Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-11-19

and the surrounding stations
1t was now considered advisable to make an
attempt with the children; and the approyers
were informed that all who chose might bring
their sons to the factory, who would be taught
a trade, and receive a monthly stipend. Not
one appeared. 1t was the idea of the parents
that the real object Of the government was to
make their children Christians; and although
they, the prisoners, must work under compul-
| sion, they were determined to place their off
| spring, whe were free, underno suspicious sub
lection. Mr.. Williams at length offered as a
| premium to such parents as should comply, the
privilege of sleeping in the village, instead of
being locked up in the Jail at night; and the
consequence was, that twenty boys appeared
| at the factory the next morning. and one hun
dred more within week. The latter, however
| were rejected; for Mr.. Williams had become
uneasy at the idea of leaving so many despe-
rate men together in a village guarded by only
four sentries. 1t was necessary to proceed by
degrees, and let the eidevdnt Thugs feel their
| way to the comparative freedom of the village.
The first twenty boys were taught the manu-
facture of Brussels carpeting by an expert wea-
yer from Mrzapore, and in three months were
able to go on without their master. Another
score of boys were then admitted; and in six
months there were in all fifty boys, ander ten
years ofage, busily employed in carpet-weav-
ing. But although such luxury as Brussels
carpets might employ fifty boys even in India
| H. cnuld not offnrd nceunatinn for hundrads
the overseer therefore, constructed another
shed similar to the one built by Lieutenant
Brown, and set more approvers and boys to
the manufacture TO a considerable extent; but
unluckiy, when they came to sell it, they found
the long cloths of another hemisphere offered
in the bazaar at two shillings for six yards,
while for tho same money they could not afford
more than seven of their own, as coarse as
dowlas This now, of course, remained unsal-
able. "Read this, men of Manchester" !" says
our correspondent. "In the valley of the Ner-
budda, where cotton is cheaper than in any
part of India and where labor is the cheapest
in the world-being six shillngs month for
weavers who will work with an Indian loom
twelve hours day-in that valley you can
sell cheaper cloth than is produced at our
very doors, although, to say nothing of the sea
voyage of so many thousand miles, you have to
bring your manufacture 800 miles inland, and
pay duty on il four times after it has left CAL
cuttap'
What was to be done2 The cloth must be
uscd--the work must go on. 1t was suggested
l,t-t lta To I'm mn into
and although these had hitherto been supposed
to require expert workmen, no one now saw
difficulty in teaching the Thugs anything.
Expert workmen were brought from Futtyghur;
and in twelve months, 100 people were en-
ploycd in making tents, stamping the chntzes
for lining, turning the poles, making carpets,
ropes and n score of other articles indspensa-
bic for Bengal tent. From the year 1870 to
1917, this establishment has increased tenfold;
it has now upwards of twenty large workshops,
built in good style by the Thugs themselves;
and among the hands are l50 boys most of
whom earn more than ordinary workmen in
the town. The original 450 murderers by birth
and profession who have thus been brought
into habits of industry, arc represented as ex-
hiblting every appearance of contentmcnt and
comfort; their children are growing up re-
spectacle members of the new form of society
houses and village clean, and add to their fam
lily funds by spinning thread at their leisure
hours, which is purchased at the factory. The
wages paid to them average ESQ month and
the goods sold exceed f3OO month. In fine,
the paltry outlay of the government has been
ports itself.
We have but one more trait to add to this
cheering picture. The question is no longer
how to induce the attendance of the children
at the factory; but, on the contrary, the ad-
vantages derivable from permission to do so are
so manifest, that the superintendent is able to
make condition with their parents The con-
dition is, that the children attend school pro-
vided for them, and learn to read and write be-
fore heing admitted to work Notwithstand-
ing all this growing prosperity, our readers
will be surprised TO hear that Mr. Williams
has as yet no assistant but single native
clerk to keep the accounts of the establish
ment This would be incredible to those who
are not aware of the wild extravaganza of the
company in matters of show and bloodshed,
and the miserable per centage on their prince
ly revenue which they devote to the purpose of
education and national progress. There are
various persons in this country, however, who
have an opportunity, as our correspondent
suggests of assisting the solitary oversecr, and