The New York Herald Newspaper, October 31, 1872, Page 5

“WT OF THE TRACES ‘The Poor Horses Find Relief from Toll Only in the Toils of Pain. BOVIND BEASTS OF BURDEN. Processional Pageant of Bucolic Pan Through the Business Thoroughfares. THE HORRORS OF THE HIPPORHINORRHEA, Bighty-Nine Deaths During Yesterday and the Street Car and Stage Horses Only Slowly Convalescent. UNES OF TRAVEL STILL STOPPED. The Equo-Malaria in Brooklyn, New Jersey, Newark, New York and Elsewhere. ‘There is no doubt that the epizootic distemper, or whatever it may be called by those who roll the English language as a choice morsel upon their tongues, first invaded the State of New York on the shores of the Niagara River. Mr. Fulton, of Bafalo, in his letter to Mr. Robert Bonner, of the eager, a8 published some days. since in the IEBEALD, prophesied that the force.of the plague wonld spend itself in the course of ten days, The @isease enshrouded the western portion of the State like a heavy fog; but now, as was foretold by the observant Buffalonian, it begins to dissipate its folds, and horses and horsemen alike breathe freer. Even in New York the first spasm of alarm mas passed, and the condition of the animals asa total was yesterday considerably improved. In Broadway and the other thoroughfares of ‘rade and avenues of fashion there was a notice- able depreciation in the number of vehicles, ef every description that usually pass by. Along the wharves anc piers in West street and South street, where the carts and trucks are ‘wont to form an entangled pandemonium, there van a silence and barrenness almost solemn. Here and there great piles of merchandise had been Massed, and men were dragging up through nar- vow gangways fresh packages to add to the almost monumental pile. Sometimes gangs of men would be found drawing a truck, lightly loaded, toa meighboring picr or an adjacent store- Rouse. At such places the “yo-he-ho” of the Nongshoremen drowned the curses vented over muddy boots and bedrabbied garments, and replaced somewhat the lost excite- gent, hurry and bustle. Express and truck men fvhose horses had not fallen victims to the worst form of the plague, but were still able to drag their weary forms and heavy loads along, reaped a har- west im the shape of double charges for every ser- mice, , Late in the evening a representative of the BRALD called upon Mr. Bonner to learn from him Se condition of é THE KING OF THE TURF. Mr. Bonner was sitting alone in his library, read ing, and his kind, sympathetic face brightene-4 swhen his faverites were spoken of. ‘They were all . Betting on finely,” he said, “and I think the plague ywill goon pass by.” Later he led the reporter to fale palace stable. There, in box stalls with double one tight and the other open, covered with matting and loose straw, stood half a dozen famous horses, blanketed, swathed and muzzied. Dexter was first, his eye bright, his breathing soft pnd regular, his skin smooth and glossy. fWhen his muzzle was removed he quietly picked up and chewed the straw from the floor. Only once in half an hour spent in the stable did a cough, yet all have been attacked by the ep- tic in a mild form. There is no odor in this ptable save that of carbolic acid, which comes from potties placed here and there, and is dispensed in fepray at intervals through every stall. The tem- rature never varies here, and wood is burned to prevent the possibility of coal gas reaching the nos- of the horses. ‘WHAT BERGH I8 DOING. Mr. Bergh, seated in*his rooms, at the corner of Broadway and Fourth street, is very busy. He ptates that one of the railroad companies sent to him to have their cars stopped, as they feared to Bake the responsibility upon themselves, for fear of paverse public opinion. The company he alluded to was the Eighth avenue company. + At two o’clock P. M. he sent the following letter tothe President of the Bleecker Street Car Com- ‘pany :— American Soctety voR THe PREVENTION OF bestia peg » sea tts (ORK, Oct. 80, 1872. slg) Esq. :— ‘Tho horses attached to the cars of your Bleecker street are in a deplorable condition. “Human and Divine forbid the infliction of greater suflering on creatures ly sick and diseased. "In ths spirit of justice to bu- manity I would respecttully request you to withdraw for Bave done, and ‘ask’ for the Inver of an Wrumedioce rep tothis, Yours, HENRY BERGH. An investigation into the condition of the horses im many livery stabies showed that though no great @hange had taken place in tne condition of the animals, they were generally believed to be im- proving. Russian Baths for the Sick Horses. Mersra, Coleman & Volk, who employ twenty Graught horses drawing vy marble blocks, have resorted to a novel and successful mode of treating the hipporhinorrhea. Their horses caught the contagion some six or seven days ago, and on Friday iast were withdrawn from work. On Monday their hostler suggested that the sick animals be treated to a Russian bath. Whe idea took, and forthwith a steam box or stall Jargo enough to accommodate two horses was erected near the engine room on the premises. From the boiler there was a steam pipe run into the box in question and two horses subjected toa femperature of 140 degrees; they were then given Swarm bath, after which they were *ponged and jell rubbed, and the performance concluded by the @dministration of A COLD WATER “DOUCE.”’ All of the twenty horses were treated in this g@manner aud this morning they were put to work, ba jetely cured, with appetites restored if not wi . A word of advice to those who contempiate ting this mode of treatment would not here be jor an attempt to administer a bath without having everything prepared might lead to results directly op; ite to those sought, If it is intended to give a horse a Russian bath it should be given to him where there can be Mo possibility of a draft striking him, as in the event of such an accident the symptoms of the dis- ease would only be augmented and the life of the @nimal endangered. Atter he has been steamed ‘gnd the warm bath administered, rub him until his akin is perfectly dry. He should then be bathed in wold water, kept out of drafts, and the good re- ts will begin to show themselves beiore twelve Dave elapsed. Bucolics Redivivus. ‘The terrible murrain which has incapacitated man’s favorite animal, the horse, irom performing fis usual functions, has had the effect of driving merchants, and especially those who do a large @hipping and export business, to devise a variety of ways in which to avert an utter stagnancy in trade. Trucks and wagons with horses attached thereto being unattainaole for the purpose of transportation, it became, long before the hipporhinorrhea assumed its present gigan- tio proportions, & mattcr of much mo- ment as to the manner in which business could be conducted without the very valuable assistance