Ti'tM l * . f:e.rolOtOgf , AGRICULTURAL,. tetrLTURALEATISIMEIFTS. — Tile • 7 tittictition odoisr redders is direOted to -;this f9110 , 4ng ocivertis?ments: in this popet ;.! ....T.A.0013 KEYSER, Franklin Nurseries. nearPhant -berslaurtr.' 'Fruit and 'Ornamental ~.Trees of all • kind=. -Vines and Strawlierries. L . :RYDER, West Franklin Nurserie s .% Lduelon. ~:Franklin county. Strawberry Plants of tltficinds. 'PUKKHOLDER MESON, Wilsonville - 'Nurse " .17;;Bendersville," Adams countY.--Jom; F-Caot , r, Agent, Chambersburg. Frait nd Ornamentalt Trecs. Vines - and Stocks. • - - KNOX , box 155. Pittsburg-./ Ei - eryN-nrinty. of Strawberries and Vines:. /' , BLACK. Faynttdriirei•Fianklin elmintY• .florsc-Power and Thresbinetiachines.. - I - ' .. B...STROCK, Chambembur,„.e/ *Wagons and.hrid.tl - . Implements'of all y, • • - • 'lnf. L. BAYER & N4kinds kafiealtui•al Machin'CfFlind Innnlements. ABRAHAM METE._fAunnberiPtt - r-5.- Ever , Y u e- DAVIDof Plows an& Cw:tingq‘• • LAN-DRETII-k-SON.PI ,licultural Implements:Mid Garden --:MYERS:* BRAND; Ch.vaittersbnrg. Fa Tools of all kinds. •AGRIOOLTURAL:STATE FAlR,rat Norri Septomber 11111 i4EEII) I ti D SEEDING: `• -"Our farmers are nov-abollt tti iA their wlieht 'erop, and the im VICO "0 fprqper,l3 - preparinz the' gr - and Using iiind, , , .- , _ . .. ~ „. ' - 'St - Seed cannot ho ton "4tionn'ly nrcr t ; ,-, b . rs ,jd.: , The! - Laneauter: 'heat .that 1 has been- : in nse, for, several, years lash- in , PranklirueOunty, Ms Saclly-dirui ni4hed ;In its ~ie-a and .deferiOrated in'•iit.lier respects. It still'is"the'hese-AntleUn ' be sowed onStubbles.;Torin,light hind; ' f :if i ,ehesced.js . i,ar,,,Ai11i,,4 ,I l e,et,ed;lhut „where fanners. ''linve ~,gp,od / soil ,I t ritui ; .:well- propaPed ~ for, a, - ,good 'eroP, of *heat,. it does not-. ield a,tiSfact,oi ily. --Resides it is rather. soft irilithe.stein, ' indislia:hle to - be bri)h,.'cri' down ihy 'fi t'irifs' in tune, alia:l - 011e:,ii 'fails - t&fill i i . 'ppi roperly:. A most` tuc:ury,ult, gre Nth ' , f . tiancast,r Wlie,a. , ' that WeeitOp bd n. last ;:year,, required ninetee..la F rge .ellplmes to-produce : 4 b.u.sheb and then it was scarcely full .. _weight. .It._nici , beau prostrated,by,a -- storm, ansl, the , grains shrunk very: badly: The -.aut . ,harvest produce a. -liatiCalter :wheat, as the •ch-erally Iv-4s sowed - very,fate, luxuriant in growth, , and 'stot, _fiihm ,- Welt The ROchester' ache: fail -,..: .rcoe es, „,..c 'is i.l, fits are lon 'otrong Jand, and ‘ hair:few_ \p oi tits 1 to -recommend: it "Air ,poor land.. 1 ' ::4,.' is , , nearly if not quite,. as, strong in the stem as .the La caster,; but its brad, ti heavy blades tat , tlie' stiick. kia Sev re ly that it-is . easily 7',ltrastrated, and :• r. • - iiilien Once dOWiii it -cannet Lteedie . * . e :have tried . it' -on limestone ' and Slatelands—,on rie,li'and:pin' geii,,,l nd have -, aliandoned it. ; , On, strong- hind :it.wouid yield' ratherbetter than he ' Lancaster if it 'reduld, standup Itftil . itipened; liutit4oes dOWn :three - ea-, ,L 'Bona - ottt , cif-foul.`‹ 7 ''', ''' ::''' 1. •.'' 1 I - In' the fall :of 'lafisi: We - siOW ed. liiifi `eaS't - r', aocheseer 'ind.`:the . .. , Boughtonr white wheat-in the..ianbj;' &Ilex- - lactly-•the, same soil, , th e ground tall :prepared alike, and 50.11., sowed : on, the ante day: ;The. Lanetster averaged . ..... . . 'tibritit,' nineteen grains t'4'the head; but , ' i wletit ilex - Va.:in. Sniie.f'filied 'hAdli, nd ' lacked 'a little in "Weight. It yiel ed . .