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THE ALBANY NEWS.
OLD SERIES—Vol. 37. >
ALBANY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 8. 1880.
{ NEW SERIES—Vol. 14, No. 34.
Til AT I AH STILL
BSADQUABTEBS
For the Splendid Light-running
WHITE IW’G MACHINE
iber, also, that l carry a splendid stock of
General Merchandise,
Fine Liquors, Tobaccos, Cigars, etc.
Call and price my goods before buying elsewhere.
I aean business.
Very respectfully,
K. 3. STEPHENS.
January 22, ISSMm
LAWYERS
Z. J. ODOM,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ALBABT, GA.
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Attorneys at Law,
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palely
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> rlona branches of bia profession, to tbo citizens
U Albany andsarroonding country. Office opposite
Court House, on Pine street.
HOTELS
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rue SI., Albany, Ga„
THE JOHNSON HOUSE.
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MARKET SQUARE,
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Rut*** $1.30 to $2.00 jut day, aet-ortling
to location of rooms.
JOSEPH HERSCHBACH,
April 2ft, 1880—1JT. PROPRIETOR
J. W. JOINER,
WATCHMAKER and JEWELER
LOCATED AT
W. II. Gilbert, Ag’t, & Co
BROAI> STREET.
, UXUU11U,
AND JEWELRY!
STOCK COMPLETE!
Repairing a Specialty !
4^ Custom solicited.
Fab U, UUMM41I nor J. W. JOINER
THE GREEK BRIDE.
Tlie mellow light nilone *oft anti bright.
In marble walla throughaUtely lialln.
Of Grecian prince <me night;
'Hie young and lair bat! gather’d there.
With ev’ry grace of form and faee,
In costumes rich and rare.
In maiden pride a lovely bride.
The prince’s child in beauty smil'd
On him who grac’d her aide,
Anti he the peer of far and near.
Return’d her smile a moment while,
He lent a listening ear.
III.
His noble mould of manhood told.
Of blooming youth—of stainless truth.
Of daring high anti bold;
Ills dashing eye of spirit high,
Of soul sincere, devoid of fear,
To do, or e’en to tlie.
IV.
Her voice replete with music sweet.
In tones as clear as those we hear.
Where sylvan songsters meet;
Her form and faee hat! ev’ry grace.
That beauty claims in classic names.
Or in celestial race.
v.
Iler.love lit eyes like stars which rise,
Ere faintest ray of coining day.
Streams o’er the morning skies:
To his were rais’d in gleams which blaz’d
With loves warm light of pure delight,
And fondly in them gaz’d
VI.
Soft whispered she, “come, come with
me.
For now, indeed, let us proceed,
To wake night’s revelry,”
A#quick as thought from chaos brought.
The merry guests with laugh and jests,
Tlie hall for dancing sought.
VII.
There belles and beaux tlicir hands en
close,
As faee to face they took tlicir place,
And sounds of music rose;
The slipper’d feet, small, trim and neat,
Glanc’d back and to as sun rays do,
Where waving branches meet.
VIII.
To cadence sweet in motions licet,
in measur’d steps the circles swept,
With care and grace complete;
On went the dance with madden’d trance,
In the full swell of music’s spell,
’Til midnight did advance.
Tlie music ceas’d; from dance released.
Each noble guest with eager zest,
Soon gather’d round the feast;
There massive plate of pond’rous weight,
In burnish’d gold of wondrous mould,
Were ranged in splendor great.
The feast was long while banquet song.
With ruby wine from Greciau vine,
By age made good and strong.
The fancy tired and wit inspir'd,
In attic rays to shine and lilaze,
Til shades of night retir’d.
Their wit display’d each changing grade,
4s soberness grew less and less,
And sank in drunken shade;
Which deeper grew as sense with drew,
’Til morn's clear light unveil’d veiled
night,
And Sol appeared in view.
XII.
