Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1866-10-19
The Locust PlngUuc.

As though the passing year were intend
ed to mark the beginning or the close of
some peculiar epoch in the destiny of men
and Nations, it has been distinguished by
succession of human Affections that, in for
mer days, would have awakened the atten-
tion of the wise and learned in every land.
In the hurry and excitement of modern
affairs they are partly overlooked, yet they
stand out in very striking relief when we
pause from the whirl of our business to con-
slider them. War, gigantic and sanguinary
in every quarter of the globe : the pestl-
encc on three great continents famine in
its severest pressure throughout India ; and
now, the locust menacing some of the most
fertile regions of the earth at points thou
sands of miles apart.
This Egyptian plague has dccended upon
a beautiful portion of our Western domain
as it was never seen before on this side Of
the Atlantic. The Bulletin. of Leavenworth
in Kansas, announces that immense swarms
of locusts have appeared in the Western
part of that young State, and are destroy
ing vegetation. They were first in the Solo
mon valley and, thence, advanced in COM
pact masses.
In a single night, cornfelds of two hun
dred acres were completely stripped Of ears
and leaves, only the bare stalks remaining.
"a. ou,iO'iO'i ivy uiO PoPui"'roh M0l' o'iiS-
co !" Keep 'nelr houseso tightiy shut ana 10
direction of Wamego, the railroad tracks
were so EMBEDDED with these insects, that
the speed of the trains was retarded by the
crushed masses that CREASED the rails, and
made them slippery. The advance of these
destructive swarms is Eastward, at the rate
Of about five miles per day. and with ranks
ioc4 30 o,USJ .lla. i,oI cten ui"uc VI SIaso -
tI iIit unucNoureo ny lile'r 'oI"ciouS n'"iiul-
"iI1'
g. 10" Wiue tne 'iach " l1isi4 run - anu now
i"i ~ Hiuy :A'ehu, ~ 10 uiiiiIuit " Say, w
one tnihg Is certalll' w tIiat IL neetits W
esPeciai hole among 'ie casuaities Vi tlc
Se1r III tiie ?rea! W est. c.,.
n,.e .nS elsi.u.tGil p ieie upo, uoi,ir
paia'nclS nii.eT yeI iiiiloi t,'ii' ac"io III oui
o.puii'iy, . III ',io ieii0ii 'oioiiy vi Soiia'
IT II mas assumed propoTtlolls never Known III
u e5"t qn1l.ei oeiote: i-ocus1S iaeo @ appeai- ~
GU ~ Nor'hein Alrica III az "Ses rom 'iie
earliest 10 'lie most ilioucrll' put never, III
our uay at leasl, nave uley come III suGh
oNeIWheiilliig CIV sWarlhs Us now. 90 terrible
Is the ueslitutloii occasl9ieu ny lieir pre-
sslee "'ilohS ilatl'es % anu Colonis's clihe' il,
ciiat lne oou'to oeS ENtS CHS, tiial lallh-
iui auNoEu.e VI tic INTERESTS vi lls coilipa-
triots III tIls country, ms addressed an ap-
peal On their pehali, tothe reiicl resioeuts
among US, anu 10 al oIners Mho hiay ueolil
thlS pelittlhg OCCASION 10 ehiis' thelr cu"rl-
W. .,
III appears from 'iie accouh. given ny tne
Alserlan JOURNALS th'H III Aprl! Ia, losS' COZ
ullllis Oh l0custs depouchihg rom the oouth
tLrougn Ihe Sorges ol Vie mountains ana on
m tle lcrtlle pidllis ol tne coast region through
,Ie We nelSLooIihS Nalieys' Sweep over lhe
Miti'Jy anu the oahel ol AiGerla. AZ Ger
tam poilllS SO uchse was lhelr mass tiiat IL
intercepted INC iignt oi the sun ana resenn-
pleu tnose WnlrlWlnus ol snow Whlch, uur-
li,g tlo winter storms eAeiuuc 'ne Nearest
opJecls from our siSn'; oooil, lne coiZas' "a.
tnc ou'9' tne oariey, tiie l"tc Mhea'' uhu t5e
plants growing on ule Hiarshy grouhus
were partlaily uestroyeu' anu III some pl''ces
.he locus's even hiaue iheir way lnto inc
hoTses, ,r, :, - c..,.e . ,,;, u, N
=, Ihc uoNelnoI UeheI"i Vi .AlSerla uiu oii
tLut ~ was III nls Power 70 revive lne couIuge
Oh .nc poPulation py ms Prcsehce .il t, anu us
eA"Inple 'he troops uniteo WIN sHe people
" uoiipal 'he lisecI Piasue, unu eteil .lle
native lrlpes rose III u pouy 10 repet tie COM
mon I9e. llllll'ensc qHanutles Vi iocusts
were uestroyeu III lew uays, put wIat
coulu mere human enort 40 against these
Wi1s1u lnul'teues ISSo"p,iS 'nrT,uusn f',u spaIe,
anu leaVlaS one heiu ohiy 70 lail upon the
next one Ii was llnposslole 10 prevent
their propagation, anu she hrsI sWarms
were soon followed ana doubled hundred
ioid by new ones: