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The New York herald., 1879-03-06
Cattle Disease I'm the West.

An important contribution to the history
of that part of the trade in live cattle
which has resulted in excluding our dealers
from British markets will be found in the
letter we publish to-day from our corre-
terry to the general public how pleuro-pneu-
monia which did not exist as an epidemic
in the great cattle raising districts, and was
unknown in the herds sent forward from
their native plains for expectation, though
it was known to exist in swill feeding
stables from which animals were not ex-
ported, yet appeared to such IN extent in
shipments of American cattle on their ar
rival at British ports as to force the English
government to make q rule against our cat
tle That mystery is now cleared up by the
discoveries Of HERALD correspondents in
Western cities; and once moro we have On
illustration Of the old truth that the ruin
of trade is due to dishonest and unscrupu-
lous traders. At Chicago from eight thou
sand to twelve thousand cattle are fed every
winter in stalls, to be sent eastward in the
spring as fa.tened stall fed cattle. How
they are fed and how they are kept is
story the record of which is vivid repeti-
tion Of the descriptions that have been
written of the Blissville stables. But
the whole procedure is given in the
st. Louis letter we print to-day.
1t appears that upon the arrival at
the stock yards there of large consignment
OF Texan cattle the animals in good condi-
tion are sold readily and shipped eastward
for butchery here or expectation, and that
they are sound and healthy. But in every
consignment there will be poor specimens
not diseased, perhaps, but half starved,
lean and feeble. These, of course, sell at q
low rate and are bought by feeders, who put
them into swill stables, fatten them up, and
then by collusion put them into the sales
of fresh cattle from the Plains. Doubtless
in those swill stables pleuro-pneumonia
exists permanently as in the swill stables
here, and the animals remaining long
enough to be contaminated are thus sent
out as Texas cattle, yet with a disease
caught in the swill stables. %
The New York herald., 1879-03-06
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
senator Logan is a good violinist.

Senator Logan is good violinist
Beaconsheld stickles for etiquette
Marshal MacMahon will visit Ireland.
Archdeacon Sweatman. OF Huron. was elected
Bishop of Toronto by the Anglican Synod yesterday
Senator George f. Hoar of Massachusetts. is at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel ON his way home from Wash
ington.
Mr.. Horatio G. Burchard. Of Illinois. yesterday
took the oath Office as Director of the Mint and
entered upon his duties
1t is Western man who believes that a good many
ministers will not go to heaven unless the other
place is provided with good fire escape.
Among the New York democratic clubs eleg q tly
engraved cards being circulated inviting holders
to grand Inauguration ball in Washington in 1885,
in honor of s. j. Tilden.
The Pennsylvania Senate took a recess for a few
minutes yesterday morning to allow members to pay
their respects to exUnited States Senator McCrecry
of Kentucky. who the floor.
Rev. f. A. Noble. pastor of the Central Conareea
tional Church of New Haven. Conn.,. has accepted
call of the Union Park Congregational Church, Of
Chicago, one of the largest in the city.
London TraM:-Lord married charming
woman. She died and he married lady with
temper. Some called on him the other day and
said. "where is your wife ?" He answered. ''she is
in heaven. am not; Lady -- is in the drawing
ROOM"
1uc DoStou 1FuHScFtpt, ONO OF the newspapers tnab
finds time to read all the way through has taken
from it's head tho firm name of H. W. Dutton & Son.
for convenience of management. or the "com-
pany" Mr.. s. P. Mandell is president and Mr.. Will
lam Durant is treasurer. and there has been merely
q change Of name and none of ownership.
The New York Graphic celebrates its sixth ami.
versary with unique ana handsome issue. in which,
with generosity which might be frequently
cmulatcd. it gives facsimiles Of the first pages Of
its illustrated contemporaries. In addition it gives
illustrated journalism was in the long ago. We
gratuate our contemporary. which no longer be
considered. in this age of pinafores" young,
not only tho fact Of its years but
that its place in New York journalism is so estab-
lished that nothing can disturb 1t in the years to
come
Rev. Z. b. Tuttle. the author of tho report about
tho of difference between Dickens and his
wife. says that he received his information from
Cruikshank. who said that the sole cause Of tho
trouble that Mrs. Dickens persisted in criti-
cising and making suggestions concerning his
writings. Finally he insisted her occupying
separate apartments in the house. She declined and
left the house. with her son. and went to live with
Mrs. Cruikshank. There immortality any
where involved. Dickens and Cruikshank parted
solely the temperance question. Crukshank
being an extreme radical. while Dickens punished
all the brandy Tho allusion to Dickens naughty
manner was not Mr.. Tuttles.
The New York herald., 1879-03-06

