The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-07-21

and baggage, with without special permit except when
authorized by this department. is TO be delivered without
examination by all these officers.
Should any passengers baggage contain duabe articles
the value OF $500 they te sent to the appraisers
for regular entry and apprasement provided by
law This regulation is issued BY the department to prevent
delay passengers from having small articles in
baggage which may be subject duty and does apply
any articles Of merchandise regularly packed to sample
packages which must in all to the appraisers
store.
INTERIOR pEPARrmESr.
General Land O1ice.Great Sale Of Pablo Lands ~ Mia-
held ia contemplation to ISSUE in few days,
proclamation for the sale of public lands in all the land Of
fees in the Territory OF Minnesota principally situated west
the Mississippi river extending from the boundary Of
Iowa to the ate Peter river, and embracing
large body of lands acquired by recent treaties with
the Indians ALSO the reservation of Fort Smelling and the
Falls Of ST. Anthony heretofore advertised but not offered
for SALE letters received at the General Land
Office we this region being rapidly settled by
emgrans from the States who anxious to acquire titles
to their homes.
The following table exhibits the amount of land which will
be offered for sale at the respective land Offices:
Oa6ces Acres.
Brown,yilie, (three sales) 2,4sl, 1856
Winona, ttwo saes) l,oaoS saa
Red Wing 6s6 oO9
Minneapoli, 1862 255
Sank Rapids 10y, 169
Saltwater loi,3A
Total amount 5,2se,s74
Acting Comissioner.-We learn that Mr. Hood, of the
Interior Department, has been appointed acting Commits
the General Land Office during the absence of Mr.
George Whiting Mr.. W. has been ntrusted with special
mission Minnesota connected with the business OF the In
dian bureau.
Agricultural Dicision Of the Patent 0Nce.The Hessan
FlyAccordng the account of Mr. Edward Tighman, of
Queen Ann county, Maryland says Mr. Glover, the eggs
of the Hessian fly, (cecidomyia deructor,) very de-
structve wheat deposited in October in the Ion
fud .hafyy Tho ri1pe of he Ada
from which, in about fifteen days, very small worms
maggots appear. 1t properly small, winged
gna which lays its eggs in winter or fall when the grain
has sprouted and begins to show leaves They make way
blades with considerable activity until hidden be-
them and the stems of the plant The number
single twenty thirty and sometimes greater
The eggs extremely minute and of palered coor and
weather prove favorable they will hatch in four days
The maggots when they first out of their Shells
also Of pae-red color. Forthwith they crawl down the
leaves and work their between them and the main stalk
passing downwards till they to joint just above
which they remain, little below the surface of the
ground, with the head towards the root of the plant
Having thus fixed themselves upon the stalk, they be-
come stationary, and from the place be-
fore their transformations completed They do not eat
stalk neither do they penetrate within it, but lie length
wise its surface and wholly nourished BY the As
they size and grow plump and firm they become
mbedded in the side of the stem by the pressure of their
bodies upon hegrowing plant thus
destroys the plant but when two three fixed in this
around tho they weaken and it, and
cause It fall down wher and die. They usually
their full size in five six weeks and then about
of inch in length After escaping from
the pupa body of the Hessan fly about the
tenth inch in length the head anennm, and thorax
black the hind body tawny less widely marked
with black each wing and clothed with fine grayish hairs
The legs pae-red brownish and the feet black The
rnaggos generally transformed to flies in autumn
The Hessan fly subject to the attacks of several parasitic
insects which less to lessen their numbers the
chief of which is the ceraphron INSTRUCTOR of (say shining
black winged 1y about onetenth of inch in length
Mr. that the stouter varieties of wheat
should be chosen and the ground kept in good condition If
fall wheat late of the eggs will be avoided but
the risk Of winter killing win be incurred Burning the
stubbc Immediately after harvest and then poughng and ha
rowing the land also highly recommended Sleeping the
grain and rolling it in air Stacked lime plaster promo
ting rapid and vigorous growth, would also be beneficial
Tndian Bureau.--7eran Indian AGairs.We learn from
Mr. Howard Indian agent for the western division of Texas
that the frontiers free from hostes and comparatively
quiet and that in the Indian outrage and murders commit
ted weeks ago the Indians the actors and not
white men in the disguise of Indians stated at the
time.