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Vegetable Calendar for August.
Cauliflowers and Brocali . —Put out
all the plants you may now have, that
are of a good size.
Cabbages. —Transplant all the plants
of the different kinds of cabbage. Those
that were sown in June, must now lie lit !
to put out; place the sugar loaves, early
vork, and the smaller kinds, in rows two
and a half feet apart, and about two feet j
in the rows—the larger kinds, as the j
drumhead, savoys, &c. require the rows !
to he about three feet, and the plants two
and a half ieet apart.
\ou may now sow the early kinds of
cabbage, for use in November and De
cember, but protect the seed beds from
the hot suns and heavy rains.
Ii you wish to have early spring cab
bages, sow European seed, to bo trans
planted in November.
Carrots, Sahafy, Beets and Parsnips.
—Sow these seeds at any time in this j
month, but they should have some protec- j
tion afforded them; they will amply re
pay for the time spent, in making the
requisite coverings to protect them from
the hot suns and heavy rains.
Bushes stuck in between the rows, and !
reclining a little to one side, or raised on
crutches about four feet from the bed,
• and open on all sides, to allow a free cir.
culation ot air, will answer the purpose
very well.
If your seed is genuine European, they |
will be fit for use all the winter, and until ;
late in spring.
Celery. —Continue to plant celery
where you desire it, and have plants fit
to put out.
Turnips. —Early in this month you
may sow full crops of all the different
kinds of turnips. The most preferable
for market, and consequently most salea
ble, are the early Dutch, early White
Stone, and early Red Top, generally used
in soups, and the Norfolk, Hanover or
Tankard, Yellow Aberdeen, and Ruta
Baga, for mashing and serving up with
melted butter, salt and pepper, or cayenne.
Kohl Rabbi. —These may be sown at
the same time, and treated in every res
pect as the rutabaga.
Spinage. —Sow a full crop of the
round seeded spinage, at any time in this
month, to come in for use in the fall.
Dig the ground well, turning it up a full
spade deep; lay it off in beds four feet
wide, and draw drills about one loot apart.
The leaves of spiunage, are liable to
be eat up by worms at this season.
Lettuce. —Sow in moderately low land,
for an early crop, any time in this month.
The early cabbage, grand admiral, and
royal cape head, are much esteemed.
Radishes. —Sow the short top, and
turnip radishes, every fortnight to have a
regular supply ; water often, before and
after they come up, if the weather is dry.
Onions. —Sow onions towards the lat
ter end of this month, sow them thick in
drills about one foot apart; those are to
be transplanted in October and Novem
ber, where they are to remain till full
grown.
Snap Beans. —Continue to plant snap
beans, they will come in at a good time
to pickle.
Hoe your beans which were plapted in
former months, and haul the earth well
up to their stems; this you should do of
ten, as it greatly promotes their growth.
Endive. —ls you sowed any endive in
the last month, they will be fit to put out
some time this.
Transplant them in rows twelve inch
es apart, and ten or twelve inches in the
rows.
You may sow more endive in this i
month if desired.
From the Albany Cultivator.
Seeding Grass Lands—proper time for cut
ting and method of curing Hay.
Having been requested to make known
the experiments I have tried and fully
tested, I now submit them pro bono pub
lico, with all due deference to the opin
ions of my seniors in agriculture.
When preparing a meadow”or upland,
I usually seed on wheat, sowing in the
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fall half a bushel of timothy seed to the
acre, which is limed at the rate of three
hundred bushels; and the following
spring, after a moderate fall of snow, one
bushel of clover seed, top dressed with
charcoal dust, and rolled. From land so
treated, I cut, last season, three ton 3 of
hay to the acre. My practice is to com
mence cutting when one-third of the
blossoms of clover have turned brown,
and the timothy just parting with its
bloom. The grass thus cut is drawn im
mediately into the barn, and one bushel
of fine salt spread by hand thinly over
each alternate layer composing a ton, as
stowed away in the mow. The salt pro- j
vents mow burning, moulding, Ac., and
the stock are induced to cat it as greedily
l as they would new mown grass, which it
I nearly resembles, as its most nutricious
juices are preserved, being diffused thro’
i the stem of the entire plant at that period
iof its grow th. Ifleft on the ground until
| the seed ripens, the saccharine juice of
tiie plant is lost.
The principle desire of the farmer
should be to preserve the green appear
ance of his hay, and at the same time
make it tender and palatable to his stock. ;
The fermentation which ensues after it!
is housed, secures that object and pre
vents the inevitable injury to his mea- j
dows which follows ripening grasses, j
By early harvesting he obtains a luxuri
ant growth of aftermath or rowen, almost .
