Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 29, 1873, Page 2

2 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1873. DID SHE KILL HIM ? Second Day of the Trial of Nrs. Beyce for the Murder of €alvert H, Johnson, The Case Increases in Interest as the Evidence for the Prosesu~ tion is Brought Out. Mrs. Boyce’s Willingness to Exhibit a ¢ Beautiful Corpse.” Clear and Explicit Testimony by a Celebrated Surgical | Expert. Professor Proctor Thayer Swears that Johnson Came to Eis Death by Violent Means. The cese of Louisa A. Boycs, charged with the murder of Calvert H. Johnson in November, 1871, was resumed yesterdsy morning before Judge Booth in the Criminal Court. Tho st~ tendance of epectators was very large, crowding the court-room to its utmost’ capacity. Inside 2ke railing were & large numbsr of witnesscs in waiting, smong them Professor Proctor Thayer, of Cleveland Medical College, Drs. Woed and Biiler, of Cleveland, besides several of our Chi- cago redjeal men,~who ‘were in attendance in Lehalf of the defence.” Mra. Boyce appeared to Levo passed a pleasant night, as ahe came mp Zresh and emiling. She didn't “‘take-on™ as much as the day before, for -the resson, prob- bl tlist her counsel hed convinced-her that emotional demonztrations were of na service in er case. = The cross-examination of Seth W. Johnson «r3s canducted by Mr:* Van Baren, who sucosed- ed ineliciting no new facts, the statements of tho witness being almost _exactly identical with those mado Dby him.on direct oxamination on ifoaday. . 7. WEBB, thé business-agent of Alr. Johuson, testified that he had a conversation with Mr. Boyce st tiis house, snbsequent to C. H. Johnson's death, whon she said that she hed known him in Buffa- 10 and that, mecting her on Madison' street, he ‘bad recognized her, and said : “Why, girl, what &6 you doing here #”.7On bLieing told that she hed rooms to let, he;arranged to lodge at her ‘house, taking his medls outside: Ho used to come home every night, but had beeh’ awsy one or two nights before his desth. That night- he came in und complnined of feeling sick and excited. BShe took him gome chicken-broth and a glass of whiskey. He wanted her to stay by his bedside, but sho bod a previous engagement, end could not stay. Ehe retarned about 11 o'clock, and thought she neard Lim snoring. In the morning she found him dead, o8 stated. When esked by witness if decensed owed her anytlfing, she enumerated eoveral articles, and the matter was settled by paying her §25. ‘She exid deceasod had given er & set of jowolry, which proved to be worth- less, and she threw it away. Cross-examined : Hed been with the Johnsons for years. His suspicions were excited by the zough, torn-up appearance of the lodging house. From {he remarks made by defendant, hé might hava inferred that intimato relations existed be- tween Johnson and her. This was why he 2sked it she had received any presents from him. De- ceased was closo in money matters, aad wonld often walk a ong way to save ear fare, He was known to be of temperate habits. Mra. Boyce #2id he had been drinking hard. 2 In replyto r. Reed the witness statod that e paid $223 in all for oxpensos. _ b CAPTAIN J0X75, of Claveland, being sworn, tastified that he had been employed by S. W. Johnson for 16 years. Last saw Calvert H. Johnson alive on the lsst day of November, 1671, about sundown, when Tie was periectly well to all appearance. Hehad not purchesed any grainin Chicago. Paid him $300 in notas on the last day of November. Ifeard of hia death on tho 7th day of December following in Clevalend. ? 2 Cross-ezamined : Do not know whers the de- oeased went on the Saturday previous ; saw him overy day afterwards. He £aid he was going to the Sherman House. He sesmed to be so- qusinted with many persons on.the Bosrd of Trade. Re-direct: Decersed had told witness of his intention to return to Cleveland on Friday night. Detective Joo Dixon, being sworn, gave a do- ecription of the mituation of affairs at Mrs, Boycs's honso at the time the man 'was found dead. Heard Mre. Boyce .iell Mr. Webb that deccased had promised her & Christmas present. 3. T, BRECKDELL, 3 & constable, testified that he serveds warrant on rs. Boyco on the 34 of February, 1872, and searched the premises. Mr. Warner found a pocket-book with bonds in it between the mattresses. Mre. Boyee said they belonged to her. Eubsequently she told witness that John- oz gave the bonda to her for the support of her chil £ Cross-examined : Befors the bonds wero Zound, ehe stated that there was nothiug in the house which did not belong to her. 3. T. MORRIS testifiod that he mot Johnson on the Board of ‘Irade, sud knosw him to be in good health on Thursdsy. 30X D. THAYER ; testified that ho knew Mrs. Boyco. On the night of tho death of Johneom, Mrs. Boyco camo into a ealoon called “The Wigwam,” and asked where “Ler Billy" was, meening Simp- 5on, the bartender. Sho ssid she had at her house '/ the pretticst corpse she ever saw,” snd “ wanted the boys to go over and soe it.” . Cross-Examined: Witnees had been & clerk and & bartender. It wos botween 13 and 1 oelock in tho morning when Mrs. Boyce camo 10 the “ Wigwam.” Sho was apparontly excite ly d,, Pat did not scem to be The Comrt here took a recess until 2 o'clock. On the reassembling of tue Conrt, Mr. Thayer 'was recalled for cross-examination, and waliged that he ked been arrested twice for drunkenness. He waa asked by Mlr. Van Baoren if he hsd ever Leen in the Bridewell 3Mr. Reed objected, acd the objection was overraled. {:lied that he had been in the Bridewell twice. Va8 never arraigned on any charge in the Crimi- zal Court; was never necused of larceny; was orco charged with being a vagrant. . Q.—Wera vou convicted of vagrancy? Ob- Jected to, and objection sustained. Q.—What was done with you? -A.—T was £ned 325, end eent to the Bridewell and served it out. FRANCIS WARNER, Esing sworn, testified to having goen 3rs. Boyce oa tho 38 of February, 1872, ot No 92 West Madi- €on street, whera he went with & search warraat. Bhe asked what she was arrested for, and when 2old she denied having tho bonds. ' ‘Found the bonds in ber bod between the mattresses; sho =aid that they belonged toher. Thia was be- tween 10 and 11 o'clock in the forenoon. Cross-czamined_(by Mr. F. Adams)—Am em- g‘;:yfid by Allan Pinkerton as Suporintendent of is business. Pinkerton was employed to hunt ap these bonds. THOMAS HANLEY, . teing sworn, testified that Afrs. Boycs came into hie ealoon, “ The Wigwam,” very lato one night, and ssked for “her Efl‘y * g Joung man name Eilly Simpson, who tended bar, She asid that there was 3 man desd at her house ; that he was the most beautiful corpse ehe ever saw,” and <0 tell Dilley to burry around and see it. Thayer &As Pprescny n::lhe fié?:' Had seen Mrs. Bahy:; ere provio e 10 t sters, thern chargod fo Bily Sirbeon s *2d b Oross-ezaniined—Dida's know Tohmson sonally. Might have soen him in tho With 3Lrs. Boyce. R bel testified that ho sk Mrs, eing sworn, e Bt in “Tile Wigwam'” in November, 1971, b batod for “‘her " eaving that she had" s beautis - on ‘Witness re- |, fal corpee” which she wented him to come and see. . Cross-ecamined—Went to Arlington’s Min-. strels with Thayer that night, and aftor that they went to-five or six saloons, ** fe.ching up” at % The Wigwam." - JOEN WISNER testified to having reuted an office and slesping- room with his brother in Mc:s. Boje's hoase. | Heard talking and walking the night of John- som’s deathi, Luk no unusual noi. MR. WARNER, BECALLED, £ stated that, whilo ho was soarching ifrs. Boyco's premises, sho said to him: * Yon act just ay though yon were