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G 3 O THE EIlKERPniSE. OREGOJl CITY SEPT. 15, 1874. Tb GoTerur Message. We to day publish this document in full in supple mettt. It is State paper and reflects credit ttpon the Chief executive and on oar State. The financial condition of oar State affairs is given ir.i this document in a aoncise and comArehensire manner, and while our adical friends are asserting that .ocStte indebtedness has reached -its hundreds of thou Bonds, it shows that, considering the extravagance of oar last Legislature, the Stata funds are in . a favorable condition. The soldiers' bounty and relief fund have i a sufficient money on hand to prj the outstanding bonds. A full rid comprehensive statement is msvfc of the condition of our public-;: lands, and shows that the Executive h&s been active in se curing the land? granted to the State by the General Government. The statement of our Common School fund shows that this fund now amounts to $4,000. lie reccom mends that the ;?ortland Police bill bo amended so a4 to place tho Mayor of the city at tho-head of that depart ment. He suggests that the litigant law be repealed, ;and states tho rca- son for his vetoing tho bill for its repeal two yeal ago. Tho acts of the Board of s(yool Land Commis sioners are given in detail. He sug gests that an sh " mimission be auth orized to examine whether or no a fish-way oould bv constructed at the falls for the ascension of salmon to the upper Willamette. He calls the attention of the-iLegislature to the importance of ertain and regular pilotage at the mouth of the Colum bia. Tho Jnjustibe done Clatsap Co. in the last apportionment act is brought to the J Itice of the House. The condition Srid management of the Penitentiary is referred to in a short and comprehensive manner. In speaking of tl 3 Insane Asylum he says: "In making new engagements it will hardly be necessary to suggest that a spirit of eiilightened hurrfanity should assist in Ahe disposal of the subjeot." Ho losents the Indian disturbance inAlie Modoc country and urges that measures be taken to secuse the payment of our indebted ness incurred on this account. He states the cost of the capital building including convict labor, to be $110, 802 .CO, and recommends that suffi cient bo appropriated to carry th& walls to an even hight and that they be Becurely covered to protect them this winter. It is urged that the Legislature appropriate sufficient funds for the maintenance of the Agricultural College. He recom mends that farther time be granted to the citizens of Eageno to complete the erection of the State University, and his message states that Hon. H. H. Gilfrey, who has been charged with receiving certain sums of money oat of the appropriation to support the deaf mutes and the blind, had made all the purchases for the insti tution and given much of his time free of charge. The Governor says that the fiscal management of all the departments have been good, and the public work has been faithfully performed and in nearly every case the expenses have been kept within the appropriations. No public mon eys have been used unless previously appropriated and no defaults or neg ligent use of the pnblio . money, to the value of one dollar, by any pub lic officer or employe of the State, during tho past four years. He shows that the power of retrenchment lies with the Legislature and that no money can bo used without first be ing appropriated by that body, and promises to co-operate with them in its efforts of reform in this direction. A registration law is recommended and that an act be passed to prohibit publio officials from receiving free passes on railroads. It is also rec ommended that the railroad tariffs be regulated by law, and says the sentiment expressed is not that of hostility to railroads, but one of jus tice, protection and encouragement to the varied interests of the people and tho commerce of tho State. He urges tho passage of a memorial to Congress to improve our rivers, and that efforts should be made to caruse Congress to place Oregon on tho Mine footing with other States by eonneoting us with railroad to other sections of the Union The Govern or estimates our yearly exports at tsa millions. . The message, though larger than any similar document ever before issued from tho Executive office in this State, is full of useful informa tion and will well repay a careful C reading. It is in every sense a State paper, and may bo regarded above adverse criticism, as the opponents of the Executive have not been able to find a single fault in the docu ment. Shocxd bb. A bill has been in troduced to abolish the office of State Geologist. This we regard as a move in the right direction, as we Lava htm nnrl to aaa what traod this official has done the State be side drawing his salary, if that can be considered a good deed. . Mr. Spe cer is McMinnviUo'a new 1 6 The Iatittt Act. The first act introduced in the Senate waa