I as nutritious as the first, and as much |
! relished by cattle, but peculiarly adapted |
to sheep.
It is now supposed by chemists, that
the plan of keeping a large stock of horu
| ed cattle for the express purpose of ma
nuring a farm, is an erroneous one on
this account.
The ash of all grasses contains, by
analysis, in greater or less proportion, ac
cording to the varieties, potash, soda,
lime, magnesia,allumina, oxide of iron,
i oxide of manganese, silica, sulphuric acid,
; phosphoric acid, and chlorine, many of
which substances are required in the
animal economy, to form muscle, blood,
horns, hoofs, Ac., and are forever lost to
the farmer.
Yours, respectfully,
R. L. PELL.
Pelham, Ulster Co., Jan. 21,1841.
o i'uuyw IU Ms.
Liberality.
A dirty little urchin came running up
to a gentleman in Broadway yesterday
and asked him if he had dropped his pock
et book, saying that he (the aforesaid
urchin) had picked one up. The gentle
man, thinking it was some rogish prank,
or that he wanted a penny, said, “oh,
run away, boy —don’t annoy me.” The
little fellow, however, persisted, and at
last tiie idea entered the mind of the
gentlemen that he might have lost his
pocket-book, and feeling in his pocket he
discovered that lie had; and knowing that
t contained about one hundred dollars,
he apprized the boy of the fact. The
little fellow, however, seemed to imagine
the conduct of the gentleman as singular,
inasmuch as he did not answer him be
fore, asked him to describe it. After his
request had been complied with, he ask
ed him to hold on till he looked, and ran
into a shop near by to examine. Finding
that the person was the real owner, he
handed it to him, and was running off,
when the gentleman stopped him, inquir
ed his name and residence, opened his
pocket-book, and gavd the boy a ten dol
lar bill. The., boy seemed to receive it
rather reluctantly, and said in a sort of
reproachful tone, “Thank you sir, but I
did n’t do it for that, though.” That boy,
ragged as he looks, is destined to prosper.
[ Albany Eve. Journal.
Pretty Sentiment. —The memories of
childhood, the long, far away days of boy
hood, the mother’s love and prayer, the
voice of a departed, playfellow, the an
cient church and school-house, in all their
green and hallowed associations come
upon the heart in the dark hour of sin and
sorrow, as well as in joyous time, like the
passage of a pleasantly remembered
dream, and cast a ray of their own puri
ty and sweetness over it.
Bigotry. —Philips, the Irish orator, in
one of his speeches, gives a most vivid
personification of bigotry. Says he :
“ Bigotry has no head, and cannot think;
she has no heart, and cannot feel; when
she moves, it is in wrath; when she
pauses, it is amid ruin; her prayers are
curses; her communion is death; her
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vengeance is eternity; her decalogue is
written in the blood of victims; if she
stoops for a moment from her infernal
flight, it is upon some kindred rock, to
whet her fang for a keener rapine and
plume her wing for a more sanguinary
desperation.”
The Catacombs of Paris.
Professor Durbin, in his work on Eu
rope gives a sketch of the Catacombs of
Paris. lie states that part of tho French
Metropolis which lies upon the lower
side of the Seine is the oldest; and that
from time immemorial, the stone for
building was obtained from quarries ty
ing under the city. It is supposed that
the excavations extend under ono sixth
of the city. In 1785, a suggestion was
made to convert them into receptacles
for the dead; and it was finally decided
that the remains of the millions that had
passed away from the capital during ten
centuries should be removed to those sub
terranean abodes. The ruhbishSvas re
moved. pillars were built up in solid ma
sonry, and particular portions separated,
from the rest by strong doors, with locks,
jto serve as the first receptacles. In
| 1736, the bones were conveyed in funer
i al cars, from one of the principal cemcte
! l ies, and were precipitated down a per
! pendicular shaft, into the cavern below,
j The contents of other cemeteries wore
] soon placed in (he Catacombs, whjph rap
■ idly augmented by the massacreJof the
| Revolution. A little building is erected
I outside the Barriere d' Kirfer, in. which
is the opening of the principle shaft. —
The Professor and his party descended
by ninety steps, and found themselves
alone in the caverns. They frjlowed
their guide about twenty minutes and
came to a strong door, each side cfVhich
was ornamented with pillars of Tuscan
architecture. This door was open; and
as the party pased the threshold, the
strangers found themselves surrounded
by wulls of human bones, which d* <»lare !
