Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 2, 1873, Page 2

ey @ Etat--Its Inner 3 istorys Bupposed-to-be-Dead Authors Still Alivo =~-Past and Present Criticiem, From Our Own Corresponilent. Nrw Yonk, Do, 27, 1072, Tho Obristmaa Just passod has boon gouerally colobrated lero thoologically, socinlly, gantro- notuleally, and vinously. As inppens on sl holi- days, commoreo.of ovory sort wau ontiroly nog- locted, Meon who aro supposed to bo fuunorsod in monoy-meking dismissod the mubject for twonty-four lours; turned thoir attontion to their own homos, nnd tho pleasure of contomplat- ing themsolves from n domestic point of view. ‘Iko roal business of OUNIBTIAS dining nnd prosont-making was conscientionsly pusuod. Tho markets were rameacked, and wine-collara oxplored for tho oldest and rarost vintagea., All Now York that had sny home Qinod at homo. Ioads of familles ocoupiod tBRE position on that day; connubial loyalty and parontal affections were refrcshed by indul- gonco; and ovon the most fashionablo circlos ‘Decame, for tho annual oconsion, whatthey should Lo nlways. Christmas fs ono of tho timos whon me-rchant, and banker, and profossional mon make tho noquainlances of tholrjfamilies ; ascor- tain tho number of thoir oblldren ; examine their owa rolations ag-husbands and fathors,—in n ord, do sll kinds of novel and unlookod-for *Linga, | Wednesday was cold enough for in-door com- fort, A blazing hoarth was tho filtost symbol of tho day, and a well-sproad tablo the natural'sign of wolcomo, (Whon tho temperature is low, our appetites aro naually high; and food within 18 tho complomont of froezing without). Wednos- day was & gracious and becoming Christmas to thouo in casy circumatances, aud moro excollont dinners woro probably onten horo than in any ity undor tho sun, DBut thore is THE REVERSE SIDT, too. How many thousands on this Island lad tho mongorest fars,—wont ovon hungry to bed, ~—in tho midst of tho largest and most luxurious suporfluity! Nowhoro olso in this Ropublic, fa thore so much poverty; and yet, the povorty. bolongs not to us by right. Our poor are tho poor of the whele world, who tlow sleadily to us year aftor yoar, and, inatoad of distributing thomwelves (hroughout tho land, otay in the port whero thoy arrive, Sovon-cighths of all the vretchednoss, " ignoranco, and crimo charged to our account shonld be luid to Immi- gration, Wo aro in somo sort tho gewor of the lobo, and aro likely to bo for genorations, g‘nldng our native population,—not immediatoly dosconded from tho rofuse of the Old World,— and it is as intolligent, upright, law-abiding, and consciontions as any population in tho Union. This iswell enoughi . undorstood; but it is so enay and convoniont to abuso New York—and wo all know it is bigg enough not to caro—thnt it is hord for oubot-town peoplo tnd pupors o forogo tho satisfuction that Lho Labit gives thewm, PRESENT-MAKING this season hae boen moro genoral than ovor bo- foro, In tho past four ur fve weoks, all tho ghops have beow 8o crowded that purchusors Liad ‘beon obliged to wait for hours for their turn, Tradesmon may thoy_bave nover known such a yush ; that it oxcoedod all thoir auticipations. loro oxponsive articles Liave baon bonght, and in groator quantity, than at any provious tmo. Dry goods doalors have sold thecostliost shawls, laces, and ombroideries, whicl they had import- «ed rather for samplo than with tho hope of dis- posing of them. Jewellers havo found purchasera for dinmonds sud othor precious atunes which thoy hud had long ou hand, and hold at fabulous pricos, Acticlea of apparol, bracolols, rings, and ‘nocklaces worth thousands of dollars eack, huve boen bestowed as trilles; aud, in some instances, Tousoa nnd lots hava beon doaded to sons aud daughtors just sotiing out in lifo, It is catimat- od that all the Christmas gifts mado this year must_have a value of fully €6,000,000; aud I Tave heard of singlo porsons recoiving presents worth from ©10,000 to $25,000. Present-making is commondable.; the custom {8 pretty and gracoful in and of ifselt, But it ghould bo done informally, frrogulurly, nnd spon- tnncously. 1t should not be mado & businoss of, £ nattor of mere routine, au oxchango of mato- rial thiugs, ns it is at prosent. As now mannged, presents aro regarded as inovitable, and Olrist- mag i8 solocted no tho timo for their glving. Thore is no suprise in them,—no spontansity of fecling,—no genuine plonsure. A givos) 15 be- cuuge hio Juows that B will give him something; 50 that this io moroly an oxchange of goods, in- siend of a kindly froc-will offering, How much Botter it wonld bo that gifts should be bestowed wlon fecling prowmpted and opportunity favorod! There should Lo mno Idea of reeiprocity connocted with them,—no power of iolpation,—no thought of date, Lut, in these xcossivo, 1nincellineous, vulgar presont-make inigs, all that is doliento aud dasirablo s worso thun lost. ‘Iho gifts aro valued largoly for thoir cost; and LIy wonoy bocomos thieir chiof aim nod {ndircet purpose. It i4 very much as if men, instead of making prosont, sud putting a live complexion on sellish acts, Wore simply to sxchange chiecks aund chargo the diffcrouco to Lot und Loke, N TU TRIDUST COUP. Tho last movement in the Lribune ofiico was wholly unanticipated by tho public, though it waa Yoceived with delight by tho frionds of tho paper, who hind mado up their minds that its past record would bo contradicted. Very fow poreons anderstand Low thorecent changes and counter- shangos wora Lrought about, aud sro surprised shat Dr. Willinm Orton, pfter buying a control- ling interest, should sell it back., 'Lho simplo fucts are supposed to be these: Samucl Sinclair thought, aftor tho ovorwholming dofeat and death of Dr. Grosloy, that tho solo safoty of tho Tribune was to ro-ontor tho ranks of the Admin- {atration, end- outdo any of tho Re- publican papors in zesl for tho party. 1o was swaro that tho groater part of tho sitockbiolders ware intongoly oppouad to this rogramine, and that, to carry out bis projoct, 0 must Lavo & majotaty of tho stock. Not hav- fng monoy enough to buy o controlling intorout, nuid boing rathorufraid to increaso bis sharos anyhow, ho deemed il prudant Lo soll the twonty eliaros lio hield. Pho other stockholdors would hove purehiasad theso of him; butho knor, if he &old 10 thom, that thoy would romova him fram tho publishéesbip, Conseauontly, o mudo o combination to soli Lo 3r, Orton fifty-onosharcs, which the Intter was_snxious to purchavo,—no moro and no less, Orton wag Bincair'a friend, and vory lilioly to rolain him iu oftice. Tlio transaction was closod, and, tho Tribiuze boing practically in the handa of Grton, many of thoold atockholdors sold out, aud Hovoral mombers of tho utail, including Whiteluw Iteid, rosigned. Orton Liad intondod to mako Schuyler Colfex aditor, but found, on inquiry, that ho was not o desirabifo mun, - 1fo thon tied to do vari- ous things with the ¥ribune, without any show of euccesw, nud, finally, ho discovered that hiy purchnso was not us dosirablo ns ho had - agined, 1o Legan to poo that tho journnl in bis bunds wau wot likaly to prova yory lucrutivo, and folt moro inclined to liston to { tion already wado by tho anti-Sinolair faction, to Duy hini out. Aftor sovoral consultations with Ttoid, Orton consontad to transfor Lle Interait at thio rato bo had paid, provided ho could be al- Towed to huve ono slizro gratjs, sud bo olected a Trusteo. This was agreod to, and, last Satur- day, whon tho Trustoon had o mooting, soveral of thom, inoluding Singlair, loarnod for tho first tiino what had buon doug, Sinclair, who now Tolds but threo shares, will doubtlos resign the publishorstip [Ho did ko on Doc, 30.—Ew, Cirt- Gaco Tunuxt.], and tho Zribune will continue 1o bo cdited on the banig that Mr. Grooloy hnd {fxdddu\\‘n, und would bave adliored to bnd he ved, A BOOWMAN' ILL-LUCK. ‘Fhoro socws to Lo # fatality attending Bar- nuw's shows, Thoy altruct five as o magnot docs ivon, Aftor losing his two musoumns, he rutirod from businoss, and rosolved nover to re- suo it. o could not Loop his puripoun Low- ovor, and felt construined, somo months ago, to buy outtho Fourteont Btraet Circun. Ho fittod itup ot un oxponso of $G0,000, added o colloc- tion of animaly, nod was drawing fluoly, when, For tho third timo within soven yoars, hls ostab- lisbinent was burned. 