nurihs of lis whole size. ' So that, I should
think, that the .second week in July would be
Wite' early for -Pennsylvania ; ami- the J""'
... a . a r.:
RALEIGH, (N.C.)
r '. . .. . half -.1. 0. miiIii Ann iin-h fnii KfMl
n be m id -N papai- r r This is very material ; lor, u tne young ana
inserted
m"v.. -....; h auk.
thrtc foronc'dyjuri Mr. iwemy-u'e qcn.. --
'.iirMiU. not eioeean; t".
sequent iiwerlimi : wl m lilte proportion "wre
: m Muarjn HllinWF 111 IIIIK.Ir lllllll lUUt kV"l w
- wnt cnm;Mny d.w Jr.rn pH-m unknown to the
editor. - ,
ftTXo subscription can in any cms be received wi
, . ..tW9l 11 m advance : iil'lOOUi
t!oiuuee wiiW payment or ?rc.r.;i, link?, jit tn$
"option of tVc4Uor.t . . - . ;
ithnu
scon
Baral Economy.
XB.0MTHE HEW YORK EVENIN fo'f, ;
- f . JJWe Park,22st June, 1 81S. ,
w 'pop Rnl rn .
hent tlievmar notw east v recover.- it is
- V , . - . ; ( . .
the Ionic ana nne autumn mat Qeg me qusi-
ncss in this culture Tthe warm afln auring me
da, and the heavy dews by night. Tbe later
thu autumn cnus, tno later yje, sowing may
take plaie r " : j
To tlose eenilwnertrwhi may buy the seed.
without seeing the JWe look, I beg . leave to
ohservs, that to nav any thing www having,
the ground muso m, the plahta put at
large distances at an early ago good and deep
hoeiftg or pluughiog between for I bold out
no lioiie to those who tluovv seed In o the
erountl and tn leav the work' to JVaHre,
paten up and lie field rich as a garden. , Thirf world, have refuted the invidious criticism of
hirh was o the farm of a Mr Mil ward, ati his enemies, confirmed the public judgment
Htchfield, w9, as far as I recollect the fin , and fully established his fame. Thus, althnue-h'
rt sight of the kind that I ever saw j but I havegiven an independent opinion of his
somewhat tpuroaching it is generally to be performance, I fan baldly reply -to the cold
seen in , ongjanu ano tnougu ine lurnips cavils of anti-contemporarianism, and the an- , ,
must oe stacked, here i see very little incon- onymous publications of malevolent jealousy j v
venience in that. The only precaution is to that I am not the creator of a new fame, 01
give to tbe fatting oxen and to the Sheep in the promulgator of a singular opinion. The .
n wwiircn u Hiiw iwjf, hiuiir uit uicir mr-i invnoness, woicn is, wounueu ay ine success ot V
nips, ini orjor to prevent laxity tuu great j tbe painter, may asperse ft impartiality t but, "
With the opinions, and with a strong de- believe me genUemen, although I could be the
sire to pronwle the interests of agricult ure and friend and admirer of a Raphael, or Lionar-
gardcning id America,-1 have taken and am do da Vim i, I could not of pw alave or para
taking, raeaf res for a supply of good and rue site of either. . . '.-L'f . .
seeds of e?( f kind that t think wt'l be, uae-l Like your hardy nine IfJftff its trreen head
a. . a ..--I - - - - J W r
nil j ana should return borne berore their amidst toe Alpalachian as, the mind of
ft
Sirl-T do mvself thf honor ti enclose you
- jrciei whtcr J Think tlfceir ranptf of Vuil4 ftice to the wetidti. whh h,r we all know;
tc utility. II you snouui oe 01 ma same opi
.njon, I beg you to insert it in y.mv, paper as
re the. lire-occuuants of every soil.
t As to the inducements to cultivate this root
aom as may tie convenient, because me sea-;; America, the idea is by no means new to
aon of turnip sowing approaches fast, and the me. Aew years ago, in walking with Mr.
speedy publication of this article in ty pre- ; uICHAHD ttARiM AK, an excellent neighb? In
vent, many persona Irom committing errors
as to the time of 'sowing. :
I am sir. .your most obedient,
And most humble servent, v.
