service; the martial spirit, .*rom various 

 causes, has almost entirely subsided, and the char- 

 acter of our population is eminently pacific. 



3. Sufficient reliance may be placed on the valor 

 and patriotism of the people, luhen danger comes ; 

 and three weel:s' drilling would prepare them, 

 when pin-sued daily, with a prospect of using the 

 knowledge when acipiired. 



4. The knowledge of military tactics obtained 

 by our militia, is not worth one dollar as a prepa- 

 ration for actuul war ; except what is gained by a 

 few select companies. So testify revolutionary 

 soldiers and r.ll competent jiidge.«, with one voice. 



5. The direct expense of the present militia 

 systcin IS enormous ; and if it is not necessary to 

 the public welfore, it must be deemed oppressive. 



6. The system is so injurious to the morals of 

 the people, that its continuance can be justified 

 only by a moat evident and high necessity. 



7. Successive Legislatures have had the 'amend- 

 ment of the militia laws' a standing topic for forty 

 years, at a great expense of the public time and 

 money; and the oidy point yet settled is, that the 

 whole system is radically defective. 



8. By the constitution of the Union, however, 

 we must have a militia, organized and armed, and 

 annually inspected. 



9. If the present Legislature should abolish all 

 trainings, except one in a year for the inspection 

 of arms, they would proclaim a jubilee to their 

 constituents, and secure the grateful remembrance 

 of posterity. 



10. If the Legislature kIiouIiI abolish trainings, 

 and provide for the military instruction of a few 

 officers, the State would soon be better prepared 

 for war than it now is. 



11. If the present expenses were saved by such 

 an alteration, and the same smn devoted to inter- 

 nal improvement, the State might construct a 

 Rail Road to Providence in one year, or to Alba- 

 ny in five years, and not incur u debt of one cent. 

 Millions for Public Improvement ; not a cent for 

 useless Drudgery. — Boston Recorder. 



to procure their drams the idle and disslpateil 

 have left tliem ; and allhnug'i some of them may 

 have resorted to tlie tavern instead, yet this effect 

 is not so great as might have been expected. Pub- 

 lic sentiment has so much changed, that it is not 

 common to see even drunkards around taverns. 

 Taverners are ashamed oftliein, and do not in 

 many places encourage their attendance. The 

 consequence is, that public drinking, even of those 

 who continue to drink, is much less than formerly. 

 Many traders in this State, and some few tavera- 

 ers, do not keep the article of spirits for sale — in- 

 duced to abandon the traffic from a. conviction of 

 its pernicious and immoral eifects. Your com- 

 mittee wish the number of such was greater, or 

 that they knew the true number of such traders 

 and taverners, that they might give their names 

 to the world, as patriotsand philanthropists, whose 

 conduct does honor to themselves and their comi- 

 try, and affords such conclusive evidence of the 

 beneficial influence of temperance societies. 



Your committee have ascertained that the num- 

 ber of intemperate persons in tliis Slate, who have 

 become reformed men since the institution of tem- 

 perance societies is about one hundred. This is 

 to the philanthropists one of the most pleasing 

 effect of the doctrine of total abstinence frotn spir- 

 ituous liquors. Who will refuse to rejoice that 

 one hundred persons in this State, who were not 

 only useless to themselves but pests to society, are 

 reclaimed, and restored to usefulness and respon- 

 sibility? After this, let us not hear from a mem- 

 ber of the New Hampshire Legislature, that ' the 

 only way to cure a drunkard is to cut off" his head.' 

 The teinperance enterprise has indeed effected a 

 reformation not only from the moderate but from 

 the immoderate use of spirits. One thousand and 

 five hundred persons in the United States are as- 

 certained to have experienced this reform, and bear 

 testimony that abstinence is better medicine than 

 decapitation. 



Extract from the Report of tlie New-Ilamiwlure Temperance Society, 



The extent of the temperance reformation may ) 

 be seen at our stores and taverns. Formerly in 

 every village the store and the tavern was the re- 

 sort of the idle and dissipated. Here they spent 

 a great proportion of their time and money : but 

 few stores in the state now mix liquors, or sell 

 them in glasses and gills. To an attentive observ- 

 er, the change in the character of our stores has 

 been such as to excite admiration. Not being able 



AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 



Agricultural societies'are increasing in this state, 

 and are exciting a spirit of improvement among 

 our farmers which must be productive of the hap- 

 piest result. We hope to be able, shortly, to pub- 

 lish accounts of the organization and proceedings 

 of several, in the neighboring counties. In the 

 Western Reserve we notice the formation of a num- 

 ber of new societies, and wc hope that nil the wes- 

 tern states will follow the example of Ohio,' in 

 making these establishments m all their counties 

 which are sufficiently populous to enable them to 

 act with vigor. The resources of the west are 

 developing with a rapidity unequalled in any coun- 

 try, and we trust that her weight will hereafter be 

 felt in our national councils, and that the general 

 prosperity will be promoted by the exercise of that 

 influence to which wc arc fairly entitled, and 

 which a just estimate of the true policy of the 

 nation by our representatives, will give us. 



