Mobile register and journal., 1845-10-22


lithFea GH Tao nlieFI Have marked ha l,ppsrrss nr
M Indian Hdyffntirnt lrhu The duss If tm,d C,ys
and Warren Hastinte; down 10 the present lime
Under shCh management, since the niniooolv of In,
Government has been broken In upon by lie non re-
newai Of lis charter I'm lis Commercial features nj
east,) the case seems lie, iilal India nresen,s
more or less The character ola squeezed orange lii,
tie else being lrft beyond the rnd-while there ia
danger OF the Government termed s'Ihe honorable
Companv'-be coming irreIrIevab.y and hopelessly
bankrupt! When the English FIRST Obtained swny
over the country, they found il full Of The aecumua
led treasures Of ages, which they have succeeded ia
removing from the country, whilst reducing its own.
to species of bondage worse than that endured
by The African race in amy parI of the world, For,
he II known, that they deprived the conoured Hin
doosof all lille HE land which God had placed
them, without treaty, or other means Than the sword
They claun one hall Of all the rice other produce
| raised by the natives, as a land-ax Or rent!
Mr. !. tells US that when less than eleven inches
Of iain falls in Central India, there is famine by
reason oil the failure o the rice crop, which IS almost
the only food OF the natives The government max ga
no allowance for the failure Of crop; but enlorces
the collection Of its dues from head renters (who
hire land, and employ natives on the country and
villages 10 work it,) Just the as If no failure
had occurred
He says these lamnes have kind of periodical re
curreqce, once nseven eight years. That during
| The last most severe famine. in 1887, many thou
sands expired from absolute starvation! That in
some portions Of India, 10 enable them To meet their
government dues, and obtain subsistence, they were
forced 10 sell out their cattle aud every other thing
| they possessed. They would cut down their trees
slrip their houses and themselves OF clothing, and
even sell their children into bondage, in order TO
save themselves from obstruction.
| He says that India become settled with
/ an European population, account of the extreme
heat preventing their laboring in the open fields ben
cath burning sun. without destruction Such is the
overwhelming oppressveness OF the heat, that all the
travelling is done at night. The traveller is carried
in sedan, or palanqnin, ssupportedfby six eight
men, who relieve each other at the end Of every eight
or ten miles. They set off, usually, at O'Clock in
the evening, travelling all night, aud until 8 or 10
O'Clock next morning, when they lay by for the re-
mainder OF the day. II was in this way The Ameri-
can cotton growers were carried from part Of
ludia 10 auother. Troops march at night and often
| fight Their battles at night.
MI. +. says that such is the destructive character
Of im white ant may parts Of India, they actually
levelmud houses in few years-which are the only
| kindof houses that can be used in the interior. on
account Of the scarcity of timber. Machinery made
of wud, and carried into the country, after while
| is ple to be attacked by them and destroyed.
| At his station. in Bundecund he found heat
so great to be compelled 10 sleep ON Of doors
the cannon practice in India. In such cases, it is
necessary hire the natives keep watch all night
at III cents per night, 10 keep off JackaIls hyenas,
aud wives, with which the jungles abond, and which
often Venture upon the abudes OF The people in the
most nyen0us manner.
Whm one attempts to sleep in house, the heat
is so syere. that it becomes necessary 10 hire Two
native: TO fan you all night, by turns, with coRtr
vance something similar To that used Tor keeping
flies nl the table in tins country which The natives
put in notion ny pulling rope on the outside of the
house.
air. E, seems to think India will continue TO de-
cline inner Resources, till England will cease to de-
rive Teat deal OF benefit from its possession; and
thai lae of the contry may by and by, revert
back 10 The uh'lis,ubed possession Of the jackas
and h,aas.
In tbs view he may overdraw the picture; yet lhe
refectn forces itself upon the mined--"hat is to be-
come Of the power OF England, in the event Of the
fall of ldia3 The bare possibility OF such An event
cannot h to ill the government and people with APP
| prehenson for the future!
One hing OF great Importance To us has become
clearly nanliest-and that IL, with the pOssessio OF
Texas, We hold the only cotton lands in the whole
univers, that are worth ''lhe snap OLA mans fin
gers" There is no section OF The globe which can
s'begn To compete with us in the cultivation Of th.s
great sliple.