1o doos not accopt Lhoso dikastory ue warnings to sbandon tho eslling of showman; but Lo fools, on tho contrary, more detsrmined than over to remain In it while 0 hiny tho heslth and strongth, o Intonds to Zabuild ol gnco, T underatund, that Lo ey ouco 0 proposic" THis CINCAGO DAILY LRABUNIS ) -~ 187 JANUARY . onrly dostruction. Tho undorwritors, .atd, aro”growing_nomowhat suporatitious :nllul{ Darnum, and many of them rofutn to anro s proporty, oxcept ot n much higher rato than tho ordinary. PEMSIADLE FANE. It in romarkablo how many authors there aro who wero_prominont bofore™ the War, and who aro now almost, If not entirely, forgatLon, Charles Fenno Ioffman, onco & vory popular song-writor_aud lilleraleur, s supposed to hnvo beon dead for romo yoars, l{:‘ would botlor 11nve Do, for 1o hua Jong honn fn umato of & lunatlc asylum in Ponnaylvanla, and iy unquos- tionably inourablo. Ilornman Molvillo bas aunk into obllvion in tho Custom House, whova he “porforms routine dutics, and has no furthor creativo capacity. No man was ever mora unoven in his porformances, Hin first Lwo books of travel aud advontiro, “iypos™ and ** Omog,” aro smong tho bost of tlio'kind printod; whilo Intor vohunies woro far bolaw modiverity. Ilis ‘“‘Confllonco Mnn" s ono of tho stupidest books published in this generation, It haa not & singlo redeoming tralt, and it fu n marvol that o mind not positivoly imbocilo could have produced such tragls, Corneliua Mathowo, tho author of * Puffer Ilopking" und othor worls donigned Lo bohunior- ous, and also of soveral plays that lind . cortain ml)\nu\(lm.\ in their dny, is now tho oditor and publishior of ono or two' dronry monthlics of tho 8ano humorous sort na his books, This is not oxnotly correot, for tho monthiies aro mostly cheapand familiar jokes rchashed and timo- honorod atories rovampod. Louis Gaylord Clark, formorly the oditor of tho IKnickerbocker, and at ono timo a very popu- Tar writor, s & position in tho Custom Houso, oud has rotirod from the litorary fleld. o oc- casionally apponrs on tho surfaco in nnOWApApOE- communiention ; but the ago has gone by him, Charlos T, Drlgge, cn associata” editor of the Rvoadway Jowial with Edgar A. Pos, and sub- soquently on Pulnan's Magazine, ns Wwoll ns Lho nuthor of * Iarry Frauco" and other book, in ono of tho wsemi-forgotton, alboit lo s atifl in tho flenl,—nt prosent, I thivlk, tho fiuancial od- ttor of the Drooklyn Union. None of thoso mon aro vory old, and yot they would secm to have flouriahed almost = coatury ngo. Thoy conld scarcely gain tho roputation now that thoy did thon, becanse wo have far more culturo Lthan wo usod to have, nud aro far moro critical than wo used to bo, That which passed curront an vory clover, and evon original, oighteon or_twonty yoars ago, would now bo doemed mediocre and eensational. Every yoar tho public taste and enpacity for appreciation improve, and, before a groat whils, wo shall ro- fuso to secopl anything but conscicutioua offort and firat-clagy worl, Steadily and rapidly is lit- oraturo in this country growing to Lo n roally fino art, + CorLsToUN, ——— SIOUX CITY RAILROAD BLOCKADE. Cnuzo of the Trouble—What Wil o Done in the Future—The Supply of Fuels = ¥ + From the St, Paul Press, Dec, 20. Tho attention of tho public is just now di- rocted towards tho strugglos of the Sionx City & Bt. Paul Railroad Company to extricalo itsoll from tho 1cy fottors that are chained across its track on tho prairios, Of alltho rnilronds intho Stato this one is tho most fretted by tho obaia- cles of wintor. Lo immonso immigration to its prairic Jand during tho pst serson, and tho knowledgo that thoss peoplo aro dependent in great dogreo upon the road for supplios, and }mrumlnrly of_fuel, hus causod no littlo appro- honsion, ~ and tho desiro to know just how matlers stand iy intenso. Yosterday tho following information was ob- tained from a gontleman direet from tho line of tho road, aud who i thoroughly posted upon the condition of afiairs. In ovory finstance the blockades which have ivon tho Company tho most trauble have been fotwonn Bt amonand, Worlhington,and wero artioularly botwoon tho first-named placo and Vindom, « mid-station. This was a condition of affairs not expected by tho Company, who nutic- ipated that tho trouble would come upon the lino at tho point_of ils highest altitude, which was boyond Windora, and “in the ncighborhood of Wortbington, ‘Thorefors, it was here that they placed tho hulk of their storm fondors, and a8 their timo was limited for tnl:in,i procaution- ary monsures against storm, thoy had done bub little |D(pru\‘ido (urf!rbteuliou at tho points of roul, as learned too Into, dangor. Tho allitudent Windom is somo 750 feot highor than at Bt. Paul, aud at Worthington it is’ 950 feot bigher, tho rond at thoae points runuing upon dividing ridgo. Tho compaiiy cerlaiuly bed reason to think that thoy would esparience most trouble from suow-banks eb (his oxposed section, but exporiouce has proved to tho contrary. ILhe, rond in this sece tion ruus 4 fouthweslorly dircction, and {ho provailing winds aro from tho north and northeast, and are consequontly better cal- culated to blow snow into the cuts of (ho nection betwoen St. James and Windom, whore tho road rung divectly enst and wost, Tlis has proved to Do tho case. Thora aro two particularly trouble- somo cuts in this gection, and it is with theso that the difficully is expevionced, Onols just to tho wost of Windom, Loyoud the DesMoines River, at & place whoto au asconding grade has beon cut through a hill for nearly & milo, ‘This s now closed. The othor is in the uneighbor- hood of Mountain Lake. Thenoare heavy cute, and spite of foncos fill with snow nt overy storm. Now that tho point of danger han beon learn- ed by oxperience, tha company bave begun to cast about for a remedy, sud among other things which they have undér consideration for sdop- tion next summer, aro tho following: The small cuts will bo *uloped" out, that i, the sidos will bo dug down Lo an casy slope, 5o that #now, when blown in on one sldo, will meot with o obstruction in tho sbapo of n blunt ombank- mont, and will Llow out of tho other kide. As to tho medium cuts, thoy will bo provided with » now kind of fouco, and troos will also bo sat out along them, Tho'dooper cuts will very probably bo provided with shods. YFor tho balance of tha winter, 21l that can bo done is to provido as much foucing, of tho com- pany’s now stylo of portable fonco, and licop & force of men for omergency, Tho presont blockado is about raised. Alargo force of shovallors is at work, and word was 1~ ceived yesterday, nb tho goneral offico, that Monty's train Liad succeeded in reaching bMoun- tamn Linko, and it was hoped would bo ablo to como through to-day or to-morrow. At Worthington the supply of fuct is sufficlont for all purposes. Lrofessor Ilumiston, of the Natiouul Colony, his dono his utmoat to accom- module lhuchox)Iu of tho Colony, in furnishing tho fuel, 1o purchased 100 cars of coul, whicl ho is sulling ot cost, This articlo, which is of courao #oft coal, is sold ut$7.50 porton, it huving advanced 2 por ton at the minew. Mixed wood sclla at £6.75 por cord. Al Windom Lhoro in alko plonty of wood and coal. Tho peoplo here ata ot at all a]»]:ruhumivo on tho subject, for oven 1f tho rond sliould ho unablo to eupply thewm, tliora s in tho vicinity quite n_quantity of tim- ber. This, howovar, would only be used in an emesgency, for overy tieo iy as un applo of old. E%%% Io botmeon Windom and Sk, Tamen that tho pco}!la will b subjectod to diflicultica on the fuol supply, if anywhere, and this can_only be tho rosult 'of nlony continued bluckudo'; nt presont thore is o suiliciont vupply, aru thers iy no roasou for alasm, A IRomnuco of tho Peorage, The readors of Samucl Warron's * L'on Thou- sand-a-Yonr,” an _nmusing Jaw utory, torribly spun out and_ ovorluid with religious sontiment, hvo probably conderanad the plot, in whicl, with tho sssiutanco of Meusrs. Quirk, Gammon & Bnap, o firm of yaueally thiovew' utiornoys in Tondon, Mr. Charles Aubrey, M, L., who has inhoriteil the rich estato of Yafton, in Yorkshiro, from his fathor, has o lawsuit