TERNS OF PIIBLICATION. , - THE FRANKLIN REPOSITORY is pUlisbed every Wednesday raoruirsg by "THE REPOSITORY ASSOCIATION," at 82 50 per annum, El AIWANcE, or $3 if not paid within the year. All rubserptian 44 ' aounta mrsr be ectdcd annually. No paper will be sent out of the State unless paid for in advance, and all inch subscriptions will bwatiably be discontinued at the expi ration of the time for whith they am-paid. ADVERTISEMENTS are inserted at Fin cEN . perline for first insertion, and TEN CENIS per tine for gat. sequent insertions. A liberal discount is made to persons advertising by the quarter, hatflear or year. Special no tices charged one-half more than regular advertis er ne ats- All resolutions of Asbociatioas , communications of limited of individual interest, and notice , of Marriages and Deaths exceeding five lines, are charged fifteen cents per line. Fie All Legal ploticar of every kind, and all Orphans' Court and other Judicial Saks, are requisid by lam to be advertised in tie REPOtrrOitY—it having the LARGEST cals. CULATION of any papa-published in the county of Franklin. JOB PRINTING of every kind in Plain and Fancy col ors, done with neatness and dispatch. Rand-..bills, Blanks, Cards, Pamphlets, Se., of every variety and style, printed at the shortest notice. The REposrroirr OFFICE has just been re-fitted with Steam. Power and three Presses, and every thing In the Printing line can be executed in the most artistiemanner and at the lowest rates. TERMS IN VARIABLY CASH. ar M. John K. Shryect; is our authorized Agent to receive Subscriptions and Adverth,ements. and receipt La the same. All letters should be addressed to 31'CLIZRE' & STONER, Pnbleshers. Opal, kuinta, CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS! t• ATTENTIO N! The anderaigmed have now on hand, at their PLANING AND FLOORING MILL, a large supply of Sash., Shutters, Doors and Blinds for side, or made to order. Mouldings of all descriptions. from half inch to 8 inches, on hand. - Plain and Ornamental Scroll Sawing neatly executed. -- Also—Wood Turning in all as bninebes. Newel Posts, - Banisters, Bed Posts, &c„ on hand. A large-Supply of Dressed Flooring for sale. Also—Windinv and Door Frames on hand or made at short notice. HAZELET, VERNON & CO., fold If Harrison Avenue, Ghambersburg, Pa. NOTICE TO FARMERS 100 TOSS OF TIMOTHY HAY • — 7 Wanted by GEO. A. DEITZ 200 WAVSLIT LOGS Wanted by GEO. A. Loma 100 ASH LOGS Wanted by GEO. A. Derrz. It LARGE CHERRY LOGS Wanted by (LEO. A. DErri. WHEAT, RYE, COBS, OATS, and ail kinds of Produce bought by GEO. A. DEITZ, at his Wiaehouse above the Railroad Depot STOVE AND Ll= COAL far sale cheap, by the too or half ton. S OAK AND HICKORY WOOD,: by the cent or half cord. OAK AND HICKORY WOOD, salved and Wit for stove nse, by the cord or halt cord. WDIDOW AND DOOR SILLS, of Oak, Walnut and Pine, always on hand WINDOW ANBi DOOR-FRAME STUFF, and all kinds of LI.I3IBER. such as Oak and Pine Plank • Oak, Walnut, Pine and Hemlock Beards; Flooritig - Buards, Joists, Scantling., Shingles, Paling. Laths, BEST OF ROOFING SLATE always no lfaud, and roofs put on by the best Slaters. who have drawn medals for thew superior workmanship. ,;..CALL AT DEITZ•S WAREHOUSE, abo - ve the Railroad Depot, and bey nkrap. [denbi EONARD:EBERT SON, L COAL AND LCRBER We have on hand an kinds of Coal and Lumber. and are prepared to fumirh Bill Lumber to order at short no tice, all at the mart reasonable terms. Our ,tock nl Linn bur consists'af White Pine 2 inch Plank, " 11 '' select Plank. " 11 " Plank. " " 1 select and Culling Boards, " " f " Boards, " f " Siding (black) " Bert 111, er uunt,gl, " " Worked Floring, " -"" • " " Joist and Scantling, all sizes, Hemlock Joist and Scantling, " J3unrds Yellow Pine Boards, Joist and Scantling, Philjpg and l'laoteriog Eatits. We ha MS also always on hand a good supply of all Ends ofCcull for stoves and lime-burning. Also a sale• liar artiere of Broa4top Cent for blacksmiths. The pub. - lie are Invited to give us a call, as we will endeavor to give satsrfaction to all that coll. Coal and Lumber furnished on the cars to any station On the Franklin Railroad. Mroflice on Second St., in the rear of the Jail Yard, Chninbensburg,.Pa. LEO, EBERT & SON. jnly27-tf. STEAM SAW MILL.—T4ie tn dersign ed have erected and in operatioloi Steam Saw 3fill at the South Mountain, near Gmffenhttrg Springs, and are prepared to saw to order 13,1111, of WIII'I'E OAK, PINE, RE3ILOCK or any kind of timber desired. at thezhert -est-notice and ut low rates. One of the, firm will be at the Hotel of Sam'l Greenawalt. t Chembersharg. on Satur day the 24th inst. and on each alternate Saturday thereaf ter for the purpose of contracting fur the delivery of lum ber. LUMBER DELIVERED at any point at the L,qw- EST RATES. All letters should be addressed to them at praffenburg P. 0., Adatns CO.. Pa. decl4-ly MILTENBERGER & BRADY, rar Small lots of Lumber, Shingles, &c.f . from otm mills cufa be proemed at anv time at, W. F. EYSTER Market Street, Chambersborg. SMALL, BENDER 64: CO., Yqrk and Goldsborough • LUMBER DEALERS Old MANUFACTIMEPS OF • SASH, DOORS, SEWTTEPoS, BLINDS, DOOR AND WINDOW FRAMES. kr., Keep constantly on band a well selected stock of seas 'ottabie Limber, viz:--Joist and Scantling, Weatherboard. ing, drtsscd Flooring, Siding, Laths, Shingles, Palings and Fencing. . a- White Elise and Oak Bills, sawed to order at the shortest notice. AU communications should be address.sid to YORK, PA. EUIL DIN G LUMBER.—The under signed is prepared to saw tall - Inds of Building Lum berAlthe lowest market prate. R. A. RENFREW, GREENWOOD Dtit.l.S. Fayetteville P. O. dectiMl-ly Trees, Ytnez aub *ettio. FFRANKLIN",s.:URSERY.—Desirous of clearingpart (Amy groandA, I offer for sale, 30,000 APPLE TREES. These Trees are grafted with the best and most appro• ved varieties of Apples, and are grown on good sandy loam. They have an abundance of fine fibrous roots, and rem be removed without risk. They can be furnished from five feet to nine feet in heighth, a hit proportionately heavy stalks, and are ‘cell worth the attention of persons wishing to plunt carbards. I will sell theta at from SR) to $l4 per 100, according to size and quality of Tree, when ordered in quantities of 100 and upwards. PEAR. - CHERRY unit - PEACH TREES air fall plant ing also on. band. _ EVERGREEN and SHADE TREES in variety, u ith a general assortment of SFERI'IIftERV. GRAPES.