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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



feept. 22, 1836. 



From the Hampshire Gazette. 



COAL MINES. 

 England and Scotland contain the most cxten- 

 Mve coal mines that exist in tlie world ; and by 

 the aid of canals, inclined planes and railways, this 

 combustible is transported to all parts of Great 

 Britnin, and delivered to tlie consumers at a low 

 price. The mines of New Castle employ more 

 than 60,000 persons, and produce annually 3(J mill- 

 ions of quintals- France contains many coal 

 mines, but the expense of transport to the places 

 of consumption is so great, that the mines are not 

 extensively worked. Only 9 millions of quintals 

 are e:>tracted from tlie mines annually, which is 

 not an eighth part of the quantity consumed yearly 



princes of India, and in ICIK) they purchased three I relieved, by the patient drinking plentUuiiy 

 villao-es on the right bank of the Iloogly, and iS'entca srifrArt roo< fco77crf ?n mj'M-, bathing the wou 

 founded the city of Calcutta. Other acquisitions j with the same, and biiTuing the root on the vvoa 

 were subsequently made, but in 1745 they had 

 only 10 settlements in India. Since that lime they 

 have acquired many extensive provinces and king 



This is the famous Indian cure. But if tlie sna| 

 happens to strike into the sinews of the heel, 

 any large vein, death hath ever been the con 



doms some by purchase, but more by conquest; quence before any remedy can be applied 



If such a large Rattle Snake trade is profitabl 



and this company of merchants have now more ( 



people under their dominion than any sovereign , it is equally dangerous ; as there is no certainty j 

 on earth, except tiic emperor of Ciiina. Their sub- ; calculation to be made en accidents that may haj 

 jects are estimated at between 70 and 80 millions, pen. To horses the bite of a Rattle Snake i^ 

 and their tributaries and allies at upwards of 30 certain death ; and I never could cure them, nl 

 millions. The army of the company in 1822 knew one to survive that was bitten. Three yeafl 

 amounted to 203,4.54 men, nine-tenths of whom ago, this summer, 1 was on the road between V;tli-| 

 were natives, and only one-tenth Europeans. ! any and Millbrd, where a young man had a ^ rjj 



The company export from India to Europe vast largo one in an open barrel, as a show. I tq 

 in EntJ-land. Vhe Netherlands are rich in coaf; i 1'^^"'^''^'^^ "f '^°"-*'"' ^P''^''^^' '"'''=° ^'^'' ^"^^'' ' ^"'' him to cut his head off — he said no : that ho ij 

 there lire -3.50 mines in the vicinity of Mens, Char- 1 from China 25 millions of pounds of tea per annum, drawn its teeth, and dare put his liand to it. 



leroy and Liege, which occupy 'io.OOO workmen. They commenced the culture of Indigo in Bengal did so — it struck him very hard on the back) 



and vield 12 millions of ruintals. Germanv is not i in 1779, and for the last 10 or 12 years, have ex- the wrist. I examined the spot, but could not uKgni 



rich in coal ; there are however some very impor- 

 tant mines, especially in Silesia. Saxony, Bohe- 

 ;nia. Austria, Bavaria. Hanover and Hungary have 

 mines of coal, but they are not of much impor- 

 tance. In Swelen coal is found only in the pro- 

 vince of Scania. Norway appears to be deprived 

 of this mineral, and none lias been found in Russia 

 jp Europe. Italy, Spain and Portugal have some 

 coal mines, but they are neglected. Mines of coal 

 are worked in China and Japan, and they are 

 known to exist in Africa, Madagascar ;ind New 

 Holland. Coal has been di.?covered in the Cordil- 

 leras of America, in Hayti, Cape Breton, Canada 

 aud Louisiana, and is extremely abundant in Pemi- 

 .sylvania aud Virginia. — Translated from tlie Bul- 

 letin des_Seier,ces. 



ported about It millions of pounds annually. The cover the skin to be broken — he must have drivJ 

 average price in Bengal is (! shillings (.*1, 33) per the poison through the pores, for it swelled vel 

 pound. They first planted mulberry trees in 1780, f^gt. I have been informed that he went next df 

 and in 1821 exported 1,057,000 pounds of silk. to a doctor, then to a hospital, where his arm v\fj 



It is estimated that England has received from twice amputated, yet he died. So much for pla 



India, since the year IGOO, in net profits, 150 mill- 

 ions of pounds sterling. t 

 The British have always been victorious in the { 

 east ; every war has extended their possessions, 

 and they are now the undisputed masters of India. 



ith Rattle Snakes. 



SAMUEL PRESTON. 



HOMi; INDUSTRY. 