The dizzy brain in struggles vain,
To still look wise through dru nken eyes,
And foolish speech restrain,
Could not withhold w'hat now controll’d
The tongues loose rein, or j'et retain,
Secrets ’til then untold.
XIII.
In maudlin glee they babbl’d free,
With slander black the legends back
Of ancient ancestry,
What time eschew’d was now renewed,
In deeper grade with darker shade,
And eargerly review’d.
XIV.
When on the east the light increas’d,
They farewells cheer’d and disappear’d,
Ami ho the revel ceas’d,
But left a stain to long remain
.ike foulest air spreads ev’ry where,
Disease and racking pain.
xv.
Sure if this earth has given liirtli
To ought divine ’tis pure good wine,
The source of wit and mirth;
For neatli its guile there lurks a smile,
Without alloy of cloudless joy,
And dreams of heaven—awhile.
And in its glow we lietter grow',
And banish pain to that domain,
Where all the daiu’d will go;
But let your lip tlie nectar sip,
With prudent care and wad I lie ware,
And not too deeply dip.
XVII.
For if you do you’ll sailly rue,
Upon your bed an aching head,
At least a day or two;
And when appears in after years,
Grim deat h in view—some drafts fall due.
Which you will pay in tears.
They wither and decay;
Blit from the heart w hen joys dc|mrt,
Theie comes no spring them hack to
bring.
In vnin is all our art.
XIX.
The wedded pair with Inqiesso fair.
Soon found that life is one long strife.
With pain aud grief and care;
That earthly bliss like Judas' kiss,
Is all a cheat that flics as fleet.
As dreams to time's abyss.
XX.
At flrst there came a rumored fame,
In former time of some dark crime,
Link'd with her mother's name;
Though unbeliev’d it was receiv'd.
And tuft its stain an aching pain
That deeply stung ami griev'd.
XXI.
No power or skill can slander kill.
If once it start'from vciinmed heart
Its poison to distill;
Tlie env’oiis tongue its vilencss snug
With brazen faee in every place
And all its blackness rung.
■ XXII.
Tlie husband's pritle could not abide
To let Ills name lie stain'd witli shame,
And lienee lie left his bride;
And fled to where no Grecians were,
In olden time to Egypt's clinic,
Tlie land of knowledge ran-.
XXIII.
There Magi wise could span tlie skies
And plainly see what was to Is',
And what had liecu likewise.
And here la-low they all things know
Tlie false and true could look quite
through
And hidden secrets show.
xxtv.
To them lie went witli mind intent.
To learn tlie state of W'hat so late
Had him to Egypt sent;
Grecian,"’ they said, “what motive led
Yon to the seers of ancient years,
And why from Athens fled?
xxv.
Tis true that we by knowledge see.
All nature’s face and learn to trace,
AVIint was and what will la-,
Tlie mystic chain of mortals vain,
e soon unwind and then we And
Tlie springs of joy and pain
xxvi.
We look on high through wisdom’s eye,
And scan with care what's written there,
In God's broad assure sky;
Wliat men conceal tlie stars reveal,
And in their light we read each night,
How mortals think and feel.”
XXVII.
The aged seers gave list’ning ears,
Then turned aside their tears to hide
And quell tlicir boding fears,
“Go back!” they cried, “to your young
bride.
For those who said, her mother led
An evil life have lied.”
XXVIII.
Fast Iiack lie hied o'er waters wide.
But when return’d in sadness learn'd
That his young bride laid died;
The tale was brief from earthly grief
Off Loucate into tlie sea
She leap'd to find relief.
XXIX
Sappho, ’tis said, when Pliaon fled,
First took that ieap into the deep,
And found a liquid bed;
Her lyric lays survive her days,
And make her name the theme of fame,
Of story, song and praise.
XXX.
Ere to the wave her life she gave.
She dipp’d her lyre in passion’s lire,
Of Love’s devoted slave;
The Queen of song she nourish’d long.
