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FDHJN H. STdNTON.

Our country has recently seen many OF her
strong and trie men snatched away by death
but none of item can be more widely or justly
lamented than EDWIN NJ STANTON. His sud
den decease, q, soon after he had been nominated
and instantly, enthusiastically confirmed as a
Justice of the Supreme Court, recalls the
kindred death of Abraham Lincoln by an
assassin's hand, just after the utter overthrow
and collapse of the Shareholders Rebellion.
Seldom has tie frailty of life, the nothlngness
of triumph and cxaltation, been more strikingly
evinced than in the taking off Of the Patriot
President and that Of the great War Minister
on whose arm he leaned throughout the most
trying period of our cOuntrys history.
IL ia too soon to make q proper estimate OF
the character and services of Mr. Stanton. A
Jealous Dem,crat down TO the hour when fire
WAS opened on Fort Sumter, he thencefOrth
gave his heart, his brain, his energies, wholly
10 the cause of the Union. Undaunted by peril,
mistaken by adversely, never qualllng, nor
waveriug nor doubling, hardly general IN the
field or another statesman in the Cabinet or in
Congress did 40 much as he to secure the
triumph Of the Nation, and none worked
more necessarily or less grudgngly. Dlsburslng
hundreds of millions per annum, no one ever sus-
pected him of seeking gain for himself or his
friends. Arresting many on suspicion sometimes
mistakenly of reasonable practices, none ever
accused him of being actuated by private
malice. WELDING almost dictatorial power, he
used it only for tho country's salvation, and
welcomed the hour when he could resign 1t
without shrinking from the discharge OF an
imperative duty. Austere in manner and some
times abrupt in speech, he was dreaded by
military officers who desired an easy war end
ing In half-andhalf compromise; while no
man was ever more generally or more intensely
hated by the outright and manly or the skulk-
ing assembling partisans Of the Rebellion.
Edwin NJ Stanton is dead but his memory
will long be cherished and his services CRATE
fully remembered and honored. Thank God
that he lived TO see tho Union triumph con-
soidated by the election of Grant and Colfax,
and that no anxieties for the future of his
country disturbed the last pulsations OF his
brave and honest heart.
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9en;2)ork Daily geibm,re.
SATURDAY. DECEMBER %. 1869.
TRIPLE S I'll e E T.
.WB1T KNOW or flaming"

purpose, should my life and health be spared
70 write series of essays to entitled as above ana
printed in each issue of THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE through
out the year 1870 They will also appear in TIE DAILY
and In THE sESu-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. They VIII not 10
long since propose state only what know or On
good evidence believer and they will not aspire 10 toacn
able experienced successful farmers nor TO present
very much that will not to men OF THIS CLASS 10
already generally known They will BIO more
snecialy addressed 20 our American Youth, whether
they live on farms or not, and will aim to make
them acquainted with truths and principles that ought W
interest all who eat well those who also produce
think have learned things. in the course OF NIFTY
years labor travel and observation that even good
farmers may respectfully consider; but whether any o
these shall see fit to do not hope to attract ana
reward the attention Of the young. For Agriculture In
tho future is certain to be very different from what it has
been in the past and this to demonstrate so that
those who through shall not be able to doubt H.
So much has been sald-manly by those VINO never
saw my farm and know nothing Of its products-of the
enormous cost at which grow each turnip potato &C.
that shall be mpeed the facts presented oy my
experience in illustration OF the broader moro important
truths that I hope to commend to wide acceptance
shall nea s freely OF my mistakes rs of my successes,
and endeavOr to mako the former ut least as usefuto my
readers as they been costly to myself But failures
and trumphs alike will be exposed and discussed only 80
far as they can be made instructive to those who have
TO begin where did and trust both together VIII not
absorb tenth Of the space devoted to "What Know Oh
Farming" wherein hope to embody words OF cheer as
u 10 hints for Guidance TO the future farmers Of
country. hoHAOh "fHAAhi'
Nelo York, Christmas 1869.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-25
81. THOMAS.

