The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-10-24

Calcutta (1uyust lG) Correspondence Of the
London Times.)
Famine in India Sad Sights in the Oh
ties Crawling" from tho Rural Dis
triots to Die.
There are sights 10 be witnessed in CAL
cutta which would lead tho stranger to be-
licyo That the city was pcrishing of famine
and pcstilvncc. Since tho famine has been
allowed to attain such hidoous proportions
in the rural districts it is inundating tho
capital. All who can crawl from tho in
terror, from tho afflicted subdivision OF
Jehanabad, in the rich country Of lIooghy,
and the misery Of what was once tho flour
ishing indigo district Of Nuddcay rs well as
from the more wrGtched Midnapor, and dis
tant Orissn, flock TO tho charities Of Calcut-
ia. They would receive food ut their own
homes, bus they will get more in Calcutta,
and clothes rs well, and 50 at the present
momcut no less than two hundrcd and fifty
famine stricken wretchcs q day seek the
''unnochuttcrs" or Bengal Q feeding houses
Of the native quarter OF Calcutta. to late
as the 9th Of July last the Bengal Govern.
mcnt second time refused to encourage
the formation Of public relief committee,
and soon retired again to the hills.
But the city was being so crowded with
paupcrs, pcstilcnco was so imminent, that
the municiple commissioner, Mr. Stuart
llogg, and one or two merchants orgarizcd
n comn,itc, and on Monday last public
meeting Of all classes was held in the town
hall 10 raise subscriptions. Judges, mcr.
chants, barristcrs, chnplains and zcmindars
urged the claims of the starving, and culo-
gized tho charity Of tho native gentlemen
who had already done so much, with an elu-
qucncc hardly required, but quite justified
niy Oh Iicti tioo
which, completed to date, show that 'nt
twenty-five places 17.475 poor arc daily
fed, in addition TO the sick in the hospitals
and MS this number is increasing by two
hundred and fifty n day, it may be said that
90 90 sarvlings are now snbsisting or
chnri'y daily in Calcutta. A sum of Gl50,.
600 is required to grarplt with the misery,
and Of this within four days of tho meeting
being held moro than one half has been sub
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DEATn OF A NALuEn CITIZEN AT
late hour last evening, we received
the painful announcement of the death
of DR.. r.. w. Gibbcs, Sr. lie has
been i'll for several months, and the
most painful apprchcnsions were en-.
tcrtaincd for him for some days past.
1t is unnecessary to attempt to sketch
the life and career of DR.. Gibbes in
this brief paragraph, and VIC will take
occasion to, do his memory justice in a
day or two. The doctor was born in
Charleston on tho 8th Of July, 1909,
and was, consequently, in his fifty
seven year. lie was one of Colum-
bias best beloved citizens, and there
will be many tears shed this morning
on reading this announcement. We
record his death as we would that of
a near relative, and extend to his fam
lily our sincercst sympathics and con-
olcnce.-PhGni1, lGM.
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