In compliance with the request of several of our 

 subscribers we republish the constitution of the 

 Hatnilion County Agricultural Society in our pres- 

 ent number. — JVesiern Tiller. 



Iil'cw Coaeh. — A new coach, loyally named after 

 our excellent Queen, has begun to run, of which 

 the announcement is very whimsical ; being as fol- 

 lows : — The Queen Adelaide ! starts from the 

 King's Arms, at Bushy, every morning at eight 

 o'clock. — London paper. 



Petersburg Rail Road. — Donald McKenzie is chosen 

 Pre-ident ol the Corporation, and has been instructed to 

 visit the Rail Road»^iQ the United States, and to consult 

 engineers, S;c. 



Among the valuable spoils taken at Algiers, there are 

 vases of -ock crystal, oriental agate, jasper, and jaile, of 

 the largest size, the moiintinn of Florentine enamel and 

 Venetian gold, seemingly of the 16lh century. There ii 

 also a great deal of Spanish and Moorish aripor, said to 

 be of v'xquisite workmanship. 



College in JVew South Wales. — A college has beeu 

 founled at Sydney, in New South Wales. The first 

 stone was laid on the 26lh ol January last. 



Imprisonment for Debt — The Boston Manufacturer 

 says that, all the Judges of the Supreme Court of Mas- 

 sachusetts have expressed a decided belief that the law 

 authorizing imprisonment for debt is unconstitutional.— 

 Daniel Webster has offered his servic 'S gratuitously, to 

 plead against its con^litutionali'y, whenever any respec- 

 table body of citizens shall request them. 



On the 20th in;t. Charles Carroll of Carrollton comple- 

 ted his 941h year. 



A Mr Hohnes, of Lancaster, N. H. attempted to cross 

 the Connecticut River in a ;tate of intoxication, and wns 

 upset and drowned. 



C. Ivin Edson, the Living Skeleton, has engaged him- 

 self lor a two years' exhibition in Europe for $40,000, 

 conditioned that for every pound of flesh be gains $500 ii 

 to be deducted. 



For Sale, 



A valuable Farm at Lechmere Point; consisting of 30 

 acres — on the Craigie road, lees than three miles from 

 Boston. With a good two story house and barn thereoa— 

 a thriving young orchard and other fruit trees. 



For terms and other particulars, inquire of Wm. E. 

 Payne, No. 5 Court-street. eptol Aug. 27. 



Culture of Silk. 



For sale at the Seed Stoic connected with the Neit 

 England Farmer, 52 North Market-street — 



Essays on American Silk, and the best means of ren- 

 dering it a source of individual and national wealth ; with 

 Directions to Farmers for raising Silk Worms — B}' John 

 D'Homergue, Silk Manufacturer, and Peter S. Du Pon- 

 ceau — Price C2i cents. 



Also, Directions for the Rearing of Silk Worms, id 

 the Culture of the White Mulberry Tree. Published b; 

 the Pennsylvania Society associated for the Promotion 

 of those obj'ects, (an excellent, plain, practical work.)- 

 Price 2.^> cents. 



Seeds for Fall sowing. 



For sale at the Seed Store connected with the Ne» 

 England Farmer, 52 North Market-street — 



A great variety of veget-iblc seeds for fall sowing, vli 

 White Portugal Onion, Prickly or Fall Spinach, (growth 

 of 1S30,) Parsnips, Carrots, Black Spanish or Winter Bi 

 dish— all warranted of the firet quality. Sept. 10. 



Chloride of Soda. 

 For sale at the Seed Store connected with the N.E 

 Farmer, 52 North Market-street — A few dozen bottles oi 

 Chloride of Soda, for preserving meat, removing offensiw 

 smells, neutralizing pestilential exhalations, and destroj 

 ing contagion ; prepared by the New England chemici' 

 company for Lowe and Reed. This valuable articlei' 

 particularly described, page .'590 of this week's New Enj- 

 and Farmer. — Price $1,00 per bottle, with directions. 



Published every Friday, .it ^3 per annum, payable atthi 

 end of the year--but those who pay within sixty days fromtht 

 time of subpcribing, are entitled to a deduction t»f fifty ceBW 



[Lf* No paper will be sent to a distance witliout paymen' 

 being made in advance. 



Printed for J. B. Russell, by I. R. Butts— by when 

 all descriptions of Printing can be executed to meet thi 

 wishes of customers. Orders for printing received by J. B 

 Russell, at the Agricultural Warehouse, No. 52 Not* 

 Market Street. 



AGENTS. 



Nev> York — G. Thof.burn & Son, 67 Liherly-slreel. 



Philadelphia— I). &. C Laniiketh. 85 Chosliiui-slreet. 



Baltimore— ij. Ii. Smith, Office olthe Ameiican Farmeri 



A'.banii — Hon. Jesse Buel. 



Flushing, N. Y. Wm. Prince & SoNs.Prop. Lin. Bot.GiI* 



//ui-t/brrf- GnonwiN &, Sons. 



Halifax.N. S— P. J. Hollanp. Esq. Recorder Offie*. 



Montreal, L. C A. Bow-uav, Bookseller. 