Mr. Seward has two passions which are apt
to overbear the better points of his statesman
ship. First of these is an insane rage for dis
bursting public money. In the forty years oil
bis pubic life, we cannot remember that he
ever opposed an expenditure or an approprla-
ton, no matter for what purpose. SO fierce Is
his passion for getting rid of public money
that. earnestly and ably as he opposed the Ne
braska bill, no might have been won over to
its support by the insertion of clause appro-
priating 500, 900 to supplying the new Ter
ritory with full outfit of canals and railroads.
On fuller consideration, we judge that his
second pecIliarity-that of coyeting other folks
wild or waste lands-is n mere consequence or
manifestation of the former. He must have
known tina. Alaska was utterly, hopelessly IN
hospitable Ind worthless; but he could MT re-
sist the temptation of an opportunity to squander
Seven Millions of Public Money, even at the
cost of budenng the country with remote
possession which must always be bill of ex-
pense to VI with no compensatng benefit.
His bargain for St. Thomas was no worse,
but q more palpable folly. Vast spaces and
areas imp@e upon the vulgar imagination
nobody car be certain that the poles may not
in time become the equator, rendering Alaska
especially adapted to the growth of Coffee and
Spices; but there can be no dolt 30 dull as not
to know that the two fly-specks on the globe
known as tho Danish West<Indian islets of st.
Thomas and st. John are not worth Seven
Millions, nor any Millions at all Even One
Million would be monstrous price for them.
We paid tic Seven Millions for Alaska. not
that We wers hungry for icebergs, but that we
couldn't afford to ALLEVIATE Russia, and were
glad to give her an earnest of our grateful
appreciation for her active good will when we
most needed friends. But we were under no
such obligation to Denmark, did MT want her
isets, and lid want our cash. So we resolved,
with substantial unanimity, that we woudn
stand this hard Bargain-would MT think OF
ratifying uor in any manner adopting it.
And We; we feel in our bones that the
Treasury to be done out Of this second Seven
Millions-ieel that the wires are being laid and
the springs adjusted to transfer that vast sum
nearly half the purchase of Lotisiana-to Den
mark and her familiars at Washington. First,
we note that time has been asked to complete
the purchase; next, we bear that % new
shuttle of the cards is in progress whereby st,
Croix Is probably to be included in the pur-
chase and from week to week we fare touch
ingly reminded Of the wounded .sensibilities OF
Denmark and the requirements Of international
comfy and good faith.
We protest the entire programme. We most
strenuously deny that our National honor is
anywise implicated in tho transaction Mr.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-25

Seward had no more right to buy st. Thomas
than he had to sell Florida; his agreement 10
sell the latter would have been just as binding
ON ma os bis contract for the purchase OF the
former No Foreign Minister of a civilized
countrv. no ambassador to Washington, has
onv right 70 be ignorant of the Federal Con-
st;tution or. more strictly, he has no right to
engage in a land-selling negotiation with any
functionary of the Federal Government WITH
ont informing himself on this point. AND even
Mr.. Seward must have told HIM, II ASKED
81 have no power to bind the American REQ
"ple | may negotiate treaty; put /"
{" is not binding on them till the Senate
"ratifies 1t. 1t is grave, undeter-
"mined question whether treaty IN
Evolving payment of money from our
" Treasury must not be Tin eifec0 apprOVeu
"by the House also, since the House must
"concur in appropriatiag the money; put I'M
It'll the Senate has ratified it, my treaty can
have no more binding force than bill which
"has not yet become law"
Such is the Constitution of the United states
"A brief. plain, written document, when can
be bought for shilling and read ID nan al
hour. A plea that any foreign secretary vi
envoy was misled as to Mr. Stewards authority
in the premises would be secuted in any court
of Justice. 1t was the duty of the DANISH OF
fcials to know; if they did not 1t was their
duty to inquire. If they shut their eyes ana
stopped their ears to the truth, they can justly
blame no one but themselves.
-"But had MT we better ignore this fact ana
perfect the bargain, in Difference to DenmarkS
" feelingsW
No. no, no! We must somehow give foreign
governments to understand that no junction
airy is authorized to make ducks and brakes OF
our money. If we pay this, we shall never be
done with paying. The next enterprislng,
liberal minded genius that gets possession Oh
the State Department will stick us One Humid
red Millions for Patagonia, and insist that we
can It back out-that the st. Thomas precedent
settles the question. We must give the
Diplomatic world due notice that no treaty
binds us till our Senate has ratified 1t; and
here is our chance. We must not let 1t sup,
but write plainly over our Treasury door, 10
! abe unlocked only upon the order of Congress
"No foreign Diplomats need apply"
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-25

The Rhode Island Regular" Doctors have
petitioned the General Assembly to protect
"the citizens of the State from the empircism
"of ignorant and INSCRIPTIONS persons who
"are practicing medicine without the sembance
"of qualification, either legal, moral or educa-
"tional." Tho difficulty with the legislation
here prayed for, is that it is simply impossible.
1t has already been tried, and the failure is
upon record No law can DO framed which
will prevent the sick from employing quacks,
from swallowing patent pills by the bushel, or
from gulpng down fluid nastiness by the GAL
Ion. Frequently, the more ignorant "a DOCTOR
is the greater is the confidence reposed in him.
Why do MT the Med Fac. of Rhode Island
petition the Legislature to exterminate all the
fOOls7
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-25

