The New York Herald Newspaper, March 8, 1879, Page 5

WHSTERN CATTLE SHEDS A Visit to.the “still-Feed- ing” Yards of Chicago. THOUSANDS OF CATTLE FATTENING, Scenes of Filth and Repul- siveness—The “Strings.” NO DISEASE VISIBLE. History of an Alleged Case of Pleuro-Pneumonia. Cutcado, March 4, 1879, The feeding of beef cattle on distillery slops in Chicago and at other points in Illinois is an industry of no mean prcportions. There are, in all prob- ability, but comparatively few who appreciate the magnitude of this business, or who, when they sit Gown to ® juicy roast or steak, pause to think how the animal from which it was taken may have ac- quired its fat tissues. “Still slop’ to the average reader is “associated with swill milk and numberless foul iseases and decaying tails and° sup- purating hopfs and other horrible conditions not cheerful to contemplate, This may be true in some localities where the feeding of milch cows has been carried on, no sanitary regulations, enforced and the animals permitted toroll in filth; but it must be conceded that in this section of the West at least, where fattening is conducted for the world’s market, there is @ different condition of things observable and vitally essential. There are from eight to twelve thousand head of beef cattle fed | at the distilleries of Chicago every winter, and these form important integers in the live stock markets of the East and England, to which points they are shipped every spring. The business is car- ried on so quietly, as fares the general public not interested in the condition of the live stock market is converned, that it knows but comparatively little regarding the process of preparing there beef cattle for the biock. “STILL FEEDING” IN CHICAGO. The method employed in feeding the cattle which aro detained at the various distilleries in and about Chicago is the same, in a general way, as that in vogue elsewhere; but it is extremely doubtful whether a better showing, on the whole, as to the condition of the animals and the varied details of care essential to carrying on the business can be presented in any other city of the Union where this industry is followed. To be sure, it is found here, as no doubtis also manifested by ¢xamination of feeding establish- ments elsewhere, that thero are differing degrees of cleanliness and effective shelter in the surroundings of the beasts which have been selected for the long confinement and fattening process, but, taking all things into consideration, the Chicngo still-fed cattle will, beyond question, average up a full maximum Percentage of first class condition. The Hrnatp representative to whom was assigned the duty of penetrating to the heart of these foul and slimy resorts for cattle, where all is filth, , no matter how assiduous may be the endeavors “who has just of the workmen to keep them clean; where unsavory stcam arising from moist and manure covered beasts and long and broad channels of turgid excrement, made “puddingy”—if the term may be used—by con- tinuous streams of urine, fills the very limited space between floor and roof and tatrly nauscates the stomach on first inhaling it; where springy boards lying on pools of filth throw sprays of fetid accumu- lations on every passer by, and where wild and vicious steers and unruly bulls spitefully flirt their saturated tails into the face of the unsuspecting stranger who gazes for the first.time upon a scene of this kind--the HxErawp representative, passed through this ordeal, finds much that is of intcrest in the fecding houses in Chicago. A cattle feeding ‘shed is by no means an inviting plac in any sense of the word. It is a re- gion of concentrated, pungent and penetrating nastiness at best, an offense to delicate olfactories; yet, when we contemplate what it might be and what thé Chicago sheds “are, wo must admit that the latter are, comparatively, as a tidy parlor to the habitation of a slovenly housekeeper, where uncleanness prevails and order is not known. A general description of the manner of feeding cattle here will cover tho details of each separate establishment, for they aro all conducted on the same general plan. It is unnecessary to enter here into any analysis of the characteristics of still slops, or to describe the method in vogue of producing the same. It is the refuse, as all must know, of the grain, yeast and such other ingredients as arc om- . ployed in the manufacture of alcohol, highwines or whiskey. When tho mash hes passed through the last stage of manufacture—that of distillation—it is, by means of large pumps, forced into flames hay- ing 9 sharp grade, ond by them run into vats located a short distance from the distillery buildings. These vats hold the slop which is intended for feeding to the cattle housed upon the premises. There are also other vatain the neighborhood for the reception of slop sold to pane individuals living in the neighbor- hood and who use it as teed for their small bunches of cows and beef cattle, THE FEED VATS AND TROUGH. ‘Tye number of cattle fed on the distillery premises is pretty accurately proportioned to the capacity of the distillery to supply slop per diem, so that there is but # comparatively small amount of slop which goes to outsiue parties by salo in wagon loads. Tho vata Rees ye dy slop for feeding to the cattle are so built that re in agewift and even flow given to the soft feed when it i it on its journey to the ani- mals in the sheds. The several vata are supplicd with main flumes, which empty the slop into a gen- eral distributer usually run through the centre of the roof and furnished with lateral box pij to shoot it into the feeding trough below at regular in- rvals throughout the various ‘‘strings,” so cailod, of cattle waiting for their meal, In one or two es- tablishments the supply was conducted to the feed- ing troughs by means of box conduits ranged along tho outside of each row of sheds, and thence run into the feeding troughs from one end of the buila- prs) Bigs The firat mentioned plan would seem to be preferable, as it supplies the feed more even! and simultaneously along ae entire feeding Gough et) ——— cattle contiy its flow w others aro impatient await thei: meal, The feeding ng troughs rnd about fourteen inches wide and six inches deep, runnin; from one side of the building to the other, and, whee the slop is let in, aro flied perhaps two-thirds full. At a distance of about three tect apart, and leading from the floor beneath the feeding trough to the root, arc piaced stanchions, gnd to these the beasts are fastened by means of a dhort chain, a littie more than a foot in longth, caught into a large ring that encircles the stanchion and has free play up and down. This chain is fastened to another encircling tho neck, and which is provided with a thick leather pad at the point where it rests upon the top ot the neck, #0 as to prevent chafing or soreness. As a gon- eral the cattle are fastened tu the right, but in many instances it is fSund necessary to fasten them right and left on account of their vicious natures, JAMMED TOGETHER, So closely together aro the cattle ranged that occa- sionally they interfere with one another, there being no partitions or stuils, and it is not infrequently the case that seri lainage results from auimais yet- ting under the reot of their neighbors. Indeed, at several ot the feoding eatablixhments visited hore in- stances of this kind were noticed. ‘he buildings in which the cattle aro contained are, as a rule, so structed as to’ width as to permit of the rangin, abont forty in each “string” or row. ‘Chey aro nothing fan an theds and, as a general thing, sro fo finely constructed ghat ther interiors Re tec cena mitch 3 ed - oe eet yh lone, Tn onl wo of ie ental Hahments ted here wore the ton periect or the sides of the hells ko securely, battoned ay to “expel the wintry flaw.” The shed fight be likenod as to form to a row of salt vat coyera or inverted letters V moved close together and boarded up at either etd, as for instance AAA. In most of the es- tablishments the lower edges of the roofs, which are suppored to be joined, are from six inches to a foot, apart, These spaces are clowed up by pitching in hay, and tho result is that in the majority of in- stances there are immense gaps through which the trosty air and pelting snow dritts in upon the haunchos of the aniuals. ‘Two of the feoding houses of Chicago are admirably constructed, the space from the ground to the apex of. the roof being nearly double the customary height, the buildings weather Et. and ylass ventilators provided in the centro jor the double purpose of fresh wir and light. When it is borne in mind that the cattle, from being lon: housed, having no exorcisg for fully #ix monte, P| Constantly, surrounded by thd ‘steam from’ tho Peoria and sterling. NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1879.