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S. l.. GOoDALE,

To RAISE GIANT ASPARAGUS. A writer
in one Of the early volumes Of the Horiicul-
turist, (Mr. Downing, we believe,) tells u:
how TO grow common Asparagus so that il
will always rival any giant production. He
saws
Every Que who has seen my beds has
begged me for the seed-lhinking il a new
soTt-but have pointed 10 the manure heap
1.-THE farmers best bank)-and told them
that The secret all laid there. The sight
was only such as might be seen in every
garden.
About the first OF rNoyember-as soon as
the frost has well blackened the Asparagus
tops take the scyihe and NOW all down
close 10 the surface OF the bed; let il lie a
day or two, then Sc, fire 10 the heap OF stalks
burn i, TO ashes, and spread the ashes over,
the bed.
then 90 10 my barn-yard; take load
OF clean, fresh stable manure, and add there.
10 half bushel OF hen manure; turning
over and mixing the whole together through
out. This makes pretty powerful COM
posi-. apply one such load 10 every twen'
iy feet in length OF my Asparagus beds
which are six ieet wide. With strong
,hree-pronged spud or fork dig this dress
ing under The whole is now leIt for the
winter.
In the spring, as early as possible, turr
the top Of The bed over lightly, once more
Now, as the Asparagus grows naturally on
the side OF the ocean, and loves salt water
give il an unusual supply Of its favori,e
condimen, cover the surface OF the bed
about quarter of an inch thick with fine
packing salt; il is no, too much. AS the
pouring rains come down, it gradually dis
solves. No, a weed will appear duriDg the
whole season. Everything else, pigweeds
purslin, all refuse to grow on top OF my As
paragus beds. But il would do your eyes
good 10 see the strong, stout, tender stalks
OF the plant itself push up through the sur,
face early in the season. | do not at al
stretch point when say that they are a:
large around as my hoe handle, and as ten,
der and succulen, as any ever tasted
The same round Of treatments given 10 my
bed every year
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LOUIS 0. COWAN, Editor and Proprietor.

heat is not a, all necessary, and building
iha, one may ex,emporise with saw and
jack-knite, will produce as fine Hamonrgs
as winery costing from one TO iye thou
sand dollars. The great essentials are n
good border and glass 10 protect them rom
the changes Of climate. Grapes that look
the premium at Hartford last fall, we were
informed, were raised in an old shaniy vlne-
~, no, costing thirty dollars. We hal the
curiosity OF visiting il, and found the report
no exaggeralion. We have also seen TINS
season, in the garden Of a gentleman OF note,
a winery OF his own construction, cheaper
still, where the Hamburgs seemed to be en-
iirely ai their ease.
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TRANsPLANrING TREES AND SuRUns.-Ii
is now pretty generally admitted that NIL
hardy trees and shrubs can be rs successful
ly moved in the Fall as in the Spring. Now
is the time TO do this successfully. Ii is oI
no consequence il the leaves are not all of,
Us by that time they are in what is called q
state of rest, and in most cases have well
ripcned wood. If success is desired, care
must be taken with the roots, and il is use
less TO expect success If the roots are chop.
ped or nearly close TO the stem. The prop
or way to take up tree or shrub Of any
age, is to begin three or four feet from the
hole, or in the case of large trees, more,
and take out trench one foot wide all
likely to so, then take fork and gradually
break the soil from the roots, until the whole
is bare; this preserves the fbres, the great
feeders Of the tree. The tree or shrub can
now be lifted to its future place, hole hav-
ing been previously prepared for its recep.
ton at least foot larger all around than
its roots. The soil should now as carefully
be filed i'm about the roots, taking care not
to bury too deep-about two inches below
the surface Is sufficient. If the soil Is poor,
some manure. well rotted, or WHAT'S better,
decayed leaves, should be mixed with the
soil TO 90 in and about the roots. IL the
soil should be dry, good soaking Of water
should DC given to settle the earth about tho
roots. Another necessary precaution is to
secure the newly planted trees by stakes
from being racked about by the wind Colul-
try Gentleman.
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DIrrIcuLTY OF DEFINING 0BJEcrs on
THE Moon. The following is brief ex
tract from scientific work soon forihcom'
ing, entitled the Universe no Desert, The
Earth no Monopoly:
aWhen we are told that an object on the
moon only two hundred and twenty feet in
extent, The height Of Bunker Hill Monp.
men,. can be distinctly seen by means oil
tho great Reflector Of Lord Rose. we mus,
remember that Nader considered the mini.
mum length Of q shadow susceptible ol
measurement 10 be three seconds of arc,
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C. The New Haven Advocate in le,I,s.
ing editorial upon the operations Of The
prohibitory law in Connecticut, uses the
following language:
(" Sober, industrious citizens, have been
made out OF persons hitherto inlempenie
and shiilless. Homes. long strangers 10
the common necessarics Of life are nosv
realizing the awards OF iempcrancc aud
frngaliiy. 0or streets are quieti inIcmpcr.
ancc, with its disgusting effects, has disap.
pcared 10 such degree, rs 10 make Ih
change The remark, Of even the. opponen
of the law. Our watch house has hatd
one inmate, to where il previously had
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POET r Y.
THE HARVEST MOON.

