Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Fortieth Congress

Mr. Dix to Mr. Seward

No. 31.]

Legation of the United States, Paris, February 15, 1867.

Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a translation of an order issued by the minister of agriculture, of commerce and of public works, in view of the reappearance of the typhus or epizootie of horned cattle in Belgium.

I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,

JOHN A DIX.

Hon. William H Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.

[From La France of February 14, 1867.—Translation.]

The contagious typhus.

The minister of agriculture, of commerce, and of public works, in view of the fact that the typhus of horned cattle continues its ravages in the Rhenish provinces, and that it has just appeared with new and intense violence in Belgium, chiefly in the province of Limbourg, (see the decree of September 5, 1805, also September 6, 1805, October 2, 1866, and January 26, 1867, upon the proposition of the directors of agriculture, orders as follows:

Article I. The restriction of entry and transit promulgated by the decrees of October 2, 1866, and January 26, 1867, are restricted to slaughtered animals and meats coming from the entire line of the French frontier, from Dunquerque to the Rhine, near Lauterbourg.

Article II. The prefets of departments therein comprised are charged with the execution of the present order.

Done at Paris this 8th day of February, 1867.

FORCADE.

We cannot but approve of the wise measures taken by the issue of this order, and hope that it may be executed with the utmost rigor. The typhus is at our doors, and it is necessary to arrest its progress. We enjoin all husbandmen to take the greatest precaution.

EDITOR.