-TRIPLE SHEET, hot feed, grow extremely tender of flesh and sensitive to the slightest alterations of temperature, as much so as would a human being kept continually in warm room and deprived of exercise, the neces- ity of protecting them from sudden draughts of chilled air or other exposure liable to induce colds or have a tendency to check the development of fat tissues will be seen. The cattle are located in these sheds so that their haunches reach that point where the lower edges of the roofs meet, and the space in each compartment is broad enough to admit two “strings” standing with buttocks toward each other, and with a 5) of perhaps three feet inter- vening. In this intermediate space the floor is sunk about one foot below the floor on which the animals stand, and serves as a conduit tor excremeht and urine, which, falling upon the main floor, is carried to the rear by its own gravity mainly, the floor qui- otly sloping, and finds its way to the common recep- tac! The sheds are cleaned three times daily. This is done by flushing with warm water, this process being facilitated by the employment of rubber scrapers, the attendants passing between the animals and drawing the manure into the channel between the “strings.” It is then forced to the exterior of the building by means of a board, to which is attached along hundle, and the interior of the shed is thus, for the time being, left compara- tively free from filth. ‘This same process is repeated from the outside, the manure having fpund its way from each feeding section along the row of sheds into aflume the entire length, and is finally elevated by means of @ steam pump into immense reservoirs, from whence it is finally emptied through fluines into conveyances, boats or others, and eventually finds its way into the lake before this city. HAY FEED, ‘The cattle in these sheds can never be hungry, tor they are fed almost continually and given all they want at each meal. At six o’clock A, M, they are 2 bao and also at ten A.M. and three and six » M. Tw! meals th ice daily they are fed hay, and at these are furnished with salt. There is no time in the daythat theydo not have teed before them, and if they do not fatten upon the rations pro- vided it cannot be attributed to any lack of attention in this direction on the part of the attendants. BEASTLY DISGUST. As is, perene, perfectly natural all the animals brought indo not take kindly to the soft teed, and utterly refuse to partake of the steaming mess. But in caso they are not inuisposed by reason of sickness they eventually decide to partake of the new article of diet, and finally appear to relish it ‘as though it was the most natural article of food in the world, ‘They can get no other. “NO SICKNESS!’" ‘The cattle feeders, distillers, employés about the feeding sheds and others entirely disinterested in the business, when questioned as to the prevalence of any sickness among the beasts, were unauimous and positive in theirstutements that nothing of the kind ever existed. To be sure it was true that now and then, when the animals were brought in, there might be one or two, or mayhap a half-dozen, in a drove of one thousand or filteen hundred which would exhibit some signs of indisposition, but they would | be nothing serious. Perhaps an animal would be worn out with travel and would refuse toeat. Out he must come and go tothe stock yards to be sold and killed for city consumption. Perhaps an ani- mal, unused to the new feed, would get his feet into the hot mess and they became tender. Out he came also, for it would be useless to keep him in the herd, where he could not stand and liable to be tramped on by his neighbors. Whenever anything of this kind ‘was discovered, and it always occurs when the ani- mals are first housed, the feeble ones are imme- diately taken from the remainder of the herd and disposed of to slaughterers, . FAT AND HEALTHY LOOKING. ‘The testimony of all was that there was no com- plaint among the cattle, and bad never been. This statement is most assuredly borue out by the present condition of the cattle in the Chicago feeding sheds. There could scarcely be a finer lot of animals etheced together, if their outward ap, ice is to taken as a criterion of their inner condition, They are ull clesr-cyed, plump, active and full of that spirit and general buoyancy that cau only come of good health. In a tour covering the past three days, and in which time all the dis- tilleries in Chicago were visited, at least such as engage in cattle feeding, and often looking over about seven thousand head or steers andsbulls, the HERALD representative did not find in a single instance an animal that gave the slightest symptoms of ill health or debility. All alike were in prime condition and ey every evidence of perfect health. One sel- liom looks upon more attractive beef animals— buttocks full, level on top and rounding beautifully in their downward curves; sides fat and heavy; shoulders ‘strong; necks lying iu folds; nostrils free of all diseased exudations;- eyes sharp and dry and unsunken. Add to these evidences of good condition appetites unimpaired, and one cannot but concede that the still-fed beasts in the Chicago distillery sheds are as prime in every essential as it is possible for such animals to be. It may be said thatthe persons feeding these cattle— the distillery proprietors and the owners of the cat- tle—are, of course, interested in setting forth the condition of the animals in the best possible light, and this, of course, may 80; but when one takes the trouble to look at the ani- mals individually, passing through every alley in’ each of the fecding sheds, as the HeRALD representa- tive did, and thus has betore him every opportunity to discover any evidence of disease, and finds that they are just as represented, he must state the facts as ti! hey exist and add his testimony in favor of their gen healthtulness. FEW TEXAN CATTLE, There are comparatively few Texans fed at tho Chicago distilleries. Examination shows that the great proportion of animals are natives, varied by occasional bunches of Coloradans and Cherokees. These Colorado steers are graded as ‘Texans, and ure considered by feeders as of a superior quality in that those localities the animals are in excellent condi- tion. e A SUMMARY. ‘The slop fed cattle in Llinois may be briefly sum- marized as follows :— Chicago, Alcohol Wells.... Pheonix Distillery. 1,800 300 Sh b's oe rn enee 1,600 Garden Citf Distillery. 1,200 100 Riverdale. . 1,500 = Pekin.... 2,000 - Sterlin 2,000 = Spring! : 2,000 ht Peoria. . 3,500 - Scuttering at Pekin and Peorit ++ 2,000 - Totals. 