of their tapers shewed to lie regularly
piled up from the floors, to the roof of
the quarries. The hones of the legs and
arms are closely laid in order, with their
ends outwards; and at regular intervals,
skulls are interspersed in three horizon
tal ranges, disposed so as to present al
ternate parts of the head, and sometimes
a single perpendicular range is seen, still
further varying the general outline.—
Passing along what seems to be intermi
nable ranges of these piles of human
beings, they came to several apartments
arranged like chapels, with varied dispo
sitions of piles of legs, arms and grin
ning skulls. How new, how strange,
remarks the author, were the associations
of the place. “ Over our heads was roll
ing the vast tide of life in (he gay and
wicked city—its myriads of inhabitants
were jostling each other on the high roads
of business ; while here, were the re
mains of four times their number, lying
in silent and motionless piles in the depths
below.”
A Curiosity. —We learn that a gentle
man of this city, recently returned from
Europe, has brought with him a canary
bird, the gift of a friend, which distinct
ly sings two airs—the Hunters’ chorus in
Der Freischutz and a Waltz of Beetho
ven’s. This wonderful little cantatrice
was instructed by a blind flute-player,
and one of its other accomplishments is
said to be beating time with its foot while
singing. Instances of birds being taught
a few bars of a very simple melody are
not uncommon, but cultivation to the
point which this canary ha 3 reached must
be exceedingly rare. The mocking-bird
would doubtless be a more apt pupil than
any other. Its natural ear is‘certainly
quickest, and its vocal power most versa
tile. The secret of teaching a bird to
sing an air consists in playing the first
notes over and over again tpon some in
strument agreeable to the bird, taking care
to suit the pitch exactly to the learner’s
capacity. When these notes are suc
cessfully imitated, the lesson proceeds
with a few following, and so on to the
end. A vast amount of patience is re
quisite to accomplish the object. We
knew a gentleman in this city a few
years ago who had thus taeght a bird to
sing the first part of a popular tune.—
Philadelphia North American.
[A lulfinch , probably—not a canary.
“To make Ginger-Pop.”—Take a
large root of ginger, bore a hole in it, fill
with gunpowder and plug up. Put it on
a hot fire, and in a few moments you will
find your ginger-pop.
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Philadelphia Riots.
The whole country has been shocked
at the violence and bloodshed that have
of late disgraced the city of Philadelphia.
Where the chief blame lies, it is difficult,
if not impossible, now to determine. We
have had our eyes upon the accountsap
pearing in the public prints, and havo well
considered all the comments that we have
seen upon the affair. The following we
believe to be a just view of the cause,
progress, and conduct of the whole mat
ter; our remarks only refer to the last
riot—viz. of July sth, to 9th.
“As far as we can understand the mat
ter,’’says the National Intelligencer, “the
city was a good deal excited during Fri
day. (!he sth,) on account of an attack
by a party of men upon the tents which
hail bepn used by the Native American
! Association on the 4ih. This excite
ment has been increased by a rumor that
a quantity of fire arms had been taken
into the Catholic Church of St. Philip da
neri, in Queen-street, and a considerable
number of men assembled before that
church. So great became the excite
ment that the Sheriff was sent for. He
came, took possession of the church, and
found twelve unloaded muskets which he
caused to be removed.”
The mob appears not to have been sa
tisfied with this, though an assurance was
given them that there were no more arms,
and only Priest Dunn and the Sexton in
the church. To make a more thorough
examination, the mob chose a committee
of eighteen persons to search the premi
ses. This, the Sheriff permitted them to
do, requesting Alderman N. McKinley to
head the committee. The report of that
committee has been published in the Phi
ladelphia papers over the signatures of
the gentlemen who composed it, and is
attested bv the above-mentioned N. Mc-
Kinley. The following is an extract
from said report.
“The first door we opened,revealed to
us two able-bodied Irishmen, with fixed
bayonet 3 and loaded muskets. These
men were disarmed, and on opening the
door at which they stood sentry, we saw
twenty-seven muskets stacked along the
room. Placing out of our own number
a guard over these men and muskets, we
proceeded on the search, and in our way
found eight other men armed as above.
“ Finding nothing new in our progress,
we again proceeded to the room or vesti
bule from whence we first started. In
this room were several closets, and some
of them were in a case or counter, which
stood along the wall. We asked the
priest to open it. He said it contained
nothing but a few lemons and articles for
making something to drink. We asked
him again to open it, when we discover
ed a keg of powder, some percussion caps
and buck shot; and on account of this
quibbling of the priest, we were artxious
to open a closet which was under the
stairs, leading from the vestibule to the
room behind the altar. The priest here
said that the closet contained private pro
perty belonging to his brother, W. H.
