The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-04-08
No.. 36.

COOPER INSTITUTE MEN AND MosEY-We have re-
ceived pamphlet of forty pages containing the pro-
ceedlnss OF the celebrated meeting at Cooper Inst
tute, on the l4th of December last, to naugurate
| movement in favor of Grants nomination Il our
ports to be faithful record of meeting of mer.
chants, bankers and business men generally, aud
lmpliedlv boasts of the exclusion of al, mara notit;
claus In fact the committee, organised by the meet
ing, was expected, and instructed after fashion, to
issue 'short business circular "not waiting for the
poitlclans TO iead to the commercial men throughout
the country advising them to anticipate and support
the nomination Of Gen. Grant 1t contains a half.
dozen speeches, chiefly remarkable for political bum
comoe and so little in keeping with the solid men who
composed the meeting that the inference ia rrssisti-
Ole, they must have had help from the politicians they
seem so much to distrust This meeting of the sordid
sops of shoddy wealth very significant In ths
first place, it is their protest. in the face of the great
Democratic majority of New York city, against the
plan and policy of paying off the national debt in
greenbacks, as proposed first, believe by Mr. Pen.
d!eton. These patriotic gentlemen advanced, during
the war, more or less goldor rather upon the issue
| OF new loans, purchased Government bonds at saw
from fifty to sixty cents in gold receiving bonds call
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want the interest on this hundred, paid in gold OF
course, they oppose Pendetons pan because makes
the interest payable in greenbacks and besides looks
to speedy extinction Of both principal and interest
1t would spoil good thing in the way of investment.
In the second place, their nomination of Grant was
further significant, blow at Chase 1t would seem
that the Chief Justice the father of the greenback
system, should have been special fayorite with the
Cooper Institute But there in Chase's ability
sufficient reason for the preference for Grant That
gentleman has some experience and some knowledge
of finance, and the Executive of the nation would
feel obliged to exert efforts pay off debt to whose
creation he had contributed so literally This would
not suit the solid of Cooper Institute And hence
their decided, early and eminenty patriotic endorse.
ment of Gen. Grant. They, furnishing the General
with secretary of the treasury from their own set
would place Government securities for the time, at
least beyond the disturbances apprehended from the
cry of reputation, Or payment
Alter ALL the meeting failure. There has
been no decided response among the solid men of the
country 1t doubtless true, that great majority of
these are pledged to the support Of any Radical and
to Grant the most available of Radicals for the
Presidency The next contest will be bitter party
war; between the capitalists who now hold the public
Selves interested il paying greenback debts with
greenbacks and in reducing the burhens of taxation
The early nomination of Grant by capitalists of New
York, and the extensive pamphlet issued by them in
his support decided indications of both the inter.
ests of the money kings and of their intention to use
their power in the Presidential election
Messrs. Editors
Gsntlemea-Please give space to a few hints to tho
horcuturist or fruit growers OF degraded coun.
| seldom
through the medium of newspaper but on the pres
ent think can offer suggestions that may be of some
value to both the fruit growers and the planter.
To the first recommend a vigilant look out for the
fruit caterpillar Ipredct from unerring Indications
that there will be full crop this year. The moth or
fly that deposits the germ on some one Of the fruit
growing trees; the hickory, persimmon pecan and
many other fruit shrubs of forest, nearly always
selecting the young growth but they prefer the peach
apple, pear and others of garden. They are to
be detected in the months Of April and May by bunch
of webbing not unlike the webb of the spider, but
more compact and thicker in the centre of which the
arva placed in the young state, and when grown
to suck food, they cut their way and will de-
stroy every vesge of the growth Of the present
on the tree They rarely leave to search for another
tree. They fall to the ground and descend in it. and
in time produce second crop for another year. They
are easily destroyed in the incpient state in their
house; charge of powder from gun, without wad,
will effectnaly destroy nest.
On the subject of cotton l will take the liberty of
stating that my attention first directed to learn
something about the cotton caterpillar early as
ls32-4. I was then resident of Mississippi. At
that period very thing to hear of the cot
ten caterpillar The first destruction of crop
by worms occurred in Mississippi about the year 1929
or 80. was then resident the Louisiana line,
but these were not the present cotton worm. They
were termed the army worm, and made their ap.
pearance about the middle of May perhaps the LIST
of June They travelled from east to westward and
Harp sol hat n foot ruaI aic
ten They destroyed everything in their march, liter.
ally leaving not sprig of grass anything green up
on the ground My observation and teaching about
the cotton worm has resulted in knowing each spring
when they to make their appearance the following
fall In the spring of 1866 and also last spring, told
friend of mine and his partner that the cotton
would make its appearance these years. In the frat
year, 1866 he required of me my In day
or two afterwards caught miller, small butterfly,
usually termed by the house wife the "candle hy."
These generally to be from about the 9th of
April to the 18th of May, owing good deal to the
opening of the spring. and nearly always at evening,
rarelyto be in the heat Of the day, and this
may account for their being called the candle hy
they attracted by the light of the lamp candle
These mothers of the cotton destroyer about three
quarters of an inch long, and when at not in
motion form complete triangle. Six of them putting
their heads together will form complete circle
and half inches in diameter. Their color is OF light
yellow cream nearly white when young. Some
but dimly They deposit the germ egg the
under side Of the tender leaf of the cotton dig
posed to thuk that at least generations
pass before they begin, are known to do much dam
age have used some inquiry and interest to ascer-
tain when the arva germ, egg which the fly is pro-
duced from, and disposed to accord in the opinion
that it is deposited in the cotton stalk Just before the
stalk loses its entire vitality, say October. Ny
ricon is pretty strong that if the stalks burned
instead OF being ploughed in, is now the custom,
hat the will disappear
Mr. Editor have given these few desutory remarks
and they can be taken for what they are worth /
will only ado, that if planters will watch and see
f the fly of the cotton is to be seen they had
put their ground in grain something that will
not be of certainty destroyed by the caterpillar
Very truly, subscriber, L.
Texas Items.
MARION CoUSTY-We clip the following items from
The jefferson Jmplecute of the 3lst ut
We learn that an affray occurred on the road lead
ng to Gainesville, fifteen miles above this place.
between a Mr.. Duke and young James Cheatham, of
Clarkesvlle We have particulars of the fuss more
han that Duke had shoot Cheatham in selfdefense
md the wound is presumed mortal. After Duke shot
1heatham be took him up and carried him into the
rouse.
We are informed by friend from Bowie that prass.