The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-09-19
GSansajlIs QaiIp gournaL.
India.-.Its Government and Condi-

Z \ as tuc ScpON mutiuV IL tuTHfIIS u
eyes IN British India. brief account {
lis rules, its political condition, and tn
progress and prospects of the rebellion
may interest our readers,
. g The present rulers of India are a
association of capitalists, incorporated n
London in 1900, for the purpose of ira
ding with the East Indies. Its charte
has been repeatedly renewed. with sucl
J notifications as experience suggested o
circumstances required, until it ha
grown to be the wealthy and powertu
East India Company of our day. Tn,
capital Of this company is nominally f6
OO0, 600; but for many years the price o
the stock has averaged 275 per cent
making the actual capital not less than
S80,0O0,000.
The number Of Directors is fixed .by
the presen. charter at eighteen, of whom
twelve are chosen by the proprietors
and the remainder, who must have resi-
ded ten years in India, appointed by the
Crown. A Director receives $500 per
annum; but the position is valued more
for the power and patronage attached to
it, than for the nominal salary.
The complaints OF abuse on the part
of the East India Company. which reach
ed the English government in the latter
part of the last century, led to the crea-
ton OF body called 1.-The Board OF
Commissioners for Controlling the Affairs
Of India" consisting of six members. all
Of whom must he members of the Privy
Council, and the president. one Of che
Ministry The Judges Of the Royal
courts, the Bishops, and the officers OF
the Royal troops serving in India, are
appointed by the Board Of Control.
The Board of Directors appoint the Co..
ernoIs and members OF the various
Councils.
The Office Of Governor General is the
highest under the sovereign. He is sur
rounded by the ablest men in India as
councillors, has stated salary Of $685.
0OO, and resides wherever his power and
presence redeemed necessary. The
salaries of inferior dignitaries are on
scale of fproportionate liberality.
The number of persons employed by
the government is very large They
are divided into five classes, viz: the
civil, the clerical, the medical, the mill
tary, and the naval service, and all re-
ceive their appointments in England
1he civil service is first in honor and |
smoluments, and numbers about eight |
hundred. In the capital Of each Of the
three presidencies is a Supreme Court,
which exercises jurisdiction over the
city, and IN certain cases over the entire !
presidency. In criminal cases the trial
is by jury but not in civil cases.
p" Near the capitals Of the large naive
pr inequalities are established agents, call
ed Residents, who receive good salaries,
and often live in almost royal magnifi-
cence. 1t is their duty to keep the gov
ernment well informed of all that occurs
around them, and transact any business
with the native government which NAV
be entrusted to them. Sometimes their
power is greater than that of the princes
whose guardians and the
governors Of whose territories they seem
TO be, rather than. the representatives OF
another government.
The army in the service Of the East
India company at the time of the present !
nutiny cnnsisted Of not less than 5OO,OOO
men, reputed to be in high state OF
efficiency. o Ofihese about $1,000 were
Europeans, partly Queens troops and
partly enlisted by the company. The
with the exception Of the
higher officers, were sepoys or native :
roops. ini-a.nt . !
The native princes Of India may be d. !
'ided into two classes-those who re-
eive pensions for themselves and their 2
antilles, and those whu still retain some i
uthor:ty and dignity.
1t was formerly the opinion of Eng
Ish statesmen that these native princes I
ontrlbuted 10 The stability Of English f
uthority. and when ruling family be. Il
anne extincti in the course of nature, it o
"a allowed TO be perpvtuated, in accor-
ance with national custom, by adoption :
'ut more recently the practice has pre-
ailed ofannexing every country direct &
: to the company's possessions as soon te
$ the reigning family becomes extinct re
his course has produced much excite. y,
tent III India, and called forth numer- y
Us memorials and protests. The state :, :,
feeling which it has fostered undoubt ''
Ny was a predisposing cause Of the
ruggle Of which India is now the
.uSe. lsi ~ sit r
Various opinions have been honestly Y
in regard to the effect Of the Al
nglish conquest on the people of India. az az
, some respects, certainly, it has been 10
,nefcial.' 1t has produced degree Of pr
Iigious toleration which could not have an
listed under any native government.
ven security to life and property, and VI
-omoted quiet among contentious Y
,ople. English rule has been more sat "H
factory IT, the lower and middle than
the higher classes in India. Under it Y
q former have been better protected $
an previously, and better rewarded for u
cir labor. But many OF the higher " v
asses see with displeasure the imme- =
orial distinction ofcaste crumbling. and -
ment the loss Of privileges and emolu- e
~ The Paducah Herald is response =
e for the following: -.s t.s .lr 81 4
A DEvoUT RAT.-One OF the congre s.
tons in the upper part of Locust t
-eet, vas yesterday sadly discomposed II
the midst of the solemn exercise Of 5,
aver by a huge black rat, which had :.
, efFropferv m rl;uh from tho ,1t,r ba II