Vol. I.— No. 5. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL,. 



39 



anxiety to gain intelligence from Europe is 

 again becoming intense. That quarter ol 

 the globe at the last dates presented an inter 

 esting scene of action, and tbe times seemed 

 rife « ith corning events of no ordinary lm 

 portance, and the lapse of time since the last 

 arrivals has not failed to increase tbe interest 

 Arrivals are daily expected, and it cannoi 

 be long ere we shall be greeted with intelli 

 gence that in all probability will afford a pretty 

 certain indication of the political features ol 

 Europe for the coming year. The last date* 

 were the harbingers of peace — the next mat 

 be the messengers of wide spread and devas 

 tating war. 



NEW YORK MARKETS. 



The holders of flour and grain are looking 

 with anxiety for English advices and the mar. 

 frets in consequence continue stationary and 

 quiet, and will probably remain so until for- 

 eign arrivals. 



The money market is abundant, and loans 

 have recently been made at five per cent, on 

 mortgage securities. 



seaman's bank op savincs. • 



By the report of the board of Trustees of 

 this Institution in New York, it appears thai 

 it went into operation on the 11th May, 1829 

 and that since that time up to the 31st Decem- 

 ber, 1830. there had been deposited the a- 

 mount ot g62,719 45 The depositors an 

 all persons engaged in seafaring pursuits, an.; 

 the strongest hopes are entertained that when 

 it shall become generally known that there is 

 such a place of deposit, the habit of saving 

 will prevail to considerable extent among 

 thai class of people peculiarly distinguished 

 for their prodigality while "in port." Th< 

 amount of interest received is $1,702 38. 



nARVARD PHI BETA KAPPA. 



The following appointments have beeti 

 made for the next anniversary performance o! 

 this Society : James T. Austin Esq Orator, 

 Rev. John Pierpoint, Poet; and the Rev. 

 Tueodoie Edson, Chaplain. 



RHINOCEROS 



The Rhinoceros which was imported from 

 Bengal last Spring, has been sold at audio.. 

 in Philadelphia fo,- $4,100. 



FIRE. 



The Woollen Manufacturing establishment 

 of Joshua Clapp, South Leicester, Mass. ha- 

 been destroyed by fire Loss $10,000. 



WILD MAN OP THE WOODS. 



Tbe following article from the Lexington 

 (Ky.)Gazette, shows that the Kentuckians an 

 up to telling big lies as well as whipping wild 

 cats, &c. Last summer a story went Un- 

 round of all the newspapers of thRt state, of k 

 snake so large that it devoured Oxen, Hor- 

 ses and other domestic animals, and to add to 

 the terrific qualifications of his snake ship 

 his roarings had been beared the distance oi 

 several miles. That story was exceeding^ 

 foolish, this is still more so. While tbe Ken 

 tuckians stick to their steam boats, wild cats 

 big waggons, and other kindred wonders, (he\ 

 are very much at home, and their association; 

 very proper ; but such stories as this of the 

 modern Poliphemus, and snakes exceeding the 

 Boa Constrictors of Asia and Africa, are too 

 exaggerated to be interesting : 



Mr. Trotter. — Five or six days since, my 

 business called me to Danville, and thence t» 

 Harrodsburgh. Whilst descending the cliff 

 on the north side of the Kentucky river. I 

 very unexpectedly encountered a being who?e 

 strangeness of visage inspired me with the 



most horrible sensations. When I first saw 

 bim, be was lying upou the ground, his tail 

 tied to the limb of a tree, about twenty yards 

 distant, I would judge it to be thirty yardB in 

 length and about the size of a bed cord. The 

 tramping of my horse's feet startled him, and 

 lie bounded to the tree, climing up his tail, 

 •.-Inch, as before stated, was tied to a limb. — 

 Recovering somewhat from my confusion, I 

 advanced nearer tbe tree.where I immediately 

 surveyed his whole appearance. Mis head 

 • a9 of the usual dimensions, and his hair was 

 long and flowing, reaching nearly to his waist 

 His eye (he had but one, in tbe centre of his 

 r nrebead) was almost white, and near the size 

 ofasilver dollar. His body wascovered witb 

 /air and feathers, and bis feet resembled those 

 of tbe bear. He skipped with the greatest 

 facility from limb to limb, and muttered some 

 unintelligible words in a harsh tone. Whilst 

 he was intent on gazing at me, I rode round 

 tbe tree about four times, his head turning 

 each time with me. When I stopped, his 

 head was still for a moment, when it wheeled 

 with the velocity of a top until it resumed its 

 former position. Seeing him about to descend 

 by means of his tail, I put spurs to my horse 

 nid reached tbe ferry, greatly terrified and 

 nearly out of breath. 



