Vol. I.— No. 14. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



Ill 



lieve the inlellictual wants of the poor, 

 else the tenure of property will be weak 

 before tbe illiterate herd of necessitous 

 roeD. They call upon tbe poor to exert 

 themselves for the education of their 

 children, else they will be forced lo beai 

 the yoke and burdens of those whose 

 knowledge is power. They call upon 

 the philanthropist end political economist, 

 to assist in dissipating that darkness in 

 ivhich pauperism and crimo are ever 

 tired. They call up the patriot to repair 

 and establish the foundations of our na- 

 tional security, even the virtue and intelli- 

 gence of the many. Permit i»norance 

 to overshadow the land, the people lo re- 1 

 main untaught in the nature of their insti- 

 tutions, and our hopes of freedom will 

 fade like a beautiful but baseless vision. 

 The people will bow at the nod of the 

 aspiring and insidious demagogue ; the 

 fair portions of our Union become the 

 stake of the gambler, or the prize of the 

 jladiator, and the fear of the dying patriot 

 be ours : "That even we may survive the 

 liberties of our country." 



NEWS OF THE WEEK, 



THE LEGISLATURE. 



Banks. — Tbe Senate has passed the Yates 

 bounty Bank bill, by the decisive vote of 25 

 to S. This bill had already passed the house ; 

 md is the seventh already chartered during 

 ;he present session. The Senate rejected, at 

 (he same time, the Saugerliet Bank. 



Tmprisonnent for Debt. — The bill to abolish 

 'imprisonment for debt, on all contracts exist 

 ing, as well as future, was ordered to be en- 

 grossed for a third reading id the Mouse yes- 

 verday afternoon, by ? vole of 61 to 17. 



Salt. — The bill to protect the manufacture 

 of sail, by the payment of a stale bouuty, was 

 rejected yesterday in the Senate, in committee 

 of the whole, by a vote of 15 to 12. 



A resolution has passed in the Assembly, to 

 3djourn on the 26lb inst. 



TWO DAVS LATER PROM EUROPE. 



The British barque MaryCathenoe, Capt. 

 Holt,arrivedal Charleston on the 26tb March, 

 rom Liverpool, having sailed thesce on the 

 Mlbof February. 



BELGIUM VET WITHOUT A KING. 



The London Couner,of Ihe 12th February, 

 publishes in a second erlitoo an important 

 communication from itsBrussels correspondent, 

 dated Wednesday nigbt, which stales that a 

 protocol from the Congress of London, dated 

 the 27th ult. had been dorumtinieated to the 

 Provisional Government lhat evening; and 

 that it not only declared that the French Gov- 

 ernment is resolved lo reject the offer of the 

 crown of Belgiun for the Duke of Nemours, 

 but thai it adheres to the protocol of tbe 20th 

 January, and consequently disavows the letter 

 of Count Sebastiani 



It further states, (hat, in (be event of the 

 Duke of Leuchtenburg being again proposed 

 and elected, he will not be recognised by any 

 one of the five powers. The same correspon- 

 ient, in a letter dated Thursday evening,! 

 states, that M. Bresson, the Belgic Minister' 

 at Paris, had declined to sign the note sent to! 

 ihe Provisional Government with the above' 

 protocol, and that the diplomatic commission 

 tad refused to lay the document before Con- J 

 gress, having returned it to Lord Ponsonby ! 



This prompt rejection of the honor of reign- f 



iog over Belgium, tendered by its Congress 

 to the son of the French King, shows the clea- 

 understanding that exists between the fivi 

 powers, as to the affairs of that country Tb< 

 question is now stripped of much of its com 

 plication. The Belgic Congress will have la 

 provide a king, very probably, from among 

 the petty princes of Germany. The objec 

 (ions against Ihe Arch duke Charles would ap- 

 pear to be valid and strong as against tin 

 Duke de Neinonrs, or any other individual 

 conuected with either of ihe leading powers. 



THE MARKET. 



