NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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eUted, are the several encyclopedias, Forsyth on Fruit 

 'rees, aud the valuable periodical purlitatioiis of your 

 iciety, and various othr'r similar productions. II, in a 

 •w instances, it shall appear that I have employed 

 orrowed language without marks of quotation, my 

 pology is, that 1 have copied from minutes collected 

 I various times, without reference to the source wh( nee 

 erived ; not that 1 would wittingly pilf. r the cultivo- 

 jd fruit of others, and impose it upon my gfuests as the 

 Ssult of my own industry." 



COMM UMC.i TlO.y. 



Mr. Kenrick appears to have misapprehended Mr. 

 ickcring's statements in regard to fh- worms which 

 rey on timber. It is well known that the sea-worm 

 its hard pine and white pine aid white oalc— and 

 oubtless most other kinds of wood — placed or used in 

 ;a-water ; and hickory was mentioned as one excep- 

 on ; but without any reference to ilie season of the 

 ear when felled. It was Mr. .loseph Cooper's asser- 

 on, which Mr. Pickering recited, that whit- oak and 

 ickory poles intended to he split ior hoops, should al- 

 ways be cut when the sap was running freely, because 

 len they would not be infestcu with the worms which 

 ■oduce what is called " powder-post." And this as- 



rtion of Mr. Cooprr's was confirmed by a distinguish- 

 l mill-wright in Pennsylvania, who, for the same rea- 

 in, directs hickory, designed for the cogs of wheels, 



be cut when the sap is running freely in the spring, 

 his powder-post worm has no relation to the worm 



Uich is bred in sea-water. 



0;^ln Mr. Pickering's address published in our last, 

 igc 221, Ist col. ISth line from bottom, for " sown in 

 ith them," read ^'- ploughed in,''' k.c. 



FARMER SUMMARY OF NEWS. 



CONGRESS. =iEXATE.— A bill has passed the 



mate for appropriating $1000 for the erection of a 

 onument over the tomb of the late Vice President 

 erry. A bill has also passed to be engrossed appro- 

 iating $10,000 for the purchase of apartments for the 

 commodation of the U. ?. Circuit Court in Columbia 

 (strict. A resolution was offered by Mr. Smith, of 

 d. aud agreed to, that the committee of Finance be 

 jtructed to inquire into the expediency of admitting 

 e silver coins of Mexico as a currency in the United 

 ates at their true value. A new bill was reported on 

 e 4th inst. for abolishing imprisonm<^nt for debt. A 

 il to punish frauds committed on the Departments of 

 overnment was read twice and referred. 

 House. — A committee on the subject made a report 

 quitting Messrs. Gales & Seaton of all blame imput- 



to them for having omitted to print some parts of 

 rtaia documents sent from the Department of the 

 reasury. The Committee likewise stated that they 

 luld obtain no satisfactory information with regard to 

 e omission complained of. This report was ordered 



lie on the table. A bill supplementary to the exist- 

 g acts to provide for revolutionary pensioners passed 

 le House and was sent to the Senate for concurrence. 

 he new Tariff bill has been debated at great length, 

 at no decision was had at the date of our last accounts. 



THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE dosed 

 3 session on the 11th inst. Among the most important 

 ablic acts which have been passed, are an act to ap- 

 >rtion and assess a tax of $75,000 — an act authorizing 

 le Governor, with advice of Council, to appoint an 

 jent, or agents, for advocating, at Washington, the 

 I|im9(pf Massachusetts upon the United States for the 

 tpenditures for militia services during the late war — 

 a act in addition to the acts for regulating, training, 

 nd governing the Militia, which provides that the 

 lilitia shall be called out only twice a year, but the 

 GBcers, in addition, are to appear three times for drill 



■an act in addition to several acts now in force rtgu- 

 iting the limits of prison-yards and the discharge of 

 oor debtors now in prison. This provides that the 

 rison limits in Suffolk county shall be co-extensive 

 rith Ward No. 5, as now defined, and in all other 

 onnties in the State not beyond fifty rods from the jail. 



provides, also, that all persons who do not apply for 



discharge from imprisonment within ninety days from 

 he time of their commitment, shall be put into cl^se 

 onfinement and there kept until discharged by due 

 oQTse of la^ The tbanks of the Senate were pre- 



sented to the Hon. John Phillips, President of the Sen- 

 ate, and those of the House to the Hon. Levi Lincoln, 

 Speaker of the House, aud appropriate answers were 

 returned by each. 



