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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-03-18
Another of Beu. FranklIn's I.ctters-
HI. views OF Spiritual Existence.

Another OF beu4 EkA"AA+n's AcLIeIS-
HI. Views Of Spiritual Existence.
The following letter has Just seen the
light for the first time:
WDEAR CHILD: I condole with you
wa have lost a most dear and valuable
relation. but it is the will of God and
Nature that these mortal bodies be laid
aside when the soul is to enter into real
life Existence here on earth is hardly
to be called real life. TITS rather an
embryo state-a preparation to living; a
man is not completely born until he is
dead, Why, then, should we grieve
that a new child is born among the i'm
mortals-a new member added to their
society?
he lent to us while they can afford us
pleasure, assist us in Acquiring knowl-
edge. or doing good to our fellow crea.
God. When they become unfit for their
purposes, and afford us pain instead of
nleasure, instead OF an aid becomes an
incumbrance, and answers none of the
intentions for which they were given, it
il equally kind and benevolent that a
way is provided by which we may get
rid of them. That way is death.
We ourselves, prudently in some
cases. choose partial death. A
mangled, painful limb which cannot
be restored, we willingly cut off. He
that plucks out a tooth parts with it
freely, since the pain goes with it, and
he that quits the whole body parts with
all the pains and possibility of pains
and diseases it was liable TO or capable
OF making him suffer.
Our friend and we are invited abroad
on a party of pleasure that is to last
forever. His chair" was first ready
and has gone before US. We could not
conveniently all start together; and
why should you and be aggrieved at
this since we are soon to follow, and we
know where to find him?
AdiCu, my dear, good child, and be-
lieve that l shall be, in every state,
your atfectiOnate papa.
BENZ. FRANKLIN.
"a 1l,n or ,ln,, nIn irS il,nn II, fnoh
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-03-18

Green Crops for Cows and Horses.
The farmer whose pastures are so
luxurlaut that his cattle and horses
find abundant feed from May to No
Vemhor, in tho open fields, may posi-
bly, dispense with green crops for tod-
der, but not so with the majority. Dur
ing the hot days OF summer the grass
dries up, and their beasts suffer for nu-
tritious food, unless they have provided
II supply of sowed corn, oats, nillet or
lucerne, which can be cut daily aud led
10 them in the stables. Mich cows
which are fed abundantly with this 1000
will almost invariably net their owners
one.third more money during the sea.
son than they would II forced 10 depend
on pasture alone; and horses, too. when
similarly fed, will grow fat and sleek
in a surprisingly short space OF time.
| Last summer we took large horse
that had been running idly in pasture,
and losing flesh daily-stahled ana 1eo
him with green sweet corn, and In TWO
or three weeks he became "ns fat as but
ter" and might have been sold for $lOO
more than he would have brought when
taken from the pasture.
We have generally sOwn sugar corn
| in drills for soiliug crop; II makes ex-
cellent feed, and although it yields less
in quantity, 1t Is more nutritious IMAM
common white or yellow corn fodder.
The southern white corn, however, Is
greatly priced as green crop by many
farmers, and is used almost exclusive
| ly in many parts of the State for that
purpose. Many of our readers report
very favorably in regard to milIet; a
few have tried lucerne, and like it,;
others use oats and Canad" peas mix
cd, for soiling cattle. All grow well on
proper soil, and we again remind our
readers that it is wise TO SOW at least
one of these crops for summer fodder
| Name FlITnIeT.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-03-18

A pURLY looking female OF unmis-
taxable Celtic origin, was recently nr-
raigned before a New Orleans magis-
trate for some ordinary offense. While
nature had munificently endowed her
with health and physical strength, the
question of good looks had been neg
lected in the haste with which she had
been prepared for the world. "What
are you up here for?" inquired the
magistrate. "My beauty, I reckon"
"Your what?" "My beauty" care
you certain of that?" "Oh, bedad,
there's nosmistake." "Theu discharge
you-you aint guilty" and the acquit-
ted lady took her departure.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-03-18