In her green isle where Cupid’s guile,
First lured her on to wrong.
XXXI.
The Grecian mind high and refined.
Thought to efface pain and disgrace
And rest in deatii to find;
Tlie Pagans taught that all dentil wrought
Was change of scene the earth between,
And heaven they fondly sought.
xxxn.
But now full well our billies tell,
Of future bliss which if we miss,
We'll find a place called hell;
And which no doubt we will find out,
AVhen we depart and take a start
I'o find tlie destined route.
XXXIII.
Tlie moral this that earthly bliss.
Like shadows fly and soon pass by,
In Time’s deep, long abyss;
Tlie better way while here we stay,
Is so to live that hope will give
Home chance of future day.
XVIII.
Youth's pleasures gay soon pass away,
l.ike fragrant flowers in spring’s bright
Ism ef?
A Pit’ll I'or the Improvement of
Flint Itiver In Gcorgiit.
REMARKS nr IION. WII.I.IAM
OF (1KORUIA, IN TUB Hollar, or
REPRESENTATIVES, SAIT II-
UAV, JUNK 5, 1880.
Prejudice Kills.
“Eleven venrs our (laughter suffer
ed on a bed of misery under the care
of several of tlie best (and sonic of
the worst) physicians, who gave her
disease various nnuics hut no relief,
anil now site is restored to us in good
health by as simple a remedy as Hop
Bitters, that we had poolicd at for
two years, before using it. AVeearn
estly hope anil pray that no one else
will let tlicir sick suffer as we did, on
account of prejudice against so good
a medicine as Hop Hitlers.”—The
Parents.—Telegram.
On the bill ill. H. No. Ii'237) makingii|>-
priutiou for repair.
completion, ami preservation nf certain
works on rivers aud harliors, and for
other piir|s>ses.
Mr. SMITH, of Georgia, said :
Mr. Chairman: I do not propose to
discuss the policy which obtains of
late of improving rivers and Imrhora
in the several Slates liy tlie General
Government. It is sufficient for my
>urpnsc lo know that appropriations
Hire been made and will continue in
lie made for these objects so long as
this Government stands. The ques
tion to lie met is not one of constitu
tional law or propriety, but of amount
in dollars and cents.
In tlie distribution of Federal aid
to commerce and freight traiisporla-
ion, by improving rivers and har
bors, tin- State of Georgia, though
sparingly treated heretofore, should
cceive from this Congress a liberal
moil nl in aid of her water highways.
While I am as imirli interested in the
appropriations for tlie Savannah riv
er, the harbor of Hie port of Savnu-
ali, the Oconee river. Hie Octuili-
gee river, the Coosa river, and tlie
ports of Brunswick and Darien, as
any of my colleagues, still I desire to
press on Hie attention of Hu- Commit
tee on Commerce anil this House spe-
ially the necessity of a further ap
propriation for the Chattahoochee
aml Flint rivers.
The Chattahoochee from Colum
bus, Georgia, to tlie junction is in fair
boating order, and several large
steamers are annually engaged in die
carrying trade, a business which is
constantly increasing. By tlie report
of tlie engineer in charge for the year
1877 it will ho seen that there were
transported on this river: “cotton,
bales, 31.730; value of merchandise,
$5,706,800.”
Obstructions to navigation have
been removed, and all that is necessa
ry now is fora sufficient annual ap
propriation to keep the river in good
condition. The Flint, although a
magnificent river, and capable of be-
permanently improved, lias re
ceived but little attention either from
Slate or Federal governments. Sonic
time during the period from 1843 lo
1848 Hie State of Georgia appropriat
ed $1,000 to improve its navigation.
This amount was expended under the
direction of Dr. L. 15. Mercer, of Lee
county, who succeeded in improving
tlie condition of one or two shoals
and demonstrated beyond controver
sy that the river was capable of being
permanently improved at a small
cost. The State did not follow tip
this appropriation, and tlie river was
neglected until 1878, when a small
sum was appropriated by Congress
for a survey from Albany to the junc
tion. This was obtained by lion. II.
