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THE FARMER'S MONTHLY VISITOR, 



June, 1842 



Willioiit Agriculture and Manufactures flourish in a 

 country, it is Impossible to attain an ailvantageous com- 

 merce. The excellent raa.vim of Cato should never be 

 lost siTht of. that " a master of a familv nhould beaseller. 

 not a buyer." All the comforts of a family, all the wealth 

 of a city, and all the grandeur and power of a State de- 

 pend on selling much and buying little, or aellins mori 

 than is bought. 



The New Genesee Farmer recommends a mode of 

 ting rid of the visits of tlie little striped bug, which i 

 destructive to vines, as follows: 



" As soon as the leaves beginto start, and the striped 

 bug begins to eat out the leaves, go and pick a handful of 

 lansy, and lay two or three spears around in each hill ; 

 they will soon move off for some other place, Jand wi 

 not trouble you any more." 



Never EX-pres$ what you should svp-press ; nor 

 jL^-prcss what you should EX-press. CoN-press 

 your ideas into as smiill a space as may be, and 

 you will never need to press others to listen to 

 you ; neither will you OF-pres3 them with the 

 length of your diseoiuse— but you will im-bi 

 them with the wisdom of your remarks. Tl 

 you will never VE-press the spirits of your hear- 

 ers. 



We are not happy because we are exempt 

 from afflictions, nor unhappy l)eeause we a 

 obliged to endure them ; happiness consists 

 the ability to endure affliction, and affliction is 

 sometimes requisite to enable us to bear happi- 

 ness. The hope of prosperity, often enables us 

 to endure adversity, the fear of adversity as often 

 enables us to bear prosperity. 



The old Greeks observed a beautiful festival, 

 called "The Welcome of the Smillows." When 

 these social birds first returned in the sprins;- 

 time, the children went about in procession, with 

 music and garlands ; receiving presents at every 

 door, where they stopped to sing a welcome to 

 the swallows, in that graceful old language, so 

 melodious even in its ruins, that the listener feels 

 as if the brilliant azure of Grecian skies, the 

 breezy motion of their olive groves, and the gush 

 of their silverv fountains, had all i)assed into a 

 monument of liquid and harmonious sounds. 



There is nothing purer than honesty— nothing 

 sweeter than charity — nothing warmer than love 

 — nothing richer than wisdom — nothing brighter 

 than virtue — and nothing more steadfast than 

 faith. Tlie.se united in one tnind, form the purest 

 the sweetest, the warmest, the richest, the bright- 

 est, and the most steadfast hafpiness. 



The tallest yet. — The editor of the Baltimore Pat- 

 riot has seen some stalks of rye each of which is eight feet 

 foiir inches long! They grew on the farm of The 

 Matthews, Esq., eighteen miles from Baltimore. 



We had stalks of rye from the pine plain at 

 Sugar Ball in this town this week that were over 

 eeven feet, not having attained its full growth. 



Will Capt. Blake if he goes up there when the 

 rye gets its full growth, or any of our friends 

 round Kearsarge send or bring us down the tall- 

 est rye that grows there this season ? We believe, 

 if the Maryland inches are not shorter than om-.s, 

 that we can outstrip iuiy rye to be found eastward 

 of the Allegany. 



lIoME.^The only fotintaiu in the wilderness 

 of lil'e where man drinks of water totally unmi,\- 

 ed with bitterupss, is that which gushes up in 

 the calm and steady recess of domestic life. 

 Pleasure m.iy heat the heart with artificial excite- 

 ment; amliiiion may delude it with golden 

 dreams; war may eradicate its fine fibres and 

 diminish its sensitiveness, but it is only domestic 

 love that can render it truly happy. 



Peuiisylvania Debt and Improvements. 



A proposition has been made in the Pennsylvania Leg- 

 islature to sell the State works to a company, to be in- 

 corporated with a capital of gI5,000,000, in order to ena- 

 ble the State to get out of its pecuniary difficulties. The 

 funded debt of the State is as follows ; — 



Pekssvlvania State Debt, 1842. 



Redeemable Redeemable 



Debt. in the year Debt. in the 



S270,0S1 1841 3,225,0( 



62,800 1814 200.000 136.3 



3,31(1.568 1816 2,515.000 1864 



50.000 1847 1,798.010 1865 



1.000,000 1850 2,524,000 1868 



2,000.000 1853 1,9.57 362 1870 



3,000,000 1854 3-«),y33attlieexpira- 



2,7S3,161 1856 tion of ccr- 



7,070,661 1858 tain bank 



•.year 

 1362 



1,250,000 laS'J charters. 



