Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-09
Disease among the Hogs and Cat
tie of the South
We find the following in the Baltimore
American of Saturday.
THE BLACK TONGUE.

dMeTtCUH VI NstIuIud1.
THE BLACK TONGUE.
The disease known as the black tongu;
which originated among the deer in the
forests of Florida, and spread afterwards tt
the cattle of that and the neighborinl
States, evidently progressing in this direc
ton.
The Petersburg Express says this "dan
gerous contagion is becoming very common
among the cattle in the vicinity of the city
and has already attacked some of the miiE
cows kept in this city"
The Board of Health there NET and pass
ed resolutions advising that milk, butter
and beef be used with great caution, and
only when purchased of persons known &c
to be trustful and responsible.
The Richmond Enquirer says "a most
unaccountable disease has attacked good
many valuable cows in the county of Ches.
ter6ell. One gentleman is reported to
have already lost several valuable animals ,
In Warren county, North Carolina, the
cattle disease has also made its appearance
and a number of cows have been seriously
affected.
The Richmond South gives the follow.
ing as a cure for the disease:
Mix quart of meal and pound of Ep
som salt in about three gallons Of water
and let the COW drink it, and occasionally
swab heI mouth with eopperas water, III
which small quantity of salt has been
dissolved. A weak solution of nitrate Of
silver is probsbly better than the copperas
water, but either will do.
The same paper says:
HOG DISEASE.
This strange malady has made its ap-
pearance in Virginia, and has proved very
fatal. As the cattle disease is spreading
and approaching us rapidly, the hog mala-
DIV may come, too, and therefore we pub
lish the following prescription, which has
been tried with success:
REMEDY FOR THE HOG CHoLERA.-l tb
sulphur, l fb. of rosin and ! fb. saltpetre,
bea: into a powder and given in the pro-
portion of large spoonful TO seven hogs
every other day.
We find card from the live stock deal
ers in New Orleans in the Picay,nae of the
oath, of which the following is portion
and suggestive OF the extent of the disease
in the Southwest: ...f
EDITOR OF THE PIcAYUNE.-A disease
called The "black tongue" is prevailing
among the cattle of Alabama, and in order
to relieve the public mind of erroneous i'm
pressions in relation to the cattle received
at the cattle marked for sale, We, the under
signed, have thought proper TO make the
following statement of facts:
All cattle, hogs and sheep that are con
sumed by the citizens of New Orleans anc
vicinity, are received at the Stock Landing
and sold by regular commission merchants
Texas furnishes, during the Spring, sum
mer and fall months, nine-tenths of all th'
cattle consumed. We will remark that thu
cattle raised in Texas are remarkably fin
in fact, the best grass cattlein the world
the meat is fat. tender, juicy and nutricious
As to sheep, Texas has scarcely a rival.
In order to disabuse the public and tc
relieve them from any further apprehen
sions, we pledge ourselves not to receiv'
any cattle for this market from those dis
tricts ofcountry where said disease prevails
and should the disease get among the Tex
as cattle, we will at once apprise the citi
zens of New Orleans Of the fact.