New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-06-14
FROM PHILADELPHIA.
THOSE JAPANEsR-THE CATTLE DISEASE AMONG
Us-THAT GREAT BELL-ENOUGH OF BIC

PHILADELPHIA, june IL, loOU.
What nation this is for going off at half cock
What bair-trigger generation We are, always
primed and ready for an explosion under the least
imaginable pressure. Nothing seems to come
kind, but the fresher the subject the more crazy
we become. Books were written and published,
but not sold, about the Atlantic Cable, and others
will be issued touching the Japanese. Those
avant couriers, the Illustrated papers, are already
doing huge business among the masses. All this
region, hundred miles into the interior, being full
primed for the Embassy, went off at half cock on
Saturday to an extent that has no parallel among
excitements here. All the railroads and steam
boats from the rural districts poured their count
less thousands of passengers into the city during
the whole morning. blocked up the streets so that
in some places the passenger cars had to beg or
fight their way through, while the steps, the walls,
the doors, the windows, were crowded with living
masses. Here they waited for hours iii the sun
until the procession came by. Certainly, not less
than half million people witnessed it. The women
were out in countless numbers, full dressed when
they went into the jam, but mashed up and utterly
collapsed when they came out of it. Yet, though
there was liberal sprinkling of rOwdies and pick
pockets, the strangers met with no rudeness to
offend them, nor was there any riot, row. or fight
ing as has been teegraphed over to some your jour
mails. The excitement of curiosity to see and speak
with them continues up 10 this hour Crowds stand
all day and up to midnight in front of and all round
their quarters anxious 10 catch glimpse Of either
chief prince or chief cook. Then fresh crowds
continue to pour INTO the city by steamboat and
railroad for no other purpose but to see the Japan
ese They are bored to death by all classes of peo
pie seeking to penetrate into their private apart
ments merely to look at them. The pertinacity OF
the ladies is unconquerable. The officers who have
them in charge have really hard task to perform
in keeping off this disagreeable pressure. When
they 90 abroad, some dodge has to be practiced to
get their guests into carriages The curiosity hunt
ers are omnipresent, the crowd is everywhere. If
the strangers go into shop factory, or any other
place. they are logged by such numbers, in spite of
every precauton, that they can have no comfort in
moving anywhere, or undertaking to examine any
thing. Yet they take no ofiense they eat m0der-
atey, are learning to drink immoderately and seem
constantly thankful for the attentions showered on
them. Presents of all sorts are being heaped on
them, our people having keen eye to business, and
hopeful Of future orders. Somebody has given them
splendidly finished sewing machine. 1t was curl
GUS to see the deep interest with which they bent
low down to watch the movement OF the needle,
and bow the stitch was made evidently anxious to
thoroughly understand it. The doctors were re-
called with the sight Of an operation for the stone,
patient being luckily on hand. As New-YOrk is
bound to surpass us in all things, expect you to
take them to an execution of some one or two of
your yet unlung murderers. But though seeing so
much of the excited crowd, / cannot understand
this half frantic curiosity of the people TO these
strangers 1t must be prompted by peculiarties of
own organization, not by those presentedby the
appearance or merits OF our visitors.
The cattle disease is attracting much attention
in this quarter as with you. At meeting of the
Philadelphia Agricultural Society on Wednesday
its consideration occupied the whole attention of
the meeting. DR.. Emerson read paper on the
subject giving full history of the disease He be-
ieyed it TO be both epidemic and contagious, and
that 1T one of those scourges that periodically
sweep over the earth, at one period affecting man
and at another the lower order of animals These
epidemcs invariably originate in the east, and
travel to the west. He referred to great murrain
in England which had been traced to Holland He
thought the disease was much stimulated by confn-
ing or even housing cattle in unventilated stables
and condemned the Massachusetts practice of
Strengthening the cattle to arrest its progress as be
thought its ravages might be mtigated by cleauli-
ness and ventilation. After his paper had been
read a long discussion sprang up among the mem
bers. A member living in our suburbs stated that
farmer near him had lost seventeen out of
herd of ffty-fve COWS by disease resembling
pleurO-pn while another had lost a
number by disease clearly traceable to
bad ventilation. Ii was also stated that in
Camden County, New-Jersey, one farmer had lost
% head by disease, and that in the Neck Just below
this .ity, three farmers had lost over 81 head The
disease had also appeared in Bucks County, the
symptoms in most cases resembling those noticed
i'll New-England. Mr.. Jennings, a distinguished
veterinary surgeon here declared that the disease
yielded readily TO medical treatment in ITS incpient
stages He said they failed in curing it at the East
because they used the lancet too freely He RECON-
mended that every farmer should Immediately clean
up and wbitewash bis constable, use chloride of
line freely, and that the droppings of all sick cattle
should oe forthwith buried. Some members ex-
pressing belief that the disease prevailing 30 near
this city was not that from New-England, DIR. Jen-
nings repeated his conviction that it was the same
but that our farmers were unwilling to have il re-
ported that their cattle were diseased aud eneay-
Ored to keep the matter secret, it would greatly
injure them in the milk and butcher market. The
Society resolved 10 appoint a commission of two
members, Drs. Emerson and Elwyn, to proceed 10
examine into the state of the dis
ease there, the cure, &C., and directed them 10
publish the result Of their investigation Immediately
On their return.
The great Bell which recently went tong through
our streets III furniture car, to attend the ratica
ton meeting OF the Old Gentemens party, think
must have been housed somewhere. neither see
it, hear If, nor hear of it. fear the Bell and the
Party are failures | see it, feel it, know it, 9th
rrs have, suspicion, others conviction, of the
same kind. Your publication Of the forgotten fact
that John Bell voted for the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise has had damaging influence 90 the
minds of men whose opinion was not exactly made
up. They say that this record lowers him 10 the
standing of Douglas whose kindred crime was
leepened by driving the iniquitous measure to
There is not particle of enthu-
'asm here for the Bell and Everett ticket. None