The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-11-13

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| telcStihg Particulars OF It--2O.
| VOV ftlliiiilo-strickcn Invade Cni-
| cutta.
NEW YORK, November -.
The Times correspondent gives the fol-
| lowing Interesting particulars of the great
famine IA ludia. e''"'
A Calcutta paper of August 10 saws I'm,
M'OUu paupcrs from the famlne-sirlcken
ulsulVt nave Inundated Caleuttu, and Tho
| arrivals are rcckoned &C two hundred n dav.
| we have, ON the highest authority. a friobi,
M picture of the prevailing desfitution. o.
IpVihlly 10 tuiiNek, IL would be ditBcuit Ia
l'NaRgeratc the magnitude and extent oftbn
lchlnhily' Ali She accounts | have scpnbavc
unu'rrWtd It. H. Is difficult to obtain reli-
,,nV XXI, nl4''lSl,eh Us To The nSrtality from the
Hl,' 'nSt, anu the cholera occasionetl by ~,
pilt ali that have seen aud heard has con-
Nhcrd me that IL has been on a scnle OF
lrightidl magnitude.
mere are stil four long dark montbs
ptlo'c us though for month Dsst tLrro
4Hs seemed somr slight ahatcmcnt of Inc
DISTRESS. Wv
ln tho four districts Of Bolasnre. Midnn-
sand nou-lnborng paupers were beino ,iaip,,
renewed Ia the latter part Of iniv. besij,.
SpNon lhnu%lnd, who were able tO make
some return for food by working n wpeI
LATER We llnd tllrty-four thouSand doily
Renewed IN Bplasarc aud Midnapole nlops
MNlie Ioofei ana Nudda add seventeen
lhuusalu more 10 the sad list. 10 II believed.
mat IN Cuftnck the mulorlty uf lhe neonIn'
must die bciorc RELIEF can reach them viii
one thousand persons n day were peI ishmg
hl lhe single station of Bolassrp
talru. ta journal statrd TINT IN nalae
H'P' hANihS population ofl9COO, tho edentns
hhounled to 300 day,,and on Che Govern
,reuu n,ais, u'IiaVning i g Of It's officials report
aSil,hsl lie libel, the Collector OF the dis.
trMl replied that on the Sth of August no
hali 30 deaths ~ the city, on tbe Oh IbI
NM Tor titeweck Guiding the gtlf i20 n dny,
lhe Duuies sometimes nemalnmg unburjed
for three days
Tic province of Orissa suffered tl,c moet
'eNefcly' one paper declaring that fOOOOO
souls have persisted IN Maritime Orissn
lone lndocd' q telegram from India am,
hoVnccs That half the population of Orissa
have perlshcd in the famine, that is f,lV
.Wo millions and half of people.
W n'h lhe ialnine was at It's hight thc
'lhlNmg poor, we are told, crowded ;p1u
he streets Of Calcutta, and u wns rsti-
nhleu tnnt NO iewcr than from twenty to
WehN.HNe thousand starving people were
Hhhucflhs about 'he capitol NJ Mullcck;
'llai Mnen bombay merchants raisedh Ctnd
md distributed food, there was M one
inc seven Thousand furnishing nl,ulicants
'roMdcd up, thcy were descrihpd ms nI,rad
a order, upon au open space, waiting for
hc distribution.
On one side nearly four thousand Him
loos' each with u leaf platter before him,
we're scattered on the wet ground hastily
of the scant dole they received.
~ lho other side were thousands of fam
Shlhg Mussclncn ranged in like manncr.
mi Watching With silent and greedy oagcr-
lcss the mcal of their llindoo brethren.
'no counting with bitter iongings the min-
ties ill their turn should come. Imirr
ne shollc' OF the Chat crowded the women,
'lrlh ana children. Outside the gates were
lundreds aud hundreds who had lost their
nance ill tho neNt distribution.