Vol. 1.— No. 0. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



71 



NEWS OP THE WEEK. 



William H. Stanley, Esq. was, od Monday 

 last, elected Cashier of the Livingston couniy 

 Bank. 



The following is from the Long Island Pa- 

 triot of Wednesday morning: — We have just 

 been informed, that late yesterday afternoon, 

 a man of genteel appearance, but limited 

 means, went into a victualling house in New 

 Vork, and obtained 6 cents worth of some 

 (bingtoeat. After eating it, he told the land- 

 lord that he had no money, and could not pay 

 for it. The landlord was abusive, and when 

 the stranger left the house, he was followed a 

 short distance from the door, by the landlord, 

 who struck him violently on the temple, and 

 killed him instantly. 



Lorenzo Hoyt, Esq of Albany, has been 

 appointed by the Governor of Pennsylvania, a 

 commissioner to take acknowledgments within 

 N"ew York Stale of all instruments in writing, 

 under seal, to be used m the state of Pennsyl 

 vania, and to take affidavits and examine wit- 

 nesses under commissions issuing from any ol 

 the courts of this state. 



We are informed, says the New York Daily 

 Advertiser, on wbal we are assured is very 

 <>-ooil authority, that Senor Don C. Ibarra has 

 been appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to 

 the United States, by the Mexioao Govern- 

 ment, and that the Senate have approved the 

 nomination, so that he was to sail by the first 

 packet. 



Sylvester, at New York — who contends 

 that he sells as large a share of prizes as Jo« 

 Strickland — has received from St. Johnsville, 

 through the post office, a five dollar U. S. 

 Bank bill, without any envelope, which by 

 this means, saved him half postage on a double 

 letter. 



The city council of Savannah, on the 10th 

 lit. passed a law imposing a tax of one hun- 

 dred dnllars upon every free person of color 

 coming to that city, after that date. 



The Boston Transcript says—" There is in 

 press, in this city, Letters on the Authership 

 of Junius, addressed to John Pickering, Esq. 

 showing, by the most satisfactory evidence, 

 that the author of that work could be no otl'.or 

 lhan Earl Temple, hrother-in law of Lord 

 Chatham, and elder brother of Jlfr. George 

 Greenville, the author of the American Stamp 

 Act. By Isaac Newhall, cf Salem." 



SUBPLUS REVENUE. 



Mr. Selden, the chairman of the Commit- 

 tee of Ways and Jl/eane, in the House of As>> 

 sembly, has recommonded the passage of a re- 

 solution urging upon Congress the distribution 

 of the Surplus Revenues, annually, among the 

 different States according to their population ; 

 and directing the Governor to transmit a copy 

 of the resolution to the executives of the dif- 

 ferent States, and to the President of the Uni- 

 ted States. 



COUNTERFEITS. 



A large quantity of counterfeit bills, princi- 

 pally $5 bills of the bank of Troy, was found, 

 on Wednesday, in the store of Charles English, 

 a grocer in Fullon-st. New York. English 

 was held to bail. 



CONSCIENCE. 



* The Adjutant General of this Btate in the 

 last Argus, acknowledges the receipt of fifty', 

 one dollars, from some unknown person, en- 

 closed in a note containing the following words: 

 '■'■ Due for Military fines evaded by illegal ex- 

 ruses." 



That portion ot Poland which has been in 

 corporated with Russia, comprehends Lithua- 

 nia, Samogitia, White Russia, Voltrynia, Po 

 dolia, and the Polish Ukraine. It contains a 

 surface of 7,fi00 square miles, (Polish measure) I 

 and a population of 8,S0jO,QiaU souls. 



UNITED STATES AND ENGLAND. 



The Boundary Question — By the following 

 paragraph it will be seen that the King of (he 

 Netherlands has decided the boundary question 

 referred to his arbitrament by the governments 

 of the United States and England nothing has 

 transpired by which we can even guess in 

 weose favor tit' decision has been made. 



Hague, Jan, 10. — " Tbeir Excellencies 

 Sir Charles Bagot, Ambassador Extraordinary 

 and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Britannic 

 Majesty, and Mr. Preble, Ambassador Ex 

 traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from 

 the United States of North America, have this 

 morning received from the hands of his Ma 

 jesly, the Act which declares the decision giv 

 en by his Majesty, as umpire, in differences 

 between Great Britain and the United States, 

 respecting the determination of the frontiers 

 of their respective territories " 



The net proceeds of the fireman's ball, given 

 at the Bowery theatre, for the benefit of the 

 fire department fund, were eight hundred and 

 twenty-four dollars and fifteen cents. 



APPOINTMENTS. 



