NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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he says, " the enemy made an orderly retreat for near- 

 ly a league, defending every position, but were at !a?t 

 broken by the iutrcpidity of Col. Muller, %vho threw 

 himself with his hussars into the midst of them, shout- 

 ing ' long live the king,' &c. The result of this bril- 

 liant affair is the capture of Gen. Don Julian Sanchez, 

 64 officers and soldiers, one standard, several lances, 

 200 or liOO muskets, k.c. and about 30 killed. In short, 

 the Spaniards appear to be pursuing the policy by 

 ■which Bonaparte was beaten, and which, if perseven d 

 in, cannot fail to prove fatal to their assailants in this 

 instance. ^— 



L.\TER STILL.— An arrival at N. York has brought 

 London papers to the 28th of April. An official bulle- 

 tin from the army of the Eastern Pyrennees, dated 18lh 

 April, announces that the 5th division of the fourth 

 corps had advanced to Janquera without meeting the 

 enemy. A French paper estimates the whole force in- 

 vading Spain at 81,000 -,—60,000 on the side of Bay- 

 «nnc, and 21,000 under Moncey, at Perpignan. Of 

 the former, more than 30,000 will be necessary for the 

 investment of St. Sebastian and Pampeluna. .Sir Rob- 

 ert Wilson, accompanied by a son of Lord Erskine, 

 has left London for Falmouth, to embark for Vigo and 

 join the Spanish army. Some of the French papers 

 state that the Duke d'.\ngouleme offered the Governor 

 of San Sebastian a bribe of 100,000 franks to surrender 

 the fortress, which he accepted, and having obtained 

 the cash, when the French troops advanced, fired upon 

 them, and killed about 860. The money received was 

 immediately sent to the Cortes. The prisoners taken 

 at Logrono were about 150. Accounts from Portugal 

 state that the insurgents are giving way on every side, 

 and the constitutional forces would soon extirpate the 

 rebellion. The French government is said to have 

 taken great offence at the proceedings in the British 

 Parliament and the neutral course of England. Every 

 thing on the part of the Spaniards indicates determined 

 but wary opposition ; and clouds and thick darkness 

 are already resting on the prospects of the invaders. 



Two regiments of womeyi (says a Perpignan paper,) 

 have been organized at Barcelona, for the service of 

 the place, in case of siege. We hold in our hands an 

 engraving of these soldiers — tliey are in a becoming 

 dress, and armed with a lance. It may be recollected 

 that in the former war a similar battalion was formed 

 at Gironne, whose courage is much spoken of by Jflar- 

 sball St. Cyr, in his work on Catalonia. 



Spanish Main. — The Columbian forces under Mon- 

 tilla have captured the fortress of San Carlos and city 

 of Maracaibo. A division of Morales' army, 6000 

 strong, under Col. Gomez, had been defeated by the 

 Colombian troops, under Gen. Gonsalvez, and the 

 Spanish Governor of Core and many others killed. 

 Bolivar was at Guayquil in March, and had withdrawn 

 the succors furnished by Colombia for Peru, not being 

 wanted, and had changed the destination of the force, 

 S,000 men, for Santa Martha, and if necessary for Ma- 

 racaibo. 



The last accounts from La Vera Cruz state that the 

 Ez-Kmperor Iturbide, with liis family, was about em- 

 barking for Leghorn, in a British vessel, and that the 

 ■Mexican Government had agreed to allow him 25,000 

 dollars per annum, during life. 



The New (London) Monthly Magazine for April, 

 says, ^* We have long and anxiously looked towards 

 the press of America for a sound and sincere history of 

 man in his savage state. Europe in fact has a right 

 to look to America for such a history." 



pfcted. I'his is an uncommonly distressing season in 

 . very point of view — mercantile business is at a stand 

 — (he price of cotton low, and without demand — cash 

 scarcer than ever before known in this part of the 

 world — incessant rains for a certain length of time lat- 

 terly, have nearly destroyed the new planted crops, 

 and the unusual swelling of the river thrcatins to blast 

 all hopes which might have been entertained of reme- 

 dying the evil." At New Orleans, likewise, great ap- 

 prehensions were entertained for the safety of the em- 

 bankments. On the 11th ult. the river ran ovtr into 

 Levee street, and it was feared that a general inunda- 

 tion would soon take place. 



The Secretary of the Commissioners under the Flori- 

 da treaty, has given notice that he will answer the in- 

 quiries of any claimant with regard to his iudividaal 

 chtim, whenever addressed by letter. 



The New York American states, as a report, that 

 Return .L Meigs has been removed from the situation 

 of Postmaster General, and Mr. M'Lcod, of Ohio, for- 

 merly in Congress, appointed in his stead. The editors 

 say they have reason to think the report well founded ; 

 but the National Intelligencer is silent on the subject. 