—I am prepared to reecit e antrfill orders for . Gropes fir fall planting, suet, as Concords (the boa dark note cuttivate.l.) Diana,' Rebecca, Delaware, T. Eaten, turd all the latest varieties offered. - A moderate charge to cot or expellees for parking. All goods delivered in Chambersburg or at the Rail Road if &sited. Li" Orders addre,sed to the undori.igued will receive prompt attention. J. liEsesErt. Atrent, may3l , lni lcuro.ry, Chautherdoirg Pa. Sortoarbing . P,OUSCO. WUNDEItLICH_S: NEAT) F oßwm , t ,m; AND C011)1I-M.S MEI:CHAN Co " North Second Street, the Cumberland Valley Railroad Depot, Clounber4mr*,-Pa. Cara run regularly to raid from Philadelphia and Tta more -AGENTS.—Peacock, Zell & Hindman, No. 808 Mari fret St., 'Philadelphia. - Lykens Valley. Broken Egg and Nutt COAL, (duvet from the mines): Wilkeeharre and Pine Grove FOUNDRY COAL, LUMBER. SHINGLES. SALT, PLASTER and Hancock CEMENT, kept constantly on hand. FLOUR, GRAIN and PRODUCE II of all kinds purchased at the highest cash priees. -Atlept9,l33. WUNDERLICH & NEAD T/109. L. GILLESPIE. CILILLEgPIE, ZELLER & CO., iji PRODUCE, AND PROVISION MERCHANTS, AND WHOLESALE GROCERS, North-West corner of Sixth and Market Streets. Phila delphta. f001t3,62.tf. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL! ROPES & TWINES. The undersigned having purchased thehntire Stock and Fixtures-of the Rope and Twine Bleoufaetory of J, I'. G r ey, dee.'d, respectfully announces to her friends, and Me' former patrons of the establishment. that she will Cimin - I'i to-carry on the business in all its rations branches, nt I THE OLD STAND, on Franklin street, Chambersburg, where che will be pleast ed to reeeice the calls and orders of the toddle. All kinds, sizes, and qualities of gopEs, CORDAGE, TWINES, - --(arrays kept on hand or made to order of the hest nort h and furnical at reasonable prim. In connection with the abuse butness, she is also prepared to manufacture: HAIR, TATAR, AND OTHER MATTRASSES, • u es Home Blankets and Fly Ne ts of snperloreptal y and style. PeISMIS in want of superior articles In the abace line tire rancor:tad local!, orsend tbeir orders, 10,10, will be attended to promptly, MARY E GRAY. —dec7l.ly - - 4 A LI r Atli r- II - , r _ i.- "-----, . . ' '.. - ' ' BY M'CLURE & STONER. Silber: tininq Compant). THE McCLEAN SILVER MINING 003fPANY OF MONTANA 100,000 SHARES AT 810 EACH FULL PAID UP 85 EMI!. EDWARD B. JONEB, COL S. 31cCLEA:s o Montani, Territory Secretary and Treasurer, WILLIAM M. BARLOW, Pilladelphis. EDWARD E. JONES, Philadelphia, COL S. ,IteCt.FAX, Montana Territory, JACOB HAT, Easton, Pa, GEoßr.r. IL Rorxrs, Philadelphia, WILLIAM W. LEDYARD, Philadelphia, J. G. Gm Montana Territory•, J. C. DELA6O Camden, N. J. CISFICE, 425 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. The Eaton and Aurora SCI ver Lodes, the property of this Company, are situated on the Rattlesnake Creek, it never failing mountain streatn, which empties into the Beaver Read River, a tributary of the Jefferson Fork of the Misaeuti, in Bearer Read County, in the Territory of Montana And contain twelve hundred feet each. The width of the Eaton Lode is five and one•half andof the Aurora three and one•half feet, running to unknown depths, and increasing in richness as they go down. These two lodes are only fetty feet apart, and probably ran to g•ether at tome distance from the surface. An.estimate hereto appended, based upon actual assays made in the ordinary form. and in bulk, will show the im remise yield of these mines and theft' great value as Silver producing Lodes. These assays were made by Prof A. K. Eaton. Prof. Pettey of the Now York Assay Office, and Prof. Gunth. of this city. Sample ...,:„. i 5 Silver per ton Gold $.1!)2 33 Trace. Sample No. 2 5 Silver per ton 93 75 i Gold? " 8 4. 72 Sample No. 3 1 Silver ..ol per ton 467 M Trace. Sample N 0.5 Silre ld iTer " ton Go 1A smopie Ka 1 i ll o lur per ton Sample 2 { per!ori Gold Sample t o. 3 / G S ' o l j tt er . " Sample lslo. 4/ G S v i d e r Prtoi. A. K. EATON:—DEAF SIA : Tbe:sample of ore hat yon left with me, marked "Discovery• E," gavo by assay, in Silver $164 56-100 Silver per ton. Yours truly, PHILADELPIILA, April 3, 1265.—The eatriple of silver ore from Montana Territory examined at your requesti enntaino 172,'22 ounces of Silcet- in 2000 lbs. of ore; value e.Z.14. Gold per ton. The aboye ore is said to come from the Eaton Lode. Messrs. Adetherg and Raymond, mining Engineers, New York, say "We assume that the Lead ore will yield 87.1 in Silver to the ton and the Silver ores:sso . O. These figures are moderate enough, since, according to our assay,s, the Sit- ver ores contain from $913 to S",A4O specie value." From the above assays, some idea may be formed of the immense value of this property, and of the certainty of a large yield. But even that idea will be merely approx itnatice, without 9 due consideration of the following facts The celebrated Comstock Silver Lode, in Nevada, wor ked by the "Gould and Curry," "Empire," "Yellow Jack et," "Ophir," "Crown Point." "Savage" and some other companies, sold on the Bth of April, 1863, at prices avers ging over 'Two Thousand Do:lars per foot. These mines yield an average of about e-GO" to the ton, which includes first, second and thlld classes of ores. Now, the average yield of the three C11:63413 of ore-of the Eaton and Aurora Lodes call certainly be more than 865 per ton; indeed from the large number of assays that far made, not only here, but in the actual workings of-the mine, it is ill probably reach_ $75 or £`.'o per ton. The 2400 feet owned by the Company would, therefore, be worth, at the price of the Comotoek Lode, nearly Fire Millions of Dolton, The Company have seq . a mill of tiventy.tuF stamps to • .7., the mines, and Ciper4 rele .114 in silver in September. This will be able to eritiii - st r y tons of ore per day, at an ex. pease for mining, crushing and smelting of ... ten dollars fa (810) per ton. Then, taking the yield at odj6o per ton. the result would be as follows 30 tons per day, at 800 Oo,t, el° per On JACOI3 ZELI.EIt. Net day profit or 5450,000 per annum, payable, not In careen cy, but In the coin itself. The property of the Company is amply sufficient for a dozen companies, and mould not be exhausted in a lifetime. Prospectors are also engaged by the Compan#, r takiag up other Lodes fur them The operations at the mines are under the euperinten denee of the Hon. Samuel McLean, Delegate to Congreno from the Territory, h hose thorough sequeirstanee with mining retsders it certain that the interests of the Compa ny will be pushed In the most energetic manner. Only Twenty Thousand Shares for sale WM. M. BARLOW, Secretary & Trfaa. -- '‘D. B. OAKS, mayl7.Btl, Agent for Franklin County and vicinity, CAPITAL. $1,000,000. President, Vice President, Directors, EATON LODE. 1,677 70 1,251 35 AURORA LODE 8198 21 Trace. 