the act to repeal the liti gant law. .This bill was introduced by Senator Iolph, and we learn that he ia President and part owner of a newspaper in Portland, and of course has no personal interests in the mat ter. But we are glad tho bill is to be repealed, and then we hope those who have not been so fortunate as to get an occasional take of this kind will be satisfied... But we would call the attention of the Legislature to some important facts in regard to this matter, and having had consid erable experience in the business, we know whereof we speak, and as the object of" the Legislature gener ally is to benefit this people, we pro pose to show them that an uncondi tional repeal of the bill will be dangerous to the litigants who are required to advertise legal notices. If the . bill introduced by Senator Dolph passes, the legal advertising can be done in any paper in the county, or if none In the county, by tho next nearest paper the litigant may desire. The Attorneys, Sheriffs and County Court3 have tho giving away of all the legal advertising (with few exceptrons where the liti gants attend to their own cases). "We have never known one of either party to patronize tho opposite pa pers, and wo have never beon asked the prico for such advertisements. Tho publishers generally regard it as partisan patronage, and they ex pect their own publishers to patron ize them, and further, newspaper men generally are not so rich that they do this class of advertising for tht benefit of litigants only, but have an eye to their own interests, and charge what they regard as reasona ble and just. In many counties in this State tho patronage of the Sher iff is more than one-half of all the legal advertising in the county. He gives hi3 patronage to the paper which aided in his election, and as he is not to pay for it out of his pocket, he does not particularly care what the price is. The offices of Sheriff and Clerk are now, and always have been, the bane of contention, and you give them this power, and they can, if publishers are controlla ble, keep their county organ in their own interests. This is one thing which should be guarded against. The next is, that the rates should bo fixed which should be paid. This cannot be done unless the Legisla ture make a contract and award a franchise, for no one will enter into an agreement unless there is some thing to be gained. While the main objection to the litigant law has been to the appointing power, and not the price, we would suggest, that tho bill bo so changed that the County Commissioners of a county, or the Circuit Judge of a District, might be authorized to designate an official orgau of his district, or their county upon receiving bids; or stipulate the price and let the County Judges or Circuit Judges appoint. We believe this would meet the interests of the people, and whether it meets the pecuniary interests of newspapers or not, we are not particular. We have published papers before the litigant act was passed, and can do so after it is repealed, though we never shall again get tho proceeds of a legal no tice. But the door for extravagant and high charges by partisan organs should not be thrown open, and as the bill is to be repealed, we hope that one will take its place that will meet the requirements of the people and protect them against extortion. There are several counties in the State where there is but one paper published, and they will have the litigants at their mercy when the bill is repealed. None of them are too rich or prosperous, and they will take the advantage of the repeal of this law to add to their annual income by an increase in their prices for ad vertising. This article is not written in any spirit for the continuation in force of the litigant act. But for the protection of litigants, we can live without it, and should our oppo nents feel as though they wanted to support an organ on the legal adver tising in this county, we are willing to let them try it, and when we can not make a living without the aid of such a law at publishing a newspa per, we are ready to give it up and go to setting type for some one that oan. The present law has not made us so rich and proud that we are above setting type for a living, we can assure those who are so clamor ous for the repeal of this aot. No-rmxo to Promise. The Utica Observer deems it desiraVl ir. . vw 4iA UC7 forthcoming campaign to concen trate all the forces opposed to the Administration, but those who "are inclined to surrencdr to President Grant under any circumstances, it says, "are not wanted in the Demo cratic party, and no bid, however small, will be made for there favor." But we want," it adds, "honest men who acted as Republicans until I Republicanism Iecame the synonym ; of robbery and jobbery to come in and assist us m aemeving a victorv WUlCU BUalt rwiuuuvi tv hid vicilll oi the State, and promote the welfare of the people. We have nothing .to promise them in return for their