looking for s murdered man.” PROPESSOR PROCTOR TUAVER, of the Cloveland Medical College, being sworn, testified in detail as to the post-moriem examina~ tion of the body of Calvert H. Johnson, Tho 7arions medical gentlemen proposed to bo called for rebuttal by the defonco were invited to tako seats inside the railing in order hat they might hear Dr. Thayer's testimony, which was sa follows, tho examination being con- ducted Mr. 8. E. Adams: Mado # post-moriem examination of tho body, which was in & frozen condition when it arrived. After it was thawed out the -cxaminzation was proceed- ed with. On the right side-was found a black t about the size of a man’s hand ; one onthe 2t nearly 3 large, and ono on the thigh, be- sides soveral abrasions of the skin, Opensd tho body and found the extent to which it had pre- ‘viously beea examined. The heart, kidneys, and lungs only had been disturbed. The lungs were slightly congested, but otherwize were perfoctly sound. The right side of the heart was foll of blood, and healthy; the kidneys wore perfect sound, as wero mlso tho liver, bladder, an: spleen. In the stomach were undigested parti- 5 of chickens and beans, The brein w23 in a elightly congasted stato, but was otberwise per- foctly soind. All the vital organs wore healthy. There was no guch congestion as would cause death. .The marks on the body wero contusions, notwounds; under themwerefoundclotsof blood. The skin in tho vicinity was gnrmcuy her_mh{, the clots of blood being confined immediately under the skin beneath the black spots. The ostion of the brain was not sufficient to produca what is usnally known as ‘congestion of tho brain. The lungs, boing placed in water, floated, showing that they wera not congested, for 1f they had been they would not have float- ed, but would have sunk. The sppearance of tho heart was not such as would have existed in case the man had died of congestion of the Iungs. Deathwas not cansed by congestion of the lungs. Deceased was in e perfect state of health, and had no strictural disease. .The body wea in_good preservation, and was not at -l!d’euampsed—nn more than o quarter of beef wouldbe ten” deys after killing. Tho cause of death, 3 I verily beliove, waa oxternal violence. Tho black spota showed that the hody had been dameged during life. The effect of such blow or Dblows would bo to cause a stato of semi-insensi- ‘bility;the action of the heart would not be stopped ‘but would be weakoned, and in sfich acasealittle further damage wonld put an end to existence. If a physician were at hand ke conld sssist by stimulants the restorative efforf of unatore. In such a case, o stoppage of breath, by choki when tho man most needed his breath, Woutd result in deatk. In this caso it was cnident that violenco had been used. Alcohol was usually absorbed in the stomach in from 20 to 80 min- ates, and could not be detected. Ifit went to the brain it would remain there, and its presence could be sscertained after death. The brainwaa examined, but no trace of alcohol was found. I 2m Professor of Surgory in the Mcdical Collego of Cleveland. Q—Aré you positive as to the ceuse of death, and, if eo, stato what it was? A.~Death was the result of oxternal violence. If I were obliged to leave out the consideration of tho marks, I 1 should not be able to account for-the canse of death. Professor Castell, who took part in the examination, cannot be hors to testify, 23 hohias been stricken down Dby paralysis.. The marks could not have been made affer death. Blood ‘will not flow after death. Professor Theyer was cross-examined by Mr. Vau Baren, who bad for his prompter Dr. Bax- tor, of this city. Tho witness stated that both lungs and brain were slightly congested. Could ‘not bo positive that the contents of ihe stomach were not put in afer desth, though it would be exceodingly difficult to perform éven an apera- tion, and leave the contents in the condition in which they were found. Provious to making the examination, witness had no talk’ with Mr. Jobnson, who simply eaid to the surgeons present:’ Bo very thorough in making tho ox- amination.” Wasmot acquainted with deceased bofore death, and hardly kuew whoso the body was.. Did not look with a microscope to discover whother there was fatly degeneration of the hegrt, .as it was unneceseary to use the wmicro- scope for that purpose. It could bo discovered by tbo finger. Could swear thero was no fatty degeneration of tho heart. Did not examino the ‘brain-with s microscops. g R.—(By Mr. Yzn Baren, st tho suggestion of Dr. Baxter)—Did you look for fatty dogenora- tion in the brain ¥ Professor Thayer—I might as well have looked Afor & cow-catcher in tho brain. [Loud laughter.] Q‘—Pid you look for & cow-catchor? A.~I n ot 4 Q.—Nor for fatty doganeration? . A.—No, sir. The marks on the body, and the condition of the ‘hoart and lungs, fully convincod me “that the man died a violent death. 2 - Q.—Then tell us what 1as the csuse of death ? -A.~The blow on the chest would produce a state -of concussion, and then the prossura of fingers on the windpipe wowld finish the work, and pro- duce death. - Profeesor Theyer gave his testimony with re- {froshing clearness and simplicity in _his manner of exproesing bimselt, hia, wish asidontly belng not to muddlo, but to enlighten, the jury. Ho ‘would not allow himself to be interrupted by the counsel for the defence in cross-oxamination, but proceeded ssif be knew what he was about fully &8 woll as Mr. Van Buren could tell him. Once, when the latter undertook to interposo a ques- tion in the course of an explanation to the jury, Professor Thayer said to him sternly: * You wait, air, until T get_through.” It was no use to badger such A witness, and Mr. Van Buren concluded to * wait.” + The cross-examination of Professor Thayer “was interrnpted by the hour of adjonrnment. -Before adjourning, the Court, by agreement of all partios, suthorized Mr. Hutchinson, for the ‘people, and Mr. F. Adams, for the dofence, to procead to tho rosidenco of Dr. Ben, C. Miller, in company with & eworn short-hand raportor, and tako that gentleman's evidence concerning the Coroner’s iuquest and the original post-nior-- tem oxamination, Dr. Miller being confined to Lis house by illness. ‘The Court then adjourned until 10 o'clock this ‘morning. & - EVANSTON MATTERS. The day of prager for schools” and colleges is to be obacrved at Evanston by the different edu- cational institntions. Dr. Waugh, lately from the mission field of India, will lecture in the morning on * Bchools in India.” Short spoeches and prayer are to be sandwiched in the exercises during the day, and in the evening Dr. Fowlr, President of tho Northwostorn University, will deliver an address. A season of unusual inter- eat is expocted, and much good looked for. The Eclectic Reading Club, of Evanston, met in the art gallery of A. Hesler & Son, on Mon- day evening lest. The attendance was fair, and, inlien of literary exercises, Mr. Heslor gave a very interesting exhibition of stereoscopic views. After a.most delightful evening, tho Club ad- journed, to meet in two weeks. The annual contest for the Hinman prize, in- stituted by Dr. L. P. Hamline, will take place on the evening of Friday next. The contestants are: Mr. ¥.C. Arnold, '78, i Fictlon;” Misa E, Webstor, 76, * Destiny ;" Mr. 8. Kaufmon, M4, & Charles Goodyear;"” J. B. Leslie, 73, ¢ The Leesons of History ;" J. M. Hawks, '74," # The Monks ;" L. Butterfield, '73, ** Biology.” These conteats in past years have bacn of & very h order, and, from the contestants and their jects, no reason appears why theré should be falling off in intercst or merit. - 