Wm. COBBETTa
TOFAtt'4ERS AND; GARDENERS,
A ml nartinniarlv to thise eentlbmPil w 10 have line over. 1 laid the plan of doing it : and ac
written to mc on the subject pflthejliifa tualW had the littlebook printed and sent4t ;ou
t t Baga cultivainw
arrVaU mvhfcnd MrJohn Moreau, will be this Nestor of Daintinar exw'ts. in the doen
chieCJy.pdsted with the fulroient of iriy in- winter of his years, ttecri. of teprinW
tentia4a :JnfCt. To sav so much oflln this last work ha'trtir&itft hfai dkfiruuili.'v
ftfie ARtHitNflrvftHr tilMinst' but M M'rif IMT WWIltafJiiirr'-M-J -mmi'Se-i$iaiilm WUa' Vi.-,'
. aY....r.T. r. I - C " mt - M.T.a uuwipmi.. 'm".v
m mjr oiiigenrp iu . zcai in . una way- mere 101 me rine Ans, nirjn(10yeitVixicUTAiC
noweittats in Hampshire a most beautiful plau-1 the Wrcial duties and sablirpe truths of Re litruin.
tation ofrees from seeds imported by me from I Evennow, ;wejearn ibat.tbe people of -Ami'r-
Pennsylvania; while 11) Pennsylvania 1 had the ica crowd your public hospital m PliUadiJphia
pleasure to see flourishing and lofty, cherry to behold his painting f Chi ist healio the
trefa and others of the finest sorts, sent ' out Sick, and each retires wi n a lesson of Cwh
Hftmnshire." over one of his fields, 1 observed I from 'Hampshire by.rae after my return to tianchiarity, and a prouder seiise of his coun
tnl.im what a nitv it was that our cultivation England. I this ycar imported. Yottrftunilred fry, from th view. ; Atthe same moment, in
f this rMit, was nut practiced in America. I peaph-tree , ectariners apricots, plumbs, be. of London, we meet persons from all parts of the
nniVI it WtilUll dOUOle 1116 prouuctj. ui ine lanus o'ina wuicii i wiew vmo jcomi.v uo were, iciuiJirr,- nnu lurcigiiiirt, ine visuurs i our
there " Til write a litlle biMik and send it ; unbrtunatcly put on board the Bacchus, a capital, assembled in the same apartment, to
J Chem,'' said I.- Soon afterwards, the war bc-
Hade-Park, Ijmx-Island, June 21, 1818. -
I have now. Ivinsr on the table before mp,
a pile of letters, many of which contain &anfe;
notes. Sme of thwietteM coutniri orders fr
seed : others' for my little, bank on the subject
of the Uuta Raga ; others fi' both "; and some
express, a desira Ut have information on the
subject of the culture. The dats of thes let
ters sh-w tlie wide extent of the cirrulation
'of the knowledea of the uriircip d facts which
I have before stated in thu public prints, and
tbe language of the letters show thdVery
great intercsf which thtise facts have excited,
while it is very pleasing to mysolf. ' t'
Buti it being literally imp wsible fir me to,
find time t answer all these letters ; it beina;'
.also impossible. fir mo to comply tJt time,
with the requests of my several corrcsiin
dents, I beg leave to give Ihii otibgeneral an-:
a-a.Wuagh.tim hnMic .urinis. -i -
' To tluiee gentlemen who have written" J5r
teed, I have to say, that, in all the cases,
whdre I can do it, I will fuUy comirfy ' with
their request ; but that in every" cafe, I will
semi thein a small q uantity of seed in a post
letter ; and this 1 shall di whether X- have
received ; money or riot Berausc, I well
know hovf anxious men are ujmjii such I sub
jects, and because I wish very mu h' that nu
merous persons may (though upon a Sma'l
London ship, instead of being, as 1 wished, contemplate Death upon the Pale Hor.se, the
seijt to Liverpool. They lay five months on consummation ofhis labours and his glory,
board .Thry served onlv to make a fire ;or, Araericansi you potlotho tombs ! of his
to my friend, Mr. Johjt Miiugan, of Phila-; I am inrsuaded.they would in a few years, kindred, and claim the honour of his birth
delDhia. Political events of ercat interest a-" have staked the whole country. Whether I and genius for the NEiV WORLD. - But
-rose, however, and took up all my time. remain knother year or hot, I shall not aban- proud of the EnglUhf blood which flows in
Vi. n I was comine out last year I brought don this project. " .'-v'vr,;:;-' his veins, of his r.sidun:.c for mirejthaa half
little hair of rula basa sefd. I had the lit- With the exception of the treatment I ex- a century In our island,, and the execution of
tie bae fonly a few pounds) in my hand, one pcrionced from .'the assembly of Pennsylvania, his celebrated performances JtereJSriglishmen
ii. - i 1 .i ; ' - i II.:.. I ui i.......
dar in the caoin oi uie stiiu. ana rcmeuiocr, or miut-r irom apart or u, i jib mci, in im jubuj uwm imu o an cnviuuic iinnuur-
J. r1 --!- . i ' ?.i a.- j l. -i -i .;.. I it. Jj.i! .:. : ' .1." T
saying to Mr. ArroR. a ieiiow:paHsenger . coinurj, yrnii every iiuug w ue pieast-u au io tuuim; u, n amipuvn, in iinj tjuu.
