Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-05-05

y through this dense vapor, all the eIe-
ments seemed to be still in disorder; the
rain was mixed with whirldwinds of Sre,
Wind, and dust, and iii this time of confusi-
on the trees and all the other productions of
nature seemed to be again plunged in the
horrors of chaos.
If the desert of Lybia had sent us these
clouds of dust, those OH the east, on the
contrary chad been inundated with water,
fort merchants who came from the bor-
ders ofthe Red sea told Us, that IN the val
lies they had the water up to the middle
Of their legs.
Two days after this disaster, we were
told that the plain was covered with birds,
which were passing OH from east 10 west,
IKE the close files OF an army and indeed,
we saw at distance the fields appear TO
move ike a broad torrent Bcwinc through
the country. Thinking they might be
some foreign birds We hss,ened Que T.
meet them but instead of birds We saw "A
cloud Of locu.ts, who Just SKINNED ,he
soil, stopping at each blade Of grass to
deYour it, then flying off TO new food. If
II had been the season IN which the corn
was young and tender, this would have
been serious plague; for these children
ofthe desart are as Ian, az aStve, and as
vigorous as the Bedonin Arab it would
DE- interesting 10 know how they live and
produce such multitudes in so arid de.
sert perhaps il was the rain that had f.I.
len in the valleys which had suhdsnly
Matched them, and hsd produced this mi
grafton, just As certain windsbri, = swarms
Of gnats. The wind changing again IN
contrary direction To their march. rh-y
were once more driven back in the icscrt.
The lpcusis are of rose color, speckled
with black, very strong, shy and difficult
to CATCH"
The rev. Mr.. Buckley, Of Colcester, in
Connecticut, was famous in his day as
casuist and sage counsellor. A church. IN
his neighborhood had fallen into unhappy
divisions and contentious, which they were
unable to adjust among themselves. They
deputed one Of their number TO the vene
rable Buckley for hi. advice with re-
quest that he would send it to .hcm in
writing. The matters were taken into
serious consideration, and the advice with
much de!iberation, committed TO writing.
1t so happened that Mr.. Buckley had
farm in an extreme part Of the town, upon
which he entrusted a tenant, for IL those
aristocratic days of our forefathers it was
no sin for clergyman to own lands and
other property, provided he came honestly
by them.) Ii was necessary f1l Mr.. Buck.
ley to give some directions to his tenant
in subscribing The two letters, the one Cor
the church was dire Stcd 10 the tenant, and
the one far the tenant 10 the chu!ch.
The church was convened TO hear he al
vice which was TO settle all their disputes
.-the moderator read as follows:
" You will see TO the reDair of the
fences that they be built high ard strong,
and you will take special care of the old
Black BuN.''
The mystical advice puzzled the church
at first; but an interpreter among the more
discerning ones was soon found, who said
-" Brethren, this is the very advice which
we need. The direction 10 repair the fen
ces is to admonish us 20 take good heed
in the admission aud government Of our
members. We must guard the church
by our Masters laws, and keep out strange
cattle from the fold.-And we must i'm a
very particular manner set watchiui
guard over the Devil, the o1d Biack Bull,
who has done us Sc much hart of late"
All perceived the wisdom and fitness of
Mr.. Buckley advice, and resolved to be
governed by it. The consequence was, all
their anmosities subsidized, and peace and
harmony were restored to the long af1i6t-
ed church. What the subject of the let
ter sent to the tenant was, and what good
effects it had upon him, the story does not
tell us.
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