AN aspirant for the Postmastership
in Louisville went to Washington the
other day. with the following letter in
his pocket, sealed and signed. "LoU1s.
VILE, March l, 1869. Friend Grant
The bearer married into large family;
is poor but honestS smokes common
cigars; gets drunk once year, lasts
twelve months; is acquainted with your
mother-in law: went through the war;
fit like h: voted for you; reads the
Courier. Journal, and wants the Post
Office. Yours, W. S. H.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-03-18

JOSH BILLINGS says: "When a young
man amt good for anything else, like
to see him carry q gold-headed cane, II
hair in the middle"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-04-02
Rejection Of tho Darien Canal Treaty by
Colombia.

Rejection Of tho Darien Canal Treaty by
Colombia.
We have before us the report of the Senate
Committee of Foreign Relations Of the Congress-
of Bogota against the treaty recently nego-
tiated by Mr.. Cushing with Colombia. On
this report the Senate refused, on the LIST of
March last, to confirm the treaty, and it. is
now void. The reasons for the rejection may
be summed up in these three points First,
that it does not sufficiently guarantee the
sovereignty of Colombia; second, that the
pecuniary advantages to Colombia are not
sufficient; third, that the works should accrue
to Colombia at the end of one hundred years,
them or not.
For our part we rejoice that this treaty
has been rejected. 1t started out with
the recognition of a principle which is
repugnant to international law, in con-
flict with the spirit of the nineteenth CEN
fury and an outrage upon the great present
and prospective interests of the commerce Of
the United States. We allude to the recogni-
ton of the principle that Colombia, in virtue
of her claim of territorial sovereignty and
without even the accessory Of conquest and
possession, is entitled to the right to tax all
commerce that may hereafter pass through the
isthmus. It is to be hoped that our govern
ment, openly and frankly abjuring the errors
which former administrations have committed
in recognizing this claim, will now inform the
government of Colombia that it will recognize
no such robber principle, and if it refuses to
permit a canal to be cut it must take the log-
cal consequences that follow such refusal. The
only way to treat dog in manger is to put
him out
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-04-02

A MURDER CASE BEFORE THE SUPREME
Court OF THE UNITED STATES. Twitchell
Philadelphia murder case comes up in the
Supreme Court of the United States to-day, ON
leave granted to counsel of the convicted MUIR
derer to file motion for writ of error touch
ing the alleged unconstitutionality Of the law
of the State of Pennsylvania on this subject.
This is new dodge and new discovery. II
is the first murder case, we believe, that has
ever been carried up TO the Supreme Court Of
the United States, but If entertained by that
tribunal it will not be the last. Onthe contrary,
it, by the laws delays In this court on this motion
Twitchell shall gain lengthy respite-to say
nothing of the chances of an ultimate escape
every convicted murderer with friends and
money sufficient to employ lawyer will have
his case, on some constitutional bubble, carried
up to the Supreme Court of the United States,
and hanging will be limited to poor wretches
without money or friends. At the same time
the murder docket of the court within year
or so win supersede all other cases, and 20
enforce some special law Of Congress on the
subject, or an amendment of the constitution,
If necessary, for the protection of the commu-
nifty against murderers.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-04-02
Barbaritics In Cuba-The Report of tn,
Committee of the House.

