Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-02-29

this very beautiful city till the of October, when
4, we commence our march for Hindooslan. 4 look
forward with much anxiety the arrival of the time
when we recross the Sutledj OF course this aaaot
be before the 10Th January. We march throssh
Peshawar, ria Jallahabad to Att0ck, from thense
direct to Lahore, cross the Sutledj (Hyphesis) At
Feerozepore; distant from our old cantonment 81
days march | am quite delighted that the cam
paign is now at an end; nothing could have exceed
ed our hardships and prvations for about five
months. Sickness amongst officers and men prevail
ed to great extent, and, for time, our sufferings
were dreadful, equalled to none which army ever
experienced, save those of Napoleon on his Russian
expedition. Our losses have been very seysHe in
transport, cattle destruction of camp equipage and
baggage, etc. believe it is the intention Of gov
eminent to give one years extra sattu to each officer
10 give you some idea OF the extra expense Of horse
keeping, must inform you that grain selling
one and a half seer per kupee (Sd per lb.) The
charge OF my two horses for grain for the month
was 100 rupees (f15) The entrance of his Males
ty Shah Soojah into his own capital was a most
beautiful sight Every thing is now quiet, but to
maintain that state of quetude six regiments Of in
iantry, one OF cavalry, and brigade Of artillery
in England relative to Lord Auckland's measures
know not; but living on the spot, state, without
hesitation that if he had not adopted the most
prompt and decided steps, our Indian possessions
would have been placed in the greatest jeopardy.
Every petty state ripe for rebellion the fall Of
'Srhuznee, and our complete success IN AhghanLs-
tan, will teach them a FOOD moral lesson, and keep
them more quiet lat least the majority for something
may yet be expected in Nessant and Burmah. Lib
eral institutions and civil improvements may tend to
retain what the sword has won In India the sword
must ever be considered the primary instrument Of
our rule His Majesty Shah SOojah, with the sane
tox and consent ofthe Queen of gland distributes
the following orders The grand cross of the Dou--
rance order will be taken home for the Queen by Sir
John keane, the COMMANDMENTS Chief of the army
and presented by him to her Majesty; the army
presents also an enormous brass gun, captured in,
Ghuznee Fort, to the Queen to be placed in the
"a nv he 10 of he E'ONnt lap tha nd
will also be given to Lord Auckland and Sir j.
Keane The of the second class to be present
ed te'Generals Sir. w Cotton, Wiltshire, and Thack
well the of the th rd class all the brgadiers
and officers commanding regiments on the 23d July.
To all the other officers of the army will be pre-
sented gold medal of the size of the Waterloo me-
dial, suspended by dark green ribbon, witha small
stripe Of red each side. Shall not we look very
fine return!
The Ghuznee prize-money will amount to about
$50 rupees for sub. Cabul is the finest native city
have ever seen, containing population of more
than 6O, 900 nhabitants-the streets are wde clean
and regularly built the large bazaar is very hand
some, and contains the produce of almost every
ton, chiefly English, Russian and China. The peo-
pie fair, beautifully formed, and fine handsome
countenances, partakng much of the Israelitsh fea
ture; they are evidently the descendants of some
some of the scattered tribes of Israel ! can al
most fancy at times, that perceive a dash of Gre
clan. You probably aware that Cabul stands on
ancient Bactria, of which Balk the capital
The intervening country, even at this time, is call
ed Dy the uatNeS mediterranean (the land OF
Bactria) There is fine field for the antiquarian;
during the five weeks have been here, have al
ready collected more than hundred coins of the
Bactran monarchs, from the time of Theodotus to
that of Eucratides; there also some fine Indo-
Scythian coins. l consider my collection very va
luable, as throwing some light portion of hiso
nv with which so little acquainted,
Nothing exceed the fine flavor, abundance,
and great vsriety of fruits in this delightful valley.
Grapes of enormous size, and luscious in the ex-
IRENE; apples, pears, peaches, plums of every var
ETY.; melons, pomegranates, valnuts, &c. all very
cheap. Vegetables in as great variety, and very
fine. Ghuznee in the East, is considered second
Medina, containing the remains of a host of saints
and eminent men-among them is the tomb Of Shah
Mahomood, who conquered India, (Hindoostan,) in
the early part of the eleventh century this tomb is
considered as sacred relic of the Mahommedan re-
lgiOn. must tell you that in the confusion subse-
quent to the siege, l cribbed a small marble tomb
covered with Persian and Arabic chiefly quotations
from the Koran this shall endeavor to convey To
England. BY the by, must say a word or two re-
latve to the Afghan ladies; their figures are re-
markaby good; OF their faces, say but little
they always wear, when they walk out, thick VEIL
with little lattice work for the eyes; this VEIL now
the Feringhces (English) are here, is never put
aside. The old and ugly walk out without this veil
when was riding out, stopped at a small fort to
speak to man (many of them speak Hindostanee);
she sitting the door, the prettest creature
ever saw, perfect Rebecca, and what added to
the interest Of the sight, she doing maternity
to lovely cherub, two three months old she was
soon sent to her room by Of the elders The eli
mate is now delightful, rather warm for about four
hours, during the middle of the day. We have now
plenty to eat, and afghan brandy to drink.