NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



: animals of an extraovJinary form, and saleable 



iious prices, may be obtained ; bnt that does 



'_ that the practice is eligible, if long persisted 



the contrary, if the system be followed up, the 



t tender and delicate, they become liad fced- 



1 though they retain their shape and beauty, 



I decrease in vigor and activity, will become 



1 dwarfish, and ultimately incapable of contin- 



race. The instances of this are numerous. 



bratcd breeder, Prinsep, found, that decrease 



unavoidable, in spite of all his endeavors, by 



his young stock well, to prevent it. i-ir John 



bright tried many experiments by breeding m-anrf- 



th dogs, fowls, and pigeons, and found the breeds 



rmly degenerate. A gentleman who tried the 



m with pigs, brought them ot lasl into such a state, 



the females gave over breeding alnio.st eulircly, 



vbcn they did breed, their produce was so small 



lelicate, that they died as soon as they were boru. 



Mr. Kuighfs experiments with plants have fully 



need him, that in the vegetable, as well as in the 



il kingdom, the oiTspring of a male and female, 



;Iated, will possess more itrenglh and vigor, than 



ethey are both nl the same family. This proves 



unprofitable such connexions are. That is no 



1, however, why a breeder may not manage a 



:ular family of animals to great advantage, by 



ig or changing, instead of breeding directly from 



ts to ofl'spings. 



'he breediug fiom ditferent families, of the same 



is therefore a preferable system. When these 



been for some time established in different situ- 



1, and haie some slight shades of difference 



ssed upon them, by the influence of difl'erent cli- 



, soils, and treatment, it is found advantageous, 



erchange the males, for the purpose of strength- 



the excellences, and remedyiug the defects of 



amily. On this principle, the celebrated Cully 



ued, for many years, to hire his rams from Bake- 



al the very time, that other breeders were paying 



liberal price for tlie use of his own ; and the 



ame practice is followed by the most skilful 



rs at present." 



tories were consumed. The loss of the Chinese was 

 immense. Upv/ards of eleven thousand buildings were 

 burnt, together with 20,000 chests of black, and 

 10,000 of green teas. The Americans had a large 

 anininit at risk, (near two millions of dollars) but tb<ir 

 loss was only about $100,000. They were much in- 

 debted to Com. Smith, in the s*-rvice of the Knglish 

 I'.ast India Company for his friendly conduct on the oc- 

 casion. The loss of the Knglish l-ast India Company 

 was very great, and by them estimated at about a mil- 

 lion st rling. Of the number of lives lost no cor- 

 rect estimate can be obtained, but many must have 

 perished. Numbers were said to be trampled to death 

 in the streets, and the remains of several were discov- 

 ered near lUe factories after the fire. A number of 

 small feeted women perished in the llames, many of 

 v.'hom, owing to the unnatural custom of compression, 

 were crippled in their infancy. 



Piracy. — The ship Aurora, of Greenock, from St. 

 Thomas for the Bay of Honduras, was carried into 

 Porto Piico Feb. 10th, by a privateer, and with her car- 

 go condemned. On the 24lh of the same monUi, about 

 iniduight, while lying in harbor, the Honor and Amy, 

 Capt. Stone, of Newburyport, was boarded by six oi' 

 seven pirates, who lied the hands of the captain and 

 mate behind their backs, and threatened to kill them, 

 if th' y did not tell where the money was — they then 



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Capt. Charles .Morris has been appciuieil one of (h'; 

 Commissioners of the Navy Board, vice Capt. Porter, 

 resigned. 



^Ve learn willi regret, (says the National t'tandard) 

 that Mr. Frederick Hall who has so long and so failli- 

 fully discharged (he duties of the Proksser of .Mallu- 

 niaticks and Natural Ibilr.sopl.y in >:iddlebury C ol- 

 lege, Vl. has resign^^d his oll'icc ; but it is expected lb. it 

 he will continue his usefid labors in thfe Institution un- 

 til the next commencement. 



