NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



415 



Formed on the subject, know or believe not to 

 be useful, it might be rendering a service to 

 the public, and would certainly be very accejjt- 

 ^ble to us, to point out our mistake, which sh.i!! 

 jc promptly and thankl'ully corrected. 



The Index to the first vulume will be pub- 

 ished in a few days, and immediately forward- 

 ;d to those who have taken all the numbers. 



The .Spanish forces appear to be scattered like flocks 

 of sheep without shcpl^erds. The Spanisli commanrters 

 have as little efficiency or concert as so many bfll irilh- 

 ers. The new Spanish government is organized under 

 t'rtnch auspices at Madrid, has passed several decrees, 

 and appointed ambassadors to the courts of Europe. — 

 The road to Seville, the new capital, appears to lie 

 open to the march of the French armies, and wliat is 

 called the cause of legitimacy seems every where to 

 triumph. — 



Portugal. — In this country a counter-revolution com- 

 A few of our subscribers have requested to menccd on the 27th of May, under a certain General 



named Sepuleda. The young l-'rince, at tlie liead of a 

 regiment of troops, marched into Lisbon on the od of 



lave the paper discontinued at the close of the 

 irst volume, who have neglected to pay for it ; 

 jut it is our invariable rule not to discontinue 

 my paper imtil all arrearages are paid. 



INFORMATIO.N WANTED. 



A friend of the Editor is solicitous to he informed at 

 vhat time in the year it would be ni.^st advisable to 

 ;ut cktsnul icoui., designed lor fencing, in order that 

 he timber, and especially that part of the posts, which 

 s set in the ground, may possess the greatest durabili- 

 y. Mr. Preston of Pennsylvania, in las valuable com- 

 aiinicatiotf published in our paper, No. 45, page 354, 

 ntimates that hemlock cut and peeled at the season of 

 ts peeling the second time, or in October, will be the 

 aost durable. Perhaps he may be able, and will be 

 o good as to inform whether the same rule will apply 

 o chesnut. And it may be that some other gentlemen 

 ■iendly to the farming interest, will favor us with their 

 xperience or opinions on this subject, which would be 

 hankfiilly received, and may j.rove beneficial to thei 

 :ommunity. 



FOREIGN. 



The last arrivals from Europe have brought advices 

 rom London to the 8th, Lisbon the loth, aMl Paris 

 he 5th of June. From these it should seem liiat the 

 Vench have apparently succeeded in re-establishing 

 he ancient order of things in Spain, and the hopes of 

 he Constitutionalists are blasted, and the fears of the 

 riends of liberty realized. We have another " con- 

 irmation strong" that an ignorant and superstitious 

 leople cannot be a free people. 'l'h;.t knowledge is 

 ecpssary for the enjoyment of rational liberty : and a 

 iger loi.s^d from his chains is not nnre incapable of 

 eil-governmeQt than the highest and the lowest orders 

 if the people in Spain. The middle class appears to 

 vant union, n-imber, ene.;;y, courage, and persever- 

 ince, and this attempt to shake off their shackles, will, 

 *e fear, end in the addition of heavier and stronger 

 ucumbrances. 



Should we attempt to give details of what are styled 

 ' War operatio'.s in Spain," we should fill our column 

 vith petty alfairs of posts and skirmishes, which end in 

 lOthing but submission to the will of dictators, who 

 lave succeeded in dragooning Spain into that despot- 

 sm which she would have escaped if she had not nier- 

 ted it. It was not the will of the Spaniards to be free, 

 lad therefore they are not free. They court their 

 ;hain5, and love darkness better than light ; they must 

 .herefore remain the unpitied victims of tyi'anny and 

 jigotry, and will probably sink the deeper in the mire 

 >f despolisoi in consequence of their late feeble and in- 

 •Ifectual struggles to place themselves on high ground, 

 ind gain a respectable standing among powerful and 

 :ivillzed nations. 



On the 20th of May, the French army appeared be- 

 fore Madrid, in consequence of a previous convention 

 hat it should enter the city. But this was not effected 

 peaceably as had been anticipated. The French ac- 

 :ount states that the men, women, and children, who 

 went to meet and welcome General Bessieres, the 

 Royalist commander, were fired upon from two masked 

 cannon loaded with grape, and were charged by the 

 Constitutional cavalry, when nearly three hundred of 

 these poor people, composing fathers, n^others, brothers 

 and sisters, many of them mere children, were massa- 

 cred without pity, &c. The Spanish accounts make 

 the Royalists the aggressors, and tell us that General 

 Bessieres declared that he was accustomed to victory, 

 and determined to enter ^Tadrid, even if he must do it 

 by main force. A general action ensued, in which the 

 Spaniards lost 00 killed, and 700 made prisoners and 

 wounded. 



.lune, and was welcomed by the people with the cry of 

 long live the King." The Cortes were dissolved and 

 fled. The next day the King denounced the Cortes as 

 a set of usurpers and hypocrites, and proclaimed their 

 dissolution as a body. lie likewise issued a proclama- 

 tion announcing the restoration of the Ancient Monar- 

 chy. This counter-revolution suits the highest and 

 lowest classes of the people, viz. the froth and the 

 dregs of the community. But the middling class, the 

 .^armers, and others of the more substaiilial part of so- 

 ciety, are greatly dissatisfied. Several of the most ac- 

 tive members of the Cortts have embarked for England. 



An arrival at New York from Gibraltar, has brought 

 papers from the last mentioned place to the 7th June. 

