New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-02-09

shaggy pelt than IA WON BY their brethren Of
milder climates. The zane is the csse win tae
little Scottish hylOes OF The Highlands, which eiiT
among the unchanged Celu. inhabitants OF thoee
grand blue mountains, probably Themselves beari,
urAliIed, also, since The days when they were
driven norhward before the successive nvasions o.
Roman, Saxon, Dane and Norman. The uniformity
Of color Observable among all these cattle, which
are generally sthcolored as il Is termed. or free
from spots or markings, being pure reds, blacks.
browns, or duns, without white, is a strong
argument, in favor of their unmixei descent And
nearly normal condition; for It is notorious taa,
there is no surer test of long domes,ication
than the multiplication OF cOlors and the sputting
speaking, OF pyeing of the hides OF animals The
long. horns hrst became generally known 10
breeders as natives of Lancashire and OF the small
fertile district of Craven, in the West Riding of
Yorkshire, adjoining Lancashire and the south
eastern corner Of Westmoreland, in which the
same family wss found. Long-horned cattle also
exist in Ireland, and that island has BEEN by some,
claimed as their original birthplace; butt is argued,
on the other baud, more plausibly, as the long
horns are found in Ireland, exclusively in the low
and level districts which would be the first
TO be subjected TO invaders, while the mid
de-hons found, ss in the adjacent island, prin-
cpally if not entirely, in the mountain fastnesscs,
which would afford the last refuge 10 the reluctant
ly conquered natives, that the long-horus were
introduced by the Norman cOnquerors, who, 1t Is
well known. crossed the channel from Lancashire
~ Ckosb;ra IJouavar this may he the limo.
horns were first improved ia Lccestcrshire. and
have, TO a certain degree spread into and main
tanned themselves in the midland counties, though
they are no longer the fayoEtes which
they were after their early improvement by
Mr. Blackwell, but are in process OF being
supplanted by the short horns, which are constantly
growing in public esteem. The pOlled cattle, orig
inally developed in Galloway, on the southwestern
sea-coast of Scotland have been introduced into
Norfolk, Suffolk, and the southeastern counties of
England, where the native Galwegans are stlU an
nually bought, on their way southwark, and tattcd
for the London market. OF the short-horns.
Hodemess, and the Tceswater district of the
County of Durham, have for many centuries been
the home, and there they are still found IN periec-
ton. In Northumberland, Durham and Yorkshire,
they existed from very early period, and have Ill
ways prcdomlnated. Their grct antiquity is shown
by the fact that there is IN the ancient cathedral OF
Durham the sculpturcd elligy of COW, " which
presents in every respect perfect type OF the
true Durham short-hon." When it is remem
bered that these three counties were remotely sub
jugated and long occupied BY the Danes, who were
only finally reduced in the reign of William the
Conqueror; and when it is known that a closely
analogous breed of cattle has from remote an
tiquity prevailed from Jutland and liolsten, in
Denmark-which appears to be their native spot
westward, through Germany and the Netherlands
to the confines of France, while tho short-horns are
analogous to no other British breed, there is much
reason to believe that the origin of this family WAS
brought to England by the Danish sea-kings. In
another paper We shall discuss the varons families
of these divisions.