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abusoe of the' Laud Commission, I applied to the eminent law firm of Pope & Haskell, in Columbia, for ad wtoe as to my powers iu the premises; bat, after duly considering the matter, they advised me that no relief oould be had, exoept through the action of the Legislature. Bluoh has been said about the in? crease of the State debt. In regard to that matter, I have simply to say, that there was an increased? about 2b\000, ?00 during the time I was in offiae. The 'remainder of the new bonda is? sued daring that time merely changed the form of so much of -roe debt, and did not Increase the debt itself. The public has been led to believe chat what has been merely a change in the form'of the debt-bos been au inorease of it; bat such is not the oase. You might as well say, that a neighbor, by giving his uote to pay a book account, increases his indebtedness, as to say that the State, by issuing new bonds in payment of oarreuoy ia the Bhape of bills receivable, of interest past doe, of bills of a State corporation 4UKl claims against itself, increases its debt. And cnia six miiiions of in* crease would never have ooonrred, hod at not been for the reckless and profli? gate expenditure of the publio moneys by the Legislature daring the last two "years I was ia office, for tboir owu ex . peases. I attempted to Stop the pay >?aent of the enormous sums of mouey ?drawn from the treasury by the Legis datate, -by refusing to approve their voheokr; bat ia this I was met with the presentment of artioles of impeaoh a??t, end was informed that my inter? neren oe would be followed by my sub pennon from offloe. I found that the moderation and oare whioh oharaoter rised the aotion of the first Legislature i had entirely passed away, and that the rntiog object of the new members .generally was to filch from tho trea ?Airy every dollar that was collected from, tax?a. Daring that session, as I hove already mentioned, tbey took About $415,000 out of the ?825,000 ?collected for taxes, and passed en ad? ditional apDropriation for themselves cf $205.000, which. I vetoed on the laset day of the session; and the at? tempted fraud was so apparent, that ?theydid not' dare to pass it over my 'veto; & -could see, however, iu* the : faofO'ttf many of tho leading members, "*Sl\<h 3ark frown of angry disuppoiut merit, and the determination to have revenge for my thus interfering with their scheme to enrioh themselves at ?the- expense of the State. When the ?next session?that of 1871?convened, it was ?pparent to the most casual ob? server thai they had determined to paniBh the man who had dared to in? terpose' his constitutional prerogative to prevent them from getting for themselves the publio moneys which bad been appropriated to other pur? purne?. For the oarreot fiscal year, (here1 had beea levied a tax sufficient 'to raise $1.181,000. Their first at? tempt was to take the money oat of the hands of the Treasurer, aud place it in possession of committees of their own bodies 'appointed for that pur? pose. Finding that this eoheme oould not be accomplished, on account of "constitutional objections, tbey deter? mined to get rid of the officers who stood' between them and the publio funds by impeaohment. Ia the oourse of their proceedings, however, they ifeoud' that it was necessary only to get 'rid of the law, whioh provided that uo ?money should be paid out of the trea? sury, exoept by approval of the Go? vernor. . Therefore, they virtually re? pealed this law, by directing the Trea? surer to pay the mouey over his ooun >ter on the presentation of cheeks -signed by the President of the Senate ?and Speaker of the House of Repre? sentatives. During this session, as I have already mentioned, they drew out of the treasury $927,000 of the money ?collected from taxes, every dollar of whioh had been previously expended by appropriation for other purposes. Think of that, fellow-oitizensl The Legislature took $927,000 iu money to pay their expenses for a siuglesession. Aud not satisfied with this, they issued additional pay certificates to tho amount of $500,000, making an aggre? gate of over 91,400,0001 I ask you, if it is possible for any man, or auy set of men, to fairly administer the go? vernment of the State, when its law making