Cattaraugus. — Andrew Mead, judge of coun- 

 ty courts in the place of James Parmele, whose 

 term of office expiros on the 21st March 



Monroe.- Samuel L. Selden, first judge — 

 Manley G. Woodbury, inspector of beef and 

 pork, in the place of Daniel D. Hatch. Rufus 

 Meech, inspector of pot and pearl ashes. Ozias 

 S Church, inspector of lumber, in the place of 

 Lester Beards'ey. 



Chautauque. — Thomas B. Campbell, judge 

 of county courts. 



APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT. 



Abraham Edwards, to be register of the 

 land office for ihe district of lands subject lo 

 sale at Monroe, in the territory of Michigan, 

 from the third day of March 1831, when the 

 commission of Robert Clarke will expire. 



James G. Reed, to be receiver of public 

 moneys for the distiict of lands subject to sale 

 at Joffersonville, in the state o! Indiana, vice 

 Wiriiun H. Hurst, removed. 



John Coffee, of Alabama, to be surveyor of 

 public lands in Alabama, to take effect after 

 the expiration of his present commission. 



Gideon Eilz, to be surveyor of public lands 

 south of Tennessee, vice Joseph Dunbar, re- 

 signed. 



FOTATO-OBTIOIVS. 

 SOME of these onton? have Leen left with the Pub- 

 lisher of the Farmer, for sale, by Mr. Barker. (See Far- 

 mer no 7, page 51, for directions for cultivating them.) 



GARDEN SEEDS. 



THE subscribers are now ready to receive the spring 

 orders of their customers, having received by the Sove- 

 reign, from London, and by urrivals from France and 

 Holland, a choice assortment of Garden, Field & Flow- 

 er seeds — among which, are many fine sorts of eorly 

 Cabbage ; early and late Cauliflower ; purple Cape Cro 

 cole ; early scarlet Radish ; Mangel Wurzell : Sir John 

 Sinclair's uew Sliver fleets, (a very luxuriant and valu- 

 able vegetables; Bishop's early Dltarf Prolific Peas, 

 75 cents per quart. These peas need no recommoyda- 

 tion *, many who had them last season attest to their su- 

 perior quality— they were introduced by u Scotch Gar- 

 deuer, named Rishop, 1827, in London, and so great 

 was their reputation, that they scld for ode guinea per 

 pint ; they ore remarkably early, very productive, and 

 grow only twelve inches high — should be planted three 

 inches apart, as they spread lihe a fan ; they commence 

 blooming when only three in lies high. 



Also, a few pounds superior white Mulberry Seed, 

 growth 1830,prire 51) cents per oz. or 6'dolls per pound; 

 Perennial Rye Gross ; Orchard Grass ; line early Pota- 

 toes ; English Windsor Bcaus ; Green Nonpareil Beans, 

 &c. ifc. 



Bird Seed of every sort; fresh Embdon Grotts ; Oat 

 Meal ; Barley Meal; Rice Flour ; Shaker's Parched 

 Corn -, Medicinal Herbs ; BarUs and Roots in great va- 

 riety. 



Also. 40 bushels fine white Mustard Seed, received by 

 the Columbia and Hadsou, late London arrivals ; this 

 Seed was selected expressly for Medicine — is quite free 

 of dust and impurity 



Geutlemen supplied with Gardoners.by the dav.month 

 or year. R. THORBURN & SONS. 



Be*. CO— G F G w GJ Liberty street, New York. 



ROCHESTER PRICES CURRENT. 



March 4, 1831. 



Ashes per 2240 lbs 



Pot $91a92 50 



Pearl 100al02 50 



Apples per bushel 31a50 



Do dried 75 



Bristles, coinb'd per lb 20a31 



Beeswax do 18a20 



Butter do K'i/12 



Beef— Mess per bbl $8a9 



Do prime do 5c7 



Do fresh per lb OSaOJ 



Barley per bushel 38n44 



Beans do 50a62 



Candles, mould per lb 9 cts 



Do dipped do 8 »' 



Do sperm do 28 " 



Corn per bushel 50&56 



Cheese per lb 04a05 



Clover Seed per bush $4 50 



Flour per bbl 5 50 



Flax per lb 07a08 



Flax Seed per bush 78a87 



Feathersper lb 31a37 



Furs— Otter 100a400 



Fox, red 50a75 



Mink 12(431 



Raccoon 18a31 



Martin 25a62 



Fisher 37a50 



Wildcat 1MT5 



Gray Fox ]So25 



Grass Seed per bush 62 



Hops per lb J2al5 



Honey do 09 



Lard do 08a07 



Mutton do 02fll)3 



Mustard Seed per bush ?3 



Oats per bush 25a31 



Old Pewter, Brass and 



Copper per lb 14 



Peaches, dry'd bush I00o2ti0 

 Pork, mess per bbl $12aK: 



Fox, cross 



Do prin 

 Do frcs 



me 



U per lb 

 Quills per 100 

 Rye per bush 

 Rugs per lb 

 Salt per bbl 

 Tallow per lb 

 Wheat per bush 



8a9 

 03a04 

 25e30 

 50o5C 

 03o04 

 $1 75 

 0f,o07 

 109«I15 



100a200|Buckwheat flour, cwt. $1 



METEOROLOGICAL. TABLE, 



for the week ending Fcb.ZG, 1831. 



