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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



April 2, 1831. 



FARMER'S VERNAL ODE. 



From the American Farmer. 

 The farmer's joyous season, 



Comes tripping gaily on ; 

 Its heralds are the gentle airs, 



Warmed by a genial sun 

 And no* he wends him o'er each field, 



Each hedge and fence along; 

 And through the groves and o'er the hills, 



His gladdened herds among. 

 And joyously he views them all, 



From dreary winter free ; 

 And feels as doth the mariner, 



Just from the boisterous sea. 

 Though herbage sere and leafless boughs 



Arrest the careless view ; 

 He sees the living gems that peep, 



Their winter shelters through. 

 And gladsomely he greets them all, 



Those little buds of hope ; 

 Which soon will 'neath the genial sun, 



Their fragrant flotvrets ope ; 

 From which he'll see the future fruit, 



Emerge and ripen soon ; 

 And thence the. farmer's 6toro of joy, — 



Of hope the promised boon 

 ! deem not tame such pleasures, 



As come with spring's return, 

 To fill the farmor's bosom, — 



Nor yet their offerings spurn. 

 For O ! of earth the sweetest, 



The purest joys we sing ; 

 Are those the farmer feelelh, 



On the return of spring. 



LETTERS PROM El'ROPE, 



From tUe Rucliester Daily Advertiser. 



LETTERS FROM EUROPE 

 We have received e.ght of these letters, and 

 from the peculiar interest, at the present time, 

 of the letters from Paris, we have concluded to 

 break in upon the regular series, that we may 

 give the writer's views of the recent events in 

 the French capital 



LETTER V- 



Pari?, January 4th, 1831. 

 My dear Friend — When I arrived at Paris, 

 the city had just passed through a scene "f 

 appalling danger. The officious intermeddling 

 of tiiose who arrestod the Ministersof Charles, 

 had well nigh cost the country its quiet, if not 

 its liberty. These men. at whose escape the 

 Government would have rejoiced, having been 

 arrested and brought back to Paris, the people 

 became clamorous for their blood. The vie 

 tims of the Three Days cried aloud for ven- 

 geance from the very silence of their graves 

 Their surviving friends and rolatives, cherish- 

 ing in a manner almost peculiar to the French 

 the memory of the doad, demanded to offer 

 this sacrifice to their manes The Government 

 was embarrassed. Merely to send the ex-Min- 

 isters into exile, would be perhaps to banish 

 them to the enjoyments of a freer and happier 

 country than their own; and to send them to 

 ihe o-uillotine, would probably be to set in ops 

 oration a machine which seems to have within 

 itself the power of perpetual propulsion, and 

 which might not be checked till much of the 

 best blood of France hadboen spilled. In the 

 mean time, the formal trial of the obnoxious 

 Ministers proceeded in the Chamber of Peers 

 They did not stop to reflect, nor perhaps would 

 it have been piudent,or possible, to have done 

 so, that, since tho last remedy of an injured 

 people had been resorted to, and an entire new 

 order of things had been established on tho ru- 

 ins of the old, the right of this Government to 

 <ro back to the exercise of a mero constitution- 

 al remedy was at least doubtful. Whatever 

 opinion they might have entertained on this 

 subject, there was behind them, in public sen- 

 timent and feeling, an irresistible power pro- 

 pelling them forward. Whilotho Peers were 

 going through the formalities of a hearing, wilh 

 ns much protraction as possible, public indig- 

 nation was daily gathering intensity. This 

 '.vas cherished and aggravated in a variety of 



wats The fresh graves 'if the slain, several of 

 which are still seen in the most public places 

 in the heart of the city, near where they fell, dec- 

 orated with tri-colored digs and hung with tn- 

 numerable wreaths of evergreen, were visited 

 and wept over by continual crowds, and many 

 of the most striking and bloody scenes of the 

 conflict and carnage of 'lie revolution, alrea- 

 dy transferred to canvass, were publicly exhib- 

 ited to the senses of a people who are pecu- 

 liarly alive to sympathetic impressions. Some 

 of the public journals and the Theatres, did 

 not fail to lend their aid to the work. During 

 all this time, nobody doubled the conviction of 

 the Ministers They we r o convicted before 

 they were put to the bar. The point of em- 

 barrassment and doubt was how they were to 

 be disposed of. 



