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inecdote, or a raerry article, to seasou our solid diihes, 

 et the mass of our matter must of necessity be of that 

 ;ind of fare which to many literary palates will be dry 

 jid insipid. Although it has been already hinted to 

 13 that a little more comic spice, attic salt, and other 

 iterary condiments is wanted to give our paper a relish 

 jnong; the gay, the polite, the airy, and the fashiona- 

 " lie, we cannot sacrifice the substantial for the volatile, 

 orget for a moment that utility is our main object, 

 nd that a recipe which may be of value in domestic 

 conomy is of more importance than an anecdote which 

 rfll be read with a broad grin and forgotten. 



There is a species of mental dissipation, which is 



carcely less dangerous, because more insidious, than 



' (lat which leads a man to the tavern, or even that 



;ill more to be dreaded, which allures him to solitary 



ppling. The kind of dissipation to which we allude 



[Jrcvents a person's being able to fix a moment's atten- 



i on on any thing really worth attending to. The vic- 



■ m of this frailty wants nothing but light articles, 



retty paragraphs, neatly turned, with most elegant 



, hraseology, but — signifying nothing. Those persons 



ho give way to this weakness, have not patience 



; lough to read a whole column in a paper devoted to 



I ly useful topics, or to trace truth through ever so 



(ijiort a train of reasoning. They are satisfied with 



hat lies on the surface, and are therefore well denom- 



e{ ated superficial characters. To ladies and gentlemen 



' this description, we beg leave to observe that the 



ghest compliment they can bestow upon our paper, 



ould be some expression of tlieir disapprobation. We 



» all be pretty sure of the approval of the wise, if we 



id we are honored with the censure of the olhcrwise. 



'e would not, however, be understood to be inimical 



wit, anecdote, or innocent hilarity, properly intro- 



' icefl, aud relating to proper subjects. But the lite- 



ry taste which can be pleased with nothing but the 



>nderfu1 or the Indicrnus, tplp« of terror, or corrusca- 



ms of wit, is as much depraved as the palate which 



n be satisfied with nothing but honey and spices. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 

 We have been requested to republish certain arlr- 

 es, and furnish information upon various topics con- 



cted with agriculture in several of its branches. We 

 all comply with these solicitations as far and as fast 



possible. We hope in our next to give an article 

 I the best mode of reclaiming land from the sea, drain- 

 g salt marshes, &c. We shall soon republish some 

 ng articles on improving the breeds of cattle, from 

 .e American Farmer. Some other subjects, to which 

 ir attention has been turned by request, are not for- 

 )tten, but merely deferred for the sake of availing 

 irselves of time to consider, and means to investigate 

 le topics we are requested to discuss. 



FARMER SUMMARY OF NEWS. 



CONGRESS. — Nothing of great moment appears to 

 : going on at Washington in the halls of legislation. — 

 Ir. Mercer presented a resolution, authorizing and re- 

 aesting the President to open negotiations with Euro- 



an powers for the abolition of the slave trade, and 

 8 denunciation as piracy by the civilized world. — 

 he New Tariff bill is yet on the legislative anvil, and 

 hether it will assume any permanent and current 

 lape this season is a matter of doubt. 



FOREIGN.— Papers from Calcutta have been re- 

 eved by a late arrival at Salem, as late as the 9th of 

 ovember. Many parts of India have suffered by 

 orms and inundations. Whole villages have been 

 sstroyed, and three fourths of the city of Surat were 

 rerwhelmed with water; a great number of cattle, 

 id about one thousand houses were swept entirely 

 way. In the city of Boorhanipoor, 2000 houses were 

 eatroyedj and a great niunber more damaged. Tlie 



river Ncrbudd rose thirty feet above its ordinary level 

 in thirty-six hours, and iunndated a region of two hun- 

 dred miles in extent — sweeping men, cattle, and the 

 products of the earth to one common destruction. 



Advices from Mexico as late as Dec. 'JOth, have 

 been received at New York. By these we learn that 

 the Emperor Iturbide having determined to capture 

 the castle of St. Johns, had made some movements for 

 that purpose ; but his progress was arrested by the 

 republican army, under Generals Lopez and Victoria, 

 and several hundred of his men have deserted him and 

 fled to the republican standard. 



The great question of peace or war between France 

 and Spain was not decided at the date of our last in- 

 telligence from Europe. The King of France, if not 

 inclined to peace, seems, at least, not disposed to be 

 in a hurry in his appeal to arms. The Duke of Mont- 

 morency, being vexed at the pacific or cautious policy 

 of his Majesty, resigned his office of Minister, and his 

 resignation appears to have been cordially accepted. 

 A note, however, has been sent to the French Minister 

 at Madrid, the Count De La Garde, directing him to 

 inform the Spanish government that the government of 

 France is "intimately united with its allies in the firm 

 resolution to repel, by every means, revolutionary prin- 

 ciples and movements," Sec. The Russian Minister, 

 M. Pozzo de Borgo, is said to have raised his voice for 

 war, and to be very indignant because the French 

 Manifesto is not more peremptory and warlike. Spain, 

 however, does not appear to be intimidated, but is 

 making every exertion to repel force by force. 



Pirates continue their depredations on American 

 commerce. Capt. Davis, commander of the ship Es- 

 sex, from Gloucester, was chased and plundered by 

 thein. His vessel and cargo were condemned in a 

 mock trial, as a good prize to the pirates. The brig 

 Adeline, Capt. Kempton, of BostoB, has been sent into 

 Porto Piico by those plunderers, and condemned as 

 their lawful prize. 



