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BosToS, Wednesday, June 20,

BOSTON, w concsuhgp juno 81 AO>o'
The weather here is uncommonly cold and
di.sereeable. In fact We have not yet had
really hot day-a day as hot az we sometimes
have in April and May in ordinary years. In
,ome parts of the suburban Cambridge for
example, the trees have suffered dreadful de-
vastations from species Of caterpillar, the
canker worm ss we call it. Thousands Of apple
and elm trees, which seem to be their fsvorite
prey. are blighted as if by Ere. In Cambridge
YOU may see whole orchards of apple trees, and
mighty elms hundred years old, utterly stripped
Of their foliage, so that not leaf remains. All
sorts of contrvances have been resorted to in the
epdeayor to prevent the grubs from getting up the
trses You seldom an elm or an apple tree OF any
size in the more populous parts Of Cambridge with
ont a Qirdle OF tar around the trunk, or else
a rim of tin sticking out four or five inches. So
multitudinous were the grubs this year, however,
that neither tin nor tar have wholly avaed. They
crept into the tar in such swarms that those that
stuck fast soon formed bridge for the others to
pass over. The only sure protection is said to be
a double tin rim, with compartment for holding
some sort Of oily composition that will not easily
eysporate Where this species Of tree.penning
was resorted to, it was tolerably sue ,essful
For some days past the wretches have been de-
ecenO1ug IIOm tue tIccs III
ting Themselves down at the end of o rope of their
own manufacture. They creep about everywhere,
moving with tolerable rapidity by doubling them
selves up in the shape of horseshoe arch and then
suddenly expanding to their full length. In some
parts of the country believe they are called the
measuring worm because they measure their
length They get into houses and swarm over
peoples garments. have heard of lady In Cam
bridge who ON returning from short walk found
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err lady ,!whose house is closely envroned by trees,
told me that to exclude them she kept doors and
windows closed as much as possible since they
began to descend, but to her dismay found that
they came came down the chimneys and invaded
her apartments through the iireplaces.
1t is really serious plague. doubt If the
Eastern locusts do more mischief 10 vegetation
than these canker-worms have done in Cambridge
to the trees at least The aspect of the orchards
is friphtfu; and what is worse, there seems 10 be
no help for the evil DR.. Harris of Cambridge,
the eminent entomologst, says the only remedy is
to cut down the trees which they infest.
Politics are vet in mixed up state The Know
Nothing Councils in some of the wards in Boston
are having hot disputes On the subject of the Phil
edelpbia Convention. In a few wards the Hunkers
are striving to get the majority platform adopted.
The greater portion OF the party IN tne CITY, now
ever, follow Wilson and Gardner. Out of the city
that can hear Of Of the Know. Nothing papers
only ole, The american Patriot, published in Bos-
ton, disapprtve yes Of the Northern bolt frem the
National Council.
The Know.Nothing State Council holds meet
ing in Boston on the 2Sth instant for the ostensible
purpose of hearing the report of the delegates to
Philadelphia. The programme is to ratlfy by
official sanction the action and platform of Wilson,
Gardner, and others, and to make arrangements
for Mass Convention Of liberal men of all parties
of all who are opposed to Hunkerism The
State Council will sit in secret but the Mass Con-
yention will be called openly by an address to
which as many influential names will be affixed as
can be obtained. The time is not yet fixed, but
it will probably be held about the 10th of July,
and at Springfield or Worcester. A Republican
party will then probably be formed on basis and
with leaders that will command the confidence and
support of the great majority of the people. 1t
will embrace the Free Sellers, the mass of the
Wings, and a large portion of the Democrats:
The opposition TO it will be feeble because it will
be disunited. But even if united it would not
avail to check the movement. OLIVER