The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-08-21
From the London Times of July 10.
The Heat an India.

bc Set To Is To convey TO the nntraVeilen En-
giishma the sensations of 1874 degrees of
Fahrenheit. 1t ia useless t. remind HIM
that it is sevrntylnine degrees above tempe
rate, thirty->iX degrees above the ordinary
heat Of the blood, and thirty-two degrees
above the morbid heat of the blood when fe
vcr RACES in the arteries. These fi.ures i'm
press no distinct lea they only convey
vague notion Of lreat heat We get no bet
ter idea of the velocity Of light by being told
that it moves 2O9, 90 miles II second than
We should have If it had been asccrtained
{! at it moved only at half that rate. When
We are told that the planet IIerschel is eigh
teen hundred ,nilions of miles distant from
the sun We cnidlr v acquiesce. out that amount
of miles affords tn our minds t. SPECIFIC idea
Of distance. AL these things are brynnd
our experience. Oar Island Englishmen un-
drrstaniS eighty-five in the sha,ie, and he
wip - his moist row and declares that il
cannot he hotter IN india ami that SIR Hrc-
tor currey, who was tweRty-one years ia
India, never felt it so hot.
Sir Hector Currcy Is only testy as to the
present and ohlivinu- a> to the past. E'.h-
" five in Eng land Is more like 1874 III IN
Gia than An F. giish gentl, m,nS tepId bath
is TO 81. john bath Of boiling oil. The
apostle su Aiyed, and so do some Of o ar sol
dicrS, hut i, is only by miracle. lake
your gold k>h from their Vase and throw
them upon q mat in the sun, and after their
short struggles are over they will give you
some notions Of the effects of that heat
II ye could look at this mo ent into some Of
the teIts or bungalows of al up-couniry
encampmeEt station We should find eve
ry unemployed of! 'er stretched upon his
little cane -bottomed bed.tead gaspins like
tent around him, "A double roof OF canvass
over hia head; light punkah. suspended
fru,n the tent poles. sway> TO and fro, aud
gu!led hy Ratigr squat upon the floor,
keeps up a constant, agitation of the air
Perhaps our Off er's ouly carmen, il loose
pair oi otton trousers. Another darN at
tenisnt shaking bo'tle violently in salt
petre to Hoduce some cool drink. 10 orr
fees in b tent are fitted square pieces al
framewoi ti'led with the pyr'nmed grass
ku-kUS|o. v-iivvr; Hnduo servant out
side is continually pouring water upon, and
the thick evaporation, produces, We were go-
ing TO say refreshing coo ness. but can Ua-
iy write "a reduced temperature Same OF
our readers usy thtnk that Capt Brown is
very ma h To he envi-ii aud II.ay lac temp
ed to grnGke him his Ei>tern luxury. So
he would b- hut for one lutte drawback
IL cannot breathe An his purkahs, and
: kus ku> tatias and pa~nee burnff and 9th
er common things with uncou;h names, can
not procUr- him one tulI inhalatIon of whole
some, qutkening, vital air He ga>ps and
he per>pirrs. and We are muci afraid he
swear>ani wishes himself back at the 'R.g.'
Night brings no relief. The furnace has
L.-n 80 thoroughly heated that il giarcs
throughout the suudown. AT .iight he pro-
hai,iv dues ht> wotk, whatever that may be
and rc;ircs iaio his canvass prIs Il aga;n as
= ii~ dread enemy shows his fierce
face above she ho. iznu. II can carry
this little picture in our mind. il may help
u To under stan hew Il il that mutIn.ers
are not ov-r,ahen by quick marches. and
why hot weather operat ons are not always
81 decisive a. we In our impatie"ce could
wish, and why the word impossible la,
taken the place "tthe word - daring IN iBe
Sorabu,ary Of our In'iian army.