2 o grand concert of the Mendelssohn Bociety passed off very plessantly last night. The audience was of fair size and the singors in good voice and epirite, and it is safo to predict that the next concert will e more genrally attended than thia, the maiden one. B —_— A Sonth American Patriarche The Anglo-Brazilian Times of Dec. 4 is ro- sponsible for the following statement: A case of extreme old ago is reported by one of the cen-: sus takers of Cape Frio, in the province of Rio Janeiro, The namo of the Cape Frio Methuselah is Jose Martinus Coutinho, born at: Saguarema ou the 20th of Mey, 1694, and therefors over 178 ears old st thistime. Heis stillin possession of ie mental faculties, and his only bodily ailment is gtiffness of the leg joints. In his youth Cou- tinho fought &s a soldier in Pernambuco against the Dutch, and remembers the most notable facts of the reigns of Domr John V., Dom Jose, snd Donna Mann L The testimony to the ex- traordinary sgo of Goutinho is strengthoned by the fact Liat be has had forty-two children by six_wives, -and .that. he can count 123 grand- i, 80l any children, ¢ighty-six great-grandchildron, twenty- three E’:fifig':’uc-gi‘:ndrfu"mn, and’ twenty children by he last.” THE GREAT WESTERN. Meeting of the Telegraph Stockholders. Beport of PresidentGage---Explanation of Certain Matters. The Treasurer Dirccted to Come Forward and Tell About the Funds, At tho appointed time, 12 o'clock, yesterday, the stockholders of the Great Western Insur- ance Company met at the office of the Compeny, No. 127 LuSslle street, for the clection of a new Board of Directors. About 300 subscribers were ‘prosent roady for businoss. Nr. J. Stark called tho moeting to oxder =t precisely 12 m., and, finding that thero was not sufficient room at the office, an adjournment +was had to No. 77 South Clark street, in Supo- rior Building. As soon a8 the concourse could got from La- Salloto Clark streot, tho meeting was agnin called to order by Mr. J. Stark, of Wisconsin, who nominated Jesse Foll, of Normal, IiL, a3 temporary Chairman. Without remarks, Mr. Fell took the chair. John.J. Bormott, of thia city, nominated Mr. R. T. Bteele, of Geneseo, 88 temporary Secretary. Ar. Stark then volunteored to state the rea- 80Ds of the meeting, and, after briefly referring to the late decisions of the Supreme Court, moved the appointment by the Chair of s Com- mittee of three, to examino as to who were at present stockholdera of the Company, and re- port as to the appointment of pormanent Com- ‘mittoes. - ' The motion wis carried, and J. Btark, 0. D. Bond, and XMoore were appointed. Mr. Gage, tho Presidont of the Company, then entered the room. Mr. Stark then said that, as the report of the Master as to who woro eatitled to vote, being then detained in Court, ponding the argamont on tho oxcoptions filed to it, it would be well to ad- journ until 2 o'clock, when the matter wonld be sottled in tho Court, and the report be produced at the meating, Mr. Gageced others favored adjournment, and the motion having been made, was carried. In the meantime a flerco contest was waginj bofore Judgoe Williams, who finally, sbout o'clock, overrnled the_exceptions, and ordered the meeting to procood. At precisely 4 p. m. the stockholders again met. £ - P A motion was made to make the temporary officers permanent, which was carried. The Presidont's report was then called for, and was read by Ar. Gsge. Wo will'give_only a sin- gle extract from the report, ns most of the sub- stanco has horetofore sppeared in Tux TRIBTUNE : The first by-law, adopted March, 1808, reads as fol- lowa: “ The first innual meeting of the 8tockbolders of the Great Weetern Telegraph Company shall bo held within ninety days after the first division of two thousand (2,000 miles of the Company’s ines of poles £ball have been oquipped with wire, and on the second Taceday of January in each year thereafter, at2 o'clock . m., at euch placo aa tho Directors of the Company may direct.” ‘I would beg leave to state that, atthe time this by-1aw wasadopted, it was not the infention fo cut off a participation by the_stockholders 4n the business affairs of tho Company. Iam confident Buch a puzpose never enterod into the minds of the Dircotors. * 1t was declded that, if some plan w2s not ‘adoptad {0 prevent the friegdsdnd advocztes of power- ful rivals from subscribing for a controlling interest, theplans and purposes of the Great Western Tele- graph Compeny would be defeated at the outsct of tie enterprise. The United Statcs, American, Tliinois snd Missiesippl, Pacific, and s large number of other tele- graph companies have, ono after another, been absort~ ¢ and { was thought praciicabloand eady to acrango ilm by-lawa €0 88 fo prevent any intesfercnce by designing men to prevent the cstablishment of our telegraph ;scheme, ' I, after the Company had grown to » self-supporting znd profitsble position, the atock~ holders; themaclves, choose to sell out thoir lines, they could do a0, Battlie first Directors intended to vent euch a calamity, aud desired to hand over to the stockholders a range of lines worth con g 88 s00n &8 they could be bullt cnd put in operation. The report of the General Superintondent was | thencalied for. Mr. J. H. Bliss is tho Superin. _tartndank, but the report was read by the Soct Totary. g Tho Secretary’s réport being then called for, lr. Doolittlo said ha did not expect to be calle upon, and therefore had preparad none. The Tressurer being called upon for Lis re- port, did not rospond, and Mr. Gage said the ‘Treasurer was absent, and, if he was thers and reported, it would be a statement of so much money in the Treasury. Much dissatisfaction was evinced at that state- ment, and a fong discussion followed, many al- loging that they must and would havea dotailed Teport of the Inancial condition of the Com- pany. M’;tiqn waa then rmade that a detailed report be published, and, upon discussion, the foliow- ing resolution was offered and adopted : Resolred, That the Treasurer of this Company bs re- uested to'furniah to the Directors of this Company a otailed financial statement of tho condition of this Company, giving the amount apd muumes of perauns Who Liave paid money, and also the namea of all per- £ons to whom he bas paid money, with the smounts paid each; nlso that bo report the amounts of debts due from this Company, to whom due, and also_the amounts of all judgments rendered s, Com- pany, with tho names of the plaintiff or plaintiffa. It was then moved to appoint & Committes on By-Laws,to be composed of one person from each Btato ropresonted. ~'This motion being adopted, the following gentlomen were mado a Commit- dee: John J. Bsnnctt, Illinois; J. Stark, Wis- Judge Colo, Jowa ; Mr. Williams, is- Mr. Ricks, Kansas; Ar. McCoy, Ne- Tho Hon. J. R. Doolittle thon spoke at some length, recommonding the building of the gaps now oXisting in the_circuit, that is, botwean Kansas City and St. Louis, and Springfield, I1l. Ho said that when_that was done, the Company would pay dividends, The Treasurer was asked to bring in to-day & general statement of the finances of the Com- pany, 80 that the action of the meoting might be intelligent. ~ Thistook the form of ue:n% - tion, and was peaced. A discussion now followed on the constraction to bo placed on the decision of ‘the Suprome Court a8 to tho validity and cffect of subscrip- tions to stock.. The arguments became quito spirited, and wero participated in by Judge Nor- ton, Chtef Justice Oole, ex-Senafor Doolittle, and Thomas J. Sutherland, Esq. The' mesting was finally adjonrned to 10 ‘o'clock this morning, whon it is expected there will 