branob absorbs all the revenue of the State, and involves the State iu au immense floating debt besides? To -accomplish their purposes, they refused to permit the payment, of the mouey fchut had been levied aod collected for ?the paymeut of the interest on tho publio debt, thereby ut once destroying all confidence in our integrity us a State Goveromout, nud in our purpose to de,al justly aud fairly with those who had placed sufficient confidence in us to invest in our State securities. The result was. that our bonds whioh had been pledged as security for our loans ia New York were forced upon the market aud sacrificed at prices from fifteen to thirty cents on the dollar, ?and the men who had boon induced to lend us their money, found them selves in possession of our new bonds at a lower price than our old bonds were worth at the time I commenced to baild up a credit und reputation for "the new State Government of South -Carolina. "Some Republicans find fault with me for so severely condemning men who represent the Republican party; bat I have just cause tor using the sever ?est words of condemnation against those men themselves, and of making the -most determined protest against each a class of men ever again holding office in this State. Aod I say, deliberately, that uulcse yon hereafter eleot a better class of men to offloe, the sooner the Republican party ceases to exist, tho better it will be both for the people aod the State. Aud let me assure you, -that if you return to the Legislaturo ih men lb atyon have bad tbore dur? ing the last session, tbu tax-payers will refuse to pay the taxes that may be levied apoii^ben?? atiti there will be no. power tu compel thejb to pay; for "ilia voide of the pdoplu is tf^o' voioe of' Got," and the people will make them? selves felt apd beard. .' I have received numerous letters and hundreds of personal addresses re questing mo to be a candidate for Go? vernor again; but I can see nothing that would induce mo to desire to pass again through tho ordeal of 1871 and 1872. While I would sacrifice more, perhaps, than any oiber man in the State to correct the evils of the past and to reduce taxation and, consequently, the expenditure of publio moueys iu the future, yet it would bo folly to mako any sacrifice, uuless you, wbo oac elect snob u Legislature as yon please, obange your entire policy and leave out the petty politicians wbo roam over the State and pander to tbe ignorance, prejudices and passions of the people for tbeir own benefit; for, if you do not, yon will only eleot men who have neither publio honor nor private oharactar ta prevent them fron* descending to tbe most petty schemes for securing money by mis? representation and even fraud, from private individuals as well as from the State Treasury. If you will go to the merchants of Columbia, you will find where members of the Legislature have purchased supplies of corn and bacon, and family groceries and tbe 1'ke, and passed tbe bills for them through the Legislature, as olaims against the Statel You will find even the railroud receipts for oorn and baoou wbiob have been shipped to tbe Hon. -, member of the Legisla? ture of South Carolina, and wbiob have been paid for by a legislative pay cor ti floate! I mnst again admonish yuu not to t-ond back to the Legislature tbe men wbo have represented yon tbe lust two years; for if they are to bo regarded nh your true representatives, you must bo regarded as a set of rogues and scoundrels. I adviae you, iu the future, to elect at least oue mau of intelligence. When you eleot colored men to office, take tho honest and bard-working men, who are naturally honest, instead of those who have been coaohmeu or upper servants, and wbo have learned, by contact, tho vices of the white man without his virtues. And when you take a man of my race, do not take the lowest and meanest you can find, but tako a man of good standing in the community and of honest impulses. You may rest as? sured, that no mau who is dishonora? ble and dinhoneBt in his private deal? ings with bis neighbors can by any possibility be an honorable or honest man in any publio position that you may eleot him to. Eleot some intelli? gent men to tbe Legislature and pre? vent the neoeasity of employing a host of clerks to do the business wbiob should