preventing hasty and inconsiderate mar
riages and in enabling parents to know
when their children who have not reached
years of discretion contemplate so serious
u step as matrimony-a piece OF information
which they are too often denied until boy
husband or a girl wife is found to have
been added to their family circle for weeks
or months The license system has the
sanction of New England custom. of the
publication of the ''banns" in the English
Church and the notices in the Catholic
Church. Its adoption in this State is likely
to do some good and certainly cannot do any
harm.
The New York herald., 1879-03-06
Public Safety ON .L- Railroads.

Mr.. Bradley, of Westchester, has intro
duced bill in the Assembly providing that
no IL" railway in any city Of the State shall
run its track across any other 81" railway
on the same grade or use the track OF any
other ''L" railway for any distance. This
is n very proper bill, and it is really as
much in the interests Of the rapid transit
companies in this city as of the people who
use the roads. 1t may require some addi-
tiopal outlay at first on the east side lines,
and possibly some mutual concessions, but
it cannot fail to be to the advantage of all
in the end. II the present arrangements
on the east side are carried into opera
ton neither the Metropolitan ''L" road
nor the New York I'll" will be able
to accommodate the travel without run
ming serious risk of accidents. Neither
will be able to despatch trains as rapidly as
they will be required below Chatham
square during the busy hours One fatal
accident would cost the companies more
money than would be expended in the
adoption of the routes suggested by the
HERALD or of some other plan for securing
separate tracks. Besides the risk of acci-
dents the companies. through the unavoid-
able crippling Of their trains by the use Of
a common track, would have to bear the
annoyance of constant complaints and the
evil of unpopularity. In England no sur
face railroads are allowed to cross each
other or public highway on the same level.
The New York rapid transit companies
ought to be willing to adopt some plan for
separate tracks on the east side without q
law compelling it, but Mr.. Bradley's bill
should be passed as general law neverthe-
The New York herald., 1879-03-06
Insurance Matters at Albany.

Governor Robinson yesterday submitted
to the Senate charges preferred by Mr..
Lemon Thompson, of Albany, against
Superintendent Smyth, of the Insurance
Department, accompanied by a message
recommending Mr.. Smyth's removal. The
charges are wide and varied, the Super
intendent being accused of having
been too particular in the case of
the Atlantic Mutual of Albany, which.
it is alleged, he closed unneces-
sarily. and too lenient in tho case
of the Globe Mutual OF New York, which, it
is alleged, he ought to have closed and did
not. Other specifications charge tho SUI
perintendent with ''gross and culpable ex-
travagance in the appointment of receivers,
actuaries, attorneys and employees" !" with
making the expenses of examinations un-
warrantably high. and with using improper
influences to defeat the bill to. abolish the
Insurance Department. Thevote refusing to
table resolution making the consideration
Of the charges special order for Friday, is
an indication that the Senate regards 1t as
duty to promptly investigate such grave
charges, coming from so responsible o
source as the Governor Of the State.
No doubt much political feeling is mixed
up with the insurance fight at Albany. and
it has been alleged that q bitterness en-
gendered by the contest for the
Speakership of the Assembly favors
the assaults upon the Superinten-
dent in the House. But the charges
now preferred against Mr.. Smyth are to be
tried in the Senate, where no such issues
have place, and it is to be hoped that the
investigation will be made with judicial
thoroughness and impartiality. The people
are too deeply interested in the safety of
life insurance companies to permit such an
inquiry to be controlled one way or the
other by political considerations. The
superintendence assumed by the State over
such companies is gross injustice to
the public if it is not effective
and honest. But the pending investiga-
ton may very properly go beyond the
question of the official conduct of the
present Superintendent, and inquire into
the wisdom and expediency of changes in
the laws regulating the companies and the
department. We believe the system which
obliges company to pay for an exam
ination, and sanctions money transac-
tions between the company and the
Superintendent, to be radically wrong.
Regular fees for examiners, attorneys,
actuaries and all employees Of the Insurance
Department ought to be fixed by law the
bills for examinations ought to be paid by
the Comptroller out of fund secured by
the annual payment Of q graduated fee by
all companies, and any money transactions
between the department and the companies
other than these ought to be made a misde-
meanor, punishable by fine and imprison-
ment. Such q law would, We believe, re-
move most of the evils complained OF in the
Insurance Department
The New York herald., 1879-03-06
Marriage Licenses.