At the Supreme Court, now siltit:g in Newport, l.d- 

 niund Briggs and I'.dmuiul Hrijfg^, jr. father and son, 

 have been tried and found guilty of manslaiigb.ler. 



Loss (if Ihe Sltniii Boul Tinnrs.see. — It seldom falls 

 to our lot torecord so melancholy an event as the lofs 

 of this boat, which i»lnnged more than 30 persons into 

 a watery grave. The boat with HiJ passengers, which 

 were subsequently augmented to 19G, left New Or- 

 leans for Ljuisvillc, Feb. 2d. In the r.igb.l of the Cth, 

 beiu" ISO miles miles alove Natchez, the boat struck a 

 loj, an 1 wis so shattered that it s-.nik in five n\inute;. 

 The night was dark, boistirous, cold and snowy, in 

 alkmpt was made to rarry the steam beiat to the shore, 

 bnt the water c ntered so fast, that it was in vain. 

 Capt. Campbell made every effort which circumstances 

 would permit, to save the passengers and crew, and 

 it was greatly owing to his exertions that so many 

 reached the shore in safely. Upwards of UO persons 



v/hose names are un- 



broke open the trunks, &c. took 700 dollars in money ; 



the captain and mate's clothing, &c. They then I perished in the water, many of 



wounded two of the men, who made such an outcry, I known. 



that the pirates were fearful that they should be heard 



on shore, and thought best to flee. 



Piralis. — Ten Pirates captured by the British sloop 

 of war Tyne, and convicted at Kingston, in Jamaica, 

 have been executed. 



PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE, &t. 



[l?cvised and corrected every Friday.] 



FARMER SUMMARY OF NEWS. 



REIGN. .icconnts fi-om the West Indies in- 



hatthe parly which attempted to revolutionize 



Rico, headed by Gen. Decoudray, and including 



aptiste Irvine among others, have been tried, cou- 



l, and sentenced to thirty years imprisonment. 



have received nothing new since our last, on the 



:t of hostilities between France and Spain. In 



.gover the articles on this subject received by the 



1 at N. York, which brought papers from Louden 



nOth Feb. we perceive some indications of Great 



n's inteference either to prevent hostilities, or to 



the Spaniards in opposition to the coalition. It 



1 that Mina, the famous Spanish general, has giv- 



! advice, in case of invasion, to fight no great bat- 



ut harass the invaders by partizan warlare. and 



em off in detail. If this advice should be foUow- 



id the Spaniards remain true to themselves, the 



of the coalesced despots will be as uncomforta- 



.ualed as " a toad under a harrow." They will 



dc marks for invisible enemies to aim at, and 



skill, or knowledge of military tactics will be 



; unavailing. No nation possessing a jiopnlation 



or three millions of hardy and determined inbah- 



can be subdued by any foreign force, if the war 



Iverted into contests of posts and skirmishes, and 



vaded have forlitude enough to lay waste their 



territory before the invaders, cut off their supplies. 



larass them by all the means which a superior 



edge of the country must'afford. 



\ttt Fire in Canton. — A most destrnctive fire has 



occurred in Canton, in China. It commenced 



9 o'clock OH the evening of the 1st Nov. and con- 



buraiag about two days. Upwards of GO fac- 



ASHES, pot, 1st qual. . . . 



pearl do 



BEANS, while, 



BKEF, mess, 200 cwt. . . . 



cargo, No. 1 



" No. 2 



Ist qual. 

 2d qual. 

 small kegs, family, 

 CHEESE, new milk . . . . 



FLAX- , . . 



FLAX SEED ' 



FLOUR, Baltimore, superfine, 

 Genessee . . . . 

 Rye, best . . . . 



GRAIN, Rye 



Corn 



Barley 



Oats 



DOMESTIC. Fine CaltU.—The N. Y. Commer- 

 cial .\dvertiser mentions twelve extraordinary steers, 

 fattened by Mr. Monmouth Purdy, of Scipio, Cayoga 

 County. It was supposed they would weigh from 2500 

 lbs. to 3000 lbs. each. They were purchased by Mr. 

 lla\id Jlarsh, and Mr. Andrew C. Wheeler, of Fulton ... 