From the delay of the Peers in coming to a 

 decision on a matter which Eeemed to the mul- 

 titude too clear for deliberation, the people, at 

 last, became satisfied tha' it was the intention 

 of the Government to save the lives of their 

 unhappy prisoners. The indignation of tiie 

 mob then rose to the highest pitch, and with- 

 out defining their own object, further than to 

 enjoy, at all hazards, the spectacle of the death 

 of the Ministers, they began to assemble in 

 dense and portentous masses around the gates 

 and gardens of the Luxembuurgh. The Court 

 of the Peers was then in session at the Pal- 

 ace. It was a fearful moment tor Paris and for 

 France. The whole city was thrown into alarm, 

 and nothing was looked for but such devasta- 

 tion as follows the letting loose of the worst 

 passions of the human I'eart. At this trying 

 hour, the National Guard was appealed to, and 

 happily, not in vain. Tho' the hearts of very 

 nianyjof them, from their condition in life and 

 the personal interest which they had in pass- 

 ing scenes, were with the agitators, yet, in 

 defence of order and peace, they hastened to 

 (tho point of dan2er and attack as one man, and 

 placing themselves fearlessly between the in- 

 furiated populaco and the objects of their in- 

 dignation, by their intrepidity and coolness, 

 saved the nation. The result of the delibera- 

 tions of the Peers was pronounced by the Pres- 

 ident, in the absence of the accused. They 

 [were condemned to perpetual imprisonment, 

 j'aod measures wcro instantly taken for their 

 •[ immediate removal to Vincennes. This was 

 ! a task of difficult execution, for the multitude 

 I was still besieging the Luxembourg!). Fortu- 

 I nately, at the moment, a rumour was spread 

 ! amongst them, that Polignac, at least, was 

 i condemned to death. The Ministers were has- 

 tened into a carriage of one of the Peers, to- 

 wards whom the rumor just mentioned had 

 softened the mob, and under a light guard, 

 passed them unquestioned, and by a circuitous 

 route, reached Vincennes in safety. This was 

 at six o'clock in tho evening. At eleven, the 

 truth of the decree was known, but the crisis 

 seemed to be past. The force of the insurgents 

 had become broken, and in a few hours all was 

 quiet. 



The friends of humanity and of good order 

 must rejoice that France was spared the dis- 

 grace, either of the death of the Ministers, or 

 of a popular commotion because they wero sa- 

 ved Much of the credit is due to the good 

 Lafayette His immense popularity was gal- 

 lantly risked in behalf of the accused. When 

 , the officer of the Chamber of Peers, immedi- 

 ately aftei the decree was pronounced, nccom- 

 ; panied by a file of soldiers, entered the apart- 

 | ments of the condemued Ministers, in the hur- 

 ry of tho occasiou, with only timo to utter the 

 ominous words, "-.-■•<■••, :-?n»i," they did not 

 doubt that they were to be led to instant ex- 

 ecution. Polignac took the first occasion af- 

 terwards to acknowledge that he owed his lite 

 to Lafayetto. This is not the first time that 

 Polignac has made a narrow escape. He was 

 engaged in the infamous plot of the infernal 

 machine, to destroy the life of Bonaparte, for 

 which he was condemned to death. He was 

 saved by a woman of whose devotion he could 

 not have been worthy. Of grea,t pcreunal 



bsauty , in a condition of peculiar interest, and 

 overwhelmed with grief she forced her way 

 into the presence of the First Consul, threw 

 herself at his feet, and begged the life of her 

 husband. His instantaneous reply, in his usual 

 rapid manner, •' Uvez-vous," assured her of 

 succoss. It is not uncharitable to say that the 

 baseness of Pohgnac's attempt on the life of 

 Napoleon, and the uniform hatred to his fam- 

 ily, by which he was distinguished, was his 

 prime recommendation to Charles X. It is p. 

 little singular, that having once been saved by 

 the generosity of tho man he attempted to 

 murder, his unworthy life should have been s 

 second time yielded back to him through the 

 voluntary efforts of an individual whom he 

 must havo equally hated for his liberal prin- 

 ciples. Ever yours, 1$. 



ENGLISH CATTLE FOR SALE. 



Tbe subscriber offers to the public od reasonable 

 terms, several animals from Imported Stock, the mosi 

 celebrated in r.ngland, both for their great milking 

 properties and the stall. Those who have a desire to. 

 become possessed of this fine breed of Cattle have now 

 an opportunity. One of the subscriber's cows was im- 

 ported from England at a great expense, which her val- 

 uable properties fully warrant ; having given foranum- 

 ' ber of years duriug the sun-mar inoullis.lhirty-six quart." 

 of rich milk daily. Her weight on foot last May was 

 1700 lbs. She is of the Improved Short Horned Dur- 

 ham breed, of fine proportions aod celebrated as a bree- 

 der ; aa the famous Bull Eclipse, her Calf, will show, 

 and several others of her stock now ou the premises. 