A bill is before the Legislature requiring
license to be procured before the marriage
ceremony can be legally performed in this
State, either by a minister of a church or
civil officer. In cases where minors apply
for licenses it is necessary for them to
procure tho consent of their parents, if
they have any. The Baptist Conference has
indorsed the bill, believing it to be wise
and beneficial measure, and memorial
signed by all the Baptists in the State in at
tendance at the Conference will be forwarded
to the Legislature asking that il may be-
come law. The requirement of a mar
riaoe license NAV certainly he nseiul in
The New York herald., 1879-03-06

THE WEATHER.-Thc depression referred to
in Yesterdays HERALD as moving over the st.
Lawrence Valley passed off the coast early in
the morning attended by rains. which extended
as far south as Virginia. 1t was followed
quickly by a large area of high barometer that
extended over all the territory east of the Mis-
sissippi River, and from the British possessions
to the South Atlantic and Eastern Gulf coasts.
The high area is now advancing toward
the Atlantic coast and is followed by very
well marked depression, which made its appear
nnce in the Rocky Mountain regions early yes
terday. This depression Is the one that was
noticed off the coast of Oregon on Monday
last and it is likely to develop a storm
centre of great energy as it passes over
the central valley districts. The area of
high barometer in advance will cause the gra-
dicnts for southerly winds to become very steep
during the next two days, so that gales may be
expected in the Ohio Valley and the lower lake
regions. The warm southerly winds that blew
In the Western districts yesterday afternoon
caused general fall of snow and rain over the
northern lakes when they came in contact with
the cold areas that extend over that region.
The winds have been brisk OH the
Atlantic coast north of Sandy Hook and in the
Northwest In the latter district gales of local
development are reported. In the other sec
tions Of the country the winds have been gcncr-
ally light. The temperature has been variable,
but the tendency was toward rise, particularly
iu the Western districts. Our dispatches from
California report very heavy rains in the North
ern part of that State. The special weather
cable from Europe states that severe west
erly TO southw cstcrly gales prevail over Great
Britain and Ireland. The direction of the winds
shows that the storm centre predicted by the
HERALD Weather Bureau on February IS to
reach the British coasts about the 18th ar
rived on time. The weather in New York
and its vicinity to-day will be warm and fair
followed by increasing cloudiness and ran
Tomorrow it will be cloudy. with rain.
The New York herald., 1879-03-06
OBITUARY..
JARVIS KILPATRICK.

Jarvis Fitzpatrick died at his family residence No.
SO Summit street. Brooklyn. Tuesday night last.
in the fty-seventh year OF his age. The deceased.
who o native of Ireland, came to this country
when quite youth. He for many years
q steamboat captain on the Hudson River but for
the last few years had been engaged in the real
estate business, and was member OF the Board Of
Stock Brokers of this city, About four years ago he
candidate for Supervisor at LARGE and took
active part in the political reform movement Of
the democratic party, with which he was always
identified. He was kind hearted generous man.
and was widely known and respected. His funei al
will take place from St. Stephen Church, on Satur-
day ncxt
The New York herald., 1879-03-06
L1NcoLN CLun socIAn1.r.

Tho Lincoln Union. composed OF prominent nom
bcrs of the Fifth Assembly District Republican As
sociation gave their first annual sociable at Mars
Academy. No. 2so Bcecker street. last evening Tho
ballroom was tastcfully decorated with profusion
of national hags. large portrait. OF tho
deceased President whose name the club
bears occupying conspicuous place. Dancing
was commenced ut ten o'clock and kept
up until an carly hour this morning. Among those
who participated in the tcrpsichorcan festivities
were ex-State senators Michael Norton and Abram
Lent. Alderman Jacobus. Colonel \. q. Mann and
The New York herald., 1879-03-06
THE MARpr aRAs AssocrATIoN.