73 90 21 10 201 10 Trace.. t 319 M small quantity NEW YORK, January f.'l, 1865." Joirs TORREY. F. A. GENTH :1 :1 ). SI,EOO lial 11,cgat ffotigs. ELLEN'GOINS, BY HER NEXT Friend, Samuel getter, vs. George Gob:is—in the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin county. No. hi. Jan uary Term, 1565. Subpoena in Divorce. Returnable to the January Term. Returned nihff habit. - Alias subpoe na to April Term, and same return. Notice is hereby given to George Goins, the defendant above named, to appear before the Court of Common Pleas of said county, on the second Monday of August next: to answer the complaint of the plaintiff above, or be proceeded against according to law. junel4.4t SAMUEL BRANDT, Sheriff. AUDITOR'S NOTICE.— -Notice is here by given to the creditors of Peter Gray, late of the borough of Chambersburg, dec'd, that the account of Dr. J. L. Bue-crott and H. tiehe Administrators of the Es tate of said decedent, has been confirmed by the Orphans' Court of .firanklin county, and that the undersigned bus been appointed by said Court to distribute the balance on said account to and among the persons entitled by law to recei a the ne. The Auditor willattend to the duties of his ap tment at his office, on Wednesday the L?th of July nett, a 0 o'clock A. M. junettr4t—} DEO. W. BREWER, Auditor. • ESTATE OP DAVID LYTLE.—The undersigned, appointed Auditor to make distribution of the balances, in the bands of J. 51. Lytle, Executor of David Lytle, deceased, to and among the heirs and lega tees of the said deceased, will for.that purpose meet at his office. in the borough of Chambersburg, on Thursday, the 15th day of June, at 1 o'clock, M., all persons who may think proper to attend. CEO. W, BREWER, may 24 Auditor. A DIINISTRATORS' NOTICE.-No /1_ tice is hereby given that Letters of Administration, ea the Estate of John Omwake, late of Washington town. ship, deed, have been granted to the undersigned. AU persons knowing themselves indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment; and those having claims present them property athenticated for settlement. SA3IIIEI, 01.1 WAKE, Adm ,ra, june2l HENRY O.IIWAKE, A DMINISTRATOWS NOTICE.-No- LX. tice is hereby given that Letters of Administration, on the Estate of Mary Langbeino, late or Chambenburg, deed, have been granted fa the undersigned. All persons knowing therriselves indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment; and those having claims presenttbem properly authenticated for settlement. Junal HENRY LANGHEINE, Adm'r. EXECUTOR'S NOTIC E.—Notice is hereby given that Letters Testamentary to the Estate of Samuel R. Johnston. late of Souttmmptan township, clec'd, have been granted to the undersigned. All persons knowing themselves Indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment, and those having claims present them properly authenticated for settlement. junel C. KLEAN CULBERTSON, Eer. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.-No rice is hereby given that Letters of Administration ou the Estate pf Rev. Joseph Clark, late of Chambers burg. deed. have been granted to the undersigned. All persons knowing themselves indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment; and those having claims present them properly authenticated for settlement. junel4 6t A. K. I,I'CLL, TRE, Adm'r. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTlCE.—No tice is hereby given that Letters of Administration or the Estate of Daniel Gebr, late of Washington town ship, deed, have been granted to the undersigned. • All persons boosting themselves indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment; and those having claims present them properly authenticated for settlement. fpne7 JACOB S. GOOD, Adm'r. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.HNo- Lice Is hereby given that Lettois of Administration on the Estate of Jacob Smith, late of Antrim township, deed. have been granted to the undersigned. All persons knowing themselves indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment; and those having claims present thetufroperly- authenticated for settlement. rnar2 I JACOB R. SHANK, Adm'r. eattbitatts' teatbs. COUNTY TREASUAR.-11A.T. JOHN Ilarsi.Ett, offers himself as a randidate for the office of County Treasurer, subject to the decision of the Union Nominating. Convention. St. TUMIAS, March S'2 1563. 00UNTY TREASURER.—At the solie- N_„/ itation of a number ortny friends, I announce my eetfa candidate for the °filet , of County Treasurer, Butt, Jett to the decision of the Union Nominating County Concentron tQl.ttNeY, March:Lt. - 1 W3l. FLAGLE. A - M. CRISWELL will be a candidate £1• for the office of County Treasurer, subject to the decision of the Union Nominating County Convention. GHEE'S TOWNSHIP. May 3d. letz. TREASURER. --Samuel F. Greenawalt °Crag himself as a C'anifidate for the office of County Treasur&._subject to the decision of the Union :Comma. ting Coivention. CHAMBEEISBUIIO, Starch 15. NMI. H. I3ROTHERTON WILL BE A candidate for COUNTY TREASURER, ittibit:ol to the decision of the Union Nominating Convention. WAYNEctioRO, June?, 1865. SHERIFFALTY.—At the solicitation of a number of my friends, I offer myself as a Can. dilate for theofilce of Sbentf of Franklin ,County. subject to the decision of the Union Nominating Cons ention. Gcnyora) TOWNISHIY. March F. W. DOSH. SHERIFF.ALTY.—Emeouraged by a kJ number of my friends I offer myself as a Candidate for the office of Sheriff, subject to the decision of the Union Nominating County Convention. DAVID EBY. HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, March '2•2 SHERIFFALTY.,4 offer myself as. a Candidate for the office Of SheritFob Frauklin county, subject to the deosion of the I. [Um Nominating Conven tion. ' THOMAS ArAFEE. MEACE.ltaallta, Pa., Afarchtffi, If QHERIFFALTY.—Encouraged by a number of my friends, I offer myself as a mndidate for the office of Sheriff, subject to the decision of the Colon Nominating County Convention. D. .11. LEIritIER. CHAMBERSBURG, March Cl. SHERIFFALTY.—Capt. Jtco. DCEEIi BL, of Chambersbnrg, will be a candidate for the office of Sheriff, subject to the decision of the Union Nominating County Convention, marchifi. rITSTRICT ATTORNEY.I--SNIVELY STRICkI o ER will be a candidate rot' DIFITRICT AT- TuitNET, subjecHo the decision of the nexiUnion County Convention. Greencastle June ith, 186'3. WATSON 4ROWE WILL BE A candidate fur the utfire of DISTRICT ATTOR NEY, subject to the decision of the next Union County Convention. Matcbeo attb jetuelrp. W ATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, &c. Having just opened a well selected assortment of goods in my line, alrectly Opposite the Post Office, on Second Street, where my old and I hope many new customers will find me during business hours. Sty old stock having been re duced very suddenly on the alth of July last, I was com pelled to buy an Entire New Stock of hoods, • which are of the latest styles and patterns, consisting of Gold and Silver (Imported and American) Gent's and Ladies' Watches, Jewelry of fine and medium qualities, Silver TbimbleS, Napkin Rings, Fruit arid Butter Knives, Gold Film of fine quality,'" Pocket Cutlery,- • ' 4 Razors, Strops and Brushes, Silver Plated Spoons, Forkk and Butter Knives. Jett Goods, Pocket Books, Laies' Purses, Nail and Tooth Bnrshes, Redding and Pocket Combs, Lcad Pencils, Morocco Satchels, Large and Small Willow Baskets, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, Violins, Flutes, Fifes, Banjos, Tamborines, Accordeons, Flutinas, &e. The aasertinent of CLOCKS is large and of every va riety-. 