FOREIGN.— By an arrival at New York on the Pth 

 inst. London and Liverpool papers have been received 

 from the IDth to the 30th Dec. These give rumors of 

 medit^tf^'tl hostilities betwteu France and Spain. The 

 Freiith monarch, howtver, appears to be disposed to 

 maintain peace between the two countries. But the 

 other members of the Holy Alliance, particularly the 

 F.mperor Alexander, seem determined to interfere with 

 the internal concerns of Spain, and force the Cortes to 

 restore the ancient order of things. The internal situ- 

 ation of Spain is said to be very deplorable. The rem- 

 nants of the army of the Faith have formed themselves 

 into bands, which harass the troops of Mina. The 

 recruiting of the Spanish armies is proceeding with vi- 

 gor, and the manufacturing of arms of all descriptions 

 is going on with great energy. 



An article from Madrid, professing to be official, 

 states, that an alliance offensive and defensive, has 

 been concluded between Spain and Portugal, under 

 wliich, the latter is to furnish 8,000 troops to the Span- 

 iards, and the force is to be increased as occasion may 

 require. 



The affairs of the Greeks are said to be, on the 

 whole, prosperous, Mr. Canning, the British Minister, 

 il is said has sent a declaration to the Porte, that the 

 Grand Seignior must render the Greeks independent, or 

 England must take them under her protection. There 

 have been some changes in the Turkish ministry, wliich 

 threaten a war with Russia. 



Canaris, a celebrated Greek Captain, with two (ire 

 sbips on the 10th of Nor. at 7 o'clock in the evening, 

 made an attack upon the Turkish fleet, aud burnt the 

 •Vdmirars ship with such rapidity, that out of the whole 

 crew, not more than 20 or 30 escaped ; two frigates 

 were likewise consumed. This captain, in the excess 

 of his ardor to hasten the explosion of the fire ship, took 

 up burning coals with his hands, which he threw upon 

 the fire ship, and his hands were severely burnt. The 

 Greeks have declared a number of ports in the Rledi- 

 terranean in a state of blockade, and the English com- 

 manders have ordered the declaration to be respected. 



DOMESTIC— The important question of the right 

 ofqi state to grant the exclusive privilege of steam boat 

 navigation upon its waters is to be argued before the 

 Supreme Court of the U. S. sitting at Washington. 



The Lift of James Otis, by \\'m. Tudor, Esq. has 

 just issued from the press of Messrs. Wells & Lilly, of 

 this city. The work is highly spoken of by adequate 

 judges, and is said to be well written and to contain 

 much valuable information. 



At the Municipal Court in this city, on Wednesday 

 last, Edward P. Perley was sentenced to five days soli- 

 tary imprisonment, and five years hard labor in the 

 State Prison. 



A store occupied by Messrs. Heywood & Fisher, No. 

 4, Central-street, Boston, was forcibly entered on the 

 night of the 8th inst. and a large quantity of goods was 

 stolen therefrom. 



On Friday morning last, the Woollen Factory at 

 Northampton, belonging to J. & C. Cook, was destroy- 

 ed by fire, with all its contents. The amount of loss is 

 about 12,000 dollars, and there was no insurance. 



