, 1865-12-09
FROM EUROPE.


section Mho proposes to ever agaIn dispute
that right" ISRAEL.
FROM EUROPE.
Our Farmers, Packers and Gra-
-. ZferS' Letter.
ASTRANGERUMOR ABOUT MEXICO.
ia Stitch in Time Saves NInc ss-Tl,e
Royal Commission Report On the Cat.
tie Plague, and What n &afd a bout it
The Homeopathic cTrcatment-sleep
and tie Cattle FiaEuc-Another Spc-
cfGc-C&tfle Trade-Erafn MA. kcta-
Tho Potato aud Its Dlsea&c-scncrnl
Ncsvr-Rumored Difficulty Between
France and the Enlted Stntex-A
Strange Proposal About 1Icxico-Thc
- Shenandoah ,,-The Jatt1nlcu Mn~-
xAcre-A Word OF Advice to the NJ cdI-
cal Profession = Postscript - Money
md Stocks.
Correspondence of the Chicago Tdbnne.] :
LONDON, Nov. . 1863
"a STITCH N TINE SAVES NINE"
Iwouid strongly advise the Western far-
ncrs and Eraziets 10 take time by the fore.
lock, and project themselves against ill
chances Of disaster from this terrible cattle
plague by u system Of mutual Insurance.. Our
farmers have teen driven to'thls Us their sole
refuge from ruin, and Mntunl Cattle Insu-
rance societies are now sta1tin. forth in all
counties. A meeting Of ouc of these associa-
lions was held last Saturday ut Worcester,
Sir John Packington In the'chatr, wien the
Company was. finally Incorporated. The
number Of shares was fixed At 1G.0 .0O0, ofwhich
half have already been subscribed for; and
Worcestershire farmers arc now guaranteed
against cattle plague and pleuropneumonla
Certain infested districts In the county are ex-
copied from the society's operations. A let
ter lately received In this country from sgd:
ney, In South Australia, states that the,
plsgne Is rnraging the herds there 10 fright
ful degree md perceive In my fixes OF the
TRIBUNE that the disease. or something akin
to II, has already shown itself In Ohio. Tour.
farmers viii not regret havin:: pursued Tue
coursc advise, for when We fluid the epi-
demic raging over tL1ee- quarters uf the globe,
it is not certain that the fourth will escape.
TIE NoYAL COMMISSION REPORT AND WHAT
I8 SAID OF IT. :
The discussion by our press during the past
week Of the Royal Commissioners Report on
the cattle plague Is by no means ilatterlng To
those gentlemen. Tie seven individuals
composing the majority arc subjected to all
kinds Of banter, not to say abuse and the
PRESS, agricultural and political, is charging
them with having been e stuffed" by the
veterinary allopaths, and proposing remedies
which would destroy the cattle trade Of the
country and ruin hall our farmers. Protes-
sor Simonds, our highest veterinary authority.
las certainly made a donkey OF himself lat
tcrly; and, be II remembered, lie Is the great
adviser Of the Privy Council, anu the "in-
spirer" of the "najotity report" above re.
fcrred 10. Fancy professor Of the healing
art declaring publicly rs follows: "There
are certain discascs-spectal d1seases-bclong-
Ing not merely 10 cattle, bnt to sheep, and
even the human subject, which for all prnctI-
cal purposes have ever been looked upon as
incurable. Thus, cho|era Is incurable, yet1oso
terrr is ineurabEe, and small 1,o1 is incura11e.'
A runn WHO talks In this way ought not to be
listened to; and VIC arc furccd TO conclude
IRON his opinions that, In tho absence OF any
known remedial agent, and ignorance OF how
to discover them. he masks his own short
conings by declaring tue plague Incurable.
The nllopnths have certainly lost caste by
their treatment Of the epidemic, while the
IuuNrpatln havc risen wonderfully In public
estimation. And there Is reason In this, fbr
the former have pre}udiccd themselves from
The outset by declaring the disease to b. III.
curable, whilst the latter have loudly asserte d
the contrary, and, II report lie not, have
effected most startling cures. The T3ovpru-
nent is finally resolved that the system of
llahnemanp. as applied to the lower animals,
thall hnvo q full and fair trial this decision
was arrived nt IN the meeting Of the Lords: Of
the Priyy Council last Saturday week, the
resolution being strongly supported by the
president, Lord Granville The experiments,
| understand, a1c to be carried out at the
Royal Veterinary College lu this metropolis,
uLd will last over several weeks.