Slowly where the wind is swelling
Where the sunshine fell at noon,
Rises, DER the tree tops dwelling,
Harvest MOON harvest moon.
Now the white thick clouds are drifting,
Coming quickly, passing soon,
S,rolling winds thy veil are lifting,
Harvest mOon,-haryest moon.
Thou didsi light the weary ycoman'
Telling when the day was gone
Harbinger oi golden autumn,
Harvest moOn, - harvest moon.
Round and red above the highland,
Silycring o'er it, dusky cone,
Came the dreamer's floating island,
Harvest moOn,- haryes, moon.
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AGRICULTURAL.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

ALrdc at tls Fair and Cattle ShOw Of NE
York County agricultural Society, held in
Biddsford October 4h aud 5h.
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CoLp Winery. One Of the editors of the
Agneulimalist in noticing the garden Of j.
III. Peck, OF Burlington, VI, says:
We saw in this garden cold winery, in
which are ma,ured every season the fines,
Of the foreign grapes, and yet the structure
was so cheap as TO be within the reach Of
men ofvery moderate means. Most hor-
ticul,urists are deferred from the cultivation
OF these grapes, by the idea that they are
necessarily very expensive. But artificial
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MARCUS WATSON, Printer.
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MISCELLAN E0U U s.
THE FIRST TEMPERANCE SOCIETY
AT THE DIGGINS.

lrrOH cooorsuALL's "EAsv uARRrx.'l
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-08-27
CAPTAIN HoLLIN,s ARREST.

In our issue Of yesterday we mentioned the
arrest, in New York, of Captain Hollins, Of the
Cyane, for alleged injury to the property Of one
Calvin Durand, by the bombardment Of Grey
town. We subjoin the affidavit on which the
suit is instituted:
SUPERIOR CoURT.--Calvin Durand against
George N. Hollins--City and County of New
York, ss.--Calvin Durand, plaintiff in the
above entitled action, being duly sworn, doth
depose and say, that he is merchant residing
and doing business in the city Of New York,
and for several years last past he has traded
largely with persons at various places in the
State of Nicaragua, but particularly at the
town situated at the mouth of the river San
Juan, and called the city of San Juan del
Norte, or Greytown; that on or about the 18th
day Of July last deponent had large quantities
Of good, wares, and merchandise, which were
wholly his own property, stored in store.houses
at said city Of San Juan del Norte, or Grey
town, Of the value of $4,000, which this de-
ponent designed to sell in the course Of his
trade beforementiond that on or about the day
last mentioned, this deponent was the owner Of
frame or wooden house Of the value Of $4,000
which he had shipped to the said city of San
| Juan del Norte from the city of New York
and which he caused to be erected in said city
of Greytown, and used as storehouse for the
deposite Of merchandise belonging TO this de
ponent that on or about the said thirteenth
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SPAIN AND CUBA.