Committee of the House.
Every mail from Havana continues to bring
accounts of the terrible barbarities perpetrated
there, many Of them too horrible to commit
to public print. Both parties have for some
time been committed to what is now called the
retalatory practice Of shooting all prisoners,
although II is evident that 1t was first begun
by the Spaniards. Such has too often been
the practice in the countries south of us, and
1t has become general belief that il is an in
dispensable feature Of their race. The pro-
clamation issued by General Cespedes in
January last fully relieves the republican gov
eminent In Cuba from this accusation. In
that document the Cuban leader details the
correspondence he had with Brigadier Muiioz
In December, then commanding the Spanish
forces in Santiago, and expressly states his
wish that the war should be carried on more
In accordance with modern practices. The
Spanish commander having treated his demand
with contumely and persisted In his cruel prac-
tees, the Cuban General was forced, in self
defence, TO adopt the same policy and TO de-
cree reprisal In It's most ample terms.
This state Of things Is q disgrace to
nation calling itself civilized, and shame to
the age In which II is practised. The passage
Of the resolution reported yesterday by the
House Committee on Foreign Affairs at WASH
ington will exercise some influence in this
matter; and the knowledge by the Spanish
volunteers, who now control the policy Of the
colonial government in Cuba, that the people
and government OF the United States will not
look unmoved upon these barbaritics, will
have good effect. Let Congress do its part
towards stopping these horrid practices by
passing at once the resolution agreed upon by
the House Committee, and we will trust to
General Grant what further action may be
necessary in the matter.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-04-02
The SpirituaIists.

eve yesterday report of the twenty
met anniversary Of the spiritualists. It
was right and proper to make the report
But was II worth wasting either the time
or the space that the report required ?
That Is the question. After twenty-one
years IL was certainly one of the most mis-
cradle Of oil miserable things Chairs were
set up for the two Foxes, the original found
ers OF the Sect but only one was present,
the other having some time since given
up the thing as humbug and q swindle.
The absence Of Mr.. Kane was big aud heavy
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-04-02
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Europe.

The cable kilograms are dated APRIL.
The Royal Commission OF the British Parliament
appointed to inquire Into the laws OF naturalization,
recommends that naturalization abroad be regarded
as alternating British subjects from their
allegiance to England The commission also
recommends the total abolition OF the disa-
bilites OF aliens TO hold landed property.
The Liverpool Chamber OF Commerce has
petitioned the House of Commons to support the
present contract for carrying the mails to America
The Bank OF England has advanced its rate OF dis
count from three TO four per cent.
new spanish Governor General has been ap-
pointed for the Philippine Islands.
Africa.
Advices from Cape Town, received In London yes
terday, announce that dreadful connagraiion
rayages an immense tract OF country In Southern
Africa. number OF natives perlshed in the names.
Cuba.
The steamer Comandiserio recently taken posses.
sion Of by her passengers has arrived at Mas sau
and been turned over to the British authorities.
She win be delivered up to the spanish authorities
and taken to Havana.
Colombia.
Our Panama letter Is dated March "a. The senat,
In Bogota has rejected the Cushing treaty for ar
isthmus canal by an immense majority the commit
Tee having reported that the United states do not pa,
enough for the privilege The press and the people
generally approve OF this action. kosquera'
chances Of recall are gaining strength daily pro
position for the impeachment OF President Gutierrez
will probably be introduced In the senate soon. Tn
SMALLPOX was increasing In Panama.
Peru.
Our Lima letter IL dated March H. A decree for
bidding the emigration OF coolies from Macao .,
Peru owing 10 the cruel treatment reported TO hav
been practised upon them by Peruvian farmers ha
been received In Lima ana considerable consterns
tIon has been produced In consequence The yellow
fever continues TO rage In the southern cities bu
Lima and Callao remain healthy.
Bolivia.
No disturbance occurred over the assumption o
dictatorial power BY President MelgareJo. lie ha
named Ministry which comprises some OF the bes
men OF the State.
Chill.
Our Valparaiso letter Is dated March Q. Tns polii
teal excitement Ia over, and convention II spoken
10 remodel the constitution. large nre occurred
Valparaiso on the night Of the "a nit Nearly eli tn
houses In the Gale de cochrane and many IN IN
Almendro were destroyed. and four persons wer
killed by the falling OF walls The loss IL estimated
ut 100000. The new ministers from France and
the Argentine Republic have arrived. The govern
rient forces had made effective raid on the Arsu
canan Indians.
Central America.
The epidemic In Guatemala had been checked b,
tie vigorous sanitary measures OF the authorities
severe shock OF earthquake had been felt In SAWS
dor. An investigation into the attempt 10 poiso
President Guzman, Of Nicaragua. has been forpdde
by the President himself The tobacco monopoI
has been abolished In Costa Rica. decree OF cleo
ton for President to DO held on the LIST Of May. hs
Been issued.
Congress.
In the Senate yesterday tie Committee On rorslg
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-04-02
THE EAST RIVER BRIDGE.

