The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-05-25

State. The restored government, I'M
he destination of q Democrat . prints
was a bogus concern.
Thus 1t Is that the disloyaI lsynlpa-
thies of the so-called Conservatfves,,
Of the country, wherever you find
hem. are always manifested against
our State and its loyal people.
$40 national Debts.
Scientific men have been telling for
some time that the coal beds of England
would become exhanstedin the course
of time-a hundred years or so-orl
would be dug SO low that the cost OF
coal would be so increased that Eng
land would lose her advantage and SUI
as great manufacturing ma
tom but the people of that country do
not believe it, or have not stopped TO
think ofand realize ii, till John Stuart
Mill, the eminent political economist,
took up the matter in parliament the
other day, announced his full belief
in the early exhaustion of the coal beds,
and the approach. of a day when Eng
land will not be able to bear so heavy
burdens as now, and soIemnly warned
his countrymen that if the national
debt is ever to be paid, this generation
must take hold of the work. And Mr..
Gladstone, in presenting his annual
budget, ON the Sd, reiterated the same
views, and fully committed himself to
the policy of beginning in earnest and
at once the work of reducing the ma
tional debt.
Mr.. Gladstone also entered quite
largely, in his peculiarly clear and in
teresting style, unto the general subject
of national debts, and the stealthy bor-
rowing ofmoney which, he declares,
has become the standing vice of almost
every government in Europe. "There
is nothing,n said the chancellor, $50 in
sidiOus as financial difficulty. II ap-
proaches with smiles and caresses. Bor-
rowing for the first time appears to be
open to no objection. There is nothing
in 1t alarming or menacing. Il Is Ike
the cub of the lfoness, spoken of
by one of the Greek poets, which was
rash1y taken by the hunter into his
house. When it was young it was
reared with his dogs and placed among
his children. But when it grew up and
felt its strength it deluged the house
European countries now amount to
81, 500 900, 900, all accumulated within
the present century; and the greater
part in the last twenty years. The
English debt is $S,994, 545, 600, little
larger than our own, but as tho rate of
interest is less, notso much of a public
burden. This debt is $4,000, 900 less
thnn just before the Crimean war,
showing that in twelve years England
has repaired the losses of that great
campaign and commenced the work of
reduction again, but not fast enough,
as the chancellor of the exchequer
seems to think, and he proposes aplan,
which, by,1SS5, will eXttnguish about
fifty millions OF the capital of tho debt.
In his speeches on the reform question
Mr.. Gladstone has alluded to this
country in very complimentary terms,
and IL Is pleasant to see that in the |
matlerof national debt, also, he finds
the most satisfactory example In the
United States. He declares that he |
anxiety of any, and said that If our
people show the resolution in finance |
that they exhibited during the war, it |
may be extinguished in a generation;
and without constituting any difficulty |
to The American people.
OmcIaI Report OF JeM Davis Health.
FORTRESS MONROE, Va, May @.
Adiittdnt General United States ATTly,
tPdShingtoit, ID. O.:
SIR-In compliance with directions
from the President of the United States
to me, given through the office of the
Adjutant General, i have made a spe-
Jefferson Davis, now iniconfinement al,
this post, and report the ollowing to be
the result of said examination: BE Is
considerably emaciated, the fatty tissue
having almost disappeared, leaving his
skinimuch shriyeled. Els muscles are
small flaccid, and very soft, and he
has but little muscular strength. he is
quite weak and debilitated. ConseS |
quently his gait Is becoming uneven
and Irregular. His digestive organs at 1
present are In omparatiyely good COM
dition, but become quickly deranged 1
under anything but the most carefully
prepared food. With a diet disagreed
promptly make their app arance, soon |
followed by yertit severe facial and |
cranial neuralgt aS an erYstpela fn- |
OF this posterior scalp. and
right sideof nose, which quickly affects |
the right eye, the only sound one he |
now has. and extendst hro ugh the nasal
duct Into the Interior nose. Bis ner-
vous system is greatl " deranged, being
much prostrated and excessively irrita-
Bile. Slight noises, which are scarcely
percept iBle to 4 man in robust health,
cause him much pain, the description
of the sensation being as one flayed and
having every! sentient nerve exposed TO |
the wave of sound. Want of sleep has |
been q great and almost the principal
cause OF his nervous Reliability. This
has been produced by the tramp of the
creaking boots of the sentinels on post
round, the prison room and the relieval
of the guard at the expiration of every
two hours, which almost Invariably |
SVakens him. Prisoner Davis states |
that he has scarcely enjoyed over two
hours of sleep unbroken ut one time
since his confinement. Means have
been taken, by placing mating on the |
floors for the sentinel to walk ON, TO |
this sonrceof disturbance, but |
with only partial success. His vital |
condition Is low, and he has but little /
recnperltiye force Should he be at
tackled by any of the severe forms of /
disease 10 which the tide-watef region /
Of Ntrginin IS subject, 1, with reason, /
fear for the result A copy of this re-
port i have furnished to the heafquar-
tiers OF the Military District of Fortress
Monroe, incompl iance with orders rom (
the Maj General commanding. Re-
spectfnIy, your obedient servant,
GEO. ~. COOPER, Surgeoniu S. A.
pensions new pension bill has
Just passed tho United states Senate.
It provides that SIS u month shail be
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