NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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d so dillicult to subdue, and if it once gels 

 ession of a piece of ground it maintains its 

 lopoly in defence of all ordinary methods ol' 

 rpation. But if the industry of hogs is all 



is wanted, as Mr. McKean informs us, there 

 othing to be apprehended on that score. II 

 ill "grow to some perfection in woodlands," 



on a soil which would produce little or no- 

 g else of value, it might render millions of 



s in the United States productive, which 

 ' are nearly or quite useless. It would cost 

 ling for seed after the first 3ear, and aflord 

 >nsiderable product, with no labor, except 

 ; of gathering it. It is, moreover, a species 

 ho Helianthus, or Sunflower, which we are 



produces, by the perspiration of its leaves, 

 :h greater quantities of oxygene gas, or vital 



than any other vegetable. It may thus pro- 

 e health as well as furnish subsistence. Per- 

 p, too, its leaves and stalks may be worth 

 lething as ingredients in compost beds, or to 

 ;w over the farmers' yard in the autumn. 



savaje. Anarchy, pillage and murder are predomi- 

 nant throughout the kingdom, ami law and social or- 

 der liave ceased to control the passions, or regulate 

 the conduct of the great mass of the population. 



Progress of Revolution in South America. — The pro- 

 vince of Guadalaxnra, in Mexico, has declared itself 

 free and independent of the other provinces of .•Vmerica, 

 in a proclamation of 'i'i articles. She will hold no re- 

 laliois, except exterior ones, with the other provinces, 

 and recognise nothing which the deputies iu the pres- 

 ent Congress may do contrary to this. It is proposed 

 to es ablish a perpetual Congress at Queretaro, to raise 

 au aimy, buiM a navy, kc. 



The New Vork American says, " We learn on the 

 authority of a Colombian gentleman in high ollicial 

 statian, now in this city, that the Congress of that Re- 

 publ r, considering its own independence as firmly es- 

 tab'ili.'d, has authorized Gen. Bolivar to proceed with 

 400(. eten to the aid of the Peruvian government, in 

 addi :ou to 4000 troops previously allotted to that ser- 

 vice." 



FOREIGN. 

 LATEST FROM EUROPE. 

 :^ By an arrival at New York, from Liverpool, 

 don papers have been received to the 2d, and Liv- 

 lol papers to the 3d of June. I'aris dates were re- 

 ed by the same arrival to the 30th of May. 

 y these it should sefm that Madrid was occupied 

 he Kreuch on the 3od of May, and a regency was 

 blibhed on the day following. Count Abisbal, the 

 istitutional General of the army of Madrid, has re- 

 ed to the enemy. That officer, in a letter to the 

 nch comminder, stated that he is of opinion that 

 majority of the nation is not solicitous to continue 

 constitution of the year lijl2. He advises the 

 g to dismiss his ministers and appoint others who 

 woi\ded to uo party, and who woul^i deserve the 

 fidenec of all Spaniards, as well as of all Foreign 

 vers. 



'he London Courier of the 28th May says, " We 

 assured that Ministers consider the intelligence 

 y yesterday received from Spain, as decisive with 

 :>rd to the war. The proceeding of Count Abisbal 

 st lead to such arrangements as will speedily put an 

 I to hostilities. He despatched copies of his answer 

 Vlontijo, to Mina, Balb^sterns, and Morillo, and it 

 3 not doubted they would act in concert with him. 

 isbal's army did not exceed four thousand men, and 

 prudently marched them from Madrid, fearful of 

 consequence! that would likely ensue, had they 

 lained in the capital when the French troops en- 

 ed it." 



The London Sun of the 31st May states that nego- 

 .ioos between France and the new Spanish Minis- 

 3 are now in progress, and that the whole has been 

 anged with the full knowledge and sanction of the 

 li=h government. Many of the Cortes have abscnt- 

 themselves with the understanding that they are 

 to be molested when the new order of affairs is es- 

 lish'-'d. Austria has assembled no army, and toge- 

 •r with Prussia and Russia has resolved to adopt a 

 icy entirely neutral. The terms offered by France 

 Spain, they say, are such as will be satisfactory to 

 rope in general. 



There is a great deal more of g^iess vork in these 

 pers not worth republishing. All we can learn is 

 It the Spaniards are about to submit to such au order 

 things as their dictators think proper to prescribe. 



TIte Greeks. — It is said that arrangements have been 

 cted, through the British Minister at Constantino- 

 ;, by which Greece is to be declared free, on ccndi- 

 n of paying to the Porte annual tribute equal to the 

 ?eaue which the Porte formerly derived from Greece. 