II. Whitely. The river was surveyed
and tlie estimate for all improvements
was fixed at $118,105. In 1873 and
1874 no appropriation was made. In
1874 and 1875 Hie sum of $25,000 was
appropriated jointly to tlie two riv
ers, Chattahoochee and Flint. The
engineer in charge, ill his discretion,
did no work on the Flint, hut ex
pended the sum of $13,417.38 on the
Jhnttaliooclicc.
In 1875-76 the further sum of $25,-
000 was appropriated by Congress for
the improvement of both rivers. Ex
cept to remove “all snags, logs, and
overhanging trees interfering with
navigation from the junction to Bain-
bridge,” no work was done on this
river. The stun of $8,979.56 was ex
pended, and the Clinttahoochcc got
the greater share.
In 1876-77, in August of 1876, the
further sum of $20,000 was appropri
ated to botli rivers. No work was
done on the Flint, but the sum of
$22,937.97 was expended oil the Chat
tahoochee.
In 1877-78, during this fiscal year,
the working party “began at tlie
wharf at Bainbridgc and worked
down to Lambert’s Island, seven him
dred and sixty-thrcc cubic yards of
rock and one hundred and sixtv-eight
sunken logs were removed. The sum
of $21,647.57 was expended, ami tlie
Chattahoochee received Hie liou’i
share. Seeing Hint tlie Fling was
neglected, I introduced a hill asking
for a special appropriation. This re
ceived Hie sanction of tlie Committee
on Commerce, and an appropriation
of $10,000 was made June 18,1878, for
the Flint alone.
In 1878-79 work was prosecuted
at Lambert's Island. Brondaxc, Bry
ant's Bucks, Cross Chute, and Bed
Bluff to completion.
The amount credited to Flint river
was—
On hand $11,958 76
Approp’d Marcli 13, 187!#... 7,(XX) 00
relinncc for tlie IrHiispurlnHon of tlie
products ol*our soil to market. Thu
roads soon monopolized Hie carrying
trade, and our river was abandoned.
smi in, These corporations, instead of com
peting witli each other in a fair busi
ness inauner fur IVci^hl aud pusscu-
gers, soon entered into a “pooling
contract,” bv Hie terms of which one
road transports almost (lie entire
freight lo and from our section and
receives for it an agreed share of tlie
pool.” Tlie other rouds, though
carrying a .light freight, participate
also in I lie “pool.” This practice pre
vents fair business competition, and
encourages Hie roads to dictate at
will tlicir own tariff of rates. Thus,
when we had a free water outlet to
the Gulf coast we shipped our cotton
at a rate of from 20 to 25 cents per
hundred pounds. But recently, un-
tcr llie “pooling system,” we had to
pay the railroads from 65 to 90 cents
per hundred pounds. This extortion
demanded relief at once, and our peo
ple again turned llieir attention to
the river, and lo legislation. Witli n
navigable river we hope at least to
hold these “pooling" railroads to
moderale rates of freight.
Tlie counties contiguous to (lie riv
er, as far ns surveyed, to-wil, Baker,
Calhoun, Colquitt, Decatur, Dooly,
Dougherty, Lee, Miller, Mitclieil,
Sumter, 'Taylor, Terrell. Thomas,
Worth and Macon have 959 845 acres
nf improved laud and 1,548,319 acres
yet lo lie improved. These counties,
liv the census of 1870 produced 89,363
bales of cotton, 116,451 pounds of
wool, 313,101 bushels of sweet pota
toes, 226,319 bushels of corn, besides
peas, syrup, &c., and since then there
lias been a general increase of these
productions. The report of ‘lie eu-
iuccr in charge, of 1878, contains a
statement of tlie trade on the Chatta
hoochee and llie Flint, Hie latter be
ing only navigable to Bainbridgc:
Total 18,958 76
Amount expended 8,088 27
Amount available 10,870 27
Iii 1879 and 1880 the working party
commenced at Fodder-slack shoals,
and was prosecuting llie work up the
river, lint working with but little
progress. Tlie amount appropriated
tliis year (1880) is $10,000 for the riv
er from Albany to the junction ; and
$10,000 from Albany, Georgia, to
Montezuma. It will he seen that tlie
Chattahoochee river up to 1878 re
ceived nearly $70,'(XX), while tlie Flint
received tint little, and since June 18,
1878, tlie Flint lias received $27,000.