18,000 450 PLEU! 5 In connection with the foregoing it may be apropos to mention here a few facts in relation to the excite- ment that bas pees the past week at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago, and among live gtock dealers peared in the West regarding the reports which We gone out as to the ery of a case of pleuro- pneumonia. It is very unfortunate that suvh a rumor should havo gained eredence even for a moment, for the ara it is calculated to do is very great, The whole thing was more the result of hasty judgment and nervous excitement on tho those to whom has been intrusted the inspection of live stock at this point, than any desire to strike a blow at the cattle interests of the West, for it must be con- ceded that the gentlemen in whose hands this matter rests are commendably jealous of the good of this section of the country. That the report has gone abroad that a case of contagious pleuro-pneumonia ‘was discovered here there can be no doubt, and it is due to the Western live stock interests that it should ‘be: co! . It appears that on the 22d of Feveapre @ heifer was found at the stock yards which, as the government inspector reports, Mexnibited signs of pleuro-pneumonia.” The animal was at once , and steps taken to examine it. Before this was done the inspector unwisely, and when laboring under great mental excitement, sought out the Collector of this port and informed him that a veritable case of pleuro-pneumonia had been discovered, and assistance of e: 8 was asked in order to make a thorough examination. At the same time an assistant of the government inspector informed the editor of the Na tional Live Swck Journal, in this city, that they hadfound a case of con! us uro-pneu- monia. Coming from 4 source deemed authoritative, this statement was repeated, and the announcement at once went out that the dreaded cattle disease had, in fact, made eee, at the West. This was prior to the careful investigation of the lungs and pleura of the slaughtered heifer, A day or two later, when the authorities had looked into the matter with roster care, the diseased parts of the animal were ound to not show any enlargement, mottled condi- tion or of the pleura. In contugious pleuro- pneumonia these conditions are always present. ‘The hepatization of the lungs showed only that the beast had been afflicted with a sequel of some lung-d.sease, probably common pneumonia, which is not in the slightest degree dangeroug or contagious. These statements as to the condition of this animal are made by accomplished veterinarians and must be accepted as true. Meantime, however, the other report had gone out, and it will probably be some time before the effect of the false announce- ment can be neutralized. The government inspector has, ot course, striven to shake off from himself all responsibility for the first rumor, but it would ap- that his excited condition and haste to make nown the fact that an animal had been found with f appear symptoms had the effect to falsify the ue condition of things. It was uothing more than common or sporadic pleuro-pneumoni& not con- tagious. IMPORTATION OF CATTLE. . ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRENCH ON THE QUES- TION OF PROHIBITING THE LANDING OF CAT- TLE IMPORTED FEOM GREAT BRITAIN— BLEURO-PNEUMONIA AND ITS EXISTENCE “IN ENGLAND CONSIDERED—CONTINUANCE OF THE PROHIBITION ADVISED. ‘Wasurncton, March 7, 1879, The following report from Mr. H. F. French, As- sistant Secretary of the Treasury, upon the subject of the recent Treasury orders prohibiting the land- ing of cattle from England, was read at the Cabinet Council to-day, and upon consideration of the facts stated the Treasury order of February 26, 1879, will remain in force:— To the SECRETARY :— ‘The question presented is whether the order of this department of February 26, 1879, prohibiting the landing of cattle imported trom Great Britain until otherwise ordered should be rescinded or modified. Said order was issued upon information vhat the disease known as pleuro-pneumonia, which in Eng- land is otten called the cattle plague, had appeared in Hull and other parts of England. Huil isa port on the northeastern coast of England between which and New York a regular line ot steamers plies, touch- ing at Southampton, where cattle from the Channel a are taken on buard and brought to the United a ‘ ORIGIN OF THE DISEASE, The pleuro-pneumonia, as it was familiarly known husetts nearly twenty years ago, was intro- duced from Holland by the importation of Holstein cattle by Mr. Cheney, ot Belmont. I assisted in the investigation of the disease at that time, and Lagige from the facts recently made known that their frames, being large, will takeon proportion- ately more fat duri: @ feeding season, aud are therefore more profitable. TAK “STILL YEED" SEASON. The feeding season in Chicago begins about the first of October. From that time uutil about the middle of May the catile are kept on the slops, If the market warrants theis being taken out any timo between-the latter part of March and the 15th of May they may be disposed of, but as a general thing they remain until about the last date indicated. The price paid for feeding, provided the cattle are owned by outside parties, is nine cents a head per day. This amount is paid to the distillers for the slops and shed room. The cattle owners furnish en to look after the animals and feed them and also supply their own. hay. In several instances in this city the are the owners of the beef le. Generally where the distillers feed their own cattle they’ feed milch cows for other parties on contract. THE CHICAGO ESTABLISHMENTS, < There are in Chicago five large distilleries whero cattle are fed on slops. These are the West Side Al- cohol Works, the Phenix Distillery, No. 2; Shu- feldt’s Distillery, the Garden City Distillery und the Riverdale or Black Hawk Distillery. The West Side Alcohol Works are located at the intersection of Kinzie street and Western avenue. This company are feeding about four hundred. The animals were driven in about the ist of October, and are now in primo condition, They are mostly native steers. The animals are fed four times daily on slops and hay twice, and are as clean 8 cattle can be when surrounded, as these are, by natural filth. In the opinion of the feeders the animals will take on ffm three hundred to four hundred pounds during thp term of confiiement, The feeding sheds cannot béconsidered first class, ‘The rule here is to ent out mptly any animal that may exhibit any signs of ;weakuess of disease, and send it to the slaughter house. But no disease of any serious na ture has manifested itself, No Spanish fever has ever been discovered, The Pha@nix Distillery, superintended by Mr.Georgo T. Burroughs, is located beyond the northern limits -of the city on # branch of the Chicago River, Here about eighteen hundred cattle are fed. All are in prime condition. The gain in weight ts estimated at about four hundred pounds. The cattle are owned by the distilling company. About three hundred aro ‘Texans, the remainder Cherokees, Coloradans and natives, The sanitary regulations are excellent. Care taken to cut out all cattle that may develop disease; but thus far the sheds have been free of all complaints. There have been no fevers and no symptoms of lung affections. The feeding houses are k: pretty clean; yet it must be stated that they are not in as good condition—or were not on the occasion of the visit of the HrxaLp representative—as the necessities of the case would deinand. The buildings are poor, and the cattle in many places subjected to continuous draughts of cold ‘siz, which are Liable to engender lung diffical- ties. ‘The animals will ly be shipped early in May, They are inte: for domestic and foreign markets. They will be shipped first to the Albany (N. Y.) yards, ling here is conducted on the same plan as described elsewhere in this letter. ‘The Garden City Distillery 1s located in the south- ern portion of the city, on Weat Twenty-second street, noar