Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-08-20

S. S. SATCHwELI., H. f. WALKER,
JOSEPH NJ. WALKER. W. H. WALKER.
JAMES GARRISON, +. L.. MILLER
WILL. D. SoMERs, JAMES MCINTYRE,
JAS. p. MOORE, W. I. ROBINSON,
j. F. MOORE T. ii. MCINTYRE
CHINA GROVE, Aug. 18th, 1858.
GerHcen have just received your polite note tender
ing public dinner at Long Greek. 1t with CRATE
full heart that take pride this manifestation of your
spect and am sorry say that various reasons,
which unnecessary for to MENTION induce me to de-
cline this public mark of your appreciation of the
that parsued in the late 1t has been the
desire heart inspire and retain the respect and
dence of my felowcitizens conceive to be the duty
of all men-al lovers of liberty in asking public promotion
appeal the virtue and intelligence of the to
sustain them, and not to base passonsthe first scards all
corruption-he latter engenders it. And if there is
thing in connection with government that should
love with devotion and guard with greater vigilance
than another it is the purity of the ballot box There hangs
the POLITICAL the social and the religious fate Of people,
True it is that have been BEATEN but not discouraged
TIE greater the adversely, the greater the
see Like the am happy to say that formed many
and agreeable associations in and about your pleasant and
thirty ing village which will be among the last to fade from
my memory and which have inspired lively interest my
the welfare and continued progress of your
munity.
With high respect. remain yours.
N. H. FENNEIL.
To Messrs S. s. satchwen Joseph NJ. Walker James Gar
rason and Others
The Cattle Disease at South.
The epidemic which has caused so much excitement
in Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina and Geor
ga, has also made its appearance in Alabama. In
Montgomery the citizens have refused to eat beef and it
is not offered in that market. A letter from Baldwin
county, Alabama, to the Mobile Tribune says
Epizootc aphtba'' cattle disease which has been
killing up the cattle and deer in Georgia and Florida,
has made its appearance here and in Monroe county
great many cattle have been attacked with the dis
ease in this Immediate neighborhood, but as yet very
few have died with l. 1t appears to be fatal
among the deer than cattle, great many deer have
been found dead in the woods 1t is general opinion
here that it disease but from the enclosed it
will be seen that it is rather a disease in some
parts of Europe. Thinking that description of the dis
might be interesting to some Of your readers,
have taken the liberty of sending you the enclosed from
Porters Spirit of the Times.
The article enclosed is as follows
| Epieootc ophtha, commonly known foot and mouth
complaint, is a febrle very contagious and panzootic
Affection. readily communicable from species to
anothermet with in the horse, goat pig fowl hare, &c.
but most commonly in the and sheep, in which last
two mentioned animals consists of vcsices breaking
out the mouth, gums lips eas, and around the
onary surface of the foot between the shin and the hoo
1t is Epie00c affection, spreading over large tracts
of country, interfering very seriously with the capab
ty of the OK to put fat whilst preparing for the
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milk small if not altogether suspending it. In London
Epieooic ophG is called the old disease, in conradis-
tnctiOn OF PleuT0-pne'mOnlG, the new disease
In this disease the OK exhibits the following symp
TOMS Suspension OF ruminatOn, constipation, some
times though rarely diarrhea great flow of saliva from
the mouth and severe lamenes. Milk taken from cows
affected with this disease should bc drunk, it
will most readily produce apLtha in TO prove
this fact Professor Hertwig together with two medical
men, Mann and William drank the warm milk Of an
fhor
subject of severe inflammation of the throat associated
with the vascular eruptons mentioned above ndca-
tive of this maady.
Professor Simonds also gave the warm milk of an
aphthous cow to pigs with similar result.
Mr.. John Gamgec, Edinburgh has recently brought
still further evidence to the validity of this fact In
the transactions of the Highland and Agricultural So
ciety of Scotland the following appears:
d" An interesting point and in proof of which gath
cred conclusive facts last year. the spreading of
Epieooc opha by the milk The teats are often COW
cred by the characteristic vascular erupons and when
the vesices burst their contents drop into the mcan
If the milk be swallowed there is danger of catch
ing the complaint. Mr.. Low of Marchburn, informed
me that on his farm, in 1853, he had nine calves
being reared by their diseased mothers and they
all taken with inflammation of the throat and anenta-
ry canal-eght out of nine died. Conclusive evidence
that the milk killed them had from the fact that the
ninth, or surviving calf being stronger than the rest,
had less of the milk, and was fed on other food Mr..
Low said that Mr.. Cushine, farmer, gave the milk
OF his diseased COWS to pigs and not to the sows but
4 even the young ones died.
From the foregoing it will be easily understood how
apha spreads very rapidly among sheep by direct
tact with the virus The virus from one animal drops
upon the grass and is taken by another, and thus
whole flock soon become affected
One of the worst consequences in this disease when
the udder affected is the unduraon of the teat
times causing osss of quarter at that part. In such
cases. tube should be put up the teat in order to ac
tate the escape of milk. If this is neglected. the loss of
the quarter is almost inevitable.
i Ireatment-Wash the mouth with vinegar and hon
ey, solution of alum rub the base of the vescles
with rod of nitrate of silver and afterwards dress with
with tincture of myrrh, and administer purgatves If
taken early this disease yields readily to treatment if
I allowed to go without treatment, the mamm8 in
fame, and the hoofs fall off, Mr.. Gamgee recommends
incubation In order to get rid of it, the whole of the
cloven-footed stock should be noculated [ can aver
thai its adoption has always been attended with happy
results
i Above ALL remove healthy from diseased animals and
account allow the servants to whose the lat
ter animals committed to tend healthy cattle of any
i species.
i Atlantic Telegraph Cable.
i ST. JOINS, n F., Aug. 13-To the repeated inqui
ries which are made every hour through the day. to
the reception of the Queens message we are unable to re-
turn any other answer than that the cable remains all
rght-the electrical signals passing through its whole
length satsfactorybut that the electricians have not
vet concluded their arrangements for putting their re-
. cording instruments into operation.
TRINITY BAY, n. F., Aug. l3.-All the arrangements
for working the cable confded exclusively to the
sstance of Professor WhtehOuse the
of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, and as all their
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