Dunn, and some small articles belonging
to himself, and objected to open it, sta
ting that the key of that place had never
beenin-tho hands of any other person
but himself and brother.
“No denial would be listened to, and
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IW e, whose names are hereunto an
nexed, desirous of forming a Society for
■ our mutual benefit, and to guard against
I a pernicious practice, which is injurious
to our heahh, standing and families, do
j pledge ourselves as Gentlemen, not to
| drink any Spirituous or Malt Liquors,
trine or Cider.
accordingly the closet was opened; in it
were found several single and two double
barrel guns, and several pistols, and sev
eral hundred cartridges, some of which
had eight, ten, or more slugs or buck
shot in them, and upon examination of
seme of the fowling pieces, they had se
ven, eight, and even nine fingers loads in
them. We found thirty-nine muskets,
including those stacked in the room and
those in the hands of the men, nine pis
tols, two swords, seven single barrel ind
two double barrel guns, three pikes or
bayonets fixed on pieces of wood, similar
to brush handles. Affer having finished
the search, Win. 11. Dunn made an ad
dress to such of the committee as were
present, in which he stated that for fear
any wrong impression might go abroad
against the Sheriff, himself, and his bro
ther, he would say that he told the Sheriff
the number of men and arms that were
in the church, and woul sav further, that
they had been on the premises since the
Bth or 10th of June, having been obtain
ed by an order from Governor Porter, and
that he, Wm. H. Dunn, held a commis
sion from General flubbdfl, constituting
him a Captain of a company of men to
defend the church.
“He also said that in the evening of
the Fourth of July he had one hundred
and fitty men in the house drilling them.
The Sheriff said he knew of the arms be
ing in the church, having been told bv
the pritst and Mr. Win. 11. Dunn, anil
subsequently the priest said that he had
received on the Fourth of July, a letter
stating that the church would be fired on
the fourth, fifth, or twelfth of July ; hence
the necessity of arming the building.”
As bearing on the proper appreciation
of these facts, we quote from the charge
oi Judge Jones at the Court of Quarter
Sessions at Philadelphia, July 15th.
“The Judge reviewed the Constitution
and the law, in relation to the right of
citizens to have arms for defence of uieni
selves, which he said did not permit peo
ple to assemble at places with arms,
except under some recognized authority.
Every such gathering is what the law
denominates an unlawful assembly, and
every person engaged in it is punishable
for the misdemeanor; and this even if
they do not proceed as far as a turbulent
outbreak ; for when such outbreak does
occur, it is riot or high treason, according
to the object in view. The depositing of
arms in a church or engine-house, or any
other building, (except a dwelling, f6r de
fence of a man and his family,) for the
purpose of protecting the samo against
the apprehended violence of a inob, is a
misdemeanor, and every person engaged
in the deposit is liable to punishment.
Ihe building itself, under such circum
stances, is a nuisance, and can be pre
sented us such. Tho Judge said that all
arming of churches, in addition to the
desecration, was doubly calculated to ex
cite fear and distrust, and was, therefore,
an illegal stretching of the right of a man
to have arms without question.”
However illegal, and however injudi
cious this arming of a church and turning
it into a fortress, —however well calcula
ted to exasperate a multitude already
highly excited, —it furnishes no justifica
tion of the after conduct of the mob.
The 3heriff and his posse succeeded in
dispersing the mob on Friday night.
During the whole of Saturday, knots
and crowds of persons were in the neigh
borhood, some peaceable, others using
threatening language on account of the
muskets found in the church. The Sher
iff’s civil force was on the ground early
in the evening, dispersing crowds and
quieting the malcontents. About dusk
the military took command and cleared
the streets. The Hibernia Greens , Capl.
Callahan , were placed inside the church.
About half past ten at night, two large
crowds approached. The military or
dered them to disperse, but they shouted
in derision. An order was given by Col.
Plensanton to Capt. Scott of the Cad
wallader Greys, to fire. The Captain
arrayed his men, but before he repeated
the word, those df the crowd in front of
him had run away, leaving that portion
of the street clear.
When the word “ fire!” was .given by
Col. Pleasanton, the Hon. Charles Nav
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lor ran out and said, —“No! don’t Sre.”
Upon this, Gen. Cadwallnder ordered *