of the equine race, It was proposed that cars on the street railroads should be drawn or propelied by “dummies;” but these ugly contrivances, eman- ating from man’s ingenuity, would have to be built. Mules—there are not half a dozen span in the city, #0 this project proved not to be possible, NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET. By the by, where ‘which were in ever heard of an‘animal of this species shuffitng off thie mortal coll, yet there scems to be an utter dearth of this valuable bet STUBBORN QUADRUPED. Oxen! Yes, to return to first principles and bringing the yoke and heavy wagon once more imto use inthe city. The idea was derided at frst; but, as the terrible epizootic rapidly assumed pre- dominant sway, the wisdom of the proposition began to be admitted, and large wholesale mer- chants, and those who were compelled to transmit Fh in order to fulfil contracts, with brilliant once essayed to 6 es of oxen to perform the iubor of their diseasca horses, ¥ @ HERALD reporter was cha: hig oney with the duty of ascertaining how th: pian 01 who had employed and “the working, feeling of the city” upon the subject. first vis- ited office of Mr. J. Munroe Taylor, 112 Liberty street, having heard that that gentleman had sent to Poughkeepsie for several yoke of oxen. Mr. Taylor, a courteous gentleman, well advanced in ee, received the writer kindly, and the foliow- els the gist of views and theories on the horse A8e — “Yes; I sent to Mayor Eastman, at Poughkee} sie, asking him to pay on ten yoke of oxen 1 do the work of my horses, none of which I will con- sent to use, for Mie aso all sick—even the blood stock in my private stable. ButI received a tele- gram in return informing me that THE DEMAND FOR CATTLE was 80 much greater than the supply that 1 could not be furnished, Therefore | managed to make arrangements with carriers and teamsters who convey freight from Jersey and New York to Brook to bring me ia from my chem- ical factory in the ity of Churches, in- stead of coming back without a load. I have to @ pretty steep price for the accom- modation, but before trafic is closed by cannot get my orders filled Winter, Oxen travel slowly, but they draw well, Isee by the HERALD, which I was just now reading, that $8 to $12 per yoke a day was being asked ‘by the Poughkeepsie people. is extortionate. I’ve had at least iifteen farmers and stock-owners from Plainfield, Xew Brunswick and other places in New Jersey who proffered oxen for my use at the rate of $5 per diem, which is somewhat reasonable, all things considered. I’m afraid this murrain has not yet attained it worst phase, and that THE DEATH ROLL will swell every day more and more, on account of the persistency with which people will work their sick horses.” A sovrner: through the streets in the lower part of the city convinced the reporter that it has be- come a matter of absolute necessity in many cases to substitute the bovine for the equine race as bearers of burdens. In the vicinity of the South ferry he noticed many of the old- fashioned drays—familiar enough in country ee but seeming strangely out of place in @ great city—drawn by oxen, toiling slowly along the streets, An astonished and yet ad- miring crowd of people preceded or followed in the wake o/ each caravan, and, to judge from the amusing expressions of opinion and the general surprise at what seemed an innovation, or rather @ retrogesstion, one might almost have crs posed that the majority of gazers had never beheld or known of the existence of such an animal as the ox, and, perhaps, labored under tne delusion that the tough beefsteaks supplied for their matutinal meal by their landladies grew upon trees, or were achemical preparation of caoutchouc. In Beeck- man street the writer staid his rapid footsteps to watch a yoke of misanthropic oxen attached to a heavily laden dray, who evidently thought that there was something radically wrong in the muni- cipal government. There was an incline beiore them and a block in their rear, but they refused to budge an inch until. THEY FELT INCLINED, and they withstood the sharp goad of the rustic Pheton and his reiterated expression. ‘“‘Yaw-hawp, Bright,” with a stoicism and complacency worthy of the juvenile Spartan fox-stealer. Later on in the afternoon, on Broadway, near Canal stree the HERALD emissary chanced across a crowd o! wayfarers of heterogeneous nationalities, He pressed his way through the throng with true jour- Nalistic impudence. He thought a fight was going on, and he wanted to look alter the interests of humanity. Hesoon found out his error. A cum- bersome pig Arh by two sleepy, large-eyed, long-horned bovines, was the primal cause of the obstruction, On the dray were two of Herring’s safes, and the reporter sighed on turning away at the change which had taken place where by dis- ease a splendid team of Norman horses had to have their places supplied by pitifal oxen, The European Stoners Incommoded by “seine Plague: > Much inconvenience was felt by the ocean steamers, which were bound to leave this port on time yesterday, on account of the difficulty experi- enced in conveying the freight to the wharves in time for lading, The statements made yesterday, however, that the inconvenience was serious or in any degree injurious are entirely incorrect, as is also the supposition that the vessels would be delayed on that account. ‘The Idaho, of the Guion line, sailed hcageen d at twenty minutes alter the appointed hour, and those twenty minutes were spent notin wasn for freight, but for the mails, which are carried by the vessels of this line sailing on Wednesday. The Scotia, of the Cunard line, also sailed sharp to time, as will the City of Washington, of the Inman line, to-day. These ves- sels have been nearly altogether laden from light- ers, leaving the ti ht coming from those parts of the city not convenient to the river front to stand over for the present. Several ofour city merchants calied at the Cunard and Guion offices during the day to state their inability to have their goods ready according to perceent: but the steamshi eae ta recognized the situation and were sai To Harlem and Westchester by Water. The boats on the lines from Peck slip to Harlem and from Fulton ferry to Morrisania, Astoria and Mott Haven have not yet increased their usuai number of trips, notwithstanding the augmented number of travellers to and from those places on account of the waning accommodation afforded by the horse cars, Each boat on both lines was crowded yesterday to its utmost back every tip and the Harlem boats were particularly well filled, lt was) generally supposed that some oaote would be made by the companies owning thoge boats to lighten the inconveniences of Gotham- ites Sreseliina anor the lower and upper parts of the island, by establishing several stations along the river