The Msrdi Gras Association. composed of the em-
ployes of the Astor House. gave grand masquerade
bail at Tammany HALL last night. which proved de-
cded success. About three hundred people from tho
house alone participated In the festivities and their
guests were nearly as numerous The ball opened
with procession and dancing followed, which
kept up until early hour this morning. All Of
the floor committee were In costume. MIR. A. Larbos
the floor manager, appearing as Hamlet, Mr. III.
Mcdonald ~ non Juan and tho others Spanish
mr.
The New York herald., 1879-03-06

THERE Is EVIDENTLY something wrong in the
management of the Police Mutual Aid Society
Some very remarkable disclosures were uncx-
pectedly made yesterday concerning the society
and its affairs, and it is certainly due to the en-
tire force and their families that the damaging
charges should be prObed to tho bottom.
The New York herald., 1879-03-06
TRIPLE SH e E Il
NEW YORK, THURSDAY. MARCH 6, 1879.

The probabilities are nat The soeather IL, New
York and its rieinity today wM be warm and
fair, tolowed By increasing cloudi''ess and rain
Tomorrow it ,eiI be cloudy, wiUt rain.
The New York herald., 1879-03-06

Nor TIE SLIGHTEST IMPROVEMENT has been
made in the methods of ventilatiDg the public
schools in the past seven years. So says DIR.
Endcrman, who made report upon the subject
ut that time. The facts and figures then ad-
duced by him were startling, but they had no
influence whatever upon those charged with the
care of the schools. What is to be the result
nnw
The New York herald., 1879-03-06

THE LATE FIRES in Long Branch are still in
volved in mystery. At first it was supposed that
they were the work Of an organized band, who
had determined upon the destruction of the
place, but this theory is now regarded as ex-
ceedingly improbable No effort should be spared
to bring the guilty person or persons to justice
The New York herald., 1879-03-06
MRS. VICTOR +. prouLEr.

Mrs. v. L. Piollet wife Of Colonel Piollet. Master
of Pennsylvania State Grange. and mothcr-in-law Of
superintendent Packer OF the Pennsylvania and New
York halfway Company, died March ut Wysox. Pa
OF typhoid pneumonia.
The New York herald., 1879-03-06

ACCORDING to the testimony taken yesterday,
the Barnegat life saving station men seem to
have done all that could have been reasonably
expected Of them in the Of the wreck Of
the David II. Tolck. The charge Of COW ardice
WINS not sustained.
The New York herald., 1879-03-06

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-The stock market
was active but irregular. Government bonds
were firm, States lower and railroads strong.
Money on call was easy at 3 a 3l2 per cent,
advanced for while to per cent and closed at
21, per cent
The New York herald., 1879-03-06

THE MECHANICS LIEN LAW, which ought to b.
better understood than it is is lucidly explained
in our court reports.
The New York herald., 1879-03-06

THE TELLER COMMITTEE has had the good
sense to give the country breathing spell until
after the meeting Of the new Congress.
The New York herald., 1879-03-06

YESTERDAYS REAL ESTATE SALES show that
when choice city property is in the market buy
ers are numerous and prices good.
The New York herald., 1879-03-06

IT Is FORTUNATE that no mileage is allowed
for extra sessions Of Congress. We should have
them every year.
The New York herald., 1879-03-06

MAYOR COOPER and Mr. Erhardt have ad
journed, but there may be an extra session any
day.
The New York herald., 1879-03-06
DIR. JOIN H. M'ouIL1EN.

DR.. John Hugh McQuillen. Dean Of the Faculty Of
the Philadelphia Dental College died suddenly on
Monday morning of heart disease. He had been ed
ior of the Dental Cosmos and president Of the Amer
can Dental Association.
The New York herald., 1879-03-06

IT Is To BE FEARED we have not heard the
full story Of the recent gales on the New Eng
land coast. A large number of the boats of the
Gloucester fishing fleet have not yet been heard
from.
The New York herald., 1879-03-06

THE FANCY Of the coal men is still turning to
thoughts Of combination.
The New York herald., 1879-03-06
NJ. wINoArE, D. D., PRESIDENT or
WAKE FOREST COLLEGE.

