Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-04-30

Pc KING Jor Seed Corn -Tskeh
bacco leaves, cot them small. ~.
make a strong Infusion Of them inv U
water poured upon them in large ~
The Infusion must not be boiled
tina, would carry of in vspour Ia.
portion ofihe most valuable princ;,E
she essential oil of the tobacco W.
this Infusion is cold, dissolve in il ~.
or two pounds Of common gum srab;".
when the gum arabic is dissolyed
pound or more Of the -four of sulnbu,
may be added.
This infusion has been recently usea
in England with great effect in n.
picking Of wheat or barley seed. /, il
not necessary that The grain should /. !
10 the liquor above haitian hour. Tbs
grain should be put in the infusion IN
large tubs; and, when taken up. NM
into bags, and the bags suspended over
the tubs until The Infusion is entirely
drained off. When this is done. let n.
seed corn be spread upon canvas,
sheets in the sun air, if dry weather.
bot otherwise, on the sheets ca The
barn floor When spread in The qusn.
t',y of four bushels, sprinkle over i
Q pounds OF fine flour OF sulphur. and
rake the seed over and over again. 10
sepsra'eihe grains Ii the grains 40.
pear still TO adhere 10 each other. Il
will he proper to add little fine sand
TO make them separate freely for sow.
ing. The destructive ground grub " i'll
not readily attack seed picked with
this Infusion, and The spring it gives 10
the vegetation is astonishing.
An easy and expeditions method Of
propag ating fruit trees, by groftins
IN The root - Early IN the spring, tai.
up the root Of a young apple tree, Of
four, five, or more years growth,
such as will afford a good spreadir,
root; cut the root in pieces of six os
seven inches long, provide parcel AZ
scions of such good apples as you
choose: one of these, graft into the
thick end OF one piece Of the root; Ia.
king care that one side Of the bark Of
the scion be even with the bark Of the
root. Tie them close together; plant
them where you wish your orchard to
he. so deep that the " hole root, and
par, Of the scion, will he covered with
earth. Few oflhese gratis will fail,
and they will quickly bear fruit.
~The last news from ssbinetoa
place il beyond doubt, that Major Hem
~ Lee, has been appointed BY President
jackson. Consul General to Algien!
This has excited some amuseing speca.
latisns at the Metropolis. One says thai
the Hero, determined 10 reward ID,
Mai or for shivering various lances I'll
this service, could think Of no situaia
so well adapted to his taste, as AlgiesI
Another account SAYS that the Majora(
bonourablv hanisbed TO AIeieTs. that b.
may have leisure to prosecute the HeToi
biography, which he could not so wed
! do, 10 the whirl Of politics at home; o.
theirs insist that Duff, jealous Of To,
Major Influence over the President
which he is DESTROYS Of menopoliziag b
himself, managed to get him packed d
to Algiers.- Bot while accounts vary
the motives they assign Cor the Maori
appointment, all of them concur in th
extreme and even beautiful propr;et
and fitness of the thing itself! Then
is an adaptation in the srpointmeA
which speaks much for TIE Here's So
sacity and knowledgeof things. Msjal
Lees being sent MINISTER PI.ENt
P0TENTIARY to the Dey of Algien
rsdee ms President Jackson's faults %
the appointment Of Kendall and soss
others Richmond Wing.
i tits stated in the Connecticut Mirror
that $50 great is the excitement among
the Republicans of Hartford, in conss
quence Of the appointment Of Mr.. B@
jnmin Norton, Federal Editor, as Post.
master, that two agents have been sen'
on to Washington to demonstrate" ;.
The Hartford Courant observes o.
Nv, Law, who was removed to make
room for Mr.. Norton, that as uaa
and public officer be enjoyed the es'
TEEN and Conscience of bis fellow eit''
gems. and, though never conspicuous as
a psrtizan. he has ever been Repubil-
! can of the old schoolD Had he been @