•- -•., .•, . •... abut, twenty bushels to - , the, a , :i.e. 'The - Rochester: went_doWn 41:ili: he Lancaster, but never reeovered,at, 411; and filled 'still rorsethan the Lana S -. lir. '''' It' averaged' about -tviefiti , :tWo g f rains to the-head; find yielded 'o:bOut ~ eighteen „ ,bushels to the aere.,' Th.e , ileavy.,-grewth of- straw, prosfrated at on, the" ground, : smotbered. the . clover - ' - , ,seriously. Two acres of the fieldiwe 'SoWed - With !Boughton; 1 drilling bne 'itild'a"half ' btisheis c td` the acre: l' 'lt stood tip;',W . o).;:arid,j,izelded:thirtt=fivo buOels and a" peck ,of ,clean F wheat to trie,aere. The Lancaste:r and . Boehe4 7 ;lei, rip,ened about the-sante time---ithe ' , Boughton ripened-fully d week'earlier.' Last l fall We sowed' 'the;;Bonglitotr ''"stlieit 'On oatslAitibblesi ":' on ':fai l low grotind, - hothlimeStone; and new slate. ' • land? :' If lie,aded spnie'eiglit`daYg be fore the. Ted-svheatvand- in the Severe' .iilionglit that-. prevailed . ; in 'the :C'arly . . . ~., • part bflas%stimuter.! , liad the season" ' ' ' tea lat . pfable, , we': .believe that= it ~:WOuld'haye headed. li-inch bat t er.; but 1 itStill avera64(l',aheiti, 'l,Wentl'-ei ht ' grains to the head: .'lt - sc;oci.-51,erty well, and- it yields a: bushel to" the' 7 4,6m 1 '-of very niciderate , binitL"ll'his:' I IfaltWo ; shall -sow quite . 'one t yllfl Or; 'Crop of .he'llought - otk'Wheat?,- - - It liaa' ~ ,:ii a l O W-bedn raised in;thiti neighborhood ..- iiii'ibree years, and '",'seenis "to - Have" develope(lno defects. ,-txCePting that ,. ''3t`-has beeome a shade-darker - ,:weean '''iientd chano•e - en it- iii three yea; s of l iltivation.. 'TO' carefn I 'fain) eiti,:lwho ~ ' Ikaye good land:and prepare - it wall, it i is certainly:the mOstprednetiVe wheat now raised iu the county:, It reipiires litOtee;iire in ha n curing t, red' Wheat. - ;'-`ii _Ulna be quite dry When patini`the ;i , t,,' 441,14 its 'SMOOthe heada.haVe 'nab-, mg tilt, the chat:. to absCiiti‘iiiitsiltiie,' and it packs much - eltiiei iri.tile„tattai: ~,, The red hear4y is pyotee4,e4,by. its more spongy,strawAkrgerblades,and beard, which Willahserb-ayast arum:int Of -Moisture ; and atth e same. time pre- -irent-the sheaves from padking_in : the 'barn: . TO -eareleSS 'farmers- we .would `not reenirailend'iMooth :Wheat of airy kind. Tt was `raised thiS i 'se . risol . in almost everyrsectiob:pf:the- cOnnty, and can be.procured in nearly every unigliborbood J ,In b flying fro m neigl • _hors, however; be sure dint theirfarins are not infested with .garge, or' ,with very gOOd Wheat ptirchaSerSlicaY get ,The red 'v."-heat, known as the Lan -Caster has : been the_ Chief 'reliance :of our - 4,rmers : th „cOunty- : for ,some years. ~.It :Well dapted -to our sec:- tion, and cab ibeE grown- sneOessfdlly on r' degree of - negli r gen:ft; that . Would • - • - firtiditeitic.ii failtire with.white Wheat : 7 :: It lids,_ howeyer t ,- dinainistied In yield and - in 'Weight ; - 'hutthatiS'Pi•Obably - *ore' thelfanit of flattniers than:the Wheat, We s 'AOAipt regard it aS absolutely.' neCi-Ssa-ry: t 6 change seed .Wheat frequently-:-; but it is :mokit essential that: Seed whkat Should : be cultivated, and gathell44 - witk the -utmost care: It is prO:tiPly :well to change frijjailipie§tcin'e't6,,slltke.2 la n d seeti. - occasionatly;-- but it is • infi, nft - eIY . More important that 'Wheat in tended for, seed should . .