, 1865-06-18
LETTER FROM INDIA.
SINGAPORE, ITS PEOPLE AND
Predictions.

SINGAPORE, liS rEVEAh AM
PRaDb CTl0NS,
Interesting Deserfs stlon Of the Nut
meg and Pepper Plantations
EXCITEMENT In TIE fA' DIAN ARehl-
CUMCEKHl HG The
WAR m. AMHR 1
Fhe Cotton speeulation- ao.1 how 1t
was Smashed by ttH IA u Of
Savannah. %,
Correspondence fshe Chicago Tfsbaa ~
ssn7dAroRr, AFnl6+ s6s.
THIS city Is On the great highway 'of:wA ters
10 ChInA and japan. It is one Of the 81. .op-
ping places and coaling trpota for beth ne
English and French steaEs1s.
Such IL the arrangement Of the NUMEROUS
ialands and small coral reefs.whlch perfactly |
bedot the waters Of this archipelago: that J
vessels which navigate thee SEAS find the
Straits Of MallaccA more safe than the Straits |
OF snntaA, -a~ ha~!sreh. .nilea- to. the south
east. Hence tbs importance Of the posses-
HaoA vi tAA46 p0A4k 10 EsusOpC&uS<
F. The Portuguese and the Dutch were both
the predecessors Of the English; the latter
captured 1t. and then secured quiet posses
In the year 1873. The climate Is perfectly
salubrious and, healthy. Flowers bloom and
fruits ripen erery month In the year. "Sere
and yellow leaf" Is nerer known here.
Range Of mercury f,om = deg. Fahrenheit to
90 deg, Indoo1s..
THE pEopLK OF SINGAPORE.
OF the present 10000 Inhabitants. there
are between one and two thousand persons
Of mixed sact, the early Portuguese set
tier and native. The Europeans aud the
Americans will not number over one thou
sand. Thre..fourths Of the remaining io-
habitants arc Chincsc;-and the rest are
mot1y group that makes one think that
the old crowd, On the day Of Penticost has
been resurrected and rtiuyeuated especially
| for this little island. Only TIL. difference,
the Pssthians, Elamites and dwelleEs in
MesoI otamis, Egypt and Arabia, without
| any change in their ancient costumes, now
| sit in the counting rooms, wieid a large
part Of the commercial purse, aud ship
tea, tin, coffte, pepper, nutmegs and gam
bier TO epulent ports, that we're .ecknned
| rather barbarian then. The Persian Flss-
| wor$hiper, as firm In the prl,etus ever, sits
servant, three times per day, With littl. tlFe
/ on tr{pLd, he tulns around and makes =
| 1rotound safaam. His devo:ions atr per-
iorntd, Its cCn*cience satisfied, and he
whirls around again, to his bills. orders, bank
book. etc. TIE s1lImn old TUX mnt.ers bis
wtite both afr racing In perfect hs.nouy at
ter the pnis>apt dollar. for the fex!c IN dol
inr Is the coin that long ago elbowed aside
tbs gcld soverefEu, aud Continues IN rule tic
| market. d.. = .
The 3talaSs. comTa' ed With the Chinese, ase
in the minority ; yet thar laI:.ua.,e Is the
; gem raj medium Of communication between
fo1e}gner and native AsMt,c for transaction:
OF labor OF tsade- It l. simple. soft and "
.ing. tits cfsrn called the italian Of the Oil
ent. 1t is great relief to the car to lister
!, to it, atttr hearing the harsh jargon Of tn
Turks, Arabs and Bcnsa1tca.
: While speaking Of th1a people, please d.
not coojere. up any visions. OF pirates. cap
! running ss 4 Muck" The great ciyllizers q
, commerce aud trade have brushed them ava
:, :, from this rrgsop, and though Pagan an
. . heather still, they hare learned that sue
: things, stopped the ring Of the dollars
II market.
All the house servants, and indeed all mar
ual labor Is performed bJ boys, except th
c care Of small children. They are the bu
9 lera, cooks, washers, ironers, walters, hos
d lere, pcdd!crs, taflors, In short thcy arc th
- Indispensable. The usuni staff of scsvanta fe
an ordinary family at housekeeping l. mi
h teen: II there is more than one ch,ld ii
l. number must be increased in the sams ratio
o | When you have fus' allied them all In thet
If places, one good Irish gtrl for the same fan
j. f!y. in Europe or America, would do NOR
If and do 1t better, than MI Of 1hem- The
l. will only do ono kind Of work. Nothsu
If would iCiluce the boy that dsavs the wat,
). to ha1ness YIN n9rscs, and one might rs "
J. ask the moon as to ask Jour COOK tu swet
&c ard dust your dtaKirg room.
