Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-08-17
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Republican Conversational Con-
ventiOn I'm South CarolIna. - (

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Republican COngressfonal CON
vention In South Carolina. 81 z
7,a saiysils1W WAsHINaroN,I Aug. Is. gs
B. F. Whittemore, Chairman Of the Cen
trail Republican Executive COMMITTEES OF,
South Carolina, has issued a call for Con-
vention of the party, to meet In Columbia
on the 9Th of September, to nominate can
didates for Congress. s1n,a.t ~ issEa seF d.
Congressional Nomination i'm
.stg North Carolina. %" ,s7goy ~
l9A. Il. Jones, of Buncombe- county, has
been nominated forl Congress by the Re-;
the Seventh District OF North. Carolina, gs,v
Gen. Rosecraps' sIiuistry to NIexf-
co-New Line of Policy Cd sLi
Minister RosecraDs will not sail for Mex
leo before October, and does not wish to
land at Vera Cruz during the yellow fever
season. 1t is generally understood that
General Rosecrans will represent anentire-
ly new line of. policy with reference to
Mexican affairs, and that every effort will
now be directed by our Government toward
securing a controlling influence in, that
country. It Is known that Mr.. Seward
and the President have always disagreed
about the Mexican question, but the infiu-
ence of the former has hitherto prevailed.
General Rosecrans will now be the expo
nent of more active policy; and his selec-
ton and instructions are the result of the
ascendency of the military ideas about ad. !.
jacent countries, which are represented in
the Cabinet by General Scofield. ~ ia ?
Agricultural Department - The
90 Cattle Disease.soal.sl U il.itl.
= J.R, Dodge, of the Agricultural Bureau,
states that eighteen months ago the De-
partment by les statistical division, 'un-
%hoa oil Nf T,o
of the progress and character of the cattle
disease, which he calls the Spanish fever,
and ascertained the following general re-
suits: i-.-, .,....- : =. ..@r g.
First, that the disease is communicated
I by Texas cattle, or those from Florida, or
of the Gulf coast. - O. - .9l'. '..'t-
second-That the disease is unknown in
Texas. ~ 7s3s.. GRI i.i11 i .r5- .ss.5 :.
Third That the cattle communicating it
are not apparently healthy, but generally
improving in condition 5, f,i-T-sss I Is.
Fourth-That while local herds receiving
the infection nearly all die, they never
communicate the disease to others;
~ Fifth-That either considerable in
increase in elevation, or a distance of two
or three degrees of latitude from the start
ing point, is necessary to develop the virus
| into activity and yirulency, and further
| progress of two degrees of latitude and a
few weeks in time ia sufficient to eliminate
Lne poison from the Systemsoo sffi "a ase1ava e
9Th. That Texae cattle, removed to other
miasmatic sections, as the Mississippi bot
toms, up to the 36th parallel communicate
no infection to local herds.b9s1 ayHd oeN llg
p 7th.? Medicine has thas far been OF no
lavail.sai q y .a0EJdWAd u 8 ID t99
Mr. Dodge'ssys many erroneous views,
prevail. Some people, fear it may spread
and involve the whole country. There Is
tpo danger of it, 1t can only spread as far
as Gulf coast travel. New York cattle will
not take it from Illinois cattle, though they
| will from Texas cattle.a lt% ,s191ri1siaGs.s'
If Texas cattle are carried to New York
successive droves of Western stock may be
infected by the same cars If no disinfection
is employed .s,-r@- .Xz2
parallel to New Orleans or to Mobile causes
no infection to other stock, while similar
journey Northward would develop the dis
ease.