front, on both sides of the city, and run- ning several regular boats to callatthem. That surmise was not altogether incorrect. The owners of the Harlem line are already thinking of some such project, and a meeting of directors of the Morrleania Hne hel at Mott Haven last evening resulted in a regular inquiry as to the best way of meeting the question. The Car and Stage Horses. There can be no doubt remaining that the disease in the large stables on the east and west sides is gradually and steadily diminishing. This is mainly attributable to the weather within the past two days, which has had a wonderfully beneficial effect in reanimating the jaded pace and sluggish blood which, to no small extent, were attributable tothe foggy and rainy atmosphere of last week. Yesterday on all the lines, in spite of the continued hard work to which they have been subjected, the horses were decidedly better than the day be‘ore and with many it was apparent that the disease had almost departed. Still, the om- cers of the car companies would probably much prefer just at this moment, when it is safe to say the turning point has arrived, to give their animals arest and strengthen them up by the absenee of that work which is now unquestionably spoiling many of the efforts which are being made to restore health in other ways. All seem to think a little exercise good, but the terrible ordeal of the cars is more tian exercise, and drags them down more quickly than the best of attention can recuperate them. THIRD AVENUE LINE, To the very «reat joy of our Harlem residents and the many thousands who live upon this great thoroughfare, it was ascertained that tne cars would run. The HERALD liad said that there was some doubt about it, and that the President, owing to the protest of Mr. Bergh, absolutely thought of stopping his cars altogether. ‘There was & meeting of the officers on Tuesday evening, how- ever, and it was decided that instead of witndraw- ing the cars altogether, thus Causing an immense amount of public inconvenience, the pian would be adopted of doubling up the teams. On the day be- fore the Third avenue road had been running about nine hundred horses and about one hundred cars, Yesterday the same number of horses were em- ployed, but only about half the number of cars, fty-four in all, ranning on four minute or quarter time—that is, about one-quarter of the usual run- ning stock of the road. In spite, however, of the four-horse teams the horses seemed to suffer not a little. This was mainly attributable to the fact that one man can drive & four-in-hand and manage the brake also, and on the whole, with their im- mense loads, the horses were not much better off than when running in couples, and were certainly Jess worried by the drivers. The Superintendent says that for at least two days yet the “doupling” system will be employed, GRAND CENTRAL ROAD, The horses on this road seem to have been treated as well, if not better, than any in the city, They aig 4 Jook in very good condition com- paratively. At present the cars are making their regular arr three minutes’ interval, and the plan adop' to do this is to take the horses off after each trip and thus rest them. FOURTH AVENUE LINB, Among the horses of this line there is a con- stant improvement, no doubt induced by their con- tinned rest. Yesterdi ‘usual number of ten to-day as it has been a good many extra trips may belng over, ant loots forward 10 ruuuing ail his in & few days, VENU! SIXTH A’ 1B LINB. ‘The Superintendent, Mr. Bidford, considered that there was not a horse on his line fit to do @ day’s work; all are more or less affected, and it would be Much better for them were they taken off alto- gether, Still there was a slight improvement esterday, During the day, as on the pay previons, downtown cars only ran to Chambers street and West Broadway, as the horses were not equal to pulling the cars up the steep grade in Vesey street, where everybody jumps on, fearful of not setting a seat. ‘They will continue only to Cham- rs for some days yet. The Canal street cars ran to Broadway. Half of each were running. One hundred and eighty trips were made down town and eighty to Canal street. The idea of stopping the line has been given up. BROADWAY AND SEVENTH AVENUE. The cars on this line ran to Barclay street and Church when the rush came in the evening, unable, as they were, to draw the cars all the way up. In the quiet portion of the day the cars went to Broad- Way. The Broome street cars continue off. About half the cars are running, and will 60 continue to- day, There isa general improvement among the horses here also. KIDHTH AVENUE LINE. This line is also running about haifits cars,and will not run more to-day. The President gave orders in the morning that the cars should, like Sixth ave- nue, run no further than Chambers street and West Broadway. The Canal street line also was kept running to Broadway. The horses as a gen- eral thirg are very weak, but are well kept up in health and as littie work as possible is given them. THE NINTH AVENUE LINE. This line hag not yet resumed its trips, and it is said will not do so until the horses are all out of danger, As it is there is a great bettering, but not sufMiciently to adventure on hard work, THE BELL LINE, This line continued to be off yesterday, and shows no signs of improving. The sensible plan has also been adopted of not working the horses until they are able todo their full work, The su- perintendent believes that the horses can never get well where they are worked hard. THE BLEECKER STREET LINE. This is one of the best running lines in the city at present. ‘The careful nursing which the horses have received has kept them pretty well SR to their work. Still the reporter noticed many of the horses on the line seemed to be badly infected, and no doubt the company will fect the effect of work- ing so hard when otlers are laying off, THE SECOND AVENUE LINE. ‘This line is making too many efforts to keep run- ning, and it is to be feared the horses will succumb suddeniy, The line is still running about half its cars, though only some thirty-five horses are com- pletely laid up. ‘The rest are let off with very easy work, and on an average do not work more than & trip each. THE FORTY-SECOND STREBT LINE. This line was still rauning yesterday, though fewer cars than the day before. The horses appear to be very much emaciated. THE FAST SIDE LINES, The Dry Dock line was still off work, and it is not very probable that it. will resume to-day, Sugue there is some improvement among the orses. The Avenue C line was also off, and will not run at present, or at all events until the horses nave very much improved upon their present condition. TRE STAGE LINES. The Twenty-third street line was again running yesterday, but the horses are by no means well yet. Only half the usual number