support, exoept a purer and more economical Administration of the O oTCinmsnt . ' The State Treasurer's Salary. A bill has been introduced in the Senate to repeal the act passed by the Legislature of 1870, providing for an assistant Treasurer, and the payment of his salary The bill of 1870 undoubtedly made the compen sation of the State Treasurer ioo high, but an entire repeal of the compensation will reduce the salary equally too low. By the repeal of this bill, tho salary will be brought down to the insignificant sum of $800 per annum. No man that is respon sible can afford to accept the posi tion for any such a sum, and we ap prehend that no man of sense would expect the State Treasurer to be hon est in the discharge of his duties with such a salary. The business of this office has grettly increased, andj certainly is increasing, and we learn that one man cannot attend to the duties. How can our law-makers ex pect tho State Treasurer to employ an assistant on such a salary? It is simply rediculous, and the attempt to put his salary at 800 shows that the Legislature is determined to punish the State Treasurer on politi cal, and not on economical grounds. This we should think ought to bo below the dignity of Representatives of the people. They should act just ly between the people and tho ser vants they have elected, and not ask of them to rierform duties and as sumo responsibilities without fair and just compensation for the same. The old fees allowed, in our judg ment, were too high, but to take them all away, makes them too low. The people have asked for retrench ment and reform, but they have not asked that the public officers shall serve them honestly and faithfully for no compensation. The State Treasurer has heavy responsibilities, and he is placed under bonds of $300,000 to perform his duties. Where can a merchantile firm employ a first-class accountant for $800? That is not the salary of a common laborer hardly, who has no responsi bility. ' Let the legislature act hon estly and fairly in these matters, and not look at them in a portisan and vindictive sririt. A fair reduction in the fees of the Treasurer ought to be made, but to put a man on a sala ry that will make it necessary for him to resign or steal, is certainly bad economy, and we trust that the Legislature will yet consider this matter in a sensible and rersonable light. The present fees allowed are one-half of one per cent, on all mon eys received and riaicl out. This gives him a salary, so we learn, of about $4,000 per annum, in addition to the $800. This is too much, and a reduction of ono-half of tho per cent, would in our judgment, be nothing more than a fair compensa tion for the services required. This would give the State Treasurer a sal ary of about $2,800 per annum, and paying his assistant out of this sum, would not leave him more than about $1,200 per annum, as it is impossible for him to secure tho services of a competent and reliable man for less than $1,800 per annum, and no man wants to take tho responsibilities of the care of the State funds and risk books and accounts in tho hands of a man not known to be responsible and competent. The idea of paying low salaries is not always the best economy, and we believe the people are willing to pay their officers a living and fair salary, and this strike of Senator Dolph is certainlv a move towards punishing a political oppo nent, and not done in any spirit of fairness and justice. We hope that the Legislature will provide a rea sonable salary, and the people will not only expect them to do this, but justice between man and man re quires it. . - - Is It a Job t We notico that a bill has been in troduced in the Lower House by Mr. Maya of Wasco county, which pro vides for the issuing of new warrants in place of those already issued for tho construction of the Sandy and Dalles road. Mr. Hnmason and oth ers have already taken contracts or the basis of these depreciated war rants and if he and those interested can manage to get this bill passed, the warrants would be worth their par value. It looks to us as though there is a nice little job attempted by the speculators in the warrants. Let tho former bill be amended so as to apply on fnture warrants, and we have no objections to its passage. Bat we think it but little better than robbery for persons who took con tracts at the depreciated value of these warrants and now ask the State to bring them up to par for their benefit. We have not seen the bill, and therefore cannot speak advisedly as to its merits, but if it applies to warrants already issued, and work which has been performed, we un hesitatingly pronounce the bill a huge job and swindle on our State Treasury. Hcmbuo Economy. Some one has introduced a bill in the Legislature to reduce the salary of the Govern or's Private Secretary to $600 per : year. This may be right and eco : nomical. but to men of sense it looks more ridiculous than otherwise, and , is simply