The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-08-22

-Four hundred and ftyseven the above applications
havo been allowed soldiers Of the revolution the
widows Of revolutionary fifty -four to the former, and
four hundred and three to the latter The granted
to this class OF claimants for 10 co. or ls0 each
indian bureau Recent Neps from the Council BtlTs
Ageney.The Otto and Missourias Indians have been
moved to the reservation provided for them by
They appear to be well conented. Their blacksmith and
farmer with Them and have four teams engaged in
breaking prairie ground They very DESTROYS of making
improvements, and have set about digging two wells.
BY this the Indian agent of this agency,
official information is received of the attack made by the
Sioux a small party of the 0mahas at the South Fork.
The Omabas out hunting at the time. The principal
chief Of the Omahas Logan Fontne killed and scaped,
together with five Others The Omahas the Platte
river about Is miles from Bellevue and, it is sad, refuse to
the homo provided for them by treaty stpua
tions.
Agricultural DECISION Of the Patent O6fce-The PRIME
Sonte CatharneWe make the proof sheets
Of the agricultural report now in press:
The prune Saipe Catharne in climate Paris is
esteemed excellent for drying IT furnishes to commerce
dunn size abou, twenty five feet high and grows well both
pyramid and standard. The branches long, slen
der and but little ramifed their shape being rather
Throughout their whole length there grow large number
buds, each other that a branch yard long
there are often produced from fifty to sixty pums Hence L
easy abundance Of the crop Of
tree thus laden with fruit the producveness OF which is not
obovate nearly round divided by deep suture through
out its length The stem is SLENDER about three-fourtbs
cavity Tie skin fine, pale yellow sometimes tinted with
red on the sunny sde and lightly covered with white
transparent bloom The flesh is yeowish sometimes firm
and adnefng TO the stone juicy sweet and agreeaby
favored 1t ripens in the neigborhood OF Paris in Scpten
Der and October. This plum beyond its unrivalled
for preserving in dried state has the advantage Of being
excellent dessert fruit when fully matured
g In very warm dry climates, prunes prepared By
drying hurdles by solar heat alone but in France they
plums upon wicker baskets
In diameter and two inches deep, putting them into
heated Sufficiently to the fruit to wrinkle after
a exposure OF about twelve hours. The is again
heated continuing increase the temperature until
pums become firm, when they attened by pressure be-
is observed the pums from the
they arrive certain stage OF dyncss prevent
them from cooking much. Finally, after the prupes
baked for the last time the heated il should be for
baking bread in which the pums exposed until they be
gin swell and bubble when they be taken As
The temperature of the falls TO about half heat
the prunes put back remain night Then prop
ery done, they covered with beautiful white bloom
They then assorted by sizes and packed in baskets boxes
jars, for sale
IL il is desirable make what called pruneaux four
res, the stones taken when they about half
cooked and insert in its place another plum which has also
deprived OF its stone, and continue the cooking
above"
The Hon. Mr, Faulkner, Of Virginia, says that cut
tings Of the Prn d4gen, another variety recently im-
ported which planted at Hsrpers Ferry bear fruit OF
superior quality this, its first after grating.
Patents Grane1he issues OF patents for the week end
ing Tuesday, August II, 1858, are as follows:
Patents %
Design
Reissues
Additional improvement