, 1865-10-14
LETTERS From LONDON, BRUSSELS
AND FLORENCE.

the Roman Senate, no matter what his sub
jcct might be, with the famous ttreat, "De
te'ada ea Carthago.'' cannot better com.
mcnce or finish my letters TO the TRIBUNE
than hy reitcrating-England Is threatened
with meat famine, md We mny have erentu.
ally to look TO the United States for our daily
food. A single fact will prove to you the
condition to which We are reduced by the est.
tic plague. We imported from the Continent
in August, 1854, eighteen thousand oxen and
sirfy-stren Mousand sheep; during the month
of August in the present year we received
from TINT source t,oeniy-serea thousand oxen
md one hundred and ,t1pe Mousand sheen, !
give the round numbers, but several hundreds
may be added TO the aboye Items. With tho
disease spreading to other countries, our peo.
pic becoming nervous md excited On The
question Of what to cat, and beef and mutton
fetching silver quarter dollar per pound,
with fair prospect Of reaching much higher
price, your stock-growers now possess an OPP.
portunity which never presented itself previ.
onsly. II may not be England alone they will
have to supply, for meat is rapidly becoming
too costly an article for ordinary consumption
in France, Holland and other countries. Were
a Western 1atmor, wonld turn every acre
possessed into Erass, and cover oil The land
with cattie. 1866 and '67 will be the Golden
Age Of your stock-raisers and packers, f they
only know low to take advantag, Of that
present
tide In the attairs of men.
Which, taken at the food, lends on to forturcr
Dr. Lethehy, high veterinary authority,
has made rrport to the Prfvy Council. on
the raragcs or the disease among the sheep In
the county Of Norfolk. From his experience
with one flock OF 1000, he states his belief
that the epidemic Is not so fatal among those
animals ns Il Is to horned cattle and le adds
the strange fact that II diarrhea does NOT
occur the animal infected invariably dies. A
good symptom, according TO this authority.
Is That no relapse has been known to occur.
and that the beasts are never attacked d
second lime pt. Lctheby thus describes tho
treatment most successful with sheep belong
ing TO tue flnck nbovc referred to :: I. In the
first place, The animals have been supplied
With 1ronEhs containing moderately Strong
solution OF salt and water. This they have
drunk as soon as the febrilc symptoms have
appeared, and their rcsorting to the water is
Of. en- the earliest sign Of infection, as their
BEGINNING to feed Is the sign Of recovery. The
discharges from the eyes and nose and bowels
attract legion of flies, which freely deposit
their ora therein. It has theretorr been
found necessary 10 cleanse the animal from
the discharges by frequently sponcing the
parts with mixture OF 1Iacdouga gals powder
question proved to be curative with two
thirds Of the animals attncked. and the owner
thereby Faved / 600 out Of 1,O00-a yery much
better resntt than the treatment by-t. pole.
axe and knife, - which some Of our authorities
have advocated. No treatment other than
his ha been proposed Tor horned beasts, and
the mortality amongst those animals is ncccs-
sarily tIcmcndons-
FoLlT:cAL CHANGES on THE CONTINENT OF
EUROPE -.
Tie present Year ls dosing with q bright
prospect for 1866, and, unless tht indications
be unprtcedeutedly deceptive, many Euro-.
pcan questions which hare hitherto threat,
cned war will receive definite aud rcsccfuli
solution. The credit really belongs 10 the
Emperor Of the French, who, whaterer may;
be charged against him IN his own country,
has certainly shown himself favorable to
progress In other continental nations., The
harnssing Roman question appears TO be in
fair course Of settlement; Tor the official
organ Of the French government, the Mont
mo doubt should exist relative to the iutcn-
tlons OF the French Government So soon as
France shall consider the proper moment to
have arrived, she will, ID concert with the
Pontftical Goyctnmcnt. adopt the necessary,
measures for the commencement of heeyacn.
ntitn Of Rome, IN order that The withdrawal
Of tic French troops mag. be completed
within The appointed period" This lniorma-
tion is rather automatically woried but
It Is well understood Throughout Western
Europe that lie evacuation OF the Eternal
City is now really intended, and that the
French troops will be removed all at once,
and not BY degrees. expect, however, 1t
will be found that Italy has given certain
guarantees to The Emperor Napoleon and the
Pope in regard 10 the Independence of the
Holy See, and Whit remains Of the States oi:
the Church Tor 1t is not reasonable to sup
pose that the temporal powet Of the PoPeis
At onee to he broken up. Italy, as the price Of
an event which Will displcasefew Italians eycn
in the Eternal City Itself. Ono OF the most
prominent and, until lutely, trusted advisers
Of the Holy Father, Colone! Andrea, has lust
brought upon himself an avala7ehe o ahrse
and Misrepresentation from the clerical party
in Catholic Europe BY advocating the anne1a-;
taon Of Venice TO italy, and the reconciliation;
Of the Pope with Victor Emanuel. The Incl.
