VOL. XV. NO. 34. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL 



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and embellish life, and which contiibute so mucli 

 10 our enjoyments, are here. 



In a recent state of society and in a mixed com- 

 munity, many years must elapse, numerous gen- 

 erations pass away, before these inestimable bles- 

 sings can be realized. 



The faimers, from their numbers and peculiar 

 situation, form th ; bone and sinew of our coun- 

 try ; sparse and scattered, they are exempted from 

 those agitating passions, those sudden outbreaks, 

 which convulse men in crowded cities ; they are 

 relieved from the vanity, the pride, the rivalry, the 

 crime, incident to multitudes of men crowded 

 within the narrow bounds of a city. A city is a 

 volcano, at times belching' smoke, and flame, and 

 desolating lava, but its destructive effects are con- 

 fined to a small circle ; the smoke is disjjersed 

 and the sparks quenched before they reach the 

 abode of the husbandman. Let us have intelli- 

 gent, industrious and contented farmers, and there 

 will be nothing to apprehend for the stability, the 

 union and constitutional liberties of our country. 



ted inch pine board, and was flattened against a 

 brick wall behind it. 



Some apprehension was entertained that, from 

 the contiguity of the charges, accidental ignition 

 might be produced. To jirove the entire tree- 

 dom of this rifle from this danger, Mr Cochran 

 placed loose jiowder in the chambers over the 

 balls and around the caps; and, so circumstanced 

 it was discharged as safely as before. 



Captain Ramsay observed that, witli the closest 

 scrutiny he could not discover any objection to | 

 Mr Cochran's invention. And Lieutenant Scott 

 says, that for simplicity, it surpasses any thing of 

 the kind he has ever seen, and that its quality as 

 a firearm, can be summed up in three words — 



" IT IS PERFECT." 



The foregoing is the substance of the reports, 

 the terms being, in general, unchanged, and not 

 in any instance strengthened ; and after these tes- 

 timonials, the writer would deem it impertinent 

 to add his own favorable impressions and convic- 

 tions. The thing hasbeen exajnined and estima- 

 nated at the right quarter. — Washington Globs. 



Spontaneous Combustion. — Farmers^ look 

 out — take warning — .and be careful to have your 

 Hay well cured, before you put it into your barns. 

 Mr Seth Root, of Otis, in this State, lost fifteen 

 tons of good hay, by putting it into his barn too 

 gre.en, notwithstanding he had taken the precau- 

 tion to give it a good sprinkling of salt. 



For several days, Sir R. noticed his hay-mow 

 to be gradually sinking at the centre, and was 

 much perplexed to divine the cause — the last 

 week having occasion to ascend it, to throw down 

 some hay for his cattle — had taken ofi" but a 

 small quantity, when on a sudden a stream of 

 flame, smoke and cinders burst upon liini, that 

 well near suffocated him, at the same time his 

 feet gave way he found himself ingulphed to his 

 shoulders in smoke and embers, from which situ- 

 ation he fortunately very soon extricated Jiiinself, 

 rather singed, and gave the alarm df fire; his 

 neighbors by timely exertion, extinguislied the fire 

 and saved his barn. The hay was put into the 

 barn, the fore part of .\ugust, when ignition took 

 place, and why no indication of the fire was soon- 

 er discovered, is left to the decision of the learned 

 and curious. — Hampden Whig. 



Honey. — lo passing through the garden em- 

 ployed by the American Institute, our attention 

 was directed to some boxes of Honey, of a clear 

 white and beautiful transparent appearance, such 

 as has seldom been seen in the New York mar- 

 ket. It is presented by Messrs Wincox & Cone, 

 of West Broomfield, Ontario County. One of the 

 firm has furnished us with the following state- 

 ments. — .v. Y. Gazette. 



'• Last spring we had not far from 220 swarms, 

 this fall we had 420 ; nearly all the young swarm 

 are good to winter over. We have taken from 

 our bees, 700 lbs. of box or cap honey ; in addi- 

 tion to this, we furnished all in the vicinity where 

 we live, with boxes, showing them how to man- 

 age, promising to buy all the honey that was built 

 in them. This added to our own, made 5,651 

 lbs. All of this was taken away without destroy- 

 ing a single swarm of bees. Near seven-eighths 

 of this honey, was of the white, such as is exhib. 

 ited to-day ; it arrived in New York market the 

 ninth of September; near two-thirds of it is al- 

 ready sold. AVe have adopted this plan to make 

 our bees profitable, and not destroy an insect that 

 is such an exarajjle of iS'idustry." 



Valuuble Imporlatton nt EnglUK Stock. 