of trips were run. The Madison avenue stages were running five more stages than the day beiore, making an increase of ten in two days. The company runs about half its stages and about half its horses, The Fiith avenue line ran six more than the day before, making an increase of twelve in two days. They also run about half their horses, which, the foreman reports, all getting rapidly better. ‘The Fourth avenue stage line was no better nor any worse than on tne previous day. Out of over four hundred horses fully two hundred are con- Licaisd kept in the stable, though the foreman says they might be uscd if need be. Fai Cases. The following is the list of places at which horses died of disease yesterday :— One at 12 Minetta street, one at 13 Harrison street, one at 139 Thompson strect, one at 9% Thompson street, one at 26 Thempson strect, onc at Fourth avenue, between Forty- eighth and Forty-ninth streeis,one at327 Kas! Thirty-cighth street, one at 425 East Twenly-ci hth street,one at 225 Kast Thirty-eighth strect, one at 24 Oak street, one at 40 Oliver street, one at 22) Lowis strect, one at East Twell street, one at {3 Ludlow street, one at 755 Washington street, one at 10 Ninth avenue, one at 78 Bank street, one at 2 Bethune strect, one a ‘ee eeurin strect, one at 212 East Sixth strect, one a ast Eleventh street, ist $ sseoud venue, one at 169 Delancey street, one NACSy strcet, bne at corner of Twenty-second street and Eleventh avenue, one at Eleventh avenue, between Eighteenth and Ninetcenth streets, one at 560 Seventh avenue, one at 507 West Thirty-seventh ite t, one at 410 West Thirty-seventh street, one at 40 West Thir- -eighth street, one at G0 East HroadWay, one near rt Washington Depot, one at 132 West Bighteenth street, one at 100th strect, between Ninth and Tenth avenues, one at 100th street and Madison avenue, one at 814 East Twerty-fitth street, one at 203 East Twenty- third street, one at 144 East Twenty-fourth street, one at $8 Fourth avenue, one at 12 Washington ‘street, ten at Third avenue depot, one at 779 Third avenue, one at Second avenue depot, one at 319 Kast Forty-fifth street, ne at Fiftieth street, near Fourth avenue ; one at Fiity- fourth street, between First avenue and Enst River; one at railroad stable, 498 Third avenue; one at 153 East Thirty-fifth street, one at 229 Elizabeth street, one at 23s William strect, one at 7i2 East Eleventh street, onc at M46 Third street, one at Sheriff street, one at 185 Charles street, one at 424 West Thirteenth, street, one at 31 Ganse- voort' street, one at foot of West Twelfth street, one at 8t9 Washington street, ono at 341 East Sixth et, one at 516 East Twelfth street, one at 202 First avenue, one at 423 Cherry street, one at4d Baxter street, one at 421 West Seventeenth strect, one at 661 West Twenty-third strect, one at 323 West Twenty-first one at 241 West Twenty-eighth street, one at 49 first street, one at 510 West Fortieth strect, ‘ike slip, one at 425 Water street,one at corner of 182d street and King’s Bridge road; one 26 East Seventeenth street, one at 235 Kast Eighticth street, one at Sixteenth street and avenue # (stage stable), one at 204 East Twenty-fourth street, one at ast Twenty-second street, one at 209 East Twenty-third street, one at 573 Washington street. Death holds his own in the sick stables of the City of Beecher, though the Rev. Henry Ward’s horse Billy has greatly improved in health during the past two days. The distemper continues to distance the judges of remedies, and very many poor, suffering equines galloped off the course of human events, Barren-Island-wards, to render an account of themselves yesterday. The favor- able atmospheric condition of the surroundings, however, had the effect of permitting of the convalescing equine patients being taken out for a little exercise. Asa matter of consequence there were more vehicles observable on the streets, which circumstance lent @ more lively aspect to affairs. But there is no use in attempting to con- ceal the fact that the ‘critters’ were rept nt to the human gaze, as they moved to and fro, draw- ing loads which had been awaiting their appear- ance for transportation. Hope is now entertained that there will be w sufficiency of ee horses in Kings county next week, after the close of the polls, to tow the gallant army of fede up “galt River,”’ whither a very strong delegation will be bound. e City Railroad Company ran its cars on the Myrtle avenue and Court street and Green- wood lines at about ten-minute intervals, and the company had the humanity, in the eleventh hour, to station tow horses at the foot of declivi- to hitch on the _ overloaded cars ive them an additional pull “up hill.” The offal contractor was ordered yesterday to re- ceive dead horses that had gone off with alloping consumption from the following localities :—Railroad stable, Furman street; Myr- tle avenue car stable; Flushing avenue car stable; 113 Throop avenue; Vanderbilt avenne, near De Kalb; Franklin avenue, near Park; Flush- ing avenue, near Throop; York street,’ corner of Green lane; No, 688 Atlantic avenue; foot of First strect; No. 444 Smith street; corner of Frank- lin and Flushing avenues; No. 3 in lot of Grand avenue, near De Kalb avenue; First street, near Bond; ‘No. .197 ‘Twenty-second street; No. 17 Withers street; No. 83 Butier street. The total number of victims yesterday ‘was seventeen, making an aggregate of sixty-one dead horses in Brooklyn since beige The President (Mr. Sullivan) of the Brooklyn City Rail- road Company isseriously deliberating upon the propriety of discontinuing the cars for a few days, with the hope of recuperating the unfortunate beasison the road. THE HIPPORHINORRUEA IN NEW JERSEY. -- In Hoboken the plague is extending its ravages to every lo- ties and cality. Not less than fifty per cent of the animals have been stricken with the malady. Several cars have been taken off the horse railroads, and traMc is becoming dificult. Fortunately for the poorer class of own- ers, no cases have been yet reported fatal. Ho- boken possesses the luxury of a swamp and nu- merous stagnant pools, which could be drained to great advantage, with little expense, and a fertile source of malaria would be removed. In Newark. Since the last report the disease among the horses in Newark appears to be still on the spread, and business is seriously interfered with in consequence, Several fatal cases have occurred. It is reported that @ grocer, while doctoring some of his sick horses, became inoculated with the matter running from one of the animals. His hand is fearfully swollen. His Newfoundland dog Is sick ay what appears to be the same disease as the Ores, In Paterson. Alarge number of horses are suffering in Pater- son from the effects of the prevailing epidemic, and some deaths have occurred. It is feared the horse cara will have to be