Lrought against him by a cortain Mr. Tittlehat 'J.'il.mmmu'] then all Dbut starving ns o shopman, ab £35 o year and hia board, to Tug-rug & 5Co., toft-goodi ro- toilers in_Loudon—which Inwsnit ondy fn Mr. Aubroy's having to surrender tho estate to tho #nid Tittlebnt Titmouse, with o dobt of sixty thounund pounds, on secount of ¢ the merno grofllu," 1o logal torm for nix yenrs' buck re:iti, omething in this line, romantic and true, i now on tho fapis in tho Heotlish law-courts, Tlio fittoonth Liarl of Bglingtoun aud Wintouw, who, in 1539, rovivod on hiy own ocutato, in the West of Heotland, tho tournamont of the Middle Agos, diod iu Octobor, 1861, ond wag succoded Dy his oldent mon, who has beon in posscusion of tho family titlos and csintos ovor since, Thoso have “boon lately claimed by Stephon John Lulton, who sorved in tho Crimean \\}nr au o private in the Royal Lrigh Hussars, and loft tho army with & ponsionof 16 contu a day for lifo, Ilo lutely appearad In tho Shorifr's Court, al Edinbugh, whero ho mado n doclaration in rogurd Lo an applieation to roceivo tho benetlt of tho Jmul“u roll, in 1cferonco to his contemplated action. Ifo may suo, it ho plensoy, “1in forma pauperis” s o poor man, if ho can show his poverty, “Wo have not hoard on what grounds ho challenges tho de fuclo arl of Eglingtoun, but, having ox- unifted tho Imullf’yedlgmo, ud givon in Burke's Yoorugo, conolude thut his'only khow would bo by impuling illogitimacy to tho fiftoonth Earl— tho tournamont mauu Who wag born in Palermo in 1812, As tho Eglingtoun estates are worth £000,000 por sunum, and_the six yoars' mosno profits would wmowit to $1,20,000, tho prizo is worth striving for, £ won, dt will taow Oharles Aubrey's ** Ten Thousnud-a-Yoar" com- plotoly in tho tliade, VETERINARY SCIENCE, Defoctive Stato of Our Sanitary Institutions. 5 Disregard of tho Valuo of Comparativo Pathology, and Its Consequences, - To the Editor of The Chicago Tribine : Bin: Is it possiblo 7—aro wo to Aot at naught tho donrly bought lossonn impartod by the wide- spreading malady nmongst our horsos, and dis- regard tho norious lossen suntained from it by all clanses of socloty 7 If no, our foolish oxtrava- gnnco doworves o ropotition—ovon worse, of somo pcomrga that will put sonso In us Amori- canal With o1l that has hoon sald and writton abont tho epizoatic horae diseass,no ono seems to hiavo talen Into considoration tho nocessity of Inves- ' tigating into the opizootio and enzootic discasey of our domentlc animnly, From the unquostion- ablo importanco of this mattor, such invostign- tion should ho atnongat our foromost objeots, not only with n viow to tho adoption of tho bost modos of trontment to combnat their effects, but moro particularly to the cmployment of tho nocosgary means for tho provention of their spronding end reappoaranco ; or, whon this iy impossiblo, tho ndoption of :#uch measuros ad shall roducoe their fatality or detoriorating con- soquences to the minimum point, 'T'o vetorinary scionce, the study of hyglono Is of far moro im- portanco than tho study' of thorapeutics, for surcly thero {8 much more truo philosophy and moro noblo kciontifle resoarch in tho proyention of dlscase than in tho cuvo of it; albeit many may not bo inolinod to nakont to this, thoy think~ ing that the provinco of tho veterinary surgoon 18 Bolely tho cure (so-called) of direancs, whick is & mistaken viow of thoir duties, or, at tny rato, - this is ouly a part thoreof. Beionce, philans Lhmp{, and the gonoral woal, dsmaud & moro 1iboral and oxtondud onl[cnllon of tholir talonty, SBtatistical accouants of those diseasos should Lo carotully ogistorod, with all tho facts obiaing« blo in connoction with them. DTarticularly shonld thoso maladies that are sporadic in thelr nature rocoivo attontion, and their peculiaritios no- ticod. By this moans will the archives of euni- tary seienco bio Lotk onlarged And enriched. A rocord of epizootic disenses, founded on his- tory and accurate observatious, csunot fail to be 2 work of great importance to modical scienco and to civilizetion. Nothing can' bo moro use- ful than to posezess tho most oxact dotails ds to tho charnoter, progrens, duratfon, and_tormina- tion of those maladics, aud onpecially if our knowladgo of pathological changes of structure Lo brought to Loar fu observing nnd describing tho orgunic lenions effactod by thom. ‘o come patative }mlhulug{ut can no moro afford to dit- poneo With the history of discases than tho scalor of mankind, oapccially thoso of o gonoral charactor; for in proportion aslio kuows tho past, ho ininn bettor position Lo control tho prosent nud makt provisions for tho futura, II thore is in wmedicino en object worthy the invostigation of sciontific 1nen, it is without con tradiction. Tho opizootic and contagious dis- canos, tho study and provention of animal scourjgos, is nearcely second Lo thoso nffecting our own epecies, but they rro rtlended with oyen greator difliculfios. Ag in man, whon gonoral (enzootic aud vpizootic) disersen first appoar in tho lowor aninils, thoy aro usunlly very acute, and in cousequonco of this, of tho suddonces of tho attuck aud tho rapidity of their courso, as well s thoir tondency to pread, it is a mattor of tho utinost importance, in order that n nation bo spared groat lows, inconvenience, and nnxlnl.{ 1hat the heienco of comparative pathology ehould receive that wido and judicious study and that fostering cata to which it may with great justico 1uy claiwt ; and aa.it s yobin its infancy in this country, and fsobliged 1o contond with prejudico and chinrlatanism, it canuot bo wondered at that great losses havo boon_ mustained, that tho sel- enco of veterinary medicino should mako but littlo progresy, nud thab tho dofective atato of our sanitary mensuros should morit tho derivion of othor nutions. 3 A'he modicine of tho lower. animals differs from that of man in no particulwr, perhaps, 80 1nuch s in thoso prineiplos which may bo termad utilitarian, Tho life, or rather thio vigor and sound condition, of all tho domcstic animals bas 2 money valuo which greatly moditles considers- tions of & curativo kind, wkon hoalth and was- fulnoss aro replaced by discaso and ineflicioncy, *Fhio Jifo of man, though it bo robbed of noarly all ity uttractionts or utility, is yob considered too racred to have a mero pecuniary value., ‘This po- culiur featuro in tho medicino of tho domesti- cated auimals, Lrings a1l tho more prominently bofore us the valuo of tho old adsgo that *pre- yontion is better than cure.” "o valuo of veterinary medicino in_the rela- tou it bears to humanmedicing, to tho publio health, to agriculturo, and to logislation, haa boen ftrangely overlooked in Americs,—and this, recontly, Lina not only boon the causo of o greit national calmity, but to some oxtont o na- tionul disgraco, That tho objoct of proventing disenson ks in this country formod but an insig- nificant oloment in_our public inatitutions, is too woll known. Easily supprossod scourgos uro allowed to spread over tho fand through tho silly cndoavor to ozerciso it by pills, potioua, and fantastic nostrums proseribed by men who neithor kuow Lho organization of the animal nor tho naturo of tho mwlady for which thoy aro pro- sertbing, and this deapite tho urgout romon- ptrance of those who bave studied veterinary seieuco. 