A great treat to the admirers ofblooded Stock, 

 was afforded on Saturday last, on board the Ship 

 China, which was enjoyed by a large number of 

 citizens. A collection of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, 

 and Dogs, imported for those enterprising gentle- 

 men. Cols. Hampton and Singleton, were, through 

 the politene.ss of Cajjlain Larmour, examined by 

 those dis|)Oscd to view them, in the different apart- 

 ments in which they were so safely brought out, 

 and in such fine order, as lo show no other ap- 

 pearance that they hail jr.st been led from their 

 appropriate lodgings on shore^ where they had 

 been receiving every required attention. Their 

 landing was effected in the course of the afternoon 

 and evening, and that in a manner which preven- 

 ted ev^n the possibility of an accident. 



The following is a list of the importations fjlr ' 

 Col. Hampton. 



A bay yearling colt, by the Colonel, out of Post- 

 huma, by' Whalebone — cost $1600. 

 A bay filly, by Einilins, dam Ada. 

 A chestnut filly by the Colonel, out of Peri — 

 a beautiful animal. 



A chestnut filly, by Prima, out of Dolphine, by 

 Whisker. 



A bull and cow of the short horned Durham 

 breed — a pair of really splendid animals — the 

 latter of extraordinary size. * 



Six sheep, rams and ewes, of the pure Leices- 

 ter breed. 



Col. Singleton's importations are as follows : — 

 A brown filly, by Sultan, out of Rachel. 

 A bay filly, by Traiil>y,out of Elfida, by Whale- 

 bone. 



A bay filly, by Chateau Margesx, out of Curi- 

 ose. 



Five couple of Fox Hounds. 

 A selection of full bred Setters. 

 A couple of beautiful white Euglish Terriers. — 

 Cliarleston Courier. 



Mr. Cochran's manv-chambered Rifle. — 

 This rifle has just been submitted to a fair, but a 

 strict trial, at the United States Arsenal, in this 

 city, and the writer has seen the report «f Capt. 

 Ramsay and Lt. Scott, under whose supervision 

 the trial was made. The rifle was fired one thou- 

 sand and eight times, and was in the same order 

 at the termination as at the commencement of the 

 firing. 



In order to test the influence of rain, and wet 

 from other causes, water was put into the cham- 

 ber, and left there for an hour and ten minutes ; 

 the rifle was then discharged, and with the same 

 effect as before. The cylinder in this rifle thus 

 tested, contained nine chambers — and in a com- 

 parative trial, instituted between it and Hall's car- 

 bine, both pieces having been loaded, the whole 

 nine discharges were made from the rifle before 

 a second could be made from the carbine. 



During the whole trial not a single cap missed 

 fire, and at the distance of one hundred and fifty 

 yards, with ten grains of powder, the ball perfor- 



Mr Whitmarsh, and his Agent here, Mr C. P. 

 Huntingdon, are both assailed in the Genesee Far- 

 mer and Albany Silkworm, with un.^paring sever- 

 ity, because the mulberry seed they have sold does 

 not at all germinate, and because it is not the gen- 

 uine Morus Multicaulis, but as Mr Whitmarsh as- 

 serts, a Chinese Mulberry of superior quality. — 

 These gentlemen are charged in very unequivocal 

 terms, with practising on the credulity of the pub- 

 lic and imposing upon them with gross decejition 

 and fraud. Mr Whitmarsh and his agent here are 

 altogether superior to any thing in the form of 

 wilful deception. They neither of them would 

 stoop to the slightest species of fraud, and we 

 pledge ourselves to those who do not personally 

 know these gentlemen, that their integrity and 

 honesty cannot he impeached by any man. i'/e 

 refrain from farther details, as they both will jiub- 

 licly set right this matter. — .Northampton Courier. 



Economy is the parent of integrity, of liberty 

 and ease, the beautiful sister of temperance, of 

 cheerfulness and health. 



New Herb for Cattle.- — We find in a French 

 paper an account of a new plant, the name of 

 which is not given, lately introduced in England, 

 as a forage for cattle. It was discovered growing 

 on the shores of Hudson's Bay. This northern 

 plant po.sscsses the peculiarity of sending out new 

 sprouts as soon as it is cut, thus keeping uji a sup- 

 ply for the whole season. It bears the most rig- 

 orous winters, it affords a most nutricious food 

 for cattle, and flourishes best in cold and damp 

 grounds. The English faimers look upon it as 

 an important acquisition. 



PRnNiNG Gooseberries. — A very suitable sea- 

 son for i)erforining this o]!eration is in winter, and 

 it :nay be done whenever mild or open weather 

 will permit. Gooseberries, in order to produce 

 good fruit, should be kept thin of branches; all 

 the irregular and crooked ones, and old worn out 

 bearers, should be cut out, leaving the most thrifty 

 and the straihgtest shoots, which would be at near- 

 ly equal distance asunder. As the admission of air 

 and light is essential to the perfection of the fruit, 

 it will generally be necessary to prune off all su- 

 perabundant shoots of last year's growth, and the 

 lateral shoots on the larger branches, always cut- 

 ting closely, so as to U?ave no stumps. A good 

 terminal shoot should always be left to each branch 

 except it be unusually long, when it should be 

 removed and a good lateral one left in its place. 

 — Yankee Farmer. 



