Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-07-06


,r other ways accounts Of the detructve ravages
or the army worm, and the II year locust, $50
called,) in this state at this time, and your agr.
cultural readers, have no doubt taken some n'
tcrest in the subject. AS l have had an opportu-
nifty Of witnessing INTERPRETATIONS aud know
ing many of the accounts published in regard to
their destruction Of crops, to be greatly exag-
geratcd will give you my observation.
read Of the entire destruction Of fields of grain
when upon examination, have found them but
little injured. They arc similar to the cut worm
when full grown, from ] to ! 2 inches in length
of a browuish color, with lightish stripe on
either side. They ascend the stalk, eating the
tender blades, and likewise the boards, (f grOn)
and heads if Timothy They don't appear to
relish clover as they pass by it. They do most
Of their ravuses in the night or early mon A
slight touch will cause them to coil up and fall
TO the ground, where they lie concealed during
the day. When they attack a corn6eld they
make clean work Os they go, as that is very ten
der witnessed but one field of corn iu which
they commenced on one side and made clean
work until they advanced fifteen or twenty rods
and then disappeared l was told it was all
done in two days. People have tried various
ways for their destruction. Some by ploughing
a deep furrow in advance aud when once in, are
unable to get out. Then the hogs are 10! loose
upon them and they devour them with great
voracty. Others draw slab or a log in the
furrow and destroy them. SELA BLAKEsLEB,
formerly of Ashtabua, who has splendid field
Of 40 acres Of rye, and half that amount Of
winter wheat, permits his pigs (of which be has
not much less than one hundred) to have free
access to his field They have accomplished
their mission, and taken their departure.
The locusts in some sections are doing much
damage to the fruit trees. They mostly confne
themselves 10 the timber lands, but where there
are orchards near, they attack them. Their
mode of destruction is by boring the Young
shoots, commonly of the last years growth
They are provided with an instrument of hard
substance, about D OF an inch in length and the
size Of common sewing needle, which is at
tached to the body that distance from the extrem
end of the jaw. When about to commit their
depredations they elevate their body and COM
mence boring by working between the bark and
the wood, until they get to the length of their
bit. This process they repeat several times,
each time advancing nearer the pith They
then deposit the nit, Cnd move on about J an
inch and commence again, and SO continue for
the space of 3 or inches. This process kills
the twig which in progress of time falls to the
ground Further than that, can give no &C.
count. l am told that the nit, or maggct, lies
in the ground seventeen years, before it makes
its appearance again They are very musical
They can be heard a mile or more from the tim
Der. Their music resembles somewhat the M.
sic you hear issuing from the frog ponds in ear.
ly spring, the music Of the male is quite differ.
ent from the female. l know not whether they
are any affinity to the locust of Egypt or not,
be that as it may, they are constantly calling
on Pha-a-a-a.ro.' Their stay is short believe
not to exceed or weeks.
Corn looks fine, but spring wheat is rotting
badly. There is very little winter wheat sown
in this county In Fulton county, there is some
splendid fields. The farmers are busily employ.
ed now in their cornfelds. There is an immense
quantity Of corn in the crib, where it is likely
TO remain at present prices There is only oc.
casionalIy load hauled to market Present
price cents per bushel. IA.
Twehty-seven thousand dollars in specie, be
longing to the state was seized by order of the
Governor, from the Exchange Bank of Weston
Virginia.
Ex-Gov. Seymour offered resolutions in the
the CT. House the I'd virtually upholding the
southern rebellion, and l9 members sustained
him.
MATTHIAS PoMT-Mathias Point is about &c
miles from Washington it is bluff point from
25 to 80 feet high. Iii important to US to
hold as the channel OF the Potomac runs close
to the Point. The rebels occupy the defenceS
thrown up by Capt. Ward but will not proba
bly, be permitted TO stay there long.
ANhhOh Al VI <Ahlo NUN ~ PNNbN
and long 32 pound Paixhan guns were shipp
ed from Erie on Monday of last week, for Gin
cinnati, by the Government agent, commando
Rogers They are for the floating batteries oil
the Mississippi river. A few guns and a larg'
amount Of shot and shell still remain at Erie.
Gen. Lees wife remarked few days ago tina
her husband had sweat great drops OF blood
because of the fatal step he had taken in join
ing the rebels.
The troops at Washington are now receiving
their pay up to the lst Of June, and as a conse
quence the police force of the city has had t.
be increased The boys feel unusually frisk.
with gold in their pockets -r. ...
Since the arrest of Marshal Kane there
has been a strong subterranean excitement
in the rebel element Of Baltimore Moth
but the vigilance of the loyal, aud the pres
ence of the troops, prevents an outbreak
A large quantity Of arms and amunitiVI
secreted by Marshall Kane in cellers, pri
Vate dwellings &C., are being discovered.
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