The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-09-02
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INCUBATION OF PEACH TREES.
Till the middle of September is the proper
season for inoculating peach, apricot, and
nectarinc trees s,although much has been writ
ten on this subject, and many different modes
of operation recommended, but whi'h have
been dictated by ignorance, or its equivalent,
inexperience, and from which the public has |
been able to derive but little advantage. The
truth is, nothing but experience can afford
advantageous knowledge in the art of propa-
eating trees. The following are, however,
important Cutting twigs of the same sea-
sons growth taking off the leaves imme-
dately selecting those buds which are full
and strong within the bark deprive the tree,
if It'll be small, of every limb choose a smooth
part nearer or further from the ground, ac-
cordng to the lateness of the season, as the
sap will first cease to flow at the top make
an incision in the bark in form of r; open
it with the point of your knife; insert bud
with the bark, deprived of all the wood, and
tie it with a broad ligaturc, which should be
suffered to remain upon the wound until tho
roughly heated suffer no suckers to grow,
anuedTlV luS HeNt sprung, ,nCdl eioWn lIlC lISCo
at the bud, and it will soon heal over
lf,tlod to prevent Ship Sinking ng-There is meth.
od to make it almos impossible TO sink ships, which
was known to the ancients, and is now employed
by the Chinese The hold is divided into numb rs
ofcompartments, so that ifthe ships springs aeak,
or should her sides be stove in several places at
once, those commitments which are ajoinedto
the leaks, will fill with water and the vessel will
Eeap oHO1t V'hic nl ia SScantit,lP nj
men $, and seems particularly applicable to ships
Of war. the extent of whose stores and manner ot
stowage are known before hand and are not sub
iect to he shifted about like the cargoes of mer
chant vcsscls,-Jfchanics Magazine
A Jury of Inquest was held on the 81 inst.
by Coroner Pcndleton, on new born infant,
found wrapped in blanket, and placed in a
back alley near the foot bridge that crosses
to the market. Verdict of the Jury, -" that
it came to its heath from the inattcntion of its
mother, or from cause that the Jury could not
obtain by evidence" Bat. finer.
Extract of letter from Maj. Thomas Biddle
of the U. S. Army, to the Paymaster Cen
cral, dated Prairie du Chicn, July ID,
1924.
'Three days ago, in descending to this
place Oh the Eastern Shore of Lake Pepin,
I fell upon the camp of four white men, who
| found killed and scalped, by, | think, the
Chppaway Indians. l had passed the
place where they were killed, two days
beforc-the same number of us in COM
pany.
The wars between the Sioux, Chippaways,
and Sacs and Fox nations, are carried on now
with great fierccncss. Neither nation wish to
be hostile to the whites but the ungovernable
pf tIp, inf
will, fear, rcn 'cr the communication unsafe
for small parties"
Carlisle, Pa. august 12.
A female who processes to cure all manner
OF disease to which the human frame is liable
has recently made her appearance in Perry
country. The FORESTER states that in one
case she restored person to project health
who had for many years been obliged to sup
port himself on crutches She had also ef-
fected the cure of aggravated cancers in the
breast. She speaks the languages iuently
IS good chemist, and prepares her mcdici-
mes from herbs, being very careful to conceal
the process. No person has been able to OBJ
tam from her any account of herself, who she
is, or from whence she came.
Extract Of a letter from Point Cruhee, 10
a gentleman in .Wezu Orleans.
The testament of Mr.. Julien Poytlras who died
here, has Just been opened. 1t appears that that
good, that excellent man made the following leg.
| acies:-
For college at P Jnt Coupce, 10000 dollars.
For marriage portions to poor girls of said par
ish, $4,000.
To each of his god sons and god daughters
$500.
For marriage portions to poor girls of the par.
lsh of West Baton Rogue, $4,000 dollars
To the charity hospital of New Orleans, his
house on Levee, between s. Louis and Cont
streets, and his house in Bourbon street.
To the Poydras female asylum; all his houses
IN Poydras street, and on the Batture.
To Miss Gallatin, $40. 900.
histestamentary executors, who are Messrs
efl Richard and Bea,iduc, $4,000 dollars.
The remainder ofhis fortune goes to his family y
Melancholy occurrence.--A man, car