The present state Of affairs in Spain is
fraught with the deepest interest to the United
States, as TO the probable effect it may have
on the question of the annexation of Cuba.
As yet little has transpired to indicate the
opinions of the leaders of the parties in Spain
ON this subject. In the internal discord that
is prevailing, in the struggle between the ad
yocstes Of the Constitution of 1925, and the
advocates of the Constitution Of 1887, in the
sriamph Of Espartero, and the Progressistas, in
Al, establishment Of the Juntas as one Of the
coordinate branches Of the government the
historian is alone interested. What will be Tho
result Il is as yet impossible to predict, al
though we feel well assured that the success o
the liberalists will be but temporary, and tina
Spain, like her sister France, will once more
degenerate into despotism.
out there is one feature Of the proposed re
form. in which our own country is material.
interested. 1t 1 proposed-and the proposition
meets with favor fir, m Espartero and his party
that Cuba, so long me,-.a colonial dependency
Spain, subject 70 the tyran.r ical discipline of
Captain General, shall be fairly represented ]
the Cortes 1t is impossible not 20 be strnc
with the analogy presented by such propos
ton 10 the relations between the British COY
eminent and her American colonies. Sue
was the very course proposed by some Of Br
tain's wisest statesmen, which, had it been pul
sued, would have retarded, If il had not entirel
defeated, the independence Of the colonies
The world would have thus lost the most bri
liant example which has ever been presente
Of rational and constitutional liberty. So fa
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perverts or destroys the sensibIities of the
heart He would not be entirely mistaken; but
the true cause of the incongruous arguments
and perverted sensibilities Of free-soil and abo-
lition leaders is to be found in pre-exsting
decentralization. Most, if not all, of those
leaders make use of the anti-slavery sentiment
as an instrumental carry out political objects,
and minister to their selfish and ambitious pur-
poses. They can make no party capital out of
the Circassian slave trade, and they can make
political capital out of the existence ofslayeryin
the South. They cannot realize any profit by
ranting against Turkish aggression, butthey can
realize profit by ranting against southern ag-
gression. Hence they pretend to regard south
ern slavery as greater outrage than the sale
of white children by their white fathers and
white mothers, in Circassia. When men pirate
of their superior morality, and boast of their
exalted philanthropy, they are always destitute
of both. The race of Pharisees is not yet ex-
tinct, for the Freesoil and Abolition ranks are
full of them.
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LOUIsVILLE JOURNAL AGAINST THE
KNOW-NOTHINGS.

We are pleased to learn from the Louisville
Journal that it is opposed to the Know-nothings,
assuming the principles generally attributed to
them, as their real principles The Journal Of
the 23d instant Says
eve understand that's gentleman was heard
abusing us for our neglect to denounce the
principles of the Know-nothings. We do not
know what the principles of the Kuow-nothings
are. We have seen certain statements pur.
porting to como from those who claim to be
seceders from the association, and who also
claim to have violated their oaths in obedience
to what they believed their duty, but we do not
know whether the statements are genuine, nor
do we know whether they are true or false.
"The principles generally imputed to the
Know-nothings are not our principles. We
would not be member of a secret political
society, nor are we in favor of general exclu-
sion Of foreign-born citizens and Roman Catho.
lies from Office. Our views have been well.
known for many years, and they have under
gone no recent change. We shall enter into
their defense when we deem them in peril.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-08-27
MEMPHIS NAVY YARD.

