Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-08-07


the npire demanded. Then auain -,
poilcy was censured of marching . Ri,
ism army down the Indus and up tbrong =
the Bolan pass, instead of STRETCHING !
once across the Punjab, by which mncI
time and great fatigue and expense wonld
nave been saved. But as circumstances
nav nave now developed the unequivocal hos.
unity OF the Ameers of Sinde, we are ena.
uieo 20 appreciate the wisdom of sween;no
me whole extent of the Indus, from the
sea 70 Ferozepore, with our troops. and
Tying the metal of all the chiefs on IL
Danks, before we committed ourselves -
the untried region beyond it. Had we
marched across the Punjab, out at the or.
uinary gate of India, into Central Asia.
all that has been accomplished on the In.
aus the permanent acquisition of Bukkur.
the sublugation of Sinde, the OPENING Of
the navigation of the Indus, with its mill
'ary advantages, and its commercial pros.
poets, would have been to be looked for in
some future page of history. Lastly, the
oivision OF the army of the Indus, and the
order Tor half of it to stand still on the
banks OF the Sutledge, was not little cen.
sured, as another instance of the penny
wise and pound-foolish arrangements Of
government yet circumstances have full
y indicated its propriety. Allard is
Dead RunJeet Singh is dying; the Pun
Jao Is ON the eve of commotion, the infIu.
ence OF which will extend not oniy to eve.
rIy state, great and small, within the In
dus' but to the states beyond it.
Some of the Calcutta papers have been
questioning the justice of the attack upon
Slnde, on the ground that, in our existing
treaty with that power, we had bound our.
selves not to enter their country with an
armed force without their permission
" What becomes" it is asked, "of all the
indignant outpourings OF the invasion of
Circassia, or the subsection of Poland,
which, IN virtuous horror of the exercise
OF unpr!ncipled force and violence, we di-
rect against Russia2 Have the Ameers
OF Sinde been plotting against us with the
ohan OF Persia or with Nicholas If
not' what is our pretext for recourse to
arms %
Some strong opinions have also been
expressed as 10 the manner in which the
Ameers were treated by Sir John Keane.
VINO, 1t Is said, acted towards these indie
pendent princes with too much hauteur I
we, however, know nothing of the facts.
There seems no reason to doubt that a
strong party exists in Cabool favorable TO
Shah ShooJa, whose behavior has evinc-
ed spirit. and even ability. His troons
are said to be in very forward state. IN
der European discipline, and are in good
The British sepoys are in ex-
'ellent spirit and condition SO far from
crossing the forbidden river with reluc.
ance, they did it with enthusiasm.
Major General Mott, commanding the
Bengal infantry division of the armv ofl
he Indus. had the honor of leading the
1rst body of disciplined troops across that
noble stream. On the 18th of February.
ne mrs: detachment crossed, three bands |
playing at the time. The rest of the in
antry, cavalry, &c., crossed on the sue.
;eeding days. On the Bengal armv's as
sembling, at Skikapore, (including Shah
ShooJa's force,) the whole of the troops
were reviewed by the Shah, who, delight.
ed with the spectacle, said, II see that
our work will be speedily accomplished, !
aud | shall ever consider nv house the
EngiIshman's home" He then present
ID Sir Willoughby Cotton with a sword. |
md bags containing 5000 rupees were
brought forward, and presented to the
roops assembled, as a gift from Shah /
Shoojah-ool- Nook.
INTELLIGENCE FROM TRINIDAD
We knew, too, OF property in the
'ame Island Trinidad which was sold
lnder the apprenticeship system, and of |
course with the ad vantage of the labor at
ached to it, for $4,000; that has been
iold again since the complete emancipa-
ion tor S65, 900; and we have it from
rood authority, that during the Christmas
holidays, the negroes, who visited Port of
spain from the country. made their pur-
:hases OF every kind SO freely, that the
torres have never been known to be so /
'are as when the last packet sailed,,,
We learn that gentleman now In this
:ity from Trinidad, who is member of
he legislative Council, states that labor.
RS can readily earn one dollar per day,
md that the planters can we'll afford to
Jay them at that rate. There is def
;iency of laborers. owing to portion of
he colored population Withdrawing from
agriculture to engage in trade. Sc. thus
orming, since the Emancipation Act, a
and growing class in society,
which had never existed previously on the
sland. Our informant states that it is
,asy to see that this change of things will
ultimately be Of great service to Trinidad
cot only, but to the United States. A great.
n quantity OF land will be put under cul-