Rev. DR.. wingate. of the most distinguished
Baptist clergymen of North Carolina and for some
years president of Wake Forest College. died the
9th ult, at the age OF fifty years.
The New York herald., 1879-03-06

.
his cath. If the necessary appropriation
bills should not be passed.at the extra ses-
sion the democratic members will have to
face an unpleasant responsibility.
We come now to the question whether
blocking the wheels of the government by
withholding the supplies is a legitimate
method of forcing Legislation. 1t was de-
Tended by. Senator Thurman on the last
night of the session by analoaies drawn
from English history. All such analogies
are false and the reasoning founded on
them is crude and wild. 1t is true that
during the reigns Of the last three Stuarts
the English Parliament attempted to curb
arbitrary power by withholding supplies.
But nothing of the kind has been at-
tempted in Parliament during the
last century and half Although this
power is theoretically part of tho
British constitution it would not, in this
age OF the world, be tolerated in practice.
Even during the violent contest over the
Reform bill of 1882 it was never suggested
or thought of as a possible expedient for
overcoming the opposition of the House OF
Lords. There was threat to swamp the
Lords opposition by the creation OF new
peers but there was not a statesman in
England who would not have deemed it the
height of absurdity to have proposed the ex-
treme measure of disorganizing the gov
ernment by withholding the means
of carrying il on. In modern times
the business of the community is
intcrwoven at so many points with the
regular operations of the government that
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-26
Letter from Hon. A. E. Lewis.
LEGISLATION MUCH NEEDED IN SOUTH
MISSISSIPPI.

FBrToRs CLARION: Knowing that you are
xveU rosted in whatever is of interest TO the
citizens of this State, | would ask you II the
Seashore counties, through which the y -
and NJ r r. passes are entitled to any OF the
privilege tax soon to be distributed by the
Auditor. as l see announced IN your issue OF
the 26th ult. Ii | recollect rightly the \. y
and NJ. r. r. Co refused, years ago, to pay
the privilege tax though enjoying all the pro-
taction that the enactments OF laws could give:
Have thew paid their taxes this last year II
not WHY are they not made TO pay? There
seems to be some yelled mystery about tins
more than favored monstrous monopoly that
should be looked into. The Coast counties
have long suffered, and suffer now for the want
of a little honest legislation. This road, en-
abled by its oVerpoWering money power crushes
with treble weights-pays neither State nor
county taxes. and impoverishes the willing tax
payers bv the wholesale destruction OF their
live stock on their line. My taxes for 1873,
on cows. grazing land and money derived from
my legitimate -tock-raising business was over
800 The fair valuation of my cattle killed,
during last summer and fall, by the \. o. and
NJ r. r, was over 81 OLA 90 for which have
not received on. cent, and have no redress. 4
hold that the tax-paying cow-driver has As
much right TO have his property right pro-
tected a. the non-taxpaying pampered auto
crazy that owns millions. Your answer as to
the cause or pretext for protecting that Sue
ton Pump" the y. o.. and NJ. K. K. Co. IN
their non-tax-p paying policy, will oblige many
tax payers More anon.
Truly yours, A. +. LEWIS.
March 1879
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-26
The Mexican War Veterans.

There are not few of these veterans
question is asked why provision was not
made for paying the pensions justly due
them with other soldiers of the Union,
by the last Congress. The following is
the answer
The amendment to the arrears of pen
sion bill, offered by Gen. Shields in the
Senate, that the surviving soldiers of the
Mexican war and their widows be paid
the same pensions as are paid the sol
die1s of the war of 1912, was adopted as
part of the bill, and the bill, as amend
ed was passed. Subsequently the Sen
ate reconsiderd the vote by which the
bill was passed, and opened it again for
amendment-the Republicans having
discovered that the terms of the bill
would include Hon. Jefferson Davis
among the pensioners, he having been
a distinguished soldier in the Mexican
war. A Republican then moved to
amend Gen. Shields amendment by add
ing a proviso that noperson who served
in the Confederate army or in a Confed-
crate civil office should be paid any pen
sion, The proviso was rejected by yeas
"a, nays 26. Mr. Hoar, of Massachu-
sets, with malice in his heart and false
hood on his tongue, moved to exclude
Mr.. Davis from the operation of the bill,
and his motion prevailed by party vote
The vote was then taken on Gen Shields
amendment, and it was rejected, yeas
20, nays %. So the proposition to pen
sion the Mexican soldiers failed.
We have seen it stated that a bill
passed both houses, and was approved
by the President on the 10Th of Febru-
airy, 1879, providing for three months e.
ira pay to all officers and soldiers who
served in the Mexican war, but this, of
course, has no reference to the Pension
Bill above referred to.