From this amount a deduction is to
he made of expenditures for the fiscal
years 1877 anil 1878, of $1,088.27. This
is an ofiicia! history of the improve
ments on Flint river.
Before the construction lo Albany
of Hie Southwestern, Atlantic and
Gulf, and Brunswick and Albany
Hailroads, Flint river was our main
No. nf Articles. Value. Freight.
*IM» hales Colton .SI.UTI.WKl BI.’.KTSini
•VU7 Imxea orangra 47,851 IAS* in
els 62X00 2X00 00
rels ll.mr 3.H7.ISHI 12.000 0C
:u ,:il'l sacks earn 40.050 0,200 80
ooo.UKi pouwls bacon ss.-oo ls.ooooo
4.1,000 sal ts meal _ 0t,800 8,6(0 00
51,000 pkga assorted ((eight... 2,001 000 16 04 00
Total...- --$5,500,0(10 800.042 00
From these statistic wc can gather
the present trade on these rivers, and
very satisfactory idea of what it
will he when Hie Flint becomes nav
igable from Montezuma to Hie junc
tion ; from Montezuma to the Gulf.
When our population shall have in
creased, and with ils increase our
productions shall swell twice as great,
with communication to the Atlantic
coast by rail and water communica
tion witli New Orleans and Hie great
West, wc may expect to realize that
prosperous condition of our section
to which our climate, soil, produc
tion, and advantages entitle its.
AVe may safely conclude, first, flint
there is a necessity for Hie improve
ment of Flint river; and, secondly,
Hint it is susceptible of being made a
first-class navigable stream at a small
cost.
Cast Them Out
Bradlnugh, the atheist, who was re
cently elected a member of tlie Eng
lish Parliament, lias been virtually
denied admission to a scat in that
body. A man who does not recog
nize the existence of a God, or Ids own
future accountability, would, ns a
law-giver, he more dangerous to a
nation than a legion of armed men,
haltering down its defences. How is
it possible that a creature, who de
nies tlie source of all law and tlie
very origin of responsibility, could
legislate wisely for a people of whose
civilization Christianity is the corner
stone? No man who denies tlie
source whence power conies, is fit to
be entrusted wi'.h power. No man
who denies tlie binding force of mor
al obligation, who rejects the idea
that there is any good outside of self,
and who sneers at manly gratitude
when its eyes beam Heavenward, is
worthy of the confidence of men or
the pity or brutes. It is just to im
prison the inan who robs the defence
less upon tlie highways. It is proper
to meet with angry resistance those
who would destroy Hie political
rights of a people. ' But what are
these crimes in comparison with that
of tlie man whose diabolical conceit
leads him to wage war against God
and society, that tlie Devil and him
self tuny revel in the wreck of human
happiness I Brad laugh lias “no God,”
hut lie lias a Devil. Ingcrsol has no
God, hut lie is “possessed of devils.”
Such creatures are living curses to
the human race. The shadows of
(licit- precepts and their examples
have darkened many homes, and Hie
foul breath of tlicir doctrines have
bo-cloudcd tlie windows of many a
soul. God pity llie people who, tin
der tlie name either of liberty or of
license, permit the active presence of
such men in their Legislative assent
hlics. The laws that are to protect
society should not he traced by llie
hands of the knaves, who arc waging
war upon Hie very foundations of the
social fabric.
llradlaiigli should he cast out, and
Ingcrsol should lie kept out; for no
one but an inordinate fool will con
tend that tlie liberties of n Christian
people can possibly lie safe, in the
keeping of licentious atheists. Socie
ty docs not need Hie glitter of the
Devil’s jewels on its neck.—Sparta
Islimnclilc.