Halsted strect. it is a large establishment, and has accommodations for fully 1,200 cattle. At present there are 1,000 feeding, mostly natives, with some Col is and Cherokees—fow thorough Texans. There has been and is no sickness in the entire lot. ‘The regulations require that any diseased caitle shall be promptly taken from the sheds and sent off the premises. Even if the cattle do not take to the slops and hang in not cating they are cut out. ‘owell, of the Garden City Company, estimates that the cattle will take on about two hun- dred and fifty pounds each during the feeding season, The present lot came into the sheds about the latter Pak November and will probably re- main wntil the 15th of May. They ‘will be shippen wo Albany, and many of them will, no doubt, find a market abroad. ese cattle ure owned by a Mil- woukeo party who has made @ specialty of fattening beef for the lish trade, The fording sheds hero are in fair condition, and were found to be in a com- mendable state of cleanliness, The Shuteldt distitlery is on the north side of the city, noar Chicago avenue, on Larrabeo street. There are about 1,600 heal feeding. The sheds aro spacious, Woll ventilated aud warm. The floors are kept remarkably ol @nil the auirhais are in excel- lent condition. The same system of teoding is fo lowed as in the other establishments, and the sani- tary regulations are extremely rigorous, No disease has been discovered, Tho auimaly are healthy and vigorous, the Riverdale, or Black Hawk, distill is about twenty miles from Chicago on*the Tingis Central Railroad, at a point known os Dalton. Here there aro about fitteen hundred head of cattle feeding. Thore is no sickness among them, and the condition of tho sheds is good in every respect. The regula- tions regarding sick animals are stringent, and the cattle are kept as clean as is possible, The testimon: as to gain in flesh and other points concerning foed- ing and care is the same as Was clicited at the other establishments, ‘ OUTSIDE STABLES, Additional to the foregoing may be mentioned the fevding of cattle now being carried on at severnl other points in the State~—-namely, Springfeld, Pekin, From ail reports reveived from disease now prevalent to some extent in this country and Great Britain is of the same type. It is & contagious disease, and is supposed to communicated not only by actual contuct of sound cattle with those diseased, but through infected fodder or bedding or buildings. A marked feature of the dis- ease is that it often incubates or lies dormant from thirty to fifty days, and even more, after its seeds are*sown, and during this ‘iod of incubation, whether longer or shorter, not even a skilled veteri- ary su a can detect its presence. Cattle ma, therefore, be purchased in England, shipped to thi country, sod at auction and dispersed over our pri cipal stock breeding States without the possibility of detecting the disease by any inspection of the enimals. ‘MEASURES OF PREVENTION. The States no doubt have full power by quaran- tine or other regulations to protect themselves against the spread of this disease; some of them, as Massachusetts and New York, have adopted meas- ures for this pur} . The necessary measures for the inspection of this @isease as in those States and in England are:—The isolation of all suspected herds and the slaughter and burial of all animals found to be infected, and usually of all that have been ex} to the infection, These measures, with provision for proper compensation to the owners of cattle thus slanghtered, are now enforced in England and in the States already named, and pro! in many others, Several States into which cattle are imported, it is un- derstood, have no such regulations. Of these, I un- derstand Maryland to be one, and Baltimore is rt hig oa of importation ede of live cat Congress possessen power to prevent, tho in- troduction of the cattle disease by emveting the inspection and quarantine or the destruction of sus- pected , it has thus far failed to exercise such ower, The only provision on this subject to be found in the laws of the United States is contained in sections 2,493, 2,494 and 2,495 of the Revised Statutes. Section 2,493 Revised Statutes provides that :— The importation of neat cattle and the hides of Peat nits, , From aay, foreign country into tho United States ts prohibited, provided jon of this section shall be ded untrios whener officially determi rr such ghee) will nol read of contagious or in! of the United States: hereb: b By section 2,494 of tho Rovised Statutes, the Prosi- dont has the power to suspend the operation of tho above section whenever, in Eo eS the import- ation of neat cattle and their hides may be mado without dan of introduction and spread of tho contagious diseases, &c. It think it is clear that section 2,493.0f the Revised Statutes confers upon the Secretary of the Treasury no authority whatever to Leer or tsolate, or to slaughter imported cattle. The ouly power conferred upon him is to suspend the section whenever he shall “that such importation the introduction or spread of contagious or infectious diseases,” and to make the necessary or- ers and regulations to carry this law (i. ¢., the law to prevent the importation of neat cattle, &c.) into effect and to suspend the same as prov! The only power that the President has under section 2,494 Of the Revised Statutes is to suspend the pro- huibitory law whenever in bis judgment the tmporta- tion may proceed without danger of tite introduc- tion of disease. The pals ques jon, therefore, to bo considered at present is whether the Secret of the Treasury or the President can determine that the statute prohibiting the importation of neat cattic, &e., can be sueper without danger of the intro- duction of the cattle disease, By aletter from J.D. Hurrloon, secretary of th y aletter from J. D. Hari of the Now York ‘Agricultural Society, dated Febusty 12, 1879, addressed to the Secretary of the Treasury, at- tention was called té the fact that cattle of the Jer- sey island are at this time brought to the United States frequently, and in considerable numbers, by steamers sailing from the port of Hull, and at least one shipment was about to arrive, and the Secretary was ured to take proper precautions against the im- rtatiog of diseased or infected cattle, Harrison isa worthy representative of one of the oldest and most efficient agricultural societies in this country and a society specially interested in the {importation and improvement of neat cattle. At about ramie time statements had been unofficially made in tho papers and otherwise tending to show that pleuro- pneumonia had broken out at various places in Eng- laud. We had information also that the steamer Lepanto was about to arrive in New York from Bog- land, bringing a herd of Jersey cattle from South- aiupton to be sold at auction in New York. the meuntimne, a# will presently be more fally shown, the pleuro-pneumonia had appeared in various parts of the United States, especially near New York city. The Deminion of Canada, on February 6, 1879, had au order of Cotnell prohibiting the tm or introduction into the Dominion ot ¢ nited States for # period of thre: months from that dal We had learued, also, that two herds of cattle, one being from the Unitod Stites aud one from Canada, shipped from Portland, by the Ontario. had been found to be dismased wi pleuro-pneumonia on their arrival, and # part or all of them condemned to be slaughtered, PROHIBITORY ORDER I8sUED. No other power to deal with the disease existing by law the order of February 26, prohibiting importa- tion from England, was issued. ‘This order has given the department power to co-operate with the author- ities of the State of New York in preventing the sale and Sopeation through the country of the cattle im- ted by the steamer Lepanto, which