New-York daily tribune., 1865-10-05

the Misunderstanding Districts-Eicms.
From our Special Correspondent.
LoSDOS. September % ls6j
Our dullnesS has only intensified during the
past week though the unusual heat Of the season has
been modified by few welcome storms Of rain and cool
evenings To Judge Of the density of the former refer
Won 10 the newspapers. Such editorial thrashngs and
rethIashings Of old straw in the hope 10 produce the
smallest overlooked grain Of mental pabuum for the
omnivorous public such liberal accordance Of space TO
the whole army OF volunteer correspondents (who al
ways seem TO remain in town when everybody else is
out for other purpose than TO write to the newspa-
per) never before witnessed Ii is tho grand carni.
val Of amateur scTibblers whose endless productions
reads very much does the odd second volume
of one Of Jaines's novels. obtainable at like
library. and for the reasonbccause nothing bet
ter Is obteinable. Looking at the immense amount Of
this Kind written and published. is impressed with
the catholicity OF ByTon's remark,
"Tis pleasant sure to see oneself in print
and also with the idea that it might be bad notion 10
publish paper entirely devoted to such correspondence
of course exacting that each contributor should also
become subscriber. II would have better claims 10
represent The Voice of tAe People than any Journal
now existing.
Tie cattle plague and the Tcnans are oniy con
yersatonal yieoe dc resistance, with few side dishes
for a OF which VIC have but auguid appetite With
respect 10 the former it gets and worse. Prof
Gamgee (ThO may claim 10 BE- It's discOvereT) Is out
with dismal letter. asserting that the pest has not yet
attained is hight and predicting that its effects upon
the number and quality Of our stock will be percephbe
twenty years hence. "When." he adds, people cry
out for milk and there milk; for meat and there
IS no meat the truth may fash across their minds that
the warnings uttered during past years and The efforts
made this summer should have been better seconded
In June. or carly in Jlly the slaughter OF few
head OF cattle would have saved Now he slaughter
Of 5000 would probably do lttlo. The men
who are p0G.ug ont Of this calamity ere butchers Who
take advantage Of the farmers difficulties. cheerful
pro pect With beefstake az q couple Of shllngs a
pound already in this metropolis mniton and bacon a
| shilling and upward and ham ls Gi. Furthermore, q
disease has appeared among the sheep described by
some correspondents OF The Taes as follows: u at
tacks lambs chiefly nnOt exclusively and arises from
the presence Of thrcadlke parasites or Eqrin broaci
in the nacs,d. The first symptom IS troublesome
cough, upon which diauhea generally superyenes fol-
lowed by loss OF appetite enacaiOn pr0sraion, aud
inaiy death. \ post norton examination reveals IN
nnmerable fi1ria in tie rGcieq. The consequent NOR.
tality hes been very great some flock masters having
lost half their lambs already, and expect 10 lose all this
years produce The rayages Of the disease have been
very serOus IN the vicinity OF Northampton and the
midland counties generally. Poultry is suggested as
substitute for beet and mutton, being in the country
plentiful and cheap, but hardly tic latter in London
And in consequence OF the prevalence Of the Kinder.
pes, in the dIircs of this metropolis the supply Of mix
from tae country has increased enormously. Farmers
send It 10 town twice day, by rail, in trains which
might almost be denominaed milk trains. from 50 Il
100 miles distance; contracting TO supply certali
quantity day-except the dreaded cattle plague slai
break out among their animals, and prevent Gufllmcn
of the agreement as generally specified in it. 1t rea
threatens to DO very hard Winter for the poor il
England, nor does the solitary item Of the cheapnes
and abundance Of potatoes n spite Of the paria reap
peaancc Of the disease in that tube offer much
lstion FoI tleir sake l wish you could inaueurate
system Of cml grafton as wholesome that in operation
in Ireland.
About the Fenans We talk much less than you wi
be apt TO DO On the other side OF the Atlantic. res
think there would not have been 6nc-third the spac
devoted 20 them in the public press but for the genera
pauc!y Of subjects OF interest, and stress OF bard'l
cdoriai.sm. John Bull hardly come back from th
watering places is next 10 Indifferent Sbout the bus
ness-ioO gBid almost TO observe that his rulers
acting as Illegally the embryo Rebels" who eyI
denty intended him no good. and might have don
some mischief il they had only had good plot leader
better than very small imitatOrs Of Smith Brien an
John Mitchell and chance. Otherwise Bull ought q
be lttle ashamed OF the Of zenl manifested
the Irish Goyernmeut-a fault characterized by Talcy
rand as tho worst that dpomatist could be guilty o
70 have men arrested IS conspiTators, newspaper
seized and c0Hscated, passengers luggage oyerbaule
in English Ioris Tor reasonable correspondence, an'
similar proceedings OF the sort instituted by MARTA
law. should remind Bull Of bis Indignant exceptions u
such dongs your side Of the ocean during the lat
iebeliioD-only you had your national existence t
plead apology for II. while the Fenians seem L
be very small game indeed, and hardly worth powder
and shot, as enemies. Here's Tie Stdrs condensation
SONG Of the recent dongs. 20 feons as ~ deserve