The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-11
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noticed in lStb, since when il has either rcr,aiicd
| with us ur returned to Il greater ur less extent
every year. Tho following, from the New Orleans
| Nmcs Oh tho subject will no read with interest
Somu persons believe il Injuries more seriously at
intervals Of three years in tho same districts but
whether generally known or not, il is a marked
| rnct that the most tremendous ravagcs of the
caterpillar occur at intervals ut twenty -uue years
Thus in 1901, 1925. 1916, AMI now in ISi7 No
| modern discovery bills fair to rid ns OF This
| scourgo. IL We except the process of industrious
| md persistent determination. first Of the moths,
| by lights which attract them tn Il speedy
death, aud next fy burIing otherwise
| destroying Tho dcsroycrs after they have
yobbc,l mp Tor goncraivc purposes. In t!.o
| agricultural report uf the Commissioner uf
iaentH for IHi5, ~ uu excellent article by rOwS-
1 SEND GIuYEH Oh the Insects fnnml nn tho cotton
plant. II will repay the trnnhlc of pcriisal Tor
those who care tn follow and rNanIiMr Intu tllr
turo Of tllr evil. i'iily planting, with thu ulvan-
taSes of gu," srasntI, will enable the plauter To
| save tho greater portion of his crop baurc the
| urmy do il any material injury.
Even in the comparative iuin to agricultural inter.
csts ut the South that tlls year has hlought, wo
need mol look far to benefit that will spring tli-
! rcrtly from UMr agricultural distrrsses. w aru
hohind tho world in those mechanical enterprises
uud nyucntions that ara tho ,lust fruitful sources
| or wealth aud power. Unr exclusive occupation
was agriculture, and conducted aa il was Mt
tho South by slave lat'or, Il vast deal OF energy
| md capital employed in increasing nj
| ready Oycrgrown c-tuics and purchasing
| moru labUrcrs to culli livato thcm There WAS
nehrr room nnr time for any ihunghi uncn,l-
nrctcd with ono peculiar braurh of industry. Now
| TINT il hus proved an uncertain rnr. WI have lrs-
| urc to luuk around and SEQ that there are safer
| anu better investments other branches ui indus
/ try that great evil revolutions Mumld scarcely
| n.cl, md which can bid defiance lu cliuIatr, sca.
Hulis AMI even catcrpillars. We lave lnEnru III
! tho choice Of industries, and may grow more
| wealthy and powerful than hntlrcd years of
good crops would make certainly more indie
pendent of the pr nuctyc power Of other nations
and better able 10 keep up i'll thu rac, which Tho
agricultural yoke has kept from juiniuI;, save III
losing distances.
| The WASHINGTON correspondent Of The Boston
Post under date of 5tl says: ''Somc startlng
revelations leaking out here touching the rcvo-
lutionury schemes of tho Radical leaders. Ii has
been discovered that tho plan for a,liral govern
| mcnt aud negro supremacy ia Tho Southern States
| was c0nrOctrI aud muturrI at tho Convention of
| Southern "Luyalists" on tho 18Th Of September
hst, in Philadelphia, whore present the Rati-
| cal Governors Of the several Northern States IL
was then and there determined To orgnnize rovu-
lutionary army, which should hold the South under
| tho control Of the Radicals regardless of whut
might be tho popular vote. II WAS also determined
that Z. NJ. PEAsE should by some mcalls DO placed
al tho head or tho State organization III Texas and
i'll obedience to this plot of the rcyolutonists Gem
| cral SHERIDAN deposed Governor TuRocEMoRToS
and installed pEAsE in tho Executive chair, In
| further continuance Of the samo plot General L.
]. DAVIS was given rowing commission by Cen
eral SHERIDAN, ostensby for the purpose Of SUPER
intending the registration, hut really to organize
tho Texas quota of tho Grand Army of the llepul,-
| lie, the members of which arc sworn To hold tho
power OF the South regardless of constitutional OF
legal barriers. That work ia in rapid progress,
| and funds aro being supplied through the Loyal
Leagues by the Radical Congressional Committee
of this city, OF which Mr.. ScuESck, Of Ohio IL
| chairman. Ny information is to the effect that
| thla military organization is now heiug rapidly
pushed forward in all the Southern States, and it
ia reported that the supreme command of this
revolutionary force has been bestowed on the late
| commander Of tho Fifth Military District. In view
| of this powerful orgAuzation which stands ready
| to throttle the government the late proclamation
| of tho President may not DO ill-timed. OF tho
| truth Of this statement there III now abundant
proof and steps will be taken by the goycrunen,
to meot tho impending danger.
| TnE LONDON HERALD iutimatcs that there are
| to be further trials with the American navy gun
| on trial at Shoeburyness. We should hope So If
tho trial should end with the late experiments, tho
power of tho gun would bc a. unknown To tho
British artleriats us IL was three years ugu Tho
reports OF tho greater part Of tho English press
| OH this gun have been premature. Nothing but
initial aud very incomplete experiments have boon
/ made with 1t. Here, in America, wu have
med II with 100 pounds of mammoth
| powder, and over 1910 feet velocity while
1 Ill England thCy have mover usod over 10
| pounds in tho gun, obtaining less tlam I2UD
feet against the target. II the trial should etl
now, it will hc the coolest piece Of jngglrry On re-
cord. Tha Wnnlwirh g-inrh rifle gun was to lc
compared with The American II-inrI smootI, ls,r,,
not, indeed, against the same plate hui iy a con-
trast of results achieved. Into the tnrI,rr w.ls put
| its maximum charge; into the nttnr bnt three
hfths OF the charge often uscd in it, ni,tl nuly two-
| thirds OF the service Charge for battle prescribed
for three years in our navy. On this showing, it
appears, tho English gnnners pronounce the Anlcri-
| can gun II failure" Instead of ringing the
changes Oh that word, lei them treat the hig
| smooth bore to II respectable charge OF powder,
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| The HgRAID's CITY OF Mexico rorrespoudencc
! dated July 29tlI, snys that President JuAnrz had
| completed tho formation of his now Cabinet Thu
whole country had been laid OIL into Military Dis
| tricts to which REaULEs, DIaz, EscoBEpo, Como
MA and ALvAhEz, have been assigned in command
On tho 18th OF July the President was accorded nm
informal reception, which was rather all intl,ier-
ent affair, tho peoplo being conspicuously wanting
in tho usual Mexican enthusiasm for brilliant pa-
| geantriea youth named MACMILLAN road n
poem dedicated to JUARaz, AMI little giIl named
CAnLorA presented linn with golden crown UIAz
had hnd almost a rupture with JUAREz Oh the sub
jcct OF tho expected execution Of fourteen NOR,
prisoners of war, and it was through his efforts
that thcy were respited. He ia reported to have
| Threatened JUAHEz with tho forciblo utoryontion
OF the army which ho commands unless the SON.
tonces worc suspended. CARLOS MInaMos has
2600 men In the mountains, and recently shot
ninety liberals in revenge for his brothers deuth
TIE YEAR OF OUNCES is tho o,lphonious an
poilation given by WENDELL PnILL1ps 10 tho year
1867, because Of tho stupidity which ho imagnos
is universal, except within the limits of his own
| Uranium. He admits thai treason fourishcs in
| Washington tof eoursel, "bnt incompetenoy is
i the dominant characteristic" This is rather hard
for people generally have belicyd that Of late Mr.
| PHILLIPS friends at the capital Ind things pretty
much their own way. Referring to tho prcsent
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