American Iron. — The Bennington (Vt.) Gazette as- 

 sures us that an extensive establishment is in success- 

 ful operation in that place for the manufacture of iron ; 

 and that the pigs are pronounced by competent judges 

 to be equal, if not superior to any iron made in the 

 U. States. A vein of soft chrystalized and semi-transpa- 

 rent stone has likewise been discovered in that town, 

 which has been found to he more useful in fluxing iron 

 in the furnace, than any other ingredient that has ever 

 been tried. 



The Pioneers, a new novel from the pen of the cele- 

 brated author of " The Spy," has recently been pub- 

 lished in New York. The work sold with a rapidity 

 unprecedented in the annals of American literature. 

 We have not seen the work, but judging from pretty 

 numerous extracts, which we have seen, we should 

 believe the book fully merits the rapid sale which it 

 has met with. 



A young man by the name of Tompkins, who lived in 

 Ottawa District, U. C. lately set out, in the morning, 



to travel through a forest with a loaded Traintau and 

 four children of one of his brothers. The weather 

 changing to a storm, and his horse becoming tired, he 

 left the children with the horse, to seek assistance at 

 the nearest haiiitation. On the return of the party, the 

 three youngest, who were boys, were Ibund frozen to 

 death, and the eldest, a girl, ten years of age, was so 

 much frozen that the loss of her feet was apprehended. 



Two persons, named Ileubcn Craft and Abraham 

 Mead, were found frozen to death at Kedniill, Dela- 

 ware county, N. Y. It is thought that they got lost in 

 the night, in attempting to go through a thick wood o 

 about three miles in extent. 



On the 25th of January, as Mr. Peter Demarest, of 

 New.'bundland, N. J. was fixing a flint in his gun, it ac- 

 cidentally went off, and the contents entered the side 

 of his wife. With a solitary exclamation — "Peter, 

 you have hurt me," she fell and immediately expired. 

 This fatal accident has so deeply affected the mind of 

 the wretched husband, that it was feared he would be 

 deprived of his reason. 



A cow of the Bakewell breed, belonging to Widow 

 Sarah Hoit, of Sandwich, N. H. on the l^lh January, 

 brought a buli calf, which was very handsome, well 

 proportioned, and weighed the same day 142 pounds. — 

 jV. H. Patriot. 



A sugar house in Love-lane, New York, owned by 

 Mr. Henry Willett, was destroyed by fire on the night 

 of the 25th ult. together with the stock amounting to 

 upwards of $6000. 



PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE, &ic. 



[Revised and corrected every Friday.] 



ASHES, pot, 1st qual. . . . 



pearl do 



BEANS, white, 



BEEF, mess, 200 cwt. . . . 



cargo. No. 1 



" No. 2 



BUTTER, inspect. 1st qual. . 

 " 2d qual. . 

 small kegs, family, 

 CHEESE, new milk .... 



FLAX 



FLAX SEED 



FLOUn, Daiiiiui^t'c, auperhne, 

 Genessee .... 

 Rye, best .... 



GRAIN, Rye 



Corn 



Barley ..... 



Oats 



HOGS' LARD, 1st sort . . 



HOPS, No. 1, 



LIME, 



OIL, Linseed, American . . 



PLAISTER PARIS . . . , 



PORK, Navy Mess .... 



Bone Middlings . . . 



Cargo, No. 1, . . . 



Cargo, No. 2, . . . 



SEEDS, Herd's Grass . . • 



Clover 



WOOL, Merino, full blood,-washed 

 do. do. unwashed 



do. 3-4 washed 



do. 1-2 do. 



Native .... do. 

 Pulled, Lamb's, 1st sort 

 do. Spinning, 1st sort 



PROVISION MARKET. 

 BEEF, best pieces .... 



POP.K, fresh 



VEAL, . . . 



MUTTON, 



POULTRY, 



BUTTER, keg & tub ... 

 lump, best . . . 



EGGS, 



MEAL, Rye, 



>ndian, > . • . . 



POTATOES, 



CIDER, liquor, 



HAYj best, .. .... -. 



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