The stoci Bulls ior the season are Admiralttom 

 Boston, Mass. a full blood Durham, mid Albion z. 

 full blood cross three-fourths Durham and one- 

 fourth North Devon. They will stand on the pre- 

 mises. Terms for the season, as usual, made 

 A-nown at the stables, where Ihe animals may In 

 seen. I,. JENKINS. 



Canandaigua, Ontario co. A r . Y. March 26,1831 



THE ALBANY NURSERY 



NOW contains 177 varieties ,:f till! Apple, 120 of the 

 Pear, 56 of the Plum, 27 of the Cherry, M of the PeacI/. 

 40 of the Grape, «^c. — Apticots, Nectarines. Quinces 

 Strawberries, Gooseberries, Raspberries, Currant*, &re. 

 — more than 146 varieties of hardy Roses, and other de- 

 sirable varieties of Ornamental Shrubs and Trees, ano' 

 Herbaceous and Green House Plants, of vigorous growl!? 

 and iu tine conditioofor transplanting. Tuberoses, Dah 

 lias. Feirarias, Jacobean Lilliee, and other lender roots, 

 should he planted in May, and now is tho time to order 

 them. Orders solicited, and Catalogues furnished gratis* 



Albany, Morch, IS31. Ill • I. and WILSON. 



m!9 Orders will In- received by LUTH..R TUCKER. 



TO OUR FRIENDS IN THE "WEST, 



On the banks of the I anal, in and about .dtbavy 

 Twelve years ago, there came forth a host of Seeds- 

 men, With Cobbett at their bead, speaking great swell 

 ing words — they promised much — they performed noth- 

 ing. From a planting of fifteen dollars, the present stair 

 of our establishment will show what good seeds, goot! 

 soil, and good cultivation will produce. 



For the accommodation of our customers as above, we 

 intend, (.nothing extra preventing) to open a Seed, Plant 

 and Flower Root Store, at No 317 North Market street, 

 on the Gth day of April next, opposite the building into 

 which the post office is to be. removed on or before thr 

 1st of .May. within a few doors of the Museum, and within 

 pistol shot of the five banks. • The business in Albany will 

 be conducted by one of tny sons, and the store supplied 

 u uli tiu- same goods, and at the same prices at wh.ch we 

 sell in New York. As we derive out supplies more or 

 less from, every quarter of Ihe globe, we think it will be 

 a facility to the agriculturist, as weil as profitable to 

 the concerned, [fthey/wiil Beep pace with the ability. 

 and Providence smiles on die undertaking, I see nothing 



to prevent its arriving in a few years 10 the sanio exten- 

 sive footing in Albuny as the mother sum- in New- York 

 for. while Ihe rich in our city purchase the Sow I 

 the blossoms, and the rivers and the ocean carry our seeds 

 to every clime, so in Albans the tnstt wants only food- 

 and riches are already there he, nbundance : while the 



canal conveys the seeds to the liOkt Superior, die gre:,' 

 Western Road will transport them far towards tlia, set- 

 ting suu. Nothing thai good seeds and attention tobus- 

 iuess can po.form, will lio wanting on our part to meet 

 til-' public expectation 



Just received from France, -i qu.uiui of superior Lu- 

 cerne Send, vt ell worth tho nltentioD of the farmer. Al- 

 so, English Hawthorns for Live Fencing, at $1 per thou 

 an. I, wuli a quantity of the seed si '-!."■ cents per quart. 

 Also, Scotch Goosebury Bushes, jusl received from Gree- 

 nock; tuoy are packed for transporting* to any res 

 bte distance in handles of six roots, each buudle contains 

 two of each ofthothree b *t sorts now cultivated iu Scot- 

 laud, price $1 2.-> cents per bundle— samples of the fruit 

 muy be seen in bottles at the store. Seed CutHiogues at 

 the store ; also, Catalogues of Trees, nnd orders receiv- 

 ed for the Nurserysof Unci and Willsou, Albany; Prince 

 ParmeuUer, nod Loubatt, Lung tslaud: Floy, Wilson, 

 and Hong, New York : and to" tarr, Lnudreth, etc. Pltll- 

 adelpliia. raar-JOFol G. THORBl'llN and SO.NS 



