Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-02

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He further tells Us that:
HEhe years seventeen hundred and eleven q
seventeen Luulred and fourteen were
esgeciaily remarkable FOR The mortality caused
bv fha rfnEue iu Western EurOIsa- no less than
one million fve hundred thousand cattle
having ueri5hel by the mUrrain iu these years.
on the Seventeenth OF August. seventeen hun
dret and eleven Count IraIsn borrefneo, 9
ffuon MS estate and inst gated ny humane mo-
lives gave 10 shelter iu "a coW shed. This OK Wa,
soon reclaimed by its owner, who states inat p
had s-raged nom a = anearlah henl oeloil-ll-s
20 the com nllssarlat OF the Austrian army
About q week after this unlucEy visit ihe cattle
lu the shed which had sheltered the Hum iliau 2
heart fasnr TO sfckeu, and shortly alterlgaTc
died OF r malignant pest The season was ilnt
through the JOuut's herds, aud from them eN-
tended widely. passing On 70 Milan, ferraT'l'
The CnmpaEla % Rome auu Nhplt-, lTilf frltl
through sardinia and Piedmont, then through
laupliuy INTO France llaNel-el lr5 sst-s5
land. scaled the mountains Of IEruL
-preld over Germany and penetrated into Hot
land. nom whence II IS supposed % nave been
imported into England. Italy did not g; I'd p
10 i1r seven yearS- Pope Clement n iost ti,tt
cattle fu his States during this peT5o2r ana vas
lsrfons for cle suppression OF inc plague on
--5'lf. o-.r own P-iEv Council during tbe eN-
tsfilg s!ta-lz. nave made little improvement
The Fope ordered diseased cattle 70 De- siauEA-
tered th+lr hides 20 be slashed, 50 thst they
rlLght nor tsa used for maj king leather and tltu
csr-asses 90 be buried along with quicAlinie
Eut instead Of the twenty POUNDS I'filsi4iA
which our Priyy C1unsil eKaet ior sn lniflng-
Eleut % the order the Pope qTiaile4 lfltt ever
man infringing these rule should be sent 70 tbe
gsuows 81 be were a lai1i ana % tns elieSs II ne
ware an elclesiasfle And yet, 7ELlh these
Ti-srorfr Laws. RI TOOK the Pope seven years "a
ezpsl the plague nom his ststes- During thi'
period Fledmout loa- 500 oxen ana ne helaii'
tortug couutrss iu like proportion
In the-s times the cattle plaques fol-
1sved armies which were accompanied
t,v great herds for the meat supply OF
Tie soldiers. Latterly the plaques has
been propagated from country % cOun-
Try In the cattle trains on railroads. The
birth places Of plaques among men and
cattle have been a. hard 70 trace as Il has
been 70 find the sources Of the Nile. But
u b believed the source Of the cholera
has been found in Arabia, and that oi
the cattle plague ia the steppes o.
Russia. The North Brfish herieH
SAYS:
The ezperisnos ofa century tells us that the
sttppes OF European Eusss form either iis oT n
pace or Us nrrsery- Tue lower llllro pa. ~ y,
ne Dnieper With lts nun1er9us siilnenis, ul---
% eupties Iself into tie Black Sea, j. ~ :
reunded BY Russian provinces, which preeo
about eight millions VI cattle 70 feed on the
.lEurlOas hcrhaRe OF the sleppes. Among these
herds This eHJLle plague, or kimuerpe8t,' con-
SANITY prevails though By 20 means so yiTy-
leL-.t a. % does when Do panetrates western
Europe, Al soon a. ths good season bagins,
Ilese14rt6. Who are generally Jews, buy up
sale some o. tie mos. notable OF thess flirs
ere eeli ia e ~, ln t5essara5-a, E-itzaQeiefad
IN hrleoA Ea.Ls IN Fodnlas ana BardItc1eg
~ NoihynlA, hall8 has ~ least 5Jl9l3 head of
cattle 81 ils fairs in single season Prom these
ceniers % lraiiie, great herds 81 cattle are dr-
ven 70 feed tle population Of Russia proper,
Poland and Hungary with it5 undergraduates "
Prussia has been very successful in con
tending against the Introduction Of the
plague, taking the most vigorous means.
TThe police measures in Prussia. saws the
Rsuleze, % u destroy diseased cattle
aud even dogs and birds, which might
carry infection over the borders, are
prompt and severe. But smuggling stiu
lakes plsce, 80 that the disease occasionally
breaks out in the border Villages. Round
these military c0rdCns are drawn, and
the pest Is stamped cut with merciiess
rigor." But Austria has not been 50
Successful:
Nearly hundred thousand s,eppe cattle are
belisred 70 pass annually into Gslcia and j ut-
rsrT. Eyarv six or seven YEAR, the pest spIeaEz
70 gavsge the herds OF TIE Latter country: - ~ ~
the three years leis-lsoii y attheAsl w w'lli.5
h-ad or cattle while in lsd8 L was more seNeIe
than on any previous occasion, having selhet
on fourteen per cent OF al the cattle pa A .etti
Win the exception Of 7-lesias bon7lAsa5 - = : - -
Austria, sslzburg, and the 4yrol, hilf5s 49,, -
and Venice. AT Pills nlument % is SIN lla huh'
gary and has attacked sheep a. " Ell a. hslillel
usasts. This has been pecullaIity or lne re-
cent irrupuou OF the pest for before lssl Poland
also had never expsfionced Us extension q
Eheep.
'.lte draw attention 10 these ntcts. because 3
must Dc apparent that the completion OF the
fE1 Efeat Ines on railway which tTaNeikins E
southern and Central Germany connect Rot
t7foam and Hamburg WIKI Pesth apd lem berg
have opened up q us the supplies oi Hungary
1ud Uallcla, and have vastly increased the ID o.
ger OF 3 constant Importation or tlits plague. lu
fact, through Rotterdam, and under The name
ui Dutch beasts, We have Of late frequently
recognized IN the metropolitan market Tie Ions
horned oxen OF Hungary. ~ we haVe been
Ilghtly informed 1y au uflclal on the 0alician d
railway, There ls seaFcely amy quarantine Tor
beasts destined for expectation the Old rules
being now found luapplieable 20 the modern
demands OF speedy transit"
These very Dutch beasts carried the
plague into England, and II there Is noi
vigilance on our shores we will have Il
here. The identity In character Of the
ancient eattle plaques with that nov