Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-09-17
Ghuife aliseflIans.

A Sketch Of Bombay--street Scenes.
Carleton" the lively correspondent
of the Boston Journal, is writing som
interesting letters from India. Wequot
below from one of them:
"Would that the farmers of New Eng
land, who, about these days, are drivin
their teams field, could see how th
Hindoos manage their oxen. Think c
pair of lean, lank kline, with horn
eighteen inches long sticking straigh
up into the air, with a great hump ol
the back-over the shoulders straigh
piece of round wood-a limb of tire
six inches in diameter for yoke, fou
pins, each about ten inches long, driver
through the yoke to keep it in place ol
the necks of the animals; ropes insteat
of bows-not lashed to the horns bu
tied round the necks; or cord in tn
nostrils of each OK, with reins attached
two wheeled cart, with four seats, tn,
driver sitting in front bare-headed, bare
armed, bare-footed, bare-legged, barrel,
dressed in every respects-One bit of raj
about the loins; three Hindoo passen
gers, as bare of clothing as himself, tn,
oxen upon the trot Or canter, the dusky
Jehu handling the reins adroitly, turn
ing sharp corners, picking his wa,
through the crowd as easily and quickl,
as the hackmen of your city can threa(
their course on Washington street.
1.-The peninsula is wider here, and W.
soon reach the suburbs, where the Euro
peans and Parsees and rich native mer
chants live. We fiud broad avenues, a
smooth as the sea beach, shaded BY
tropical trees in great variety. We pas
stately palaces, surrounded by spacious
gardens. We look up the long gravelleo
walks and behold the flowers of every
hue-exotics of the temperate zone
mingled with the flora of the tropics
oleaudas, magnolias, laburnums, acacias
oranges and lemons, honeysuckle, yer
benas, roses, azalias, petunias, tiger-lilie:
the entire flora of our greenhouse:
blooming in the open air; vines anG
creepers, clematis and jessamine clim
birg the walls, over-running summer
houses; trees, wholly unlike those which
we are accustomed to see-no elms, ne
NAPLES, or gigantic oaks, but the tall anG
slender palm, the palmyra, the cocoanut
with their green plumes gracefully
moving in the breezes, the banyan, {
forest in itself, sending its new trunks
down into the generous earth, spreading
its branches far and wide, thickly throw,
ing out its leaves, making a delightful
shade; the India rubber tree, the teak
the fig and mango. The Parsee, as fal
as in him lies, makes his earthly home
a Paradise. His palace is large and lofty
He has wide halls, deep yerandahs and
passage-ways running in all directions
so that, let the breeze come from the ses
or the mountains, from the North or the
South, it may sweep through his halls
Tarsees are the Yankees of the East
the business men who know the knack
of making money. In another letter ]
shall have something more to say about
them. They surpass the English in the
elegance of their residences. Getting
beyond the palaces and villas we come
to the plains, reaching Northward and
Eastward, bounded in the dim distance
by mountains;
SIN approaching the city from the sea
or looking down upon it from the hotel
we see few spires, towers and domes Of
churches, temples or public buildings
but long reach of tiled roofs, wide
streets, open lots, patchesof green foliage
with few objects to attract special atten-
ton.
"I took an early walk before the sun
scenes in the streets. The people were
lust rising-hundreds of them from the
ground in front of their shops-men, wo.
men and children, where they had made
their beds for the night. Some were
still asleep, and came near disturbing
the slumbers of a young man, as 1 turn.
ed corner, by falling over him. 1t does
not take Hindoo long to dress, especial.
~ when his only garment is strip Of
cloth around the loins. The children
like those in many American homes
were up bright and early making mud
pies. | noticed that they We're not
dressed quite well enough to make theil
appearance at a Sunday school. In 6
country where father and mother make
a strip of cloth of the size of a dish-wipel
serve for full dress, it is not in the nature
of things that their offsprings should
appear in coat, jacket, and pants, Oh
crinoline and trails like those which
some young ladies of Boston use fol
sweeping the streets. The costumes Of
he-ladies of the West-especially the
ballroom dresses-have longer skirts
and perhaps not quite SO low in the neck,
as the costumes worn by their sisters OF
India; but in the matter of jewelry the
dark-featured ladies of this country can
beat them all hollow. llsl
ssTake look at this black-haired crea.
ture fondling a little ebony imp, the
likeEess of herself, in doorway as we
pass, gold chain about her neck, gold
e.-arms of the size of a ten dollar gold
piece dangling from it, three silver brace
lets on each wrist; an armlet of silver
on each arm above the elbow; so many
rings on her fingers that you cannot
count them, anklets, huge and massive,
upon each ankle; toilets of the same
metal on her great toes; six gold rings
with little bells attached in each ear a
gold brooch with a long pin thrust
through the left nostreli Can any fair
maiden in America exhibit so much
jewelry? See how the fond mother has
1avashed her fortune, regardless of ex-
pense, upon the darling in her arms
rings on its toes, on its ankles, silver
chain clasping each of its chubby legs
above the knee, alarge chain of elaborate
workmanship girding the loins, with
charms and little silver bells attached,
rings on its fingers, bracelets on its arms,
another chain ciasping the neck, rings
in its ears, jewel In its nosel Quite a
display for young girl who has not got
round to her first birthday anniversary.
"The question is solved as to what be-
comes of the silver. India absorbs it,
A love of jewelry is characteristic of men
as well of women in India. The men
wear bracelets and noserings. The pop
ulation of the country is nearly one hun
dred and ninety millions, and itmay be
set down that each individual has, upoI
IN average, four or five rings, bracelets
or charms, usually of silver. There are
at least ten hundred million ornaments
mong the natives, but no estimate can
made of their value. Through all
India has swallowed up silver, and