The interview between the Emperor of Austria and the
King Italy will take place the 18th OF January at
Ancona after the conference, Victor Emmanuel VIII
visit Vienna == Advices from Rio Janeiro confirm
the flight OF Lopez. Minister Sckes has submitted
project to the Spanish Government for guaranteeing
the neutrality Of ocean cables - The holders OF Eric
Railway shares in England about TO test their power
OF obtaining redress IN the United States Courts -
large quantity of arms and ammunition intended for the
Cubans has been captured near Havana; Cuban
leader has been executed. and number OF Cubans ar
rested for conspiracy have been sent to Spain.
The Hon. E. NJ. Stanton died at Washington yesterday
OF congestion Of the heart. - The Operations at
Lafayette Ind has been destroyed by fire. loss $4,000
49, Gen. T. g. Solomon of Chicago has been appointed
Governor Of Washington Territory. - The Chicago
packers have slaughtered hogs thus far this season
- Three young girls, enticed from this city, have
been rescued from house Of lfame III st. Louis. =-
Destructive fires have occurred at Philadelphia and
Charlestown, Mass.
In the alleged poisoning case OF Mr. Caller, tho
coroners verdict exonerates the wife Of the deceased
60 The Dstrict-AttOrney holds the killer OF Douglas
1.-THE First Ward homcde for trial for murder in the first
degree - Our law reports contain an Interesting
account Of the proceedings in the Boston kidnapping
case 60 Cold 1901, 1905, 1903 Temperature, 26o aC'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-25

The Irish movement of reform, and even
that of sympathy with the Fenians, is not as
vulgar movement as some of its British con-
temners would have us believe. The general
priesthood of Ireland have taken the stand for
Irish rights, and the ranks of reform count
enough lords and baronets to give their cause
an air of responsibility in tho eyes of English
Torydom. Lord Granard has been taken to
task for admitting it to be natural that tenants
should bitterly hate the conscript body of bad
landlords; Lord Portsmouth deneunces land
lordism as felony Lord Bellew has headed the
Reform meetings of his neighborhood; and the
Warehouses of Queensberry has offered money
to aid the election of that able Irishman. John
Martin. Whatever friends Ireland has hitherto
counted upon in the Peerage or among the Com
mons have apparently not been wanting in good
service during the present crisis of her for
tunes. "May God bless the man who votes
"for John MARTINI writes the Warehouses of
Queensberry with an enthusiasm that answers
for a great deal of the manhood and most of
the womanhood of the Emerald Isle.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-25

We are really beginning to have something
like antiquities in this country. Thus, it is
mentioned that the First Congregational Church
which was established in ROwley, Mass in 1919,
and which is still fourishing enough to have
Just installed new pastor, has for these 22o
years been an extremely useful body, "cherish-
ling pety and learning in all directiOns-ffteen
"of its members having become ministers"
Now, if this church in Rowley could only boast
q church edifce as Cd as itself, what an inter-
esting building would it be. We dare say the
Rowley church spiritual has had half dozen
places of worship during these two centuries.
Why can't we build churches now which WIZ
be looked at with reverence, A. ID. 2O69f
For instance they have or had an Eplscopai
Church in Philadelphia (St. James's) which had
attained the respectable, though by no means
Except in this country remarkable age OF sixty
years. 1t had some interesting associations, for
Bishop White had preached in it, and so had
DR.. Hawkes.; and, of course, q great many
persons had been buried from it or married in it.
The other day it was sold, and, the edifco be-
ing demolished, the land is to be built upon for
commercial uses The church spiritual is to build
a fine new church material at q cost OF $4,000.
and so take fresh start. There are old
churches in London, standing. upon Immensely
valuable sites in the very heart OF the CITY
proper yet we rarely hear of one being put up
sale
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-25

In the high and noble science of defalcation
the Old World is rapidly surprising tie New.
At Zurich, the cashier of bank, one Schoer,
has been stealing with looseness approaching
tile sublime. He flched 7SS,0O0 francs from the
safe he received 5o5,127 francs which he did not
enter upon, the books he abstraeted i60'6aS
francs by fraudulent entries and he appro-
priated 1,776,2s7 francs by forgeries. Total
"smagn S,26S,lO1 francs; or to state 1t IN our
own currency, about $65O0OO. This vigorous
operator was about to depart for the pleasant
regions of South America, when ne was cap
of the money stolen by this merry Swiss boy
is missing still.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-25