Ther Baromet'r I 



a o 

 Ol Si 



26 



-I- 

 22! 12 

 22^31 

 42,29 

 30 24 

 28 '12 

 26 1 15 

 28 !3! 



29,05 

 !9,88 



29,93!» 

 29,60* sw 

 29,60'29.25|» 

 29,10 29,35 e 

 29,00 , 29,60U 

 29,66!29,6B|k> 

 29,80129,77 



Obsrcrva'ns 



4 in's snow 

 3 in's sdqav 



Ts The Barotnttrical and Thermometrical observa- 

 tions are registeredat 10 o'clock A. M. end P. M., which 

 by along series of experiments made for the purpose, 

 slioio that time to give a nearer mean average of the 

 relative heat of a day than any other time. 



BANK NOTE TABLE. 



Corrected Weekly for the Rochester Daily Advertlsxx> 



NEW-YORK. 

 AH banks in tbis state, par. 



except the following 

 BrokcnBanks. Washing 

 too &■ Warren, Barker's Ex 

 change, Franklin Bank, Mid- 

 dle Dlst., Columbia, Greene 

 Couuty, Marble Manuf. Co., 

 Plattsburgh, and Niagara. 

 MASSACHUSETTS. 

 Al banks in this state, par-, 

 except the following 

 Broken Banks. Farmers' 

 b'uk of Belchertown, Sutton, 

 lierksbie, Essex and Brigh- 

 ton banks. 



VERMONT. 

 All banks in this state, par. 



KHODE-ISLAND 



All banks in this state, par, 



except the following 



Broken Banks Farmers 



Exchange, and Farmers' & 



Mechanics' banks. 



CONNECTICUT. 

 All banks jn this state, par, 

 except the following 

 Broken Banks. Eagle, 

 Eagle pay'ble at Union bank 

 New-Tiork, Derby, und Der- 

 by payable at Fulton bank 

 New-York. 



ISEW- HAMPSHIRE. 

 All banks iu this state, par- 



MAINE. 



All banks in this state, par. 



except the following 



Broken Banks. Castine, 



Wiscusset, Hallowell & Au- 



samaqnoddy banks. 



NEW-JERSEY. 

 State b'nk, &, Trenton Bank- 

 ing Company, par. 

 Ali other banks, 2 per cent, 

 except the following 

 Broken Banks. Salem & 

 Phil. Manuf Co.. Monmouth, 

 Hoboken and Grazing Co., 

 N.Jersey Manuf & Banking 

 Co. at Uoboken, Stale Bank 

 at Trenton, Proteelion and 

 Lombard, and Jersey City. 



PENNSYLVANIA. 

 Philadelphia Banks, par. 

 All other banks, % per cent, 

 except the following 

 Broken Bunks. Farmers' 

 AMechunius' alN.Sa., Cen- 

 tre, Huntington, Meadville, 

 Marietta, Juniata, Greencas- 

 tie, Bedford : Beaver, Wash- 

 ington, Unioutown,Agricul- 

 tural.Sil Lftke, Westmore- 

 land at Greenburgh. New- 

 Hope Bridge Co new cm if « 

 sion.and Brownvile banks. 



OHIO. 

 Ali banks, 4 to 6 per cent*, 



MICHIGAN. 



All banks, 2per cejit, 



except the following 



Broken Banks. Monroe, 



and Detroit. 



CANADA. 

 All banks, 2 fa 3 per cent. 

 except tba 

 Upper Cana. at Kingston, 

 and Unchartered banks. 



guita, Kennebec, and Pas 



ZF The above table when speaking of foreigaBills, re- 

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

 ation are receivable. 



HOPE. 

 Hope ! ah, 'tis but the silver spray, 



That dances on the wave ; 

 The mountain mist that floats away; 

 A rainbow smile — a meteor ray-- 



Its only home — the grave! 



On Tuesday last, the president submitted to 

 congress, by message, what should be done with 

 the four Arabian horses brought from Constan- 

 tinople by Mr. Rhind. The subject wae refer- 

 red to the committee on foreign relations. 