be done by the members. Last session, they had 177 attaohees?more than wore employed by the Congress of the United States. My advice is to eleot a Democrat from eaoh County, and relieve yourself of a share of re? sponsibility. As it has been iu tbe past, you must bear all the blame for bad government, as you have fully three-fourths of tbe members of the Legislature. The course 1 recommend will virtually give them proportional representation, and, with a voice in legislation, they cannot go before the country aud say that tbey ore taxed without representation, and that they have no voioo in tbe expenditure of tho money tbey puy. Under nil tbe cir? cumstances, I think it but fair that you should show them a spirit of libe? rality. The time may come?yes, it must oome? when your own people will be? come disgusted at the oreatnres of your own oreation, who possess neither per? sonal integrity nor official honor, wbo are not satisfied with defraudiug every persou tboy oan cajole into trusting them in their private affairs, but take advantage of their official position to jrob every person within their reach. I Bay here, and challenge donial of what 11 say, that not a half a dozen of cither State or Fedorul office-holders uro I worth ten cents on tho dollar. Tbo man who can most successfully swindle his neighbor is regarded as tbo best politician, aud, therefore, eutitled to the best ofiioial position. I l see thai some Republicans arc con? stantly blaming the Democratic party for tbo financial evils that have be? fallen us. I deny that the Demo? cratic party are responsible for thoao evilB. With ull their opposition, they nover could have destroyed tha credit of tho State, bad not the Legislature assisted them by robbing tho Treasury of tbe moneys that belonged to legiti? mate creditors. This, with othur Southern State Governments, was established by a law of the United States. In the organization of it, there was an en? tirely new element necessarily brought into political power. Even the few white men who were oleotcd to posi? tions under it were, for the most part, entirely inexporienced in State-craft. The great mass of those who sympa? thized with and took part in its organ? ization were without eduoation or train* iug in any of the departments of tho duties of life. Is it to be wondered at, that many blunders and mistakes were made, without intention or willingness on the part of those controlling affairs to aot corruptly? We have seen the Government organized in the District of Columbia, with its executive head appointed by the President of the United States, uudcr the eyo of the Congress of tho United Stutos, and surrounded by every influence that should have mado it a success?we have seen that Government fuil aud pass out of existence, leaving behind it a debt compared with which ours is a trifle. Tt4~*f8 weft , for lb.6 DU?II? look at tbeBG facts, in paesirjg jadg meat upon individual men who hate been led into what may be regarded as a mistake ffn even accepting* offlc? ' under the reconstruction Acts of Con grefl? in tbeveoutheru State?/. c,:'; > j '< ILUMRIA, SI C. Wednesiay Morning, July 22, 1874. The Growth or the Cotton Intercat In Charlotte, N. V.?V Illnt, The rapid growth of Charlotte since tho war is attributed, by the Observer, oi ihut city, to the fostering influence of the aottou trade, whioh has ad? vanced steadily, until Charlotte is now the first cotton market of the State. It is situated in the oentro of a highly intelligeot and thrifty population, aud of an admirable oottoo-growing region. Through the Charlotte, Columbia aud Augusta, the North Carolina, the Piedmont Air Liue, the Atlantic, Ten? nessee and Ohio, and the Carolina Central Railroads, its connections are complete in eveiy direction, South, South-west, East aud North. In 1855, the receipts of cotton were less than 3,000 bales; in 1860, tho sales reached 12,000. In 1866, upon the resumption of business after the war, it received about the sume amount on the mar? ket. Siooe then, it has increased annually, until the present year, when it amounts to about 40,000 bales. The success of Charlotte, it is olaimed, is due iu part to other causes than those wo have mentioned. A fine position, a rich surrounding coun? try, growing cotton aud tho cereals both abundantly, u