The Military Commission appointed by the secrc-
tary Of war under late act OF Congress- to examine
and report upon the plans matured for connecting
New York and Brooklyn BY bridge, Is sedulously at
work. The commission. composed Of Major Gen.
erals Newton and Wright and M ajor King were en-
ployed yesterday inspecting the plan Of Mr. Roebling
as adopted by the East River Bridge Company The
designs were examined and notes taken
with great care. The object was to ascer.
tain whether the plans matured BY MIR.
Roebling could be recommended according tn
the most approved rules OF mechanical science.
The commission then proceeded to inspect the
ground where the abuttng pillars are to be built In
order to examine the soil and to determine the cor
rectness OF Mr.. Roeblings calculation as 70 the
amount OF pressure or weight the ground would
bear.
This ended the work Of the commission for yester.
day.. This day friday they Will proceed TO the Navy
Yard, In Brooklyn, and examine the photographed
records kept there. with the view OF ascertaining
whether the proposed bridge would In any wise
interfere with the navigation Of the East river the
safety OF the channel and the access OF the NAVY
Yard for naval vessels Of all grades A yet no ded.
mite opinion has been expressed bT sthsr member o.
the commission,
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blow, but the absence OF Judge Edmonds was
Q far bigger and heavier. Evidently the
first sister and the first judge are sick OF
the whole affair. II is now time to ask
what does Spiritualism mean to accomplish
1t Is really hard to know. What does 1t
want to doa Rappings, one, two, three or
four, by the heel of boot skilfully used,
have failed most egregiously to bridge the
wide guilt which separates the seen from the
unseen. We want something more. Can
the Spiritualists give us what we wantf We
fear not. If they can, let no time be lost.
Time really is precious.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-04-02

NATURALIZATION OF ENoLIsu SUBJECTS
ABRoAD.-From London, by the Atlantic
cable, we have the important intelligence
that II is very probable the government Of
Great Britain will soon recede from the posi-
ton which that country has maintained so OBJ
stinately and for such lengthy period on the
subject of the naturalization Of Its subjects in
foreign countries, and their rights as aliens
should they return 20 the United Kingdom. A
royal commission, appointed to inquire into
the subject, has reported, and recommends that
law be passed recognizing foreign naturaliza-
ton % alternating British subjects from their
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-04-02

COMING EVENTS, &c.-The home organ OF
one of our United States Senators declares Ito
belief that It demands higher powers ito dis
charge the duties Of Senator than to be Presi-
dent" That is the principle the Senate is now
acting upon. But it is presumed General
Grant will prove more than mere ito be"
President. "To be, or not to bep" that's the
question around the country.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-04-02
T RI PIE S II E E T
New York, Friday, April 2, 1869.
THE HERALD IN BROOKL YIN.

Notice TO Carriers and NewsdeaIers.
BROOKLYN CARRIERS AND New s,EN will in
future receive their papers at the BRANCH OFFICE
OF TIE NEW YORK HERALD, No. las Fulton street,
Brooklyn.
ADVERTISEMENTS and SUBSCRIPTIONS and all
letters for the NEW YORK HERALD will be
received as above.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-04-02

TIE REAL CAsE.-Judge Sutherland, upon
grounds esteemed by him sufficient, has
granted stay of proceedings in the case OF
John Real, who was to have been hanged To-
day for the murder Of officer Smedick. This
may do very well as matter Of law, but as a
matter of justice what is ita 1t is delay in
the execution Of a sentence accelerated. by out
side pressure
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-04-02