Ill-ray of the Teeth
Arises from various causes, hut prin
cipally it may he attributed to early
neglect or the indiscriniiiinie use of
tooth powders and pastes, which give
a momentary whiteness to the teeth
while they corrode Hie enamel. The
linicly use of that delicate aromatic
tooth-wash, Fragrant SOZODONT,
will speedily arrest tlie progress of
decay, harden the gums, and impart
a delightful fragrance to the breath
It removes those ravages which jjjico
pie sustain in their tcclli from Hu:
Ksc of sweet and acid articles.
General Hancock.
WHAT CKIIMINKNT REI'UM.IOANS SAV
AlllltlTTIIK DEMOCRATIC NOMI
NATION.
'Iillu.lciphhi Times, 2.~iHi.]
Sunn niter General Hancock as
sumed command of Hie military di
vision of die A ituuHc tic is reported
lo have said ton friend : “Now, iftlic
Government will -only remove my
licadqiiurlera lo riiilndelphia I will
he able lo realize the desire of my
heart by making my residence at Nor
ristown, the home of my childhood.”
Gould General Hancock yesterday
have witnessed Hie very general joy,
without regard to party, Hmt pervad
ed Norristown when tlie news reach
ed there of his nomination for Hie
Presidency, lie would have hail ocu
lar demonstration that Hie home of
his youth was proud of Hie bright
imiuliood of Hie stripling youth il had
sent forth. Along Hie streets, in all
Hie public places, in private offices,
and everywhere in and about tlie
town, party feelings were laid aside
in the general rejoicing over the nom
ination. Old men, who had about
reached the allotted “three score and
ten" forgot tltoir long years of hitter
political strife as they shook hands
and discussed tlicir boyish recollec
lions of “Winfield Hancock.” It was
no longer Gen. Hancock to them, hut
old Ben Hancock's liny “Winfield.”
Colonel James Boyd, tlie Nestor of
the Norristown liar, says: General
Hancock will make a capital Presi
dent. He is a mail of deliberate mind,
not given to act under impulse, lie
considers ajj his acis at any and every
stage. 1 know it to lie a fact that tlie
admiration of (lie Republicans here,
who were witli him in (lie army,
amounts to perfect idolatry, and you
ran bet Ihey will vote tor him. He
is a good mail for tlie posiliou, be
cause lie lias no political entangle
ments. If elected, lie will he in go
independent a position that lie can
and will call around him men of high
moral character and intellect. I con
sider him of great natural ability, a
icrfcctly safe man. Never does fool-
sh tilings; don’t think he could if lie
tried. His promise is liis bond—not
like Ilaycs, promising to do one tiling
to-day .ind doing something directly
opposite to-morrow. I think there is
no question of his being elected.
Dr. L. AV. Bead, Surgeon-General,
says: “I am a Republican, but Han
cock will get my vote, and there arc
thousands more' tike me. AVliv, there
is George Bullock, one of the strong
est Republicans in this country, tlie
owner of Hie immense mills at Bal-
ligomiiigo—in fact, the owner of Hie
village. He lias thousands of em
ployes, who live upon his land and lo
whom everything is provided in the
way of tlie ncccssitiss—yes, and the
luxuries of life. He, in a word, is a
philanthropist in tlie true sense of the
word, and wields an immense influ
ence. He is a Radical Republican,
but he lias announced his determina
tion, if Hancock was nominated, to
raise a Hancock flag on tho top of his
mills, where it should wave through
out tlie campaign. AVliy here, sitting
right side of me, is C. L. Nycc, a Re
publican. Now, what are you going
to do, Nyce ?”