arrived at iew York about March 1. The importers readily complied with the conditions, satisfactorily to the Collector of Customs at New York and to the author- ities of the State of New York, and the nerd, consist- ing of about bees animals, is now quarantined in New York for sixty days. A letter from Mr. Packard, our Consui at Liver- P ray to Hon. F. W. Seward, Assistant Secretary of ‘tate, dated February 10, 1879, states that the Lon- don Times of February 7, puptished & report that ploute-paeuisonts het Broken out among the cows of William Robinson, a dairyman at the north end of Liverpool, Upon inquiry of Mr. Robinson it appears that on November 27, January 3 and February 4, he had sold acow toa butcher, and these three cows had all been found to be diseased, and that on Feb- ruary 7 all of his remaining cows, six in number, were slaughtered by order of the Privy Council. He says all the animals were English, and that he never brought an American cow or saw one offered for sale. Upon inquiry Superintendent Walsh, of the Bootle police, said the pleuro-pneumonia had ap- about six months ago at the dairy of Mr. ‘ilson, near Crosby, who kept twenty-one cows. Six were found diseased and all were slaughtered. On the farm of Mrs, Haines, near Bootle, about the same time, three cows the disease and were slaughtered and buried. Pleuro-pneumonia ap- peared on October 28 at the dairy of Rowland Allen, near Liverpool, and of fifteen cows eleven were dis- eased, and all were slaughtered. On October 17, at the dairy of Mr. Lambert, one cow was attacked and eleven were slaughtered. None of these cows were American. The article referred to, from the London Times, is annexed to Consul Packer's letter. From this it ap- pears that of 197 cattle landed at Liverpool by the On- » from Portland, all have been slaughtered and 18 of the number only found infected, A second letter from Mr. Harrison, secretary of the New York Agricultural Society, dated Janu 26, 1879, fully sets forth the danger of the trade in cattle between Hull and New York and urges the department to take measures to prevent the intro- duction of the pleuro-pneumonia through that chan- nel, He says:— The port of Hull is, at latest mail advices, infected with lung plague, contagious pleuro-pnoumonia, of cattle. This port, having’ constant trade with Holland—the very home, during the present contury, of lung plague—has for a long eon one of the most dangerous of all ports as re- ards the receiving and disseminating of this worst of all iseusos of cattle. ' A lettor from Dr, James Low, of the Brooklyn Board of Health, addressed to General Curtis, dated February 28, 1879, strongly urges one of two courses— either the absolute prohibition of the importation of cattle from Europe, or'the placing of newly arrived animals in quarantine for at least two months, and then an examination weekly by s veterinary expert and the burning or disinfecting of all the bedding, fodder and other moveable objects connected wit! animals imported from foreign countries, Under this state of facts the Secretary will consider whether it is sate to suspend the order of February 26, Prerenting: the importation, in view of the tact that this order is the only means provided by law by which any officer of the government is authorized to interfere in any way with the importation of cattle, EXPORT OF LIVE ANIMALS. From the Bureau of Statistics we learn that the ex- iy of live animals have increased from $733,395 in to $5,844,653 in 1878, being an increase of about eightfold; that the exports ot horned cattle during the first five months of the current year amounted to $4,414,000—$517,182 in excess of the value of the same during the entire preceding year. Of the cattle exported in 1878, about 62 cent went to Great Britain. The following table exhibits the number and value of the cattle entered for consump- tion from 1873 to 1878:— . Statement showing number and value of for consumption from 1878 to 1878: — Pos antoret ‘ Number of Cattle, Value Yoar ending June 30, 1873. 34,908 $820,704 51 nding Ju 1874. 45.715 ‘BH4,961 29 Your ending Jn: 1875, . Your ending June 30, 1976 Year ending June 30, 187. Your ending June 30, 1878. Totala... . an 220.917 $3, BS TAM hief of Customs Division. Customs Division, March 6, 1879. PURPOSES OF IMPORTATION AND EXPORTATION, In considering this subject it is necessary to bear in mind the different purposes for which cattle are exported and imported. Our exportation of neat cattle to England is chiefly for immediate slaughter for beef, although some cattle, no doubt, are sold to be sent into the country to be fattened, and some, perhaps, for dairy ee.» The great bulk of our cattle received at lish ports are intended for immediate 707,763 12 slaughter. here abattoirs are provided, as is already done at several of the ports, an order of the Council that the cuttle shall be immediately slaughtered on arrival brings no great loss upon the owner, while it effectually or the spread of any disease from that source rough the Kingdom. On the other hand, the cattle imported from Great Britain are almost entirely of valuable breeds of short horn or Channel Island cattle, intended for breeding purposes and not slaughter, and, being purchased of breeders in all parts of the country, are liable to carry contagion over our whole land. An order to slaughter them upon arrival would be equivalent. to an order of non-importation. While we may proper! id the importation of cattle rom 4 until the ——_ of contagion bas passed, England has no similar reason for pro- hibiting importation into that Kingdom, but may wisely and properly maintain strircent regulations far inspection and patie slaughty of the animals at the ports of arrival as a precautionary measure. THE DISEASE IN THE UNITED STATES. 1am not yet satiaiied as to the extent of the preva- lence of the cattle disease in the United States. We are taking measures to gain information daily =e One thing, however, we may regard as the subject. certain, that England has yeason to belicvo that the pleuro-pneumonia prevails to a con- siderable extent in this country. A letter from thy Minister of Agriculture of Canada, dated Febru- ary 24, 1879, addressed to Mr. Le Duc, Commissioner of Agrioulture, states that the cattle taken to Eng- land by the Ontario were purchased in Ohi» and other parts of the West, and were tuken immediately from cattle yards in Buffalo, and that “the imperial authorities have indubitably satisfied themselves that the disease conveyed by the cattle of the Onta- rio pleuro-pneumonia of the most malignant type.” *Parther, that Professor McEachran, of Montreal, who was specially commissioned by this department, did find pleuro-pneumonia in the State of New York, in the trict of Columbia, in Virginia, in New Jersey and other 8. I should be glad to have it demonstrated that tho disease does not exist in the Western States, or in Maine, Vermont or New Hampshire in the Eastern. Ido not place full confidence in the above state- ment of the Canadian Minister, but it will undoubt- cally be secepted in England as true. ‘The exporta- tion of neat cattle from this country has ose almost entirely ceased. In reply to rams a(l- dressed to the ports of Portland, Boston, New York and Baltimore I received answers yesterday that no exportations were contemplated at either port, so far as known, excopt a shipment contemplated on the 10th inst., ag tame for London, ie only course by which the exportations cau be resumed is the adoption on our part of energetic measures to stamp out the disease wherever it may appear, T think the order adopted by this department pro- hibiting importations for the present will be every- where regarded as a ep in the right digection, and cannot be regarded by England as unfriendly to our commerce with that nation. T send herewith a