railroad system whioh conueots her with the great markets of the couutry, arc not all the advautugus it has availed itself of. It owes something to men as well us to nature. The cotton mon of the place olaim that they pay nearer np to New York prices for cotton than can be ob? tained at any other poiut iu the South. They ate enabled to give sellers this advantago, they say, because their market is generally supplied with fac? tory orders. Charlotte is tnrronuded und connected with manufactories, which are dependent on her for their cotton supply. Hero are the names: Tutu's Manufactory, Wood Lawn, Mo Douald'a Manufactory, Concord, Line berger's Manufactory, Pin Hook, E. M. Holt's Sons' Manufactory, Graham,) Alamance County, Powell'd Cotton Mills, Catawba Station, W. Turner & Sons, Turnersburg, T. H. Gaither, Garibaldi, F. & H. Fries, Salem, S. S. Walker, agent for Franklin Manufac? turing Company, W. H. Hill, - Morrison, Gaither & Co., Eagle Mills, Rindlemau Manufacturing Company, Uro wer Sc Bros., Mount Airy, Cedar Falls Mills. And orders are on baud nearly all the time for thousands of bales of cotton for the cotton mills of tha North. Wo begin to thiuk our friend Gene? ral Hill's standing epithet applied to Charlotte as the "future London cf the Smith" not wholly inappropriate,. What does Columbia think of tho pio turo? Is it content to retrograde iu the wholesale and cotton trade aud not pull op iu some other direotion? No placo in the South, except, perbapp, Augusta, has such a splondid water power for manufacturiug as ic has. Are our moneyed men, our men of enterprise and forecast, afraid to grasp this prize? Can a city be built aud sustained hero or not, without tho [development of this great agency? That's tho question. Aro we to tako hold of this power, achieve a grout manufacturing success, lay anew and more broadly tho foundations of a prosperous and populous city? or are we to oootinuo to look with idlo and profitless wonder, as tho Indians did before U8, upon tho magnificent falls of thoCongarce flowing uuproductively at oor feet? Iladlra! Speculations anil Inconsts. tency, "If Moses is nominated aud re elected, then we are to seu arrayed against us tho whole power of tho Federul Government. Tho Federal troops are to bo withdrawn, or aro to be used against us. Tho Tax Unions will so organize the money power us to deprive tho State Government of tho sinews of war. No taxes will be paid, or tenders will bo mad' !?i Blue Ridge sorip aud bills of tho Bunk of tho State; the power of the Federal Courts will be invoked to prevent sales of property in such cases; acarohy, dismay and terror will surge upou many who aro now brave enough, und about the only Radiaals left in South Carolina to stem the torrent will bo the freed men and tho carpet-baggers." The above is extraoted from tho Port Royal Commercial, a journal whoso editor was a member of tho Tax-pay? ers' Convention and a delogato as ono of the committee to present the tax? payers' memorial to Congress and the President. We do not find it consis? tent to advise in an editoral artiolo the retos?ir lb' pay taxes7 (?s was done in this same Commercial, even before tbe of 4bo Tax-payers' Conven? tion,) and now to present"tha^ course Of pioOeedirjg aB the twin evil of elecf| log Moses, that will bring, anarchy, dismay and terror npon the - land. It tho refusal to pay taxes was advisable in 1874, it cannot be onwiso in 1875, unless, meanwhile, there has been auch manifest improvement in the charac? ter and morale of tbe State Govern? ment, such hopeful prospects of a te tarn to justice aud equity, Kucb signs of recovered prosperity, such over? whelming evidence that we arc not goinur to destruction and infamy every day, as will make tbe remedy suggest? ed, aud unless we are mistakcD, warmly recommended by the Port [ Royal Commercial, no longer either de? sirable or practicable. The "Bourbons," as the Commercial now politely calls the Democrats or Conservatives, are quietly organizing their uuions, having for object "the reduction of taxation and the honest appropriation and expenditure of the publio funds." That is a good object. Why a man cannot favor it who went] against paying any tax at all, is one of the Radical peculiarities which arc be? yond our depth to comprehend. BIy?trrl??. The