2,618.680 1860 



120,000 1861 Total, ,§36,331,005 



This debt has been contracted fur the following pur- 



For Canals and Railwavs, 



; debt, 



K30,055,013 

 3,304,303 

 For the use of the treasury, 1,571,689 



For turnpikes. State roads, bridges, &.c., 930,000 



■For the Union Canal, 200,000 



For the Eastern Penitentiary, 120,000 



For the Franklin Railroad, 100,000 



For the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal, 50,000 



Total, g36,331,005 



The value of our public improvements, esti- 

 mated at cost, is ^'29,292.165 

 The Slate owns bank stock, which cost at par, 2,103,700 

 The State owns Turnpike and Bank stock, 2,&13,048 

 The Stale owns Canal and Navigation stock, 831,778 

 The State owns Railroad stock, 350,546 

 Money due on unpatented lands, estimated at 1,000,000 



Total, 536,425,239 



The immediate difficulty of their situation, arises mainly 

 Irora the payment of the interest annually accruing on 

 this debt. This interest is about J*l,800.000; and this 

 sum, it is incumbent on the State to provide as it becomes 

 due. The income especially appropriated to the paynieiit 

 of this interest is derived from tolls on Canals, railways. 

 auction duties, tax on collateral inheritance, dividends on 

 turnpike, bridge and navigation stocks, escheats, and the 

 tax levied on real and personal property, i3cc. The reve- 

 nue from all these sources last year was as follows ; — 

 From tolls on canals and railways, «762.360 



" Auction duties, 77,022 



" Collateral inheritances, 21,591 



'■' Dividends on turnpike, bridge and naviga- 

 tion stocks, 30-355 

 " Escheats, 

 " Tax on real and personal property, &c., 33,292 



Total, 5924,959 



The bank stock owned by the State is as follows :— 



.Vo. of Par Market 



shares, value. Amotmt. value. Am't 



Bank of Pcnnsvlvania, 3,7."i0 400 1,860.000 160 600,000 



Philadelphia Bank, 5,233 100 067.780 48 2,51.181 



Farmers & Mechanics" 1,708 50 103,896 30 5i;2'f6 



2,533,676 902,424 

 These internal improvements, for the construction of 

 which the principal amount of the Slate debt has been in- 

 curred, consist^ of 76S| miles of canals and railways com- 

 pleted, and 165J miles of canals in progress of construc- 

 tion and nearly completed. 

 The finished works are the following : — 



mies. 

 The Delaware Canal, from Easton to tide at Bristol, 59J 

 The main line of canal and railway from Philadel 



I Bea 



nf Er, 



the Ohio,t 



395i 



Canal from Franklin, on the Allegheny river, to 

 Conneaut L ike, 49.J 



Canal, Susquehannah and North Branch, from Dun- 

 can's Island to Lackawanna, 111^ 



Canal, West Branch from Northumberland to Far- 



randsville, 73 



Several side cuts and navigable feeders, 7 



Total canals and railways completed, 768j 



Canals in progress and nearly completed ; — 

 North Branch extension, from Lackawanna to New 



York line, 90 



Erie extension from Greenville to Erie Harbor, 63i 



VVisconisco Canal, from Duncan's Island to Wie- 

 conisco Creek, I2.J 



Total 

 The cost of tl 

 The aggregate 









6,i;94,206 

 5512,582 



Excess of expenditure. 

 This is without the inlerest on the debt 

 their construction. The following will show the amount 

 required to complete the unfinished lines, and pay arrear- 



Require,! to 



complete . 



North branch, 1,298!416 

 VVisconisco canal, 81.836 



Due for work 



done. 

 574,406 



Total. 



1,110,518 



1,688,092 



108,589 



Duec 



shedl 



1,916,394 



51,601,115 

 These figures give a complete expose of the utter 

 worthlessness of these works as business operations. It 

 is therefore not reasonable to suppose that any company 

 in the present depressed state of business, could maie 

 them profitable. 



BRIGHTON IH.VRKET— MoNivAY, June 27. 



At market 220 Beef Cattle, 18 pairs Working Oxen, 20 

 Cows and Calves. 1500 Sheep, and 140 Swine. 



Prices— Bff/ Cattle.— A small advance was realized. 

 We quote a few extra at 55 75 a .i8'6 00. First quality. 

 55 S{l ; second quality 55 a 55 25 ; thud quality 54 50 a 



ivorking Oj-e«— Sales at 575, 585 and 590. 