1 have un hand the HENRY REPEATING RIFLE, which can be fired fifteen tunes in that many seconds. Everybody should have one for self defence. The public are invited to call and examine them. PISTOLS on hand and orders filled for any kind that may be wanted. Cartridges of all sizes kept on hand. From long experience I can adapt Spectacles to the sight of the old asswell as middle aged. SPECTACLES AND EYE GLASSES in Gold, Silver and Steel Frames al ways on hand. Having the agency for fife sale of the celebrated BUR GLAR AND IniLprtoor' SAFE. manufactured by Farrell, Herring & Co., I will 1111 orders at the manufac tures price. All information In regard to them given. The public are invited to call ant examine the stock. Watches, Clocks and Jewelry repaired at low rates to suit the times. . decl4 EDWARD AUG H INB . A UGIL $1,500 'T° DYSPEPTICS.—Having been Billie ted for a number of years vi ith Dyspepsia, I was 'vivisect to try DR. WISRART'S MEDICINE for Quit disease. I derived great benefit and reaanmentled it to quite a number of my friends and who were also much benefltted by It, and whose testimonials can be had if nec essary.' have been appointed by Dr. Wishart as Agent liir the Sale of his Medicine, wholesaleor retail. W. (I. REED, nov‘23. Repository rdliee, Chambersburg Pa. TEACHERS WANTED.—The Board I. of Directors r f the Mercersharg Independent School District, will employ SIX TEACHERS, male and female, to teach the schools of said district during the tertn - which will commence about the let of September ne.i Those applying must come recommended by the - Counts Super. intenderit, Good wages will be paid. By order of the Board. A. J. NORTH; President. Attest: .110. A. IllasuSn, Clerk. pune2l 9t CHAKBERSBURG, PA., IVEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1865. tquidin THE MILK.WtEV/L. The ravages of the Milk-weevil (Cecide ?via Tritici) have been wide-spread in the great Wheat counties of the border, including Franklin, Cumberland and York, and in' very many instances have been almost destructive of the crop.— Never within our recollection did the wheat crop look more prowisinglh the Ist of June than this year, and now we have not seen a field in the Cumber land Valley that is not more or less blight ed by the yellow or blaek rust, or injured to a greater or less degree by what is pop ularly known' as the Milk -weevil. -This deadly foe of the husbandman is a recent plague in this immediate section. Sem= ral years ago it if - tacked the wheat in this valley, for the first time, - and we be lieve that it Las been serious in its rava ges but two' years prior to .1865. This year. howeVer. it seems to have been gen eral and fearfully successful in its opera tions. ' The name weevil is given in this coon-, try to at least six different kinds of in sects; two of which are moths, two are flies and two are beetles. The scientific researches show nearly four thousand spe cies of the weevil. but there are but six which are popularly known, or are of ma terial importance to the farmer. The weevil in the winged state is a hard-shell ,- d beetle, and is distinguished from other insects by having the forepart of the head prolonged into a broad muzzle,'or a large and more slender snout, in the end of which the opening of the mouth and the small bony jaws are placed.- They are very hurtful to plants by boring into the_ leaves, bark, buds, fruits, and seeds, and feeding upon the soft - substance therein .contained. They are diurnal insects, and love to venture out of their retreats to enjoy the sunshine. They are of the same genus as the Hessian Fly, but while' the family resemblance is quite striking, there are specific differences in theirappearance and habits. The female parent: ofthis terrible scourge appears about the middle of June, and takes shelter during the day on the lower part of the wheat stocks. Toward sunset they may be seen in large numbers, just when the wheat is flower ing, deposit their eggs in the head. They resemble common, gnats somewhat, and are classified with them in entomological descriptions. The body is less than one twelfth of an inch long, of a citron yel low, or sometimes inclined to wimp. The eyes are large, jet black, and the wings long and transparent. The female has a long ovipogitor about the size of the thread Of the silk-worm, which she thrusts between the gluines where the grain is to 'form, and there' deposits her eggs, ukase: they are sheltered, hatched and nourished. They 'begin the depOsit whenever the . wheat head emerges from the leaves, and continue it until the head l's in bloom. The grain then becomes too hard to fur nish the have with nutriment. They will however traverse wheat fields and whole sections of -country, and select the late spots or fields :to continue their fatal work even after the crop generally has become too far advanced for them. The larva• when hatched are white, but soon change to yellow, and are sometimes found in numbers from fifteen to twenty on a single kernel of wheat. They feed on the milk of the grain when it is in a fluid or entirely soft state and thus pre vent the development of thegrain. Often .when ten or a dozen eggs are deposited in a single Blume. they will entirely ex haust the material for the formation-of the grain, and when the stock is cut. the chaff will be found without any kernel whatever 'inside of it ; but when one or several are deposited on a grain, they ab stract but a portion of the nutriment and the gain appears shriveled when cut. and has not half the weight it- should have. They commence their work as soon as the grain is in a formative state and continue until the milk hardens, when their mis sion is.:imded. They soon produce a livid, spotted or faded appearance of the glumes or chaff, but the change is less markedtts the head ripens.which it does prematurely. When the grain has become too hard for the operations of the weevil, they take shelter in the earth, where they attain their perfect development. They have no power of - locomotion in the state in which they attack'the wheat, lint instinct seems to supply them with . the means of making their escape. They bend them selves into an arc, like skippers in cheese, and spling out from the Wheat-head and tall to tile ground. 