` be . selected 'heare harvest,—ii:Should be the best 2(inthe farinin all respectS-LjtShOuld be thoroughly cleaned of coakle„cheat, rye,. B.e, before :it ripens; and :should he , allowed . to become . fully,: ripeLor what is conirhonly called dead on the gyomid,-wheri it should be cut, taken in, promptly , and threThed ct t once.- this way we dnilbtnot that thesa,mukind of wheat may be raised on the Same land for marry' years With out deteriorating in any degree.' one : Year ago we, found ,our i red Wheat by. , no means good, and our neighbors; but 'little better ; - if any,- and ' - wo cured thirty bushels - of - red- beardyL doubtless the same lit's our Larteaster 7 --froin ; the !Lake coun ty, andHsowfd. it - at , : tho same -time, :and in the' 'same ' 'of gronnd. with the Lancaster.- -It-- grew much better, :filled -better, has :about i_five grain slmore to the head,"iswhiter in both (Train-sand Stern., and:ripene& a 'few . „ aster; trod day Sooner,' than the Lancaster ; hope• With care te preserve ; it from year to ear as_the -best ! of .red wheat. Wit falt Are-shall sow, eatire ly,of the!,,llnughto.n•thaboutl an equal.portion - of ea.c1.1.! z-it —We thus` given the, _readers of the REPOSITOR'Y our exiierienee.' in three 'years 'itif-•par-dtilifdolit to fro dtito 'geed- •Wheat:- If - anY, :hia - Ve sue ceeded. better, :- We shall begladlto hear and : learn :fro : al: thein - through onr Columns, MIDg =ll put Int- I und l ean- :W 4 ASiI.t:N.T'C-VtON The Deserted Capitol—Dresident,Liateoln _ _ Hellech' and Iletittzehnen —SeeretnitlesiStstrittaf atal Chase—Gov. cortitt—Removal of ,the Si eh to n d ' Wounded SOldiers to Pennsylvania. Currotipondonce of M;u3 Repanitosit;, '2WA.saING:ON,..A.vgnat-d% 1863. Washington has not yet -recovered from the severer heated term , Its .iAreets look itimparativelyrdeserted, and but for the chief• civil, and rnilitgY magnates with their. sub ordinates, who _cannot get ~ - i rway,, and, the. t. .usual assortment of contractors, speculators,l and jockeys,, with a sprinkling of ofheers who.skulli from thek• commands its often .ns , possible,. the , capitol ; wourd • be i ,alpflost populated— lie-Prosident :look's' well • and hopeful.. When last saw'him to Sias worn by • liar-. 'clisino cares Until . la genial eye ;;Ya 'ditntned,; • and his ' step was' heavy: ChandeilorsAlle ,ltad just told its gloomy tale' of alibi:her dis-. •astor.to the Army of the Potoniae ; :the Iron-. ' clads had been repulsed- at.dharleston; &rant - , had reeled from his assault at, Vicksburg in bliiodly failure, and Banks , had left many oC his, bravest men on thegory field hefore Port, Htulsonin a fruitlcsi, - effort to' cariy r the , rebel works.' ,t'Ciiigresi,'66.;`VCarCelyl6VA t it'plitglie ;than n'Xtbel 'ariny-;of Obseriitti6n,..bitil just . got , itWay''• and 'I " Who must bear the - brunt.of a cdtintrY's inis fo'ittlnes in a gigiintic-viat;invelkrinditgOWn .4Aisteitce, shotlid't;tagiet lin r der. - ; the . : fearfat' load. 'Rut sine° then Old Flag. hiS been' borne with hitinterztpted,triuniph along the . whole... Union line. frOmi the - to -the ppi,, And every ,bulletiii;.giyairenewed prOmise of, life to the -Republic. That the President's eye should brighten; his, step re .sumeCits vigor ; and his ; honest„ ,rugged fAce • wear- its laccustopOd - humor, trkumph after ',triumph complets the circle .of , victories,, is only. natural. However hated.O.:,beioyed ; defamed or flattered; defeated efirininphent, he is the same noble, lisinterested, &dither-. He may err s,adly:at-times himself and the country he serves with sueh, matchless fidelity ; ,but who could do more ? .Whitt judgment . could, be -opal to grasp - the crime-of ,rebellion-,-so cohissai that none but itself is its paFailef?:7 l 7 ,:and, with a . people un trttiiea to war, averse, to:fr4ter:na . l conflict; and hut Slow to apyreciatellac; dadlTr pniTiose and power.of trpason,AO amazed - that he more: Italieck looks ' gritve slid • _ Ram )151,1911:.