memorandum by H. B. James, of the Customs division, showing various orders and restrictions heretofore placed upon the importation of live animals. Very respectfully, HLF. RENCH, Assistant Secretary. AM'RICAN CATTLE FOR FOREIGN MARKETS. ‘The first examination of cattle for shipment abroad since the lath of February last was made at the yards at Sixtieth strect yesterday afternoon, and the animals will be shipped this morning. A Hmaatp reporter learned upon inquiry at the offico of the Collector of the Port that it 1s General Merritt's in- tention to appoint a special officer for the inspection of cattle intended for tratisportation abroad, but so far no euthority for such appointment has been received from the Treasury Department. At present the inspections are made under the directions of the Survoyor’s office. General Graham, the Surveyor of the Port, aaid to the reporter that the examinations were made by a veterinary surgeon un- der the supervision of a Custom House inspector, and he added that the inspectors who are choren for this duty are those most familiar with disease in cattle, For further information he referred the re- ya tho barge office, where Colonel Kibbe was found, Colonel Kibba stated that the veterinary surgeon is employ: yy and at the ex. pense of the exporter, but that tho inspector must be satisfied of his character and capacity. ‘The examinations are very thorough. Every animal is examined as thoroughly as if it was a question of bargain and sale, and as most of the inspectors de- tailed for this duty are butchers and so in a manner experts in regard to diseases in cattle there is litthé or no danger of infected animals being ae. The eyes and nostrils are especially scrutinized, Applica- tions for permits to ship cattle are made at the Sur- veyor’s office, and the permits are not granted until a thorough examination in overy case demonstrates, that the animal is free from disease, GENERAL PATRICK PREPARING TO CHANGE HIS BASE OF OPERATIONS —JERSEY CITY RECEIVING ATTENTION. h While the sanitary squad in Brooklyn waa busied yesterday in the examination of stables in the North- ern and Eastern districts, General Patrick was occu- pied in his headquarters at the office of the Board of Health in receiving reports from several quarters in Queens county, Among those who called wore gentlemen interested in cattle traffic from Glen Cove, Mineola, Roslyn and Jamaica, desiring to obtain more definite information in re- gard to «the «removal of cattle to New York. In Overy tnatance General Patrick informed the applicants that no cattle could be removed with. out @ vormit from the State autuoritios, assaring the owners at the same time that they would be sub- | even of a practical reformer, he will be Jected to as little inconvenience as possible, He stated explicitly that the officers appointed by the | Quarantine Commissioners would proceed with the | utmost expedition if their efforts were seconded by the proprietors of stables. To use the General's I wish heartily that this business were in this section of the State, so that we might turn our attention to other quarters. This matter is so important that we cannot afford to spend too much time in one place.” ‘The General declined to state what new instructions he received from the Executive, but the movements in his office yesterday indicated that he is about to direct his efforts in other directions. The quarantine staff re- fused to impart any information on the subject, but an officer of the Brooklyn Board of Health told a HERaLD reporter that as soon as the cattle at the Blissville stables could be disposed of the services of Sheriff Rushmore would be required in another por- tion of Queens county. The Sheriff seemed to have an- ticip the order a# several of his deputies were notified that their services at Blisaville would be dis- pensed with at the end of next week, General Patrick will remain, however, at his present headquarters in Brooklyn and direct the quarantine operations in the counties to which his jurisdiction is extended, Con- tinual complaints arrive from Staten Island, West- chester, Suffolk, Rockland and Orange counties; but the work is of such magnitude that it will be necessarily slow, The General frankly stated that when the quarantine at Blissville was estab- lished he did not anticipate the immense work to be encountered by the quarantine staff. He has made &® pro; to the proprietors of the stables at Blissville in regard to the establishment of a iarge cattle yard in that vicinity after the cattle now in the stables have been slaughtered, and the subject will be fully discussed on Monday evening. It has beendefinitively settled that the new quarantine yard shail not be located within the municipal limits of Brooklyn. Instructions have been issued that the cattle boat Midland shall land all the animals pig onl from the Jersey shore hereafter at the foot of Broadway in Brooklyn. The New Jersey Stock Yard Cow y has been notified that if the boat from thetr ya at the Long Dock transgress the rule laid down in regard to the Janding, at Broadway the officers of tire boat will be arrested and the boat seized by the State suthori- ties. Although this may be regarded as an extreme measure, it has been recommended by the wholesale butchers and cattle dealers of Williamsburg, who re- fuse to allow the cattle consigned to them to mingle with those coming from the Long Dock.. ‘THE NEW JERSEY RAID. The members of the Examining Committee of the Jersey City Board of Health, comprising Health In- spector Gronin and Drs. Lochner and Knauper and Protessor Chambon, continued their ihvestigations in regard to the condition of the stables in the Greenyille section of Jersey ox. yesterday. The; found birt Meas ina very filthy condition, an several cattle were suffering from pleuro-pneumonia, Professor Chambon and Inspector Cronin have been selected by the legislative committee on the cattle disease as examiners of stables in Hudson county ending the passage of the Cattle Disease bill in the lower house. KINGS COUNTY MILK EXCHANGE. A regular meeting of the Kings County Milk Ex- change was held yesterday afternoon at their room in Everett's Hall, Fulton street, Brooklyn, President Jobn Covert in the chair. Mr. E. Deming acted as secretary pro tem., Mr. N. B. Killmer being in Albany looking after the bill reducing the freight on milk. The following | despatch, received from Mr. Killmer, was read by the secretary :— Jonn Covert, Milk Exchange, No. 398 Fulton street, Brooklyn y # favorably received by committee. Erie not represented. Final hei next Wednesday, Success ured. Committee say printing of argument indispen- reyeated roxolutions to Governor, who said law must be enforced until the people receive pure milk, N. B. KILLMER. The proposed bill regulating the sale of milk in the city of Brooklyn, and providing for the estab- lishment of a milk bureau, with inspectors and license fees, which was brought up at a previous meeting of the Exchange, was discussed. Action on the bill was finally postponed until a future meeting, for the purpose of ¢: change to inform tl.emselves as to its legality. transacting some furt ier business of an unimportant character the meeting adjourned. OBITUARY. ELIAU BURRITT, THE “LEARNED BLACKSMITH.” Elihu Burritt, celebrated as a self-educated philol- ogist and as a reformer and journalist, died at New Britain, Conn., early yesterday morning, after » brief illness. He was the son of 3 shoemaker and the youngest of ten children. His father and grand- father had both served in the war of the Revolution and were of Scottish descent. Born at New Britain December 8, 1810, Elihu received the ordinary eauca- tion of a country school, and on the death of his father was apprenticed to s blacksmith at the'age of sixteen years. The incentive to the study of lan- guages