New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-03-03
British india n. tits.

sic Journal and E0g'c, now attached 10 Missions
in India. has written home TO his old associate,
letter which gives the besipic,ure of India that we
have recently seen We copy it entire from, The
last Journal end Eagle. viz
TAvoY (TENAssEA1HE Nov . l-45
Dear Friend With this forward you file OF
Indian newspapers. which. though thev will no, be
Of recapt date when they reach you will not be with
out interest as indixes Of what going forward in
This oriental world You know it is said the policy
Of government aud the character OF people NAV
he tolerablv well learned from the newspapers If
This is true Won viii not TAI to discover in the papers
sent tina; the policy OF the present government OF
fndio is eninen,v conservative, and that its meas.
ures are exercising a mos. civizng and enligh,en
inc influence The late administration OF Lord
Peterborough was sianaliZed BY va and conquest
He had passion for glory. and took little pleasure
in those pursuits and schemes which ultimate in the
moral elevation OF the people The mountain ghauts
nj tfghan aud the conquest of Scnde infinite
" more 10 his liking than advising and legslaug
viii the dull councillors of Bengal To such De.
yree even we're his army preferences carried that
h. removed from Office nearly all the civilians
throughout India as well in the remote provinces as
in the Presdencies and filed their places with mil
itary
Bnt Sir Henry Haringe is an entirely different
man There is nothing OF the spirit about him
as vet developed He seems to have determined to
sienalize his administration by measures which will
elicit the admiration OF good men, and send his
down TO posterity one OF the greatest benetactors
of modern times He is applying all the energies OF
his mind and the influence of his station to civiize
anliobten and elevate the people, and 10 introduce
into the country the most valuable inventions and
improvements Of western continents. One OF the
frs, acts of his government was the adoption of
system 10 educate the people in the vernacuar
tongue and al the present time schools are almost
everywhere established taught by masters paid by
government The pay is not mere scanty pittance
either such az in our own country has placed in
schoolmasters who know little more than their pu
pills On the contrary, prices range from 100 to 300
rupees pcr month in primary schools, and in the
higher schools and colleges 1000 and 1900 rupees per
month The iberali,y of government will be better
appreciated also when il is added that, taking into
consideration the difference in value OF the aecess0
ries Of life in India and in our own country. il may
be said that one hundred rupees here very
w. If not quite equal in value to seventy-ive dollars
in America But then what are esteemed the ne
cessqries of life here would be counted lururie
n, home Indeed. il some OF our good old farmers
of Duchess were to their schoolmaster living
as some schooimasters live in India. with syces,
malies bearers. eyres and numerous other servants
around them they would be quite apt 10 fear their
children would get infected with arisocratic notions
The Influence of foreigners in India in past times
has not been promoive OF the welfare OF the natives
They have come here with the army which is new
err school of morals or forpurposes OF gain, hoping
to return 10 their native lannlte FORMER WneN lnsJ
had served their allotted time and the latter when
they had acquired fortune Absent from social
and religious Influences and from the restraints OF
Christian society large portion have given Tree IN
diligence 20 unbridled passion, and have regarded
toe natives only lit Instruments 10 crafty their
avarice and their usts. OF course the white foreign
err is regarded in every respect superior 10 the swaT-
thy Asialic and whatever be his example II Is sure
10 find followers and tho more readily in proportion
as il leads 20 vicious Indulgence. As rcs1l! there
are now muliitudes of young men, the sons OF
wealthy Baboos, who have been educated IN English,
who have discarded the rich but fantastic dress OF
India whose education has led them TO see the alb
surdities of Hndooism or the religion of the Shas
tees bat has not fitted them TO embrace better
and who pride themselves in aping the foreigner,
in beef eating wine.drinking, and al The dissipation
OK fashionable European society. This class Is
known by the appela;ion Of Young Bengal, mott
ces of whom you will probably meet with IN the pa
pers send you. But ii is exceedingly gratifying 10
know that the morals of the army and OF the civilian
are constantly improving, and that not only the be
uevoent and Chrsiianzing institutions find liberal
supporters among European residents but that IN
the army from the highest officers down 10 the line,
are found men who when free from duty are con-
etan,v employed doing The humble work OF a mis-
sionary
The Administration OF Sir Henry Hardinge is
about TO be characterized by another even; which
will be Of iucaculabe value to India. viz the In
PRODUCTION of railroads Two lines now in con-
temptation the shares Of which have been taken up
one in the Bengal Presidency, running from Cal
cut,a 10 the sacred City of Benaes In Central India
Ito which place all HndoOs must go on pilgrimage
10 arrive at perfection, and the other in the Bombay
Presidency ~ the present time there nre no iacili
ties Of travel in India roads turnpikes. stages.
or public carriages OF any sort no accommodations
for travellers; swinging sIgn-board to indicate
welcome al the close of weary day neither would
traveller find any country towns or villages or
smiling fields waving with grain or grass, such as
he will meet with in America. And IA for agricul-
ture an American farmer might travel the whole
length and breadth of India without discovering any
signs of it, He would find plenty Of low ground
overfiowed with water, and he would discover
numerous small patches divided the one from the
other by mud embankuerts, 10 secure the water
from running of. from which he would be very apt
TO turn away with disgust but on inquiry he would
find that thes. submerged patches comprise the
agriculture of India These are the paddy fields
rice though not called rice until threshed or beat
out whence comes the stall Of lie the prln-
cipal food OF all Eastern nations But besides these
there are no other fields fences all else Is jungle
One canno, 90 out Of town without going into the
Jungle and even the towns themselves are so thick
with fores; .hat II situated upon river bank they
cannot be seen from the river excepting whatever
bindings NAV be situated along the shore. The
iungle il only penetrated by foot paths wide enough
for a bullock or an elephant. the former being the
baggage" and the latter the passenger car Tor
India travellers The bullock carries the baggage
in large boxes fitted 10 his sides and suspended across
his back. So dense is the jungle, so entangled and
interlocked are the under bushes. weeds, briars.
tborps dwarf bamboos and what not, that it is in
possible 10 devin,e inch from the beaten track.
have spoken above of the general face of the
try. In the neichborhood OF large cities. like Cal
cnta. Madras Bombay, Goa, &c where Europeans
form no nconsiderable portion Of the population,
there are highly cultivated gardens parks and plea
" HIGH the Jungle has been made 20
You who can at any moment get on board
steamboat or raii.car and 60 where you like in
America know little how to appreciate the dlticui-
ties of Iocomotion in this part OF the world If any
one wants to make iourney by land here, whether
n long or short distance. he has literally to count
the cost and make all his calculations before hand
he has not only 10 lag in provisions for the journey
bnt 70 take with him his cook. cooking utensils,
bic and table ware bed and bedding. &c. &c. and
little army of coolies TO carry his baggage And
when night comes if ne does no, happen to Ind
= L-;i.;r,, With a roof and floor hut no sides