*)5 4re.ought.tu hav,e , toore Mains than, usually thelot'of-, Mortals, head is"n`ot t6ivalciit"iiliten'olo ,, v' - '“RftWii'ethO'rli'dii practical as'prbforati, , fitnfi'F" whether' he ever 'flake at 'ertainlY 'never :ever`` tie . "-the yiindi Ichilltng -nieraisYlable, altheitgh I de•••, oral times. What he doe§•ikt thinks the:ont iiidelWOrld , ' - n . ever-iktiowi;"—lincled" I •iiiihen 'guess .thatrho don't :know therois - sticitaminj, stiiiition" as_ an: Outside worldridth• inanY and a meSt-Varted assoittaufof with the sulilitnet idea's ofindiiiddal avvor • eignty. , • 31i4; tredf, for the; present „is ; .Ftit.,l And Ito,liates",±epowrg, tqwsopei4 ; alid-, , p9,1F ticaans as Paddy does! stiakesp and;robtsblY haves e than • Hall eck. ." • I SaF him _Fetid his •Way,':with:measureds f ,ineditative ,step to, the : ',Virar peparpnprit Bid broad r ,fttli faea, looks. as otnutionless a:sA statue, and ,hiplar,ge grey. eyes-are as guilt: less of n,,ntetTy twinkle as if they were_ the handi-worlt of man. • Doe r s tlie art of Far thus dry up thegeninl fountains of the soul.? "iieintzelman followed' hini; with quick, tnot,neryoui'stcp,, and' soon hiSsliarp, shag gy,' br'onzea - fii.ice - atsdpi)7F,ca . , in the War 1:)ie Slanted,' werc there, and'a council Of Win. 'Fits'aoPbtless tfie;, order Of„the morning, _ '§tant'on . bears.ifie : eares . 4 office well!' He is §hOrt, thick `set and lookilike 'one Whci MEE : • would love ease rather than aeaselesi poi. .`leiiitieS ' aid ''grae `responsibilities` Of 'the / .. 'cii• D'epfirfinerii:" But he ii''thprotiglily 'master of 'his hitpliritint, branch of li,he gob=goV ernmenf, and 'sinkiilarlyfaniiliar-iiith its details. 'He is-friiiiktilmet to - ahrUPtness, mid ever positiVb in his . OpiniOns-afid decided iii-his `actions:: ' IT6 beiii3Oppbsithin'britvely, .and - s'eldotnf , inaltes 'e.tpliinatiOns. - --;eschews, polities as ut trade, for m fin_c' reasons, - but MOinly, 1 tbihk, because Ihe i knOwi :nothing about it : . andlihouldthe'make efforts in that line,. he Would furitislk: a' fruitful ha.rvest of blunders, 111-Cis-,Mii earnest man r -eminest in thie;brdadest sense:of ,the term—heartiest ; be cause. the *clean : duti es,,of I the Age !demand , earnest; thought iy k 4 earnest action;; and he is faithftil to the preservationof the govern 7 ment: regardless of criticism ,or eonsequenceii -,-- Chase looks: fat. and jolly in, his - pepper and salt-suit.' lie has been' the builden train Of the'4dminiStration, and eCery'Bn4istinp hAS thrown its wreck remorselessly upOn hitn. • With ;-battles lost„ ; government,_securitieS sink, public credit'uttivers like the unsettled needle„sand 'lncretisecl demands -come upon theiTreasurY: But tbreugh glopia ,aria tri ! umph he has stood at the, financial helm with confidence unabated - in the ultimate -success Of Bight, and he'riOw Welcomes he dawning , da.y tli'd..hrixigs the,neen.:tide,"-of National victory to-a sorely tiled andlong humiliated pedple. Ile-points with pride to : universal Free :Labor and 'a liniform Currency as the -substantial