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NEW ENGLAND FARMEH. 



ness of this theory, but submit it to liie consid- 

 eration of our readers. 



FiKi.i) Ci i.ixHK OK I'ahsmps. — " Tlic best soil 

 for par^iiijis is a rich deep loam; next to this 

 is sand, or they will thrive well ia a black, grit- 

 ty soil ; but will never pay for cultivating in 

 gravel or clay soils ; and they always are the 

 largest where the earth is deepest. Dry, light 

 land is suitable for them, but wet, stilTor hide 

 bound land is destructive. It* the soil he proper 

 they do not require much manure. The wri- 

 ter hath obtained a very good crop for three 

 .successive years, iVom the same land, withio' 

 usjiig any ; but then he laid at the rate of forty 

 rart loads of sand per acre upon a very sllfl 

 loam, and ploughed it in, he found it answer 

 very well, Irom which he concludes that a mix- 

 ture of soils may be proper lor this root. 



" It is most advisable to sow the seeils in 

 drills at about ll"! inches distant from each oth- 

 er, that the plants may be more conveniently 

 hand or horse hoed ; and they will be more lu.x- 

 uriant if hoed a second time and are carefully 

 earthed so as not to cover the leaves.'"* 



Parsnips are said to be a very valuable food 

 for neat cattle, particularly for milch cows, 

 which give milk in greater quantity and of a 

 better quality when fed on parsnips than when 

 supplied with almost any other food. They may 

 be left in the ground through the winter, and arc 

 of great use for feeding cattle and swine in the 

 spring before grass is grown, and may be boiled 

 or steamed, lops as well as bottoms, lor ("ceding 

 liogs, till early potatoes are ripe enough to dig. 



Fokcim; vor.NG Fruit TRrts to be.4r. — Young 

 trees may be made to show specimens of their 

 fruit, sooner than they otherwise would, by 

 making a cut in the bark a quarter of an inch 

 wide, round the branch or bough which you 

 wish to compel to bear fruit. The branch, 

 however, is alvvays injured, and sometimes de- 

 stroyed, by this process. The best and safest 

 way to ettect the early exhibition of fruit in 

 young trees or barren boughs, is to tie wires or 

 strings about thera tight enough to impede, in 

 some degree, the circulation of the sap. This 

 is less likely to injure the tree or branch than 

 cutting off the bark, and is said to be equally 

 effectual in causing the production of fruit. 



* Bath Society papers, vol. iv, p. 252. 



A correspondent of the N. Y. Commercial 

 .\dvertiser recommends the planting of sunflow- 

 er seeds, believing the leaves of those plants, 

 which grow very large, have the property of 

 absorbing llic miasiiia or bad air in the atmos- 

 phere, and consequently purifying the air. 



Vcrinonl Copperas. — Dr. John Lock has given 

 to the public a description of the Copperas 

 mines and manufactory at Stafford, Vt. from 

 which it appears that four men had manufac- 

 tured one hundred tons of copperas in a year, 

 besides carrying on the business of a small farm. 



G/»c— \n ingenious cabinet maker (says a 

 late London paper) has, from long experience, 

 proved that i;lue made Irom India rubber, is 

 very superior to the common manufactured 

 kind of that article, when used as a cement for 

 furniture, and never gives way or loosens in 

 the joints, which is too often the case with the 

 glue made from nnimal paste. 



P.\TERSON' 3I.\NUF.1CTORIES. 



Rejoicing in every circumstance which has a 

 tendency to render our country independent of 

 the rest of the world, and todevelopc its enter- 

 prise, ingenuity, wealth and resources, we can- 

 not but hail with delight such intelligence as 

 the following, let it come from what quarter it 

 may ; but we must, in candor, confess we enjoy 

 it with peculiar zest when it relates to a por- 

 tion of our native state, to whose prosperity and 

 honor we are, from afl'ection and gratitude, most 

 heartily devoted. But to the int'ormation : 



The ••• \oice of Passaic," published at Pat- 

 erson, (New Jersey,) enumerates the following 

 manul'acturing establishments in that town : 



Ten cotton I'actories, having now in opera- 

 tion twenty thousand spindles. 



New factories erected, which, in about three 

 months, will put in motion about twenty thou- 

 sand spindles more. 



Making 40,000 spindles employed in spinning 

 cotton. 



Three extensive woolen factories. 



Two large duck factories, supplying in a 

 great measure, our navy with canvass, and 

 working up more than a ton of flax per day. 



Three manufactories of machinery, one ef 

 which is stated to be the most extensive and 

 complete in the United States. 



Three very extensive bleach greens. 



Two brass and iron founderies. 



Besides paper, grist, saw, rolliDg, and slitting 

 mills, &,c. Sic. 



With the great natural advantages which Pa- 

 terson possesses, and the prospect it has of de- 

 riving, at no very distant day, immense benefits 

 from the contemplated canal from the Dela- 

 ware to the Hudson, we may venture to pre- 

 dict that it will soon attain to a degree of use- 

 fulness and importance of which every Jersey- 

 man may well be proud. — True American. 



FOREIGN. 



LATEST FROM EUROPE. 