'Tho raro instpuces fn which animals can Lo soon by tho voterinary surgeon in tho onrlicst ntaon of ditense,—whon it would prove most amennable to modical trentmont,—~duo to the incapacity of Lhone who kavo tha caro of thom to recoguizo thewe carly prriods; tho fact that ani- waly cannot, oxeept in n negative way, toll their wronga or explain thelr uenentions; tho ahonco of thosa accossorios and comfort 'of tho vick-room which cannot bo enllod in to amoliorato their condition; tho violeuco or stupor, oy woll as the structural arrangements and position of the dincensed croutures ; the many abstaclos to tholr complots wegregation whon the malady fu of & contagious charactor; the wlondor moans gonorully niforded for attonding Lo rocommondationy and iujnuctions ; and the ofontimoy intructablo naturo of genoval diseases, s well us tho utilitarian influonces montioned ; —ull thowo, in the majorily of iuntuncos, mili- tate againsl Lho ndn‘ntiun of curativo 1nensuros, and add & thousandrold to tho vatuo of thouo which bave tho prevoutiou of discass for their abjuct, Tho #amo slass of canwes which gonorata epi- demio molodics_aro, wo miuy bo cortain, fortile i inducing wiwilar disonses in the lower animals, and, porbops, alko tn plants, on which the hus mun family 80 much doponds, Bor it has boon 1 mattor of coimwon obuervation from tho oar- tost timas, and history will teutify to its accu- 1uey, thut wide-nproad” peetilonco in plunts, and conthgions disenses in nnimals, have froquoently cither procoded, recompunied, or followad closely on thoso visitationy which caused mortality and mourning in tho habitations of mon. To tho agriculturiat and political ecovomist, & knowl- oo of tho history of theso affoctions must al- ways bo of Lho most prossing importanco, ns tho scionco of comparative pathology hau clonrly shown (hat manyof tho disoasts of animals which avo indigonous to tho soil may be doprivod of thoir goncrating causos, aud “thus bealto- gothor abolished. ''ho sciouco on which othor notions roly, aud with such bouofit, to rupress thoyo coutagious, hus not yob found a home in Awmerien, Agriculluro muot novor ocoupy n highor posi- tion than manufactures ; and tho prevention of opizootio dinoason suong; our domestio auimaty Hhiid Ts oot ng 1 political question, in- volving more or lous tho well-being of tho whale commuuity ; not morely affebting (hoso who own or ondenvor to derivo profit from rearing animals, but also affecting the public at large, as vegerds heulth, the supply of food, and othor ossontiala, In the oxtousion of & diwonso of this Lkiud, not o“’{ i thoro loss to the individualy who pousoss tho antinal, but alio to tho public, who have not ounly n diminished quantity or moro expongiva supply of food, but also often {uour tho risk of obtsining it of uninforlor or lnjlu‘{nnu quality, or aro othorwiso inconveni- ongad, Lxamplos and entimates give but o slender iden of tho devautation, misory, embarrassmont, and loss that han been due to our ignorance, apathy, aud noglect of votorinary and sanllary welonco, 1t would requiro many figures to foob up the lonues which the plouro-pnoumonia, tho “murrain,” tho hog-cholora, &o., &e., onoh of them hnvo ontalled upon the industry of thin country, Lossos from discaso Liavo, during tho it your,” boou Toavy In Xansas and Nobraskn, Colorado and Wyoming, and in tho Missour Valloy. Alur‘,’o proportion of tho loeses iu tho sosnlt of nogloct, exposnro, and jnsuiciont or innutritions Dastorago, oF rathor food. Ob- seuroly charaoterizad ' disoanos, named * dlge tomper," “‘murraip,” “Lollow horn,” and varlous meaningless namos, aro cauging considorablo losison in all purts of tho country. Foot-rob aud neab nonzne ubeop aro widely distributod, as ta torritory, tho hoavioot lovsos. ocourring in diue taut States, which have rocoived largo numbers of tho flogks of other Siates, 0Of ull The domostio auimals, tho fatallty is grontent amongat awino, The honviont lons np- lwl\m in the South and Want, the percontage of lonn ranging from § up to G0 por dont. In Heott County, Virginin, tho logs 1s_ono-third of tho alook ; in .Caldwoll Qounty, North Carolins, 25 por oont; in Columbin County, 503 in Austin County, oxay, 265 in Oblon”and Hyumphroys Gountlés, ‘lantiogsen, 24 In Tardin and Ohrin- Yan Cotutlon, Konuoks, 1 'ln Poudloton County, Ohlo, 25; in Lorkeloy Connty, Wost Virgloia, 601 {n*Adeian and Chariton Counticn, Missourl, 20'nud 405 in Warron and Lucas Goun tios, Towh, 20 3-in Indiann Township, Towa, not ono'in fifly of the smallor hogs cscapo alive ; and tho loas in Tiogs to bo elippad In 95 por cont., Onénvoonnt kays, m TamaCounty, Towa, | mont: of the farmors woro Jowing from € to 12, whilo othors lost 59. In Madison County, Tows, of nixly in ono liord only four woro loft. In Wayno, Oltuton, snd Scolt Countios, Ilfinols, tho loss'is 20, '25 -and B0 por conf; in Sangnmon County, Tilinols, tho hog cholora hns hoon vory fatal for soveral years, tho loss from- s nonceo, for tho yonr 1630, belng ostimated at 825,000, aud, as thosa visitntionuaro genorally confinod t0 fow farms, tho loas s folt with moro intonsity, Thoso ara Uio worst casoa known, Othora ara suflloently discournging. In doffor- sou County, V. Vu., mora thau fivo thoussnd Logs, valuod nb 25,000, died’ from_Log cholora. Aluost ontivo stocls of individusl farmers or distillors woro swopt _away n somo countios in whioh disonso was not erioral. ; Tho no-vallod symptomns of disonses, obeorved by unprolosiousl mes, md tio uo-callod vaunt- al romodios, appliod irt tho mosit empirical man- nor, aro roegrdod In tho faports of tho Agtioul turnt Bociotlos, nob as o guide to the farmers, but s an indox of tho gross ignorsuce thoro Ia a4 to tho cause, nature, and cotirao of troatmont of disonso. ‘Tho romedios applicd as n curo linyo usually failod, and tho almont universal ox- pronsion in, that, if you find a disoascd anitnal in your hord, it is Bost to “kuock him in tho hond,” ond got him out of tho way s soon a3 pos- siblo. Tustoad of looking *for n remedy to curo thoso that aro sick, it would bo botter to look for tho cwuso of tho dlsense, and provont itu furthor Inroad, Tho roport o! tho Blato Agricultural Socloty of Tows suys i Tho boggarly array of figures wo Lavo in po- sousion, clearly indleatea that all tho loga that dip doiot porioh from " hog-eholera.” “Liioso mittors aro not only propor, but import- ant subjacts for loglalation. > 1t {8 ot nacemmary to rofor to tho largo amounts oxpended by Gov- . ornmonts in Europe, and also in thls country. Cnuses, circumatancos, facts, invostigations, have lod to woll-ostablished laws of provention or cure, and, tho amount saved to tho farmer is boyond caleulation, It may bo ssked whothor opizootic maladies would provail to the ex- tont they unfortunntely do, if tho vetarinary scioneo was bottor cultlyated, and tho profousion on o°bottor footing, and moto numerous # In- tolligont nanitary manegoment of_atock, nnd o rational troatment of disoage, would sayo many millions of dollars to tho country anuually. 'I'he nocersity of a thorough course of ‘veteri- unry justruction in tho Agricultural Collegos, wil be apparent from & congideration of the' amount of capital inveeted in - live stock in Amicrica, and tho mnn{ and hoayy losses to which the owners aro subjectod. From the ro- port of tho Statistician of the Dopartment of Agricnlturo for 1871, wo learn that tho asaossod veluo of tho live nlock of the Stuts of Lilinois, s, inrouud numbors, $46,000,000, 'Tho annual'fn- como of this satack, in the form of wool, beof, porlk, huttor, and chooso, oxcacds $20,000,000) and this does not Include the labor of horses, which cannot bo_oasily soparatod from tho ac- count of grain and othor products. Intolligent wanitary nmnnqenmnt of utock, and a rational troatment of disoase, would savo to tho Stato fully £8,000,000 ; and, if tho management woro as good na'lt migLt be, the annual profits from ani- 1nals would Lo nearly doublod. Tn thoeo days of progross and advancomont, it almost amounta to a disgraconot to bo engaged in tho compotitive raco. ‘Thero is scarcoly o trade which has not experienced ef- feels of tho revolutionizing tondencien of tho present ago ; and still more scarco is any branch of iudustry in particular which has not correspondivgly reapod a fair share of bouofit. Whore suceess hay not boon achioved, it moatly happoun og the rosult of uonconformily to tha true principles of advancemont. Progroanional dovolopmont is o task in which all wall-cultivat- ad minds 1aust engago, na it is tho ouly clomont which will lmrpulunto thoir oxistonco. “I'ho road Tios through a courso of constant perplosity aud drudgory, acquaintanco with which can only bo obtained on perfoct grounds in accordance with the longth of time epont upon it, and the mi- nutenous with which its windings and intrica- cion ara studiod ; and in proportion as o purouit after luvostigation and improvornent is estended do opportunitics presont thomaslves more nu- morously, Wo have & lacgo feld for oporations : the necesaity for fmprovemont is urgont ; let & buglnnin‘b' bomade from somo quurter. ours, ato., N. LL Pasuey, V. S. Citzcsac, Deo8, 1872, Lol S - THE FIELD AND STABLE. What Shall e Done with tho Sur piny of Corn-eItenicdivs fox tho Bpie Zootes . From Our Own Correspondent, MANHATYAY, Kon,, Deo, 27, WOAT SHALL BE DONE WITH TUE SUBELUS OF cony? * This i & question,to be discusoed, according to programumo, by tho Stat Doard of Agricul- turo of Iansas b its mocting to bo Lield at To- poka on the wocond Wodnesday of Januery, 1873, It i true, this question ngitates at presont tho mind of & great many farmors in Knnens, and, probably, alio In othor parta of the Wost,~for, 103 great many, tho samo is of slmost vital im- portanco, Corn is, and Ling becn so far, tho staplo articlo of product of Westorn ngrioul- turo; and tho prico of that staplo orticle is at prosont #o low ns to componsato scarcoly for tho labor comnected with its produc- tion. Whbat may bo the reason that corn is » drug in tho market? 