Flour has been sold rather nigher this morn- 

 ing, says the New York Journal of Commereo 

 of Thursday. We are told that Alexandria 

 had brought $7; but there have been some 

 erroneous reports in circulation relative te 

 prices at Liverpool, and we cannot be sure just 

 yet how we shall stand when every thing is 

 understood. Liverpool accounts of the 10th 

 mention sales of Virginia Flour at 35s. 6d. — 

 We think that must have been the price of all 

 fair qualities. A London letter of Feb. 4th 

 quotes flour at 37s. but we have quite as good 

 quotations from that market before. Tbe la 

 test London accounts represent that market 

 as dull. 



CHOPS AT THE SOUTH. 



We learn from the Ricbmoud (Va.) papers- 

 that the wheat crop does not generally look 

 well on the lower parts of James river. At 

 the season advances, the effects of the winter's 

 frost, and the withering ravages of the fly, be- 

 comes more apparent in the wheat fields. Tht 

 parts affected remain stationary, while those 

 which have escaped, begin lo show the genial 

 influence of Spring. 



The ravages of tbe fly are developed raor. 

 strongly in May— the insect, of which the 

 egg had been probably laid in tbe fall, being 

 hatched, and become, very destructive during 

 that mouth 



SINGULAR DEATH. 



We find the following in the U. S. Gazette : 

 An infant child of Mr. Middleton, in North 

 Fourth street, was yesterday left on the bed 

 in the nursery, while the mother weot into 

 the lower part of 'he house. On her return, 

 which was in a few minutes, she saw the house 

 cat leap from the bed. She immediately went 

 to the child, and to her horror, discovered it to 

 be lifeless. There were on Ibe infant no 

 marks of violence, and its death is imputed to 

 the cat sucking its breath- 



CLAIMS O.N FRANCE. 



The Boslon Patiiot learns from letters from 

 Paris, of recent date, that Ihere is reason to 

 believe that the Commission appointed by the 

 King of the French, to examine into Amen» 

 can claims on France, will report favoiablj 

 to their allowance, and than an early treaty 

 arrangement for their liquidation may be with 

 some confidonce anticipated, should the pres- 

 ent Majesly continue m office. 



GREAT SALE OF CANTON SILKS. 



About eleven hundred cases of China silks 

 were sold at auclion, in New York, on the 

 29lh ult. by Hone & Sons. The sale was 

 more extensive than any made in the city for 

 many years, and amounted to more than half 

 a million of dollars. 



THE ALBANY NURSERY 



NOW contains 177 varieties of the Apple, 12(J of the 

 Poar, 56 of the Plum, 27 of the Cherry, 30 of the Peach, 

 40 of the Gxape, $fe.— Apricots, Nectarines, Quinces, 

 Strawberries, Gooseberries, Raspberries, Currants, fyz 

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

 sirable varieties of Ornamental Shrabs and Trees, and 

 Herbaceous and Green fioosePlants, of vigorous growth 

 and in Hoe eondiLioofor transplanting. Tuberoses, Dah 

 lias, Ferrarias, Jacobean Lilliee, awl other tender roots, 

 should be planted in May, and now is the time to order 

 them- Orders solicited, and Catalogues furnished gratis 



Albany, March, 1831. BUUL and WILSON. 



ml» Orders will be recstvod by LUTHEH TJJCKTSiu 



far the week ending March 2b", 1831. 



_ The Barometrical and ThermomttHcal observa- 

 tions are registered at 10 o'clock A M. and P. itf., wh&h 

 by a long series of experiments made for Ike pur pone, 

 show thai time to give a nearer mean average of (/ft 

 relative heat of a day than any other time- 



TREES, SHRUBS, &C. 



THE subscriber otters for sale at his Nursery, b 

 variety of Fruit Trees, Ornamental Trees, Flower- 

 ing Shrubs, Fibrous and Bulbous Roots, See , among 

 which are Apples, Peaches, Pears, a few Cherries, 

 Locust, Catalpa. Weeping Willow, Gleditschia 01 

 Honey Locust, Rose Acassia or Moss Locust, Fir, 

 Mountain Ash, Snow Balls, Lilacs of different spe- 

 cies, Paper Mulberry, a variety of Roses, Honey 

 Suckles, Tulips, Crown Imperials, Hyacinths, Lil- 

 ies, and many others. Also a few Green House 

 Pianls. Communications received thro' the Roch- 

 ester post office, and Trees delivered in Rochester 

 without charge. SILAS CORNELL. 