4 A few remain in the heads and ate destroyed, while some at tain perfection in t the barn and sally forth the next year to ii-snew their work.of de struction. Those which reach the earth. takf,;,:belter near the roots of the stock and work themselves under ground, where they lie dormant until spring. when they assume the pupa and then the imago or perfect form about the middle of June,. and soar away, like their progenitors the preceding year, to propagate.and destroy. .Even plowing the land does not entirely destroy them. Very many of them will reach the sfirface in the spring and renew their life to lay waste the golden fields. The power of this insect for evil may be approximated when it is known that one female will produce six thousand descend-, ants in one season, which must be /Lino in the space of ten days. —There seems to be no certain remedy for this foe of the goldenfereal within the power of man ; but natur has furnish ed an antidote for the plaguit, and the re sult is that the weevil seldom prevails three years in succession. Usually there appears simultaneously with the weevil a parasite called the Platygmter Punctigei, which is as destructive to the weevil as the weevil is to the wheat. Siverabyears ago Di. Asa Fitch, State Entomologist of New York, was of the opinion that this parasite had.not yet reached this country; but the experience of this immediate sec tion seems! conclusive that it has. The weevil has; appeared at least trice . in Franklin county, butnever has prevailed three consecutive years. In 1862 it en tirely destroyed two patches of late Wheat we had, and in 1863-4 it did not appear in any of our fields. The existence of the parasite is also proved by the. Ohio Agri cultural reports of 1860, in which it is shown that in forty counties the weevil increased for several years and them dis appeared. The parasite-is nearly the same size as -the weevil,' but is entirely black, has four colored legs. and eambe seen , during the day. It is thenatural enemy of the wee- . vii and its progeny. and but for its prompt aid our wheat fields would in a few years become a perfect waste.- l't accomplishes its work by destroying the larvre iif the weevil. It thrusts its long, lance-shaped ovipositor through the - glumes of the,grain and deposits its eggs - with those of the weevil—both insects often being found accomplishing their distinct missions at the_ same time upon the same grain of wheat. The weevil feeds upon the milk of the,grain, and the parasite feeds upon the weevil. True, the weevil partially destroys tbeWheat for that year, but the parasite totally deAroys the weevil It_ pursues its work relentlessly and wherev er the home of the j weevil is found there will the parasite make his abode. As the parasite never appea7is until after the. wee vil has gained a lodgment, the weevil of ten has two or three years after its first appearance ; but Where the weevil has prevailed, as it has lin this section, in pre vious years, the p4rasite will be found close upon - its' footAeps, and the parasite steadily inereasesleach year while the weevil diminishes and finally flees! from its deadly foe to a new section. We'no tice the parasite in conflict with the wee vil this season; but it does not seem to equal the force of the weevil, arid we therefore conclude that We are likely,- to have our wheat crop' periled bY the wee vil next year, after whicleit will probably disappear again for a time: The farmer cannot, of course, depend upon nature's enemies 'of this million tongued foe of our great staple. We think . it would be best - to plow any field deeply' that has been scourged with the weevil* and will bear stubblin,., ar:d. seed it very early or very late. It should be plowed early, and harrowed very lightly several times. with several days intervening be tween each harrowing. A hot still mad dry atmosphere are always fatal to insects when in a chrysalis state. Those covered deep by the Plow will never return, and by harrOwing lightly and often and then 'drilling shallow,the most of the larvpi that could attain life next year Will be dOtroy ed. Iu the Cumberland Valley we believe that the main `protection against'the wee vil is in veto early crops. The Mediti-- ranean or Lancaster wheat, now in gen eral use in this mid Cumberland counties, has' become too late to escape the weevil. The white wheat, known as the Boughton •wheat, has not, so far as we have been able to learn, saffered at all from its rava ges. 'The reason is that it is some five days- earlier than the Lancaster. The weevil attacked the wheat ju.4 when the Lancaster was in - the softest or milky • state, and has destroyed it wholly or par tially, depending upon its forward stage ; and it passed the Boughton because when the weevil was ready for the assault it was too hard for the. lame, to feed upon it. We dare not in Franklin county sow later than we do+, nor sow later varieties, for the rust becomes the deadly enemy of our late wheat, and we should not sow too early in the fall lest the Hessian fly commences the work of certain destruc tion before winter sets in. It is clear to - our mind therefore that our fanners must confine. themselves to the earliest possible varieties of wheat. True, even this precaution may fall, and even may be the work of death, for while the weevil appeared about the 15th:of June this year, L it niay appear on the 10th next year. and • destroy the very' early ITheat, While' the late escapes ; j)ut it is not probable. In five years experience of raising wheat ex tensively, we have never found the wee vil in any but the later portions of our crops. ' In 1862 - it totally destroyed the product of a quart of French wheat we had sowed at the smile, time we son-et' Lancaster, Rochester and Boughton, while' the same varieties iu the same field, even immediately adjoining it, were untouched. The French wheat proved to be ten days later than the others, and the Weevil, took that as its share. lii another field, the same year, a patch of two acres in which we had sowed corn for soiling stock, and did not seed it for ten days after the rest of the field was seeded, the weevil de stroyed the wheat to the last Mill -row of the corn-patch. while thirty acres beside it, of the same variety of wheat, escaped entirely. The Boughton variety of white wheat thus far has always got ahead of the weevil ; and we shall prefer it for the Major portion of our next seeding, al though it 'does not stand the winter so well as the Mediteranean. We would not advise farmers te risk a whole crop of it, as the wheat has many perils to which the red beardy is a stranger; but in view of the probable return of the wee -it next year, we believe it wise to sow 'argely of l a variety that has' thus far Be lied that flital enemy of the farmer. In ;view of our experience, and the light we lean gather on athe subject, the man who can supply us with wheat. that can be har vested earlier than any other in 1860 will find us a customer for seed-wheat. —The weevil, like most enemies _of .wheat, is au importation...from the old world. In France, Germany and Switz erland it has prevailed occasionally for some fifty years. In England it was known VOL. 72,...Vi110,LE NO. 31721. • as eaOls as 1771. and- in 1827,44 it was very destructive and also in Scotland and Ireland. 