was the desire to read the Bible in the origi- nal languages. An elder brother, Elijah, kept a boarding school at New Britain, and to him Elihu was much indebted for encouragement and assist- ‘auce in his self-imposed task. He did not neglect his mechanical profession, but became in three years one of the most expert blacksmiths in the State of Connecticut. He was endowed with high mathematical ability, and while at work at the bellows #ould extemporize difficult problems, carrying the solutions in his memory until he could verify their correctness by consultation with his brother. He received some instruction in French, Latin and Greek in his brother's school, and then re- moved to New Haven to enjoy the advantages deriv- able from the vicinity of Yale College. He woujd not, however, ask assistance from any professor, and when twenty-two years of age undertook as an ox- periment to read the Iliad without note or comment and with ouly a Greek-Latin dictionary. Beginning with fifteen lines a day, he soon made rapid progress and completed the book. He then abandoned his trade, for a time becoming a school teacher and sub- sequently embarked in mercantile business. Losing his small accumulations in the firancial crisis of 1837, he went to Worcester, Mass., without a dollar in the world, and resumed his mechanical avocation. Becoming acquainted with the linguistic treas- ures of the library of the American Anti- quarian Socicty, he soon mastered German and other kindred languages, as well as those of the Latin and Semitic groups, and turned his attention to the old Norse or Icelandic tongue. Rafa’s work on the discovery of America by the Norsemen had recently appeared, and was exciting muvh attention. Burritt translated from the Ice- landio the relating to America, and first be- came known beyond a limited circle By that achieve- ment. It was in 1840, when above he eight years of age, that his name first attracted public attention. He wrote to William 8. Lincoln, of Worcester, a let- ter sagt hem sid in obtaining work as a translator from the German, at the same tinte mentioning hi; occupation and the considerable list of langw: at which he had gained some knowledge. The letter was communicated to Edward Everett, then Gover- nor of Massachusetts, and by him read to a meeting ot workingmen as an example of success. ul self-help. He was promptly named “the learned blacksmith,” and exaggerated accounts ot his proficiency were circulated, the usual version being that he knew forty languages. Of course this number was far in exceas ot the fact, and even of the smaller number of languages really studied Mr. Burritt never acquired an accurate knowledge of more than eight or ten. On the invitation of his newly found admirers Mr. Burritt prepared alecture to prove that ail knowledge can be achieved by downright hard work, without the aid of genius, This lecture was delivered in several Northern States and also in Rich- mond, Va., in 1841, Subsequently Mr. Burritt be- came ambitious of a public career of another kind, aud in 1844 ostablished a weekly nowspaper at Wor- cester—the Christian Citizen—devoted to the advocacy of peace, temperance, self-culture and the abolition of slavery. In 1846 he went to Europe to labor for universal peace, promoted there the foundation of a “League of Universal Brotherhood” and edited for a short time a paper called the /’eace Advocate. He was active in organizing the first Universal Peace Con- gress of 184%, and was present at those of 1949 and 1850, but the Congress found invincible obstacles in its endeavor to settle questions such as that of Schleswig-Holstein by arbitration. He published in Eugland three yolumes— Sparks from the Anvil” (1848), “Miscollancous Writings” (1850) and “Olive Leaves” (1863). Returning to America in 1852 he settled at Philadelphia as editor of the Citizen of the World, in which he advocated a scheme of com- pensated ‘abolition of slavery, This project had gained some popularity when the John Brown raid eee bet ite possibilities of success, At this time Mr. Burritt was living on sixteen cents a day, and had not accumulated a dollar by his long career of philanthropic labor. He was paintully aflectod by the failure of hia scheme and by the outbreak of the civil war, when he retired to the small farm he owned at his native place. In 186% he visited Eng- land, and he was appointed Consul at Birmingham in 1865, holding that post until 1870, when he finally thed de in New Britain, He published in 1s}4 ‘Thoughts and Things at Ho: Abroad,” “A Waik from John 0’ Groat's to the Land's End,” in 1869 a collection of his “Lectures and Speeches,” iy, “Ten Minutes’ Talk on All ships from Many Blocks" (1874) and an elementary “Sanskrit Grammar.” Mr. Burritt was one of the early advocates ot cheap ocean post: age, aud to the end of his life was indefatigable in promoting various missionary and philanthropic schemes, prepargl manuals of the Hindostani, Porsian and Turkish fanguages, and intended to pre: pare others upon the Semitic Ipnguages, but none of them have been printed, and it ix pot at all probable that they will be. In truth, Mr. Burritt, though knowing something of many languages, was not a comparative philologist, and his linguistic publica- tions form no important part of his life work. He should rather be considered as an ardent and effective, though somewhat eccentric and vielonary, reformer and philauthtopist, His literary atyle wi not polished and the sim of original creative work which he did was extremely limited. While he will not be accorded the fayie of @ prodigy of learuing, or asa man of unwearied industry and philunthropy | expended upon useful objects, and as a highly chare acteristic product of American instatutions. ROBERT BAY. Mr. Robert Ray, a Knickerbocker, and one of tha oldest bankers of this city, died on Tuesday last at his residence, No. 320 East Twenty-eighth street, He was born in this city in 1794, and was conse- quently eighty-five years of age at the time of his demise. In early life he chose the career of @ banker, and wasa member of the banking firm of Prime, Ward, King & Co., which did the largeat banking business in New York half a century ago. He married a daughter of his partner, Mr. Prime, and was a brother-in-law of Mr. James G. King, the latter a brother of ex-Governor John A. King, and of Charles King, one of the earliest editors of the Courier and Enquirer—preceding James Watson Webb—and afterward Chancellor of the New York University. He built the old granite mansion on Bowling Green (now occupied by the British Consul) and occupied it with his family more than forty years ago, when that locality was considered the most fashionable in the city. In 1839 he became ona of the incorporators of the Bank of Commerce, and was a member of the directory up to the time of hia death, having put in an appearance at a meeting of the three weeks ago. He retired from busi- ness thirty years ago, and passed his leisure time in forming the duties devolving upon him through is connection with various benevolent associations, He was for many years president of Greenwood Cemetery Association, and was a contributor to and one of the managers of St. Luke’s Hospital, besides being interested in many other institutions of the kind, He was clerx and treasurer of Grace Church for many years. After his withdrawal from Grac¢ Church Mr. Ray established the Church of the Hol; Apostles, corner of Ninth avenue and ‘Twenty-eighth street, and attended there ever since. was largely interested in the charities of the Episcopal Church, ‘The deceased was an old Knickerbocker and classed among his earlier associates Gulian C. Verplanck and Peter Stuyvesant. He was a widower and leaves two married daughters, one of them the wife of a son of John ©. Hamilton and the other the wife of an Episcopal