Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-08-25
THE PLAGUE OF Locus rs
sinsuisrscenes In Jafia-


a letter dated at JafA (Paiestine), June
20. describes 3 visItatIon of loeusts as fol-
-. totr- zrr-- geo -..z
r-.n the month Of April last We observed twice
large DARK clouds. resembling smoke. moving 10
and as # swayei by the wind One morning
these clouds came down and proved to be Oeusts.
- vrest is number that the Ehele lsHd was coy
cred With. them. The grain n that time was full
IN ear and nearly ripe, but the lccnsis did not
touch nor any lotner vegetation Soon after,
hovever itvss observed that they buried them
seiyes In the soil and there deposited Their irnu
merable eggs The Arabs and PEASANTS saw she
approaching mischief.an went through the land
in thousands digging for these eggs; they sue
,eeeied to certain degree. and destroyed incredl-
bic numbers with water and IRE, but al their
efforts had very iittle eject
- about the middle Of Msy small black crea-
tures, 81 6 distance resembling large ants, wers
observed accommodating N large heaps through
ou. the country, and feu days AFTER they mad
been thus seen they beyan 70 leap, ana manifest
ed the coming calamIty and invasion Of the fear
fpf arnv as iescrioed 80 empbatlcaiiy ~ Joe. Il.
The reoule nov. hegzn to- sweep them together
and bury or hurn Them in dItches dug for the
II urpuee. But al u little or no eject, zna a
tbes vre~ a iftle larger the extent OF their mnl-
tiiude heean 70 be seen. and the cOrn-Dg caias-
trouss could not be mistaken The reads were
covered with them, al marching in regular lines,
Ike armies o. soldiers, with their leaders II
front, and al the opposition Of man 10 srres'
their progress was IN vain.
2aThey frst consumed the plantations around
Rau1ieh. Lrdda and al the similar Villages neal
!. them. and then entering the towns and village:
b. consumed the vicrnals. &C. IN The market snd
z Streets. BIZ degrees forcing themselves INTO th'
houses and covering the walls outssde a well a:
INSIDE Il seems that everything which IS moist
y eneisbr th~sr saiI<ais poisoned fer the cattle
-sh.+ s-- or, sAe ramBss:s which are left all die
LnusifAs fi1Ty oxen dead N the villages o
Delta Daggon ana Zatiarish that bad led on th'
= remnant Of dnrrsh fndian cozr left ~ the 10
Gusts, and tine night before last twenty more diet
from the same cause ~
. -sAbouf TWO weeks ayo they were seen TO I
fearful extent AL hound Jaia. but still withou
Z, vinesg The town for several days appeared fOr
saken, all shops were shut and business suspend
ed. Almost al the iRha5larts had gone out I.
DESTROY ana triyes~av the invad'fsrsrmy; the
made tremendous bitches. and buried AMI burn
- "a upuntess nyri4ds. hat beiors. e' lngvsin
for the more they destroyed the more SEEMED Il
-. arr fpeD Animqepisres nra pc zssss ogrew II
size 20 thew seeusej a. pxsu siszi msliitndA, AM
toxaris the east firm here they covered IN
gruund Tor miller and miles 20 height OF severn
incnex. As their wings are still TOO small to en-
rxs11<1ef DO o. end -osxiss she sessral hundre<
y cEsic1 S1 DE eulti rsssi Pszs.f - dsue
0s7'-lIF1- iiocf rsfl- Tiir1I53f5 - y
70 lis % hirq Gnz,asi1s 1asrsEsrsql
ur1x 90 rs~tt~ .