I shall be deceived, if this seed do not, in and to e grateful fr ; and though interest lour proiessional Urcthrcn of a neighbouring
its spread, somewhat resimble the mustardi will, in lie affair of -seeds, be alsi a motive State, in sending across tha AtlaSitic for his
Itoexcrtbn, I know nit in what , way, more portrait, by thepejicil, of Lawrence, whose
And i effectualy, and more honorably than in this exquisite sense of colouring and resemblance,
seed mentioned in the' scripture."
Thus far. I have not been deceived.
indeed the facta of my actual doing,-and of way, 1 fan show my gratitude towards the rank bi n as the Tl H AN of the age, have
the truJi of which facts I have taken care that country! acted afTtlionately and wisely: They justly '
mere Sliail OO WU UOHUlf l OU BIIIMII uiu lllUUUtti nuiiupun .iiminu 'iimj; vain iirip vr
nreiudice stands not a moment beforo. thero'.l P. S, I hear that some iiersona i at New- character, and furuwh a noble excitement to
Rir.b m Edorland is in mines, this one root is York are sellihe Russia turn v seed, and sayWemuTatioin. As i a work of art, placed on high
of more value to her than ail he mines under ing that they have bought it qf me, in confirm- in their Academy, its technical excellence must
eround. To it she owes a very ereat part of'atioi of which ther' show mus mature utmn 1 ng continue o give, lessons of Instruction,
net food, her .hides and her wool. But, if paptr-bags," out of which they take the seed and as an jojiour4r.firicd upon merit stjair .
valuable in Enshnd, where there are few far- u stlLin Bmall ouantities, in the market and latc theNgimeroua anlour of. Mic students to
mors, witb woodlands airgmztng imrW-fiM" hwferr-T1''ca&wt,,9 1 oayvaeeujthcAaai gualalOptinun tor,her4?th thieis-
cattle in summer, and winter, are ofiittle va- rnrit mto A 1 bott e iwhich bad a Cham, teem tor intellectual emincace ; t'r wticn com-
luc fur any other purpose, what must it be waig nt" Jable hanging to its neck. However, merce, wcaltli, and manufuctures, with eve-
here ? -upon this place for instance where I aan.be tineas it may, I bold.mysel f 'iespona-bk for ry other basisHnT social 'prosperity,- sink, and
I'he woods and uncultivated lands will carry no seed, which the sower has not obtained the ' aear-oought gloilesor war are lost Tft Ob
very well two hundred sheep and thirty head from tie, or my man in theJyFly Market or iivion, the works of "genius, after having fan
of horn cattle : with fifty or sixty pigs, along; from Mr. Archambanlt.. I am very anxious uedthe flame of living virtue for azes,; im-
froin the first week in June to the end of Oc- upon ftiis head, "having witnessed, and, indeed mortalize the memory of nations in the tomb.
looer. uiiai am iw u wmi iietniftenr cxpcrenced,s. many cruel disappointments, ueiorc me reign ot inn fine. Arts, cmpires-
My land will not J alien a tenth part ot the nun-, seen si many men discouraged and as asled roc and nourished, uiapiH'ai'ed and were for-
scale) have an early opportunity of beingiber. But if I, on a few acrcs of land, and from the sowinz "of bad seed, and ' knowing gotten. Greece and Rom? had artistst. and
a)?irtncei upon a suojoct. ot sucn great and a very lew can raise enough to lattcn the cat- that tiers are about this country many little will live lar ever.
