The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-09-12


leases OF which have not expired been cancelled are
known and designated OF the FIRST class. All
claimed goods must be stored 10 these stores when there are
such at the port available for the purpose They ao to
Do used for The storage Of other foreign merchandise
vided for by the instructions Of the department All Labor
In these stores must be performed under the uperntendene
OF the officer in charge the expense of the i'm
porter OF tho merchandise and all charges for storage la
bor and other expenses occurring the goods must not
coed the regular rates for such objects at the port
ISTERioR pgpARTmESr.
General Land 0Hes.- Returns from Netraska Ter Tory
Returns have been received the General Land Office of the
field and pats of the first standard parallel NORTH from
the guide meridian the Missouri river distance OF forty
three miles, Nebraska Territory The work perform
ed under the direction Of Charles A. Manners deputy survey
or, in the months OF July and August.
Agricultural Dirision Of The Patent 0Gee.-An Agriept-
sural CeuarAuother circular has been issued by Mr. s.
I. Shuget Acting Commissioner of Patents, soliciting aid
in the collection Of statistics agriculture il being of
the duties of the Patent Office No information is desired
except that which strictly reliable Another object sought
to be attained by this Office is the introduction and dissent
nation OF and improved agricultural products and says
tho circular packages parcels which may be commit
ted the of this Office viii DO received and distributed
with great pleasure, whether they consist Of the seeds Of
guilty plants either of native foreign growth those
Of natural grasses, fruits Wild flowers forest trees
OF the cuttings sets Of thing which may be doomed
worthy OF cultivation" The following inquiries intended
to direct attention to certain points which information is
DESIRED however, That the Ot these
will not exclude amy other matters o general interest that
may suggest themselves but il is desirable that all
DO limited to matters with which tho writer is fully acquant
ed although they may relate only single subject
domestic Aamai,. What classes Of animals be
raised the best advantage in your secton Cost of
ing and value at various ages? Cost OF transporting each
the Atlantic Gulf markets alive, by canal railroad
on foot. What breeds servceablc for labor
milk, hesh wool Have yon any imported blood anil
mails in your vicinity II So state the number, breed his
tory and pedigree, ii known, and the effects crossing il
",
feeding and manag cement.
Aaimal Products What is the cost Of production and
market values, vicinity Of WOOL silk wax, honey,
eoohnea milk, butter cheese, eggs beef mutton pork
per hundred pounds Of tranpotaon by canal railroad
| otherwise, to the Atlantic or Gulf markets?
Manurrs.- What maDures most in with you, and
which the most valuable for special crops II guano bone
dust poudrette superphosphate lime, gypsum charcoal
poyed your vicinity the cost modes Of application
and their effects upon the respective crops to which they
would be desirable especially connected with any
great leading staplescottoE, tobacco, hemp flax wheat
s naas eoa. 1s cultivated to
the best advantage in secon The best modes OF Gull
vaona The d All, and average yield Of each and
tabshed rotation crops What plants cultivated
tie purpose ploughn under manure Have you any
remedies against the diseases and insects which infect
crops? What best modes OF harvesting storing
and preparation for market What the cost Ct
grains roots, hay and fodder cotton, hemp flax hops
gar tobacco &C. What the cost hundred pounds,
busbe of transporting each product by canal railroad
or otherwise, 10 the Atlantic or Gulf markets :?
Especial interest s felt at tho present time in those plants
which employed in the manufacture of cordage, clothing
2cuch cotton, hemp and lax Are any Of these crops
protably cultivated with you? If So have you any i'm
proved variety modes of cultivation, harvesting,
preparation for market
g Market and KiseAsa fardeninyPIcase to give the
of the best varieties OF garden vegetables the usual
times Of sowing periods of maturity yield given space
Of ground, and their market values What vegetables
brought into your vicinity from the North South, East
West or from beyond sea at what seasons and at what
prices?
winter fruits cultivated with the best In
ton What kinds attacked by blight mdew, in
what remedies have against their attaks Have you any
improved modes Of ultiyatpg fruit harvesting storing and
preparing it for market the cost bushe or barrel
of Transporting those kinds not perhabe to the Atlantic and
Gulf markets by canal railroad, otherwise What the
cny i the grape cultivated with you for table use,
with the object Of making wine If for either you
walton, preservation tha manufacture cost and market
value Of Ameriean wine What fruits arc sid p Your VI
Itse trees or shrubs form the best live
any been established they seriously affected by frost
Drought What the cost per rod, the annual expense
Please treat Of each subject distinct head
after the manner Of the arrangement of last years report
and if convenient leave one side your script blank"
POST OFFICE pErAarMENr.
appointment 81 Postmas,er.Mr. Terrence Wakefield
has been appointed by the President postmaster at Natcb
foches, Louisiana, IN utc place OF fahan T. faDer re-
moved.
| CHARITY AND DJAMoNps.-RacuEL AND Az Ex-QUEEH.--
The chairman of the Norfolk and Portsmouth aid commit
tee at New York has received the following note from
Mile Rachel
New YoRK, Sept s, 1855, Clinton Place.
! Mn CHAIRMAN: read in this mornings paper the ac-
count OF the sud calamity at Norfolk and Portsmouth,
write 10 contribute my part to the relief of these great
msornes, and for that purpose send you enclosed) the
Of thousand dollars which beg you to be kind
enough to add 10 the subscriptions with the receipt Of
which you charged.
Receive the assurance Of my high respect.
RACHEL.
The Tribune has been taking inventory of Rachels
diamonds and states their value at $2i5 900. TheTrbune
| says:
at was full Of strange interest to looked
that pearl and diamond bracelet those bTooc-ruhcs and
earrings Of diamond and the pearls which she
her urbsn in the second OF Adeune to think that
they presented TO her by of the sainted
men who ever bcartied the earth the widow Of Louis
Philippe, the pous and good Queen Amelia In the neigh
borhood around Clernont she may be going
about with Sisters OF Charity doing good by
stealth ard she passes many may be to turn and
send after her that hottest of blcssD2she prayer of the
poor II speaks the noblest the lying canars
which small ours bark after Rachel like all Others who
great that she has retained through life the love and
gard of this model Queen that she of the friends
with whom in her exile she corresponds and that Rsche
last before leaving England TO visit her fallen
mistress, TO whom in her she pays deeper
homage than in her royal hour
Then there bandcau Of diamonds for the head the
gift of the city Of Marseilles two bracelets in diamonds
and rrbios presented by the Russian people at the theatre