The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-05-02
THE DAILY UNION


A Report FREQ Jsekso4 Coa-sy Ysrgiaiu gentleman
n letter . the Csassr a Patents says tst h has
eaed IN Jsckon eoaay sr seventeen years and
h- hs farmers have bat reoesy ther .ssaGOn
the production a sGTPlAs q be dieEsut o. grain
vegetables 1Gd fruits grown AuOag ten for expectation.
Ten years ago there tea b4shs q wheat shipped
from this county for Market BAT darAg the Last
abOst y aoasaAd tusAsis shipped yar0Es points
IN thu eoany for dissrsnt I tia Ohio river This
eoanty Is washed By the the OHIO
thirty miles, and ku1ded sqaars miles
in Whieh The land Is quits fertile any
coanfy IN Northwestern Virginia. and Is vel adapted
raising N abundance Of cora, wheat barley, baekwk
oAts, rye, PotAtses, tobacco and fraits-
The pneps kind 81 wheat raised in ths county Medit-
whiCa yields from twelve thirty bashes the
acre. bat which thOaght BY be degesetatp
The injury % the Wheat crops ia this county arises principal
y from
ago. BY disease ~hieh very mach injured number Of his
trees q which disd dnring the past from
When th disease hrst made appearance
posed 10 be the blight but it has since been found have
been caused By snal black insect about oneehth Of
inch long, with round bsdy and thick pin
This insect It's depredsons about the first OF
June and completes its work Of destruction about the middle
Of Jaiy. ID first attacks the snder bud, and works i way
into the heart Of the limb where IL deposts small white
nit, which il immediately leaves itself Az
the sab the leaves begia wilt and die and black
streak follows down the limb the body Of the tree and in
instances continues for distance down the body Of
body Of the tree Is materially injured appears poison
wherever touches and yet remedy has been discover
cd 10 check its devastation IL proves destructive to
trees Of a hard close grain with Light bark
NAVY DErAErnEsT.
The UHed States Steam frigafe s.ssushanns.we learn
that the United States teanrgats Susquehanns viii be
put commission to-day and expected
tsrraHssn to relieve the squadron At that station
wAR bKpAKrNKxr.
Issiyaaoa Of Army 0Eoer.--Ths following named on
in the array have resigned their eommissoas take
effect On the soth ultimo:
Captain Edmund L. r. HArdease first lieutenant
Of the corps Of typographical engineers.
Second Meutenant William A. b. Jones' Of the first
airy.
POST OFFICE DEpAKrMEsT.
have been established and the following gentlemen appoint
ec possrnssers:
Cedar Creek, Jefferson county, Kentucky; Mrs. Louisa
Miller, postmaster.
MnersrlIe, Trinity county Caforna; Samuel A White,
Liberty, Benton county, Oregon Territory; James Ginge
81 Charles ST. Charles parish, La; soel St Martin,
Boston, Andrew county, Missouri; James n. Copeland
Ne~ Texas, Aneghany county, Psnnsylvania; John A.
shsitna, Fairfield county, South Carolina. James V.
Legg, postmaster
Sleepy Greek Bridge Morgan county, Virginia; J. B.
Cunningham, PostuAstcr.
UNITED Stairs COURT
7arsday, Nay l-Ar. James sH Of Erie, Peunsrlrsnis
appointed commissioner take testimony be used
N this court.
The argument the fAc in the Of Jacob Bgelow
The United States opened By Mr.. Cor who followed
in behalf Of government by the Solicitor, who had
concluded his remarks, when
The court sd,ourBed tiI N O'Clock