NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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Agricultural Societies. — There has been an attempt 

 ade in the Legislature of New Y<5rk to repeal the 

 m of that State for the promotion of agriculture, aod 

 bin for that purpose passed the House of Assembly, 

 it the Senate refused to concur and the bill failed. 

 le Board of Agriculture presented an able rcmoB- 

 ■ance on the subject, which is supposed to have pro- 

 iced some effect. A letter is given in this memorial, 

 imM. Le Ray, De Chaumont, from which it appears 

 at the Royal and Central Society of Agriculture of 

 ance has received the first number of the memoirs of 

 e New York State Society, nominated a committee to 

 amine it, and heard, with a lively interest and great 

 lisfaction, the report made by it. In return M. 

 ichaud has sent, by order of the French Society, to 

 e New York Society, 30 volumes, forming the whole 

 tof their Memoirs. 





FOREIGN. 



France and Spain. — These two nations are putting 

 their armor, and assuming their hostile attitudes. 

 is a wonder if the other powers of Europe long re- 

 lia merely lookers on, if the combat commences, 

 rtugal, it is said, has resolved to act a part in the 

 ind drama, and Great Britain, as an ally of Portu- 

 I, will probably become one of the characters. 



Great Britain vs. Pirates. — Mr. Canning, it is affirm- 

 has announced in Parliament, that orders have been 

 'en, with the consent of Spain, to land troops in 

 iba, for the destruction of pirates. 



Paris accounts have been received to the 4th of 

 ■.rch, and furnish details of discord in the Chamber 

 Deputies. M. Manuel, an opposition member, after 

 ng repeatedly interruDted, and cried down by the 

 ninant party, was ai length expelled. Refusing 

 >bey the mandate of expulsion, he was at length 

 aed out by force, the National Guards having been 

 led in to carry into effect the decree of the Assem- 

 The people without showed much excitement in 

 sequence of such cavalier treatment of one of their 

 resentatives, but their anger appears to have evap- 

 ted in clamor and menaces. 



ipain. — Intelligence has been received fro"m Cadiz 

 late a« the 7th March. The commencement of hos- 

 ties was hourly expected. The king was confined 

 .lis bed by indisposition, being threatened with an 

 ick of the gout. The queen was said to be affected 

 h convulsions. The Spanish Cabinet have declined 

 proffered mediation of Great Britain, which had for 

 basis some modification of their constitution, which 

 ;ht comport with the views in France. Spain is 

 iry where tranquil, and it is affirmed that danger 

 I had the effect of uniting the people. Sir Robert 

 Json has been appointed to the command of the Por- 

 ;uese division, to operate against the French, in the 

 slit of their entering Spain. 



Young A'apoleon. — One of the London papers lately 

 eived at New-York, speaks of a rumor that Gen. 

 Uemand, one of Bonaparte's best generals, is occu- 

 dat Barcelona, in Spain, is raising a corps of 10.000 

 a, composed of Frenchmen disaffected to the present 



?ernmcnt of France, whose object is, on the break- 

 out of war between France and Spain, to march 

 o France under the tri-colored flag, with the view 

 sxciting a revolution in that country, driving out the 

 arbons, and placing young Napoleon on the throne 

 his father. 



DOMESTIC. 



f^oles for Governor. — Returns have been received 

 279 towns, which give Eustis 33397— Otis 293-44. 

 out 25 towns remain to be heard from. 



'Phe election of city officers took place last Monday. 

 In. JosiAH QciNCY was chosen Mayor, and the lol- 

 Liug gentlemen Aldermen, viz : — David W. Child, 

 ieph H. Dorr, Enoch Patterson, Stephen Hooper, 

 Jier Benjamin, Daniel Baxter, Caleb Eddy, and Geo. 

 'iernc. 



The Hon. Judge Jackson has resigned the office of 

 Justiro of the Supreme Judicial Court, ou account of 

 the ill state of his health. 



Hon. Josiah Quincy has resigned the office of Judge 

 of the Municipal Court of this city. 



Eclipse of the Sun. — It is stated in the Harper's 

 Ferry Free Press, that, on the CTlh June, lG-24, there 

 will be an eclipse of the .Sun, to commence at 34 min- 

 utes after four, and continue 2 hours 55 miuutr s. To- 

 tal darkness at 5C minutes after 5. 'J'here will not be 

 another total eclipse of the Sun, visible in the U. S. 

 until the 20th July, 1860. 



A duel was fought on the oth inst. near Philadelphia, 

 over the Delaware line, between Gen. Cadwallader 

 and Dr. Pattison, of Baltimore. The former was 

 wounded in the wrist. The parties stood 9 pact s or 

 about 27 feet apart. The Gen.'s pistol was not dis- 

 charged, as he was in the act of taking deliberate aim 

 when the pistol of the Doctor was fired. Apprehen- 

 sions are felt that a lockjaw will take place, as the 

 arm is much swelled, and the ball is not extracted. 



Washington, March 2C. 



Prairie Dogs. — The Rev. Samuel Giddings, of St. 

