NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



FOREIGN. 

 LATEST FROM EUROPE. 

 Q;5" Accounts have been received fiom London to 

 the 16th, Liverpool to the 18th, and Gibraltar to the 

 14th of May. 



By these it seems that the French have rather a 

 tough TOW to /toe, and are liUeiy to get more fclchs than 

 oppers., to pay for their toils and dangers in Spain. 

 Already crops of bayonets nave sprung and are spring- 

 ing up in every part of the invaded territory. This 

 Won harvest the worknitn of despotism must reap^ or 

 leave their mastery's job unfinished. We think it ten 

 to one, if one in ten of the pioneers of arbitrary power 

 'ver meet with any better compensation for their labors 

 than the wages of sin. Death will probably be pay- 

 aster general of the French forces, before they shall 

 have accomplished as hirelings their day ; and they 

 will find a short way to their long homes before they 

 have completed the work which tyrants have set them 

 to do. 



We are told that Moncey, one of the Spanish chiefs, 

 has fallen back and gained a position between the rear 

 of the French and the frontiers to cut off their retreat. 

 This manoeuvre has caused apprehension in Paris to 

 become wide awake, and every body is on the look out 

 for misfortune. The funds have fallen, the Parisians 

 are chop-fallen, every thing which relates to national 

 credit and prosperity is sinking, and if the government 

 does not fall into a pit of their own digging, their for- 

 tune will be better than their deserts. 



The Sun, a London paper of the 10th May, insinu- 

 ates that the Emperor of Russia is not so much the 

 friend of France as has been supposed, and that the 

 Spaniards have nothing to apprehend from Russian 

 hostility. And we are told in the same paper " that 

 affairs are obviously approaching to a crisis, which 

 must involve Europe in another general war ;" and that 

 •' England will be forced into the conjitct sooner than 

 the public generally apprehend , We do not trifle with 

 1 subject so serious. In the highest political quarter it 

 Is now believed that our neutrality cannot be much long- 

 er maintained.^'' 



A letter from Madrid, dated April 30, states in suVi- 

 ifance that Saragossa was yielded to the French ie- 

 :onsequence of orders from tJie Cortes not to defend \t'. 

 The strongest enthusiasm in favor of Spanish freedom, 

 ind the most deadly hostility to France, pervades eve- 

 •y part of Spain. It is evident that the French will 

 lot advance their cause one step by the occupation of 

 Madrid. It will only be the moment for beginning 

 hostilities. 



Gen. Mina, it is said, has had a contest with Mar- 

 shall Moncey in Catalonia, and much loss had been 

 sustained on both sides. 



A London article of May 16, states that alarms had 

 prevailed for some days in the French capital, and did 

 not originate in artificial but very substantial causes. 

 Gen. Slina, by a rapid and apparently skilful move- 

 ment, has placed himself between the French and their 

 frontiers, and had gained on them more than a day's 

 march at the date of the last accounts. This news 

 caused a panic among the stockholders in Paris, which 

 was in some degree quieted by a tranquilizing commu- 

 nication from the government, but it is predicted that 

 it will not be a long time before the alarm will be 

 again prevalent. ' 



(Pj=Slill litter from Spain. — The brig Canton, Capt. 

 Tunison, arrived at this port on \^'ednesday, and broH 

 Dews from ft. Andero, in Spain, to the 5th of June. — 

 Bodies of Spanish troops, opposed to the Constitution, 

 entered St. Andero on the *.i7th of April, under Gen. 

 Longa, and of French troops on the 3d of May, under 

 Gen. Dabina* These troops entered and departed 

 from that place several times. On the 20th of May, 

 according to report, a great battle was fought within a 

 few leagues of Catalonia. The two armies, it is said, 

 consisted of about 20,000 men each. The loss of the 

 French is stated to have been 5000 men ; that of the 

 constitutional army 3500. On the 22d May the men 

 under Gen. Longa were all taken prisoners, by a partv 

 from the garrison of St. Antonio, which also captured 

 a French detachment of 200 men, with from 400 to 500 

 mules laden with stores and ammunition, and 10,000 

 dollars in money, intended for the French army, which 

 they supposed were besieging that place. 



It is said that Capt. Tunison saw an official account 

 of the battle of the 20th of May, which represented 

 the ] rciu h to have been completely deleated. The 

 Spanish forces were commanded by Gen. .Mina. The 

 greatest enthusiasm prevailed at St. Andero, and in the 

 neighborliooil, and even the females volunteered tlu ir 

 services in the Constitutional army in defence of their 

 country. 



Straw Bonnets. — The Society of Arts (says an Eng- 

 lish papei) have voted Mr. Cobbett a medal for his 

 communications on the subject of straw bonnets. The 

 public have heard of seed imported from America, and 

 sown hce, in order to obtain the straw. Mr. Cobbett 

 has produced straw and plat from grass which grows 

 all over this kingdom, and that plat surpasses even the 

 American plat. In short, he has demonstratetl that 

 the people of this country may at once set to work and 

 supplant the Italians in the making of bonnets. 



PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE, &c. 