Port Royal Commercial, which we quote in another place, concludes that wheu tho day of wrath shall come, tb? only Rtdicals who will be left, to "stein the torrent will be ibu freed men and tho carpet-buggers." What is it that will so suddenly aud unexpectedly give snob prodigious back-bone to the carpet-bugger class? We must tbiuk tbo writer does the scalawag injustice iu this invidious discrimination. An? other thing equally mysterio-;-*, is how the re-election of Moses will bring all tho direful consequences which are pictured, auy more than the election, say, of Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Elliott, or Mr. Scott? Moses is not tbe only mau who is btauding on tbe emptied Treasury of South Carolina, looking wistfully away to ward-> some imaginary laud of promise and?escape. Moses traded iu pay certificates, uud has a hand open as day and a heart inex? pressibly tender towards penitentiary convicts. He tried to buy a news? paper, too. But be was not iu tho Ad? visory Board of tho Land Commission; he was not Attorney-General when $700,000 was invested in doubtful titles, unreclaimed bogs and sterile sand-hills?as Mr. Chamberlain says, "a bad, bad speculation;" he was not a member of the Financial Board when the bond frauds were perpetrated; he was not of that sweet-soenteel party, the Sinking Fund Commission, and he never went to Congress and joined the salary-grabbers. We cannot dis? cover what gives Moses his reputed bad pre-eminence over his compeers, unless it be that bo is "the under dog in the fight." The dog (metaphorice) who is io such a predicament us that, ueed uot expect to make or retain friends. Wo iutoud to disappoint the Bour? bons. We will give this Stute a nomi? nation ncceptublo alike to the party hero, to Geuerul Grant, and to tbu party of tbe Union. [Port Royal Commercial. Tbo snmo old tune. Thu party here, Geuerul Grant, and tho party of the Uniou! Not a word for justice, uot one meaning reform of any abuse, not a thought of overthrowing corruption, not a glance towards an insulted, tax* riddeu people. All for "party," bread and butter, purple and fine linen, dia? monds, fast horses, aud splendid equi? pages. Tho trade returns of the port of Now York, for tho fiscal your ending with Junu last, havo been mude up by the Journal of Commerce, of that city. Tho imports nuiounieii Lo $396,090,852, gold value, compared with $120,009, 000 tho previous yoar, and noarly $-110,000,000 iu 1871-72. The export's in currency values wore 8351,018,17g, compared with $332,500,000 tbo pre? vious year, aud 8285,500,000 iu 1871-72 Thus it will bo aeon that whilst there was a decided falling oil' iu tho imports, thoro was equally as decided a gain in the exports. The ' customs duties collected during tho last fiscal yoar at Now York wero $110,123,272, in gold, compared with $126,000,000 for the previous year, and 4118,000,000 iu 1871-72. Tbo de? cline between 1871-72 and 1872-73 was caused by roduotions in dutioB, but the decline of tho last fiscal yoar is owing to the shriukago iu the import trade. Somebody has been summing up the fate of kings and emperors, as follows: Out of .2,510 emperors or kings, over 61 nations, 339 were dethroned, 61 abdicated, 20 committed suicide, 11 went mad, 100 died on tho battle field, 123 wore mado prisonors, 25 wero pro uounceel mnrtyrs and saints, 151 were assassinated, 62 were poisoned, and 103 sentenced to death. Total, 963. ^Cifx7 MATii6&3.---Sab8orTbeT?r'tbe" Phozmix. To day ten years ago, the great but? tle Was fought before Atlanta, Gft. | Advertigfbg is to business what steam is tb machinery?the.grand propelling power. Thcro ia bat one way to obtain busi? ness?publicity; but one way of gain iug publicity?advertising. , The schedule of the down Charlotte truiu huB been slightly changed?it I now arrives at 2 42 P. M. City licenses are being paid up very promptly?the majority in coupone. The city authorities are disposed to be lenient. *w The grand conoert by the Choral Uuiou comes off to-night, in Parker's Hall. It is a rare musioal treat?vooal as well as instrumental. "Sou can't Tom Collins me," said Mrs. J., when "Juwge" told her he had been out all night watching the comet make its right ascension. No boll can ring so loudly as a good advertisement. People will believe