1bo 2 lively timo during tho election of Di- rectors. e g SANITARY MATTERS. DMeeting of tle Board of Herlthe-One Hun- dred and Thirty-gve Denths During the Last Week--\Where tlie Small-Pox is Raging--The City Seavenger Work. The Board of Health held their regular weekly meeting yesterday safternaon, Commissioner Hoardin the Chair. There were 135 deatha during the weels ending Jan. 25, o decreaso of 46 from the preceding week; males, T4; fe- males, 61; undor 5 years, 0. Consumption caused the death of 6; convulsions of 20; fevers of 12; emall-pox of 13 ; pneumonia of 8. Tho mean temperatnro of the week was 233¢ degraes —four degrees lower than the proced- ng week, and seven degrees higher than for ithe corresponding week in. 1872, Cases of small-pox were reported at the following ‘houses : No. 113 Frie streat, No. 183 Fourth avenus, . No. 118 West Indiaua, No. 204 Milwau- kee avenuo, No, 671 Mitchell, No. 806 South Halsted, No. 104 Bromer, No. 63 Indisus, No. 183 Augnsta, No. 27 Fig, No. 15 Mark avenue, No. 59 Archer avenue, No. 150 Church, rear of No. 439 South Canal, rear of No. 53 Augusts, No. 330 Brown, rear of No. 87 South Halsted, No. 291 Augusta, No. 136 North Desplaines, No. 88 Towa, No. 179 West Erie, No. 856 West Polk, No. 177 West Erie, -No. 133 Bunker, No. 53 Augusts, No. 49 Comelis, No. 6 Froot, No. 63 - Larrsbee, - No. 232 West Chicago avenue, No. 842 South Morgan, rear of No. 374 West Taylor, No. 19 Fox place, No. 101 Sheflield svenue, and No. 13 Charles lace. The decrease in tho number of- infected Fhe Hoalh oo submited _ The icer submitted a lengthry report, in complianco with a resolution of the Board, giving a detailed history of the workings of tho Seavenger evatem sinco April 1, 1872, Ho dwel: upon the difficulties under whick the present contractor kad lsbored, and offered three sug- gestions a5 to the manner in which the work may be done in the future. The firat suggestion was to let the contract for the whole city.as now done : the socond, to lot contracts for prescribed digtrictstodifferent persons: tho third, tolet con- received, so much paid out, and nothing | tracts for the whole city or for several districts to one or soveral persons, they to be paid on the basis of the number of teams employed, which wag to be decided by the Board. ~ The Health Officer considered the recond senggestion the most with the natural divi for the reception of the mater;al mizht be es: lished in each divisiun to faciliiels the w Their establishment would bo economi fewer teams could do tho nccossary work. The Sanitary Superintendent ~and - Health Officor wers instructed to prepere epacifications far the scavonger work for the ensuing year and submit them to tho Board., DENVER. 3 of the city. De: Execution of Theodore Meiers for Murder. The Extreme Penalty of the Law ---Scenes at the Gallows. ¢ Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune, Dexven, Col, Jun. M4, 1878, This afternoon, at 2 o'clock, Thecdors Meiers was hung by the neck, in our usually quist city. TIE DETAILS. OF THE CEIME . for which Meiera suffored to-day are briefly as fullows : On the 10th day of Auguat, 1671, somo miles south of Denver, Meiers shot and instantly killed s man named George M. Bonacina, and attempted to take tho life of Donacina's ree puted sister. The ehot not taking effect, sho escaped, and gave the alarm, which soon caused Meires’ arrest noar Colorado Springs, where he Was .waiting for & coach to Pueblo. Mciers, at the timo'of the murder, waa working for'the doccased, Who, it scems, had borrowed somo money of him, which, on the eveningof the murder, Mejers domanded. The deceased refosing to pay, some worda arose, when the decoased reached for his gun,~— Meires, 8t the same instant,’ ehooting him twice, cither of which wounds would have caused immediato death. Ho then went to the house, faking the shot-gun with him, and, call- ing to the sister of the deceased, shot Lier a8 sho sppeated in to door stter which bie weut fo the barn, whero he'-romained a fow minutes, then returned to the house, and, looking in & window, saw his intended victim moving around in the room. He then returnod to where hohad killod Bonacing, and carefally covered him np with soversl blankets and some straw. Arrang- ing himeglf, he coolly Inid down by the mido of ‘his victim, where ho says be alept soundly until morning, when he was nwakened by a wagon ‘passing, avd heard Afrs. Newman (the decessed man's sister) calling from the house to the driver, communicating the 'circumstance of the tragedy to him. The tolograph was_put into gervico, and, tho following (ui, Shoriff Cook, of Denver, wag on the trail of the murderer,—ar- resting him, as bofore stated. § 4 $;eaterdny, losing all” hope of a " zoprieve, iers 5 IADX A CONFESSION of bis crimes. He had twa trials, "in both of which he was sontenced to die on' the gallows. His counsel took the caso to the Suprema Court, butwithout avail. Throughout yestordsy the prisoner preserved his stolid demeznor, no bur- den appearing to rost npon kis sonl. -Ho_fally regretted the deed whon reminded of its great enormity, but it scomed to him to bo tho pass- port 1o & bettor world, which ba Loped_soon to Teach. -He calmly smokod his cigar, and was in conversation with Lis clergymen the %en:icr part He spoke of his approsching death, of the dsy. aud eaid: “I have made my peace with my Maker, nnd I die_ happy, in tho Catholic faith, feeling that I will.soon be in Heaven.” Ho talkod of death as thoughit was notthe King of Terrors, This morning, ko told the Bheriff that it was of 1o use to go to the ex- peuse ‘of procuring a wigon to.tske Lim io the gallows, his proferring to walk. -_ Atout 8 o'cleck this a. m., “the instrument of death was placed in position, a short distance north of the city, in the bottom of the Plaito River, and, by 10 o'clack, everything was ready. TIE PROCESSION, > About 1 o'clock, the Denver Scouts were ssen dismounting at tho Sheriff'a offics, whencs they marched to the jail. Beiors was led ont o the procession. _Entariug & close carriage, with tho Sheriff, bis Deputy, cod two priests, they rodo to the gallows, escorted by the Denver Scouts and sevoral policemen. About 10,000 men, women. and children esecmbled at tho place of ezecu- tion. Many carriages, 'busgs, end wigons, all londed with human fraight, surrounded tho im- menee crowd. The carriags containiug’ Meiers paased through the multitude, and into the in- closure, and Meiers was conducted to the seaf- fold, His appearonce was that of s man who was determined to brave it to theend. Ho coughod elightly once or twice, and stood on tho drop straight as on_errow, perfectly guiet, and facing the large assemblage, While the Sheriff tiod his ° bands féct, the priests uttered their prayers. There wers no signs of amofionton thhu’g[ncg t]:! k:ho dngmi:‘d man, excopt = gard look, csused DLy long confinement. The rope was adjusted about his nock, and the cap was about to be placed over his head, when he smiled upon the sudienco and said, * Farowell, friends; Lam going into another world.” The cap was then adjnsted, and the gallows clearod. 'Sheriff Cook pulled tho, drop, and the victim, with a Leavy * thud,” WAS LAUNCIED INTO ETEANETY. Eightoen minutes after tho victim dropped, ho was cut down, and placed in & cofin. The crowd dispersed, with the genoral feeling that justica waa earried out for the fourth time sinco - the organization of Colorado. BNITT. —_— GILDED POVERTY. A Strango Story of Two Female Misors —Riches in Bags—A Sickenlng Sight. From the Germantown (Phila.) Teleqraph. It thero is such & thing as-* gilded poverty, ’ an exomplification of it was utnlu'nil ‘manifast- d in Camden during tho pest weok. From in- fancy to tho ripe old 6ge of S0 yaars, two i sisters nazod, Grsco and Chaly aighn, Lave resided in that city. They_owned in their own right property eaid to be worth at least one hundred thousand dollars in very eligible loca- tions, and wera possessed of other proparty Gf valus. Yot theso two females (they naver mar- ried) lived togother in almost perfect seclusion, in the most eccontric manner. * Their house on Kabn’s avenua wes always kept closed, and no one admitted except such as came to aid them in their businesa transactions, and they wers few. Their apartments were kept almost a5 gloomy 88 prison dungoons, and day after day, woek after weel, month after month, and year after yoar, they groped about in tho darlmess of their own creasted prison, denying themselvos oven tho comforis and necesearies of life. For many years this was their way of Iiving, and those who knew them best believed that at any time they might be found dead in their house from sclf-donial and neglact. Some time last summer thoy par- chased a fine now dwelling-honse on Markot street, sbove Fourth, and moved into it early in the fall. What articles of furniture they had were sot in the parior, but wero never putin their proper places. From that time upto Thurs- day week they lived in_their old way, without comforts or anything that would contribute to comfort. From the Thuradzey alluded to, moth- ing had been seon of them, aud no noise was mado in tho house to indicato that they were alive. This created o suspicion that somothin, was wrong, and officer Hoflinger was' instruct to forcoan entrance. This was sccomplished, when ho found, to his horror, the most sick- ening sight ho ever met with. The room was baro of furniture, dark and dirty; no firo Dhed been in the tove for three days, and there, on 8 fotce, with nothing over her but_sn old ragged and dirty quilt, Isy Graco Kaighn, cold and etiff in death. Her sister, Charity, waa found in & corner of a room, almos¢ doubled up, and in & periching condition. Bho was i e iintaly takon cats of, and, under the dirac- tion of Dr. Armstrong, "Coroner, eho is doin well. Bho &id not know that Grace was doa On a table near by was a loaf of bread and some butter, - which " hed not been touched. The Corona: toolk L:_ht a Dd‘i!p:h:d body‘, and bad it appropriatel 8 of. He found _ Eome Dirteen T dollars on the person of decessed, and took posaession- of such pepers and valuables as were found un-" til rightfuf parties to them appear. Among the papers are several tax bills for roal estate, one of which calls for 8600, which at tho rate of taxation, £2.50 on the 8100, would be for an as- sessed property of §26,000. This was for one square of fmmd, facing Broadwsy, between Line and Pine streots. They owned large amounts of real estate in other parts of Camden. Notwithatanding all this, they were in the most abjeot state of exposure and destitution., . ———— —3is3 Leonora Methuen, Alfmmg girl of 16, residing near Marysville, Cal,, took her little gun and a dog the other day, and, sallying out, oravely pureued aod slew a thirty-pound wild- cat, the destroyer of her pet lamb, ticable, the districts to correspond NEV ORLEANS. Our Treatmenst of the South-— Sentimens of the Conth- ern Teupie. the Zonth One-Horse - Barouches-==[foisture of the Atmosphere. The French DMarket and the French leerai-youse. e Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune, ... NEw OnzEsxs, Jan, 15, 1873, It was not my intention, when I closed my Iast letter, to writo another word upon-the poli- tics of Lounisiana. Since 'then, however, the opportunities given for recing and hearing both sides of the question lead me to to ask another hearing of your readers. OUE TREATMENT OF THE SOUTH. We, ag a nation, aro doubtless growing more liberal in our views of customs and opinions held by other peoples. We ackmowledge an in- telligent individaal s in equal, even though he worships Buddha. In fact, we zre beginning to pride ourselves upon these broad, liberal vicwa. Yet, in the treatment the South is roceiving at the bands of the Governmont, we resemble those good members of society who furnish mission- ardes for food, and forget thosenecdier individa- als who live within & stonc's throw. We are roady to-forgive the cannibal who afeup our ‘miesionary, and will oven sond him & fresh sup- ply; but we can't forgive tho man who stole & 1oaf of bread to foed a starving family. " BENTRAENT OF THE SODTHERN TEOPLE. We cannot forgive the Soath, although she is unquestionably penitent, and tho great majority of her citizens are ready and anxious to ° ac- cept the situation " ; willing to accopt, withont complaint; the necessary results of an unsue- cessful robellion ; willing to remain good citi- zens of the United Btates; willing to support the Federal Government. The people of the South, 18 a people, havo no thonght of making another war-issue with the North. What they do feel that they have the right to askis, that,’ taking . what property they. have . left, they may be allowed to preserve end use'it to tho best advantage. The question with the South, to-dny, is financial. .The people de- siro to bay, and sell, and get gain.” They aro sick of politics. They havo said to ‘me, We ‘wish'all tha pogroes could go to Congress, and we would voto to!put them there if that would rid us of tho theft and plundering of the carpot-baggers.” You may ask, Why don't they let politics alone, then? Because the life is taken out of business by the ruinous rate of tax- ation imposed by & body of meén who have neither reputation nor a dollar of money at stako, excopt that which Lag been stolen by them from the treasury of the people; and the people liavo taken hold of politics to eave the _romnanta of their propsrty from going into . the hand of the political huckster. A VOLUME MIGHT DE WRITTEX upon this subject, and tho Liberal papers of the North must ot let the subject drop until tho people understand and recognizo the position of tho SBoath. It was a pleasare to me, as a.friend of Tee Cmicaco TninoNe, to hear the many words of praiac given to it for the good work it is doing in this cense. The writeris in no waya political man ; my trip was entirely for pleasure ; and it is only because politics aro 80 prominently brought befora mo, aud ita results o plainly ‘seen, that I venture npon that subject. Lot me now give you some idea of my experiencs at the -Crescent City. The trip is & 50-hour'one from Chicago. Wo arrived hero exactly on_time, Saturday night a3 11 o'clock, having loft cnicago Tharsday § p. m. Thero is very little to be exid of Now Oricans de- pots, and that litle is not in the way of praise. * Least said, soonest monded.” You can take & ;ibuz to the lotels far 53 conts, or any one of & ozen . ONE-HOLSE BAROTCHES that aro alvays on hand. Thesc one-hores ‘barouches are ‘oxcellent conveyances, and, in & city with such level streets ns Chicago, could be used to better advantage than hacks. 'Thoy ara much lightor than our two-horse barouchos, and ono horsa goes over tho ground, with two or threa peons, quito as “fast 3 our lhacks. I 2d occasion touse ono in &_heavy rain-storm, -znd was finfir:!);};wtac:ad. ‘With such convoy- Ances, thero. conld be lower rato3 of fare; and many gentlemen swould use them daily In getting to and from their homes. - There is & growing need for cheap carriages for hire.in Chicago. “To any man who will establish lines of them, the -futare hes ebundant reward, with, at the leaat, a aying investment for the presant. I can namo s hundred Board of Trade men who, in patties of four (easily accommodated in one barouche), would willingly pay 25 conts cach tobo thus taken to and from their business daily. Sunday morning I was up at Lalf-past 5. 1am Dot. an early riser ordinarily, and had the jour- ney as an excuso for keeping in bed to an un- usual extent this morning ; yot ono wishes no excuse to stay abod in Naw Orleans, especially ‘the first day, for thera is the French X(nrket. The first thing which attracts your attention as you step into the street in the early dayis. the WETNESS . of everything ; it is several degrees more than damp. My tmpression was, that it rained every night, a\flmugR‘ when I retired, it was, with ono oxcoption, beautifully clear: overhead. The -wetness is_resultznt of the stmosphere, which is very moist. This moisture does not extend, I wes assured, much farther inland; but hero everything is wet, cold, and limpin' the esrly ‘morning. i 1 hava visited tho public markets of tho Iarge" cities of the United States, but TIE FRENCH MARKET OF NEW ORLEANS - is an institution by itself. It has not as yet been my good fortune to seo other countries than our own, but in this market there are glimpses of far-off countries and peoples. You cortainly can hear more languages than yoa can buy dictionaries to translate. **Lo™ is here, in his familiar sttitude, with » little bag of gumbo befora him, waiting for his custamers ; while the Italian, German, Frenchman, Chinamsn, Japauese, mlmyt o;hu m&uun x;i-:]duy fi;&xhnis countryman located in = stall, selling anythis from s whistle to the hesd %L s melE coon.” And these nations are all repre- sented in the throng of customers. lero pusses & quadroon, with her_ market-basket; at her side, a darker boy and enother baskot, They evidently have the dinner of somo wealthy entlemun. Peeping out from the cover of her askot, you see tho matorials for the soup, and tho hLead of s splendid red-fish; in the boy's is some kind of game, o roast of bedf, and & liberal supply of vegetables. Hero comes s Creole gen- tleman, with his wife and servant; they .are as daintily dressod ss if it were a 8 o'clock p. m. promonade. Bchind them hobbles a decrepit old nogress, seeking tho most promising soup-ma- terial in exchange for her picayune. In fact, every class and condition of people got their daily bread and butter at this market. ‘The poorer classes are hore in great numbers, and are evidently well accommodsted. In a 'very large number of the stalls, tho materials for s good, but cheap, dinnmer aro tied in bundles, “multum in parvo,” all for from 10 to 25 cents. Potatoes, onions, garlic, and almost every vegetable yon can think of, aro tisd up in Littlo bunches, and for oalo st s picayune per |- bunch. The variety of food for sale is greater than inourmarkets. Lake Ponchartrain abounds in nice fish, which are in this market and for #ale within'two hours from tho time they are canght. Gamo is plentifully supplied, whilo the meats are as varied and palatable as ours. There are numborless little stands in . this market whero coffes and cakea are for sale, and you will certainly buy the first morning from curnosity or hunger, and’ every other morning because they are so nice. Threo hours in this market that ‘morning, and no end discovered! I have still an ides that there is no end; that one conld spend his life there, and see now ar- ticles for sale, and hear new languages, every day. The market-buildings are low, wooden structures, near the levee. ~ On the leves, beside these buildings, ares nomber of wooden boaths, where you can buy oranges for 10 cents per dozen. ~You can also play - threo-card monta; but 'it will cost you moro than the oranges. When I writo you éan buy everything here, you must onderstand me in 3 very broad sease,— pina, noedles, coats, hats, veits, boots, shoes, tinware, waro, underwear, chests of tools, ofc., etc. Whatever you can buy in a day'n mm'g in the streets of Chicago can be found somewhere in the sf of the French Market of New O:leans. You lszvo it alwava wih 8 determinalion to come | the . again, and are slwaya sure of finding something new. Solomon never visited it.- You never think “ good bye” whon you leavs it, bat always *au revoir.” # After breakfest, I went to the ' ST. LOTIS CATHIYT, oldast in the Sa. 4 323 olie B Cathedral is eu interior and éxterior appearance, fronting Jack. son Square, only one block from the leveo, and snrrounded by fudicial courts and_police-offices. The attendance was very largo,—grentor than tho Cathodral could sccommodate,—the adjacent square and streats being thronged with interest- ‘ed spactators; - VR ) = Jackson Equaro beafs the marks of Putler's visit to New Orlens, in the sentenco, “The Unioa must be preserved,” cut in the' granits block which supports tha equestrian sistue of General Jackson. In. the evening, I visited the FRENCH OPERA HOUSE, whore there was a large audience, filling every seat in the capacious house. They have a habit bere, which is almost & rule with the male at- tondants, -of. going -ont between the -acta to make end emake a cigarctte. Tho entrance, ai these times, s filled with men and ¥, is snd smoking af t. 5 feasfal Tate. - Thero azo booths at the rear of cach circle of seats, for the sccommodation of families ; and this secmed to me to be 5 feature which might be introdnced emong us with bene~ 1it to our wives and children.- Groat sociabilit; was tho ruls among the booths,—Isdies an children visiting et the friends’ bootha betwoen acts, making it an occasion of social enjoyment and racreation. , These foreignera can tosch us much of plessufe in-life, if we will but learn. Leaving the theatre, 1 walk slowly tomy hotal, watching tio peopls, and hearing the verious noises which 7o will alwaya notice in s strange city. Withalarge Catholic demonstration ;.on tho eve of ‘s preat politicsl inauguration; with szloons in full blasttall over the city,—I can neither sea nor hear any boisterous or unseemly demonstration. e T BOSTOX IS NOT MORE ORDEBLY. . . I open my windows, and go to bed with only & sleet and one blanket over mo, ul that I 2:a not, a8 you undonbtedly are, trying to fiand more bedclothes, with which to wia a victory over —25° Fahrenheit. b 5 J. H R SN ‘THE FIELD AND STABLE. Founder, or Lominitis—Xt3.Symptoms ~-Duration, and Termination, From Our Own Correspondent. 6 MuNmATTAY, Ean,, Jan. 24; 1873, - ¥OUNDER, OB LAMINITIS. This diseace Is a foverish, rheumatic inflamma- tion of the soft-solid parts inclosed in the hoofs of horses and cattle, and haa its principal'seat in the so-called fleshy Iaminm, which connect the hoo!f propor with the interior of the foot. The conrse of this feverish, rheumatic inflammation is alvsys acute in the beginning; whera We spesk of a chronic founder, or laminitis, wo mean those morbid changes and degenerations that aro tho rosult of the inflammatory process, | aud, consequently, that chronio inflammation which is caused and supported by thoso marbid changes. : & “at first but “thofevor—and the symptoms of-the local in- . 118 STMPTOMS. . The symptoms of.a theumatio fever, which usnally is of a sthenic or inflammatory, not a8 often of an asthenic or torpid character, compli- cated with thosc of an inflammation of tho-feet, constitute_the principal symptoms ; thereforo the disgnoaia is not difficalt. -The gait of the patiants is. axtremely labori- ous, peinfal, snd stiff, and s, in most cases, only the fore-feet are discased, the animal draws the hind feet just as far forward as pogai- ble, endeavoring to support the-whols weight of tho body apon the hind legs.. The horses stretch. thoir fore-feet forward, move them only very,re- Inctantly snd carefully, and touch the ground, instead of with the toes, only with the heels. In those rare cases in which the seat f thadiseas igintho hind-feet, tho patients seek to throw the weight of their body upon the fore-feet; and, where all four feet ars inflamed, tho ani- mals are in tho greatest misery, are scarcely able to thand on their legs, and have, on sccount of the sevoro pain, a great tondency to lis down. Once on the ground, itis frequently vary difi- cult to get them on their legs again. = Founder- ed cattle generaily lie down, and - can eoldom bo induced to atand up. When compelled to atand, the animals frequently grozn, exhibit_great dis- tress, tromblo in all four limbs, especially ia the affected ones, swagger, endeavor to)ift their feet, and are gesrcely ablo to stand. . The rospiration ia accclorated, somotimes very considerably. The beating of tha heart is almost®always per- ceptible, and the pulastion is much faster than common,—forthe pulso, in Bome cases; is run ning as Ligh a8 80 or 100 beats in a_minute. A very plain, sometimes very throbbing puleation | can be observed in the very largo artery of the | shank (ramus tolaris sublimis), and in the arter- | ies of tho pastern, or digital arteries; and in | other places,—in the radial, and in the oxternal i maxillary arteries,—the pulse is cither tense and foll; or hard and small, sccording to the degreo | of the fever. The temperature of the hoofs is | very much increased, and the latter aro very sen- sitive toward pressure. The appetite is either | unchanged or somewhat decreased, and is want- ing only in snch in which the fover is vory high, or wheére founder' is complicated with other diseases. In cattlo and hogs, founder is not very frequent, and seldom 8o movere a8 -it is \in horges, - - Foundered hogs, ,whem compelled to move, frequently grunt on’ account of the pain. Cattle, when badly foundered, ~generally lio | dowa. and cannot bb prevailed npon fo get up. It happens, now aad then, that founder be- comes complicatod with other discases,—for in- etance, with plouritis, poricarditis, etc., and then the symptoms of founder and those of the complications unite,—become blended with each other. Insuch cases-the-fover-genorally risen vory_high; tho respiration becomes very much accelerated, &nd even distressing an vory difficalt, especially where tho -pain in" tho {2et ia 50 great that tho animals aro compslied toliedown. Instill other cases, the laminitis, or founder, is attended with colic symptoms; and where, a!tho same timo,- the-stomach-is overloaded with food, the animiala appear m i;b,_uml show disorder in the functions of the . DURATION AND TERMINATION. “The inflammetion of the feot is either primary or secondary. In tho formor caso, the fever is ight, but inoreasea gradually more; in the latter case, tho fever sppears first, and reaches oftena high degroe before the smp- toms of laminitis make their appearance. In still other cases, the zencral symptoms—that is, flammation make their appearance simultane- ously.- The courze. of founder is at first always acute, bat changes afterwards to a chronic one, —that is, a8 soon a4 a morbid changh of tisane have been produced in the interior of the inflamed feet. -In cattle and hogs, the sensitive- ness in tho feet is not great as in horsos;?| hence, the disease usnally ia leas severe, and the chronio courss less frequent.. When founder Bas taken a chronic conrao, then the fover gen- crally decreases, and, in gome cases, disappears altogether. : % s s ‘Tho duration varies; the same depends to & great extent npon the severity of the inflamma- tion, tho eeverity and Eharscter of the fever, the causes, the constitution of the animal, and prin- cipally upon the trestment. _1f the latter isa timoly aud rational ono, the disease usgally ter- ‘minates in recovery within three or four days, 1If. however, recovery hss not been effected ‘within five o seven daya, orif the diseaso, es- pecislly whers the same s rather severo, hes cen neglocted during the first three days, & porfect restoration to health cannot any more bo expectod, and thon the course becomes | chronic. Morbid products, and morbid changes of tissuo in the interior of ‘the foet will be the inavitabls resulis. . = * . The tarminations of foundor, or laminitis, are | the samo as thoss of othor inflammations, A dispersion may be expocted ; 1, where the attack 18 a very light one ; and 2, whero the dis- eage ia early enough—eay within 24 or 43 hours, eccording t0 its severity—subjected to a rational treatment. A dispersion is indicated by a de- crease of the fever and -of tho infiammatory symptoms. The pulastion in the arterics of the shank aad of the pasterns, the pain in the Tfeet, and the temperatare of the hoofs, diminish the great siiffness ‘and tension disappear; the standof the patient becomes normal, and bis gait freer again, ‘ The most unfavorablo termination is gan g:ng. 1t is not & rare occurreace, for the in- ed and awelled laminm sra situated hetween %o hard substances, the third phalanx, hoof~ bone, ar coffin-bone, and the horny hoofs, con- sequontly, are pressed upon from two sides, from within by the bone, and from .without by tho hard and unyielding hoof,—a circamstanca which is woll able to cause a parfect interruption of the circalation of the blood in the inflamed parts, a2d, what is_just the same, a cessation of the nutrition, prodaced, eapecially when tho process is a very acate and sovers one, &nd the exndsdon within the hoof, and consequencly the awclling, vory important. As soon as | month of his moa! 8y for tho vericd of throé tho nutritive procoss 18 stopped, local douib. 0f | mentnay - DALY pRTfor tho 2 Buch an interruption is eesily | post; was run off the post the last tims he Wwas inflammstory | on guard, 5 words the afternoon of the 2ith of December ha took gungrene is the resnlt. Compolling the pati 0 stand on a liard flocr, or o walk on Bard g unoven ground, but espocially an irrations] treatment, must be considered also 13 agencies that are able to promoto & termination 1a gag: g At ing, Lo re-pirstion considerabl A ated, and breath ehort;: tho warmth olytbfi;‘:(x. decreased; the pain, ‘however, = becomas ox- “tremely ‘great; go- that-the animaly - frequently te their teoth. - Furiher, the coronetof thy 00f sinks, becomes depressod, the sesms sepa, rates, and s fetid ichor oozes out betweon thy skin ind o hoot; the saimals loso tho uso of eot, and lis down alme “gngf_;@d g 08t constantly, or . Not &lways, Bowever, is great pain an ‘indica: coronet in all casos » chersceristio' mymptom, for great pain, 18 woll as great deprossion, 14 observed also where, for instance, the fayer has assumed a typhoid or_torpi acter, or whero tho fonnder, or laminitis, is_complicated with other important discases. Stll, the ofher symptoms sttending gangreno pravent s mise take. Afterwards, when tha floshy parts of the hoof havobecn mortified, the sens!tiveness sad tLe increased warmth of the fuot disappear, and tho snimals, notwithstandiug that the hoofs are separated, do not seem to feel much pain by tauz-_hinzf {he ground, and standing on their foes till finally the separation becomes perfect, an the hoofa are lost. - Generally, kowaver, the mis- -rg- 800n terminated by death. - suchcases where neither dispersion isefe focted; nor gangrene is taking place, the inflam. mation can ferminate in suppuration. This tag. mination, too, must be considered as a most un. {avorable one, for it frequently leads to an absorption of the matter, and, in cansequnnce of t to's formation ot sbscestes in the lunge which, of course, causo the death of the animal, Suppuration msy be cxpected where the inflam. in very sévere, where the diseased fost are exposied to local ‘injurions infiuences, and whara the morbid changea within the hoof are of such » natare as to cause a destraction of tis. sue; as; for instanco; where tlo funndersd horses aro compelled to travel over hard and uneven gronnd, macadamized ‘roads, ete., but ospecially where the hoofs havo been discased oy deformed before laminitia made 1ts appearance, or where the patients sre neglestad; .ot kaso to suffer from an irrational and injurious treat. ment. - Bappuration, in_ ell cases, is & conse. soquence of an effosion of bloody seram in the-interior of tho heof ; therefore, is almayy of o malignant character, and dpxoducsn a fetid ichor, instead of & yellow and odorless matter, a8 we find it in other tissues after novere inflam- mations. The indications of this termination ara asfollows : - The pulse in the srieries of the shank and pasterns remains very tense and full, becomes throbbiug ; the pain in the feet is vy considereble, especially in thosa parts in which the matter is formed ; therafore, is most saverd, sometimes iu the wall, sometimes in tho ralo, but generally towards the toe, or in the trisnglo Dbetween the bars and the wall of the heel, or, final- I, st some placo on the coronet, —tha laktor whe + o abscess is u;eninf £bove. ‘Chen the corone appoars concave snd depressed. As moon g matter has been’ formed within tho hoof, tks horse - y lifts the inflamed foot almost constantly, but does it scarcely enough to remove the same from the ground. A local atamination uvAea!n ng-:‘l the t{u: conditinn, . very. juent termination of founder ig thatin degeneration and deformation of the feat, cansed by the disorder in the putritivo pro- coss, and o doposit of a plastic erudation within the hoofa. It takes placa almost alwars whero the inflammation issevere, and the patieat not early enough subjected to a proper trest- ment. Buch deformations are kuown s pomic- 2d feet, and mey be subdivided.into full-hoofs, with a flat or convex ‘sale; knoll-hoofs, whera the hoofs are very much deformed and ill-haped ; and ring-hoofs, whers the deformation s sush a8 o canse an irregular growth of the wall ar crust. The symptoms attending this termination are as follows: The fever decreases, and disape e almost entircly ; the pulsebecormes slowes, ut the pulsation, though somewhat decreased, remnins in the arteries of the shank and pastern; the coronet sinks; tho sole of the hoof growa fist, and finally convox; and the pain sud Tame: Desa, it at all, are but littlo diminished. . Tho whita line which connects the sols of the hoof with the crust of the sams azsames o yellow- reddish, sometimes even a red color, appesra rather porous, and infiltrated with & rellamish flnid, .~ Afterwarda the whito line grows widor, Justin the seme degres as the Loof bezomes flattened and deformed, in some cases avan thres times as wide as in a healthy hoof. The sole it- sclf becomes very.sensitive, and the plastic exu- dations lead to the formation of new, but mor- bid horn, deposited, or wedged in, bekweon the crust or wall of the hoof and the cofin-bazo, ec- pecinlly towasds the'toe. This new horn prabeca the toe-pact of the hoof. forward,—hocce thio elongated uhus: of & hoof deformed by founder, —and crowds the toe-part of the coffin-boue back ward £nd dowawssd, which, of conrso, causos tha ole to become convex, ‘aud, as continued pressuro always un!eu.:hu?uon. makes the sols vory thin and sensitive. Under such conditions, tho ‘white line must grow.wider and wider. In somo cases, the deformation becomes 80 extensivo, and the pseudo-horn pushes the toe-part of tha coffin-bone 8o faz backvward and downwasd, as to change the lower surface of that bone 10 3 pos- terior one, and fo bring the point of tho too ?nlo s perpondicular position. The normal growth of the boof, and tho production of cound horn, of course, sre considerably disturbed, and the hoof not only grows out " of ahape, but also the Lo itself becomes -brittle an In some -cases, the coffin-bone, too, takes part in ‘the morbid . process, £COmes . infismed, , or, -'‘maybe, carious, ' and then the patiest . 'remains ' very lame for life- time, oven if the disease should not fermi- pate in suppuration or gangrene, which may bo brought on by the slightest injury. In sucha case, the horss, at any rate, is without valus, -In the courzo-of time, especially where & chronic inflammation. is- yet _existing, such & pumicad foot grows longer and longer, and atill moro flat, sometimes-to such &n extent ss to approach 'tke form of a human foot ; the solo froquently becomes separated. from ' tho wll, and sand-cracks and-falso quarters aro very ofton the consequences. . Such dogenersted fest destroy the.value of ‘the horse; otly where ke dogeneration ia very moderate, Buch an ani may ‘be mado sorviceable by proper and judicious oeing. - ¥ In flf!hfl!fl casos in which tha disease has not torminated in disperaion,—whica, by the wav, is tho only termination that admits a perfect re- covery,—more or loss stiffness are still left be (Aforbid anatomy, canses, and ireatment nott , weak.) - VET=EDOARION. Falling 175 Fcet Down the Shaftofa Mine, and Still Alive and Wells . .- From the San. 0 (Cal.) World, Christmes Eve at the Juliza Mines furnished ono of the most remarkable incidents fn all tho of curious casualties. Charley Fox is oge of the owners-of the San Diego Ledge. shaft is sunk to the depth of 175 feet. his place in the bucket to go down to the lower level. It had been raining freely during the dsy. Tha break on the whim, which raises aad lowers the bucket in mines not supplied with steam power, was held in its pflc& by s rope, TChis "had becoms * very _wet; ! course, relaxed ly taken his placa in' the bofore he went . careering like lightning do’ the sheer drop of 175 feet. The break was at: Iutely useleas, and down, down hurtled buc: and man, bumping now against one_side- and. now against tho other, until finally both struzk the two-inch planking which covered the well. The bucket was smashed to pieces, and poor Charley plungig through the two-inch phnhn& 28 though it had been pastboard, into the we This wes six or eight fect deep. He sznk to the bottom, and, when he Tose, wes bauled cut by his comrades Wwho were working in tha level. The mystery of the business is that, althoogh Fox was pretty thoroaghly jarred aad b 3 broken ankle ias the only sesious injury rest ing from the fall. "y A Soldier Afraid of Ghosts, . At & recont generalcourt-martial, held at Fort Sanders, Wymnnfig, William F. Cooko, s mem+ ber of Compeny E, cavalry, was brought before the tribunal on two. charges, tho first ane beidg s violation of the forty-fourth article of war; tho specification being that, 85 & member of ths poat giard at Fort Sanders, he failod to repsit at the time and place fixed for rotrest parads of tho gusrd. The specification in this charge &2 plaing why he did not “ repair at the time sad Place fixed for retreat parade of theguard.” Itia that Private William pp Cooke, having besn reg- ularly detailed and munnted as a member of t£6 8¢ guard of Fort Sanders, being ordered by the argenat of the guard to got his carbine and geb ready to go on post, did ey ““I'd rather noh® and, being again ordered by tho Sargeant of th8 guard to get ready to go on post, refused to obey the order, and refcsod to go_on post, &l leging as a reason that he “was afraid to go od TR e and w3 afraid of ghosts; ar ‘Ho was found guilty, and sen the eame effect. States $10 p&r tenced to * forfeit to the Unil i, T T e e Toees its resistance. ¥ l ! S B