universal interest, wuere a ppun.j or moreitle and sheep, to Ualt-lat tlie piss and to keep patches and narcels of seed, called Russia tur tlnnnv in h. wlm ritln.i. hw hu A
the moneyiwell till June again all I do not wish to fatten, nip; but which seed is su:b in about the same private virtue, his mental vigour, or excel
led, that in what a profit "is there ! and what riches in the: deei-eis that a craft resembles aaU pippin lence in the arts which humanize the manners
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of seed has been ordered, and tlie
enclosed, the senders may be assur
the meanwhile, I will keep their letters, and
that the seed, u it should be ton late for this
year, shall be sent them very early next win
ter ; when I am sure of receiving" a large
supply from plants selected and .now grow-
ing on my farm in Hampshire, and which I
wrote ho nn to have planted for this very pur
pose so . long ago as September last, well
knowing what effect my,' actual'' experiments
and nndcuiahlc facta would produce in this
country. : ' "
As to my liftlo book, which Is the Jirst pari
of thru, the whole entitled, a fears resi
dence in she United States it contains every
. thing which I know; relative to tho culture,
and preservation, and rises sind mode of wnt?
the Hula Baga, or Russia turnip.; 1 haveen
dcavored to make the matter as plain as pos
sible. Thoste gentlemen, who have done me
the Very flattering honur to ask for'.1 tasfi'KC
iions,,' will find in the little book, an answer
toaU their questions j ; and, they will also find
every possible question on, the subject . anti
cipated. To. me, who have no trading con
nections in America, it is not' easy t find the
means of depositing this. book, in- a hort
' time, in so many places as Tcould wisli.
manure for the next year.
Cabba'gt3, full as easy raised as the Uuta
Baga, are hardly of less importance', where
the summer effl is scanty in quantity. xThe
produce ii large, the quality excellent, the cul
tivation easy. A few acres will keep a large
Stock from July to Janu iry, if the sowings,
and plantings, and the sorts be when and what
they ought to be. I have now eleven sorts of
cabbages which will be ready to transplant in
ten days. Some of them will have completed
their growth by the first week in August, and
some, not till November ; and f have cabba
ges which will, be fit to give" to pigi, leaved
and "white and hard, in aboat ten days time.
It is very little ground that is required fin
these purp ses and nothing very expi;isive'l!i
the way of UiborJ' The great requisites are,
care, attention , vigilance, hihJ without these
who cjn expect to succeed in oriy tiling?
. Noi;. is the white turnip to be despised.
People seem not to kifovv,ttiut ox in andsten
arcafe,i upon these- ur Ernrl ui,!, and that
too, in prodigious iiflmWrs i and to great per
fection. Hut, then these words, white turnip'
arc applied to the whuto race,. There are ten
diflVrent sorts, very distinct.., And, besides,
Gentlemen whow ite to me, or to Mr. Ar-1
chawljault, will please to be very plain in the
wrunot names of persons and placjes. ,
7tINe7 A UTSr
X fBOM " TUB LITERARY GAZETTE.'
fortune to
nnil emlii'lliiili iif... tina tltn fnnfl-
' " 1 -"1 ; v
concentrate tlie estecmtoid attectioir rcmatc
nations in his pwn Krson. few, indeed enjoy,
like tlie American-Engirshman and English
American West, thp .rare power of forming ,
this inestimable b'liid of attraction and union.
May Europe and America, asn-eini In their lr
Letter U the dcadeniy at Philadelphia j with a esteem for this voncrable master, at the same
Upyoj tl& Vnliwl lMscnplwnoJ Mr. West s moment hasten to forget their iioints 'of dif
offered for sale in that city : and. in -order
J that bookseUem mny, in evlry part of tbecoun
. try, without risk, - be ahlo to procure? the
. . book,: I have, by public advcrtiwmient, offured
. them, thrqngh , .Vr: Arcliambudl, No 62,
.Barclay-st. rNew-Yofk,7at- the priGo'of len
copies Jar six dollars and a half. : i.
' ' There is one piint however, as to f fn
sfrucfions," which , I think it necessary to
touch upw here. , J perceive, that mviy?of
the - applicants for, seed, live in Virginia,
. Now, as to the UmeoJsoiptng, must -be yc
. ry different from tny feme on' Long Hand !
