Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-11-10
From the East indies.

Recent London papers bring adYiccs from
Bombay 10 the lSt of October. The most i'm!
portant item Of intelligence Is that the Gov
ernor General has determined to attack Bhoos
tan. After every effort to secure the subms-
sion the Bhootans, or some apology for tic
barbarous treatment of the British mission,
proving abortive, orders have been given to
assemble such force as will soon bring them
to reason. The force selected for the attack Is
as follows: Two regiments OF Bengal cavalry,
five regiments of native infantry, Grlfiin's bat
terry of mountain train artillery, Armstrong;
six-pounders of the Pupjaub irregular force,
and the Eurassian mountain battery; two com.
psnies Of sappcrs and miners. The force to be
divided into two columns, one under the com.
mand OF Gen. Mulcastor, and the other by Col
Dunsford, with the rank OF Brlgadier General,
with general officer, Major General Showers,
who will command the whole force.
BhootSn is in North Hindoostan, is partly
Independent, hut according to recent Informa.
tion is partly dependent on Tibet, being in the
vicinity of the Himalaya Mountains which here
rise % 900 feet In elevation. Its chief trade is
with Bengal and Tibet. The chief towns are
Iassisudon and Puuakka, alternately the resi-.
dences OF Dab'raJah. This runctonary,w who is
the principal merchant In the country, exer.
cises all the actual sovereignty. The Govern.
ment appears, from the report of Capt. Penn
berton, who recently visited Bhootan, to be
about as bad as possible, rapacity and immor-
allty peryadng throughout nearly all the ranks
OF the community. The State religion Ia
Buddhism, and Bhootan swarms with priests,
the monastlc endowments absorbing large
portion of the national property.
The Government of India has summoned all
The members Of the Imperial Legislative Coun.
ell to assemble at Calcutta on the 4th of Noyem-
Der.
The Niceroy has conferred the honor Of the
star OF India upon the RaJah of Kupportolah.
] MS rAJah did good service In the meeting, IL
a Christian, and man of considerable ability;
! he Is married to II Christian lady.
| Tbs Governor General, when about leaving
RaJportana, was Informed that the chiefs wished
| TO present testimonial to him. lie replied
That the discontinuance of the custom by which
! Europeans were obliged TO take oil their shoes
beire entering the native durbans would be the
most acceptable. Orders were promptly issued
throughout RaJportana IN conformity with the
desire thus expressed.
PunJaub coal has been tried in the loComO-
yves, and found to be equal 10 that imported
from England Its combustion was nearly
periI't leaving very little clinker.
lhc seyGnty.seventh regiment OF foot have
been nearly deciminated by the cholera at Al
lalIanau, the deaths averaging ten or twelve
per day,
Inc Delhi |dI'ns announces the sudden death
ol or Alexander Lawrence. lie was travelling
/ on horseback, in company with his uncle, Col
Lawrence, on the lllndoostan and Tiber Trunk
Road They had TO cross bridge which
glrdIcd an almost perpendicular gulf. Sir
Alexander took the lead and riding on the
Drloge hurrIedly, large cross beam gave way,
Ghd both horse and rider were precIpItatcd
down distance Of some three hundred feet,
! and ho was instantly killed.