what they Bee rather than what tbey hear. The inhumauity of oolored nurses who make countless tender infants mourn, is causing general remark aod discussion on onr streets. Job printing of every kind, from u miniature visiting curd to a four-sheet poster, turned out, at short notice, from Phoenix odice. Try us. A monkey in the woods adjacent to N~rwherry is the latest sensation. It is supposed to be the remnant of the COUtents of u cage of small animals which was scattered in that viciuity several years ago. Mr. J). Epstiu, under Columbia Hotel, has just received a tine lot of light cassimere pants; also, a new sup? ply of boys' straw hats, which will be sold very low. Go early and secure them. Congressmen Hausier und Riiney and other shining lights in the Repub? lican party were in the city, yesterday, in uttendauce upon a meeting of the Republican State Executive Commit? tee. Tho colored mechanics' meeting in frout of the State Capitol, on Monday night, was turned into an endorsement of Representative Minort for the So? nate. He made a speech, after which his admirers shouldered him aud car? ried him off. The Republican State Executive Committee assombied in tho State Houso, yesterday morning, aud sat with closed doors. The body re-as? sembled in tho evening, in the law ofBoe of Messrs. Chamberlain Sc Mel? ton, but their proceedings were not made public. The palate naturally relishes what nature has near at hand. As a rule, not only the simplest food, but the most seasonable is, in the long run, the most appetizing. There is no dif? ficulty in determining what wo shall eat since the products of our climate show us plainly, month by month. The haud-'.ome black ponies belong? ing to Mrs. Wright, of this city, were stolon from the stables at Glenn Springs, on Snnduy night. The thieves were pursued through aud be youd Spurtauburg; but at lust ac? counts, they hud not beeu overhauled. A despatch, last night, by the South? ern and Atlantic lino, informs us that tho horses wero recovered yesterday, but no particulars wero furuished. Some of the ladies connected with the Sewiug Society of tho Episcopal Church propose having a moonlight entertainment on the evoning of Thurs? day, the 23J of July. They will be pleased to see their friends on the lawn of the Male Academy, between the hours of 0}-2 aud 10 P. M. In caso of rain, the academy itsolf has boeu kindly tendered to them for the even? ing. West Point and Annapolis.?Tho committee uppointed to examine ap? plicants for Representative Elliott's cadotships at West Point and Anna poliB met iu Superintendent of Educa? tion Jillson's ofliee, in thoStato Houso, yesterday morning. There were seve? ral applicants for each position, and, after au examination, the following wore selected: For tho West Point Military Academy?Clarence Fox, (son of Profossor H. D. Fox, of tho Uui vorsity.) Naval Academy at Annapo? lis, Md.?Lawson D. Melton, (son of Attorney-General Melton.) Mail akkanqemknts.?Northern Liail opens 0.30 A. M., 3 P. M.; closes IIA. M., 6 P.M. Charleston opens 8 A. M., 5.30 P. M.; closes 8 A. M., 6 P. M. Western opens G A. M., 1 P. M.; olosos G, 1.30 P. M. Greenville opens 6.45 P. M.; closes 6 A. M. Wil? mington opens 4 P. M.; closes 10.30 A.M. On 3nnday open from 2.30 to 3.30 P. M. The f?Tl?wttlg ~re4olrJtt?ir?- tfte ex? tracted from the minutes of tbe Medi oai Society ui Colombia, July 18, i8?:"jr)n Resolved, That a'.I ofDce p-actice, as well a* all visits to patients, shall be required to be paid iu cash, unless we have implicit confidence in the integri? ty of tbu parties; being convinced, from past experience, tbat this rule should bo imperative, in order to pro? tect tbe intcrefitH cf the profession. Resolved, That if any person refuses to settle bis account satisfactorily with his physician, it shall 'be laid before three members of this Society, who shall be empowered to adjudicate the name: and should the patient decline to abide by their decision, it shall be the duty of the physician, ub well as of every other member, to refuse him and bis family all further attendance, until satisfaction for the debt is ren? dered, unless cash in advance is of? fered. Resolved, That tho Secretary shall keep a book for a "blacklist," wherein members may insoribe, as a warning to all, tho names of those