ai dif the disease pees aars. fn” vee” toe roughly estimated that try ner beak of the horses BB Pateraon are agected, Ip some gagge phe dis- ease has extended to cattle quartered in the same stables with the horses. ‘The disease also prevails extensively at Hackean- sack, Passaic urban Be and other subi place THE DISEASE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. omerieeetitioeeinen Horses in Boston Suffering a Relapse. Boston, Oct. 30, 1872, ‘There is little change to note this evening in the Progress of the horse disease in this city and vicinity, Many horses put to work too soon have suffered a relapse, and have been returned to their stables, This aiternoon there were fewer teams oe yesterday, and many deaths are oc- ‘The ‘Tivease has appeared in Waterville, and also in Eastport, Me. General Vacation for Horscs in Provi- dence, R. I. PROVIDENCE, R. I., Oct. 30, 1872, All the horses were withdrawn this noon from the street railways, nearly all of them becoming weak and spiritiess, Some ofthe stables report that the horses are improving this morning. The Distemper in New Hampshire. ConcorD, N. H., Oct. 30, 1872, The horse matady prevails here to some extent, but so far has appeared only in a mild form, Very Little Improvement in Bridgeport. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Oct. 30, 1872, The horse disease does not appear to be abating much, Adams Express Company are delivering their goods from ox teams and the horse railroad runs only one car, The majority of the horses on the street are more or less affected. All the stables are still badly afilicted, and the recent change in the weather does not seem to have had as favor- able an effect as was anticipated. Business is much impeded and all branches of the carrying business are greatly embarrassed. A few more horses are seen on the strects than yesterday. but many of them are painfully unfit for use, ere are as yet no fatal cases, As Bad as Ever in Oswego. OsSWEGO, N. Y., Oct, 30, 1872, Although the weather is pleasant there 1s no im- provement in the horse epidemic. Over two-thirds of the canal horses are affected with the disease, and considerable dificulty is experienced in mov- ing the boats. Good News from Buffalo. RocuEsrsr, N. Y., Oct. 30, 1872. The horse disease is rapidly abating here, and teams are quite plenty in the streets. The cars are running and hacks are agatn on the stands. Thirty Canal Boats Delayed. ScuENnecravy, N. Y., Oct. 30, 1872. The horse disease is spreading rapidly here. Twenty or thirty canal boats are laid up, and nearly every boat has lost one or two horses, Seve- ral hundred horses in the city arc affected, and it is thought that in a day or two nearly all will be sick, . It is spreading in the county also, In Pougnkeepsic. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Oct. 30, 1872. There is a large increase in the number of sick horses here to-day, and several are reported as dying. One of the horses in Mr. Burlingame’s stables was taken suddenly with a chill yesterday; the hair on his back raised and pointed toward his head, his ears turned icy cold, and he refused his food. Doscs ot aconite and bel- ladonna were given in alternation every half hour, and to-day his condition is improren tundreds 0! tons of freight are waiting shipment at the Hudson River terminus of the Athens and Schenectady Railroad, It willnot be shipped by boat to New York, for the reason that horses could not be Procurcd on its arrival to take itaway., 4 Horses Affected. Nyack, N, Y., Oct. 30, 1872, The horse discase has broken out here, There are seventeen sick horses in one public and several in private stables. Reports from the vicinity show its prevalence throughout this neighborhood. ‘There are several bad cases in Piermont. The Quaker City Horses. PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct. 30, 1872. No new cases of horse disease have been an+ nounced to-day. The disease has apparently as- sumed a milder type, and many of those attacked are already recovering. So farno fatal cases have ovourted, nger cars are ranning as usual, except on one line, which has withdrawn seven cars on account of thirty horses being in the hos- pital. Sick Horses in Washington. WASHINGTON, Oct. 30, 1872, The horse distemper has made its appearance in this city. Up to six o’clock this evening but four developed cases had been reported. The horses in some of the large livery stables have shown signs Of the disease. ARNICA, SULPHUR, LIME AND VINEGAR FOR THE POOR HORSES. eee WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 27, 1872, Hon. Rosert B. Rooseveit, New York City :— DEAR SiR—I see you have an epidemic among the horses in New York city, and I have taken the lib- erty of addressing you a few lines on the subject. During the Fall of 18681 was on the frontier of Texas, and, a8 far as can learn, the same disease prevailed there tosome extent; but was checked before it had done any harm. The horse was taken with a slight cold and ronning at the nose, and in a very few hours got feverish and finally was nearly prostrated. His cyes would grow dim and matter protrade from the corners. The method they took in curing them was the foilowing:—First, put the horse in a close stable, blanket him well from his ears to his rump, rub his throat well with tincture of arnica and vinegar; then Uned him fifteen to twenty drops of the tincture of arnica in a little Jamaica rum internally. Feed him light on bran and ground oats mixed up with lime water and a littie sulphur, no salt. When you give him drink, give it tohim three times a day and color the water with lime. Scatter plenty of disiniectants in and around the stable. I have known the above treat- ment to cure In every instance. I think it would be well for some one to try the above remedy, and T have no doubt but what it will cure the worst case in the city. Very respectfully, nthe city. Very reer SEORGE W. ROOSEVELT: ALL HALLOW EVE. Peculiarities and Associations of the An- elent Festival of the Druids. To-day is Hallow Eve, a day that is particularly observed by young people, as on it various arts of divination are employed to learn who are to be juture husbands and wives. It is believed in many parts of the British Isles that ghosts, fairies and spirits walk abroad, and that while the purpose of some is good, that of others is evil. In the evening it is the custom for assemblages to take place at family firesides, where fortune-telling, recital of stories and dances serve to pass away the evening, One of the principal amusements is suspending from the cetiing cross sticks, at each alternate end of which is an apple or lighted candie, which is kept rapidly revolving around, inviting candidates to compete for the grateful prize. The result is that many only succeed in scorching their hair, but THE PLEASURE OF BEING LAUGHED