Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-10-21
Frnn he Mobile Journal.

we have been favored Oy iIicUu' WIN
copy of letter addressed 10 him, from
the interior os India, by one Of our coun-
trymen who wen, out on an engagement
with the Eas. India Company to improve
the cultivation Of Cotton in that rceion.-
We make The following extracts which
may be interesting To our readers, coming
frum tie other side oflhe world. from
plain working nutive OF this part Of The
United States.
CALPEE, May 10Th, Is4l.
81 am now abou, six xhundred miles from
Calcutta in the District Of Bund!ecunJ.
and have commenced business after sort
of fashion. As to labor can &c, plenty
such as il is; one Of our negroes will do
more work than five Of The natives. They
are something like our Choctaw Indians,
Il, home, only much inferior in strength,
courage and energy. There is M lores!
for them 10 roam in here, as the Choc'aws
have, and they are therefore compelled 10
make living such rs il is, by labor, and
the ren, 10 ih. Government eats out The
profits Of oil they do cultivate. The land
mere oil belongs To the Government, and
the natives have to pay The rent Tor using
il. The rent is from three to nine ruoees
per Begha. according TO situation; the
nearer well the higher tie rent, three
beshas make about an acre Of our mea'
suremenl. This grinds them down SO
harl that they rarely attempt To make more
than a mere living, which is nnlhihg hui
little rice. There are few Of them that
ever gel animal food at all. so you may
Judge what sor of creatures they are ior
labor, compared with our negroes al the
South. | 10 say That this is great deal
more slavery than that of The slaves ol
North America. You may say 'hey have
no master to orler them 10 their work as
you do slaves. but they are nothing like as
well provided for o ras happy. You can hire
the best men here f,r five ?ice day, NO.
men and boys at Two To three pice, there
are 43 pice iu ruhce, and rubee is worth
about As GEMS of our nioney-so you sec
The free laborer here gets less than 5 cents
per day, or one dollar and hall per m"nlh
with which 10 clothe and feed themselves
anu pay rrh' 10 So'e'Hihens'
Besides this. there are other ciIcumsran-
ces against this heing au agricultural coun
rry. There is hardly any timber fit for use.
have seen no tree, since have been
here higher than thirty leet--i iisa a-iaf p
braueiI. There are no horses ut lur work,
except The Arabian brought from Persia.
aud sold a, high prices, from hundreds up
To two thousands rubees, which Is too much
for any farm horse. so we have no'hlng To
depend on fpr ploushin2, hut very small
oxen, much inferior 10 rhnse 10 America.
We may make about 300 pounds OF cot'ou
To the acre. anil three acres to the hand,
which will be about 600 0pnunds, or bale
aud a half nf our weight TO The hand. hut
have not ye, heard Of more than lO0
pounds 10 the acre. and that Of very in!e-
rinr stuff compared with Mississippi COT
ton. Sill rs this is much better than The
native cul,vulinn, may do quite rs well
for myself n, home. for am disposed to
think The government will be liberal. !
shall nevertheless. return to America nj
The close Of my engagement.
The native dress here il nothing bnt
strip of cloth tied round the middle and a
lurban on the head OF another strip, the
res, of The body in both sexes is naked ex-
oosed To the sun and weather. The wo.
meu you may Judge of, when say 'hry
are more offensive than the Choc'aw wo.
men. If any difference, the Choc'aws
have H."
The writer's route 10 India, was on
don, Paris, Lyons, Malta. Alex dria,
down The Nile to Cairo. thence by the way
of the Red Sea 10 Bomha. aud Calcutta. u
journey. which while j, excited the wonder
Of Mississippi cotton grower. served alSo
to raise his disgust Il! many things which
mel his eye and his other senses, aud eau
sed him 10 declare himself more OF an A.
mericau than ever