persons who, although living comfortably and amply able to contribute something to their physician's support, yet systematically refuse to do so; and if any member shall afterwards attend such individu? als without exacting the cash, it shall be deemed unprofessional. There is nothing in the above in? tended to restrain physicians in the exercise of charity toward patients in iudigent circumstances. List of New Advertisements. Meeting Catawba Tribe. D. O. Peixotto * Sons?T Rent. L?rick & Lowrance?Georgia Gin. Hotel arrivals, July 21, 1874.? "Wheeler House?P Brown, O Waring, F T Miller, city; Frauk Arnim, S Cf; J Burbot. Charleston; F H Eaton, Che raw; T B Frazer, Somter; Mrs Rast, N C; A Dreyfus, NY; AH Van Bok keleD, N C; W Dudley, Charleston; E S J Haves, Lexington ; T D Johnston, N C; J J McLure, T E MoLure, Ches? ter; Samuel Dibble, Oraugeburg; Mrs EvaoR, Charleston. Hendrix House?P M Poroher, Fort Motte; W A Hannah. 21 C; T J Bar? ber, Chester; J W Zimmerman. Batea burg; T S Williams. Ridge; W J Ar? rant, city; N B Alexander, W A R Wil sou, Chester; Miss S E Clark. D M Clark and child. Winnsboro; J:H Dra? per, G W Arnold, Ala. Scuenck's Sea. Weed Tokic.?In the atmosphere experienced here during the summer months, the lethargy pro? duced by tbe heat takes away the de? sire for wholesome food, aud frequent perspirations reduce bodily energy, particularly those suffering from the effects of debilitating diseases. In order to keep a natural healthful ac? tivity of the system, we must resort to artificial means. For this purpose, Sobenck's Sea Weed Tonio is very effectcol. A few doses will create au appetite and give fresh vigor to tbe enervated body. For dyspepsia, it is invaluable. Mauy emiuent physicians have doubted whether dyspepsia can be permanently oured by the drugs which are generally employed for tbat purpose. The Seu Weed Tonic, in its uature, is totally different from such drugs. It contains no corrosive mine? rals or acids?in fact, it assists the re? gular operations of nature, and sup? plies her deficiencies. Tbe Tonio, in its nature, so much resembles tbe gas? tric juice, that it is almost identical with that fluid. Tbe gastric iuioe is the natural solvent which, in a healthy condition of tbe body, causes the food to be digested; aud when this juice is not excreted iu sufficient quan? tities, indigestion, with all its distress? ing symptoms, follows. The Sea Weed Tonio performs the duty of the gastric juice when tbe latter is deficient. Sobenck's Sea Weed Tonic is sold by ull druggists. July 9 +13 Nervous Diseases.?Tbe nervous system exercises a powerful influence over the digestion, secretion, nutri? tion, absorption and the circulation cf the blood, and its purpose seems to be to bind together the machinery of tbo body and to combine and harmonize the action of its several parts. Diseases of the nerves are moro numerous and ulllictivc now than at any former pe? riod?a result due to the luxurious habits of tbu age and to the excite? ment which tbe struggle for wealth aud position kindles a jiV inflames. Almost every individual one meets in society, of either sex, is troubled with some nervous affection or other. Among the various medicinal agents recommended by tbe profession or recognized by tho general public ad nervines, Eostetter's Stomaoh Bitters occupies the foremost plaao. Physi? cians of eminence concede to it very extraordinary tonio properties, and its popularity as nn invigorant with all classes of the community is indicated by a demand for the article which has distanced competition and is still con? tinually increasing. Men of business, politicians, authors, lawyers, invent? ors, speculators?in short, all who are engaged iu exoiting pursuits?will find this healthful alterative and restora? tive the most restful cordial for the brain and the over-tasked nervous sys? tem that the combined resources of botany and chemistry have yet given to the world. It is agreeable to the taste, promotes digestion, regulates the liver and the bowels, depurates tbo blood, and is the most helpful elixir in oases of severe mental despondency that ever cheered tbe depressed spirits of man or womau. J1'JJ3'; I Rov. Henry Boebm, the patriarch of Amerioan Methodism, was 100 years I old Juno 8th. He has been a preacher eeveuty-six years.