The official statement Of the United States
debt for the month of March has been issued,
and appears In our columns in comprehen-
sive official tabular form this morning. The
arrangement of the exhibit is new in shape,
more complete, moro easily understood, and,
consequently, more satisfactory. The inte-
rest accruing on the national debt is included
as part of the debt, and the Pacific Railroad
bonds have been dropped as such. The
amount Of the debt, the principal outstanding,
is 81, SOC, 1893, 538. Interest accrued on debt,
$39, $685. l6. Total debt, principal and in
terest, 81, 636, 2O2, ass. The statement sets
forth the amount of cash in the public Trea-
sury at GIL ,OO5, 1913, which, being deducted
from the whole total, leaves the debt at
81, 525, 1876, 46l. According to the old form
of government statement on this vital subject
the entire debt would appear as amounting to
81, 542, 744, 1856, adding the amount Of the
bonds issued to the Pacific Railroad as at
$50, S52, 800, and deductiag the cash in the
Treasury from the principal Of the debt. The
pleasing part of this financial table is the
column which gives the public assurance by
agures-which it is said cannot ie-that the
public debt has been reduced during the
month of March by $5, 507, 359, and an esti-
mate that If all the returns could have been
included a reduction of nearly six millions Of
dollars would have been shown-fgures and
facts which must be eminently satisfactory to
President Grant.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-04-02

Prepayment Of Interest ON tho Public Debt.
Our national legislators are 80 absorbed in
party political matters and about the spoils
that they forget what laws have been passed.
The Senate, for example, spent good deal Of
time in preparing and getting through bill to
authorize the prepayment Of interest on the
public debt, and now, when this bill has been
sent to the House, the discovery is made all at
once that law for the same purpose was
enacted in March, 1864, and remains on the
statue book. Many Of the members of the
present Congress helped to pass this law, yet
they forgot the fact, though it is only five
years since the law was passed. BY this the
Secretary of the Treasury is empowered to pay
the interest on the public debt before it
is due, by period not exceeding one
year, either with or without rebate OF
interest upon the. coupons, as he may
think proper, and he is authorized to sell gold
in the Treasury for that purpose. This is not
bad use for the surplus gold in the Treasury to
be applied to, if the rebate of interest be made
for the time it is anticipated. It would be
saving of something. But it would be better
if the large sum which continually lies idle in
the Treasury, amounting in currency, per-
haps, to hundred and fifty millions, were to
be applied to buying up the debt at market
rates and while it is deprecated. This would
not merely save some interest for the time
being, but for all time to come, through the
reduction and extinguishment Of part OF
the principal. But it is the misfortune Of the
country to have legislators and financial agents
Of small ideas, that are mere pedlers in every
thing and that know nothing beyond misera-
BILE, patchwork legislation.
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to Washington. Tho effect OF these races
would soon be visible throughout the land. Is
would do away with all weak and weedy stall
lions, and in twenty years time we should
have the most magnificent horses on the face Of
the earth, fit for the road, the saddle, or any
other service required of highly bred horses.
An appropriation for the purposes mentioned
above would undoubtedly receive the sanction
of the President, for no man knows better than
General Grant the value Of efficient cavalry
horses, and the great lack in that arm Of tho
service during the rebellion. He also knows
full well that this amount of money will not
be thrown away, for it will ultimately add .
hundredfold to the national wealth in horse
flesh, brought about by the successful efforts Of
breeders to increase the value Of their horses.
The remainder Of the appropriation, or fifty
thousand dollars, might be advantageously
distributed as premiums to fine carriage
horses, improved cattle and stock generally;
and also as prizes to individuals most sue
cessfdl in developing and exhibiting the staple
products of the country at Fair to DO hold
for that purpose on the same grounds.
Let q bill for the purpose contemplated be
passed at once by Congress, 80 that the first
meeting may take place in 1870, and the new
era in the Improvement of horsehesh be inaugu-
rated. That is the year for taking the census
and of ascertaining the value and number Of
the different kinds of stock. Whatever may
be the estimated value of horses at the time
of taking that census, we will venture the pre-
diction, should our suggestion be carried out,
that the census of 1880 will show such an
increase of value as will astonish the most
sceptical as to its profitable results.