NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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';st coast of America, northward to Bthriiig's Straits, 

 si thence to latitude 27, 50 JN". on tlie Coast of Japan, 

 li tliat all vessels, of whatever nation, caught within 

 y miles, even of those extensive limits, except in ca- 

 J of distress, shall be subject to coufiscatioD, national 

 isels not excepted. 



African Colony. — It is stated in the Baltimore Morn- 

 '■''m r Chronicle, that the American Colonists on the West 

 ast of Africa, are much annoyed by tlie natives, 

 10, on the llth of Nov. and 2d of Dec. to the num- 

 r of 1500, attacked them and killed one man, one 

 >man and one boy, and wounded four others. All 

 ;ercourse had been cut off with the natives, and the 

 lonists suffered for provisions, and were alnjost in a 

 ite of starvation. Assistance was ultimately sent from 

 B British schooner Prince Regent, and Capt. Laing 

 gotiated a peace, and a prize schooner of 60 tons was 

 esented to the colonists by the commander of a Co- 

 anbian armed vessel, and it was hoped Ihey would 

 t be again interrupted. « 



Tread Mill. — An English paper gives the following 



count of the success of this invention ; " The Tread 

 ills in several of the towns of the Southern and Mid- 

 nd Counties are completely out of work — in other 

 ords where machinery is attached to them for grind- 

 g flour, &.C. the overseers are obliged to kirt laborers, 



these terrors to evil doers have freightened away the 

 igrants altogether. In jails where there have been 

 irty or forty beggars at a time there are now but two 



three. The consequence has been a great reduc- 

 jn of prison expense, and a total removal o( that 

 lisauce — begging in the streets." 



Improvtd Steam Engine. — .i letter has been receiv- 

 1 in Newburyport from Mr. Jacob Perkins, formerly 



that place, in which he states that he had just made 

 iai of his steam engine, and that its success was fully 

 inal to his expectations. 



We are informed (says the last number of the Lon- 

 m Quarterly Review) on good authority, that in 18 

 onths ending in August last, not fewer than four hnn- 



ed slave ships had departed from the western coast 



Africa, carrying away upwards of 100,000 slaves ; 

 'ai ly one half of these were French, the rest mostly 

 irtnguese. 



A merchant in London, Simon Bradstreet, offers, hi 

 le London Morning Chronicle, £100 as an Immediate 

 )ntribuLion to the Spanish cause, and the same sum 

 inually so long as the war lasts, should Great Britain 

 2Come the ally of Spain. 



The Rev. Dr. Gardner, of this city, has been chosen 

 » deliver the next Artillery Election Sermon. 



Letters sent hy Steam Beats. — By instructions from 

 le Post Master General, all letters and packets of let- 



rs, conveyed by steam boats, are to be charged the 

 sune rates of postage as letters conveyed over post 

 aads. 



The Governor of Louisiana has put his veto on a bill 

 fhich had passed the Legislature, to prevent Usury. — 

 le says, in his objections, that money is a merchanta- 

 le article, and ought to be used as such. 



Honey. — A tree was lately opened near Dennis' 

 ireek, Cape May county, N. J. 5 1-2 feet in circum- 

 erence, that was found to contain a honey-comb ex- 

 ending 18 feet in length, completely filled with hon- 

 ■j: and a paper published at Bridgetown, in the same 

 State, on the 22d Feb. last, says — " A stick of log- 

 cood was split open a few days since, at the shop of 

 rtessrs. Johnston and Shcppard, in this town, in the 

 leart of which was found a honey-comb, fifteen inches 

 ong, containing honey of an excellent flavor and !n a 

 lerfect state of preservation — the comb closely envel- 

 jped on all sides with solid timber. How many years 

 lave passed since the honey was thus deposited, it is 

 mpossible now to discover."' 



The Mobile Commercial Register states, that within 



liirteen months the increase of buildings at that place, 



Haas been equal to one hundred per cent, in point of 



'Value, and that the price of building lota bad advanced 



still jHore, 



^ Sinf(^tlar Discovery. — The Detroit Gazette states 

 lliat a manuscript volume of between three and four 

 hundred pages, was lately discovered by Col. Edwards 

 of that place, under one of his buildings. The book is 

 iu a tolerable state of preservation, and is a fine speci- 

 men of penmanship. I'he characters in which it is 

 written are unknown. They are neither Hebrew, 

 Greek nor Saxon, and the only parts of it hitherto iii- 

 ti lligible are a few Latin quotation.*. It is deposited 

 in the Gazette office for the inspection of the curious. 



Direct from Com. Porlcr^s Squadron. — The schr. 

 Gleaner, Saunders, 19 days from New Orleans, was 

 boarded on the 10th April, Key West bearing N. dis- 

 tant 6 miles, by a boat from Com. Porter's squadron. 