1las tho production of corn to ho diseouraged, or is thore anothor rom- oly? In thero really moro corn produced than thoro I8 nooded, or is tho surplus only an ap- parent ono? It may bo that some chaniwnols, through which & part of tho surplus might bo disposcd of to the ndsantago of tho producor, Liavo partially, or almost totally, boen closed by unwiso or short-sighted Iawe; but, a8 this is somowhat out of the legitimate provinco of ** Cho Fleld and Stablo,” and, aftor all, of only subor- dinata importance, I will not tako it into any farthor concidoration, and will restrict mysolt to - what I look upon o8 tho principal causo, If ono walks or ridos, in tho lattor part of winter, or in tho foro part of epring, ovar tho prairios of Kansas, or athor parta of thio West, ho cannot help bo- holding thionsands of horses and of cattlo, but oepocinlly of tho latter, that, to all appoaranco, congist of nothiog but hair, wkin, and-bonos, Last apring, thonsands of livo stock perished for want of food snd protection. Thlg, of courso, sounda atrange in o country in whichi tho poopla do not know what to do with their corn, or hiow Lo disposo of it; and etill it s an unde- niablo fact, which, probably, has caused tho goographors to locate “Tho Qreat American Dosert™ partlally within tho boundariea of Knnsas,—for, upon a strangor, such o oight fs woll sble to inpresa tho idea that the country must be poor, and dentitute of nu- tritious food. Why, then, I would like toask, fanot the surplus of corn fad to thoso poor, sufforing croatures who noed it so muoh 2 Why aro thoso animala oxposed to tho inclomencioa of wind and woather, und compellod to maintain & misorable oxistonce by gathering thoir ecanty food from tho withered herbago of tho Lleak prairio? Ta it moro profitablo to a farmer to #oll Lis corn for almost nothing and tolot his farm-stock starvo so that ho way bo ablo to sell thoir hides to tho tanner, and to manuro his land witls thoir bones; or doss it pay botter toscll losy corn, but to obtain a botter price for that what hio hins to soll, to havo bis live stockin just ns good conditiok at tho ond of the wintor as ot tho ond of tho summer, and to fortilizo, kis land with an abundanco of barnyard manure? By aum% tho latter,—that I, by feeding n sufliclent quantily of corn tohls Lioraes, cattlo, and hogs, —i0 not only will raiao good and healthy stock, that pays him much more for his corn than the rain-ealer, but ho will also augmont tho fertil- {1y of Liw #oll and incranso the yield of Lis aoras from year to year. Last wintor,a distinguished ontloman nltolnlllnd toanuwor thoe same ques- fiunr “What Lo do with tho surplus of corn?” in tho “Farmors’ Instituto ” held in tho Kansan Agricultural Colloge. Tlo wauted to import Toxay catilo to ont tho Kansas corn, and soomed to Ignoro altogothior tho oxistonce of tho many thousands of uative farm animals—oattlo, horacs, and hogs—whioh are compollod overy winter to subsiat, i]lrluclpnlly or solely, on tho goanly and iunutritious food offorod by tho frozon prairfo, notwithatanding tho well-sstablished }lflt thal o native stoer or holfar, for inatanco, i# ablo to produce more pounds of oof off a bushel of coru than a Taxna stoer, end notwithstanding that uativo ctock commands o muok highor prico in the morkel than Toxna cattlo. Bat it fs 10 ofton tho eano that wo ovorlool what In right bofora our faot, aud seo ‘only tho thing In the distanco. If, liowover, it shiould bo th inton- tion Lo galvid of tho corn an fust. na posnible, or to wanta tho sanie, thion it may answor to mport Toxan cattlo to enf tho corn, and tolot tho nutive animaly porish. ; 3 T will admit that the pricos of hoof and porlc ara at prosont rathor low, yot, by atrict compari- son, ono will find that corn fad, for instanco, to hoga or to cattlo fattening for tho phamblos, Lriiigs mucl moro than what i pnid for i by o grain-doalors, provided tho anfmals have sufli- clont aboltor ko ng 1ot Lo bo 6xpoacd to the clom- oncy of Jnck Frot, Noronn, Buow & Co. But it i not only this: na long astho farmors, ora groat many of them, adhiera Lo the old practico of compolifug tho young animali—coltu, calves, and pigs—Lo (nko cara of themuelven duaring the wintor, and to_cubsist upon what they cau find or ptenl, thono yonng animals, aven If thoy koop alivo, naver can thrivo and_improve fn qunlity; .on Llie contrary, the pame dogonorato; it talon them'a long tima to bocomo full-grawn or Lo ar- rivo at maturity, and tho ~ singlo parts and organs of thelr. hody will never be devoloped ; tholr hnrmoulousli/ mochanienl praportions will bo poor, Acolt, for instanco, will bo a vory infotlor animal, aud, an to sizo, atrongth, and_enduranco, will bo a colt still when five yearn old. Acalf will bo n amall, stunted oroatiro ab an ngo whon it ought to bo o cow, orn fully maturad steor, fit to bo fation- oll, i,"i‘" alao will romain_stunted, oxcopt, per- haps, thoir snout, logs, and oars, which, of course, are auninlontly oxorciged, and, thoro- foro, will grow long enough. If, Lowover, thoso young animala aro fed llbomlly'by thelr ownera dwhon Naturo consos to providothom with plonly, then tholr growth wlll not be intorrupted during tho wintor, but will bo stoady nud rapid; tho singlo parts and organs of tho body will ho in duo’ proportions to onch othor, and the animals thomselves will Lo strong and hoalthy,— 8o that, for inalanco, n throo-year-old colt will have much more valuo, strongth, and ondurauco, and ho of n largor size, than a five- year old horso that hns boen atarved, Some- thivg similar will bo tho cnso in regard to calves and pige, Furlhor, nn_improvement of livo stock 1a altogothor ont of the question, and any outlay for improvod or bloodod. stock s thrown-nway monoy, n_long a8 tho starving practicoia adbored’to.” Besides that, proper fooding, and, if nccaesary, an_incroase of tho number of 1ivo stock, will sufiiciently diminisl tho surplus of corn 4o as to_obtain for tho ro- maindor & botter market and paylug prices,— for millions of bushels of corn can bo fed to ad- | vantagoe to tho live stock of Kansas alone, even it 'Toxns cattlo aro loft nltogethor out of consid- aration, which is nat nocossary, REMEDIES FOR TIHE LPIZ0OTIO. . Suro_romedics for tho at-prosont-provailing influenza are prencribod {us now in_nlmost every county, town, and villnge pupor. Patent- modicino vendors aud druggists, dootors and proacliors, tailors and tinkers, biacksmiths and anreusuwn,—In short, mon of almost_ovory calling and profession, and all quack, and cow- Icechien besidos,—overyono has & suro and infal- lible specific thut nevor failato curo the * Epi- zoot.” Ono wants to smolko tho nostrils of the horse with burning.leatnor, another with sul- phur, another witli tar ; ond applics turpontine on tho horgo's throat, another on his chest ; ono uso o nysterious mixturo, very infallible, and sold for onlyono dollar; and nnother gives the poor croaturo n dose of salt and nan- fostids, cte, Tho wholo thing i oxirame- ly ridicnlous, for tho at-prosont-prevailing infiu- onzn s by no means the samo in. evory caso, but ploeonts itaolf in many differont forms, and has to be treated according to the charnctor and sent of tho morhid procosy, and nccording to tho individuality of tho pationt. Such n recom- mondation of 8o many “ specifics” and * infatli- blo” trontmonts through the country prons shows plainly tho lack of thouglit and_common songo in the treatment of our