, 1865-09-08


Very truly, your friend,
a LHco1a.
EUROPE.
Our London Letter.
TIE CATTLE MURRA1N AND
CHOLERA.
Important Facts for Western Farmers
nnd Stock GroSvers-No Cholera Yet
in I;llglanl-Mason and the Pirate
In Europe-GarIba1dl- VARIOUS
At1nntfc Telesrnpllx Commercial
News. .
From our own couespoadent.]
LoSuo$, Ang. I'D. 1865.
4sWcstward the Star Of Empire takes It's
wuy," aud the two epfdumics which GRO now
frightening Europe from the Mediterranean
to,he Baltic, are following precisely tho samc
course. Step BY step arc the cattle plague
and tho cholera marching toward the Atlnn.
tic, aud before this letter reaches the prairies
Of the West, one or both OF these diseases
may have landed on your shores. It appears
10 be a rulo On this continent that q general
epidemic among mankind Is preceded by
another amongst tho lower animals; may be
the two affections crfse from the same atmos-
pheric causes or, again, as others assert, the
,lsa of the flesh and milk of rnsound cattle
may be the origin Of the cholera amongst
men. Leaving the discussion oi such ques.
tions to those gentleman who possess the
right to deal with them, I proceed 10 give
such facts In relation TO the plagncs affecting
man and beast as will he of interest and ln1-
portance In the now prosperous West.
In Difference to the claims of seniority, 1
must speak first Of the cattle disease, more
especially Us you are likely to make it's &c
qualnsance before Inst Of the cholera. There
has been strong md persistent attempt to
prove that The cattle ailment Is due TO for:
clgn sources; In fact, that 1t was introduced
iuto England from Germany or Russia, and,
being extremely contagious, has spread over
counties with the rapidity Of electricity. Very
imaginative stories have found their way Into
PRINT and have been readily swallowed by our
country looms, showing how foreign COW
has wanton'y straytd down to the river
TO drink, and has forded The strtam to LOB.
noo WIN nes co" @comtaues ocyona. H,ne i"r
satn'v".o' or IN piam hneusn, Which ac@
eon''ts LOT 'ne a1ilA III 1ue cocou-ha.' nt'eu.
ds,,rn"n 49, ~reeH;,s ,,a. a.rs,InE hntcnefs ano
s1or;s. oro ro1..a .''osr .rora, n .ons.on. .ess
on;3 had o,r ortbor;t;ss = has, s7,fI;n,an,,s
+,,sc r., 1;stan -, then .xo ,n,r,,t ,roatrs W.
,,nrc ha1 n ston NH IN n, ,nnnortot,ons =.
c,t,l4 fron s1,-oaa
Thc cf5ec,s or Tho ;,,soo,o o,r,,o, ,r,t,, a..
rosu1ts If Tear NAV ho raan ~ 49, a~,,eat ~. G
mil IN lie M.t-ono,;s Th.t ~o,,. oaaas -.
~ rour currcnrv ner nuort ho,,,o ,n ,uc-oa ~
or d ner cont: reto,1ers hor;nn Il aar ~ ~ s -
tuo sh,1,;,~s ~ s;~na,.a 49, III. p ;,a.a, ~,
~ .,ra a,.,5t;,'.. 49,, ,,s.s ~ sn .a.ssaa
tto,, ~ ,,aa taars I,a,r !, Taadoa 80 .e.S" ss.ss
W,,t,1nNsha atnfF of l,fs of Fnc,ls1,mcnEean. M 'o
~, ho a,t .,na, nn5ar nno sh,71ino. rs5 cants,
ner nornd. md heef ,rh,ch se,1s II sen .,snco
ts, .en,s, ,,.- no,,ra ,ran,d - ,nnoh h;rhos @
hut for nsnn,s nc,nor ofro,a n nnr.haso ~
,r,,,, t,,,.sosaa 1.-Two ~ s.a.dess a4,.,a. ~
~ ,cnsnr,,t,os .s,. .st.s"1,-. - s.,'e' ~.
e.oss",sHs ~. t s's uHtnau. upon olhef
r. p.o,'.onA a.'a sonalos,aoly "eu'to.ao iami-
s Inss.oe ..." eoupsilsu 'o mtgc1Y leuuce
tnell SApenaiauic' "u'lst Luz poor naFe 10 put
49, nao1, nalos "'tn
puhu nuniAey. Aaa " III lnts IN extreme
y uau na' 'sst efA'on' no' .ueseiy III oui own
eouuu out tluoosnous 'ne eonunens' ana
you W. tliae's.aAa '"at oae prospects arc
nol u Inc of'sntest.
pt!'st - W W. setsla .u"s aas sa.1le US
80 ~ ~ ~ ouo' uos"ttlis.auams
.no pe' s'stSaI snot 70 - VI lase,seu n'a''iouals
" p,YSe ~ SUN. lne uo'e.nncnl ana our
'.aa?s o,sans VI puo,ie oplf''oA resaro inc
p.us W aS oens ep'aenlie IL io1'a ano 1aouel-
a'ei3 ln,eettous anu aHnongh no treatment
mas yst oeeh discovered anu made public the
veterinary pfoaesslon nave strong hopes Of
nnuing q remedy oelofo long. Inc Great
Eastern 4e1t. lfelana WIZ 1he atlantic cable
long peiofe the disease haa reached England.
She TOOK Will hcr large supply OF live stock,
consisting OF oxen, sheep, chickens ducks,
corps on board rot little or no beef, for, with
in few days Of leaving Ireland, the oxen
siekcncd one By one, and had to be thrown
overheard, It was only after the return Of
the great ship to England Tint anything was
known of tie cattle epidemic !; while the
symptoms ashore were precisely similar to
these which had affected the oxen On board.
II bIetly important that the cattle breed
crs Of tbe West should know that the disease
In question is most likely to reach Amcrica
within short period, md that hyeienic pre-,
ca1t1ons cannot be DELAYED d day with auy
safety 10 their interests. Oycrcroytltpc Of
stobles-or. to ont the matter In tho best
l,nru.ec flisrerard or ventilation the
,,rrat 5red;suoser tn the dfsease their sta
h1cs, thcroforc. cannot bc too ling. too wide.
or tooIoIty. Our larccst breeders treat the
a1fectha animals aftcr the manner Of the Aus
traliai ernziers: cbanrc of air Is consideees
The fat essential. and stimu1atiue. car,oni.
ceo,ls tood is nm equal desiderutum. che dis
easc Itsclc occasionally denoruinatcd the
Nmura,n !, Ia considered to be ,1curo-rneu.
mon;n. INT whatever mny be ne exact iiae-
ros,4 r tlc conon1a}ut II nsually gives way
n thnnborc treatment rysn early rcsorted
to s..-
TIE cuoLBsA.
Notwithstanding the aarming paragraphs
in our papers In refercncdo the cholera, there
Is, as Jet, no evidence v,atevor that the dis
ease has reached Wcstn Europe. Thus far,
the epidemic has bce1confned to the eastern
eoasts;of the Mcditennean, and its rnvages
there have eertaiu] been terrible. No less
than $4,000 worken had lied in panic from
Coustantinople Jlor to the 11th inst, and
those who ren1ned behind were dying BY
hundreds daily uncarcd for and Unknown
But with the &ception Of few dropping or
sporadic cas' az barcelona IN spain, Mag,