The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-08-29
Tar article " Blind TOM" repub-

THE article Blind Tom," repup-
Ilshsds yesterday from the Atlantic
Monthly, was from TN July 1852 nqE.A-
her OF that ma zins, and not th iast
july number rs some might suppose
nom the omission of the year under
the caption. We reprodu ced It as q mat
ter 6fiiocal interest at this time to the
hundreds Of our readers who have re-
Gently heard, seen and wondered at the
marvellous musical prodigy who is 80
graphically written of In the article.
AS we stated, it was penned by lady
at that time resident of the city. The
theory so deliberately advanced In the
article called forth some able, reviews
at the time of its appearance-one of
them said to have been the production
Of a musical lady also resident here.
No LITTLE surprise and talk is oc-
casioned by the return ofineomes from
the country districts-not only here
abOuts-bpt elsewhere. There is a La
mentable smallness In the agricultural
returns, not necessarily, but conven-
iently, so, as Is generally suspected.
Farmers worth fortyand fifty thousand
dollarB-owners of fioclSs of sheep-a
hundred head each of cattle and swine
having we'll filed barns-huge hay
riclxs in the meadows-wheat in the
mills and money, stocks, bonds and
mortgages In the banks, return an in
come of ten, twenty and perhaps thirty
dollars. How is fhis2 Do all that
farmers make go into repairs? Whence
come the amounts then that add farm
after farm2 1t is absolutely refreshing
to see one good healthy return from the
country in all the list. Certainly there
is something wrong somewhere. We
are all interested in this tax business.
The less that A pays, the more B must
pay, for the government must lay on
the many or few, deeper and deeper,
until it gets what will pay expenses.
We suspect that much of the fault
lies in the assessors themselves. They
are too polite by half we suppose.
They are not inquisitive like our city
and town officials, who insist on know
ing everything and more, abouta mans
business. We suggest that It would be
a good idea to rotate the city and coun-
try assessors just as they do the preach.
ers in the Methodist Church.
THE foreign news this morning
shows that the cholera is not abating.
1t also shows that the Russian cattle
plague disease is making sad havoc in
England. If It will help any of our
readers to an understanding of the M
ture of this disease to know that it is
called in Latin i,aeumoniG peeorum ep-
izOotfca typAosG, they are quite well
como to the information, The German.
name of Rindeypert is commonly used
to designate it. 1t is said to have visit
ed Europe several times before. Eng
land lost Isl, 600 head of cattle by it
during the twelve years subsequent to
1745. One writer computes the loss in
Europe by It at that period ut 5000, 600
head. In the time of Charlemagne and
even as far back as Theodosius, it is
known to have desolated the continent.
The cattle die of It in a few hours. But
there are the most discordant opinions
respecting the origin of it at this time
in England and respecting the best
remedy. Some think 1t was imported,
while others are confident 1t origina-
ted in, England. Some think the in
feGted cattle should all be killed, while
others think It sufficient to isolate them
recourse some of them are killed and
hurried to market. The symptoms art
unmistalable. First comes a distress
ing cough, and then an eruption mp
pears on all parts of the body. .onC
physicinn writes that his children wer'
made very sick by drinking some
of the milk OF a COW which was slightly
diseased. The disease has already ap
reared in nine or tep counties of Eng
land and also in Scotland. 1t lis indeed
a great national calamity. tits worth,
of consideration whether any measure.
are necessary or can be taken to pre-
vent 1t from reaching our shores.
If there is any yard arm higher thar
another on the Pacific, We hope tina
William waddell, the captain, of tn,
Shenandoah, will be strung up on 4
with the shortest possible shrift. He 1,
thorough scoundrel, the meanest and
most detestable of all the freebooters
whom the south sent forth. In the frs
place, the destruction of fishing vessels
is Rbusiness that man of spirit and
decency would not be swift to engage
in, II he had authority to DESTROY them
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