bosh. " He that can plea.se nobody is not , so much to be pitied as he that no- body can pl-ase. COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, TTTJ TV TTP.Ci T TV HP P.fiT TTTVitdmta Editorial Correspondence. Salem, Sept. 23, 1874. The Legislature has fairly organ ized and is now in running order. The bills are being introduced in large numbers, and in many cases four or five to accomplish tho same object. The cry of '.'retrenchment and reform" seems to have taken possession of a majority of the mem bers, and unless I am greatly mista ken in the temperament of both honses, they will overdo. the thing before they get through, or they will not do anything. There is such a thing as retrenchment, and there is such a thing as becoming redicn lous. The first bill which has passed the Senate is the repeal of the liti gant act. As all parties were pledged to the repeal of this bill, it wa3 ex pected that the bill would be repeal ed. The next bill passed was a bill repealing the office of AssistantTreas urer. In this measnse I consider the Senate has rather overdone the "economical," and if I am not mista ken they will find that an officer placed under $300,000 bonds can hardly afford to attend to the peo ple's business and pay nn assistant $1,500 to $1,800 per year. While the former salary was too large, the present salary is equally too low, and is only passed to gratify the spite of political opponents. This is not legislation which would do tho people any good, and the tax-payers expect to pay their officers a legiti mate and reasonable salary. These two are the only bills thus far passed in the Senate. There was a lively discussion in the Senate on the re peal of the act granting compensation to Supreme Judges for traveling ex penses, and the vote to indefinitely postpone the further consideration stood 13 for and 11 against. This was regarded a test vote, and three members were absent, two being un derstood to be against the repeal of the bill and one for. I am under the opinion that it would be nnjudicious to repeal this bill. Three thousand dollars is not too much for such tal ent as we require on the Supreme bench, and if we expect to get good and honest Judges, wo must pay them a reasonable compensation. There is not a man on the bench to day who could not resign and go into practice and make that sum. I am for retrenchment but I consider mis erly salaries more injurious than beneficial, and the result will fully show this fact. The law-niakers have also started after the Clerical aid of the Secretary of State and the Governor's private Secretary. I know nothing of the wants of the first-named, but when our State has become so poor as not to be able to pay the Private Secretary, of the Governor, $1,200 per annum, it is time to close up the State offices and retain our territorial condition. This idea of a good State going back, in my opinion, is not only short sighted, but will result very injuri ous to our future prosperity. The House has not yet passed any bills, it is to be hoped that cooler and more deliberate action will gov ern the action of that body. The following is a complete list of tho bills thus far introduced in tho House: Bill repealing the fees of officers. An act to repeal the act creat ing compensation for tho Suvn-eme Judges. An act to amend an act providing for the construction of the Sandy and Dalles wagon road. An act to repeal an act to provide for clerical aid in the Secretary of State's office. An act to promote tho study of anatomy. An act to amend the general laws in regard to tho fees of officers. An act to prevent the exhibition of human monstrosities. An act to repeal an act entitled an act to protect fish. Bill to prevent swine from running at large in certain counties. An act to provide for the construc tion of ditches and flumes for agri cultural and stock purposes in cer tain cases. An act to provide for the time and place of the meeting of the Legisla tive assembly. . An act to amend chapter 13 of the general laws concerning Clerks and Sheriffs. An act concerning snbmarine sites for light houses, and other aids to navigation. An -act to exempt a homestead from forced sales in certain cases. A bill to amend an act to protect game and fish. -An act to provide for bounties for scalps on wild auimals. A bill to amend chapter 48, title 1, section 28 in regard to road laws. An act to amend section 35, title 2, chapter 7 of the miscellaneous laws, in regard to collection of tolls. An act to amend chapter 27 of the miscellaneous' laws relating to the usury law. The following is a list of the bills which have been presented in the Senate: An act to fix the time of holding County Courts in Union Co. An act to amend an act relating to assessors. An act to repeal an act to employ an assessor to assess bank deposits. An act to incorporate the town of Ashland. A bill to amend an act to provide for the election of a Clerk of the Su preme Court. A bill for an