, 1866-09-18

TNctf{Or here this afternoon WnA not tAFTr I
but it Is believed much good was done. II
wus addressed By Governor Broas and Hon.
jas. S. Poase. 4.
THE CATTLE PLAGUE IN KETTNCKY
Interesting Letter from General Green
Clay Smith.
1From he Lexipc,on Observer and Reporter1
t-A0'N1 'e sca.r rn,.,s-~ q. w caatomh,
sta1e socel1 inc Aeh'aeks
nrsn Stn This section of tte conntrv has |
been nueh disturbed in Tie last few Wseks
owing to frightfdi disease which has made
It's appearance among The cattle, ktliins
MANY mai.inr somc hind and nthrrw9st, az
factinr a larrs nu1nter. @AS1 ~''4~@ - -N'
There was no diseuse among tho cattle of
these Interior counties nrior 70 the introduc-
tion Of a large lot from Texas by General r,
Gano.
time, that the Texas cattle wonii propacate
peculiar ard lestructiye discase. Miss6uri.
fn couscQue0ce established a cattle unarnn.
tine, and. / believe, passed a prohibitory law.
with this fatal mniaay. Kentucky has Il
now. and there can be no doubt in tic minds
If those WIN have hecn informed oF III. farts
That Il was introduced by the Texas cattIes
REAsoSs.
Nv mother-Ip-}aw. Mrs. Henry 4. nnke
who lives nine miles from Lexinrton and four
| from Eenrretown- In This ronnfr m nne NJ
The hest md mnsf ben1,tifi,i f,rms IN tl,a
State. on Which no disease Of any kind had
ever occurred, took upon pasture the 18th Of
cattle. None Of her own 1an viii them
Thsr renninci7 nnti1 thc Al of Anr1st inoE'
ID i;cait1,v1 and rrazed we'll. WIfhin t,re nr
sir days after thsy had been taken away. n
Ia ~ Ecntnckr cotile-e ,reot m.nv ra;s,oI
~. ~ u tha ia1,ner. tnrna an s w. ,aatnra sassa
s,h,c1 bod i1een occnn;et1 he tha Tcxps cn,s
Ne' NJ danser was annrehendNd nj 17;tb;n
Weck or len days It wps diseoyerrsd hat the
disease % lad broken n out out Among them. ' At It
rennrc. ffn,n the nastnrs sand the eicl e1s sers
arniea rom the we'll. TT., or t3,rcr. lied II.
,nnst immediately.
- ryTrHyA., sysproys.
Dnu. STUPID. stiu. separation "a from the
at ;,nnfijint5 '" cramnsnr stnrcarfnes nil H.
in1' o,,1 l., m5rr casae AZ M E,ts;, thn+ 1as
thc,,c L. an ercention cnmnression ~ 4he
are soraa ~ .5ndn .erf.ctfr bI;nd y Na,,e ~.
~, t1,;s ior,, n,+ ~. AZ aS;o;n;nr- n.,a +Gat
~ ~ NJ Mr Thar1es @ Heraaan h;a ,,1;1c1, ro,s
oa1,-na and ~ 81 taars T.era 1@ 1o css+ =;
AZ o.assnme au y, o1e soma r. hot1NaT;f -
ttaa WceS os = Ian I'd dsvs af,nr the a;.nasa ~
mae ;tsa,f l., xe othsrs 80
4%aen In.-s.. : ~ eer.c,ss1s X ~, ~ Sto
tSTrpStT sSsrTo,ts "a pau "a onsrarpn
B1nod ycTy b1acE and thick: Seart oniv
| s1iohtIr otfrcted jnues 1x.Tfrcf]1 snnnf, ana
hcnit1,y. Tho mani}nif pr secnnd stnn,arh
very much contracted WITH the iaeeai matter,
frst =, om,ch o1most cn,n,v ann frifh M M.
ara,t n1,nnara nosrcIs s9trnctaI ~" mi1n ~
pemntr on1 ext1cmefv co<t5ve hia35cr ran-
Eff. cnnta;1i,,r nnfr sn,si, n,.nn3,,S ~
ttIo2 I'M nni1red nr;rc r. = IN. c.ees m
thcv discSorce n considrrahie orant,tv n
hioodv urine.