A hail storm was experienced at Lynn and Saugus 

 on Thursday afternoon of last week, and several panes 

 of glass were broken. At Lynnfield, several barns 

 were blown down, fences destroyed, and trees torn up 

 by the roots. 



A writer in the Richmond Compiler offers an extract 

 from the European Magazine of 1811, giving a state- 

 ment of the number of men employed by Napoleon to 

 subjugate Spain. The grand total was five hundred 

 and fourteen thousand, seven hundred and ninety-six. 

 These men were hearty in the cause, and were com- 

 manded by able generals. They fought for four years, 

 and were finally unsuccessful. What can now be ex- 

 pected from 100,000 men, going reluctantly to battle, 

 and led on by incompetent officers ? 



An Albany paper of June 4, says — Notwithstanding 

 the large quantity of flour which is daily brought to 

 this market, the price of wheat has been looking up for 

 some time past, and is now from lis. to lis. and 3d. 

 per bushel, and we should not be surprised to see the 

 iirsl quality bringing lis. 6d. or 12s. Winter grain, 

 we are told, in general, looks well, and promises an 

 abundant harvest, 



Oranges have been introduced into the Penitentiary, 

 MiUbank, (Eng.) as a substitute in the regimen of the 

 prisoners, and the most salutary effects have bcea ex 

 perienced from their use. The prisoners are allowed 

 daily, a quarter of a pound of meat and three oranges 

 in addition to the former allowance of soup. 



DOMESTIC. 



Flood of the Mississipiji. — Much damage has been 

 done, and much more is apprehended, from the extra- 

 ordinary height of water in the Mississippi and its trib- 

 utary streams. The Louisiana Gazette of the 13th ult. 

 speaks of a freshet in the river Pascagoula, and the 

 streams entering therein, which carried away all the 

 mills in that part of the country, besides doing other 

 damage. An article dated Baton Rouge, May lOth, 

 declares that " the state of the Mississippi at this time 

 becomes really alarming ; it rises from an inch to an 

 inch and an half every twenty-four hours, and by the 

 latest accounts, which are far from being satisfactory, 

 we are iafortned tint the Missouri freshet is dailv ex- 



MASSACHUSETTS LEGISL.1TURE. 



But little business of great general interest has been 

 completed in either House, except what related to the 

 usual routine of organizing the government, the details 

 of which we have already published. The following 

 is a list of the bills which have passed their final stages, 

 so far as they have yet fallen within our notice. 



To incorporate the Canal Manufacturing Co. — addi- 

 tional, for incorporating the Charlestown Bleachery — 

 to authorize the Trustees of the Baptist Education 

 Fund to divide the same — to incorporate the Trustees 

 of the Ministerial Fund of the Baptist Society in Ha- 

 verhill — the Leicester Manufacturing Co. — the Trus- 

 tees of the Ministerial Fund of the first Congregational 

 Society in Wendell — in addition to an act entitled an 

 act to incorporate the Proprietors of the Museum Hall 

 in the town of Boston — in addition to an act entitled 

 an act to incorporate the Union Marine Insurance Co. 

 and the several acts in addition thereto — to incorporate 

 the Elliot Manufacturing Co. — in addition to an act 

 entitled an act to incorporate the Linen and Duck 

 Manufacturing Co. — to cede to the United States the 

 jurisdiction of a site for a Light House on Monamoy 

 Point — in addition to an act entitled an act to incorpo- 

 rate the President, Directors & Co. of the Exchange 

 Bank — in addition to an act entitled an act to provide 

 for the discharge of Officers in the Militia. 



A resolve passed authorising the Treasurer to bor- 

 row $50,000. 



AGRICULTURAL E.STABLISHMENT, 



NO. 20, MERCHANTS' HOW, 

 (^.4/ the East End nf Ihc Old Murkcl.J^ 



FOR sale as above, a variety of the most approved 

 single and double mould board Ploughs, 

 C. Howard's improved cast iron mould board, with 



wrought Shear and Coulter, 

 Cast iron do. do. do. 

 J. Seaver & Co's. do. do. 

 Bigtlow's wrought do. do. 

 Warren's much approved common Plough?, 

 Sinclair's side hill do. do. do. 

 Howard's much improved Cultivator, an implement 



highly esteemed for its utility in drill cultivation, 

 Bennct's Broad Cast, 



Seed Sowing Machines, for large and small seeds, 

 Eastman's improved Straw Cutter, 

 Safford's new invented Straw Cutter, much improved, 

 Common hand Straw Cutters, 

 An English Vegetable Cutter, 



Stevens' patent steel spring Hay and Manure Forks, 

 Steel spring Potatoe Hoes, 

 English cast steel broad Hoes, 

 Common and steel do. do. 



A great variety of Garden and other Agricultural 

 Implements. June 7. 