TIE HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT.
In political and soclsl point Of view, this
determination Of our Government Ia an I'm.
| desire for Progress. ! am an allopath myself
| In principle, and hnvc always been accus-
| toned to laugh at the s1n.Via si,ai'i6as e4rnn-
! tur theory and tnfnitcselnal doses but am
bound to confess thnt late events In connec-
ton with this cattle plague have somewhat
4 of The richest land and herd owners In this
| country, like the Earl of Derby aud uthczs,
| placing their cattle under the care OF homro,
patnie veterinary professors, any sane man
must admit that the system Of treatment de-
serves respectful investigation and proper cx-
to find that the farmers Of our county Of Nor.
folk ale submitting their diseased animals to
the care and attention OF Mr.. Moore. IT il
needless to add that the allopaths ore finding
all the fault possible with the mode Of treat
ment, asserting that Mr.. Moore has "only
chosen cases where the symptoms arc of tae
mildest type p but question mucl. whothtE
the managing Committee Of the Cattle rln1ue
Insurance Association would permit such
shutDing on Ills part, while the objection Is
tnntanount to admitting that, at all events,
in these milder cases, Mr.. Moore Is successful
the success attending tho homeopathic vstcr,
mary treatment is contained in the fact that
the new school Of medical practitioners has,
at length, broken down the adamantinc wall
Of prejudice which hitherto projected the
disciples Of Galen and Sangrado ; and have
an admissIon of their right to respectful con
sideration. The whole body Of allopatfs L
thus snubbed; but only those Gun appreciate
the extent Of this snubbing who arc aware o.
the position held BY the upper ranks Of the
lnedical profession in England. :
A very calm aud dLspassiouate letter on '.Ho
meopathy and the Cattle Plague" signed b,
Nj. Willoughby Wood, appears in the preseni
number Of Ne1|e's IIeekiy Messenger Refer
ring to the general impression with regard Il
homeopathic treatment, Mr.. Wood say !: "lr
The first place, homeopathy does not consist
in giving small doses nor have globules any
thing to do with its theory, although thcy, ar
homeopathy is that diseases are cured b.
such medicines as have the power Of produc
iuE, in healthy individuals, symptoms stmil1
to those which characterize the diseases them
selvcs. The principal point tn treating mai
ady homnopathlcally Ii" the selection Of th
general in his remarks, stating that oxen ans
other animals nre usually prescribed tincture
and solutions, adding, "once for all I ma,
state that I never heard OF globules being I'D
mfnfstered In veterinary practicc." We ma
shortly expect report BY the Dutch Govern
stricken cattle in Holland and Wien . Eim
lar document is issued by the Lords OF on
privy Council, the world will at last be abb
10 Judge from definite premises upon the re
spectivc merits oil allopatlly and homeopathy
SHEEP AND THE CATTLE PLAGUE
:. One portion Of tue Royal Commission repoz
which has excited much controyersy..is Is TIM
wherein sheep are declared to be subject to th
plague similarly to horned cattle. The med
! to The "practical men," that Is, the sher
herds, cattle owners, &e., Of the Kingdom
| The lark Lans Express Of this week hnz
: sir column report Of a meeting Of the Way
! land Agricultural Society, at which meetin
was discussed "The nature and cause Of th
! utseas4 now prevailing amongst lamDs, an
!: whether or not such disease IS analogous I
the cattle plague.' The decision arrived q
: was that the disease injecting lambs and shce
was in no respect analogous to that nffectin
. cattle, and the principal speaker made til
} following very Important announcement
, 'Count Eessclrndc, d Russian noblcman, au
IN extensive landed proprietor, was stayin
at Merton Hall, and had authorized him
. state to the meeting that, in 1861, he lost til
+ whole Of his large herd Of cattle from rinde,
pet. He had al tlat time 100 sheep t,u
ming on the same land with tho Infected cal
. tie, but not single sheep was attacked wit
j the disease. Count Nesselrode ha
entirely given up keeping cattle I
. consequence . Of the ,riadfrpest, IN