frnits which eornia:a,sate -a loyal Pec: , Ple for the, wicked,, war : commenced by maddened traitors. „ Slovvly but surely hi, has:dissipated prejudices - ,, and finally, he has - established-a sypp,pl, of finance that challen 7 gcs:the: admiration of the ,world, and that -will make . its mark in the prosperity of the . • country for ages" to coMe:, He is over six feet high, and:stoutly proportioned, has light ' 'luiii,"softblne eyes, and a face beaming with amiability "and intellect, and like most cabi met officers would take the Fresulency. .. `: ' 4oV.'CUrtin was here to-day and had' a -protracted inte - i-t;iev'i , `with' !fie.' President. tte'strongly urged the faithfUl . 'fulfillinent of thelorder he procured. some' iticinths* , nge, di 'reeling tit rein dial °fall arm Skit end iti-011 - 14 j ell ;`soldiers' 't(i: ' liospitAls `in' Perinsylviinio r - 5:.'"6t-withgtanaing-tlie , ge,neraoridee ' , for .th'e • trmisfet; ;of the sit:land tv'otindedloi the Staie l s where at all practicable, 'maq. Piurnsylia nians are still At l'OinFrOoßoiat ;_ at Wash-. ingtOn? itt 7 Aleiitndria! and 1411 , 'e . yen in, :TOV,lrorit r J - TIVOPg II tile 0 4tsgl-PEE.. offtlts of :Quir.. , Curtii44ll ; w4,hp prpplptly,r,.eurned ; to , 3 , l!f9StL4, ,Yoere#Or,f#ol.4lf. can PCkinisteF:tf) them ; .ond4 is .H,oped that ITT ITigmenti may be iiliet ; ?, ,furluugh ;them rhorpq ia• ?eery 1 i ngqcf9es, so,as to Jegeiye the Npd...:tittn. tions of their own . f.arnilies. , , But'en'engli ,of 'Wa.sir!ingtOn for, te-day, " and may it be ion(i'befOre , T. -firi,:i i-.;e., 0 aiithi .ti, :visit,' life: ~ , e iiy :t'' mugniileeni, 'distiiiiei's" 'agai`U. r ''' ' ' 'l--:- . --" r. - ' • ' '''A.:' it. isi.',, ho ds , Yew theatre—A. riv als tit*asli Ington--31 - ost.by's 'Batas— flit malt 7 1 9rt!!Illd 0 1 4 0 RaProP44: • n Corippondunce of Th? Franklin Itepplb7l- : , WASEtp - kl'iON: it: , • Aug. 40; The only thing of :My importance that fins l i taken phice lierelliis Week hasli9en the tip n-, ing'of - Ford's; magnificent' lkspian n ;iteinfrie. p - Ver'three : thonsand fsersiitis iiere'iti attend ; 'Among the cre'w,d,'Weib certainly' the lieduty 'and fashion of c lir'ashingt, ; Tbe house was crowded in •eierk 'yak frinza:Ai- - eh es tral to demo,'`- Everry seat , eceapied and every , fdot-;of standing ;robin : *as oe'eu- • pied.- lainistsay ffoii persoreil - observatiort,l ;that this; titeatreis ivgrand sticciii, and• from; old ;‘-‘slow, todeb.'! :fashion, Ofdtiing any thing hakdsomerin Waihington,q :must. iay'l here isimexceptioi:- Hereds;artheatre that' I 7 ..ar4 cit.Yiny 'be 'Proud of,:anti;pojournersi will_wtitdo4te it, as a'aortoiffitisit•send, tout parted w ith the pl aces ofnmusement'wif h Which this,place .has, formerly .boon , blessed... withstanding the - 4:ante : use ornwil,.of , last evening, the velqatien. was good, And the atmosphere was,as wholesome for breathing Jii,the first as ,It,ithe last,' The building, is on sound accOustic,princiPles, and the; actors. -without-apy,strairuag can he,hearlll:l;eyql7 part of tn 9 house. • Among -the ar, F/V s.her„?. ; ye r lterday i --,K GoF. Hon. ; ; A. K, MctluTO,: 710iirn. B; 1416 Ti t , z 7Kaytte:, McVeigh.. and Morton ..1!(e' kiChael,, pr,pm anA goupci Union In of l'eunsyl-• • • . • •varlP^ • • • ' - ,L • remains'•. • ; armypf the Potomac fravi if:L u rie fiup.bef•Ot..4!•af:telci ro,?n,„. a 7 r,low• gof.,tig"tiirmraT4.' 'Thel•4oo . o" of' in:4l'4rmi • r are close , together, and mingle, in conversa tion.. Oen.lilefistirit