Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-06-25

The New York Herald has been gathering
reports concerning the Colorado potato-bug,
which, it seems, is doing serious damage
/ through some Of the southern New York
counties, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
The farmers are very generally, over all
these sections, using Paris green and hand
picking combined, and in a great measure
succeed in keeping down their numbers. In
some sections the farmers 90 over their
fields armed with paddles made of shingles.
They examine eyepy leaf, and wherever there
is a deposit Of eggs the paddles are brought
smartly together upon it, and thousands Of
future beetles are destroyed at blow. The
larvae and nature bugs are picked off by
hand and thrown in deep vessels and carried
away and crushed Reports from the No
hawk Valley say that the beetles appeared
in the valley in 1873, did much less damage,
last year, succumbing readily to Paris green,
and have not appeared as yet, this season.
The cheerful suggestion is made that this
destructive pest may never feel wholly
at home this side the Alleshanies but New
England farmers may have to fight him yet.
The Richmond Oa) papers are well
pleased with the reception given to the
Southcrners at Boston, and respond with ap-
parent sincerity to the fraternal expressions
which found expression at the Centennial.
May the impressions of the day be endur-
ing and contribute to the lasting peace, har-
mouy and endurance of the Union, ex-
claims the Richmond Dispatch Not with
out reason. " remark, the Richmond EnqHr-
n, "haye We had our quarrels-quarrels
presnan. with ultimate good-and not with
out still stronger reasons are the great claims
of fraternity now urged, and prayers for the
perre;uitT of the MON offered, in all sec
tions Of the land We do not envy the
man, says the Richmond Wing, 'be he at
the South or at the North, who can be in
sensible or Indifferent to this great and uni
versal patriotic awakening much less do
We envy him, il there be such man, who IS
50 perver~e and 50 un-Ameriean as to mock
at it,
WErS OF the CNTED STATES STEINER
S,R,NAc.-The United States steamer sara
nae. Of tine North Pacific squadron, left Cali
fornia June $, for Sitka and Behring's
Stait-ou a scientif; expedition and to make
a collection for the Philadelphia Centen-
NAL Exposition ON her way north she
took the inside channel between Vancouver
Island and the main land and at SIS a.
m, on Friday the 18th inst, struck the ia
nous mil-chauneI rock in Seymour Mar
rows. This rock has been much talked Of
in connection with proposed bridge at the |
Narrow- FOR the Canadian Pacific railroad
The Nlranac, after striking, hung for few |
moments and then swung off Her bow was
Immediately run into the Vancouver shore,
and made fast with a haw-er TO a tree. An
hour afterwards She had sunk completely
ont of sight. not even her mastheads being
visible. But little of the stores or personal
effects Of the officer, and crew were saved
The ships company are camped on the
beach with no shelter and little provisions.
acknowledgements Sanders. with the
pilot and thirteen men, made their way on
foot to Victoria, Y. l., Sunday. No lives
were lost. The Saranac carried eleven guns,
and was Of 2,l5O tons burden.