Every well-marked case of hydrophobia is
of value to the medical profession, both as
establishing the identity of the disease, which
has been disputed, and as affording an oppor-
tunity for the observation of symptoms. In
an action at law just on trial at Cincinnati
(Creedom, Administrative, as. HOveler), the
plaintiffs intestate, it has beens shown, was
bitten by the defendants dog, and probably
died of hydrophObia. The medical evidence
showed also in the patient difficulty Of resDira-
ton, numbness of the arm, violent spasms at
the sight of water. spasmOdic action Of tho
muscles of the throat, cOpious secretion of
saliva, impossibility of swallowing water in
spite of determined effort TO do so. great ele-
walton of the shoulders in breathings' and
peculiar sensiblity of the skin, so that the
slightest motion of the air brought repeti7
ton of the spasms DR.. Thos. Wood (who had
no doubt of the cause of death in this CASEY
admitted that be had seen in another case a
nervous affection brought on by the intemper-
ate use of spirits, in which the patient barked
and bit,.but he did not have lydrophobia after
all, and recovered Hydrophobic patients were
] generally morose. and barking. and biting were
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-25

The city was all out of doors yesterday, and
with the delightfully."- pleasant atmosphere and
the interminable throng of people intent upon
procuring stock for Santa Clauss stocking. it
was a perfect whirl and maze of exhilaration.
Whatever may be in store for us of hard times.
yesterday surely ignored any apprehension Of
such gloom. If the dear ones at home are not
happy this morning, we shall be sadly mis-
taken, for trade in the way of presents has
seldom been more brisk i'll this stirring me-
tropolis
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THE SPANISH PLAN TO REDEEM AFRICA
But for streak of two of humanity. we
might suspect the Spanish project for Tho
" Redemption and ChristanizatiOn of African
"Savages" to be the grimmest of jokes. We
publish it under our Cuban head, certifying
that it comes to us with evidences OF anthem
ITCHY, and that its translation has been made
from a printed Spanish document in our pos
session. The main points of the colossal
scheme, as its projectors call it, have already
been stated by us; but it is, throughout, re-
plete with West Indian richness Of barbarlty.
There is terrible pety in its announcement
that Savage negroes shall be brought INTO
Cuba with the charitable and highly ele-
"vated object of educating them, OF instruct
ling them, and of converting them INTO
"being truly sensible men" 10 edu-
cate and instruct them mean, 1t appears,
the same thing-to make them work; TO Dc
sensible is to be a slave; to labor Is TO wor-
shin; and on this theory the evangelsts OF
Cuba intend to Christianize their colored
brethren.
Everybody has heard of the renowned Mr.
SGueerS's plan of teaching'Botany, but lew can
be aware of how far it falls short OF the eiii-
cacy and economy of the Spanish method OF
educating and converting the blacks. "The
" proceeds of physical education" stipulate our
Spanish philanthropists, "are to pay for the
{" moral. intellectual and religious education
(which they are to receive" Here is, indeed.
richness, as Mr.. Squeers would say; but the
miracle of making both ends meet, and making
education, colonization, and the Christian virtues
all pay for themselves does not end here. Inc
negroes are to be emancipated, to be sure
but only in order to make them ten years aD-
prentices, and to give entire license to their
traders to import any number of Africans UNI
der the same deusive conditions. when tho
ten years have expired, the apprentice may
draw his savings out of bank. and pay to his
master the cost of shipment back to Africa,
where colonies have been formed meanwhile,
expressly iUr redemption and Christlanzation.
Thence he may b. reshipped to Cuba Tor augh'
that is known to the contrary, to again gIl1er-
90 q course of Christian instruction at hard
labor.
Really there is no end to the ingenuity OK
this extraordinary plan. Were we not aware
that Captain General de Rodas listened to, but
afterwards dscountenanced or affected to dis
countenance, plan of this kind, to which the
names of an almost equal number of Spaniards
and Cubans were attached, we should treat 10
with incredulity. Only the Spanish mind and
mood, which have given to the world not only
Don Quixote but Don Juan Tenoria, could be
guilty Of the horrible irony contained in parts
of this business like document, which proposes
among other things that the Chlistianlzlng
colonies shall protect negroes who flee from
their tyrannical masters 1t never occurred to
Don Esparrago, the author of this amazing
scheme, that Cuba needs about as much Christian
izing as Africa. and for both Cuban and African
has more suffering from tyrannical mastership
than Don Esparrago's awful joke can remedy.