The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-09-19
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10 ihe month Of April last we obserV-
cd ssiOo large, DARK clouds, resembling
ssnoke, moving 10 and FRO. Hs u swsyed
BY lbe Niad. Ons morning these clouds
cane down and proved 10 BE- locasss, -
great IN nambcr that the whole land was
covered with them. The grain al that
tame vas igII 10 ear and beafly ripe, bui
the locasis did 10, touch il or any cther
yegesat0n. soon alter however, ~as
observed that staey buried lhemasles ~ the
soil, aud lhere deposlled their inaSmera.
bic eggs. The Arabs and peasants saw
ll.s approaching misehiei.apd went lhrouga
.he land N thousands digging for these
eggs iheJ ssceeeded 70 a ceitan degree.
aud desinycd incredible nomurr with
sater and ire. but sll their Effects had
teiy liille effect.
Aboul ihe middle u MAJ, small black
-, aiufes, ~ dlsiHce resembling large
4 a., wsreo0ser'ed sceaniulating - b =
lseIis throughout he roun ~, aud a ieN
days allpt tbas ihe eesn 10 leap
-nu maulie, 80 she cuaug calamity and
INVASION Of b. ieartu aluy, a. q .eribed
- 90. ,taticailF a. Joei II Tie people
no~ began sweep them together and
bury or bum them ln ditcars dug for the
purpose. Bui all 10 liltie or 40 eifec. and
a lbe, grew . hltle Jaeger the extent OF
IL a. a.. ....1
coming cat strophe could NOT be mistaken.
The ro,d, we're covered with them. all
marching ln regular lines. like armies Of
soldiers, with their leaders in front, and
ali opposition Of man 10 resist their prog
rcss WAS in vain.
They first consumed the plantations
around Rsmleh, LYDIA, and sll the simi.
lar villages near them, and then entering
the tosns and villages consumed The vic
tusls, &c, in the markets and streets, by
degrees forcing themselves into the houses
and covering the walls outside rs well as
inside, Ii seems that everything which
is moistenej by their saliva is poisoned,
for the cattle that feed on the remnants
which are lelt all die. ! mys2l! saw fifty
oxen dead ia the villages Of Delta, Dag
gon aud Vaffarish that fed on the rem
nant OF daarah (Iudian CORN left by the
ocusls, and night before last twenty more
died from the same cause.
About two weeks a. 20 they were seen
10 fearful extent all round Jaffra, but
still without wings. The town for sever
al days appeared forsaken; all shops were
shut, and business suspended. Almost
all the inhabitants had gone out TO destroy
and drive away the invading army; they
made tremendous bitches, and buried
the countless myriads but, as before, all
in vain, for The more they destroyed the
more seemed TO arise from hiding places.
and as they grew in size so they seemed
TO grow in multitude, and towards the
east from here they covered the ground
for miles and miles 10 height of several
inches. As their wings are still 100 small
10 enable them to fly and to visit the sew
al hundred gardens within the cultivated
part of the district OF Jaffa, they have
hitherto confined their distinctions to the
outer gardens, Of which about fifty have
been completely laid waste, every green
leaf, vegetable, tree. and even the bark of
young trees, doyoIred, and these beau,i-
iul gardens look like birch tree forest in
wiaier.
Our garden was one Of the first attack
ed. For several days We saw the desiruc-
tive host advancing, all our farm servants
IA well as several hired laborers, were
employed to keep them off to drive them
away, or bury them, but we found them
a. joel describes them, chap. H., yer. Z,
They shall moi break their rauks Who
can doubt the Word OF God when we
have these evidences before our eyes p
True our men broke their ranks for mo
meat, bul no sooner bad they passed the
IN than they eosrd agalu, and marched
fotwa,d hrslgh isdges AID iilches. 4, il
uaucdby some mysterious powei causing
them 10 o,en before ma aad 90 close
agsin as soon a. they had passed them.
Ga the lall, n-t,nt they forced their way
MO the garden, dels ine all human Efforts
10 prevent lhrm. aud in les 'ban day
the whole garden to the extent Of eight
aeres was covered With them, and the trees
10 the nun er OF lhree thousand, as we'll
a. every other green leaf, with he excep.
tion Of the palm Trees and the prickly
pear hedges, were stripped.
Whether eating or drinking. reading
OF wiring, or lying awake in bed Qor il is
impossible 10 Sleep one hears theIr noise
IRON without, like the morse OF armed
hosts o. the running of many waters. ard
and within they keep dropping on and
aud about YOU. AT meals am kept busy
driving them away; while | drive half
dozen away from the bread, as many will
jump iaio the sugar.basIn, or even into my
cup Of tea. &c, and when undressing they
leap out of our very clothes without our
having kDown that they were there.
News has jusl reached US from Nsb-
lous Tie olive trees in those mountain.
have all been stripped, aud near the river
Uudge The soii Is - lhicsly covered with
these creatures that many Of the animals
led there 10 drink refuse to pass on.
A letter OF later date says that
They are b no-wise decreasing, rAIh-
the opposite. Every native inhAbitant
has been ordered by government 10 bring
tifieeu pound weight of Iocasts daily, and
laase who do not are fnee fl sterling
each time.