Coios and Calves— Sales at 522, 524, 525, 527, and 



Total, 100,999,371 40,000,000 2,950,000 507,114 1,549,886 

 Gr.total, 211,802,791 104,933,000 5,088,650 1,237,534 3,451,116 

 This is a result based Ujion the supposition that the 

 public lands yield a revenue equal to that of last year, 

 and that 5100,000,000 of a national slotlv is divided p 

 rata ; 



pro 

 ong all the States. The operation, it will bo 

 to increase the expenditures of the Federal Gov- 

 nd above the land revenues, near 54,000,- 

 000, which must be raised by direct taxation, under the 

 pretext of relieving the States. The only parties that 

 can possibly receive any benefit by such a scheme are the 

 holders of the depreciated stock, and to benefit them 

 every State will be taxed two dollars fiu- one received. — 

 Bennett's Herald. 



THE MARKETS. 



Domestic markets. 



Boston Sales at Auctioii, June 30. — Corn — Ohio, white, 

 326 sacks, 51c per. bushel of 53 lbs. cash, Pork— West- 

 ern mess, 48 W)ls.f.«t6G2— 47 do Prime, 54 75 per bbl, cash. 

 Pepper — S.iimir-, .111 iv.n,.. 7ic per lb. 4 mos. Sugar — 



Havana l,r,i , I , ! i,:l|,oor,ll boxes, 53 75 a 3 SO 



per 100 I. Ii I -<"Jod.3bbls,8icpprlh,ca8h. 



Vinegar— 1 j- per gallon, cash — 5I each 



for the cask- I . iT': — \\< ^tirn, 127 kegs ordinary, 41 aoc 

 perlb, cash Beans— Ohio, white. 25 bbls,82ic pertush- 

 el,bbls 20c each. cash. 



A'eip Vorft Auction Sales, June 29. — Lemons — 198 box- 

 es, pir Sophia, at 45 a 50c. Sugar — 5 hhds Porto Rico, at 

 ■Uc, 4 mos, sale stopped. Rice— 27 tcs damaged, at 2^ a 

 2^0. Wool 15 bales, washed Virginia at 18c, cash. 

 Feathers — 5 bales live geese feathers at 37c — 5 bales Rus 

 bia white at 10 per lb, cash. Wine — 4 qr casks Madeira 

 at IGc— 3 hhds Red Wine at 10c. Cheese— 64 boxes at 

 2^ a 3.5c. Fruit— 1900 boxes Sicily Oranges, at 5I 23 a 

 I 50—1500 boxes Lemons, at 5I 12^ 1 19, cash. Sal So- 

 da — 99 casks, damaged, at I J a 2 Jc per lb, cash. Mahog- 

 ony— 130 logs St Domingo, at 4J a He, 4 mos, sale •top- 

 ped. 



A'etu York Market, June 29. — Ashes — Since our last re- 

 port about 100 bbls of Pots have been taken at 5525, and 

 50 of Pearls at 5550. Flour and Grain— There is rather 

 a better leeliiig in the Flour market to-day, the receipts 

 being very light, and only a small proportion Genesee. 

 We quote at 55 93.^ a 56. No change in other sorts. 

 Michigan ' " ' • - ■ 



Southern at 54 a 55c measure, and' New Orl 



per or, pounds. Kye is worth 63c, and Oats 37^ cts. 



Philadelphia Market, June 28. — We regret to have no 

 improvement to notice in our market generally. Bread 

 stuffs generally maintain their price. Flour is steady at 

 53 62.J per bbl for standard brands, with a moderate ex- 

 port demand. Rve Flour is scarce, and may be quoted at 

 S3 .50 per bbl. Grain— Wheat is in steady demand at full 

 last week's quotations partly for milling and partly for ex- 

 port — sales drooping 6 a 8 cts. Corn is quite dull, and 

 prices drooping. Yellow we quote at 53c — white 53c for 

 Southern. Oats- 35c for Southern, and dull. Flaxseed 

 readily commands 5I 70 per bush. Whiskey— Bbls 

 scarce at 20c per gal. 



Baltimore. June 27.— Cattle— About 400 head of Beef 

 Cattle were offered for sale at the drove yards to-day, and 

 233 sold at prices ranginj from 54 for inferior to 5 50 per 

 100 lbs for prime quality. Nearly 100 head were driven 

 north, and the balance remain unsold. Sales of live Hogs 

 were made to-day at 5I per 100 lbs. Flour— There is 

 very little Howard street Flourin market, in consequence 

 of which holders have advanced the r.ite of good and 

 standard brands to ,«J5 75. We hear of n" salej, however, 

 at that price. A sale of 200 bbls of City Mills at 5 874, 

 cash, which is an improvement. 



