The weekly Butte record., 1863-12-19
Something Good out of Nazareth.

ope of our Republican Representatives has
introduced into the Assembly, 4 bill having for
lis object the suppression Of Qaackery. Except
that very Sudden revolution Of sentiment has
taken place in regard to the proposed measure,
We fear that it is destined to share the fate Of
similar ones heretofore introduced.
There seems 10 be 4 dissemination in our
law givers to entertain 3 measure seemingly
directed to the protection of class. The
opinion widely prevails that, among the learned
professions, as among trades the doors should
be thrown open for unrestricted competition,
and that the public should be made the sole
judges Of the merits or defects of those who
solicit lis sufrages. Accepted as q principle
Of universal application, such a view IS open 10
grave objections. That the public mind is the
most sufficient tribunal 10 determine the lust
ness Of any moral issue proposed. or to pass
upon questions which the common experience
Of every day life educates it into an intelligent
apprehension OF, must be conceded but If il
seek to penetrate beyond 10 meddle with what
is unfamiliar in proportion 10 the remoteness
OF the question presented must be the result
ing confusion and disaster. Hence, in refer
ence TO the field LOW open for medical compe
tition, he who is educated within the pale of
science, whose patient study aud requirement
has been acknowledged by the only competent
authoTity-a Faculty of learnng-is com
PEELED to degrade himself to a level
with the vulgar empjric. And as it hap
pens that selfsuthciency aud preteusion are the
most ready passports to popular favor, lacking
these, as gentleman and i graduate he yields
to the superior address of the quack. and is
forced aside, 10 witness tie lives Of his fellows
tampered with, and one of the noblest pro.es
sions brought into ignomiuy and contempt
And all this because the discernment of the
popular mind is not equal-nor can be expect
ed eqnal-to discriminate between the chaf
and the wheat-between impldent assumption
and uDpretenious merit.
hfollows then that iu passing laws 10 protect
the integrity of the medical profession, We pro
tect society in its most exposed and vital point
The HUMBoLD1 CAyAL.-A correspondent
of one of our contemporaries gives some insight
into the dimensions and progress Of this i'm
menSe undertaking, which We condense lie
says that from one end to the other. lis pro.
jected course is seventy eight miles that it
takes its water from the Humboldt river as
high up as Fremont's range that it passes
through Pueba, Harmony, East Range, Cen
tral, Buena Vista, Star, Santa Clara Prince
Royal, Humboldt, Ell Dorado, aud Echo dis,
tricts al rich in gold and silver Four miles at
the upper end OF the ditch are already compile
ted. The canal is ten feet vide at the botto14
and fifteen feet at the top. The amount o:
water power it will supply when completed
can be scarcely estimated, as the water can be
used over and over again-perhaps enough to
run thousands of stamps. The tools useG in
construction are mostly pows and scrapers
worked by oxen. The capital stock engaged
represents some millions Of dollars.
1t looks as though an enterprise on such
scale, would not have been undertaken bat on
the most careful consideration of possible re
turns. The projectors must have had thorough
confidence in the resources of the country, be-
fore they embarked in such an enterprise.
Gov BRAMLETFE.-We place the name of
this Kentucky patriot at the head of our pa
per as q candidate for Vice President. With
Mcclellan and Bramlette, the Democracy will
not fail to triumph in the approaching national
canvass, over the radicals, who are constantly
thrusting new issues into the war, ard render
ing a preservation daily more difficult As
the representatives Of that determined Union
sentiment that upholis the Constitution of the
Republic, against the rebels of the South, and
the radical and malignant fanaticisrn of the
north, they will draw to their support the tru-
ly patriotic of the country, and preserve the
Union without the sacrifice of constitutional
government. The issue would then be a strug-
gle for tie preservation of the Union and con-
stitutonal government. against Southern aud
Northern traitors That is really the issue.