“I shall vote for Hancock,’’ said
Mr. Nyce.
Dr. Win. Corson, one of the oldest
citizens, though a Radical Republi
can, says he thinks Hancock a most
admirable man, and one hard to beak
WIIAT PROMINENT ltERUBUCAXS SAV OF
THE TICKET.
Senator Blaine: “It isastrong tick
et.”
Senator Cameron; “It is a very,
very strong ticket and hard to heat.”
Senntor Both: “It is a strong ticket
and English secures Indiana.”
Thnrlow AVecd: “The Democrats
have stopped blundering. AVe Re
publicans would rather have seen
another man nominated.”
Out of the many telegrams receiv
ed by General Hancock yesterday
upon his nomination, tlie following
from Major-General Schuyler Hamil
ton, who served during tlie Mexican
war on the stnff of General Scott, and
who was run through tlie body by a
lance at Mira Flores, speaks for it
self:
“I am a Republican of the blnckest
stripe, hut as an old friend I congrat
ulate the man into whose arms 1 fell
bleeding almost to death, after Mira
Flores, on the honor he lias attained
through his spotless reputation. If I
may not vote for you, I may congrat
ulate you as your sincere friend, ad
mirer and feiiow soldier.
Schuyler Hamilton.”
Tlie army-worm, now devastating
parts of Long Island and New Jer
sey, is so called because it appears in
such large numbers, and because,
like others of it species, it moves in
columns and follows a lender. It. is a
caterpillar, the larva of a moth, and
noted for its voracity, as it well may
be, since it can cat, it is said, more
than double its own weight in twen
ty-four hours. Although less glut
tonous, as a rule, it is more destruc
tive than tlie locust, from its greater
fecundity and wider distribution
over the vegetable world. It feeds on
leaves, flowers, roots, buds, seeds,
even the wood of plants, indeed, it is
ncarlv omniverons. The worm is as
serted to march in regular and exact
order: it lives in society, and moves
in procession cither in single file, or
two, three and four abreast, the line'
being so perfect in tlie columns Hint
tlie head of one is never beyond tlie
head of nnollicr in the row. Ii fol
lows tlie leader, slopping when the
lender stops, making journeys from
plant to plant or from tree to tree in
quest of food, and returning to its
nest in tlie same order. The worms
form ranks, inarch and halt witli Hie
precision of soldiers. AVhen several
nesls are in the same neighborhood
llie going loriii and Hie coining hack
of llie creeping hnllalions al llie same
hour, rnnimoiily toward nightfall, is
very curious and interesting. Cater
pillars include more Hum one thole -
and varieties, there being seven hun
dred iu New England alune. They
all have thirteen segments, llie tirs't
consisting of jaw and mouth, Hie
second, third and fourth of tlie thor
ax of tlie future insect, and Hie other
segments of tho abdomen. Tlicir rap
id growth and extraordinary con
sumption are shown by the common
silk worm, which, according to A’in-
ccnzo Dniidolo’s (realise on' silk, in
creases, during Hie thirty days neces
sary to its full growth, from one to
forty lines iu length, and Imm one-
hundredth to about ninety-live grains
in weight. In Hint time, therefore, it
increases its weight nine thousand
five hundred lime, and cats fifty
thousand limes its weight of food.—
In tlie Northern Slates there arc
about one thousand kinds of butter
flies and moths. As each female lays
from two hundred to five hundred
eggs, these species would produce,
on nn average, from cacli single fe
male tiiree hundred thousand cater
pillars iu a year. If one-half ol these
were females the second generation
would he forty-five millions anil Hie
third six billions seven hundred ami
fifty millions. AVith such fertility it
is easy (o sec the destructive power
of caterpillars, particularly of the
army worm, must he prodigous.
WILLIAMS & WATSON
GENERAL
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April 29,1880-1 y.
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