The packet ship Corinthian, in 35 days from Liver- 

 pool, has arrived at New York, bringing London pa- 

 pers to the 22d, and Liverpool to the 2jth of March, 

 inclusive. The following summary of their contents i« 

 from the New York Daily Advertiser : 



The most important intelligence brought by this 

 vessel is, that hostilities had not commenced between 

 France and Spain. There appears to have been the 

 same show of preparation, the same engagedness to be- 

 gin the war at some time or other, but no beginning, 

 the French army had not, at the latest advices, enter- 

 ed Spain. By an article in the Courier of the 2'2d, 

 taken from a Bayonne paper of the luth of March, it is 

 said, " Almost the whole of the Duke of AngouUme's 

 establishment is here, and his Royal Highness is ex- 

 pected before the end of the month." On the evening 

 of tlie 19th uj .March, I^ord Liverpool, in answer to an 

 inquiry by the Marquis of Lansdown, said, " that the 

 hopes which he in common with other persons enter- 

 tained with regard to the maintenance of peace, had 

 considerably abated ; but it was not stated, neither 

 could it be so stated consistently with truth and fact 

 that all hopes were extinguished." Mr. Canning had 

 previously said in the House of Commons, " that the 

 liope of avoiding war, which his Majesty's government 

 liad previously cherished, was, if not totally extinguish- 

 ed, at least very remote, and receding fast from view." 

 The editor of the Courier adds — " It is remarkable that 

 Lord Liverpool did not say a word respecting the po.s- 

 sibility of this country's keeping out of the contest." 



ll appears by the accounts, that there is much of the 

 bustle of preparation in France, which certainly, under 

 difl'erent circumstances, would satisfy any body that 

 war was inevitable. Such would seem to be the pro- 



bability ; but it is equally certain that matters ar- 

 managed differently in Europe from what they wert 

 formerly. Bonaparte's mode of proceeding was U 

 march directly to his object ; if necessary to save time 

 he traversed a neutral country without ceremony, and 

 made his declaration of war by striking a decisive bloTi 

 in the heart of his enemy's country. The latest fashion 

 is more slow and solemn — much parade is exhibited, 

 much talk had, and a great display made of arming 

 colli cting and organizing armies, and in some instan- 

 ces, after having marched and threatened and bullied 

 atfair? have been hushed, and every thing blown ovei 

 without a battle or even a skirmish. We are inflnt. 

 ced more by the declarations of the Biitish ministn 

 than by the appearances obscr\ able in France. 



X decree passed the Spanish Cortes on the 5th r 

 March, directing the government to interdict all com 

 mercial intercourse with Spanish ports to the Power 

 who had withdrawn their ministers from Madrid.— 

 These orders have been received at Cuba, wh<ri 

 French, Austrian, Russian and Prussian vessels ar; 

 forbidden admission. 



From France. — French papers have been received ii ,. 

 New York as late as the 24th March. Great activit) 

 appears to prevail in the movements of armies tow»rdi 

 the Spanish frontier. 



The army of the faith, assembled in France and or 

 the borders, amounts to 32,000 men. Preparation: 

 were making at Perpignan on the 22d, for the recep 

 lion of the l3uk« D'Angouleme. It would appear fron 

 this movement that the Duke contemplated superin- 

 tending the entrance of the French army from thi 

 Pyrenees, and subsequently would move to Bayonne 

 which is at a considerable distance, to witness thi 

 march of the other division. The Duke was precede? 

 by Marshal Moncey. The army of the faith is pait 

 and fed by the French ; and it is evident that more i 

 calculated upon the effect of gold than from the forci 

 of arms. 



Nothing of importance was transacted in the Frencl 

 Chamber of Deputies on the 22d. The oppositioi 

 benches were empty. 



.Accounts from Vienna mention that Austria wil 

 maintain a strict neutrality, and this report has pro 

 duced a considerable rise in tlieir funds. 



The factious bands of Navarre, to the number o 

 1000 men, forming three battalions, entered France b; 

 the mountains, about St. Jean Pied de Port, on th' 

 11th, 12th and 14th. Charles O'Donnel has gone t< 

 supply them with arms, &c. The inhabitants had re 

 fused to give them quarter in their houses, which ha 

 caused some disturbance. 



The Portuguese army is in full march for the froB' 

 tiers, which they will pass the same time the French 

 army crosses the Pyrenees. 



Late accounts from Constantinople continue the as 

 surances of peace with Russia, and that the conimercia 

 relations with that country were about to be restored. 



From Portugal. — Letters from Lisbon to Feb. SSd, 

 mention that a great scarcity of grain was experiencet 

 in Portugal, and that the ports were open for the ad- 

 mission of Indian corn, rye and barley ; and it was ex- 

 pected would be for wheat. 



Imporlnrtl from Mexico. — Papers hare been received' 

 at New York, containing intelligence from Vera Cruz 

 to the 8th of April. By this it appears that Iturbide ii 

 deposed, and a change has taken place in the dynasty 

 of Mexico. Only 700 troops remained faithful to Itur- 

 bide, who had not only abdicated, but, contrary to the 

 advice of his officers, had thrown himself on the mercy 

 and generosity of the Congress. He was taken into 

 custody, but remained at his seat near Mexico, under 

 charge of General Bravo. He requested permission to 

 retire to a foreign country, but was not allowed that 

 privilege. It is thought that he will either lose his 

 iiead or be doomed to imprisonment for life. The 

 Congress of Mexico have named three individuals to 

 assume the executive power. 



Longfvilij of the Orange Tree. — There is an Orange 

 tree still living and vigorous, in the orangery at Ver- 

 saills, which is well ascertained to be 400 years old. i 

 It is called the Bourbon, having belonged to the cele- 

 brated constable of that name, in the beginning of the 

 14th century, and was confiscated to the crown iu 

 1522, at which time it was 100 years old. 