'lt first appeared in the Vuited States in 1820, but was ccintined to New England foi a number of years. The State of Maine,alone lost over a million of dollars in a aingle"year by its ravages; but now it is knoWn wherever wheat is exten sively raised, and bas become one of the most stubborn and deadly enemies of the great staff of life. THE NATIONAL lIEREAVEICENT. We h,ave been compelled to,defer until now ex tracts from a sermon delii4ied in St. Louis, on the 23d of *April,by the Rev. Samuel J. Niccolls,, formerly of this place, on the murder of President Lincoln. It is fully worthy of its distinguished author. mid discusses the great national bereave: ment and its lesions with a freshness and elo quence that cannot fail to make a profound im pression. The following is his tribute to . CILIELICTER, OF MR. LINCOLN. Often it has happened that men usurping the power to rule, have been made the victims of their .own ambition. But not so in this case.— The victim of the murderer was our lawful Chief Magistrate, called to his high office by the voice of the people, in accordance with the law of the land. Were, then, his moral and mental qualities such as to unfit him for his trust, and give the good a reason to rejoice in his removal ? To-day, when sorrowing millions are deploring his loss, when a stricken nation is enshrining his memory and hastens to give him the adoration due to he roes and the saviours of their country, and when history hhs already added his name to the roll of the noble army of martyrs—who has the temerity to become his- detract2r He was not one of those characters, whom' revolutions makeznotori one by casting them up to the surface, and who . se greatness is more fortnitous than merited. ,God, who is never at a log for instruments to do His will, and who ever works in such a way as to set at naught the pride of Man, had given him such training uud gifts as qualified him, in a peculiar manner, for his great mission in this transitional era of our history Drawn out from the midst of the people, he was prepared by a fellowship in their trials and toils to sympathize with - them in their bloody, and, it is to be hoped, last struggle in thisland, against oppression aid aristocratic privilegd. As a citizen, the whole course of his private life was marked by such sincerity and fi delity to principle, as to make his name a pro verb of honesty. And in his public career the. closest scrutiny of his enemies tithed to discover one just accusation against his integrity. Here was the secret of his - great, popularity v,ith the „people 'and in this lay his first qualification for his difficult position. The emergency of the times demanded that a degiee of power should be con ferred on him, which had been given to no other President; but men tilt safe, in committing their 'nor t precious earthly inheritance into his pure hands. Suspicion of thc'teldef Magi,trate would have bebn almost fatal tons in certain periods of ; the multi - ) 'E. struggle ; bat such was his admitted integrity, thht it always dis,rmed resentment, even when men were dissatisfied with his acts. Plain. simple-hearted, genial, and , Aith a frank ness that went straight to the heart, there were new who approached him, though prejudiced against him. but went away filled with admira tion for the man, and respect for his sincerity. llicohseientionsness givdt; peculiar lustre to his character, and as carried out in the duties of his high office, makes his nu ne worthy to be written by the side of that of the Father of his Country. tie is great. because he Rua true, for no matter how extraordinary a life may appear, let us sus pect the actor's sincerity, and it loses all merit in our eyes. We have, to-day, reuse!' to thank God that in these dark times, when the perjury ant" dishonesty of our public men had weakened con fidence in our government, and brought us to the verge of ruin, He placed the helm of public af fairs in the bands of an honest and just man. TE[E CRIMINAL AND HIS CAUSE First of all and naturally, this dark deed calls our attention to its guilty perpetrators, and the treason which for four years has been deluging the land in blood. As yet, the full extent of the conspiracy has not been divulged. We only know, that among others, there was one, born in sin and trained in the " school of vice," a depraved actor, a mock king and patriot of the stage, fit repre sentative of the empty, vaporing, strutting' chiv alry" and spurious patriotism, that gave itself a willing servant to do the dark behests of Slavery —that there was one pre-eminent in guilt, whose hands are red with the blood of the martyred dead, and whose brow has on it the mark of Cain. He flies; but the earth is not\ ide enough to hide - the wretched fugitive, and mankind will nut sleep while he lives. But his punishment will not still the voice of blood that cries from the ground Let none mistake the bearing of this crime, or attempt to disconnect it from its proper origin. Men are, indeed, depraved; but such crimes and conspira cies as this can no more come forth to blast soci ety, without - some antecedent evil sentiment in which they originated, and by which they were fostered, than the pestilential vapors which hang over the valleys, and bring down heaven's fiery bolt upon the pure mountain tops, can rise up without corruption and decay on the plain be neath. It logically belongs to the work of rebel lion and treason; and when history makes its dreadful arraignments of those who engaged and sympathized in the attempted destruction of the freest and best government on the face of the earth, last. but not least among their crimes, will -be written, as in letters of blood. the assassination of the noble, just, fait hful,and. merciful Presideut of the Republic. Some may attempt to deny the responsibility;,but he who east the spark into the magazine, and those who encouraged hint imthe deed, are all, in their measure, responsible for the explosion. It is idle to deny the fact that multi tudes of the more ignorant and thoughtless among those who deshrl the success of rebellion, rejoice in this murder; while the more thoughtful .de. plored it, because it was rash and untimely. le it not also a fact, that could this dark deed bring back to life the dying -rebellion, the mourning of many would be turned into great joy - I Is mot this crime, Beyond all miestion, alike in its origin and purpose to the deeds and wishes of armed ' traitors in our - tend 1 That which gives it pre eminence in enormity above any ordinary murder, is the fact that it was done to the person of the Chief Magistrate as such; and that the hellish plot of which it was a part, embraced the destruct : . tion of the chief men of the nation, that the na tion itself might be destrii ed. 