domestic animals, and tho nocossity of tenching maro thoroughly tho natural scioncos in our achoolu and collegos, 8o that tho pupils and studonts may become nc- quaintod with the Inws of Naturo. VLIERINARIAN, EANK-BURGLARS. Vault of the Kirst National, of Elaga tings, Tins., Gpened. From the St. Paul Press, Dec 29. _On Friday night last, » most audacious, do- liberato, nnd_thoroughly planned attempt was wmado to rob the I'irst National Bank of Illug- tings. The Bank is on tho firat floor of a two- story framo buildng, in_tho heart of (ho cily, was provided with a doublo door vault, insido of ch was o #nfo, and a clerl slept in tho storo, Tt seemed to bo quito reasonably uala from robe bory, and wau wado the recoptaclo of numorous valuable packagos by dopositors. Through the socond gtory of tho bank building rons a long Lall, and the burglars eftcetod an untranco to this bulland vawod through thoflooran sperturonbout two feol, #quaro, 80 noarly ovor tho vawlt thint, in gotting into tho baulk itsolf, they could stop up- on the vauit and from thenco to tho fleor., Hav- ing thus effectod un ontranco, tho burglur's tools wero liauded down. ‘Theso wero curious littlo eaws finoly tompored, drills, punchios, chieols, wodgosof yarious sizos, ¢ jimmy's,” ox bars with craolod, sharponed points, hammers, slodgos— ono weighing twonty-four pounds, cases for all of thoo~that for tio throo-foot jlmmy being so mado that whou earriod it had tho exact nppear- anco of u loathor gun caso withi a gun in it; thoro wore caps for tho drills aud wedges to doadou thio sound of Dlows; fusos to uge in blowing, if it becamo necenunty, in short, o full outfit of the most ingonious articlos uscd by cx- perionced profousfonal crackomon in operating ou bauk aefos and vaults. Tho mon and tools sufoly landed, work wns bogun on tho yault doors, and both thio outer and innor ones, of hard ivon, wwere opencd, But now thoy had como to thoir hoaviest work, that of opening tho eafa, whorein waa a large sum of monay whick would bavobeon arich prizo totho cracksmon conld they havo obtained it. I'ha insido of the vault Wusa vn:ly contracted placo for swinging honvy slodgen and working wodgoa and drilly, and 8o tho next stoptaken wastocarryontallof thobooks, papors, boxou, ate., on the shiclves of tho vault, and then to tako out tho shelven thomselves, and thus mako moro room. This waa nccomplishod, and only the safo duor remainod to bo oponod, When an lutorruption occurred, of n stariling naturo to tho oporators, It was now about 11 o’clock. A Koy turned in the wids door of the bank, and it iwvung on its hinges, divclosiug to tho ¢ycs of tho ntartled workien the figure of tho clerk who slept in the bank, A moment’s digrossion in necessary hore. This clork Lad baen out to o social or somothing of this sort, near tho bauk, nud was just roturning. 1low it was that 'the plannofa of the operation, so porfoct in ul its oflor dotuils, a2 ovidautly' bo- ng oxccuted by “profossionals,” should bave onitted to guard againat e surprise, seems vory atrango, and is only to bo accountod for on tho aupposition that tho outsido * pal,” always em- ployed in theso roblerics, {u the extromo cold night had not Leen very vigilant, and that tho clorl's movomonte wero too quick for Lim. At oll ovonts, thoclork opened the door, and eaw beforo him, in tho bank, the ehadow of a man. 1t the burglars were startled, tho clork wR8 rtnluly amazed, aud immedintoly doman “Who'n thoro? Who's that?” No answer, but thoe man darted toward tho clork, As quick us o flash tho door was closed and locked by the clork who had dartod outside, aud swho now gave tho alarm by cries of * Polical” *Burglara!" &e., uud tho bk was saved. Onlcors camofand citizons turned out, and {ho burglnrs dropped all {oold and ran from s back door, tho clork catching & glimpse of two of thom an thoy mado for tho river, Nothing fur- ther was socn of them, but they wero trgcked across the river, but made good their oscaps, It scom to have boon tho first thought of tho burglar who was accoetod by the clerk, to securo and gag bim, and proceod with thely operations, but the proscncoof mind of thaclerk in closing tho door and turning the key inetantly, fruztratod thio design. Lio unya that ho hud scarcely se- cured it whon tho knob was soized on tho Insidoe and fearfully wrenchod, vut the atout lock held, An oxamination of the promises disclosed all of tho facts abovo narrated, und the consterna- tion of the officers may bo (maginod whon they found tho vault doors wido opon, whila their rolief was oqually great to find tho inner safo #ecuro and the valuabloa safo, Somo of tho bozxos romoved from the vault by the burglars cantained packsges of considorable valuo, which wero mot even oxamiued, b0 intont woro tho cracksmen on tho larger plundor. It is reported that five dollars way takoen, In whst shapo is nct known, OF- ficors accustomed to traving Lhis sort of wark are of the opinion that, in snother hour, if un- disturbed, the treaguro of tho bank wonld hava beon in tho burglar's Lands, and they, with their tools and Lvl\mdnr, would have boen far away. Thls bank was scemingly disaatisfiod with ity in- ner #afo, for ithad borrowod one formorly used by tho Morchants’ National Lank of this cily, and it was o haye beon put in it plase in a day or bwo, Btill auothor has been orduercd from Now York, 1t {8 supposed (hu three or more porsons woro ongaged In this worli, but whatover the numbor, they Teft so hurriodly that thoir bottle of whiskey atayod bohind witl thelr tools, e SN Exciting Sceno fn o Railway Fron the Paughkeepsis Eagle, Dec. Whaen the ¢ o'clock expross on tho Rivor Railroad loft New York ou Chri Mayor Eastruan wag one of the pussungurs on car. udoon tho firat car ahoad of the first sleoper. Two or threo ponts from him sat nfinoly-drohod and noblo-looking man, who mddonly gavo o fright- {ful hrlol, and pnapped nnd batkod liko o dog. Tho pansongers in the onr. ross to thelr feot, somo of thom making for tho door pauic-strlok- on. Tho ntrengor solzed hold of tho backof the sont in front of him, and, barking again, grated his teoth in a fenrful maunor, and olosod 1iis mouth on tho top of tho wont-buok, tenring -out Atripa of wood with his tooth, and epitting thom out on the floor. Mayor Lusiman aud ono or two others rushed forward to him, avd on- deavorad to hold him, bul woro unsuccossful. Hig erur:fiun roomod superhumnan, Hin oyos rollod wildly, and ho scomod to bo in tho grent- oAl agony.- A cup of water wag brought him, upon Bacing which~ho #olzed tho edgo of tho motalliccup botweon his tooth and bit a ploco out of it ng clonn nlmoat ox if it had Leon eut with o knife. A brakeman now arrived and aidod tho powsongors, whon finally, by ovorpowering - numborg, the unfortunato man wos ~_ compolied to lo down Intho mont. By tho timo tho train reachod Pockekill o bad quicted down considorably. Al efforts to nacortain who ho wad proved unn- vailing, Thomarkon tho insido of Lis hat showe that it was made in Utien, ITo had sov- oral boxoy with him filled with Christmas gifts. Homo of tho passougors thought ho had tio dz- Tirium tremens, whilo others felt convincod that it wsn cano of Liydrophobis, Soveral timos it waa fonrod ho would bite or otherwino inflict in- Juy upon theto who woro oudenvoring to liold im. Whon tho train loft this city ho was nlcfiplng, but ho was closoly watched, o was ovidontly n gentlomen of consldorablo moans. Mryor Instman nnd- Mr. Charlos Chichestor both gay [t was tho most foarful scenoe thoy ovor ‘witnossod. e e JOHN ON THE SHOOT. Emotlonal Insanity Among the Celess tinls, From the Truckee (Caly Kepublican, Dec, 17, Al Quos, & Ghinamon Teins ¢ North San Juan, had 'his woman, Bin Moy, kidnappod,- s0ma timo ago, by Ab Tow, who brought har to Truckeo. Bin Mny‘ whon sho loft the bod and bonrd of A Quoo,or was kidunppod from tho snmo, taolk with hor proporty belonging to tho lattor. AL Queo swore outa warrant for her urroat bofore Justice Stotlar, of Ban Juan, This warrant was placod 1n tho hands of Constablo Oross, and Ah Queo camo hore to idontify the woman. Cross sntioipated somo_diffioulty in making tho arrost, and procured tho asaist- anco of threo or four men., A wagon was obtuined in which to convey Bin Moy away, and tho Constablo