AT is considered sufficient recompense. Another amusement is placing coin In a vucket of water, where all have the privilege of immersing their heads and making attempts to seize the shining silver in their tecth. Nuts are used in profusion, ‘There is a custom of placing three of the fruit on the bars of the grate, naming the nuts after sweet- hearts. Ifthe nut cracks or jumps the lover will pve unfaithful, and if it begins to blaze or burn he has aregard for the person making the trial, If the nuts named after the girl or tonne man burn together they will be married, nother custom much observed is that of placing three dishes :n @ row. These are respectively filled with clean and foul water and one isempty, The parties, blind- folded, advance reapectively and dip their fingers into one, If in the clean they will be married to a virgin, ifin the foul not to a virgin, but to some one else, and if in the empty the party wil! remain single or die without being wedded. There are many other customs, all having reference to the matter of fature husbands and wives, and to seek- ing protection ‘from the influence of evi) spirits, THE OBSERVANCE OF ALL HALLOW EVE, like many others that tes as fo mag has been transplanted to the United States, and there is no doubt that in many households in every part of the country there will be the usual merry-makings. In Ireland and Scotland, though m: ancient cus- toms have falien into disuse, Al low is still reckoned among the most joyful anniversaries. HEA rte ine meres ache: GP MES Joana nl scenes of their younger days, and their descendants will join neareily in the pastimes of the . Barns has depicted these in his poom, “All Hallow Een.” He says:—‘It is thought to be a night when all the supernatural beings who space and earth and air are in search of mischiet, and it is, also, the grand anni- versary of the more ben t fairies, Whose Oc- cupation is tobaMe the evil genius in his wicked pp The origin of the custom is not known, to oxsend back to the time of the 4 Tour to Learn Fraternity and Christian Virtues. The Delegation at the Grand Central Hotel— Seeing the Sights—Ta!k About Religion and a Holy “Powwow’—At the Circus in the Afternoon and at Booth’s in the Evening. The city has been honored once more with the presence of a number of mild savages, the nation’s wards, the dwellers in the far-off regions of the West. The present visitors in manners and ap- pearance are more to the prairie born than any of their race we have had here for some time. They have therefore excited rather more curiosity than cosmopolitans have recently manifested in the ter- rible race of tomahawkers, The Grand Central Hotel Js the wigwam of the delegation, The names Of the distinguished gentlemen are as follows :— KIOWAS. Lone Wolf, Son of the Sun, Dog Kater, Sleeping Wolf and two squaws. COMANCHES, Milky Way, Gray Leggings, Cat in the Wood, Chewers, Butlalo Hump, Silver Brooch, ‘Ten Bears, Chewing Elk, Gap in the Salt, “Jun,” Arapahoe John and seven squaws. APACHES, Pacer, Striker, Capitan, Gray Eagle and two squaws, ARAPAHOES. Big Mouth, White crow, Leit Hand, Black Crow, Heap 0’ Bears, Yellow Horse. CADDOES, George Washington, Antelope, War Lou Per. WITCHITAS. Essadua, Esquitzchew, Black Horse, WACOES, Long Soldier, Knee-War-War. KEECHIES. TOWOCCAROES. “Dave” and his son. DELAWARES, Black Beaver. The delegation is under the charge of Captain Henry KE. Alvord, Special Indian Commissioner. There are four interpreters—H. P, Jones, for the Kiowas and Comanches; P. McClusker, for the Ara- Pahoes and Apaehes; W. Shirley, for the Witchitas; J. J. Sturm, for the Caddoes and Towoccaroes. It will be seen from the above what a choice and euphonious set of gentlemen are sojourning in our midst. “Lone Wolf? is very suggestive, and “Sleeping Wolf,” while it affords a chance for life, reasonably intimates a terrible fate if the animal should only awake. “Dog Eater’ must be a very re- spectable individual, for it might be worse. The gentlemen of the Comanches are not quite such a voracious crowd as their friends, the Riowas. For instance, “Silver Brooch” smacks of civilization, and “Gray Leggings” cannot be very seriously hurtful. No doubt “Ten Bears” and’ “Chewing Elk” and “Butfalo Hump” are the “rowdles" of this tribe, Among the Arapahoes “Big Mouth’? does not sound quite friendly, but then “Heap o’ Bears” 18 awiul. The Caddoes evidently are ad- vancing, for they have a ‘George Washington’ and an “Antelope.” The Towoccaroes are de- generating; they have only “Dave” and his son, rather too Christian under the circumstances, Yesterday morning the guests of the Grand Cen- tral were rather astonished to tind hovering around some Of the upper corridors such strange-looking #e le as the recently arrived ‘‘chilé-en of the Big ‘ather.” Irish girls, though possessed of tolerably tough nerves, oiten imagine that the Devil is orna- mented with blazing eyes und an entraordinary suit of clothes, not to speak of a cloven foot, and little wonder thet the news was soon spread about the house that there was something monstrous on the fourth floor, and that accordingly ladies and gentiemen interested in humanity should step up stairs to see poor “Lo! “Lo’ looked, on thie oc- casion of these many and sudden visits, very much ag if a lot of mosquitocs were in the neighborhood, being profoundly indifferent to the staring to which he was subjected. Nor had he the least idea that his haplaments ware in any but the moat. epproved Tod Blyle. “Whe he had 4 feather stuck in his head and a good red daub On his cheek bone he seemed to be perfectly happy in himself, and he drew his blanket around him with the air of a man who was a martyr, but had inade up his mind to be comfortably resigned to his jate. “Lone Wolf’ and “Heap o’ Bears" did not seem to take kindly to all the fuss that was made about them, but they preserved their equa- nimity with a horrible scowl and a malicious silence. some of the delegation were not by an: means bad looking, while others were fine speci- mens of the noble red man. Eleven squaws accom- hea the delegation, and these were rather good jooking ladies; indeed, had they pale faces some of them might be said to be handsome, Even among the ladies of thesewild men femininity will appear, and more than once might be seen some savage piece of coquetry, which showed that Mrs. “Lo’’ is | just the same as any other woman. There was a | great Murry when the delegation, squaws and all, were getting ready to go out to church; and, in- deed, a most curious sight they presented, in full regalia, They seemed to devote all their attention to the appearance of their heads, to the forgetful- ness of their nether portions, An extraordinary | collection of pantaloons was the result, all colors | and shades being combined; while hats-were of all sizes, shapes and styles—a (a Greeley, wide-awake and nondescript. “Dog Eater” had a band of tin around a venerable stovepipe that must have been many a time on the block, “Heap o’ Bears” was evidently proud of @ white hat of the date of 1849 or thereabouts. A Powwow with Christian Pale Faces, The routine of the business of the Episcopal Board o! Missions, now in session in the Church of Our Saviour in East Twenty-filth street, was pleasantly varied by the introduction of delega- tions of Indian tribes from the reservations in Arizona, Texas, New Mexico and the Indian Terri- tory. There were altogether thirty persons, representing 7,000 braves of the Kiowas, Coman- ches, Arapahoes, Caddocs, Chippewas, Delawares, &c., &c. The Right Rev. Bishop Pierce, of Arkan- sas, clad in episcopal vestments, led the Indians from the vestibule of the church through the centre aisle to the chancel, where, having ranged them in @ circle, he addressed a few words to them in English, which were interpreted by Captain Albert, of the United States Army, and two other gentle- men present. The Bishop remarked that the gathering before them was a council of white men under their chiefs, the Bishops, aud that they were considering how they could best promote the intcr- ests and future happiness of their red brethren; that the Great Spirit had sent hia Son into the world to teach them how to be good and to love the red man and everybody else, and that this Son of THE GREAT SPIRIT DIED that we might all be saved at last and be happy in heaven forever; and that they (the white folk) would pray the Great Spirit for His Son’s sake to take away the bad thoughts out of the red men’s hearts, and lead them to love Him, that they may be happy here and hereafter, The congregation present then sang the well- known missionary hymn— From Greenland’s icy mountains, after which an Apache Chief addressed the meet- ing. He said he had been to Washington and had had @ good talk with the Great Fatner, and that he was going to take his advice and get iis own cople to adopt the white man’s manner of life. Georre Washington, @ chie* of the Caddoes, said he too had a good talk with the Great Father ot the whites, and that he would try and get his people to follow inthe path of the white man, that when they die they may find the better country; and he believed that the other red people present had the same feel as himself, and wished to find the same place. He hoped that schools would be established among his people, so that their children may be taught as the white children are taught. He was giad to meet his white friends. Milk; var chief of the Comanches, was glad to meet his friends. He, too, had been to Washington and had a good talk with the President and with the Indian Commissioner, and what they had vaid to him only confirmed his own resolution to live like the white people; but he, too, wants schools built for the children of his people, so that as they grow up they may live more like the whites, BLACK BEAVER, &@ Delaware Indian chief, was introduced as a former guide of Audubon’s and as a man who, at the breaking out of the war of the revellion, was worth $20,000 im personal property but now he is almost ag He and his people remained loyal to the federal government, and the authorl- ties at Washington promised him protection in his rson and property and indemnification for loss. le, therefore, became active in the Union cause and acted as guide through all the Western terri- tory for our soldiers, and in consequence lost everything that he f earaanad except bis land; and yet, strange to say, the government has not indem- nified him tn one cent to this day. He is now pg however, and this year has had 200 acres under cuitivation ad pasture, He isa Christian man, very saint-like and modest in appearance and bear! ne ‘and dreases in American costume. He e in very fair English, and saki he was very lad to meet friends present. He has been now seven years travel In this good way as @ Chris- tian. He came to Washington to have matters im- proved for his people, and his heart was rejoiced to see one of the chiefs there joined the church, And he would be very glad if others would do the same thing. He never expected at this time of life to be here, but he was now glad to see the faces of his wi jite brethren in the Lord, Bishop WHIPPLE spoke warmly of the fidelity ot the Delawares to the United States government and of the broken pledges snd promises of whose charge the chiefs have visited logized Black Beaver and his tribe ty overnmen' had a very lain with ‘ashington, and had signed a or contract by which they each acce| t to them from time to time. ke for land in leu of the States of Taoulsiane, Tex in lieu of ie 8 of seins and the Indian Territory, which jonged oftahon Whipple again spoke, giving an account PROGRESS OF THE MISSOURI TRIBES of Indians, Whom he found thirteen years ago in alk the paraphernaita of feathers and wat paint, bat who, by the power of the Gospel preached to them, had nearly all settled down to habits of civilized life, He urged the red men present to do the same, and promised them the prayers and the co-operae tion of the Church in their efforts to do so, Mr. McCosker, one of the interpreters, who hag, lived among different tribes for the last fifteem eas said these Indians had come from three dif- erent agencies. They are under the care and pupilage of the Friends. They are all more or lesa anxious to live civilized lives; but they cannot build nonses for themselves or schools for the chil- dren, Some of thei send their children seventy- five miles distant to school. The government hi romised to build houses for them, an it has built seme, but they are not ft to house animals in. Two Witchitas werd brought to the front while Mr. McCosket in earnest words told how, while the government had bought the land from the tribes east of the Micoleaipy River, it had actuatly robbed the Witehi« tas of their territory and divided it up among tha tribes of the Mississippi, whom it had transferred. This tribe was loyai to the government during the late war, and in consequence they had to leavd their reservations and come further East, and when, in 1866, the government sent them bac! again it was to desolated homes and places, an there they were left in absolute beggary. Some of them now are recovering trom these disasters, an the government has again promised to full It pledges to the red men. The head chiefs of all these tribes ask only for substantial homes, th nucleus of herds of sheep and cattle, and somes thing for themselves and families vo live upon until their crops grow, and they promise to see that every tent and lodge which they now possess shall be burned up as soon as other homes are provided, They want to LIVE AT PEACE WITH THE WIT! but they have been so often cheated and deceive both by the government and