Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-10-29
CHESAPEAKE BAY,
October. q. 1872.

Dear NetCS:
Your people, while the Small
! PoK panic prevails had better pack up
and come east and try the bracing re-
freshiug sea breezes of this magnificent
inland sea, under the care of the ac-
cOmpiished officers of the splendid
steamships of the Baltimore Steam
! Packet Company. 1t will do all of you
good, and return you to your hilly
! homes with an idea that there is land
beyond the limits Of the great city
| that is to be-of Bristol GuOdsOn."
| must apologize to you that / have
not fulfilled my promise in furnishing
you more frequently dOttings" " of
| what hear aud see, but the fact is |
! have been too lazy to write or even to
read, and if you do not pardon me on
this plea | must throw myself on " the
mercy Of the court"
The EDizOOtic " is n new disease
among horses which is ravaging seve-
raj of our northern cities at the pres
ent time. and it is to be feared will
spread with the rapidity of the cattle
disease, bringing yet greater damage
in its train.
Sometime in the past week it made
| its appearance in Rochester, y. Y,
and OH the 22nd inst, it had progress
| ed so far that the street railway COM
! panIes were compelled to suspend bu-
siness, as also the livery stables and
| express companies. On the latter day
1t assailed the horses of Buffalo, \. Y,
with such virulence and to so alarm
ing an extent that it was denominat-
ed 10y the Journals of that city as -
public calamity Many branches of
industry had suspended business and
the disease having appeared among
/ the canal companies. 1.-The commercial
men are alarmed" The papers of
New York of the oath inst, report
Scrcn thousand horses in that city
as stricken with the disease lin the
past twenty four hours" The Epizoo-
tic is not confined to any particular
class of horses "but all stables have
been visited by the disease. from the
squalid shed that shelters the cOster-
monger's nag to the magnificent pal
ace where the millionaires thorough
bred recline at ease, surrounded by all
the luxury that wealth can purchase"
In Albany, Troy and other places
along the Hudson, in Syracuse. BOs-
ton, i'm few short days, thousands up
on thousands of horses have been at
tackled. The veterinary surgeons diff
fer in opinion as To the realnature of
the dlseace, but all concur that it is a
species of influenza, and the major
par pronounced Ii to be catahral fever.
The remedies proposed by the most
eminent veterinary surgeons are chlO-
rate of potash or muriaie of ammonia,
tar. dissolved with fluid, extract of
belladonna would have also a soothing
effect to the throat and a strong lini-
ment well rubbed into the throat is
strongly advised. Dry diet is to be
avoided-it should be well wetted and
of rather q laxative nature. Absolute
rest is contended for by all. The dis
ease is said to be i'm the atmosphere and
no preventives have as yet been sug-
gested, beyond cleanliness, laxative
food, light work, and comfortable quar-
teTs,
The ". Y Herald in speaking of
this disease says: 1t is a startling
announcement which will reach the
reAGieTs of the Herald this morning
that. at the lowest computation, there
are five thousand horses in this city af-
fiicted with disease which. from its
alarmingly sudden appearance and no
less alarming spread, threatens to leave
New York for some days without the
means of equine travel. Ii seem to be
an affection which veterinary surge
ons denOminate catarrhal fever. and
commences with a cough In peri
cd of about thirty-siX hours a running
from the eyes and nose is developed
ard the horse becomes weak. If re-
lief is not soon afforded be will sue
cumb. This epidemic, for it seems so
far to have attacked horses ouly, is
traced in its origin to Canada. Ac
counts now reaching us from points of
connection between that country and
New York tell ofits gradual approach.
1t was reported from Boston, Buffalo,
Rochester and Syracuse before reach
ing here; but whether it has been
spread by actual contagion or is due TO
some atmospheric cause travelling this
way is not yet quite clear"
The Ffndncier, Ia Saturday Review
of Interests and Political economy
of the 10th inst, in an article on the
growth of corporate power, contains
paragraph pregnant with interest TO
our people. in view of the effort of
some to introduce into our midst un-
der the egis of the State, the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, with all the influences
of its monetary power. ] would suS-