The recent action OF Congress, surrenderlng
the Memphis Navy Yard to the mayor and
aldermen of that city, for the use of the corpo-
ration, does not seem to have given entire
satisfaction to those Immediately interested,
inasmuch as some Of the papers of that place
earnestly advise rejection of the muniticent
gift. 1t is supposed that, if rejected by the
city authorities, Congress may be induced to
keep up naval establishment at that point,
and that active operations at the yard will pro-
duce more beneficial results to the city than
the mere ownership of the property. 1t is no
doubt true that fourishing naval establish
ment, where large sums of public money were
annually disbursed, would bring great advan-
tages TO the already prosperous city of Mem
phis but it must be remembered that the loca-
ton of navy yard at that point was always of
questionable propriety, and Congress has ever
since its establishment granted reluctantly the
appropriations to keep it in operation. The
Navy Department has never regarded it with
favor, and it is now looked upon as almost
wholly useless by those in authority. The
issue, it seems to US, is, whether it would be
better for the people of Memphis to accept the
yard and its appurtenances as donation, or
allow it to be put up at auction and sold for
the benefit of the United States. Should it be
rejected by the city the other alternative will
most assuredly be adopted by Congress.
A very strong effort was made by the Hon.
F. p. Stanton, from that district, to amend the
Navy bill SO as to require the purchase Of
American waterrotted hemp, with view to its
manufacture at Memphis; but the proposition
was met and resisted by southern and western
men with stern obstinacy. Indeed, the una
nimity Of the vote by which the cession was
made, and the determination not even to KEEP
it up for the manufacture of cordage, AFFORD
the strongest evidence Of the unpopularity o
the establishment with Congress, and we car
only account for the faulty of the people o
Memphis in wishing to reject the donation, b.
the supposition that they are not aware of thu
real state Of opinion here upon the subject o
keeping up the yard.
We are not to be understood as conveying
the idea that surrender of the property to tn,
city of Memphis was the best disposition which
could have been made Of it by the government
but we do mean to say that, in view Of the set
tied determination to abandon operations a
that yard, it was fortunate thing for tn,
| city.
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day of July, the said George N. Hollins. then
being commander in the navy of the United
States, ordered and directed said city of San
Juan del Norte, or Greytown, to be bombarded;
and the same was bombarded for more than
three hours; and after such bombardment he
ordered the same to be fred, and in pursuance
of such order the same was set FIRE to, and the
the house and goods Of this deponent were con-
sumed, whereby this deponent sustained dam
ages to the extent of $4,000, besides the
profits which this deponent would have made
from the sale of such goods, had the same been
sold; that the said firing Of said city or town
was done in time Of peace, the goods and house
of this deponent were wrongfuly injured and
destroyed, while the same were used and occu-
pied in lawful trade; that the said George
N. Hollins was at the time of the firing of said
city or town, and ever since has been, a resi-
dent Of the State of Florida, as this deponent
is informed and believes, and further this de-
ponent saith not. G. DURANT.
Sworn before me this I'D day of August
1854. JAS. p. HYATT,
Commissioner of Deeds.
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JUDGE BRONsON's ACCEPTANCE OF
THE GUBENATORIAL NOMINATION..

L
JUDGE BRONsON,s ACCEPTANCE OF
THE GUBENATORIAL NOMINATION.
AT meeting Of the Democratic State Hard
shelly committee held at the Astor House, on
Wednesday last, a committee of five was ap,
pointed to wait on Judge Bronson and urge
on him the acceptance of the nomination con-
ferred on him by the Syracuse convention.
The committee performed the duty assigned
to them, and reported to an adjourned meeting
held on the following day. They reported that
they were authorized, by Judge Bronson, to
say that although his personal feelings were
still averse to an acceptance, he would no
longer oppose his own wishes to those of his
political friends, and that he leaves himself in
their hands" The report was adopted by &C
clamation.
We sincerely hope that the suspense in which
the National Democrats have been kept, in re-
gard to Judge Bronson's acceptance of the
nomination, has not damped their ardor or
jeoparded their success. The gubernatorial
ticket, thus offered to the people Of New York,
is one which they may support with pride.
Judge Bronson is man of eminent talents and
unsulied character. He is Democract of the
old fashioned stamp. He is constitutional
Democrat on whom all constitutional men may
unite.
The supporters Of Judge Bronson enter the
contest in good spirits, and with high hopes of
success. They do,not despair of achieving a
triumph over the Wing and Freesoil combine.
ton.
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tering IS the hope Of a speedy reconciliation Of