I'M in 10 ti,c n,escnt time Mr.. ucrndon has
lost e1sht or len our OF q lot OF tEcnsy-iiyc
nr thir2r. Mrs. Duke. with herd Of seventy.
ave, has lost twenty. Another neiEhbor,
cattle remaiucd. lost two, A FeutIcnan
near Oxford. Scott County. lost twelve an
other near Midway. woodward County. lost
sixteen FROM Turning on a pasture where the
Texas cattle had been but one night aud
part Of a day. Many others have died in
| The wukc of these Texas cattle. vet it is re-
nortahlc facf That the discsse has hrnken
out nowhere In o malignant form save where
these imported cattle have been. On the
farm Of Ilrs. Dpkp. her mitch cows. which
. part Of the p]ace-apd. not allowed to mix
. With these. foreign cattle or run on the pas-
ture where they. had been, are, and have
been free from the diseasc, and milk and but:
NOW WHAT IS TIE DrsEAsEs
plague Of Which NC have heard SO much; Of
. fate as raciug Nth such terrible fatality: In
Europe. In England 1t Ia called the rinder-
in Russ satt1s psgae IN, n Mexico
!, toms arc very Similar In almost every case
: thus far It has proycd fatal. The rtnderpest
. could not be worse.
, now IT 10 coXXUEIcATED.
covered that tic blood Of Tie animal affected
with cattle plai;ue contained the poison Of
} The maIady. so That serum obtained from 1t
: would Give the dlscascby lnoculation. Now,
! how did these Mexican cattle communicate
/ this disease, when theY were apparently
! healthye Spanish fcycri Is an epidemic dis
, ! cesc ofTeyas. ana cattle have beeu for years
: dyinr with Il, sometimes, In certain locali
. ties, prevailing as an epidemic, Is always &.
taIs but lam sure, dom he nstural course q
!. th;nrs fhc iiscnverv Of Snnderson. and ron
! facta Terein Given. fhat some Of those Tcxnr
;. nott1e had this d,snsse in fi,e1r svs1a:ns' mn
fronrht Il 70 Eentuclsv st, that sthe noiso1
las inoculated our cattle md produced th'
ons r4aeses @ seem @ to have had the esef /,
!" y a,;m;nGte thn roison through theIr kfdneys
+ hnwn1s and, nd nncri,ans threurf. the lnnrs
t which. being dcposited On The pasture, va
j left fo2 the f1rst that followed after them
"a e1imated. nrc readilT susccptiblc to the il
=. Sacaion Of fhc noisan md Rava suffered az
:, snrfSne1r
i. Tie disease IS entirely distinct from an
d We have ever had in the stnte before-a1
fRN eli
=. IN a1mnst cTcrv case. One who has eve
e saen q cose can Iotnt them ont N they beei
= to 'u sieSen. @ II thus T far, MTa. Duke - has Ids ios
r. tvcntT mi oTtwanfr.siv cascs IN fhe ait
= Of AuEast, ne commenced s 1, N 1eealns E6Ge nS
tt39 snas IN, VA M 1n,ba1s sickcn1nt
y Ere Ers,Es Ease viii, fhe exceiStinn Of blindues
!. Il III Hsenndon,s. one case Of nurrinc at III
~ Ecnneo1s and two Of bloody iIrlISe. were a
4: iscted precisely alike; 90 much 50 that +
=. eETn rfprns heinn more Uniform than In. an
- 5iaens;c hoEa creT secn ~ known. RI
:. fart that Ills disease has been broncht. he1
Texas sattle - Peseey estiae1
pone Pus occurring, @ 50 can BE- ascertains;
saEe y ~5eiS a ias fs tSot pff fSer introduced ii
or same disease into Missouri for several COZ
te secuf3ve Jeass ana me StatS "as G9ty =,
n EesSa " euT pes.S fats r1stjn,, X heav
% pass'ns prGnlDsos sm n1s' nT' nne int6 the stat
h. trnc ~ t,ex snme here seemingly health,
bnt may thsy not, IS / suggested befot1
e nflng N tne.s ssssetH tHa;r 1r1 boe5s md ii,
tect o. grasses upon eneis NV w. o1, ,s
bs tsir SsPui1u n1nes spg Ind dune The theory H.
m ths aisease ~ Is .,oes th;s1K f,Isacioaa a. -
" smooth, and sound, and the tlcks on ths
X can be found almost any Taefe III nentocA
"A, a. / have eeen them a o.ten. e1o, co-,1 an, :,
n Prior 70 using tne sTecn snrh ey tha+ ss1t M q,
sss formed y " 3nhnr =, d. gun cnnnsras tb h,esanr
ne the moutn nech. lie nu t.14 T. ~ ~. -
9r to Thons eny gDou be ~ r nv ~ ~ mai u