people of the Unite States, that it is very hard for them to put confie dence in any promises made to them. Some of the chiefs present carried their arrowa and tomahawks with them, and, in feathers and paint, looked savage enough to scalp the white chiefs who were powwowing with them, But all seemed interested in the remarks made by tha Bishops, and manifested that interest by the usual grunt of approbation. They were a very fine set of men generally, and the square might be called handsome. At the close of the interview the Dox- ology was eone with the organ accompaniment, and the presiding Bishop pronounced the benedic- tion, The regular business of the meeting was then resumed—namely, discussions on the reports and resolutions. Bishop Whittingham, who went to the “Old Catholic’? Congress and is still in Europe, was by resolution tendered the congratulations of the ission Board, aud asked on his return to addresa @ convocation to be held at some time not named, stove pipe, | | How They Spent the Afternoon and Evening. ; After dinner the delegation went to see th circus in East Thirty-fourth street. One woul imagine that natural impulses would get the best of them here and that they should, if even only once, laugh atthe clown. But there wag no mor@ risibility in the majority of these savage men tha might be found in a rhinoceros. Once, ° indeed; “Big Mouth” closed his extraordinary apertur@ just asa young lady went through a hoop in critical position and rose as if going to bound do: to the ring to tear the man that held the hoop pce, but as the young lady was all at once full o! ows and smiles he sat down tn a state of indign: tion, The ladies, however, several times grunte out little “ughs” of applause. In the evening the delegation went to Booth’a Theatre and conducted themselves in a Christians like manner, never applauding and being ver} silent, and never venturing on @ war whoop, eve sotto voce, LITERARY CHIT-CHAT. Ea SE DE JUDGE RICHARDSON, at present the Assistant Sec- retary Of the Treasury, has compiied a volume of “Practical Information on the Public Debt and the National Banking Laws,” which can not fail to prove a valuable handbook for all classes. ‘The first chapter is devoted td the funded debt, not matured, payable in and it begins with a table of all the loans of thi kind, The second chapter is an abstract of tlie public debt, except as explained in the preceding chapter, and includes the Pacific Railway bonds, The third ts the “greenback” chapter. The subse- quent chapters are full of practical information, showing, among other things, how registered and coupon bonds are transferred, and ex plaining the issue of duplicates in case of loss {° | the purchase, conversion and redemption of bonds, the payment of interest, the coin in the Treasury and the sales of gold. The part of the work de- voted to the national banking system is nothing’ more than ap epitome of the laws of Congress, the opinions of the Attorney General and the de- cisions of the Courts. There isa valuable table, giving a list of all the loans contracted by the United States from the foundation of the govern- ment, and much practical information on nearly everything connected with the banka and the public debt. The work docs not pretend to be a treatise on political economy, but it is full of plain auswers to such plain, questions as many persons would like to ask the Secretary of the Treasury. The compilation id printed at the Government Printing Oftice, and we presume is for general distribution. ‘THE WHOLE OF THE SECOND VOLUME Oo! Forster’d “Life of Dickens” is now written, with the excep tion of the last two pages. This volume will only bring the work down to the year 1352. The separa- tion between Dickens and his wife took place im 1858, and that part of Dickens? life will therefore be comprised in the third and concluding volume, Messrs, DuLAU have formed a collection, in six volumes, of caricatures, published in Paris in 187¢ and 1871, The first series embraces the period from the declaration of war till the close of August; the second, from Sedan to the fall of Metz; the third, from the surrender of Metz to the March revolution; the fourth, the reign of the Commune; the fifth and sixty relate to Italian matters, and also comprise satires onthe Germans of a date posterior to the fal of the Commune. The whole comprises from 1,800 to 2,000 caricatures. Ove copy has been pur- chased by Prince Bismarck, a second by the Brit- ish Museum, and a third is in the hands of the collectors. Mr. BOYLE Will attempt to show in his forthcom- ing work, “To the Cape for Diamonds,” that the difference between the South African diamond and the Indian or Brazilian is so great as to amount almost to an essential distinction, THE JERSEY RAILROAD WAR, Another Postponement—Points of the Dee fence and Rebuttal. ‘The great railroad injunction case, which was ta have come up for argument yesterday before Vice Chancellor Dodd, in the Chancelior'’s Court at Tren- ton, was again postponed to Thursday, léth of Noe vember, 1872, on application of complainant's counsel, Who asked for time to take aifidavits im rebuttal of defendant's answer, and also with ref erence to the following points :— First—To report the affidavits relating to the procures ment of the Stanhope charier and its peer Secont—To rebut the affidavits relating to the erganiza- tion of and under their respective authorities and char~ ters of the corporation de endants, and the subscription to and disposal of their respective stocks. Third—To rebut Hamilton's afidavit an the others om the point of his conneetion with the origin and ae out of the consolidation, and the raising and expen for such purposes. th--To rebut the aifidavits respecting the looatiom ry Gauge Railway and location of and cone id fa invite respecting construction of the bridge over the Rarita: Sizih—To show that ve been improper a reenth to Pobut ‘atidavita as to knowledge of the fraud in procuring the Stanhope charter. Ba er deat ate eel RN St ye charter Sith ivan owned or contretied & Inajority of the stock the respective corporation di jan’ ‘Ninth—To rebut allegation that the National Rail Company, Brice * April 10, 1872, made any agreeme: with the Stanhope Company. Tenth—To rebut allegations to execution 9 agreement of Ji ate the indenture of Aprill, and the exeeatlon and delivery of the papers set Forth bill on pager 2, @, 4, 47, : . reganrtams iste Caaf te emer and ini o Yth—To exhibit Journals of the two houses of Legs islature, PATAL RAILROAD OASUALTY. , Matthew Dwyer, an Irish Isborer twenty-ong Years of age, late of 303 Bast Fifty-fourth wigan died yesterday in Bellevue Hospital. On the ultimo deceased, while riding on the front plat! of car to of the Third avente Raltroad, fell of ef ee! over Grunig one of his ‘eet, death being the Coroner Herrman wee no