New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-08-13

roS..fsrss A., ave qii:e IS celeste Aas Fyn-
,..r.,sly :ay<ribr IL enc 7't'e, 30 isssr's ',ss
-. ..;SdL.lors.. which prevail N t4e northern
a., F,.l.ua s.s.es, origios,e from ercss %
-. -. Cumberland, Ls1essbire and Wi'&nlfe
,,,e.b,,.s which, he ssys, were originally o.0ush'
10 Ne. E,eIsDd, SD the north Of Engsad eaS
q. ,ss,i. 70 ssy, .he short-horns.
Nv re lave shown, fon,wirs Yonst who s
.s ,s,t stiae Of British cattle that re "I:'hres
AID Ieicss:ershirss were lot originally, nor AZ 'ne
,rss Of re early Importation, IoHs-''rns' Ia
f..nt.,,,ra 90 s.r Sc We tsye ever fesd or nesrd,
., ,rre,ves how, from being eIteDtveiy CONVEX
Ar. With ths. country, ioDg-horns have never pre-
,.;,41 .rteueh 3 fes msy hsve creps Il iron the
,si,;n;,e 6,,rjc.s of Wes.moreland AMI Craven.
- T.n-.shire, Mr. Nash introduces no proof
..,, e...Ie were ever imported; nor is IL hheiy
ga: ether thence or from Cumbsrl1d, cs.de
,asrH tsre been driven above one half The length
Of he s,sns, IN order TO be shipped 70 Amsrc'
ron Southern ports, especially a. season when
ne e...ie Of the South were highly priced, and
t,a,s Of the North comparatively unknown. Inc
r..,t error Of the statements, however, hes IN the
assertion that cross Of the long horn aud short
toyp AID, or could possibly produce middle
hem. 1t night produce horn Of intermediate
hIs:h but in shape, set, color, *sAog on ana
curve, thst horn would besr no more resemblance
II .ie horn Of true middle horn, which is distinct
ard sal e.usris, than j. would TO the horn of the
ftLCceros.
We axe not certain that We correctly under
r;lDl The position Of Mr.. Nash; but Il appears To
" tta. Re is under the misapprehension that the
sbor.t9rns and the long-hsrns are original
British breeds, and that the middle-horns are,
somehow or other, Of later growth, and the result
q MIXTURE between the two
EI,stly the contrary is the fast. The time has
never been when ii e midde-borns were not known
ii England. There is every reason 70 believe them
hnesl descendants of the cattle owned BY Csractacus
and Bpsdces; snd lastly they are in all their vsri-
sIs types the only iniisptatyp pure breeds of cattle
n EpgIand. The origin and first date Of the long
hoIL, aud short-horns can only be Appropriated,
NOT proved. Their glory did not commence until
tie later end of the last century; and, for anti
quity, they cannot pretend to compete with the
Devon., Herefords SusseIes, the Scottish Kyoes,
or the Welsh cattle Of Pembroke or Glamorgan,
whica are all considered TO be aborignaly British
TIA. the New. EDglsnd red cattle have long horn
eros. 10 not to be denied though We believe it to be
entirely recent, and to bear date since the celebrity
d the Leicester long horns began. Wherever
New.Eugland cattle hsye gone into new States,
ysopled by New EDgl.nders, this long horned type
mere or less strongly prevails.
IL al the States colonzed from Virginia the pure
Devon type did prevail although of late it has been
greatly crossed out BY recent importations of i'm
proved Darbsm short-horns; and lastly, in all the
Ststes originally settled from Holland mixed type
Of cattle prevails, seemingly the result of an early
cross between early imported Dutch and New
England cattle.