and hia posse procecded to ko tho arrest, Tho Louso in which the woman was socroted was pointed_out, and tho Consta- Llo wont in, and aftor n ehort ucarch found Lior, By this timo, o largo number of angry and ox- citoed Chinnmen biad gathered around, somein tho liouso and eomo on tho outsido, nnd Al Quoo, who was with Cross, told him that the Chinamon would roaint the womau's arrost 2y force, Ono or two of the posse, who remained on tho outsido of tho houso, keoplug tho angry crowd of Chinn- monawny from tho door, ioro callod at thin Juncturo, end went in to aid Cross. Aftor somo difticulty; tho woman was brought out, nud plac- edin tho'wagon. At this timo, the ‘Chinamen progsed around in great numbers, armed with rovolvors and othor weapons, nud threateng vio- lenco, Onoof them ran stoalthily up to tho wagon, placed the muzzlo of o rovolvor agafnst tho shouldor of Ah Queo, who was sitting by tho sido of Bin Doy, fired, aud thon ran in tho house, Firing thon becamo gonoral on tho part of tho Chineso, aud tho oilicors roturncd thoir fira n3 bost thoy could ‘I'ho Chineso fired somo twenty ehots or morozat tho whito men. Gin Quong, ono of tho parlici- pants iy thoriot, waa uliot ih ivo placos ia tho uck, It is bolioved that nt loast twoother China- mon wero shot, and afterward scoretod by thelr frionds, Btrango to oy nonc of_tho whito men woro wounded, although tho Chineso fired at thom from their Lulconios, windows, and doors, atclosorango. At ono time it Iy said tha ab Ionat twonty rovolvors wero displayod by the Co- loatials, and.on both sides from twonty-five to thirty shots woro oxchangod. Tho Coustabloand party stood their ground untll tho fiving consod, whon thoy left with tho woman, AL Guco was brought to Shinn's drug stors, and_oxaminod by Dr. Jouoy. T'ho wound s probod and the ball found to havo onterod below the back of tho loft shouldor nnd ranged upward to tho right ido of his neck, lodging ngainst tho skin, * Tho ball wan cub out. Tho wound is o terriblo ono, and the chances for Ah Queo's ro- covory uro slim. Ah Quong has two bullots in Lis body, and his condition is crilical. It way ouo of tha livalioat Chiroso fights that han: evor takon placo in 'Cruckoo, and tho only wonder in that 1o fow wero injurod, There wore shots onougl firéd in tho crowd to havo killed twonty mon. After Ah Quee had his woundsdressed ho informod ua that ho had paid 2600 for Bin Moy before sho was idsppod from him. Whon thy alfair s invontigated it in vory likely to turn out an attompt on the part of Quoe to got tho woman for whom lio had paid so much monoy back again into his possossion. Chicawoman slling and buying is at the holtom of tho nffair. Sovoral Chinumon, in talking of the affair, scomed to conuider inat they liad o right to buy women, and lad tho right o keep thou, avon agaiout. {hoir will, = Summzary Mode of Dealing With NZexican Caitle-Lhilevos. Correspondence of the New York Evening Poat, Jolm—or as ho is nsunlly ealled hero, Jack— Hittson, of Palo, Pinto County, Toxas, 8 n man of 55 or 60 years of age, of splendid physique aod indomitable will and endurance, hai boon in Toxas thirtoen yearn, and han in that timo made soveral fortunes, all of which have boon broken up successivoly by Moxican raiders, 1lo has lost nltogother 50,000 hoad of cattlo, twico had his ranch burned, and corrios oight scars of ' arrow wounds ro- ccived from Kiowns, Apaches, oud Co- mauches, not to ppoak of similar romem- broncos from Mesicane, 1 supposo he got n littlo tired of fighting it out on that line, so, liko o trne Yaukee, ho dovised o plan by which his brafug should invo Iila ekin as woll an hia proporty for tho fnturg, o must not lovy an armp ; oll, nol but ho trav- ol alout and obtains two hundrod *powers of attornoy," from aggriovod stock-owners, cmpow- ering him to tako their ntock wherover found. Then, as overy thousnnd hoad of cattls requires & cortaln numbor of drovers nnd carc-taliers, ho collected 160 mon in this capacity (equal to two ardinery companica of soldjors, pléao obsarve), ond arms _thom to tho tootl, nd drovors have 0 be armod in a new couatry. ~ This Jittlo Lund ho furnishos with 120 horscs, and tents, and camp oquipage of ovory kind, Jncl travols with as littlo delay as possible to the Moxican border, thon scattors bis uples over tho nelghboring country, hoars of thousands of onttlo with the marks” bo is seeking, * drops upoa " thoir preaent owners, and dominds rosti- tution. Ho does not threaten, of courso—ho merely shows hig force and eays: *‘You have got my cattio and thoso of my frionda ; I havo como aftor thom, and proposo Lo tako thom with mo.” He roturned to Donver after his flrat journoy of thie kind with 5,000 head of cattlo, colloctod in o weak or two. Therecoverod stock is worth 250,000, Somoe resistance was offerod and somo blood shad, but ontirely in solf-defence on tho part of Hitiaon's mon. If tho Moxicans appeal to thoir courts, ITitt- son employs the best counsol. Io attends tho sittings with bis mon, aud tho Judgo's eyes aro o{muud 80 that ho knows good from ovil immedi. atoly, and ovory animal Is forthcoming. Somo. timos when our now Iorcules appears in aneigh. boyhned tho stolon eattlonre run off to tho moun, tains and slaughtered for their hides, Hittaon is hikoly to rocover & milllon dollars worth of pml:my within tho year, of which sum, lot us hope, ho receives a hundsomo part for his own, Itisconsidered certain horo that these onorgotic monsures will in timo put a atop to the plagiio of Moxican cattio-stealing ontiraly, aud Yexau ranchmon moy at last live in peaco, - Harnumni. From the Laudsville Courier-Journal, Dce, 30, P. T, Barcum, tho irrepressible showman, nssed through tho ity lust night on his roturn rip from New Orleuns to Now York, whithor Lo 14 hastoning to look afler his interost in the lossos sustained by tho recout burning of bis muscum in that cily. _I‘rln tho courso of a conversation Mr. Darnum Baid 3 ' was robbed laat night whilo asleop on a Tullmau patace car. Bowo thiof atole a sino din- mond pin valued at €400, aud €300 in noney from my pautaloons pocket.” 1Io also spoke of s lato misfortuncs Ly firo, Although he has beon burned out four timos, throo timos losing an entiro musoum, and in oue Instaueo his ]])’rlvnlo rosidenco (* Iranistan," in Connacticut), bo appeared (o be not iu the lonst discouragod; and said ho had already takon stops to roinstato all that was lost by the lato firo, having tolographed fo hia agent in Luropo to ‘cxpond £100,000 without delay in tho pur- chugo of animals and attractions of avery de- seription for new musoum, By tho 1st of April noxt ho expects to have anuther musoum In Now York oven moro attractive than that which was hurned ; bosldes, ho jutonds to sdd largely by tho new importation to his travelling show, whioh it is his’ prosent intention to bring to Loulsville soms timo durlng tho winter tor yeorganization, and lu the spring will start from this point upon an oxtensive tour through tho country, U[[lun bofng ‘asked it Lo didn't think his sue. coshion of mistorlunos. was somawhal 'noT dinary, and whother ho thought it co\ltldufi)‘;m;g- countod for by some moaus not In tho ordinary rTun of the nufortunato ovonts of lifo, Mr. Bnr- num safd 1t was “‘devilish lucl;” he couldn't account for tho first fir, but didn’t know swhnt to eny mbout tho destruotlon of his mecond musoum, In that musomn ho bad the wax fignro of ‘Joff, Davla drosnod in potticontn, ond o short whilo bofore the firo e rocolvod” nh anonymous Totfor warning Lim to tako it out and destroy it, and threnton ing that if hio falled to do so his musoum would bo burned, 1Tepaid no nttontion o tho threat, and soon aftorwards tho groat ehow waw in ashes, A fow day aftor thoe fira occurrod he -recoived nnothior anonymoun lotter, ovidently writion by sthio Anmo party who wroto tho firat, saylng t * Wo gave you warning, and now e have accomplished what we throatoned.” With roforonco to tho last fire Mr. B, is n littlo inglined to tho 1)rovnilln;; impression that it was thé work of an Incendinry, inatiguted or porpo- trated by the membors of tho Puris Communo, ‘ After nll,” maid tho showman, * tho loss of all iny musoum doosu't vox mo £0 much ns tho !Iimg:;ht of boing robbad on tho train lnat night.” PRINTING