dent may be unimportant In tteelL, except In
so lnr IS It shows the spread Of nAtlonal SYM
pathy In the peninsula, and the possibility of
friendly feeling In the future between the.
way the Wind u blowing, and Is thc entire;
press Of Europe has, for the past week dis
cusscd The advantages which orc certain to-
accrue TO Austria by the sale Of Venice, IT Is
reasonable 10 assume that our Deus cz ,nachiua'
of the Tui1le1ies has decided upon this line Of
policy, and Is now doing his utmost 10 per.
suade the court of Veniee into similar views.
OF course, Louis Napoleon have 50 resolv-
ed, Austria Will not long say may; but the
former will doubtless study to make the sac
Htlcc as palatable ns possible, 30 TINT, hereaf.'
ter. he may look to Austria US a friend. The
ambassador Of TINT power at the court Of the
Tuillc1ies has long been on the most amicabIc:
Mcttc1nich, in fact, has looked very much
Ike member Of the Imperial
family, being 20 frequently with the Emperor;
and Empress nE TO excite the curioaity Of the:
fashionable and diplomatic world. Ii is now:
rnmored It at the son Of the great coutempo-;;
rnry Of Castlcreaeh and Tallcyrand is imme.,,
diatcly 10 bc recalled to Vienna, where he'
will assume the office Of Premier In the Aus.
trim Cabinet. Should this anticipation be;
correct, an alliance between France aud Aus
hia Is already decided upon; and coIlatefali
circumstances certainly point that way. In
view oftbe understanding between England
and France on the Gastein affair. Pru4sfn hasi
trla to IN identlc note iu reply to the circulars
Of Earl Russell md n. Drouyn dc L'Huys,t
hut, go far, Austria has refused her CONSENT!
II mny he that the latter Is anxious not to
identify herseH more strongly with policy,
Which has excited such animndversion and
wide spread condemnation; but the general
opinion istAat Austria and France are on the.
eve Of an alliance, much to the disgust OF:
Prussia.
The Court Of Vienna could not possibly
adopt clearer GIFTED policy than BY parting
with Venetia for valuable considerations!
for Austria would not merely rid herself of
territory without loss or d1shonor which may,
tY<3 1r1Y I'm ft11, VANS
compensation, but she would obtain at the;
same time what she has 90 long required
freedom from chronic cimpfcuniosIty. She has!
long had to play second fiddle In Germany to;
her great northern rival, whose comparatfyei
homogcuity has been strengthened by q sound
state of the Treasury and tn realizing upon
Vcnetfn, ehe Will not merely be enabled to re-
duce to the minimum her expenditure fn the
southcrmoH part Of her dominions. but she
will rid herself Of a fostering sore which, for
many years, has threatened her safety and
damaged her credit. She Is now deTotins
herself, with some prospect Of final, if not
carly success, to the pacilcation Of Hungary.
manifesto Of the Emperor, is to be treated
henceforwatd as an Independent kingdom: and
the attempt Of the famous Cd'narMa Of 1873 to
fuse the various nntionalfties composing
tlc Empire into one homogeneous whole |
is therefore rclinquished. It Ii now reported
that Hungary is to have separate MinIslers Of |
War aud Education, Baron Eotyos being /
named By rumor for the latter Office, and as
though to prove the honest reforming tenden.
cles Of the Vienna cabinet, reductions In the
army staff onn large scale, have already COM
1nenccd, phile. the garrisons at Innspruck. |
Prcsburg, Castelmova and Vicenza, have
been reduced, and many Of the officers placed |
on halEpay. We cannot but regard with sst-
isfaction this change tn the policy Of the Aus
tsian Government, for that power has kept
md excitement during The. last half century.
With France, Anstfia and Great Britain unit
I'd, the maintenance of peace in 1.-The Old
World is almost placed beyond q peradren.
ture.
SWITZERLAND ALTERING HER CONSTITUTION,
Little Switzerland seems 10 be also bitten