Tbe above statement is sent you at the re- 

 quest of my neighbors, who will certify to my 

 i<ood character, having resided amongst them 

 or nineteen years. 



PATRICK C FLOURNOY 



Jessamine co. Ky. Jan. 3, 1831. 



LORD BYRON. 



Tbe following interesting remarks on this 

 Prince of Poets are from a review of Moore's 

 Life of Byron, in the N- Y. American. 



Misfortune stamped bim foi her own at his 

 iirth ; and with no equivocal sign. A ter- 

 ■nigant and a libertine were his cradle watch 

 ers. He had no "monitors of his young years " 

 Mis youth was Ida led in its spring; and (true 

 rideed like many who have built themselves 

 nonuments in the bosoms of men) be who 

 ould move all hearts with sympathy, was un- 

 able to touch tbe one of bis choice with love, 

 lie lived, 



" as lives a withered bough, 



Bloasoraless, leafless and alone." 



He died, — be. the man upon whom the eyes 

 I tbe world were fixed with admiration, if 

 ot with favor, died in a cheerless barrack 

 .Him, without a friend or a relative to minister 

 > him : his last moments disturbed by the 

 laniors of a mutiupus soldiery, and his eyes 

 ,-losed by a menial. Nay more, bis very re- 

 mains cannot escape contumely His ashes 

 are excluded from a public cemetry by his 

 • ountrymen ; and there are those found in tbe 

 land which he delighted to honor, who would 

 brand his name witb infamy ! If such are the 

 penalties of frailty and indiscretion, what ig 

 nominy is reserved for actual crime? 



HORRIBLE REPORT. 



A St. Thomas paper of Dec. 28th, says — 

 ' v e have to notice a horrible report which 

 iias been going about town for tbe last two 

 ays. but to which there seems no clue can be 

 und. It is said that a vessel has been fallen 

 m with near St. Domingo, with a great num- 

 ber of murdered persons on board. It is sup-* 

 posed that this vessel is the one which was 

 braring the equestrian corps of Mr. Handy 

 (who was here last year) to St Domingo. It 

 n said that the company had made a great deal 

 of money in their tour through the Islands, 

 which circumstance lends an air of probability 

 to the report, as this alone might have induced 

 the piracy. — N. Y. Eve. Journal. 



ROCHESTER PRICES CURRENT. 



Feo. 5, 1831. 



O" The quantity, quality, and prices of 

 wheat have been well sustained the week past. 



The quantity of ashes has not been great; 

 but the prices fair, and buyers seem anxious. 



The quantity of snow has been such as to 

 give u« fine sleighing, and the bustle of busi- 

 ness in our village, has given the strongest 

 proofs of the prosperity of this section ot the 

 country. 



Ashes per 2240 lbs 



Pot $91a92 50 



Pearl 100<il02 50 



Apples per busbel 25a44 



Do dried 75 



Bristles, corab'd per lb 20a31 



Beeswax do 18a20 



Butter do 10al2 



Beef — Mess per bbl 



Do prime do 5u7 



Do fresh per lb 02a03 



Barley per bushel 3&r44 



Beans do 50a62 



Candles, mould per lb 9 ct6 



Do dipped do 8 



Do sperm do 26 



Corn per bushel 44ei50 



Cheese per lb 04a05 



Clover Seed per bush $4 50 



Flour per bbl 5 50 



Flax per lb 07a08 



Flax Seed per bush >ai-7 



Feathers per lb 31o37 



Furs— Otter 100a400 



Mink 12/231 



Raccoon 18a31 



Martin -Jaif. 



