Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-30
Tn, u,,,i,,i,,,r Rattle Provi.ee.

round the Baltic are devastated and iii" herds
thai graze in them carried by "a disease which j.
sa1 IL be propHgated from one 10 another. and,
which, after alarming the neigbboring Govern
meni- has at length attracted the attention "f
the Government Of Great Britain. An Order IN
Council was issued on the "a Of April which iii
reefs that hereafter cattle aud no horses
hnofs, raw old hides or skins OF CATTLE shall
be brought into the United Kingdom from any
plnce within the Territories Of Russia: Prussia.
81 Mecklenburg Scbwerin which border the
Gulf at Finland, or from my other port Of the
Patio provinces lying between that Gulf and the
Territory of Lubbock, or from the Territories of
Lubbock itself
The disease has prevailed, il seems, for two or
three years past, aud the very same mportatioDs
which are now prohibited by the British Gov
crnment have been forbidden by Prussia France,
and some of tho German States. II will. we
think. occur TO any one who reflects upon the
subject that IT the importation OF cattle, or of
their des horns. from the Baltic provinces
could have introduced the disease n'o Great
Britain, it is very strange that IT should not have
made its appearances there before this time. when
consider that the commerce between the Bri-
fish Islands and the Baltic in these articles is 80
great that the Order in Council just issued j.
expected 10 be followed by an increase in the
price of those articles. II is impossible that the
skins OF animals who persisted with this disease
should not have been brought in considerable
quantities 10 the British ports. Every or Ok
that dies is skinned, Of course aud the English
lanneries have been depended upon to make them
into leather.
The tauncrier OF our own country receive hides
from the Baltic ports and now that their admit
iance into the British ports is denied they will
be sent IL Us in larger numbers. If the ravagcs
of the dstemper which prevails in the Baltic pro
vinces should sweep off whole herds, MS is said
10 be- the case, the owners will attempt To
Nlnt tlpy The aniunls will hp 81 OF
their hides, and these will be sent Immediately
IL such markets as nre open. If the British Or
der IN Council was wisely and prudently issued,
| ns must suppose it 10 be, after mn intelligent
examination and survey Of the whole case, hero
u danger 10 which onr country Is exposed.
The infection, ii it Gun be thus communicated
will be introduced by cargoes of hides from the
northern German ports. 1t will be prudent on
our pnrt 10 inquire into tho nature of this pest
lener among the herds of northwestern Europe,
aud The conditions under which ih" conthgion diff
fuses ITSELF, aud satisfy ourselves whether any
such prrcnutnus as lnay be IN our power to take
arc necessary.
The disease cnlIr, murrnn has become so in
frequent III these later times, compared with FIR
mer nges. that but for tho preservation of the
term IN Scripture history suspect il would
hive dropped out of use. 1t appears 10 hive
been in the herd what the plngue or small pnx is
IN the human family. Whether tho dstcmper
prevailing among the cattle of the Baltic provin
eos hc the same which wns in former times call
ed ,nur,nn in n point for the caitlc.d alers 10
settle. question Of much greater importance
l., how far proper treatment wholesome food,
clrany stables, mud sufficient ventilation mny hr
depended On To prevent the attack Of the malady
To check its progress. There is AS yet no certain
~ that il Is not. like the cholera. kind of tray
| cling epidemic. which nfter having exhausted
its violence in the place where it had its birth,
will inXu1n and uruIuully otbpr
tries
We have in this country n disease among swine
prevailing at the West. whore it sweeps these
animals off by thousands. II is called the .hog
cholera" and its devaslntinns among the swinsh
tribe are absolutely frighttul. AT distillery
Plttshure, between the 1t Of August last and
the 2ath vt October. 800 died of this disease.
DE-. George Sutton. physician in acommunica-
ton Published IN the Cincinnati Gazette, gives
mn N, count ot II series ot observations made by
him in Irgara To this diSemper from which he
concludes that il Is contagious. lie put the dis
rn.ed aud the well togetl or aud the well became
infected; he noculnted tho well with tho blood of
the diseased and they sickened apparently in
consequence.
The rearing of swine has of late been so prof
table at the West is now attended with uncer-
tunty. aud those who have engaged in it feel
much anxiety as to the fate Of their business an
other season. If the distemper shold prevail with
!
pigs reared ut the West in lSJS. ct we are not
uwaro that the disease spreads by tho means +
gainst which the British Order in Council meant
a. n precauton in the case of neat cattle. We
have not heard of its propagation by the cxporta
ton # the flesh the bristles the skinof swine.
Dcnr Destroy The nirds
How often have we uttered the injunction to
our readers and especially our agricultural ones,
That they should not kill the birds They are
the turner's best friend; in killing them he l.
iniuring himself, Aud still. though this has been
pressed upon their attention. too often do we sac
! heartloss individuals putting them ont of the way
! by Wholesale. "Srmmer is close at hand. and
! with its pleasures will come the daily nuisance
to those who dwell amid rural scenes, of hearing
| the soft notes of the shot gun Every one
who has paid attention to the matter, knows that
| even crows and blackbird- productive of more
| good than harmand that the vast increase Of iate
years of destructive insects, is owing almost en-
| tirely to the wanton destruction of birds which
are not even legitimate game. a thousand pnns
| have been suggested for the destruction at the
curculio, all of which have proved worthless
| We have one which we know to be intalibe-
| protect the birds"
The swallows are the natural enemies of the
swarmng insects, living almost entirely upon
| them, taking their food upon the wing. The
| common martins devour great quantities of
| waSps, beetles, end gol,mihs A single bird
will drvour five thousand butterflies in week.
| The moral of this j. that the husbandmen should
| cultivate the society of swallows and martins
about his land and building. The sparrows and
wren~ feed upon the crawling insects which Turk
within the buds, toliagc aud flowers of plants
| The wrens are pngnaeiuu-. and little box in II
| cherry tree will soon be appropriated by them,
| and they will drive away other birds that feed up
! opt hp u hat ~, Shnult