Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-12-16

pect OF pleasing addition before long to the
beasts at the q illogical gardens. The New
York Herald announces the arrival at that
port of the British ship Sclndia, from Calcutta,
having on board lone OF the most remark
able natural curiosites the world has prob
ably ever seem" 1t is short~horDcd sacred
Brabmin bull, born in Ncpaul, Nnr,hern
India, in 1871 and imported by Captain Foger,
formerly of New York, but now resident in
Calcutta. The bull Of itself is curiosity, but
certain peculiaritles of its form render it most
singular creature. 1t is symmetrlcal!y formed,
with glossy coat of awn.colored hair, but
protruding as it were from the left side of the
hump on the back of its neck is wonderful
aud in nearly all respects regularly-shaped hui.
man arm. The deltoid and triceps and biceps
muscles are we'll developed, particularly the
latter; the joint at the elbow is flexible,
the forearm rather atteDuated, the wrist
as fully flexible as in the human arm prop
erwhe the hand is composed of four distinct
~ marked fingers: two OF them connected
together This unusual appendagc to an other
wise well-tormed body does not appear to give
the bull any Inconvenience, but generally haDgs
listlessly by its side except when the creature
is aDgered or annoyed, when it ups with its
arm in an Instant as though it intended to
strike from the shoulder" The animal en-
Joys perfect health aud wonderful appetite.
nor does 1t appear 10 any way injured by its long
voyage. If not disposed of at New York it is TO
be sent TO this country with the view of obtain
ing for it an asylum in the geological gardens.
1t has been inspected by various scientific gen.
tlemen Of New York and Brooklyn, and is an
object of general interest 1t is to be regretted
that all our cattle are not provided with a
strong arm like this Brahmin bull, which would
enable them to punmel the heads Of the drov-
ers who twist their tails and otherwise l-use
them Pail Mall Gazette
VITAL STATISTICS. The Paris correspond
eut OF the London Times says: IN. CheDu,
medical Inspector general Of the French
army, whose statistical and clinical obserVa-
tioos on the Crimean and Italian campaigns
were exceedingly valuable, has published a
similar work on the last war. He re-
ports the losses sustained by the French to
have been as follows: Killed, disappeared,
or died OF wounds and diseases, SSH;
wounded by the eucmys fire, $4,000; men
disabled BY marching, II ,42l; 1874 missing
are treated as dead. These figures include
1881 officers killed or who died of wounds and
disease and 96 missing, with 1920 prisoners
who died 10 Germany, l70l in Switzerland,
and l24 in Belgium While 1920 deaths,
then, occurred in captivity, only l,22O soldiers
we're killed at Graveotte, the bloodiest battle
of the war The German losses we're: Killed
or died of wounds and disease, 40, TAI; missing
and treated as dead, 1000; wounded, l27,S61
To these have to be added 1,795 killed, $500
wounded and / ,539 missing in sklrmlshes, pa
trolls and slight engagements. The Germans
had $4,000 deaths, the French 1851; the
Germans 127, 900 wounded, the French l43.
00O The French had II ,42l disabled by plates
dc marche-that is, through defective socks,
boots and CATERS, while the Germans suffered
but little from this cause. NJ. Chenu shows
that 10 the Crimea and Italy, as we'll as in the
last war, disease was more fatal than the sword,
this being partly attributable to commissariat
outfit and hospital shortcomings.
Last spring New York merchaot imported
a large quantity of champagne, and 10 addition
to the regular duty of six dollars on each case
al New York imposed az additional duty of
three cents on each bottle. Suit was brough
10 the u. S. Circuit Court to recover it, aod
Judge Shipmau yesterday rendered decision
10 favor of the Collector, holding that 1t was
evidently the intention of Congress to impose
an additional duty of three cents on each bot
tie containing imported spirtuous liquors OF
any kind.
Robert Stahl, the foreihu exchange clerk at
the house of Drexel & Co., in Philadelphia,
was put under 800, 900 bail last night 10 an.
swer charge of embezzement The allega'
ton is that by means of false entries and regis
try of incorrect amounts Of bills of exchange,
be had placed to bis credit at the foreign ex
change houses the sum of about $50 900,
which had been drawn out at various times by