Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-28
FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, March 26-ssI
-. rr,rrrn The Raltimrore Sun of Tuesday.l


49, From the Baltimore Sun OF tuesday,
The Senate was occupied the entire session of to-
dav In DISCUSSING the case Of Senator Stockton
Immediately the reading Of the journal was COM
Melted Mr. Sumner moved to amend by striking the
name Of Mr.. Stockton from the list Of those who
voted on the resolution declaring him entitled to his
seat Speeches were made pro and con without
number, and the debate was participated in by
nearly every Senator who INDUCES in speech
making. That it is the design Of the Radical ma
jority to Gust Mr.. Stockton by hook or by crook IS
apparent. Indeed Mr.. Nye, unwittingly, no DOUBT
let out that the present New jersey Republican Le
gislature was sitting over from day TO day Ior tne
purpose of eecting Senator in place of Mr.. Stock
ton. In expectation Of an exciting day, tine game
ries were well filed and the floor was thronged Win
members of the House and other pryllegea gentle-
men, among whom was Rev. Theodore Iihon' Oh
the New York Independent.
construction relating to the State OF virginia was
expected to be reported in the House Today. IL IS
now said that it will be broughtin tomorrow. IL Is
reported TO be of an exceeding interesting character
Including as il does the testimony OF Gen. Lee and
many other distinguished Yirginians.
The general impression that the President would
send in to-day TO the Senate veto of the civil
rights bill was not confirmed The President was
very busy engaged last night and unable TO see
any one and il was, therefore, supposed that he
at work on the message. He has until Wednesday
70 return the bill. fl. -.
THE PRESIDENTS ENDORSEMENT OF POSTMASTER
CLEVELAND. .rr.
The Presidents endorsement of Postmaster Cleve-
lands conduct in supporting English has produced
great CONSERVATION among the rank and file in the
Republican party. A meeting of the Republican
delegation was called yesterday z. NJ. (which was
participated in by quite number of outsders) to
decide what was best to be done in the premises
Il was admitted on all hands that it would lose
them a large number of voters sufficient, perhaps,
to carry the State against them. II was decided,
however, not to abate one ot or title of their zeal,
but to 60 to work with renewed energy. II was de-
cded that money must be raised and speakers be
despatched at once. A committee Of Connecticut
men called upon Senator Foster, but he did not give
them much consolation. He thought the game was
up Secretary Welles was next visited, and seemed
good deal demoralized. sIIe did not appear to
know what to do or say.
THE PRESIDENT on THE STEWART PROPOSITION.
The President has expressed his disapprOyal of
Mr. Stewards proposition for universal amnesty on
condition Of the establishment OF free suffrage.
AN AGENT OF THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT
Is here examining the workings of the several de-
partments of the Government, with a view to the
adoption Of our system in Russia.
THE CATTLE PLAGUE IN EUROPE.
communication to the Speaker of the House
from the Commissioners of Agriculture covers official
through the State Department from the COnsnls at
Hamburg Liverpool and Sheffield. Consul Ander-
son writes from Hamburg of his refusal to certify TO
invoices of hides, and advises the refusal at Custom
Houses of all entries Of hides, tallow or bones of
cattle He thinks a perfect despotism should be
exercised along our seaboard to prevent the intro
ductiOn of the disease, and that the great good
ture and buOyant hopefulness of the American peo-
pie make them slow to act in this important matter
and may lead us to initiate the delay Of the English
which has amounted almost to recklessness, and
caused loss of many millions of money. Mr..
Thomas H. Dudley, Consul at Liverpool,
gives q history of the efforts made in England
for the prevention and cure of the disease,
which have proved mainly unavailable, and sug-
gests the sending of a commission to Europe by our
Government TO examine and report upon its nature
and means of prevention and ameloration. He al
so recommends further legislation for greater
ry and refers to an attempt TO send hides from an
infected district 10 this country Consul Abbott at
Sheffield, writes that the farmers who were at first
Opposed TO extreme measures, are now, in cOnse-
quence ofthe loss of their cattle and hides demand
ing the most vigorous measures. The Commissioner
of Agriculture, from the vOluminOus reports of the
British Commission and other official data, con-
denses brief history of the plague which is Off
einy declared to be identical with the rnderpest
of Continental Europe, and with the fatal murTain
of l745, which ravaged England for twelve years,
and in the last year destroyed thirty thousand cat
tie in a siugle county, 1t is shown that in 1862 it
destroyed one hundred and fifty-two thousand of
two hundred and nnety-sX thousand attacked in
the Austrian dominiOns. In 1868 it oyerran Hun
gary and other Austrian dependencies, killing from
sxyve to ninety eight per cent. of those attacked
in the several provinces.
The Commissioner reports that France, by prompt
action, extirpated the disease last autumn with q
total loss of fortythree CATTLE and that afterwards
when it was again introduced into the Paris Jardne
dAcclimation, it was again eXterminated with the
loss Of thirtyfye animals, among which were gael
les, yagas, Yebras and failOw deer In England its
increase is reported constantly acceeratng, num-
herring IL 600 total cases in November 10000 in De-
cember, 1900 at New Years, 10000 the last of
January and 177,6S9 the LIST of March; at which
time the number that had died was 1927 killed
95S recovered % 1862 and unaccounted for 49, 765
Of the herds exposed, the number attacked was at
first A per cent, but il has since reached 64per cent
of those attacked; the number that died in Novem-
Der was AZ per cent ut the last Of January twas 81
per cent, but the number killed, which was 36 per
cent in November was but IS per cent. ip January.
But per cent. recovered in November. In January
II per cent were saved. The English cattle are less
capable of resistance to the disease than the Dutch
No reliable specific or mode of treatment is reported.
A copy of the new cattle plague law of England
is communicated, and Congress is appealed TO for a
law under which vigorous measures could be applied
in case Of its iatroduction into this country.