New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-07-14
les.en the manufacturer. profit but IT'S reliability
will yield eompensatiDg return. ,,..oa
Tta pnaaie.l coIleeee OF this city were estabIIshed

will yield compromising return
TIE medical colleges OF this cry were es'aolsne'
century ago, and have been Tue means Vi a'IiaSe
inc IA us thousands Of students from I'll parts OF The
crn,inept They have 30 multiplied Of latter years
that large sums Of money are now annually spent
among Ne By the students who resort hitler for m
structioD. But While 50 much care mas oeeh
bestowed on the science 60 applied 10 hIhah
infirmity, none OF organized character has oeeh
devoted to tire tens OF Thousands OF sofscs 10 our
midst. Near thee hundted horses die every Week
in London, and In this city ten per cent oil all our
horses and I've stock die annually. many coma,
aous 6seases originate from diseased animals, and
become fatal 20 the buran species let there is no
Veterinary College in The Union. Oar city 10 aoou:
securing the honor Of establishing The hrst and last
week large meeting Of professional ana otneI gen
tleuren was held TO put the undertaking mo shape.
The price of membership IL f,ed AZ 30 Inc
Association already have fine dkssectihe roon ana
a mueeum IN which numerous veterinary cufosties
are exhibited for the instruction OF students.
peonsylvania contains some 400 600 animals, whose
Diseases come within the purvew of this institution,
and if cattle and sheep be included, the number VII
be sweled 10 $500, O00 For the cure OF this vast
number Of domestic animals there now 40 regular
surgical instruction A college established here
will be- nucleus from which others may originate,
until they become as common as they nave long been
in Great Britain, which contains only i,2OO,oVU
cal ability mas long been devoted to the diseases oil
horses and cattle.
The novelties of the week are more scarce than
usual Yet il may strike you odd to be told that,
in spite Of the hard times, there is an aInost unex
ampled rush b. sea shore and mountain hOuse-qute
as much as when business was lively and promised
great profit. All the boarding houses at Cape May
and Atlantic City are doing hourisbiDg business.
Some oftbem have been eccentric enough TO reduce
the fare little but it still remains al high figure.
The river boats and the railroad trains 20 down
daily with crowds of passengers 10 these celebrated
watering places. 1t is difficult to understand how
times can be so hard as is represented, when such
expensive lndugences are continued almost az freely
"a ever
A revolution is quietly going on in the whole Fire
Department of this city, The old hand-engines are
going out Of use and steam is taking their place.
One company after another is procuring steam en-
giDes until now there some ten Of these power
full machines either completed or under way. They
move quietly and rapidly along the streets during iii
alarm, the fire kindling and the steam generating
as they progress and when they reach the scene Of
destruction they are in full condition for service.
They have already demonstrated their great supe
riorty over hand engines and will soon drive them
entirely off the field 1t is well for us that such is
the case for il is high time that the army Of brutal
ruffians who compose the fire companies was dis
banded their places to be supplied by horses. If
you trembe at the Outrages OF your Dead Rabbits,
our city covers under the rufiansm Of the congre-
cation Of brutes which compose too many of these
companies Within a week or two they have had
street fights without number. la one of them
female suddenly entangled in the mob, was struck
on the head by brick, and will probably die. In
another, passing stranger was shot in the back,
to be cripple for fe while young man belong
ing TO one of the companies was shot through the
brain and died. These fellows are the janissaries Of
this metropolis. Unluckily they all have votes
and the timld authorities of both parties are too
cOwardy to crush them out Their dominion over
the very police is deporable and is apparent every
where. No murderOus fire-runner s ever arrested
or punished The three Outrages above recited all
60 unpublished Happily, the steam fre-engines, as
we'll as the horses which draw them, have no votes.
themselves to be most potent reformers of metro
pOlltan morale.
The returns for the half year ending June 80
show that building in this city has not been very
active only 757 permits having been issued by the
Building Inspectors The deaths during the same
period amounted to AGA, of which 1857 were
children. Consumption of the lungs carried off
9l9, and scarlet fever 154. During the single
month of June the police telegraph restored 362
lost children to their parents 30 horses and cattle.
and lost wagons to their owners, beside aiding
10 que numerous fights and transactlng other police
work. to the number of $500 messages. 1t is truly
great institution for such city as this