TERNS OF PIIBLICATION.
, -
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every Wednesday raoruirsg by "THE REPOSITORY
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ADVERTISEMENTS are inserted at Fin cEN .
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sequent insertions. A liberal discount is made to persons
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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
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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
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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.