tering is the hope of speedy reconciliation o.
trouble, that we often forfeit permanent bless
ings for immediate but temporary relief The
world has gained more by the relentless perse
cution of Lord North and his compeers in the
ministry, than it could ever have attained by
the conciliatory policy of Chatham or Burke
The spirited colonies, which have since de
veloped powerful republic, would have been
doomed by such policy to the condition Of
Ireland or Scotland-mere powerless depend
encies of the English crown.
There is reason to apprehend that such q
course will produce material change in the
minds of the people Of Cuba in regard to a
separation from Spain. She may thus be de.
ceived into quiet surrender of the bright
destiny which awaits her, and the United States
may lose the many advantages which would
result from her annexation. Such policy
would be fatal to the interests Of Cuba. The
representation of that island in the Spanish
Parliament could never be more than hope
less minority, impotent in obtaining good, or
in preventing tyranny-a tyranny more odious
and insiduous, because disguised under the
garb of popular representation Ireland has
now her representatives in the British Parlia-
ment who serve but as witnesses Of her wrongs.
Let Cuba be warned by her example. 1t is
strange that the Spanish government has so
long failed to see that it is her own best policy
to consent to a separation. There is no one
so blind as not to see the immense advantages
which the independence Of the United States
has bestowed upon Great Britain. A colonial
regime is i'll adapted to the development of re-
sources or commerce. The oppressed colonist
becomes INDECENT and worthless when he sees
the results Of his industry flowing into the cof-
fers Of his tyrant. Nor can commerce flourish
when it is compressed into one channel, in
stead of rejoicing in the benefits of free un-
trammelled competition.
If the Spanish government is to be Gber-
allied, let it be liberal in this; and the day will
surely come when it will recognize, in the
triumphant destiny of Cuba as free and indie
pendent member of a confederacy Of republics,
the resistless truth that justice to the weak
is the wisest policy of the powerful
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Market yesterday, at one dollar and thirty seven
cents peck. The supply was small, and found
ready purchasers, for preserving purposes
Peaches, from thirtyseven and-a half cents TO one
dollar and twenty-five cents a peck. Whatever
may be the cause Of these high rates; they are at
least double those Of last year, and there is an APP
prehension that the price Of vegetables will be
further enhanced 1t is difficult enough to live
now under the oppressive market tariff and, there
fore, should The exactions become more exorbi.
tant, many in the midst of us will necessarily have
to prepare TO die
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The Drought.-our exchanges from every
part of the Union are filed with lamentable ac
counts OF the drought and the consequent destruc
lion of the crops. Texas alone seems exempt
from the general calamity, and TO her we must
look for supplies, winch, from present appear
ance, will demand almost famine prices in the
western and Atlantic States for months TO come.
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GLENw00D CEMETERY.
TUNHIs BEAUTIFUL BURIAL PLACE

IL ofthe Dead having just been dedicated with
appropriate ceremonies for the purpose is now
open for the reception the remains Of deceased
persons.
The Mausoleum has capacity for hundred
bodies, in which such friends fthe dead, as may
apply, can place the departed until they select
sites for graves.
The plan Of the incorporators is one Of equality
in regard 10 the lots, which will not be put up
publicly for sale, although they usually bring a
premiumD making the early selections Of lots the
most desirable.
Until an Office is established in the city Of Wash
ington, applications will be punctually attended to
at the present Office, in the east wing Of the build
ing on enterlng the Cemetery.
Visitors are requested not 10 drive fast through
the Cemetery grounds.
VIM. S. HUMPHREYS.
N. b. Glenwood is situated a short distance
due north of the Capitol. Aug 27--3m
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Wood Gas.--Dr. VIM. p. Mcconnell published
an advertisement in the Sentinel OF this morning,
with reference TO this subject, claiming that what
has recently been patented by Lieutenant w. D.
Porter rightfuly belongs TO him-the doctor.
The lieutenants patent is for an improvement
in wood gas generators" and the doctor says his
own is for ian apparatus for the destructive dis.
tllation Of wood, and the making therefrom OF tar
or pitch at pleasure, and gas"