Litchfield enquirer., 1866-01-25

ent nsasares were taken to prevent the disease
 in Germany: niiitsfy cordon is estahlishsd to pteven. any standardization with the infect led d:siricts Schools. churches. and public houses are closed D;seassd asd exposed ani. mals are slaughtered and buried. So efsctual
 did these means appear in controlling the dis. lease that Professor S;nonds pporss that no Hears may bs enter.ained that this destructive pest will reach the shores of Britain The distance. no direct cattle trade, and that 1t
 would have to pass hnndreds of military cor. Fdousto reach the western side of Gesmany, Hwerei theqreasoas givsa fer this opision- Ass9,s But the Russians desired more direct cat tie trade with Britain and in this way the dis ease was introduced x First. these cattle were sold in the Istington market, aud theucs some
 animals we're taken tosthe metropolitan cattle
 market, where both store and fat cattle were
 scld. Farmers and dairyman purchased these
 animals, and the disease was quickly introduc-
 ed into many parts of the country. The meas
 ures taken to stay it's progress were less severe
 than in Germany, and its spread more rapid.
 Sheep have also been attacked by it. and large
 focks have been destroyed aee'-ss s}'iisb 'a.- 1 The English Privy Council have prohibited
 the exportation of any cattle or sheep, or any , of the fresh parts of these animals from Eng-
 land to Ireland, and thus far ,he latter island is
 free from the disease p -t-1f- @ h 1'7i.', 's7' 1 In France. an Imperial Decree prohibits the importation of any cattle from infected coun. tries. From others. they are only received with
 restricticuzin esrtaia selected ports. The dis 1 ease was iutfodaced into South Holland from
 England. by cargo of cattle returned from there. because the price was too high. The
 infected district is enclosed with 6 military cordon. to prevent it possible. the spread of
 the malady. All the leading cattle fsirs in Europe for the next, autumn are deferred.- From Manchester, Dnglasd, our consul. MT.
 Lord, writes to Secretary Seward, dated oet.- l7th :' regret to have to report to your ex-
 eellency, that there as yet appears no sbate-
 ment Of the great plague among cattle, that has for some weeks past created such alarm In England. The disease threatens to extend to all the agricultural districts in the British Is- lsnds. Prayer is now made to Almighty God at morning and evening service, in all the eharches for the stay of the pestilence.' He advises the absoIuta prohibitio Of the impor- tation of all cattle and sheep into the country. to be rendered more efsctual by tas concur renee of Her Majessys authorities in the Brit l ish Provinces. - ss sss'-sse # One ef the 6rst acts of our present Congress was the passage of bill iatroducsd by Hon. John Wentworth entirely prohibiting the im-
 Portation of cattle. Thus far very good, but we do sot learn that it embraces the hides,
 horns or other fresh parts of animals capable of conveying the disease. The importance of the subject demands the most stringent msasures. Our national debt is light burden, compared
 with this pest to devastats onr aocks and herds. But to return to the main subject; the war. m. like foreign one, has left us without any vio-
 lent Arrangement of commerce or manufactures.
 The energies oi both are called upon to restore
 the waste of the war. and to occupy the new
 avenues of trade opened at the vest and south.
 While high prices have stimnla.sd and eneour-
 aged our agriculture 30 as to maintain its usual
 erodactiveness, they have also prevent.d any
 great accumulation of it's products to glut the
 market and: cause any sudden dsprss .ion- i With an active commerce and aourisbing man.
 ufactures, agriculture will thrive as the basis of the whole. and the frtare appears full of en. couragemeut. It is upon a heme market that the farmer of New England must rely to com pete with tue broad lands of the vest With this in our favor, their prosperity has but added to our own. Our farmers can we'll afford to buy their wheat, if there is fall demand for
 more periahable articles. and 70 we find New, Enzland agriculture thriyes with the success of those we counted our rivals s4'-'''s 'st'f 2'@''e
 l. With regard to. the future operations of the Society, the committee are not prepared to
 speak with confidence. While our patient plodding agriculture has fed us all. both at home and.in the field through these dark hours of our national existence, yet the far
 mers Of New England, of Connecticut do not seem to feel their importance in the body po- litic, and other and more exciting interests oe-
 cupy the public mind. sli'aT7 srI -a1a'"fq 2 3a I This state of things speaks the need that we should again assemble as State society, meet
 in friendly competition and show cur strength. But whether the railroads, each absorbed in their own business; depending it is true, for their own support very largely upon our own success, twill grant ms the proper facilities, and whether the active business men of our cities will give us the substantial aid We need and their countenauce are questions equally import- aat, and worthy of careful consideration. se' l We have waited for the restoration of peace and union. Our claims to State aid ought nov to befegarded Without this aid it would be presumptuous to hold fair.5 It would be, as. suming burden which does not bsloug>to us. As merely representatives of the industrial in. terssts of the State, we ought not alone to as. sums a responsibility in which all have an