4. TIE NUTMEG PLANTATIONS.
Formerly this island (which is about Sc
l. enty.tyc miles in circumference gasc hop
:. Of large exports Of putmcge. Tue trees We
o. imported from the Spice Islands, aud lar!
1e plantations set ont. They came 10 matnri
10 do as we'll as In their own islands; but wit
nc in the 1ast lev years n blight has came oy
1e them, ard now one can ride out of town at
III see Thousands Of these trees III the diIese
a. ataces Of death and decay. The trees q
r. conical In shape, the bark blctched wi
u white, like the youug sugar maple. while i
size is that OF The ordinary apple freu. Il
nj nut with aIt Its coverings might be mis:ak
for sra,l-sszsd late fall peach. The autaI
y. ftaft, cooked in the way that the ounce
r.. makes good preserve or jelly. The seco1
covering Is the mace, and when ripe u I
ts' color Of vesmition. The third cov.r1n:s is t
Lrs shell, which must be cracked and shsiled
heforo We arrive at the nutmeg Of CO..
NJ me1cr.1
nd Have never paid veil, though men hare
m, vested In them and several experiments hi
" been made on scale Of sufficient magnitu
- ! to rive the thing fair trial. The 8 Ill Is n
mi adapted to raising cane, and sugar.EroWt
II. can never be ptoa!a One plantation. ri
he the mill and all the necessary fixtures
4 hundred thousand dollars had been exrend.
IA vas sold recently for eight thousand.
pc- | pEprEn GANDESS AND GAMBLER PLAS1
ar TONS.
ID, Black Pepper Is q vine, and twfnes it,
his on poles, so rcppel garden has very mn
bis plant requires rich strong sotl for VIII
ere ite red soil Of the numerous bills Is 1T
arc adupted. Gambler grows on the hills, wh
ras Peppers occupy the LOW mntst lands hetTe
,e, uese The odor Of pepper never leaves !
5 wbarves At any time One may sse, Vt
His ltgck1y crowdt d with the Chinese eanpa
r., 10 sman eeaf,) that one could hardly set
Ut, car OF pole between, and up from them coz
in | the puugrns smell Of pepper The coo
arc bringing It ashore In bags aud storing
In the gooowua,- as all sores or hustn
houses are called here, ready for shipment
Tbs harbos Of Stng4 pore is i beautiful b
hut wide enough for. a great number OF ships
Ju- | ride at anchor hut not deep enough
cid them to come to the wharf. except at v
OF | fe called NeT Harbor, four miles dist
: ns from the city, where all the steamers l.
urn their passengers and mails. All the shipp
lry, Is loadea and uuloaded by lighters.
Ella CocoASCT PLANTATIONS
n!s Here yield coed profit With very little {
~ after the trees come to maturity, which
~ ~. do In about ten or eleven years. This tFs
AZ AZ very long lived It has been known to
4t4- | fr1rff A Kindred TESfA. and YEfy nHDT OF
trees will have On them one hundred and
las. laree and small nnts At one tins. It Is
:Ine waye green ard tho fruit seldom It eyer
n sent fiom It's 3,sk tufted top. Its Oh Il
aea. s1l the lamps aud eEters largely into
~ cookery Of the natives.
.h hos TIE NEWS PROM AMERICA.
the Stu1ds15 ard steadily eycsy one OF Il
ur- Eand hanslrE movements OF sen. NJ r.
bed, vas here called defeat.
No concealmtnt covered the exultlnt &
pashy With the South. Gen. Lee Was
DIRE winning hero, according to their i1terp:
n In tion OF every teleeEam. - every such
Feo cutta, where speculation In cotton lands
enty | strcE fhroxs sll ect+.-~r business in.o
ons, shade, It may II asonablS be supposed to
- is something to do in the formation Of opiu
~ i. herc.
Hof. .oi,eii de;rated. contnued stuIdIiy to
This his way into the eDcmy's country and pres
Is Of bis lines Of Accommodation with bis b1se,
.tkon gulped down as thing that could be exp
w' Coarser rnstu:es would meet you With
ap- expanded smile and a Elcefnl rub ofthe hs
atu- 40 your General has been defsatct
assi viii Lee
last i yon gently suggested that 1t WIS
Bank | sual 10 attribute dcIeat 10 an army thas