A new steam vessel is said to be preparing on the 

 Thames, and is intended for Calcutta. Her engine 

 and boiler occupy only one fifth of the usual space. 

 The furnace consumes its own smoke ; and will per- 

 form with one bushel, what formerly took one chaldron 

 of coals ; her boiler is so constructed as to return its 

 ovv-n steam, without one particle escaping, so that when 

 once filled, it is enough for the voyage, which it is cal- 

 culated she will perform in 30 or 40 days. Our famous 

 countryman Perkiks is the inventor. 



DOMESTIC. — Commodore Porter's squadron against 

 the pirates is said to be ready to commence its opera- 

 tions, and, says the Norfolk Herald, "it is devoutly to 

 be wished that the sword drawn in this righteous cause 

 may not be returned to its sca'.ibard until the just man- 

 date of the nation to '■'■ exterminatt the pirate throng'''' 

 shall be fully executed." 



A cotton and woollen manufactory at Meredith, N. H. 

 owned by Mr. D. Avery, was burnt on the 12th inst. — 

 Seven young women were in an upper story at the 

 time, and being precluded other means of escape, six 

 of them leaped from the windows, a distance of about 

 30 feet, and were all severely injured. The other was 

 taken from a small window, by means of a ladder, al- 

 most suffocated. Loss estimated at from 25 to 30,000 

 dollars — of which only $4000 were insured. 



The Saratoga Sentinel states that the Small Pox is 

 raging to an alarming degree at Stillwater (N. Y.) and 

 is supposed to have reached some of the adjoining 

 towns. A general inoculation of the kine pox, among 

 those who are liable to receive the small pox, is said 

 to be going forward. 



The house of Mr. John Kaufman, in York, Pa. was 

 lately entered by three robbers, who tied the man, and 

 ransacked his premises for plunder, but found only 

 about ten dollars, and a silver watch, with which they 

 made off — without discovering 1000 dollars in specie, 

 which Mr. K. the next day lodged in York bank. 



A correspondent of the N. Y. Commercial Adverti- 

 ser, at Washington, under date of February 9, writes, 

 that Langdon Cheeves, Esq. and a gentleman from N. 

 Carolina, had been nominated Commissioners, under 

 the late convention to settle claims relative to slaves 

 taken away by the British, at the close «f the late war. 



A splendid dinner was given to Commodore Porter, 

 at Norfolk, a few days since. Captain Warington pre- 

 sided, assisted by captains Finch and Grayson, ae Vice 

 Presidents. 



Stephen Girard, Esq. of Philad. has lent $'2G0,t)£0 

 to the president and managers of the Schuylkill Navi- 

 gation Company, for the purpose of completing certain 

 contemplated miprovemeuts in the navigation on the 

 river Schuylkill. 



Three nun, near Grccnsbush, Penn. being employed 

 in boring the earth for salt water, a flame burst frcra 

 the well and burnt them so badly that their lives were 

 considered to be in danger. 



A Moor, by the name of Garrow, lately died at 

 Georgetown, Columbia, aged 135 years. 



A number of cattle, swine, and one horse, have late- 

 ly died, suddenly, on Long Island, jupposed of Hydro- 

 phobia. A black girl has also been Lillin. 



A bull, two years old last April, raised by Dariua 

 Matthewson, Esq. of Pomfret, Con. was slaughtered 

 on the SSth ult. the weight of which, says a correspon- 

 dent of the New London Advocate, was as follows : — 

 Hind quarters 332 — fore quarters 464 — hide 128 — tal- 

 low 48. Total 102-2 lbs. 



Can(rh. — A petition has been presented to the Legis- 

 lature of Pennsylvania, by sundry inhabitants of the 

 western part of that State, stating the practicability 

 of connecting the waters of Lake Erie with that of Ohio 

 river, by cutting a Canal of 4 miles from the creek 

 Ashtabula to the Shenango, in Crawford county, and 

 praying that a company may be incorporated v.ith a 

 capital of $15,000, for' the purpose of making said 

 Canal. 



PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE, 5:c. 



[Revised and corrected every Friday.] 



ASHES, pot, 1st qual. . . . 



ptail do 



BEANS, white, 



BEEF, mess, 200 cwt. . . . 



cargo, No. 1 



" No. 2 



BUTTER, inspect. 1st qual. . 

 " 2d qual. . 

 small kegs, family, 

 CHEESF., new milk .... 



FLAX 



FLAX SEED 



FLOUR, Baltimore, superfine, 

 Genessee .... 

 Rye, best .... 

 GRAIN, Rye ..... . 



Com 



Barley 



Oals 



HOGS' LARD, Ist 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 



AVOOL, Merino, full blood,washed 

 do. do. unwashed 



do. 3-4 washed 



do. 1-2 do. 



Kative .... do. 

 Pulled, Lamb's, 1st sort 

 do. Spinning, 1st sort 



PROnSIO.Y MARKET. 

 BEEF, best pieces . . . . 



PORK, fresh 



VEAL, 



MUTTON 



POULTRY, 



BUTTER, keg & tub ... 

 lump, best . . . 



EGGS, 



MEAL, Rye, 



hidiaa, 



POTATOES, ....... 



CIDER, liquor, .... 



HAY, best, . . , , 



