CATTLE PLAGUE. 



CENTRAL AMERICA. 



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nti-d in :iu attractive garb of 

 rhetoric. In i.^.'iu In- revived the degree of 

 LL. I>. from Hamilton C'ollr^-. 



II.i: I'l.ACJL'E, or KINDKKFEBT. This 

 I'pi/uotie coiitimiod to make terrible havoc 

 in (ireat IJritaiii and some of the Continental 

 states of Knrope, till the earlier part of the au- 

 tumn of iMii 1 -. It. made its appearance in Ire- 

 land, but was "stamped out" therewith the 

 :' but a lew head of cattle. In Holland it 

 raged with great severity, and occasioned heavy 

 . and iuar the close of the year was re- 

 ! as still inciva.-iiiu', having already caused 

 the death of 71,000 head of cuttle. It was 



feared that the war in Austria and Italy, by 

 causing the movement of great number* of cat* 

 tie to supply the army commhwariaU, would 

 propagate the plague extensively; but the war 

 was BO brief, that this does not seem to have 

 been the case. There was a severe outbreak 

 3f the plague among the bovine and cervine 

 animals <>!' the Jardin d'Acclimatation in Paris, 

 where it was carried by two gazelles from 

 London on tho 14th of November. Thirty- 

 live valuable animals were lost by the disease. 

 Tho following table, published officially by the 

 British Government, shows the extent of tho 

 ravages of rinderpest in Great Britain : 



In the United States there was, during the 

 year, no invasion of rinderpest. Other epizootics, 

 however, proved largely fatal to domestic ani- 

 mals. In the "Western States, and particularly 

 in Indiana and Kentucky, an epizootic disease, 

 known as the "Texas fever," and said to have 

 been communicated by a drove of cattle brought 

 from Texas, proved very fatal to cattle. Its 

 symptoms, so far as described, seem to have 

 borne considerable resemblance .? those of tho 

 rinderpest. The "hog cholera," a fatal disease, 

 which seems to affect swine alone among the 

 domestic animals, has occasioned the death of 

 many thousands of hogs, throughout tho West. 

 A solution of sulphate of iron (copperas), mixed 

 with a bran-mash, is recommended by some 

 veterinarians both a.s a preventive and remedy 

 for it. 



CENTRAL AMERICA. There are at pres- 

 ent in Central America the following live inde- 

 pendent Republics: 



1. GUATEMALA.* President, Vincente Cerna 

 (1865-1869). Area, 44,500 square miles. Popu- 

 lation was estimated, in 1858, at 850,000 ; ac- 

 cording to a census, taken in September, 1865, 



* For the names of State ministers, IT. 8. minister In 

 Guatemala, and Guatemalean minister in Washington, and 

 tin- l.-iu-st statistics of finances and tho army, see ANNUAL 

 CYCLOP JJDIA fur lati.O. 



by order of the Government, under the direc- 

 tion of the priest Ospina, it amounted to 1,180,- 

 000. The country is divided into the following 

 seventeen departments : Guatemala, Sacaltepec, 

 San Marco, Chimaltenango, Suchiltepec, Escu- 

 intla, Amatitlan, Santa Rosa, Mitn, Solola, 

 Totoniacapan, Guegnetenango, Quesaltenango, 

 Chiquimula, Vera Paz, Salama, and Izabal. 

 The capital, Guatemala, had, in 1865, 40,000 

 inhabitants. The public debt was estimated, 

 in 1865, at 1,500,000 dollars. Value of im- 

 ports in 1863, 727,042 dollars; in 1864, 1,414,- 

 904 dollars ; of exports, in 1863, 894,712 dol- 

 lars; in 1864, 1,818,516 dollars. Tho imports, 

 in 1864, came chiefly from Great Britain ($1,- 

 119,586); Franco ($186,889); United States 

 ($45,722). Movement of shipping in 1864 (en- 

 trances and clearances) ; in the Atlantic ports, 

 53 vessels, together of 1,952 tons. In Pacific 

 ports, 62 vessels, together of 33,312 tons (of 

 which 29 vessels, with 25,254 tons, were from 

 the United States). 



2. SAN SALVAUOU*. President, r. DueCas 

 (April, 1865, to April, 1809). The Legtelativi 

 Assembly, which holds biennial sessions, con- 

 sists of 12 Senators, and 24 Deputies. The 

 republic is divided into 10 (formerly 8) de- 



* For other Information, ste AXKUAL CYCLOPEDIA for 1SC6. 