[Revised and corrected every Friday.] 



DOMESTIC. 



Gold Mine. — A gold mine has been discovered in 

 the County of Anson, (N. C.) two miles from Rocky 

 river. The ore is said to be very pure, and sells in its 

 crude state at 91 cents the pennyweight. A piece has 

 been dug up weighing 40 oz. valued at J728 ; and 

 another piece weighing 22 oz. worth $340, 40 cents. — 

 Gold is found no deeper than three and an half feet 

 below the surface. 



Silver Mines. — Late accounts fram Washington Co. 

 Missouri, inform (says the Lexington Gazette of the 

 5th inst.) that a trading party was forming to visit 

 Santa Fee, in Mexico, and also to open a silver mine 

 which was discovered last summer high up the Arkan- 

 sas river. The quantity and richness of the mineral 

 atfords the most flattering prospect of a very extensive 

 manufactory of silver within the limits of the U. States. 



Strawberrii • The Raleigh Register states that from 

 a garden in tUi . vicinity, there was lately gathered in 

 ten successive days 100 quarts of strawberries. 



Extraordinary effects of Lightning. — Mr. Jas. Teague 

 of North Carolina, was struck by lightning on the 5th 

 iust. while walking in his field. His hat was torn into 

 fragments, and some of them propelled on every side 

 to the distance of 30 feet — twenty-live of the fragments 

 were collected. His body M^as scorched and burnt from 

 head to foot ; his left shoe torn into three pieces, one 

 of which was found forty feet from the place where he 

 lay ; his shirt was on fire when he was discovered. — 

 The electric fluid in passing from him, entered the 

 ground, making a hole 1 1-2 inch in diameter. By 

 the use of friction and the warm bath for about forty 

 minutes, however, the sufferer revived, and has since 

 gradually recovered. 



Thunder Storm. — On the 18th inst. a heavy thunder 

 storm, accompanied by hail, and a violent gust of wind 

 was experienced at Boxford and Bradford, in this State. 

 At Boxford a great number of trees were prostrated, a 

 stone wall blown down, and a barn belonging to Mr. 

 Barnes, demolished. At Bradford, Capt. Joseph Sy- 

 monds, who was at work in his field, was instantly 

 killed by lightning. On the evening of the same day, 

 the house of I Jr. Caleb Fiske, of Scituate, R. I. was 

 struck by lightning. J'our persons were sitting in the 

 two lower rooms, at the east end of the house, with 

 the windows open, one of whom, leaning on a window, 

 was considerably injured by the shock. 



Bonfire. — Notes of the bank of the Commonwealth 

 of Kentucky, to the amount of one hundred thousand 

 dollars, were consumed by the flames at Frankfort, on 

 the 27th ult. in pursuance of an act of the Legislature. 



The Legislature of Rhode Island have laid aside a 

 proposition, respecting Steam Boats, until the decision 

 of the U. S. Supreme Court, on the same subject, is 

 made. They have also rejected a bill for taxing Steam 

 Boat Passengers. .4 charter has ueen granted to the 

 Blackstone Canal Company. 



Clouds of Flies have made their appearance in Mo- 

 bile, and are so numerous as to cover whele sides of 

 horses, and impede passengers in their progress through 



the streets. 



.■VSHES, pot, 1st qual. . . . 



pearl do 



BEANS, white, 



BEEF, mess, 200 cwt. . . . 

 cargo, No 1, . 



" No 2, .... 



BUTTER, inspect. 1st qual. . 



" 2d qual. . 



small kegs, familv, 



CHEESE, new milk . . .' . 



FLAX 



FLAX SEED 



FLOUR, Baltimore, superfine, 

 Gcnessee .... 

 Rye, best .... 



GRAIN, Rye 



Corn 



Barley 



Oats 



HOGS' LARD, Ut 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,washcd 

 do do unwashed 



do 3-4 washed 



do 1-2 do 



Native .... do 

 Pulled, Lamb's, 1st sort 

 do Spinning, Ist sort 



PROVISIOjX MARKET. 

 BEEF, best pieces .... 



PORK, fresh 



VEAL, ........ 



LAMB, per quarter .... 



POULTRY, 



BUTTER, keg & tub ... 

 lump, best 



EGGS, 



MEAL, Rye, 



Indian, 



POTATOE.S, 



CIDER, liquor, 



HAY, best 



English Cast Steel Grass Scythes, cSr. 



JUST received and for sale at the Aoricultcral 

 Establishment, No. 20, Merchants' Row, 



0:i=Twenty dozen Cam's superior Cast Steel 

 Scythes — 10 do. Passmore's do. 



Also — A further supply of Stevens' patent steel spring 

 2 and 3 fined Hay Forks ; together with a great vari- 

 ety of Ploughs, Rakes, Hoes, &c. &c. 



Likewise — 3 of Stafford's patent cylinder Churns. 



June 21. 



TREATISE ON AGRICULTURE. 



ONE set of BEATSON'S TREATISE ON AGRI- 

 CULTURF., for sale at the Agricultural Estab- 

 lishment, No. 20, Merchants' Row. June 21. 



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