act to regulate the feea of Sheriffs and Countv Clerks. I and to amend section 2 of chapter 18 of the general laws of Oregon, and to repeal an act approved Oct. 23, 1872 entitled an act to amend chapter 18 of the general laws of Oregon con cerning fees of officers approved Oct. 9, 1870. A bill for act to amend an act en titled an act to provide a code of civ il procedure approved Oct. 11, 18G2. " - A bill for an act to amend an act to provide a code of civil procedure approved Oct. 11, 18C2 and an act amendatory thereto approved Oct. 24, 18G6, Oct. 22, 1870. An act to amend section eleven, chapter 27 title one of the general laws of Oregon. To provide bounties for scalps of wild animals. An act to repeal an act to provide for a board of equalization. An act to abolish the Grand Jury system. An act to regulate the interest on money. , To amend an act for the protection of game and fish. An act to repeal the act providing for incidental expenses and the com pensation of of Justices of Supreme Court. An act to appropriate $G,000 to level up and cover the capital walls. An act concerning the fees of offi cers. An act for the protection of salmon. A bill to create s. laries for Sheriffs and Clerks. An act to amend an act establish ing a uniform course of publio in struction in tho common schools. An act to repeal an act to create the office of Assistant State Treasur er. An act entitled an act to repeal an act to protect litigants. The Woman's Suffrage Convention meets here to-morrow and of course all the old cocks and dried-up old hens will be in attendance, and their cackling will be heard in the halls of the Legislature. I have not been able to learn who is to be their cham pion in either house, but the honor will unquestionably be given, in the Lower House, to that young and frisky member from Marion, Col C. A. Heed. The State Grange has adjourned. Clackamas county is honored by hav ing Hon. S. P. Lee elected the Treas urer of that body. Salem, Sept. 23, 1874. I have nothing of importance to write about to-day. In the House, the bill to repeal the litigant act was passed under suspension of the rules, and is now ready for the Governor's signature, which I hope he will at tach immediately so as to give the hungry brothers a chance. The fol lowing bills were introduced in the House this morning: An act to repeal an act entitled an act to regulate fees of officers in cer tain counties. An act for the relief of Jackson county. An act to amend an act entitled an act to organize Josephine county. An act to amend an act entitled an act for compiling and printing tho laws of Oregon. This is to furnish the various officers with the new code. An act to amend the school law. An act to amend an act relating to the appointment of Supreme Court Reporters. This bill is to allow the court to appoint its own Reporter, and ought to be passed. The following bills were introduc ed in the Senate: Xo. 31. A bill to provide for the construction of the Oregon Central Pacific Railway and telegraph line, and to provide for the carriage by railway of the troops and munitions of war of this State. This bill pro vides for a road from Eugene City to some point on the Central Pacific Railroad. It is an important bill. No. 32. A bill to provide for re deeming escheated estates. No. 33. An act to provide for a State Board of Equalization. No. 34. An act to amend an act, entitled an act to incorporate the City of East Portland. No. 35. Bill to amend chapter 14, title 1, sections 1,003 and 1,004 of the general laws of Oregon relating to attorneys and their admission to practice. No. 36. An act to incorporate the city of Baker City, Oregon. No. 37. A bill for an act to amend an act entitled an act'to regulate the civil and criminal proceedure injus tice's Courts. No. 38. An act for the protection of buoys and beacons. Standing Committees. Following are the Standing Com mitties in the Senate: On Judiciary Messrs. "VanCloave, Dolph, Watson. Haley, and Bristow. On Wins and Menus Clark, Hirsch. and Townsend. On Elections Tolen, Goodman and Engle. On Claims Haley, Cornelius and Wisdom. On Corporations Braly, Wisdom and Webster. On Counties Herren, Clark and Barnes. On Military Affairs Savage, Her ren and Cornelius. On Commerce Townsend, Watson and Jewel. On Education Bristow, Myers and Watson. On Engrossed Bills Myers, Owens and Hanna. On Enrolled Bills Clark, Lee and Offield. On Roads and Highways Munkers, Witham and Smith. On. Public Lands Bristow, Crystal and Richardson. On Federal Relations Barnes, Dolph and Offield. On Mining Tolen, Hanna and Goodman. On Printing Yan Cleave, Watson and Jewell. On Railroads Myers, Bristow and Van Cleave. - On Public Buildings Wisdom, Richardson and Owens. Entertain no thought which you would blush to speak. Influence ot Example. Several State Conventions, says the San Francisco Examiner, have been held 'during the present month to make nominations for officers to be elected at the general elections which will take place in thirty-four States prior to the" middle of next November. In the Democratic Con ventions the recently mooted propo sition of a departure from the exam- pie set by the Fathers of the Repub lic, in reference to . the Presidential i office, was denounced as full of peril to tho continuance of republican in stitutions. Fortunately , the . Demo-.