The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-06

Sad sights In the Cities - Ora wIingc from the
Rural Disfrictsso Die.

Sad sights In the Cities Ora wings from the
Rural Disfrictsso Die.
Calcutta August ld) correspondence Of the London
Times
There are rights 70 be witnessed in Calcutta which
voald lead The stranger y believe that the city
perishing NJ famine and Resuence Since the famine
has beea allowed " attain snch h;dsous proportions, the
rnrs districts is inunds,ns she capital All who
ow rom The interior, from the aicted subdivision NJ
Jehanabad, In the rich country OF Hooghy, and the
misery OF what was once the fonrshng indigo district
Of Nndlaa we'll as from tho more wrctched Midna-
pore End distant Ovissa ock the charities OF Calcutta
They would re'eive food at their homes but they
hesi that they win get more In Calcutta, aud clothes
well and 30 II the present moment legs than two
hundred ana hfty famine stricken wretches day seek
the saacAwffss BcDgalee feeding houses the native
quarter NJ Calcutta So late the 9th OF July she
Bengal government second time refused encourage
the formation OF public relief committee, and
tired again 70 the hills.
But the city was being crowded with paupcrs. =
pestlsncc wee 10 imminent that the municipal commits
sicner, Mr. Stuart Hoss and one or two merchants
ovxauised committee, and Monday iat q public
meeting all classes was held in the town hall 10 raise
subscrpsionf Judges, merchants barrvfcrs chaplans
and ndsrs urged the claims OF the starving land
Eiged tbs charity oi fhs native gentlemen, who had
already done mnch with e,cquence hardly required
but quite justified Official reports were read giving
stasos which, completed a. date. show that twenty.
Two pisoss IL as poor arc daily fed in addition 10 ,be
SICK in the h0sp,ai and this number Is ncreAsira ty
about 40 DAY may b. said tAct 20 600 Sorreng
now sGbsmting "a charity daily In Calcutta Of
flsoOoc h required " qrapplo with the misery. and OF
M within four DAYS " tho meeting being bed
hsn onehsf has been suhscribed
Rcparss fress the Comntry-vultures aud
Jacksis Feeding the Dead.
Vow. u this " the csso in Calcutta, which has no
fsuine or rzcty OF ~ own, what he the state OF
tninss u orisse One OF the journals has addressed
scilss o. questions 70 the senior missionary Of cutfack
which does not snher Than Pooree and very much
less ,han Baiasors To aqueston 10 the action OF
government he replies Tho early utterancss ofnho
Board OF Revenue Furnished melancholy evidence that
tue depsh and extent OF The calamity wholly unap
pseeiaied" ANY representations TO thc calamity
being comparatively slight confined within narros
lnalts arc wholly contrary fact We we're sur.
prisef ~ WEEKS and months passed sud no move.
mon; WAS orig mated by the proper an,hortes y IL
the question whether relief penctra.es into che
interior from the station be snys does not 10
the extent that y desirable although an tho Oh
aud non-o1rAls work with prastwo,thy enerry
The mortality y~ fn,tns aud chl-ra ~ eserib,f =. az
tfi1Iw mogrifsie, much greater than hiss gone.
rally been snpposein And there are san -four lor q
DARK months before she province. Government &
making over the many orphans 10 the nixaopares,
care Inis IN sad OF Cuttack. but told nv hi IN
ocai VII" mas lust returned FROM Balasorr where ia
assisted the relief committed that language would fall
20 describe the state of things there few weeks ago
Think % nine hundred dead bodies being picked On In
tho sreeie OF Balssore Ia morning Yet this han.
pencd he assured me Halt tho truth has not bosp tod
snd ~ there IL no Bard Smith there Will never be re.
ported. The last return from Raasore shoss seven
hundred and three deaths IN thai little station IN
the week ending July 81 and VI Won trbb Qaf surheg
~ ns many 'rse bvcras N, food IN, JgcaJ css M
rtuv-s 40 M ieSs~s turgs uA you viii not ~ hoyond
The sad truth u n oninous that tho Board of .yr.e
has CEASED To rspcr, dsstbs