 -Market. One pair of these steejs, for which the pur- El! TTLR, inspect 

 rhasergave $500, is judged to weigh 6000 lbs. AVhen 

 -Mr. Purdy first went into the western part of N. \'. the 

 cattle raised in that region, were considered rather in- 

 ferior; but such has been hi? success in improving the 

 breed, and in fattening and driving them, that the 

 butchers are anxious to obtain their supplies from 

 thence. The cattle were driven G miles per day ; and 

 the inhabitants of two of the villages on the way paid 

 -VIr. P. $30 respectively, as an encouragement for per- 

 severance in producing such extraordinary fine animals 

 lor the market. 



Sj}orling In/tllisencc. — The celebr.ated horse Cock of 

 the Rock, has arrived in town from Vermont, for the ; HOGS' L.^RU, 1st sort 

 purpose of closing with the propositions of William \ HOP.., No. 1, . . . 



Harrison, to run against a Virginia horse, on the Long j El ML, 



Island course, for $5,000, " play or pay," in the ensu- , OH., I->"sc' di^ American 

 ing spring races — which will probably exhibit more , PEAKS 1 F,R PARIS . 

 matches, bets and forfeits than can be "found on record [ PORK, N.avy Mess 

 from any one course in the sporting calendar. 



.V. ¥. Statesman. 



First Sttllemenl of .Yfic-//.;i(i;M.'i(re. — A meeting of 

 a Literary Society in Poitsmouth have recommended 

 the celebration of the completion of the two hundredth 

 year from the settlement of New Hampshire. The cel- 

 ebration is to be at Portsmouth, on Wednesd.ay, the 

 281h day of May next. 



Fire in Providence. — On the 15th Inst, a fire broke 

 out in Mr. Williams' stable, north of AVestminster 

 Street, Providence. The stable, together with other 

 buildings on the land, w,as quickly consumed or de- 

 molished. A cow and two pigs were burnt, and two 

 horses so much inj'ired as to be of no value. 



Fire in PIniadelphiri. — The extensive structure, the 

 Hall of the Washington Bi nevolent Society, was con- 

 sumed by fire on Monday last. Supposed to be the 

 work of an incendiary. 



A house was burnt at Raleigh, (N. C.) on Tuesday 

 oflast week, and an old nee^ro woman, T\iio was ver}' 

 aged and infirm, being unable to get out of the house 

 In time, perished in the flames. 



A serious riot is said to liave taken place at New- 

 Haven between the students of Yale College and the 

 citizens. Two or three hundred students were engag- 

 ed and pioceeded to great lengths. Cause of the riot 

 unknowii. 



Bone Middlings . 



Cargo, No. 1, ... 



Cargo, No. 2, . . . 

 SEEDS, Herd's Grass . . • 



Clover 



WOOL, Merino, full blood, wa.shed 

 do. do. unwashed 



do. 3-4 washed 



do. 1-2 do. 



Native .... do. 



Pulled, Lamb's, 1st sort 

 do. Spinning, 1st sort 



rROVISIOX NARKET. 

 BEKF, best pieces . . . . 



PORK, fresh 



VEAL, 



MUTTON, 



POULTRY 



BUTTf;R, keg & tub . . . 

 lump, best . . 



EGGS, 



MEAL, Rye, , 



faullan, 



POTATOES, 



CIDER, liquor, 



HAY. beat, 



TO 



D. C. 



1,50 00 



IGO 0(> 



1 10 



10 00 



9 00 



7 00 



16 



13 



17 



9 



9 



1 CO 



■J ?;? 



CO 

 85 



70 

 C5 



45 



12 



1 50 

 70 



3 25 

 12 50 

 14 50 

 12 50 

 11 oO 



2 50 



9 

 60 

 45 

 47 

 45 

 40 

 CO 

 50 



10 

 li 



7 



12 

 17 

 29 

 10 

 90 

 £5 



34 «0 



