Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-03-20
EVENING STAR.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

IooK TO YOUR GARDENS Our fellow citi-
ven. who have gardens, or plats of ground ten
feet square in their yards unOccupied, should
bsgin as soon as possible to make preparation
IN set out flowers, vegetables and fruits.
piece of ground thirty feet square cultivated
Closely with the spade, will produce almost as
many vegetables in a succession of crops, as
will suffice, amply suffice family Of five or
persons. Two, or at most three hours labor
in il per diem, during the season, will raise
and secure them. The sweepings of the streets,
such rs can be gathered almost anywhere in a
wheelbarrow, will answer for most Of the ma
terial necessary to enrich the ground. No
one can fail to be healthier for the labor of
preparing and cultivating such garden.
Every female in a family and every child
over eight years of age can help in 1t to great
advantage. Dwarf fruits (Which properly set
out ard cultivated will commence to bear the
second summer, will bear quite supply for q
family the third summer, and very profusely
the fourth may be purchased at from 37i to
so cents per tree, and planted every ten feet
each way. They will not interfere with the
spade culture of vegetables and flowers among
and around them. We often grow the finest
specimens Of vegetables in such an orchard,
and therefore know it can be done. Such
trees can be purchased land relied on) from
John Saul, at the corner Of III and Seventh
streets; from the Valley View farm Of the late
John II. King, mile west OF Georgetown;
ssd from the veteran Joshua Pierce, on Rock
Creek, about q mile northwest of the Colum-
bian College.
We advise our fellow citizens who propose
gardening and making such little oOnvenie Mt
and snug orchards as we describe above. to
purchase at home, of such dealers as we here
mention, who have regulations at stake, and
know well that if they soil an article to one of
their neighbors and fellow citizens which
proves faulty, they will surely be the losers
By 60 doing. All may rely on it that it is far
best to purchase as near home as possible in
buying fruits, plants, flowers, shade trees,
&c. John Saul, by the by. also cells every
variety Of garden seeds. We saw afew weeks
ago in the hands Of member Of Congress who
applied TO US to ascertain where he was to be
found, a single order 10 purchase Of him twenty
thousand dwarf fruit trees, to be set out on
the farm of a gentleman in the interior Of
New York; which shows that his reputation as
a hortieulturist, achieved by many years Of
patient labor and close study of the character
and habits of the articles in which he deals,
is becoming a proud one, indeed. IL We
could have our way, there should BIO, by law,
carefully cultivated garden in every ten or
twenty feet square house yard in the District
Of Columbia.
TIE DISTRICT IN CoNGREss.-In the Senate
proceedings of yesterday, the following of
local interest occurred
On the Deficiency bill, the item of $500, 900
for continuing the works on the aqHeduct
was one of the amendments reported.
Mr.. Hunter stated that it was placed in this
bill because 1t was the appropriate time for
going on with the work, when labor was plenty
and the shores of the Potomac healthful.
Mr.. Clay demanded the yeas and nays and
the amendment was agreed to by following
vote
YeaS-MessrS. Allen, Bayard BENJAMIN
Big'er, Bright, BrOdhead, Brown, Clayton
Crittenden, Dodge, Durkee, Fish, Foot, Fcs-
ter, Geyer, Hale, Hamlin, Harlan, Houston,
Hunter, Iverson, johnson, Mallory, Mason,
Pratt, Rusk, Sebastian, Seward, Stuart, Sum-
ner, Thomson of New jersey, Trumbuil, and
WeIIer-3i
NsyS-Messrs. Adams, Biggs, Clay, Fitz-
patrick, and Wade-5.
Among the amendments agreed to were
items for the following purposes:
For repairs of Pennsy lvania avenue, 90, 900.
Taking care of the grounds south of the
Presidents house and keeping them in order,
$1,000
Filling W ard draining the grounds in the
vicinity Of the national greenhouse, $3.50.
Trading and planting with trees the unim-
proved parts of the mall, $4,000.
For the construction of sewer on Judiciary
square, $4,000.
Filling up ravine on Judiciary square,
Placing sewer openings along Pennsylvania
avenue under the fOotways, 30, SO, 900
For repairing the old portion of the Patent
Orce building and constructing water-closets
therein, 81 900
Fer the purchase Of trees and boxes, IS, 900.
For an additional furnace for the Library,
For rebuilding the Franklin engine-house
and purchasing lot for the same. S. 600.
tora5rlcuituTal Investigations, and for pro-
curement end arrangement Of seeds, &C.. I'M
der the direction Of the Commissioner of Pat
ents, $50, 600.
An amendment by Mr. Pratt appropriating
so,OOO for the Navy Yard and Eastern Branch
bridges led to some discussion, and was pepd-
lng when the Senate adjourned.
EASTER SUNDAY.-The solemnities attend
ing the celebration of Easter day have ever
oten ooseryed by our Catholic and Episcopal
:hurches ID the utmost extent Of their respect
I've abilities, but the character Of the SER
wees Of the former give to theirs a much more
imposing and thrilling effect; and we learn
mat upon the occasion Of the ensuing Easter
the musical performances at st. Matthew's
Snursn viii De upon q much grander scale
.an nthert0 produced in our city. The COM
Olnaton OF the powerful organ under the 10 as
ueriy execution Of the distinguished organist
ana conductor, Mr. William Henry Palmer,
sn a fuil, select orchestra, and the mag
'NA-CS VI TIC CuOlT, VIII lQparL 10 the
sVIemn services an unusual degree of interest;
aSEe nave accidentally learned that the mass
% ne performed on the occasion will be that
oI hummell, in Il fqt, to be preceded by an
Instrumental execution selected from Rossini.
ponng the service the congregation will De
sdlned by the grand Hslleiujah choru,
DUE DUE beethoVen's Mount Of Olives The
FTsyer," from Nose in E tito; the splendid
'opIano solo Of Alma Virgo" by Hum
neil and the services will be completed by
tne production Of HendeII's HalleIuiah,"
rom the " Messiah" But what a pity il ia
vac church Is not four tires its size; for with
present overcrowded congregation, what
.ope can there be Of the attendance of many
extra Worshippers2
lee VALUE or The STAR, as an advertising
eHoml has been made annoyingly manifest
=. ~ one Of our most prominent citizens within
me past lew days. A domestic, temporarily