The Buta Baga plant, though sown Aere pro
perly about tiie first a July; docs not make
ny great progress in point of growth till tha
longer and cooler nights- come, -and -the heavy
news, inoeptemfter, October cives it wree
But. I have rniineil a e-nnd nilmhei' of conies I a tiirnin. thnueli in weitrht milv a mtiiiiil. in:
: - o i i ' o i
" to be sent'to the care of Mr. John Morgan, oj stead of froui six to tei pounds, is still o turnip
i'iuaueBAtai'Who wnl take care that .they are i - out I can assure the reader, that one often
nr , - ! ii .a -:.. J i t J I .' . .:., ...a. -. u .i
iuuiiiif iihs more iiuiiiirc maimer ill it man
thirty ol ono pound each there may he cases,
when this sort of root may bo very servicea
ble. it can be sown a full month later than the
rula baga AnuV that l is not a despicable
thing, the reader will know when I tell him,
that 1 once saw eight hundred sheep and lambs
all in one beld ot hlteen acres ot white tur
nips jrwhere they nad all been living for more
than two months.' It was Tu February. ": The
field had been btgm by a flock of Somerset
shire ewes and their lambs, tbe latter destined
for the L'indon' market at ; Easter. These
were followed on the same ground, by South
Down barren ewes failing. The third and
last bite was for South Down ewes which were
lambing. - There were separations by hurdles
Printing, and one of the Critical Description
ofSiolhard's Canterbury Pilgrims. .
To 'Joseph Hopkiiison, Prt'sident, and the
Members, of the Pennsylvania Academy of
4be Fine Arts : x.
Qenllemenl have the pleasureof transmit
ting to you a copyT)f my Critieal'Uescrip
timi and Analytical Revic'iv of Death "bn the
Palo H'W.se," painted from thu Revelation i Dyl
lk'iijHinm West, President of the Royal Acad
emy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture,
in London, and Historical Painter to the King.
In submitting my liftlo vtdttme to your u dice,
1 am cmbolduned by a hono that your candid
consideration of its good intention ihiy iuduarf,rafe in New-Y k
you t' overlook its defects, and deem it not un
worthy of a place in tlie library of your A-
cadeiny. ; Long esteemed the la her of histori
cal painting in the British School, . the pain
ter whoso performance I have ventured to re
view has not obtained his reputation without a
Conflict. ; Homer had a Z dlus, Michael An-
gelo found enemies in Torrigiauj and U indi-
nclii f and from the appearance of West s
Duath of General Wolfe and Regulus. to this
grand comp;?siti in, each of his works in suc
cession has roused the attacks of envy and ig
norance.. But, beside their high moral aim.
and the striking beauties of. his uerfomances
his repeated annual .election by the chief Bri
tish artists to the high o hce wnich he has so
long dignified as their head; the honours paid
to him by the most celebrated foreign painters
and sculptors ; the diplomas presented to him
by the Academy of St. Luke,- at Rome, the
mother or all other schools of art, by the In
stitute of France, the Academics of Florence,
Bologna Mtnheim, Berlin, Antwerp, Ghent.
tereiire, and agree in ul! that ran promote
t heir mutual good, 31 ay each, w ith generous
emul ition, vieing in iiciievolei,ce and philanthropy,-
imitate whatever 1 noble and vsrfti
(hiS in the cust-ins and institutions of theo'tb
er, and avoid their imtM'ifections'lind evils.'.
Receive from the nations onthis std the great
deep our mechanical iuvenri-itH, ! our improve-''
ments in thcscicncss, our love fir lite fj!Is
lettres and polite Jarts. Cut guard "ngaLiwt
those dangerous refiiiements of luxury, which
subvert domestic hftppiViesi pis iii public mo.
rals, and efTecjt th.e" mere slavery of the body
I... .1.. . ... i l' Vt . . '
u) me i-orriipiitmni uiu minu,
have recently'elected seveuj ein.-nentEnglisli
artists honorary members ofxtlieir Academv.
1 o be thus chosen by a bndy orwhichTrum,
bull is the head is indeed au ho'nourvAm m i- r
camay well be proud (if -tlnj painter ivh ise
u una .jiMtuoriuiizeu me aortie iroin- Uhv
lirolfar: nnrl thn d itlia ..T A1 ...,f I
Warren. ; ln your countrymen, A.liston and
Leslie, you will receive an important ''aa-cV'
sion. You confided them to England,. young
and inexperienced. England ivturns tht-ni
to you dlstinguighed artists, rn-the highest de
partment of painting. - in this spirit of ge
nerous reciprocity, may benefiN ever be the
interchange bet ween, the mother country and
America. I lament what I havr lost, in not
having met with any picture by Leslie; for
the. venerable JPreHident, West, speaks of
uiiuvti un uiaioric ai uamier ot power, one ot
his most eminent pupils. But I. have seti by
Allston, Jacob's' Dream, a visiou of subtitaL- '
ty j and beauty, , rich in chiaro-scuro, and
forms of celestial grace and elegance ; a pipingV
i, ' . i
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.'to keep the flock distinct. And thus was all America, aiid by every of her Academy in the. youth,' an image of the pHrest sensibiliiity
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