minister. His funeral took place yes- terday morning from the Church of the Holy Apos- tles and was largely attended, among those present being ex-Governor Edwin D. Morgan, Edwards Pierrepont, ex-Minister to England; Samuel Sloan, President of the Nelaware, Lackawanua and Western Railroad Company; Charles F. Vail, the President, and the full Board of Directors of the Bank of Com- merce and & numerous representation from the banks and banking houses of this city. The flag on the bank was at -mast yesterday out of respect to his memory. . CAPTAIN JESSE BARKER. Captain Jesse Barker died st his family residence, No, 202 Warren street, South Brooklyn, on Thursday evening, in the eighty-third year of his age. Deceased was born in East Chester, New York, in 1798, being the descendant of an old English family that ¢mt- grated to this country about the middle of the last century. His father was a farmer and was well off, but Jesse, when a child nine years of age, formed a desire to become a Hell Gate pilot, and was early apprenticed to the profession to which he devoted @ long life. He received his credentials as a pilot when he was twenty-five years old,and was at the time of his death the oldest pilot surviving of the brave men who formed his contemporaries half a century ago. Though naturally quiet and retiring in his man- ner he took an active part in everything that sppertained to the promotion of the interests of his fellow pilots, He retired from active participancy in the rough and rugged duties of pilot’s life in 1870, but he never lost sight of the fact that his old rofession was being subjected to unjust inroads at Tes "hanas of the advookes fe tegheeek aioe tem, which permits vessels to be taken through “The Gate’ without engaging a pilot. “Captain Jesge,” as he was familiarly called by the pilots, frequently visited Albany during the sessions of the Legislature in the interest of his fellow crafts- men, and his purse was always open’ to assist the “Hell Gate pilots. He died of general debility attend- ant upon the natural infirmities of his advanced years, His wife and five daughters curvive him. ‘The faneral will take place’ on Sunday from the Methodist Episcopal Church, corner of Clinton and Pacific streets, of which congregation deceased was a member. The remains will be interred in the family plot at Cypress Hills. FOSTER J. WEEKS. Mr. Foster J. Weeks, one of the oldest merchants of this city, died suddenly yesterday morning at the St. Cloud Hotel, where he had resided for some time, He was born in Guysboro, Nova Scotia, in 1818, and came to this city in 1838, where he commenced his mercantile career with the firm of Russell & Co., job- bers in flour. Two years later he formed a partner- ship in the flour business with a“gentleman named Douglass, whose daughter he subsequently married. The firm's was Weeks & Douglass, and its lace of busine it No, 16 South street. In 1863 the eceased retired from the firm, and for two or three years travelled extensively abroad. On his return he established the firm of Weeks & Freeman, and on the death of the latter, in 1871, the deceased formed the firm of Pitt, Exgles & Johnson, these three gen- tlemen having been in the employ of Weeks & Free- man. Mr. Weeks did not take an active part in the business, but remained a special partner in the firm until his death. He was one of the members of the old Corn Exchange and one of the original founders of the Produce Exchange. The deceased did not en- joy good health for some time, having been troubled with liver complaint, but his death was unexpected and a groat surprise to his many friends. He leayes a widow, but no family. DR. IGNACIO OROPEZA, VENEZUELAN JURIST. Mail advices ffom Caracas record the death in that city of Dr. Ignacio Oropeza, one of tho most distinguished publicists of that Republic, aged sixty- nine years. Born in the memorable year 1810, in which independence was proclaimed, his childhood was coincident with the thirteen years of a war of extermination, finally crowned by the success of the arms of Bolivar and Paez. He took the ot Doctor of Laws at Caracas, became a distin; advocate and magistrate in the Venezuelan tribunals, and enjoyed the confidence of the administrations of Pacz, Vargas and Soublette. When the so-called liberal movement, headed in 1846 by Antonio Leocadio Gu7man (lather ot General Guzman Blanco), cul- minated in 1848 in the dispersion of Congress and the massacre of some of the Deputies by General Monagas, Sefior Oropeza, like many of his asso- ciates, sought refuge in_ the United States. Ho resided several years in New York city, where ho became acquainted with eee men and ob- tained a good knowledge of the workings of the political institutions of this country. ‘is return to Venezuela he founded the newspaper Ei Constitu- cional, took an active part in promoting agricultural improvements, filled prominent posts in the magis- tracy and was at one tim® President of the State of Bolivar, He was an intimate friend of the late President Paez, and was estoomed as the possessor of civic virtues of a rare order. NATHANIEL GREENE CARNES, Nathaniel Greene Carnes, for more than forty years a prominent merchant of this city, died in Parig, France, on March 5. He was born in Boston in 1792 and in 1811 went to China as supercargo of a vessel. After his return he remained here only a short time, having decided to visit Europe. Ho was a great traveller, roaming all over the globe, and was & witness of two memorable events—viz., Napo- leon’s review his troops in Paris in 1415, before the battle of Waterloo, and the subsequent entry of the Prussians into Paris. He was also a» witness of the entry of the Germans into Paris at the close of the Franco-German war in 1870. The deceased was a member of the firm of F. & N. G. Carnes, ‘dealers in dry and fancy goods. Mr. Carnes was « lover of flowers and plants, and was a member of the New York Horticultural Society. 6 Brevoort House in Fifth avenue was built by the deceased in 1 but he sold it afew years later. Since 1865 he had re- sided in Paris, but, notwithstanding this, he was very much attached to his native country, his remains will be brought here to be buried inthe fame ily plot in Mount Vernon Cemetery. JOHN KENNARD. Mr. John Kennard, of the well known stationery house in Dey street, died of typhoid fever at his rosie dence on Magnolia avenue, Jersey City Heights, on Thursday evening, the 6th inst., aged fifty two years. He was a native of this city and began life as a book- binder. In 1862 he became a partner in the stationery business with Mr. J. O. Seymour, who died afew sago. In 1866-7 Mr. Kennard was Councilman for the Twenty-first district of this city, and he was subsequently connected with the Board of Education, Becoming izen of Mn gg in 1850 he was for several years president of the of Finance of that city. le will be buried on Sunday afternooa with Masonic honors, SHERIFF KIMBALL, OF LOWELL. Intelligence from Lowell, Mass., announces the death in that city on Monday night of Sheriff Kim- ball, ® much reapected citizon, at the age of sixty- seven years, He was attacked last wock with @ #¢- vere cold, which soon dqyeloped into pneumonia and completely prostrated him. He rallied slightly on Sunday and hopes of his recovery were enter- tained, but these were dispelled before the day was over and he sank tapidiy wntil he died, He was known thronghout the Commonwealth of Massachn- #etis as @ genial and honorable man, He had been elected Sheriff of the county of Middlesex, term after term, for many years past. wee - = MARSHALL B, CHAMPLAIN, »Marshall B, Champlain, Attorney General of the State of New York in 1869, died at his residence im Cuba, N. ¥., at half-past two o'clock yesterds noon. He was attacked with pneumoni Jest and took to his bed on Monday, nine years of age.