 These furnish articles from Seville of somewhat later 

 date than had been received when the above was 

 written. There are some glimmerings of hope for the 

 Spaniards, derived from this news, which, perhaps, 

 may brighten into sunshine. The French and Span- 

 iards have had an encounter at Talavera, in which the 

 latter conducted with gallantry, and gave their oppo- 

 nents a sample of the times, when Bonaparte was baf- 

 fled, and his troops taught " the manual exercise of 

 heels." It was, however, but a brush. The loss of 

 the Spaniards was "confined to 10 or 12 wounded," 

 and that of the French was said to be greater, but pro- 

 bably did not amount to any considerable number. 



AGRICULTURAL PREMIUM, FOR THE BEST 

 MANAGED FARM. 



AT a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Massa- 

 chusetts Society for promoting .\griculture, held 

 at the President's, 12th July, 1823, it was 



\'oTKD, That this Society will grant as a premium 

 lo the owner of Ike best cultivated Farm within the pre- 

 cincts of the tereral ^'igricultural Societies of the Stale, 

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

 mium which may have been awarded the claimant by 

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

 dence of the merit of the claimant, a certificate signed 

 by the President of the local Society, certifying that 

 such person was declared by the Society or their Trus- 

 tees, entitled to the premium 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 ; 

 tlie 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 copv irom the record, 



DENJ. GUILD, Assistant Re^g Sec'y. 



July 18, 1823^ 



fJi/'-'OB PRINTING neatly executed at the Farmer 

 Otfice, on reasonable terms. 



PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE, fcc. 



[Revised and corrected every Friday. 



DOMESTIC. 



The Sea Serpent again exhibited himself on the 12th 

 inst. "near Naliant, with his usual bunches and other 

 appendages and appurtenances " resembling a row of 

 porpoises, proceeding with an undulating motion like 

 that of a caterpillar," fcc. He was seen, and his ap- 

 pearance attested to by Francis Johnson, Jr. Mr. J. 'a 

 testimony on this subject was given in presence of some 

 ^'ery respectable gentlemen in tliis vicinity, viz. H. A. 

 S. Dearborn, Natlianiel Amory, Sidney Bartlett, Rich- 

 ard D. Karris, Thomas V\ hitmore and Russel Jarvis; 

 and these gentlemen have published a certificate, that 

 from their knowledge of the character of Mr. Johnson, 

 they have no doubt of his veracity. Serpents of this 

 species are no strangers on the coast of Norway. The 

 old editions of Guthiie's Geography mention their ap- 

 pearance, as well as many other and later authors, 

 whose testimony, in corroboration with what has been 

 frequently seen off our own coast, must render the ex- 

 istence of this species of monster no longer doubtful. 



Thunder Slorm. — On the 11th inst. Northampton 

 and the towns in its vicinity were visited with a vio- 

 lent storm of thunder and lightning. The house of 

 Mr. A. Wright, of Westhampton, was struck, and the 

 timbers, partitions, 100 panes of glass, and much of the 

 furniture were broken. There were ten persons in the 

 house, but providentially only one, a lad, was injured. 

 He was knocked down, had his hat rent, his jacket 

 and shirt lorn, and his flesh singed ; but has now the 

 appearance of recovery. A house in Chesterfield was 

 struck in the same storm, and much injured. 



Fires. — A fire took place in Pbiladelphia on the 17th 

 inst. which destroyed eleven two-story frame houses, 

 with all the back buildings, stables and sheds in Cal- 

 low hill and Kunkle streets. A paper ware house, 

 owned by the Bank of North America, a tobacconist 

 factory, a chocolate factory, and a large tavern, were 

 amongt the buildings consumed. 



A range of buildings in Albany was destroyed by 

 fire OH the 13th inst. Loss estimated at from 12 to 

 15.000 dollars. 



ASHES, pot, 1st qual. . . 



pearl do. . . . 



BEANS, white, .... 



BEEF, mess, 20O cwt. . . 



cargo. No 1, . 



" No2, . . . 



BUTTER, inspect. 1st qual. 



" 2d qual. 



small kegs, family, 



CHEESE, new milk . . . 



FLAX . T .T . "". . . 



FLAX SEED . . . . . 



FLOUR, Baltimore, superfine, 



Genessee . . . 



Rye, best . . . 



GRAIN, Rye .... 



Corn .... 



Barley .... 



Oats 



HOGS' LARD, 1st 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,v\'ashed 

 do do unwashed 



do 3-4 washed 



do 1-2 do 



Native .... do 

 Pulled, Lamb's, 1st sort 

 do Spinning, 1st sort 



PROJ'ISIOJ'r MARKET. 

 BEEF, best pieces .... 



PORK, fresh 



VEAL, 



LAME, per quarter .... 



POULTRY, 



BUTTER, keg & tub ... 

 lump, best . . . 



EGGS, 



MEAL, Rye, 



Indian, 



POTATOES, 



CIDER, liquor, 



HAY, best, 



bush 

 tbi 



lb. 



busl 

 bbl. 



bush 



lb. 



cask 



al. 



ton. 



bbl. 



bush 

 lb. 



FROM 



D. C 



135 00 



145 00 



90 



9 00 



8 25 



6 76 



11 



9 



13 



1 



Ih. 



doz. 

 bush 



bbl. 

 ton, 



8 



2 

 12 00 



14 5(J 

 12 00 

 11 00 



2 00 

 8 

 55 

 4(3 

 50 

 4i 

 37 

 55 

 50 



TO 



D. C. 



I 00 

 9 50 

 8 50 

 7 00 



12 



10 



14 



8 



9 



80 



7 87 



7 87 



4 75 



70 



60 



70 



37 



11 



12 



1 37 



00 



3 00 



12 50 



15 00 



12 50 



II 50 



9 



60 

 50 



55 

 47 

 40 

 60 

 55 