LindenHiim miles N W of Rochester) 3d mo 20. 



*** Orders for the above may be left at the Office 

 of the Genesee Farmer. Ftf mar 26 



SEED STORE. 



THE subscribers, in connexion with Mr. N. GoodseM- 

 Editor of the Genesee Farmer, bave made arrangements 

 to supply this village and the surrounding country with 

 every variety of Agricultural, Horticultural and Flower 

 Seeds, together with Fruit aod Shade Treee.Grape Root s, 

 Flower Pots, Garden Toole, etc Orders will be recei- 

 ved for Trees and other articles, from the following Nu r 

 series and Seed StoreB :— Trince's, and Parinfu tier's 

 Long Island; Floy's, Wilson's, Thorhnin's. and A. 

 Smith and Co.'s, New York ; Bud's, Albany; u rid Lan* 

 drelb's, Philadelphia. Orders which are left previous 

 to the 1st of April, will be filled as soou as the cauul o- 

 peus. As the subscribers intend gradually to establish 

 n extensive Seed Store, they trust that the friends of 

 Agriculture and Horticulture in this vicioily, will render 

 thetn all the facilities and eiicouragemeni sin their power. 



A NURSERY, under the control of Mr. Gaodsel], is 

 now in progress, from which many firajt,*Jate Trees and 

 Grape Vines may be selected for thisjipring's transplant 

 mar 19 



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ROSS1TER and KNOX. 



TO OUR FRIENDS IN THE WEST, 



On the banks of the Canai^inand about Albany. 



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

 men, witii Cobbett at their head, speaking great swell- 

 ing words — they promised much — they performed noth- 

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

 of our establishment will show what good seeds, good 

 soil, and good cultivation will produce. 



For the accommodation of our customers as above, we 

 iuioud, (nothing extra preventing) to open a Seed, Plant 

 and Flower Root Store, at No. 347 North Market street, 

 on the 0th day of April next, opposite the building into 

 which the poat office is to be removed on or before the 

 1st of May, within a tew doors of the Museum, and within 

 pistol shot of the five banks. The business in Albany wil 1 

 he conducted by one of ray sons, and the store supplied 

 withthe same goods, and at tbe some prices at which we 

 sell in Now York. As we derive our supplies more or. 

 loss from every quarter of the globe, we think it will be 

 a facility to the agriculturist, as well as profitable to 

 the concerned. If they will keep pare with the ability. 

 Mild Providence smiles on the undertaking, I see nothing 

 to prevent its arriving in a few years to the same exten- 

 sive footing in Albany as the mother store in New York : 

 for, while the rich in our city purchase the flowers and 

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

 io every clime, so iu Albany the taste wants only food, 

 and riches are alroady there in abundance: while the 

 canal conveys the seeds to the Lake Superior, the great 

 Western Road will transport them far towards the set- 

 ting sun. Nothing thai good seeds and attention to bus- 

 iness can peiform, will be wanting on our part to meet 

 the puhlio expectation 



Just received rom France, a quanity of superior Lu- 

 cerne Seed, well worth the attention of the farmer. Al- 

 so, English Hawthorus for Live Fencing, at $4 per thou- 

 sand, with a quantity of the seed at 25 cents per quoit . 

 Also, Scotch Goosebury Bushes, just received ft om Gree- 

 nock ; they are packed for transporting to any reasona- 

 ble distance in bundles of six roots, each bundle contains 

 two of each of the three best sorts now cultivated in Scot- 

 land, price $1 25 ceuts per bundle— samples of the fruit 

 may be seen in buttles ut the store. Seed Catalogues fit 

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

 ed for the Nursery s of Buel and Will son, Albany; Prince 

 Parraentier, and Loubatt, Long Island: Floy, Wilson. 

 and Hogg, New York ; and forCarr, Laudretu, etc Phi! 

 adelnTiU, mar 2Q FS.t G. THORBURN and SONS". _. 



