The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-11-06
THK sPREaD OF THE HORSE DISEASl


N.x Stables Attacked-No Deaths yet
Reporsed-precautfon by tho CITY
Railroad Company
The excitement In regard TO tae fap'uiy
spreading horse disease almost oVersnaaoWea
the interest felt in the general election yes
terday, and formed the current staple OF con-
yersation throughout the City. Tne nolse-
owners now fully recognize the TACT lnat tne
epidemic Ia here, although, probably, 10 less
severe form than In the Northern elles, ano
that the most prompt and vigorous pfeVenll'e
and remedial precautions are absolutely nee
essary. The general statement that fully one
half OF the working animals IN the CITY are
affected Is still true, and q number OF new
cases made their appearance yesterday. Au
the farrIers In the city are overwhelmed VIII
work, and every stable has hospital depart
ment where large numbers Of horses are
under treatment. Mr. John Calvert, larrier
In extensive practice up town, reports lnat no
has met with very good success In treaune .le
new malady, and recommends tne uSe VI 'ne
following recipe:
Simple Oxymel IHoney).. Il oz' oz
MendererOuS Spirits. ......'.''.' o1 o1
Good English Ale. 20 70
Sweet Spirits Nitre.. ...............''.'''A W.
This is to be thoroughly mixed In a bottle
and applied Internally, three times day. In
addition to this internal application q ollster
of tincture of cantharIdes and turpentine ls
sometimes found useful. This should be ap'
plIed over night, and the horse kept cool AND
fed on oats and bran, with little haxseed
mash.
At the City Railroad stables all the horses
are coughing, some twelve or fifteen are ois.
PLAYING every symptom of the Influenza, and
two are very sick. The following general or
der In regard to the disease was issued yes
terday:
In order that each and every case OF slsa- OK
longing to this company may be taken IN nano
and cared for In the shortest time possible, IL
ia hereby reouired of each conductor, IN Inc
event Of either OF the horses attacnea 70 NIB
car, when out on the line, Is taken sIok, 70 iM,
medlatey or as early as possible lnloEm ine
foreman through one OF t1e nossieas. az sr
to make report Of the same 70 the presiosntor
treasnrer. at the ONCE In Broad street.
All leaves of absence are hereby resclndeo.
Hereafter employees Of the company VINO
NAV be off dtity one week or longer must
show written inrlough, or be debarTed the
privilege OF riding over the road tree.
By order of the President. n...
(Slgned) @. B. sIaWALD, Forenan'
At the Citadel there are seventy-slx Govern
man, horses and four mules. All Of these anil
mails are or have been sick, the disease having
started on the right Of the line and swept ike
wild fire through the whole stable. About
one.half Of the horses are now alex, and ionr
of these are In very bad condition. They all
have hard, dry coughs, with profuse dis
charges of offensive matter from the mouths
and nostrIls. The method OF treatment
adopted, and which has proved very ef1ca-
cIous, consists of washing the mouth and nos-
trils With cold water, and then steaming with
vinegar. This Is done by putting hot brick
into a feed bag, fastening 1t on the horses
head, and then pouring vinegar upon the
brick, causing the steam to rise up Into the
nostrlls. This causes sneezing, and rarely
fails to give Immediate relief. Tar is also kept
burning In the stables, as dlsintectant and
preventive measure.
At the upper Guardhouse, three OF the city
horses are laid up with aggravated symptoms
of the Influenza. One was thought to be
dying on Monday night, but is now rapidly
recovering, and five others are sick, but are
still In use.
At Hockaday's livery and sale stable, the
animals are all we'll, with the exception OF
some slight coughs.
At Collins's stable, on st. Philip street, out
of five horses, three are sick.
Mr.. Dorsey, In Wall street, has eight horses
employed In drsylng, all of which are sick.
Mr.. Henry Williams, farmer, has two horses
which have been sick, but are now nearly
cured.
Mr.. J. c. W. Blschof uses FIVE horses and
mules In draying. One of these Is laid up and
all the rest are coughing.
Mr.. Atkinson, farmer, has two horses slck
out OF four which he uses.
AT Chrlstopher's livery stable there are 6f.
teen horses and mules, two of which are
coughing slightly, but they have no running
at the eyes, and but little discharges from the
nostrile.
At Hogan & Horris's livery stable there are
about thirty horses and mules, all In fine con-
dItion, except one herse and one mule. Both
of these are coughing, and the mule appears
to have some symptoms of the dlstemper.
Among the stables to be mentioned as com.
paratively free from the distemper are those
Of Mr.. P. West, Queen street. In stock OF
thirty to forty horses and mules, he had but
little sickness, and that of mild character.
The effects Of the horse disease were EVIL
dent along East Bay yesterday. in the accu-
mutation OF goods ready ior shipment and the
difficulty of procuring transportation. Sew
eral of the merchants along that busy thor
oughfare were forced to exercise their pa
tlence and tax their ingenuity before the side.
walks we're relieved of the goods Of every