- cratic Conventions were held before those of the Radical party convened, and their resolutoins have had the effect of obliging their adversaries to pursue a course similar to theirs. In no State Convention which has thus far assembled could the Radi cals obtain the endorsement of an idea which many of their members secretly cherish, that Grant should be re-nominated. Even the sugges tion of his again being a candidate under any posible contingency was, in one instance, voted down. The proposition was disposed of in the most summary manner in the Pennsylvania Convention, among whose members were many of the President's officeholders, and the leading politicans of the State from Simon Cameron down to the lesser agents of political corruption. The result of the attempt in that State is one of the most hopeful signs of the times. The effort to give an indi rect indorsement to a political crime could not get a score of supporters in a Convention of several hundred members. That fact proves that notwithstanding tho working of many influences to sap the reverence entertained for the principles on which our Government was founded, the example of Washington, Jeffer son, Madison, Monroe and Jackson has vet the veneration of the masses of the American people. The course of the Radical Convention of Penn sylvania will probably be followed by Radical Conventions in other States except, perhaps, in the few where carpet-bag influence predomi nates. Iu compelling Radicalism in its greatest stronghold to adopt Democratic doctrine in reference to the tenure of the Presidential office, the Democracy lias gained one of its greatest triumphs. It has achieved a moral victorv, the grandeur of which requires reflection to fully realize it, and it demands some refer ence to the last Presidential cam paign. In that contest Horace Greeley, the life-long champion of protection, the advocate of high duties for the beniiit of Penns-1 vania manufacturers, was beaten by Grant by the prodigious- majority of one hundred and thirty-rivo thousand five hundred and forty-eight votes. Never in a Presidential contest had there been seen such a one-sidod vote. In fact it was over fifty thous and more than the majorities given in all the States which crave their electoral votes to Horace Greeley. Tho public mind was somewhat alarmed a few months ago that a contingency micrht arise iu which a third term for Grant mi,ht become a posibilitv. A war with Spain, a war with Mexico, or a war of races in the South might be made the pre text for his re-nomination. It was thought necessary by I all conserva tive citizens that a constitutional provision should bo adopted to pre vent an'- one holding the high office of Chief Magistrate for a third term: but several Conventions have spo ken, and the Radical bodies adopt ing Democratic doctrine have de nounced any action looking to tho accomplishment of that end.. Public opinion is thoroughly aroused on this issue, arid before another Presi dential term expires the unwritten law of ti e country, established by the example of the venerated fathers, will be given form and substance in the shape of a Constitutinnal Amend ment that, in tho future, will efFec tuallv prevent the scheming of anv can id ate for a third term by open or covert action. Methodist Church So- th. The following is a list of the ap pointments made by the Columbia Conference of the M. E. Church South, just concluded at Dixie, Bish op Pierce, of G. orgia, presiding: Willamette District Thomas White, P.E. Corvalis and Benton Mission- R. Baxter. Lebanon D. C. MeFarland B rownsville J.E. Bradlev. Junction City To be supplied Eugene and Coast Fork F. M i vs. B. -B. D. Dalles N. M. Shipworth. Salem To be sumulied. Lafayette E. G. Matchael. Tillamook To b supplied. Oregon Citv A. Hardison. Professor Mathematics Corallis College Jos. Emerv. Jacksonville District J. W. Stahl Jacksonville J. R. X. Bell. Roseburg R. C. Oglesby'and Davies. Oakland Mission J. W. Stahl Josephine Mission To be suppli- ed. Umatilla District To be suppli ed. Walla Walla To be supplied. Powder River and Grand Ronde To be supplied. Jioiso and Payette To be plied. Umatilla Meadows To be plied. sup-sup- Cuksed Foreveb. Radicalism gave anarchy to the South; radical ism must take it away, or cursed forever will be the name of, radical ism. The Chicago Times thinks that perhaps even that tardy work of justice will not save it from an occa sional damn or two in the mouths of prosperity. Not Satisfied. TheP.aoil" organs do not appear to be satisfi!f with tho action of the independent members of the