The ad\'anccment of this country in laa 



Recently the king of Burmah has been terrified ' turing industry is perhaps unexampled in hi=torij 

 into submission, and a large portion of his territo- ^ I» the year 1805 the total consumption of cottj 

 ry has been added to the empire of the East India ^y the manufactories of the United fctales«aar 

 Compi,ny.-Hampshi?e Gazelle. Jittle more than 1000 bales. No. v Rhode Islat| 



__^ I uses .30,000. In 1815, our woollen factories cou 



From the Buek's County Patriot. j not furnish the army with COOO blankets. Durij 



— , the last war, capital was taken from commerce ari 



RATTLESNAKES. I invested inirianufactures. This was the first id 



It appears that our most barren and roughest pulse. In 181G a report made to Congress shews 

 nionntains afford a profitable article for exporta- that /ocfj/ JiiiKions of dollars capital were inresta 

 tion, on which the sagacious English parliament in cotton manufactories, and twelve millions 

 have not laid any duty. It is Rattle Snakes ! The woollen. In that year we manufactured 00,(^ 

 facts are as follows. Some two years ago there bales of cotton. In 1816 it was estimated that tq 

 came a young gentleman from England, on a spec- wliole amount of goods manufactured in the U. 

 ulation, to procure a quantity of Sugar Ma]de was equal to fifty or sixty millions of dollars, 

 logs, as the hardest wood. I have understood he is now believed that we manufacture, of all kiiid^ 

 wanted them to make rolling presses, for printing to the amount of 250 millions in a year, about '. 

 calicoes; and with other articles he took home 7 uiillions of which are exported, and the rest coi 



BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY. 

 A few months since, M. Moreau, the French 

 vice consul in London, published a sketch of the 

 past and present state of the British possessions in 

 India. From a review of this work in the " Bulle- 

 tin des Sciences," we derive the following facts. 

 The British East India Company was incorpo- 

 rated in the reign of queen Elizabeth, in the year 

 1600. The charter has been, many times renewed; 

 the last time in 1813, for 25 years, ending in 1839. 



Tlie charter of 1712 granted to the company tlie , .-. , „ , , ,. , . , ,„, ■ , , i 



monopoly of all the commerce of Britain with In- largo Rattle Snakes.— He has returned for more turned m the country. The internal or domesb 

 diaand China and this privile^'e was continued Sugar Maple logs ; and says that on hia seven trade of every country is perhaps more pormaneij 

 until the renewal in 181.3, when all British sub- ! Snakes he cleared 70 pounds sterling ; that he de- and useful than the foreign. It is not subject t ^ 



posited money in various places, to the amount of the fluctuations of the commercial world, whicdf 

 several hundred dollars, for the people to pay cash frequently break out and spread desolation around, 

 for all sound, merchantable Rattle Snakes accord- The English journalists have been consoling thcm- 



jects were allowed to participate in the trade with 

 India : the company still retaining the whole of 

 the China trade. The funds of the company in 

 1621 were divided into 4000 shares of £100 each ; 

 the number of shares has since been augmented 

 to 60,000. They are now worth from 267 to 300 

 pounds. For the last 50 years the annnal divi- 

 dends liavc varied from 8 to 12 per cent. The 

 numi>cr of stockholders in 1822 was 2002. The 

 debts of the company in 1822 amounted to 180 

 millions of dollars. The revenue in 1824 was 140 

 millions of dollars, and the expenditures exceeded 

 143 millions. This excess was occasioned by the 

 expenses of the war with Bunnah. 



The East India Company had at firrt nothing 

 but supercargoes to manage their aftair& ; after- 

 wards they sent out factors and established facto- 

 ries. They had built a fort at Madras before 1653, 

 and in 1670 king Charles H. gave them Bombay, 

 which he had received from Portugal as a part of 

 the marriage portion of queen Catherin(!. In 1689 

 they obtained permission to buy territories of the 



ing to the following prices :- 

 Small Rattle Snakes , 

 Middle si 'e do. 

 Large si'.e do. 

 Very large do. 



.«!0„50 

 1,00 

 1,.50 

 2,00 



ves that our industry w-as as frustrated as theirs. 

 The facts which we have stated do not indicates, 

 much depression. [Snowden's .^dv.] 



AGRICULTURAl. i'ROoPiiCTS. 

 The harvest, particularly in the interior of our 

 State, has never been more abundant. Tliis in- 

 formation we learn from a gentleman who has 

 been some time in that section. The evidenoi' -f 



I am informed that several people have left the 

 labours of the harvest field, and gone on the moun- 

 tains with their baskets, boxes and devices, to try 



for extra wages by catching Rattle Snakes. I am . ... 



told that at one place where money was deposit- U'is is quite conclusive ; it may not be improper- 

 ed, they have so many collected as would fill a 'lo^'ever, to detail a single fact, that while pass- 

 barrel. I have been well acquainted with Rattle \ '"g the Ferry, near Anson, he asked the ferryman. 

 Snakes and doctoring forthe bite, for 40 years. i ^' respectable man, whose na4ne is Weston, f •:■ 



Expecting that vome of those snake traders may 1 1»^ crop was the present year ; He replied, t, 

 pay dear for' their temerity, it may not be improp- j ^vas qu>W as good as usual ; that hehad hii: - • i 

 er for me to publish the best mode of curing their ! securing the grain part of it that day ; an.l t:.a 

 bite, if it can be cured ; and that wholly depends ; I'C had ascertained he shou d have twelve hundred, 

 on how and where they strike their fangs-if only bushels of Rye, eight hundred bushels of wheat, 

 in the flesh, it is readily cured, and the pain soon | and judged he should have more than one hundred 



