, 1865-06-19
LETTER FROM INDIA,
SINGAPORE. ITS PEOPLE AND
PRODUCTIONS,
Interesting Description Of the Nut
meg and Pepper Plantations.
EXCITEMENT IN THE INDIAN ARC CHI
PELAGn CONCERNING The
WAR IN AMERICA,
The Cotton Speculation, and How it
Was Smashed by the Fall Of
Savannah,


kSts0AFoRE. April 8, 1865.
1h's city Is on the great highway Of waters
to China and Japan. It is one Of the stop
ping places md ccaling depots for both the
English and French steamers.
Such Is the arrangement Of the Numerous
Islands and Email coral reefs which perfectly
bedot the waters Of this archipelago, that
vessels. which navigate thess seas find the
Straits of Ma'lacca more safe than the Straits
Of Sunda; six hundred miles to tho south
east. Hence the Importance of thu posses.
zion Of this point to Europeans. y.
The Portuguese and the Dutch were both
the predecessors Of the English; the latter
captured It, and then secured quiet posses
aon by purchasing 1t from tho nativa Prince,
In the year 1910. The climate Is perfectly
salubrlous and healthy. Flowers bloom and
Huits ripen erery month in the year. s'se1e
and yellow leaf" ia never known here.
Range Of mercury from II deg. Fahrenheit to
90 deg, Indoors. -. :,
TIE PEOPLE or SINGAPORE.
OF the present 10000 Inhabitants, there
ore between one and two thousand persons
Of mixed race, tho early Portuguese set.
Tier and native. Tie Europeans aud the
Americans will not number over one thou
Sand. 1ree.fourths Of the remaining in
habitAnts are Chinese, and the rest are
molly group that makes one think that
tho old crowd, On the day Of Penticost has
been rcsnrrceted and rt(avenated especially
fit this little island. Only this difference,
the Pa1thfans, Elamttes and dwellers ii
Mcaopotami., Egypt and Arabia, without
any change. In their ancient costumes, now
sit In the counting. rooms, Wield q large
part OF tho commercial purse, md ship
tea, tin, coffee, pepper, .nutmegs aud gam
bier TO opulent ports, that we're reck1ned
rather barbarian then: The Persian Fire:
worsbtper, as firm In the beliefas ever, sits
thumbing his ledger whnn In walks his
servant, 1h1ce times per day, with a little fire
On 2 tfIpcd, he turns around and makes .
profound salaan1. His deyotions arc psr-
1oEmed, bis conscience satisfied, and he
whlrls around again. to his Illa. orders, bank
book, etc. The solemn old Turk muttess his
prayers thrice daily, tn the Christians ears,
While both are rae,Dg In perfect harmony at.
ter the puissant dollar, for tue Mexicln dol,
lnris the coin that long ago clbnwed aside
the, z: id sovereign. and continues 10 rule Tie
market. ;.
The Malays. CONF ed with the Chinese, arc
In the minority get their Language :is the
general medium OF communication between
OF labor OF tIade. i Il simple, soft and Il NJ.
Ing. It's often called the Italian Of the OH.
tnt.. 1t is great relief to tha eac to listen
TO It, after hearing the harsh iargon on Id
Tn lis. Arabs and Bcngalecs. W.
: While. speaking Of this people, please do
rot copturc up any Tlaions Of pirates, cap
turing merchantmen, or Of fierce. May1afs
1unn'ne " A Muck" The great ctyillzers of
commerce aud trade hare brushed them away
from this rcgien, end though Pagan and
heathen Htln, they hare learned that suc1
things stopped the ring Of the dollars In
market. So
All the house servnnts, and indeed all man.
ual labor is perfoTmtd d BY boys, except the
care Of small children. They are the bus
lers, cooks. washers, isout1e, walters, host
lers, peddlers, fs'lors, IN shirt they are the
i.dipensiNe. The usual SAT Of .1yants for
an ordinary family at housekeeping Is th1r-
t. en-: II there is more than one chlId the
number must be Increased In the sAtns ratio.
When you hare ius ailed them all In the,r
placts, one good Irish girl for the SANG fam
l'y. IN Europe Of America, would. d, more,
and do it better, than all Of Them. They
HilI only do one Kind OF work. Nothing
would irduca the boy that avs the water
to harness yorr horses, and ane might as well
ash the motn as to ASK your cook 10 sweep
ard dust y. ur drawing room.
TIE SurAE1 PLANTATIONS. -,
Formerly this Island (which Is ab Tut scy-
nntI five niles In cucumfe1euce) gave hopes