FIVE MILLION DOLLARS. A True Story of the Late Confederncy. The story I am going to relato occurred in 1861, It owes its origin to tho groat war that thon took pleco, and, likomanyother intoresting opinoden, has nover boon published. The facts wora learnod soveral yonrs ago, narrated by por: wons thon rosiding in” Riclunond, nnd ulcfluugh in some minor details thoro may bo slight ine- curacios, in thomain tho story it truo. Bhortly after the Cotton Statos' troops com- moncod their influx to Virginia, a Treasury De. partment was ostablished at Richmond. At that imo the curroncy, outside of gold and silyor, consiuted of Stato and stock banks, which was found insufiiciont to supply tho domand of tho ncoumulating armies of noarly four hundrod thousand men. Richmond being the headquar-~ tora of the rising Confodoracy, it waa solocted by tho lending men of the reballion g thio most suitnble placo for the issuance of tholr National currency. In the Troasury Dopartment thero wne om- rloymln man by tho namo of Elam, n componi- or. Ho was n shrewd and tricky follow, as tho soquel will provo. Aftor roflecting on ihio groat opportunity ho had of becoming a willionaire, he dotermined to striko off n largo amount of this monoy. No pro- cautionary measures were taken in regard t¢ thia establishmont, asall scomod to bo engrossed in tho_furthoring of "Southorn indopondonco. But whilo Elam was patriotlc in the causo, Lo hind an oyo also to business. So ono night ha coucludod that the o%}ixm'mnu momont wag at haud for carrying out his dosign. Walking along thoe ntroot, ho mot and accostod a man who went Dy t#b namo of “ Napoloon,” divulging tho ob- {Act in viow, and nfl‘urlnE an_ oqual partnorabip n tho groat'schemo ho had concootod, His mi- wistant was & foroiguoer,—o nativo of Poland,— and was nick-namoi "N'npoluun " from o facial resemblanco to the picturo of tho thon Emperor of the Fronch. Porhaps thoro nover Was a porlod, in oithor anciont or modorn times, that offored a like oc- casion for {ho posuossion of such wondroun woalth, considering tho slight risk to run, ond the small nmount of lsbor porformed in itn achiovemont. Not evon Sinbad the Bailor, in his_mont succosaful voynges, ever mot with such thrilling sdventurcs as fell to tho lot of theso two mon. Botwoon 9 and 10 o'elock, they entored tho Tmnnm‘y building by o back window, and tak- ing tho ™ outs,” from the donomination of fivo dollars up to one thounnud dollars, they placed thom on tho press and printed oit five” million dollara. The bonds woro printed on a kind of thiol, vihito papor, with no impression on tha back of the bills, Thers was no more difticult; in printing them than thero would have been in printing & common businoss card. Aftor divid- ing tho funds and washing tho “cuts,” and plac- ing them in their propor places, thoy lots tho houso in the mauner they enteroed it, going to thoir respectivo abodes, no doubt, in 16 Ligaost gleo of oxhiluration, for thet time Counfederato bonds were equivalent to gold and silver, und in somo of the cotton Statos commended o pro- mium, Tho fssuc was thon boing mignod by young ladios, nud thoro was moro than n hundred no cmployed. Elam hod o Iady acquaintanco or two in this dopertment,-and by ibis means he had Lis own and hig partnor's Louds sizned. After vemainiug o fow diys, he_and ono of the Yyoung ladies went on & visit to Lynchburg, little Ureaming of thodenoument which wes s Shoruly to follow. « Napoleon,” fecling richer {han his nnmo- sako, took ono of tho young Indics loa jowelry Btoro and bought hor an outiit uf jowelry, ten- deriug o hundred dollur bill in paymont, for whicli ho received {n chengo nbout uity doflars, moatly in gold and ellver. Next door ho pur- chased, in & dry goods house, a silk drevs and othor articles, and hero tendered anotber hun- dred dollar Lill. Lato that ovening the two morchants kapponod to coma out on tho pavo- mont ut tho samo time, and ono spoke to the other in rolation to business affairs. The jew- elry morchant said times woso flush, and that ho biad rocoived o hundred dollar bill of the now cur- roney. Tho dry goods merchaut nid ho, too, had taken iun ono of the pamo denomiuation. After short parloy, describing the party thab Dud passed the bills, the dry goods marchint folt convinced that sowothing was wrong. ITo took tho bills to the Tronsury, and submitted thom to tho gerutiny of the Superiutendant, who oxam- ined and prononnced thom genuino, But hore I must mention the fact that, on tho morning after the printing of these bouds, the piber @n which thoy weto printed wis mised v tho Superintendont, nud n natico appeared in tio prpors atating that this material was mien- ing, but thero seomed to bo no suspicion that monoy had been insued. ha fact ihat Elam had so uncoremoniously loft his_employmont, takon in couneetion with othor doveloping citeumstances, caused the au- thoritiea to Lo on the alort, Dotectives waro employod to forret out this matter, and it possi- Dlo to bring tho guilty partics to punishmont. After using all tho facls communicated them, in furthoring their objact, they decided to meko o bolder move, and arrosted tho @o-calied ** Napo- leon.” Ho appenred to bo overcome with tremor 0 iho dotoctiven and polico approrehied him. Having many facts of bis guilt i their posecu- sion, thoy af onco necuged” him of tho erimo, Aghast, and trembling, ho mado n. fall confos- sion, eriminating bin partuor, and _giving atl the facts in dotail. Ho wus then incarcerated, and o despateh sont to Lynehburg for the arvest of Elam, who was found in all tho enjoymont that wonlth could bestow. Aftor tho arrest of Llam aud his fair compenion, thoy woro hurie:ily t:ken to Richmond, but hio alouewns imprisonod. No prosecution whs bronght agamst tho two young Judion fau. nll soomid katiiid i getting old Of tho principals, 2 Of tho vast amount of bovds thoy printed, but. o amall sum fellinto tho hands of tho authori- tiow, Only about £60wore found on tho porasns of Elam and tho youug Indy who accompaniad im. * Nupoleon " suspected, boforo bis nrrost that ho was spotted * as one of tho fraudulont bond printern, and vitier socroted -or dostroyed, Lifs portion of tho imuiouso issuo, us it wais nover racovered. Aftor o short impriconmont tho relatives and frionds of Elam uifoctod a plan_for his eseapo. By means unknown to the pulic ho disappoared from tho prisou, made hiscecaps northward, and for Years afiorward notidings of his whaoreaboutn werd known. But poor ™ Napoloon,” aftor n brief trial, was condemned, and suffored the B::unlly of Confedorato rulo—a punishment ond~ g on the gallows. e e Ieligion, From the Dubuqus Telegraph, Dro, 29, Yosterday, Mr. liaminond took occasion to malko tho rooms of the Zelegraph the scono of ono of his soueational vinits, and proached and prayed for the conyaralon to'tho ways of right- cousnoes of Lho arring printor. Last .night,” wo ara informod, nt his chureh mooting ho guvé tho Telcgraph further attontion, and slied tours for tho autlior of tho communicition which rppoar- ed fo ita columny last ovoning. 1In rolation to that matter wo wish to say that “Chureh-Goor's' viewa of religiou are a3 much eutitled to consid- oration ns thoso of Alr. linmmond, and wo will here ndd that we ihink thoy are moro in harmony with tho spirit of true roligion, louwes dedicated to divino wore shup wio tho propar pliccs I which tc seek tho regenoration of eouls, aud the invasion of saloous and athor places of business for the purposs of thruating walvation on to pooplo, I caleniatod to degrada raligion, instead of nid- vaucing its cauto, - Wo aro desirod by Mr. Mn- hony to aay that whilo ho entertatus tho utmost rogard for tho roliglous sontimouts of ovary mombor of tho conuiunity, ho gan in no mavior givo his sanction to dragging tho sacrod teach- ngs of Christinnity into placos whora thoy are mudo the uuheect of ridiculo and vulgar jesting. o bolloves that thotrue intorosts of roligion aro thus made to_suffor by boiug robboed of the olovatad sacrod charactor with which it onght to bo clothed, 'Pho pulpit is tho place for religion, and L wishoa it distinotiy wndortood that, i€ 1o liad been presont yosterdsy, ho wonld not have pormitted tho Zelegraph rooms to be uccd a8 o sonantioual meoting houso, .