'lt was int attempt at the agsassmation of -the patiynal life, It was nnol and foolish; but not more so than the attack on l"ort Sumter and not more wicked, so far as the purpose was concerned. II you deem the' causeless and criminal rebellion of the South jus tifiable, then. IA bile y ,is condemn the murderer. yon must justify the death of the President; for to him, Its the representative Of 'the' people. you IMltit attribute the great wrong of crushing the power of Slavery. But, in view of his justice, his moderation, his pure patriotism, and the seal of approval which God in His providence has placed upou his efforts to preserve the liberties and unity.of our country, who is so lest and blinded by sin as to wept the alternative 7_ - - Tins, it seems to me, is the first greatdessonto be learned from this sad and mysterious event,— a lesson of warning and a call to repentance for those who have been engaged, either by deed or desire, in aiding the work of rebellion. When we NVial to teach Men the awbil. nature of sic against the government of God, we lead them to the cross of Christ, that they luny see its conse quences in His vicarious sufferings; and in accor da - re with the Same principle, may not the bleed ing form attic great martyr for the cause of civil liberty and order, teach thousands who have been led away into mad rebellion, the true nature and results of their crime 1 Sikh, I believe, is its de sign, such—will be its effect. Men can now judge this great conspiracy against human rights and just gos eminent, by its traits. God has, in the permission of_this deal of murder, written the last sentence in His lesson to traitors. He has CAmipleted the picture warning them of guilt, and now he holds it before them for the reclaim, ing of those who can be saved. Behold its hor rors ! It is a land of peace and plenty suddenly transformed Tutu a wide battle field. Frauds and robberies begin the change. _Senators, with their oaths of allegiance fresh upon their lips, plot trea son and excite their blind followers to madness. Assassimlike, when not a shut had been fired, or a deed done to arouse their feelings,,they assault the sovereignty of the nation. Suddenly the plagues of 'war are let loose; armies march. to meet in dreadful conflict, and fields already fertile' . ES . , ar, Awed iii*.lniMitn blood. Ifire and Mord overturn the monuments of industry, while plun der and rapind impoverish alike the loyal and the false; cities are ruined, plains desolated, and towns sacked and consigned to the flames. The scene moves MI. _Th o martyred :dead rise. from their nameless graves, and 'tramp hjt with-the tread of victors, crying with the voice of the; souls under the altar in heaven, slain by treason! The pris ons.are opened and their wan, haggard captives lift up them - skeleton hands, and with dyingar cents, whisper through their shriveled lips, stare: ed by treason! . A lung procession of weeping widows and orphans pass is habiliments of woe, each separate sob swelling the great accu sation that goes up Ma cloud of sighs to the throne of a - just God, bereored by treasoh ! And last of all dime comps a stately form, pale as death. He stain& in silence, lest his great loving heart should even now falter in the charge; but his ghastly wound cries with the voice-of innocent blood, tintirdereci_by treason!. This is the record of trett sho and rebellion. It is now complete. The last warning is given, and God's voice, to all who have been led astray - by passion and prejudiciwno that they have ivadvertantly - become implicated in all this guilt, is, "Come'out of this Babyloti; purge yourselves Of her sins, that ye be not partakers of her plagues." Now the millstone of His wrath is lifted up, and a mighty angel will hurl it to a swifter fall: It is heavy with Ole wrongs of the innocent, and with thewois tit a - bleeding land, and when it falls, as fall it Will, upon the obsti— nately guilty, who are defiled with oppression and drunken with-the wine of their wickedness, it shall hurl them to the depths of shame and ever lasting contempt,-' for strong is the Lord God who judgeth them, and such shall ever be the reward of those who would betray the interests of huma nity and call evil good, in the name of the Lord. - . - - The blued of the martyrs olliberty,like that of the martyrs of the gospel, has ever strengthened the cause ,for Which it was shed; aid every at tempt pf. man to thwart the_purposes of God iu history - , has but hastened their fulfillment. Let, then, the deliverence of the 'past, as well'as the .darkiets and sorrow, of the present, lead us to. a inorefiumbletrust in God, and faith in His pur poses. Without - such a belief underlying all its institutions, no nation can be truly great, or con tinue free and pure. Godlessness will ruin the liberties of' any land Hut to know thafthe Lord is God, to feel' our responsibility to Him, to re cognize Hie hand in the march of human affairs, —this is life, life to nations, as well as to indi, vidttals. To this end God has been disciplining us, and because of this, we may rejoice with a hope "full of glory." Ours shall he a land re• deemed and diseuthralled from every sin—a na tion humbled, purified, and knit together by such memories and glorious hopes as belong to uo other people" a nation whose God . is the Lord. Let us, in the midst of present sorrows, re joice in the assurance of faith in our destiny; for, even now we stand like Israel at the banks of the Jordan, on the borders of our new, inheritance. And when we cross over, when our bleeding feet press the green sod of the land of peace; when, stand ing in its pure light, wt. shall turn.toreview these days of conflict and doubt and pain, then; I