Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-10-30

/ New YORK, October 29.-The horse
/ epidemic may now be said TO be at its
/ worst hight, but notwithstanding the
/ great suffering and numerous cases yes
/ terday the disease is thought by many
! experienced horsemem TO be on the de
cline. To-day the weather is cool and
! pleasant, and hundreds Of partially af-
I fected horses viii be used in cOnse-
quence. The number Of dead horses
reported yesterday was very large,
reaching probably over two hundred and
fifty, and intelligence Of more deaths is
being hourly received. Several of the
leading physicians Of the Board Of
Health say that the disease viii pr0ba-
bly soon attack man. A few men in
Brooklyn, who have been working with
the sick horses, are said to have the
malady. There is a strong public feel
ing against continuous working
the sick hOrses by many railroads.
Nothing, however, has been dOnetO pre-
vent this inhumanity; but arrests are
made Of petty carmen, and yesterday
PlilOsOOist Bergh had poor man ar
rested and put in the TOOmbs for using
his animals. Two instances occurred
yesterday Of horses falling dead in their
harness on the street railroad from over
work. Carrying trade continues to suffer,
and along the docks piles of freight still
remain undelivered. Some branches Of
business are at a stand still. Merchants
who are under contract TO ship -four and
other articles have to pay enormous
prices for carriage. Broadway was thor
Oughly packed withpe pedestrians through
out the day. Some Of the railroad lines
were compelled to stop to-day, while
Others continue to reduce the number of
their trips. Large dealers are announc-
ing their inability TO deliver parcels at
the homes Of purchasers The ferries
are missing their usual receipts from
vehicles, and many Of the principal
marts Of trade have a gloomy appear
ance. The streets present a spectacle
Of Wretched looking, tOttering horses,
dragging terribly overloaded cans and
vehicles.
An Oswego dispatch says that many
horses in the surrounding country have
been attacked, and great dependency
exists among fOrWarders and shippers.
Canal freights to New York have risen
70 twelve cents per mile and still ad-
vsncing. The diseased is becoming gene
raj in the northern part Of the State,
and IS still on the increase.
The number Of fatal cases has increas-
ed. The deaths were, Saturday, thirty;
Sunday, fifty-f0ar and Monday, ninety
six. The Third and Fourth avenue
cars were stopped to-day by President
Bergh OF the Society for the Prevention
Of Cruelty 20 Animals. Few or no cars
were run on East Broadway. Avenues
A, B, G and ID, Seventh and Ninth av-
enues OF Belt lines, and Sixth and
Eighth avenue lines stop their trips ~
Canal street. There is no probability Of
the use OF dummy engines which can
hardly be procured before the horses re-
cover. The stages are begin
ming to run more frequently and
the horses are improving Hun
dreds Of Custom House trucks md
other vehieles yet remain unused in the
streets, but many teams laid up last
week are making their Appearance, and
huge breaches are already being made
in The breastworks Of cotton bales lin
ing the piers along West and South
streets, A large number Of South
American ponies arrived yesterday in
perfect health, and about half Of them
this morning exhibited symptoms Of the
disorder. The horses owned by the eX-
press companies are still affected, but a
majority OF them are at work. Reports
from private stables are more cheerful,
and horses up town are beginning to
relish their food and are looking much
better. A greater number Of cabs made
their appearance in the neighbOrhOcd of
the Stock Exchange to-day. Agents
at the different piers say that goods are
rotting, and before there can he any pos
sibiilty Of their removal they will be
useless. At the Boston and Worcester
line piers few horses are at
work, but all are IN a diseased
state, and the piers are almost
impossible, IS well a. at the Boston
and Fall River docks. No height will
be taken until things improve. The
Old Dominion and California Steam
ship line piers are blocked with vessels
heavily ladened. Business is suspended
at the National line pier, while the City
OF Washington, Of the InmaH line, is
slowly discharging On lighters. It is be-
heyed that the Guyon steamer Idaho
VIII be detained many days, as only five
hundred out Of thirty-fOur hundred and
my bales Of cotton engaged for her, are
yet aboard.
The horse disease still seriously inter
ieres with business in Brooklyn, but
shght improvement IS reported among
the horses affected. The car lines are
running irregulaTly, aud haul off early
fn the evening. A few teams are work
ing to-day at the wbarves, and the ice
companies are using their horses. The
livery stables report a large number of
deaths, but the sick hOrses are now inn
proving
The Mexican Government mas ap-
pointed commissioners to examine into