 The boarding officer informed Capt. Saunders, that the 

 steam brig Sea Gull, the sloop of war Peacock, and the 

 rest of the fleet were lying in Port Allen, Key West ; 

 all well. A British sloop of war had captured a pirat- 

 ical vessel, with 60 men, commanded by the notorious 

 Lafitte, who was killed in the action. The pirates 

 hoisted the bloody flag, and cried no quarters — and 

 none were shown, most of them having been killed. 

 Capt. S. has letters from Com. Porter to his friends in 

 the United States. — -Vsw York Er. Post. 



We understand, says the N. Y. American, from a 

 respectable source in Cuba, that news had been re- 

 ceived there from Jamaica, on which great reliance 

 was placed, announcing that the former island was im- 

 mediately to'be taken possession of by the British squad- 

 ron, under the command of Com. Owen. 



Purifying Furnace. — Mr. Ralph Bulkley, of New 

 York, has presented a memorial to the Corporation for 

 erecting small purifying furnaces over sewers and ca- 

 nals, which with small coal fires will destroy the foul 

 air and greatly contribute to the health of the city, and 

 add to the value of property in the neighborhood of 

 these sewers. — — 



Piracies. — The editor of the Philadelphia United 

 States' Gazette has had the patience to keep a journal 

 of the piracies committed since the cessation of hos- 

 tilities between the American government and Great 

 Britain, in 1812. The catalogue contains 3002 ! 



BELLFOUNDER, 



Y!ie Wonderful J^^orfolk Trotter, imported July 



1822, from England, 



WILL STAND THIS SEASON, 1823, 



At Twenty Dollars, and One Dollar the Groom. The 



money to be paid to the Groom at Covering. 



THIS celebrated Horse is a bright bay, with black 

 legs, standing 15 hands high ; his superior blood, 

 symmetry and action excel those of every other trotting 

 Stallion. He is allowed by the best judges in Norfolk 

 to be the fastest and best bred Horse ever sent out of 

 that County. He has proved himself a sure foal getter, 

 and his Stock for size and substance are not to be sur- 

 passed ; they are selling at the highest prices of any 

 Horses in Norfolk. 



BELLFOUNDER was got by that well known, fast 

 and high formed Trotter, Old Bellfocndeb, out of 

 Velocity, which trotted on the Norwich road, in 1806, 

 Sixteen miles in one hour, and though she broke fifteen 

 times into a gallop, and as often turned round, won her 

 match. In 1808 she trotted Twenty-eight miles in one 

 hour and forty-seven minutes, and has also done many 

 other great performances against time. 



BELLFOUNDER, at five years old, trotted Tuo 

 miles in six minutes, and in the following year was 

 matched for 200 guineas to trot A''ine miles in thirty 

 minutes, and be won easily by thirty-two seconds. His 

 owner shortly after challenged to perform with him Sev- 

 enteen miles and a half in one hour, but it was not ac- 

 cepted. He has since never been saddled or matched. 



Old BELLFonNDER was a true descendant from the 

 original blood of the Fireaways, which breed of Horses 

 stands unrivalled, either in this or any other Nation. 



BELLFOUNDER is strongly recommended to the 

 public by the subscriber, as combining more useful 

 properties than any other Horse in America, and will 

 stand, during the season, at his Stable in Charlestown, 

 where all inquiries, post paid, will be attended to. 

 SAMUEL JAQUES, Jr. 



Charlestown, Mass. April 25, 18.23. 



ENGLISH BULL. 



FOR sale or to let, an I.MPORTED BULL of J 1-2 

 years old, of the .Normandy breed (i-imihir to tlie 

 Aldernry, only rather larger sized) and considered the 

 richest Milkers in Europe. This animal is large, aiul 

 very finely shaped, a Irindle color and perfectly geiilU . 

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

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



Also— TWO BULL CALX'ES, from first rate Milk- 

 ers, and a FULL BLOOD ALUERNEY 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. Roxbury, 19th April, 1823. 



FRUIT TREES IN THE NURSERY. 



HANDSOME budded Peach Trees, but three years 

 from the seed, yet as large in general as can be 

 reasonably desired, may be had at the Kexrick Pi.AtE 

 in Newton, at 33 cts. each. The Nursery contains up- 

 wards of twenty of the best kind of Peaches which have 

 hitherto appeared in the Boston market. Also, 2000 

 Currant Plants of two years growth, on moderate terms, 

 if applied for soon : they should be planted out at four 

 feet distance in rows four feet apart. Also, large Eng- 

 lish Walnuts, Butternuts, Catalpa, Mountain Ash, &;c. 

 Newton, April 26. 



PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE, &c. 



[Revised and corrected every Friday.] 