IreIand.~The last accounts from that unhappy coun- 

 ' represent the state of society as worse than the 



DOMESTIC. 



Bmktr Hill Monument Association. — .4t the late 

 sessifu of the Legislature of Massachusetts an act was 

 passel to incorporate a company with this title. An 

 Address setting forth the objfCts of this association has 

 been prepared, and has the highly respectable signa- 

 tures of Daniel Webster, William Sullivan, H. A. S. 

 Dearlorn, Wm. Tudor, Richard Sullivan, Samuel D. 

 Harri-', F. C Gray, Samuel Swett, and Geo. Ticknor. 

 Tile object of this association, as stated in this address, 

 "is to cause to be erected a Moncment, which shall 

 be consecrated to the great leading characters and 

 ecent!, both civil and military, of the American Revc- 

 lltion, up to the ITtli of June, 1775, to bear appvopri- 

 a:e descriptions, names and dates." It is added that 

 " as soon as arrangements can be concerted, appeals 

 ■flill be made through committees to individuals. .\11 

 ■still have an opportunity of contributing as their ability 

 o| inclination may prompt. The smallest donations 

 ^^ilI be gladly received, and the humblest citizen may 

 htve an opportunity of saying that he has contributed 

 something to testify his respect for the labors and suf- 

 feings of his ancestors. An exact account of all sub- 

 saipt.ons will be kept-, those of each town entered 

 separately, and the name of each donor rt-corded in a 

 ptrmauent volume, to be deposited and preserved in 

 til' monument." 



Robbery of the Mail. — On the morning of the 7th 

 in-t. about 2 o'clock, the mail stage from Philadelphia 

 to Baltimore, was robbed about Ifl miles from the last 

 iiEntioned city. A rail fence had been thrown across 

 th? road by the robbers, which stopped the stage. — 

 1 iree men advanced, at vi horn the guard discharged 

 hii blunderbuss and tv.'o pistols. Although some of 

 tic shot took effect, the robbers knocked down the 

 giard, and compelled the driver to flight. The guard 

 WIS held in duresse by one of the robbers, while the 

 otiers rifled the mail, and the whole retreated. The 

 ahrm having been given by the driver, a party pro- 

 ceeded to the place where the crime was perpetrateel, 

 a :hirt was found, which it was ascertained belonged 

 to Me of the laborers who worked at a forge in the 

 vidnily, and it was found that the robbers were work- 

 mei, whose names were Ward, Emmenheiser, and 

 .Moere. The latter confessed the crime, and they were 

 all tommitted for trial. 



Jf'indows. — The Baltimore Morning ChFOnicle, in 

 noticing the recent death of a child by a window sash 

 lallingbn its neck, has some remarks respecting the 

 mannei of their construction, which it considers unsafe, 

 and recommends windows to open like folding doors, 

 as preferable both for ornament and safety. This im- 

 provet} mode of making windows, we are informed, 

 has betn adopted in many of the large cities of Europe, 

 and travellers who have returned from their tours in 

 that country are so convinced of the superiority of con- 

 struction in the manner of folding doors that they are 

 surprised not to find them adopti d iu this country, 

 where the useful arts are in such a high state of im- 

 provement. 



The constituents of Mr. McDufHe, of South Carolina, 

 have recently given Iiim a dinner, at which he made a 

 long speech. 



AGRICULTURAL FRE.MIUM, FOR IHF. BEST 

 MANAGED FARM. 



AT a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Mass.a- 

 chusetts Society for promoting .Agriculture, held 

 at the President's, 12lh July, llliS, it was 



Voted, That this Society will grant as a premium 

 to the ouner of the bal citllirulcd Farm uilhin the. pre- 

 cincts of the several Ai^rieutluriil Societies of the 5/fl/f, 

 the sum of Thirty Dollars each, in addition to the pre- 

 mium which may have Ijeen awarded the claimant by 

 the local Society; and that it will accept, as full evi- 

 dence of the meiit of the claimant, a certificate sigiicel 

 by the President of the local Society, certifying that 

 such person was declared by the Society or their Trus- 

 tees, entitled to the pi-emium within that district ; — 

 that the applicant shall, however, in all cases, be held 

 to exhibit to this Society, a statement of the extent of 

 his farm ; the state and plan of his farming buildings; 

 his mode of collecting and managing manure ; the 

 number of domestic animals usually supported thereon ; 

 the quantity and quality of land under cultivation, and 

 his usual mode of culture, as well as the average a- 

 mount of his crops, of all sorts. 

 A copy from the record, 



BENJ. GL'ILD, Assistant Rec^c; Sec''y. 



July 10, 1823. 