doubt nac t -this dark present will furnish one of the brighteeroofs 'of God's loving wisdom. Then we shallAnow that all our way, like the exodus" of old, is one abounding in manifestations of the goOdness 'and power of- God ; that it was the march lay which a free people were led up to do -minion and prepared to give liberty and law to the whole earth. In this hope we will rejoice; for in that day, my countrymen, whose dawniog. we may now see, this glorious banner, no longer draped in mourning, but flueg to the breeze, and purified from - every stain of dishonor, shall bathe 'true emblem of gospel liberty, hod the symbol of . the freest, strongest, and most Christian nation en the fare of the earth. TUE GREAT ISSUE. "Occasional," of the Philadelphia Presi, in a late letter from Washington, makes the following signifitant and pointed remarks:, "To the feeling created. by the apprehension that this right may be obtained by the negroes, I attribute the recent exhibitions of rebel venom and bad faith in Virginia, North Carolina and other Southern States/ In the eitromity of their rage the parties who Rhew this spirit forget that they are only preparing themselves for harder tri als and sufferings.- Do they suppose, for a mil: went, that when President Johnson recognized the State Government, (partly to deny that these Goveniments had been destroyed by secession,) and when he determined to appoint Shuthern men as Governors over the States that had been -stolen out of the Union, he then departed from the covenant he had made with himself and with the Constitution—that these States should be "republican in form," and that,he would stand idly by, and, under his proclamation, allow the traitors to come back into power by taking oaths which they intended to break; that he would ' coolly witness their efforts to re-enslave the col ored people; that he would remain unmoved be fore such proofs of the inhumanity of the late slave musters in Richmond and Raleigh as are daily published'? Those who expected such de basetueut and infamy from Andrew Johnson are simply mistaken. - - lithe late leaders of the South, no matter what they cull themselves now, refuse to„accept the generous proffers of the Gm - crown:it; and to be instructed -by' the teachings of the eXpetienced, - they arc no better than the worst of the rebels, and they arc unfit to be trusted with confidence. Sen sible men, convinced of the weakness, - and con. stoutly preaching, as they do, of the destitution of the, Smith, feeling the gigantic and irresistible power of the Government, would take Warning by the signs of the times. Such men, if opposed to -indiscriminate negro suffrage' in the South, could delay but not prevent it: by throw ingtheni selves upon the confidence of the Government; by showing that they intend .to be'true to their oaths, and by assisting to ameliorate conditou of the colored; population. Do they. suppose that this population of the South, who have bedn taught, tor years and years, that the fruits of their labor were all going into the poekets.of their masters and thatthey had a right to evade the toils of the day, and that they had no hope in the future and no rights in common with their owners, can be suddenly' liberated, and be filled with the con sciousness that they are really free, without feel ing also that they ase entitled totems of the bless ings so long denied to them 1 I would suppose that the intelligent and philosophical observer would mud it to IM his interest that the freedmen should- be taught to read and write, to pay taxes, to sit upon jurie;s, than that, with a sense of their brute power, th , y should, bymunicipal legislation and' by social obstacles, be kept in a condition of discontent, until at last, forced by , the sharp contrasts of the hour; to take that sure vengeance which has so frequently been apprehended.— if the_numbent of the blacks in -certain of the Southern States a re greater than the numbers of the whites, this is the Oat of the ancesters of the latter,, who traded in flesh and blood, and al lowed the appalling disproportion to go on. It is no way to deal with millions of men, transferred at a bound from vassalage to, liberty, to remind them that they tire still inferior. by unjust legisla- I thin and by every imaginable termi of tyranny. Let u s bear in mind that the blacks,of St. Domin go only became reckless when they fotind that 1 the whites, acting under the fatal and mistaken theory I have, alluded to, tried to re-enslave them, to teach its, new that this stupendous compile& tion is thrciwn upon our hands by the tvar; how to behave toward the' black people of the South. But I may be told-that it is profitless to discuss these issues. My answer is that' they are upon us—they are being discussed at every fireside and in every workshop, and we cannot better prepare ourselves for our duties than by examining the question us it stand-sl,- There it not it conscien tents citizen who is nut giving a great portion of his thoughts to.,:this cousideratiou.- When Con gress meets, the whole subject will be thrown open. and it will require all the prudence and good settee of our best men to secure a harmoni ous conclusion and a lasting cure. lam in great hopes that the facts, as they appear, will not be w About effect upon those who - tall themselves t'llion men in the Southern States 2 and that these will help the President, iustead of ebstructint him in the discharge of his grave duties. 'Trutt may rest assured that nothing is to be gained , by bud faith to the Government, or by ill treatment of the negroes. Every manifestation of this only in creases the feeling in favors& universal suffrage. Slavery was put forward by rebels- as a prize, which - they intended to retain. Thi;ylost, and in losing that, they lost all powers is connection with the entire question; and ifovhen the rebell ion fell, s l ave ry fell with it, so , undoubtedly fell the right to oppress the colored MU litany and ever y wa y. You trill tree, from what I have said, that thedisposition of this case, if nut iathebands °fo i e white men in the Swath, can br materially sloped by theist, if they obey thislnstincta of emus use, and are reasonablylustrnutcd by the s of the times. It is in vain for them to ure expect o retain possession of the State govern ments under President Johnston's plan, it they prove themselvejt.te be false. custoduius and dis honorable men. :CongretieWßl assuredly reject any tnembeilme Soaato r s that conic here stained . with credentials of ernetty to the colored - race, -or 'indifferent to the plain duties growing out of the nets "condition of affairs. : • IM CONCLUSION.
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