Fisher 37n50 



Wild Cat If a2f, 



Gray Fox 18o25 



Grass Seed per bush 62 



Hops per lb J2al0 



Honey do 09 



Lard do 06u07 



Mutton do 02a0;i 



Mustard Seed per bush [S4 



Oats per bush 25 



Old Pewter, Brass and 



Copper per lb 14 



Peaches, dry'd bush 100a200 

 Pork, mess per bbl $!2al3 



Fox, red 

 Fox, cross 



Do prime 



Do fresh per lb 

 Quills per 100 

 Rye per bush 

 Rags per lb 

 Salt per bbl 

 Tallow per lb 



50n75l Wheat per bush 



03o04 

 25o3fl 

 50 

 03a04 

 SI 75 

 06a07 

 106«113 



100o20«|Buckwheat flour, cwt. $1 75 



METEOROLOGICAL, TABLE, 

 for the week ending Jan. 29, 1831 . 



Ther 



S 



Baromet'r I Winds 



12 12 29,35 29,42 km <m 



20 12129,35 29,30|k> Into 



18:15 29,20 29,15io to 



29,16 29,20 'to I to 



29,25 29,50«d In 



20,65 29,60 U Ira 



29.52 29,46ln m< 



22 20 



30 : 22 

 30,25 



26:18 



Observa'ns 



l-2in.snow 



1 in'li snow 



!ET77ie Barometrical and Thermometrical observa- 

 tions are registered at 10 o'clock A M. and P. M , which 

 by a long series of experiments made for the purpose* 

 show ihai time to give the nearest mean average of the 

 relative heat of a day than any other time 



BANK NOTE TABLE. 



Corrected Weekly for the Rochester Daily Advertiser. 



by c. w 

 NEW YORK. 



All banks in tbis state, par. 

 except the following 

 BrokenBanks. JTashing- 

 ton & WaTen, Barker's Ex 

 change, Franklin Bank, Mid- 

 dle Dist., Columbia, Greene 

 County, Marble Manuf Co., 

 Plattsburgh, and Niagara. 

 MASSACHUSETTS. 

 Al banks in this state, par, 

 except (he following 

 Broken Bank» Farmers' 

 b*nk of Belchertown, Sutton, 

 Berks hi e, Essex and Brigh- 

 ton banks. 



VERMONT. 

 All banks in this state, par. 



RHODE-ISLAND 



All bonks in this state, per, 



exoept tbe following 



BrokenBanks Farmers' 



Exchauge, and Farmers' & 



Mechanics' banks. 



CONNECTICUT. 

 All banks in tbis state, par, 

 except the fellowing 

 Broken Banks. Eagle, 

 Eagle pay'ble at Union bank 

 New-York, Derby, and Der- 

 by payable at Fulton bank 

 New-York. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE 

 All bank* in this state, par 



MAINE. 



All bank* in tbis stote, par. 



except (be following 



Broken Banks- Castine, 



Wiscasnet, Hallowell & Au 



DDNDAS. 

 samaqnoddy banks. 

 NEW JERSEY. 



State b'nfc, & Trenton Bank- 

 ing Company, par . 

 Ah other banks, 2 per cent, 

 except the following 

 Broken Banks. Salem & 

 Phil. Mantif Co. Monmouth, 

 Hoboken and Grazing Co., 

 N. Jersey Manuf & Banking 

 Co. at Hoboken, State Bank 

 at Trenton, Protection and 

 Lombard, and Jersey City. 



PENNSYLVANIA 

 Philadelphia Ranks, paj'- 

 All other banks, Sper cent, 

 except the following 

 Broken Bank?. Farmers' 

 & Mechanics' at ft. Sa., Cen- 

 tre, Huntington, Meadville, 

 Marietta, Juniata, Greencas- 

 tle, Bedford. Beaver, Wash- 

 ington. Uniontown, Agricul- 

 tural, Sil Lake, Westmore- 

 land at Greenburgh, New- 

 Hops Bridge Co new emis- 

 sion, and Brownvile banks. 



OHIO. 

 All banks, 4 to 6 per cent, 



MICHIGAN. 



All banks, "J per cent, 



except the following 



Broken Banks. Monroe,, 



and Detroit. 



CANADA. 

 All banks, 2 to 3 per cent 

 except the 

 Upper Cana. at Kingston, 

 and Unchartered banks. 



gusta, Kennebec, and Pas- 

 te? Tftea&ooe table when speaking of foreign Bills, re- 

 fers to those of $5, and over, as none of a less denomin- 

 ation arc receivable. 



