The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-02


MURRERS-T TN sBATRNsD FAMINE, ETC.
The oetsis Of the from Ipd furnish add.
uonsl II formation that - quite intereetire.
TIE news from Burmsh IL stin uDfavorsbls. Captain
Latter the dspu ccmmisonsr Of Pfoms auc the moot
active Of the frontier politics has been aasiostsd
Socs the detection Of tbs nsprAcy 81 Rang no he'd
bsen very sctvea collie ting information ssrdipg the
plans Of ina priv at Ava. service fr ~hsh hi. in
ssxr pseuii.ry sst.d him q. had given N orssrs
that the sentries should allow his spies, Who
usually disguissd ~ women. to pass upquesttonsd
The ssssssins, Who entered Captain Lsttsr's quar-
ters dtsuissd ~ women, en- tbs night Of the
s.1.a he 70 and do =:
sims effect their object that It not until the next
morning that his fody found 10 his bed pierced
right sce sDC one In the heart His death must have
beep instantaneous womsns scarf thrown over
h. s..p: 80
s.sy that the precise time taat they left Captain Lat
ter's qusrtsrs 10 unknewn
Kohat Ps being eded with, and the AHredsss
hsvp promised twice their formor Of black
mail fer keeping the pass open, appear for the present
The Murr.ss seAin threatened to be Troublesome q
Upper Sciroe and a. expedition sstnst them t. ksd
they had collected a,gs body At the margin Of Ai
country, having with them the guns they took fro Gil
on the sn hy nor s
alert and 30 preferred dsorston, and made no attempt
10 break cover.
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very unfAvoabls and the crops hsvs generally fasd
yet there only severe scarcity grain not being more
than double the usuS price. but It Il now only the oom
OF the dry and II Il feared that this
scarcity must before ltng become fAmiae. Government
has removed tie import duty rice, and large public
sorks viii DO eommenced for tho employment Of the
people The evil Il augmented BY the III fssling ag.as
the Gvsin merchants usuA In suoA The collector
OF Nslore has applied 10 govesnmsnr to eosros the
grain DEALERS but has beep very properly rebured but
the apprehe ssiou Of such coercion either BY aahoiy
BY mob, II Of SERIOUS dsooursgsmen to the
importation Of grain At Nsors the mob has already
sacked tSs b..,r and granarss cryh Oh every grain
re territory Of Nsspors. or Bsrar which has just
apeei to the British ID Of the ten States in India with
which ,ussi.sy alliances had bssn santr.essd i mas
snd . Of EOS 500 rupses THIS territory Nag
psrs nearly large that OF Hydsrsbsd. and
the Naans eompioDs lying north Of the Godsvsry W.
rave possession oftso hris Of the great issnd'
lately shaded srees usepe native tsrrisory) in
everywhere appearing before the rcd shads vhsh dc
notes British dsrnn ard every successive map Of
India affords fresh lustr alton CT tas rapd,y OF the
procefs.
The NzAm's domipors are in . wore state than evsr;
The government utterly powsrless and tAe country Il
covered with bsnes Of PREDATORY Roha horse, saokog
tie villages, abusing the women. and fighting with tina
Arabs wherever they and them. 0es Of those bands
lately sacked Il town situated the Code
very, .bort 100 miles from H.dersbstl oayi.g of pro
pety TO the valcs Of upwards Ct .aoolo and abusing
tie women, thirty OF .hom, being OF high caste.
have cestroyed themselses In consequences. Colonel
Brpnsr. Of the Fifteenth Msdr.s NIdve Ia
fantry, travelling BY dark from HJdersbAd. with
hts vile and grown MP daughter, TO take command ia
Nsgpore wssatscfed b, one Of these bsnds. The Col
p.rty even to the bedding Of The pskssn Every par
ce Of clothing the pssoas OF the travellers taken
away, and they neebtsd Afterwards 10 the good
stage for some simple naive clothing. With which they
wire obliged to ~ content until relief the
from KAnptse and Seeu adsrAbad.