Legislature. Th is nothing strange. Nobody expec? ed that they would be unless th " had . united with the Radicals and divided the offices with them, or act ed worse, defeated the organization of the two houses for such length of time as to disgust the people with them. The Ring members were more than willing to unite with either the Democratic or "the Independents to secure tho organization of the Senate and even went so far -as to offer all the offices if either of these opposing parties would only give them the Chief Clerk t of the Senate.2 .There was no lack of opportunity to com bine with the Ring,- but they found none that would betray their trusts In tho orgonization of the House these faultfinders certainly ought to bo satisfied. The Independents pnt in office just as many Riag men a they did Democrats, and this ia'all they should have exjected. Proba bly they ought , to have given tbe Ring the speaker. This might have satisfied them. We thust pur Radi cal friends will get over their disap pointment. IticU Dicijiufj, and Plenty of Tlieo,. CJov. Bramlette, of Kentucky, display, the richest and most extensive digging! that have been discovered for a long tune Those grand diffginjrs are to be found in the Grand (iirt Concert of the Public Libra, ry of Kentucky, of which he has charge and which takes placi" November 30th, at Liouisvillo, Ky. The four that have alrea dy that have already taken place wcm grand successes, and this, the last one, will be the most successlul of all, as it is ths largest. Ther? will $2,500,000 in cath, dis tributed to the ticket-holders. There are only 100,000 tickets, in all, wit h 20,000 prixet or one prize for every live tickets, nd such sums as the following are. embraced amonjr the grand prizes : $250,000, $100,000. $.0,0R. $25,000, $20,000, &C..&.. Application should be made at once to CJov. Uramlette. at Ixniisville, as there is a rush for tickets from all parts of the country, and from Europe. , The Cant of Importers. It is so obvious that physical and consti tutional vigor is the best defense against disease, that even the venders of drastic purgatives advertise them as tonics, stom achics and luvigorants, in the hope of en listing the confidence of the public in tho devitalizing and pernicious potions. It li amusing to note ho these im posters imi tate and copy the language in which the medicinal properties of Ilostetter's Stom ach Hitters an? described. Although tu effect of their rasping evacuants to destroy the tone of the digestive organs andth bowels, and to rob the systm of its vlui strength, they are unscrupulously recom mended to the weak and prostrate victims of disease as stimulants! It is time th:t humbug(not a very successful one it istruo, t hanks to the mature common sense of th American people) was st igmatizi-d as it des-Tves. ssuch mischievious talschoodi should be exposed ro bono publico. Hi tetter's Stomach hitters, be it distinctly understood, is a stimulant. It ha a spirit uous basis, and that basis is the vehicle which diffuses its wonderful sanitary prin ciples t hrough every part of the sywem. The tonic, alterative and regulating it.gr- dieiits ot the hitters would be comparative ly inert if they were not,sotospeak,carrit-d to the localities where they are requip-dl-y the stimulating agent. The cant which protests airainst the use of a pur-:- alcoholic lluid, when employed as a means of giving full effect to the medicinal extr.-iets .f th highr-st utility, is the cant of charlatanism. Kvery intelligent physician so i-haractrnz-es it, and tie sick who an' grii-tl. convuii eu and debilitated by t heonauseous nnu disgusting nostrums of the parties vhorwit it lolth, soon find to their sorrow 1 1: M il is a delusion anil a snare. Ilostetter's JIhv-m, the great sanitary stimulant of the aur-, U, in the truest sense of the words, a hoi soine, vitalizing, renovating preparation. 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The proper addr-ss is omWn tion Tool t o., 124 Nassau str-et. New "yrK. Also, the ne,-.- Revolver Lightning Trap, which winds up like a clock. Kills rats, gophers, squirrels, mice, &c. and tbro them a ay and sets itself as quick as the name indicates. One trap sent by exi-rt's for one dollar. A CARD. Oreoos Tity, June 12, IS.4. Wm. P. Burns, Agent of Phoenix J"811, ane" i o.. Dear Sir: On the 4t h day of June my barn was destroved by fire. On the wn you was notified ot the same. You P"01"' i. t,min.,.i i. m r.r mv lnss. nun on the loth inst. .Mr. Dimon. the gentle manly agent and adjuster of the tomi-a".-was on hand, the loss i-romptly and cni fullv adjusted and a draft for thcarnouni (f TOO) in full, placed in my hand. We thank v0u, and through y,0"-; Companv which you represent. lor w prompt and cheerful adjustment losses, and we Join in the Pnpr'Vlix of the people in saying. The Old Pboenix of Hartford offers reliable indemnity RODNEY TOMPKIS. The Parker Gun. 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