 Louis, who took a toHr among the Western Indians last 

 spring and summer, gives the following account, in his 

 journal, of these singular animals ; 



^'' June 14, 1822 — We passed a village of barking 

 squirrels, or prairie dogs. They have the appearance of 

 the grey squirrel in color and shape, but are three 

 times as large. Their noise exactly resembles that of 

 the smaller kind of dogs. They burrow in the earth, 

 and are never seen far from their habitation. They 

 live on grass and herbage ; and not a spear of grass is 

 suffered to grow within the bounds of their village. On 

 the first appearance of danger, they flee to the mouth 

 of their burrow, and when it comes near, they enter, 

 and can rarely be driven out by smoke or water. 

 Thousands dwell in the same village, forming a little 

 community. Their burrows are from ten to twenty feet 

 apart, with a mound of dirt at the entrance, of from 

 one to two feet in height, which serves as a watch 

 tower. On the approach of danger, they raise an in- 

 cessant barking. We were much annoyed during the 

 night by the barking of these animals." 



Astronomical. — A beautiful Orrery or Planetarium, 

 invented by Mr. Hart, principal of the Mechanics' 

 School, in this city, is deposited for exhibition at the 

 bookstore of Messrs. Bliss & White, in Broadway. In- 

 struments of this kind are extremely useful, and indeed 

 indespensably necessary, in illustrating the movements 

 of the planetary world. Orreries and celestial globes 

 are in the science of astronomy what maps, charts, and 

 terrestrial globes are in geography. In either study the 

 scholar's ideas must be confused and imperfect without 

 the use of these artificial aids. The most beautiful Or- 

 rery we have ever seen was at Mr. V'ogel's, opposite 

 Washington Hall. It was connected with a time- 

 piece, and the revolutions of the planets and their sec- 

 ondaries accurately measured by the machinery. Mr. 

 Hart's invention is said to have been approved and 

 adopted by some of the instructers in this city. 



J^'eic-York Slntaman. 



PROPOSALS, 



FOR rrBMSHING A VOLUME ENTITLED 



COMPENDIUM OF AGRICULTURE, or the Far- 

 mer's Guide in the most essential parts of Hus- 

 bandry and Gardening ; compiled from the best Ame- 

 rican and European publications, and the unwritten 

 opinions of experienced cultivators. 



Now is the time when agriculture is making more 

 rapid strides towards perfection, than appear to have 

 been for ages. This may be attributed in some meas- 

 ure to the Agricultural Societies established in Swit- 

 zerland, France, Britain and America. But we know 

 of no work accessible by farmers in general, that con- 

 tains a good concentrated account of these valuable 

 modern improvements. The work proposed, there- 

 fore, has occupied the attention of the Editors a con- 

 siderable time, and still demands the utmost assiduity 

 in collating and condensing for the press — so that none 

 of the recent improvements in rural economy should be 

 omitted that might render it interesting and jerviccable 

 to the farmers of this country. 



Tlic Editors, (concenied themselves in rural affaii>) 

 fully apprized of the iajpoilance of agriculture, the 

 first and most indispensable of arts, are determinid to 

 spare no pains to render it a really useful book to all 

 who know how to appreciate such works. 



The volume, to coiit.iiu about 300 pages, 12 mo. ;,t 

 one dollar in boards, will be put to press when the 

 niunbcr of subscribers shall be sufficient to encourage 

 printing. 



Those persons wl,o have obtained subscribers for the 

 above work, are requdtctcd to leave their names at the 

 office of the Manufacturers' and Farmers' Journal, by 

 the fast of July next. Proiidenee, April, 1823. 



ENGLISH BULL. 



FOR s^le or to let, an IMPORTED BULL of 3 1-2 

 years old, of the Normandy breed (similar to the 

 Aldernty., only rather larger sized) and considered the 

 richest Milkers in Europe. This animal is large, and 

 very finely shaped, a brindle color and perfectly gentle. 

 Price, One Hundred and Fifty Dollars ; or if well pla- 

 ced, will be let on equal shares for two years-. 



Also— TWO BULL CALVES, from first rate Milk- 

 ers, and a FULL BLOOD ALDERNEY BULL, owned 

 by the Massachusetts Agricultural Society — will be sold 

 for Fifteen Dollars each, if taken away immediately. 



Apply to JOHN PRINCE, at his Farm on Jamaica 

 Plain. Roxbuiy, 19th April, 1823. 



PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE, &c. 



[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 



FLOUR, Baltimore, superfine, 

 Genessee .... 

 Rye, best .... 



GRAIN, Rye 



Corn 



Bailey 



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 



PROriSTO^r MARKET. 

 BEEF, best pieces . . . 



PORK, fresh 



VEAL, 



MUTTON, 



POULTRY 



BUTTER, keg & tub . . 

 lump, best . . 



EGGS, 



MEAL, Rye, 



Indian, .... 



POTATOES, 



CIDER, liquor, .... 

 HAY, best 



TO 



D. C. 



173 00 



162 50 



1 10 



8 50 



7 00 



14 



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16 



8 



9 



SO 



7 62 



7 75' 



5 00 



83 



68 



65 



45 



1 



12 



50 



00 



3 25 



12 50 



14 50 



12 50 



11 50 



2 50 



9 



65 



48 



55 



45 



49 



60 



55 



10 



8 



8 



7 



12 



16 



18 



12 



90 



80 



22 00 