But If Capt. Brown gssp> in aSphYxi1,
at iS the fate oi Full Private Jones: -
Private Jones, like Capt. Brown, has his
ten, his littie sheet oi asbestos To preyeRi
hg ,ein. actually consumed, gases and AL
IN this fey furnace. But Private Jnne' :
tent is small, and ii j. shared by e-it Or
ten. oI II Ms CO Duel DC = su..', discipline
ran nv sixteen or eighteen CON rs1cs There
j. no ku> nus grass here. aud no >al;petrr-
cooled brandy pa1nre. Fancy that 'ent
flied with T. I.iSh soldiers, hu'iijrd to--tt.-
rr in a heat which would sumner meat into
Il stew, unable IL go out, tor that wou.i be
alrno>' Literally I" step from the trying pan
INTO the h's. >wvltrrlng and seeihIn.. and
trying hithrr and thrthcr for "a drau. mt oi
freSh AIR, which does not exist that side oi
the Uamsiavas. Tim condition of life must
l.. - h.,
durance. The only things that maAc it
+ physically cndurable are that the urn are
lightly clad, ana there is 4 small punkal III
Tie tent, which prevents the ioui arr from
>,aynatrng about them. They are breath
ing furnace blasts, but they not bres he
them over and over again. What oxysen
heaven has left in this Indian atIHost,usre
they get into their lungs.
But We must stretch our iinagi ginatian a
little farther if We would realize all that is
happening in this cncimpnent. There is a
trunpe sound for "OrderS, aud ia his
pro>Iratlon and exhaustion, Private Jones
hears hat he is required I" lay aside ms
habits OF luxurious indu gence; lie is "a
rise irass;s. gr...,nd and pat on his thick
red cloth coat; lie is Ia a.'S os...'' o..
throat in his stiff leather stock, an i-th
puuka is tn cease. We are aware that We
have mere ovrrStepped the line Of p.ohab,.i
ri-S hut We have also got out of the region
of ina agnation, ami into the district of mill
tarv tact, Ia Allanabad." writes our Cal
cutta correspondent, " o1t of 900 Europe
ans not 800 are fit for duty and the mum
ber of deaths fregn a?oplexy hat is, sun
strokD exceeds the mortality from all other
sources. In the midst Of this there are reg
i.nents in which the stock is maintain.I, and
IN which punkah>, paid tor by Government
are forbidden" Nothing so cruel as ,hi,
.ould have been Done in England-the eli
m,te daes not admit Of il; but suppose that
something akin to thi; kind Of torture had
been inhic,e hy an English Jailor upon
prison .tull of i.ons! The couniry wouiC
have rung with denunciatiOns, the jaile,
would have been dragged to the bar OF the
Queens bench, and Lord Campbell wonid
have given Voice To the general Indignation
The general English public Cannot com
prehend that sunshine ever can lie unpleaS-
ant, aud although We put these facts a.
We can. we almost despair of arOu>ing any
rff.rt,v. sympathy. The officers VIII" have
choked our ga>ping Engis brethren with
their fatal military stock may be worse than
the worst of the Roman Emperors in III.
moment of his worst wish; but they vii
not be hanged, they VIII not oe punished
hey will not even he cenSured for the death.
they have orcaSioned. Come, Mr.. William,
if Mr. G.alstone's humanity cannot stretc,
byond Naples, if Lord John Russell is still
ha,n,uering at the Nankin treaty, if Lard
b, Oug ham still believes that only black mer
have feelings, it becomes your business
These men are worth fl0O apiece it il
y.ur duty to have the estimates prep.r }
| IN ShnxY
men to Col. A., to be stihsd with lni!ilxrs
.,orks:" 300 men to Col B., to be >:nnth
cred by pnnksh stopping ;" ~, goo men e.
Col G. 10 be sacrificed 20 the military cap;
and so on, till we make up half the number
voted. Even an the tunes Of our Drud'ca
forefathers We conducted our human sacr'
II ..v With uore regularity than We do at