Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-11-20

the blowing could be he ard from one hum
dred 70 two hundred yards. -Stalesmaa.
From the Deiarore Gazstfe.
ON THE ALMOND.
The soft sbelIed almond that fruit 30
remarkable for its nourisbing power and
pleasant taste. has by superstition, tor
by no olher way can account ton It been
thought to belong to a temperate Il warm
climates alone, and that we OF middle
latitude mus be exempt and depen ent
on them for . supply. But ,it agriculture
lists will make the trial, they will 6nd the
laIlacy Of this opinion. They will disco.
yer that, like the vine OF temperate Eu-
rope, their almond may be Sun csssiully
cultivated. Nor does il require the ten.
der care or constant watching due 10 the
vine 10 make ii sue, eed; but, like the
peach, il springs up from the stone, one
OF the most handsome, and by tar toe ear.
lest tree IN your garden This circum
stance requires that they should stand OH
the north side o! house or northern
q q OF a i'll y.twberf suficIenoy OF
sun may reach The nut to rIpen 1t; but mol
where the warm days OF ,'.arCh and April
may open its buds. AlIho' TO have sue
cess in bearing, a northern aspect must be
chosen, ut they should be planted in
warm sandy loan, in sunny place The
time in Sussex TO cover them IN the ground
is about the first OF April, IN thu Upper
counir Jes, perhaps the middle would be
more proper
Some FIVE or six years ago being in Phi
IadeIphia. procured SIX fresh nuts from
a vessel from France, and whan return
ed home; | planted them, and in TWO or
three weeks Iprceived them looking a.
bovp the ground; but had no expec tatiou
Of their surviving the winter However
they drt; and this year, being their first
bearing. | collected iron every Tree from
twenty 10 seventy nuts. No person can
say but that The climate has expended lie
strength on them. Witness the cold cut.
ting winter OF 1890, and IN the late frost
in Ap il, 1891, which. indeed, nipt the
Spring buds. anu perhaps would ave
DESTROYED the hope OF tru,t that year had
they borne But such lro'ts happen ear.
~. 4 like other productions ot nature, the
almond ut courye. must sometimes tail:
yet mnst recommend to farmers, garden.
ers. and Others. the cultivation ot The nut -,
which surpa. SIS the mOst OF those oil Ane-
rican culture.
From the N. Y Commercial Adpertise..
HoLeu,s CUBA Oct. 10 Sir: You
| will please publish through the medium ut
your paper ibe following circumstance,
and obIige your obedient servant,
OsE OF THE PARTY
On the morning o, The 28lh Ut Septem-
Der. BENJAMIN Drigg-, OF the schr Abb.
gail. OF New York; Capt. Thompson. OF
The schr Romeo. OF Cuba; Capt Bly, Of
the sloop Caroline. OF taIrhav, D; Mr. BEN
jamin briggs, son OF Capt Drugs; Mr..
John Mckee. supercargo OF the Caroline,
and two Spanish gentlemen, lett Port
Principe, Cuba. for N-uvItas, = ride OF 90
leagues. About one o'clock the same
day when about III leagues trUm Principe ).
Captains D lggs and BY, who we're a.
bout 50O yards ahead OF then companions,
were attacked by three robbers. who
rushed from The woods, with each car
bine presented at their breasts The
captains, upon being thus attacked, dis
mounted and prepared themselves by Ia
kug their pistols il hand, upon which one
OF The robbers discharged bis piece al
Captain Drugs, and wounded ham Oh The
len side. though not dangerou Cap
tain Bly, nediateiy shot he man who
fred at briggs. Capt. D was soon able
to use bus hand, and shot The fellow who
pr. sented his pistol at By BY this time
al .L -. 49,, am I'D enrprica Cd tho third
who was in The act OF shooting CaPtan
briggs; be succeeded in getting INTO the
woods, but was fred al and he tell; but
az it was necessary for the gentlemen to
make the best of their way, they lett the
field, leaving two dead, and he third, II
not dead, 10 such a situation as to prevent
bis robbins for some time. The whole oil
this scene did not occupy more than i've
minutes
II is necessary TO observe that Captain
briggs is The gentleman who 50 boldly dc.
tended himself against . large P'ratical
schooner ON this coast, and who beat of
The p,rare-s force OF ten 10 one.
P s Since writing the above, there has
been an arrival from Principe, and have
found Oul that there were i've robbers 10.
stead OF three, two having remained iu The
woods during the action -one OF whom
was wounded 10 the woods, the Other es.
capped. The wounded man was conveyed
to Principe, where be confessed The whole
matter, aud has been co,nmi'ted 10 prison.
Philadelphia, Nou l7.-By the brig
Caroline, Capt. jones, arrived on Sstur.
day, we have received Havana papers OF
the 3O,h ult. They contain nothing oil 10
lerest.