The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-10-29
TIE HORSE EPIDEMIC.
The Course ind Consequence OF the
Disease. Abatement I'm Canada
Additional Details or it's Progress I'M
tho States.

The continuance Of the horse disease and
ITS paravzing effect upon business III the
northern cities are the leading themes OF the
press and the telegraph. Thus iar INC cpl-
dcmic has not extended southeast o. NC"
Jersey. The New York JmHnat O ton.-
,,teYcr. in examining tho natural laws OF cpl
tlrlnic, with particular reference 10 Tile hoIsc
disease, says
Thc horse disease first broke out at or near
Toronto, Canada, about the 9Th instant. The
exact date of its appearance was not report
ed. From that point it appears to nave
spread in three dircctions-tlIc northeast,
taking Montreal, the southwest in the dircc-
tion of Detroit. and soutlle1steriE ca bul.
faIo, Lockport, Rochester. aud syracuse, ahu
then. with leap. it fastened on New iorh
city. Albany, Schenectady. and Saratoga
seem to have practically escaped. FROM thlS
If would appcar that the main course OF the
maiady is i'm Il southe;lsterly direction. Nhcn
all the fact, arrive and maps can be made II
may be possible TO mark out mario"
breadth of route. Philadelphia, not being
in the general line Of movements, Is lllai-
irr,ed up TO this date, and the disease does
not appear to have pushed far into New Jcr-
s.'y.
one might say that after scourging Long
Island il has run itself into the Atlantic
but we do not propose 10 crowd th" hypo-
thesis any further than the facts warrant.
The breaking out of the disease throughout
New England we attribute. As we have said,
to It's approach upon that region by Il >cis'-
rate route. descending from Montreal. y
Glance mt dates tends 10 prove this. lie
nlsladv appeared in Boston on or about the
I'D, in Springfield the next day, ana in
Providence the 9th. Had it been coli-
mrnicatcd by way Of New York, Springfield
wrlild in al likelihood have been attacked
before Boston. Another still more striking
cylleur that the march OF tic dlSe3ac Is not
uulthwar,l ct eastward from this city i it.
aisencc IT important points on the Hudson
river, and also ut points ucar by III tGnnc.tl-
cut, eur Object in these remarks is not 10
make out theory, but to direct the attention
CT observers to classification OF facts, so
that when the horse di.,cmper IS over we
mas lie able to define il laws OF movement
with proXimatc accuracy.
One law seems 10 lie already legiimatcly
dcduccd-thc disease last, about ten days,
and is of Mid type. II has already spent
is force il Canada. Horse; att,"k"d in Mon
trcal on H., Illil and 18th have recovered
and are able 10 work. 4 Toronto paper >ayS
that ilc fatal cases have hCcn very IeW, and
these are ;ecrbcd to qilack medicines and
pi.,r',icc-roi To The disease itself The horse
di<t.mpcr being precisely the same in al! lis
Characteristics in New York is III Canada,
we may fairly hope lat OH or about the 1St
Of November horses now withdrawn from
The streets for rest and treatment will he tit
TO appear again. One thing is evident.
The spread Of the disease i. II" the result nt
contugiUn. but of atmospheric influences.
huwcycl these NAV he governed o. directed
TIE EplrEMlc I" sEwAHg.
The Newark IS. ll tdccrjiscT caya the
horse ma!aCly is on tl.r increase in th't city.
Ur. Lawrence j. treating i3j ca,c-; Or.
Bowman lnn ca>r>. Dr. Rownan's mctind
Of treatment j. ~ rive thc horse u l!o>J
composed nf .i< o,iucr- Of liquor al ammo-
nh acetate. tWn Of uiiIic ether, and f"ut -!
water. lie next applies II blister 10 tn"
t;!roat. and feeds The animal oil hIaG-nash
and carrots. III by given tie animal is
wet.
CANAi-EOiTS TIED IT.
Krlrri. from the Erie canal. particularly
between Sew York and liuIfHiu, are very
disru,lra~iuu. Many heats have tied up. and
neatly every craft H.. >ir', horses and many
have arrived with dead horses on beard.
Que II Tie ha""a%'-ltrIWrTy companies IS
delivering lH"ga"r ~ H..a!iN ~ a irn;i-,:lrL
rr.m nM IT," street railway tracks. -
rmE 1.l-,A,-~f --1N1N<.
y L-y~1rrh TELEGRAM dated on sunday |
>uy>:
The steamer Iudi, which arrived Friday. |
Ina. not vet c,lnlpnccd 10 discharge her
CARGO. II III" present state uf things con-
tiulr- = wei; luu%cr steamers cannot bc
uuir:.uu. cessation Ia has in"@- mist !
rli~tlr a., lc"ll.l} tilc r!ri lt- 81 lici@h. On"
ri the Great incruy"uicnc"s l. lack 81 hUr~e2 |
l,l funerals. III Eluckiyn tic riiltoal Hires |
u III lioirlliy withdraw Ill their cars n-n!oi-
lnly 10 Give their disabled! i"r>c~a chInc,' Ter
r.-t \ ir% fail cl>c$ ave reported. but ii |
i, ljot definitely settled whether they hay"
been caused ly The epidemic Medical a,l-
thority <iatre that Under the most favorable !
circumstances the disease will run from seven
to ten days, and with tie present untaYorable
weather il may liuM"r longer. At I'LL events.
the present incouycDlCa"" 10 the pubic IS |
liable tp continue until The latter part of tho
coming week. and hv winch time tn" horses
which were first attarhrd ~hclu tc cony:l- |
lC>ctnt
The outward European steamers were nnt
DELAYED. although they have been nconyc-
ricllrutt somewhat 10y the stUppgc Of the
car! drivers. some "f the lines receive tlcir |
,e,yto On hargc> .tlum,: the docks and pier:
saturday looked like sunday. The shine may |
lie said Of sclI2 Of the railway FREIGHT depot
Especial Telegram 10 'i.c uisralt;il
WASuINGTc>. y, G., October 2S,-;rrcat
alarm exists anon. liv,rymcn, &trcct.car
compauieS and others Interested III horst |
flesh. OWN" 10 lie statement that the stud 81
the Peruvian Minister. just brought here
from New Norh show symptoms Of epzooty.
50 far, no authenticated case of the disease
here is recorded, though there are v'riouS
r,,mol< that it has attacked animals on one Of
the strect.clr lines. Statements received here
to-ni@h, show that the epidemic is declining
in Boston and Buffalo, and hopes arc enter
tained that they have got over the worst of
il. In Syracuse, y. y, however. the dis
ease has assumed az alarming phase, and
oxen are being substituted for hor>c-tcams
there.
t.~ociai,j Press kilograms.
LATEST REPORTS CONCERNING THE EFlzooTlc.
NEW IuRK. October 2S.-Thc mllady has
;,prarcd at Pou4hkcCpSic, and oxen are used
ior hauling goods. At syracuse nearly every
horse is sick, Aid many have died. At
Portland, Me- ninc-tcnths Of the horses are
sick.
In this city the disease shows 10 abatc-
mrnt. The weather is damp and toggy.
Horsencn say there will he 4 total SuSpcn-
sion of nubic couvcyance> by "Wednesday.
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