The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-01
Tho Mprse R~Iagac-sdfs Exta,sr III Hoo
ION, Baltimore, New York, and phtsas
tFfem the baltimore Sun, October al.

Inc disease among the horses which ma
proved 80 disastrous In the cities of tl,a Nortl
East. and which madei les first aI,nearane,
III baltimore a few days ago. became NOR,
pronounced in the stables Of this city ,esfer
gay. The hope that the first sporadic case
discovered here would prove to be only tn,
result oil the us,ia! changes of the autumn sea
son has been dispclled, and it il now fearef
tHc alScaSc has already become so widely dir
iuSed In the atmosphere that It will eXtcnt
iSeit into a general and very inconycnicn
ralatnlsE. Since the second day of the race,
iaSt weak, when 80 many horses were cxposcf
az 1%liniicc, the disease has been steadily gain
ing ground here. During Tuesday night anr
ses'efuty morning 4 great many new clses
were reported. Numbers of horses which,
were well the day before, Or suffered only
rom y slight cold. were found so weak rs to
oe. Untitled for work.
icrsons arfiiing from the surrounding
COUNTRY report the prevalence of the disease
ailohg i~arih-horseS. Near Catonsyille a mum.
ocl OF horses are affected. On the Liberty
ioau Tor a distance Of ten miles from the CITY
II i,a''e us appearance ON yesterday, as also
Oh the 1orK, Har'ord, and other roads. The
farmers are alarmed, and it is feared that ere
many DAYS the OK will have to be EMPLOYED
10 prisiS produce to market, Us in Bostonand
elsewhere. The business OF horse sales has
ceased almost entirely. The several sales
stables are nearly all ovcrstockcd.
BROADWAY, III SILENT HIGHWAY.
From the New York Herald. October cal
This is the everyday picture in Broadway.
from morning till ni9lt,-din, hurry.scurrv',
and Babel tongues Of all nations. But now
II has c:ianTcd. The men seem do%snondcnt.
for horses are scarce aud the cpizoot has
struck business blind and severed lis ar.c-
rics. 1t is 'notionless, dumb, p~aralvzej, and
the shock which it has received is greater
than can he seen on the surface.
iii'.eIu rt the great Jim ut Fulton and
Wall and Cortiandt Streets which always is
to be seen at those points there seems to be
an ominous quiet. The policemen have not
used their whistles to urge drivers for nearly
a week. The driver finds space on all sides.
He is not urged on either side. lie does net
find Il pole sticking In him from behind. nor
Il load OF hay Or hroomS threatening 10 TOP
pie over Oh his head Oil bis right. nora hogs
head o. sugar ready to rUll OIL q dray in
front and smash bis horses legs TO Jelly.
The writer, lit Spring street Yesterday.
waited for fifteen minutes by the clock in Til
tany's cid building, and SAYS but eighteen We
liiyic> piss. five Of which were stages. Part
Of these eighteen were going up, part Of
them were going down Broadway. Usually
II coupe ot hundred vehicles would piss 1t
This given point durin4 the same time. and
from the n0StriIS vi seventeen OF these
horses these 1iecks Of foam depended, show
ing the agonicS they were suffering. The
policemen OF the Broadway squad, under
the command Of Tony .iliaire, t,eit yi>ibly
affected with the cpizoot. This word, lie it
known, has passed into TIC vocabulary OF
.Americani>mS. The policeman wore Il sad
expression. but had no discharge anal needed
10 mustard cmhroCltioa 10 lii chest.
At Canal street the cars were stopped. and
those who waited for transportation waited
in vain, The intersection ot This street with
Broadway seemed completely clear. Any
laart OF sixth avcn!lc, brio,r thjrty-!ourth
street. is generally more crowded t11n was
Broadway yesterday 1t Canal street. Every
horse that passed looked wan and hectic, and
lean rs Don QniXotc. They also moved nj 4
funeral pace-thc horses heads downTards--
and when the poor animals came TO a slippery
place they Stmnhlcl and slid IL il they We're
about 10 drop OH the cruel stones.
The wide. uDen space around The statue OF
Washington, nj Lai9a square. locked Is if il
were Il deserted platz in II tl!ird-rate German
| city. The cl;fmcn 1t the usual stand were
conspicuous by their absence. \ few were
standing around. but their horses would
bavc been giaA had they hcrn placed III tlciI
little beds. Around Madison square and III
tho vicinity Of The Filth Avenue Hotel and
+! I 10 llcilnrn iteuSc the ro:i,i:inns had GREAT
difficulty il getting Il cab IL tahc ;hru Oh
Et'iajr errAnC,S of intrigue. and at Thiry-fomtt
| street the lookout WAS very dismal for man
and beast. Here and there 4 sla-e Or Il dray
crawling along, Tie driver di*hcartcicG and
the horses dying BY inches.
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