Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-09-24

! PioppaptS HitH RIctitI part vi Tie CURRENT
Indian news is more or less unintelligable to a
large proportion OF them, for want of correct
iuea OF the existing civil divisions of India.
Inc English possessions in India are included
IN three providences, each Of which has its Gov
srnor Or ,DePuty-Goyernor, the whole being I'M
ger the Govermor-General, who, as well as the
Deputy of Bengal, has his residence
at Calcutta. These three provinces are Bengal
i ITO which are attached the Northeastern Prov
ince, the Punjaub and the provinces of Chin In
dia') bombay and Madras. Of these provinces,
the richest and most popuious and most extern
Give is that of Bengal, which is itself made up of
three, or rather four grea. subdivisions. Ben
| gal proper, including the lower course and fer
tile delta of the Gauges and the adjacent districts
from Calcutta to Benares, with population of
more than fifty millions, and a Deputy Cover
nor of its own is the chief seat and center Of the
British power in India. Notwithstanding the
revolts which took place at some Of the military
stations, and an attempt made on Benares, the
| authority of the British. both civil and military
| over the entire province has continued undstur-
cd. 1t Is the newly constituted North Western
Province, attached to the Bengal Presidency, of
which Agra is the seat of government, and Delhi
| the arsenal and fortress, embracing the provin-
ces on the Upper Canges;. with a population of
some twenty-five millions, that constitutes the
chief seat of the rebellion. Almost the whole of
this province, except few military fortresses,
| held BY feeble garrisons, and surrounded by
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including the Kingdom of Dude on its northern
border, and recently added to it. .
| The portion of India next to Bengal in fertil-
ity and productive value, whether agricultural
or financial, is the Punjaub, region of the five
| rivers, which converge together like the sticks
o. a fan to form the Indus. 1t is but recently
that this valuable regon--of which, however,
the population does not exceed five millions
| has been added to the English territory, having
been for many years under the government of
the Sikhs. They are but insignificant por-
ton OF the population. but their religious fanati-
cism--the Sikhs constituting new sect by which
Hindov and Mahommedan ideas were combined
and their military organization and the talents
OF their leader, made them for some time one of
the most formidable native powers. The Sikhs
themselves and the native population of the Pun
jaub do not appear to have taken any part in the
revolt, though symptoms of it appeared among
the Bengal regiments stationed in this province.
| These, however, were repressed by Sir John
| Lawrence, commanding in this district. with
great decision and energy. The Sikh regiments
have remained faithful, and a considerable part
| of the forces now operating against Delhi have
been drawn from the Punjaub. To these three
divisions of the Bengal Presidency (Bengal pro.
| per, the North-Western Province and the Pun.
| jaub) to be added the territory on the east
shore of the Bay of Bengal, including the recent
acquisitions from Burmah. These districts are
quiet and have furnished regiment or two of
/
The entire population of the Presidency Of
Bengal is not less then seventy-six millions,
without including the native State subordi nate
| to il.
The Presidency Of Bombay, which, as well as
| that of Madras, has distinct civil and military
i establishment of its own, has, including Sinde
(the territory that is on the lower course of the
| lndus) aud the recently annexed territory of the
dethroned Rajah of Sattara, and embracing the
north, western coasts of India, population of
ten millions; while the Presidency of Madras, in
| Guiding the eastern coasts and the southern por-
| ton of the Peninsula, has a population of some
twenty-five millions. Hitherto the Bombay and
Madras native armies have remained faithful, the
insurrectionary spirit being limited to that of
Bengal, of which almost the whole is either in
revolt or has been disbanded and dispersed.
/ Each OF these three provinces, beside the dis
tricts Immediately subject to British rule, has
attached to it number of kingdoms, in which
native princes continue to enjoy greater or less
extent of authority, We refer not here to mere
ttular princes like Nabob of Bengal, the EN-
1 peror of Delhi, the Rajah of Benares, and the
families OF the late Peishwa and of Tippoo Sab,
and many others in the same condition, who, be-
side their titles, have only pension; but to prin-
ces who to a greater or less extent are actual ru-
lers, keeping up armies of their own and furnish
ing contingent for the British service. These
princes have in the aggregate population of not
| less than fifty millions under their authority,
than 10000 men, and their feeling and DISPOSE
ton at the present moment becomes a question
OF no small Importance
| BY far the most important of these dependent
Kingdoms is that of the Nizam, of which the capt.
tai is Hyderabad, the principal remaining frag-
lnent OF the old Mohammedan empire. 1t has
population of Ten millions, and includes the CEN
trail district of Southern India 1t is indeed in
Central India that most of these dependent ru-
ers are to be found. Until the last mail, this
district was reported quiet. BY that mail came
some disag reeable accounts of disorders; which.
though reported to be suppressed, were calcula-
ted to alarm. The situation of the Nizam's ter
ritorcs is such with respect both to Bombay and
Madras, between which they interpose, as to
make his fidelity of the greatest Importance.
Nagpoor or Berar, also situated in Central In
da, to the north of Hyderabad, with popula-
ton OF about five millions, is governed by Hin
! doc prince. There had been some disturbances
there also, but the English had succeeded in put
ting them down. Tho various Bajpoot States
/ of Bundelcund, lying north of Berar, and with
an aggregate population Of five millions, appear
to have joined the rebels, as have also the adj
joining Mahratta States on the southwest, thong
the movement appears to have originated ra-
Their with the sodery than with the princes
u The domnions of Gwaor, situated in the same
region of central upper India, with population
of three millions, are in a dubious state. Nor
! can the fidelity of any of thei numerous Bajboot
| States, situated III the same region, and with
population in the whole Of eight or nine millions.
be implicitly relied upon. 1t is otherwise with
the Sikh States, and those along the mountainous
| north eastern frontiers. The ruler of Cashmere
had arrested and sent back some of the mutineers
who had escaped into his territories and Sir John
i Lawrence was enlisting auxiaries among the
Ghoorkas, or mountaineers of Nepaul, OF whose
i fidelity no doubts were entertained. 81.
i The States dependent on the Bombay Presi-
dency, SO far as heard from, had all remained
quiet though the French newspapers pre- tend to
have received accounts of disturbances in the
domnions of the Guicowar, who is near neigh
Dor to Bombay. The States dependent on the
! Madras Presidency, remote from the scenes Of
conhagration, do not appear to have given any
signs ofdisturbance. On the whole, the rebel
lion must be considered as confined to the dis
tricts surrounding the great cities of Delhi, Agra,
Lucknow and Dawnpore; ana of these four CT
ties the last has been reoccupied by the English
. force moving up the river from Calcutta, while
the citadels fAgra and Lucknow, though hard
pressed, were still he'd by British garrsons.
SINGULAR RESULT OF KIss.-An English
paper informs us that a girl of seventeen, resi-
ding at Brdgegate, Glasgow, named Catharine
Burt, was brought to the central police office of
that city, having had her neck fractured in
struggle rising from young man having at
! tempted kiss from her. .;.f.,.
} No extra violence, it was said, was used
DIR. NIGH was in attendance, and reported
the injury sustained to be a partial dislo-
cation of one of the vertebre Of the neck, caus-
ing great difficulty in respiration and swallow
ing--he presumed, from pressure on the respir-
atory nerve. She was ordered to the infirma-
! ~, but her friends preferred taking her home,
: and she now lies in a dangerous state Steps
! are being taken to have the young man appre-
4 hended. .i...s -.
Oh otto III serious