The Washington tar Published Every Saturday Morning
The Washington tar will be published every Saturday morning by James McCapyerty. Subscription rates show one dollar per year for a single subscriber, five dollars for six, ten dollars for twelve, with payments in advance. Postmasters may receive subscription money for newspapers as per Post Office rules. Advertisements priced per square with schedule by frequency and discounts for yearly advertisers.
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Washingtontar
James McCapyerty
Post-Office Department
Transplanting Fruit Trees in Orchard Use of Peat and Soil Mix
An 1843 exchange advises against using peat or meadow mud as a crude loam substitute for transplanting fruit trees. A compost of one third good manure, two thirds peat or mud well decomposed, plus equal parts good soil, is favored. Planting depth matters and surface planting can work. Fall planting is recommended for certain hardy trees, with caution and proper rooting, soil, and stake considerations.
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Uxproper
Fall Planting Advice For Fruit Trees From New England Farmer
The New England Farmer emphasizes fall planting for fruit trees to aid early root growth and vigor. It advises deep cultivation, mounding earth around trunks, using seaweed or litter as mulch, and avoiding close protective coverings to prevent mice damage. Transplanting can occur as leaves fall, with work continuing while the ground stays open.
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New England
Abolition Debate Between English Miner and American Planter
An old Welsh coal iron master and his son George visit John in South Carolina. George, a strict abolitionist, sees a plantation with enslaved people cared for and content, while John argues the system keeps them supplied without hospitals or poorhouses. The tale contrasts freedom and bondage through their observations and questions.
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England
George
John
America
Charleston
Wales
San Carolina
Africa
Abolition Society
Liverpool
Estate of the Evans' of Mathyer der B lyth
The narrator notes John has been long absent and, after returning as a Yankee from America, is curious and examinative. The results of his investigations will be the subject of the next communication.
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Evans
Mathyer der Blyth
John
America
Lexington Debate Between Campbell and Rice Draws Crowd
Spectators fill Lexington streets as A Campbell and N L Rice begin a four hour debate on baptism doctrine infant baptism missionary rem, water baptism by bishops or presbyters and the role of the Spirit. Henry Clay presides with Rev Bulloch invoking prayer as the room fills past 10 pm.
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Lexington
A. Campbell
N. 5
Rice
Campbel
Mr. Rice
Mr.Campbell
Mr. Campbell
God
Campbell
Henry Clay
Robertson
Ard
Speed Smith
Lexineton
Alexander Campbell
N. L. Rice
The
Union
Brennan
Adams
Cincinnati
Bulloch
Chinese Tools and Mechanics Noted in Observation
An observer notes Chinese ironwork quality and tools including sharp chisels planes and axes. They describe a circular saw and a fine brass-wire blade saw used for delicate work. The text also mentions a watchmaker and a leaver pun about leaving a watch for repairs.
Adzes and clothiers in a Chinese city noted in Murray’s China sketches
The piece describes carpentry methods using a hand axe and a wire fastened to a handle, plus Chinese shop fronts with sun shields of matting or oyster-shell panes. It cites tailors copying patterns, gloves as warming but variably made, and remarks that few tradespeople left the city, referencing Lieut. Murray’s Doings in China.
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Lieut. Murray
China
Yankee Pedlar’s Bold Return From Stormy Lake Voyage
In the Green Bay Republican account a Yankee pedlar named Jonathan Doolittle boards the brig at Cape Cod with furs and plunder. A gale sweeps up a hurricane force to drive them far from shore as the ship shields against wreckage. Doolittle insists on going ashore despite the danger, gripping the captain’s shoulder and declaring his intent to disembark.
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Jonathan Doolittle
Cape Cod
Green Bay
Rival Singers and the Doctor’s Verdict
Two Covent Garden vocalists competed in a bet over who sang best. After both performances, Dr Arne praised one as the greatest tearful singer ever heard, and then curtly told the other he could not sing at all.
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Wisgellaneous
George and
John Evans
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