, 1869-11-09
FAMINE AND PESTILEHcE IN
INDIA,

one Ea1tT dred Thousand Dcntua
1r~sn Cholera = Circuit Suffering
txaxn E,a.aitne - Two Thousand
Drnsts from starvation Ia G " l.
tor.
Drihi tstiL 10y Csrr-.pohdtre< y The :fs 1ort
Hfrsbt
Having tutt travtts~l the line from Calc:tta to
DELHI, anu rtE;tE from = point nnty u n2adsrtI
miller irom CnT1sstr, l am 10 a position 10 give
gore reliable teialls, 10th as to the r1ragea or
/, ii ine 60 ex,s !sg fsnre ia taa i11 snh. e y -
All along TIE r.ad teom Bennre. II this ctfy the
cbulera mortality tutirr the sa.t two months hAa
been serJ aestre. scarcely ptaec has entirely
soch as Ierases. Altasanal, Lucknow, Agra. sod
Uelei. hnse suffered more OF lets helEiiy. At
tnire app1oaeh!ns vsralence at ny pace except
LockroT, whese the European deaths are sTcraX-
lng e,2hi and ten day, and at CErtssfr the dtath
FL q: ssa T. srs e. se, pss o
efb'en:c haf, foE the present year. pretty well
r1a iken out 10 exAct estimate can, Of couEse,
aas tuta.lfd during the past tnu or three
months, ent the otnc'as returns already TO hand
chow that It has heen much larger tnau hitherto
were c.cto deaths fTom cholera IN the central
pTurioces, ard for the following two mouths the
rate was NOT much 'tss. n Eastern Bengal there
lcn, and In tue PnnI1uh, Upper Bengal and RAJ
pootaua the deaths hare at the ysrJ least been
ssrlesns tvswsi op tue gIana total e 1oo 600 tor
= lac " Of people hare died during the present
epidemic Is certain: probably THIS scJ greatly
nadeI5a.es ths astnM nEurea slx hundred Es1o.
peans hare peti4he0 out Of =canty population Of
8l lie 10, ,(tG.
IN the presence Of these faets great deal Of
penisJ npon nj she % @cis:t iii saIssoas, ] ~ sao % almost
deserted the districts ID Netch the pesiilenca
rseet nercsst and tesned np 70 sin!a On ".iss 1;a
yery properly, 10 'loubt, uoEed up to the noun:
talEs With the executive authorities; but it is hard
Indeed that sIbofdtK ate ntcica! men ehoIli
aTs1 60 fas9cni hss = ~
ss' retesa II an! sRs. .ss
taries ssre ..sstaac ssssS5 as'ta's ,s
tie whole sy sten ~ ressrl to residence At s!uls
during the 1umn4=f montha ueeds revision. A.
present any enleeF. nn.'ss! or a''i, s.u, p, 3!
regiment or station and pass the unhealthy eeasol
| Of The ser IN the Eoaniains. Tne General Gst
fs1 81 Of xeos H.
t sI1r.ac:ed there with a l1ttle deiRJ - IL Cal
| cutta: but taxing into account thas II k1lopea.
ssva1ts 81 nc government &C. iTo Jets ~ no!a
ioar years of service, It u too bkd that dsstttc
officials should stu c.lIca,oE 10 sht1k their datl
A. IL, ~ tie famine is concerned, there can +.
no doubt tha1 over most parts Of the Puola1b ta
| masses Of ths people are sadlJ ploceod. aud m
auent upon !usufnc.ent nnftrlo1 1Fn very frequent
| Ia peiai food his risen 10 four tiu,es Its usca
| price: rice that used TO b pspcutaole ~ lost.
| eee1s :eEghtf poa-d.l lot The rupee DOW com
pands rupee ior ten scera, aod IN spite q m
| general wcihto-do character Of the popual91ii
there t4 Widespread distress Fe9pks are @ sen
in1 on ssetr id0l4 s1d tcwslfT 70 keel
themselves 1lite- TIE tootsnfab app'ensu =
s!ye, poaALtJ, OF riots, eapena = ..xa x..asz .na.
o{ tneir p1o01 u aaPena;nk s.sn31
ESata1tous'J 70 tae peop!s. aao ~ rn tn .n,.
cttaturts Who etramhe LOT ~, .~t TX" s..
co5n FuTuuaie5: ou'oK 9. - :, nnst hSe,v 1Sa
have been heAs: fau4 - 49, srne1eN Ent nea ~
~ !efa snow Io .As ost,~s 80 = =
:.Jmere aud sons 9. hn as..s9ar = st1ua q
RA1poutana tne ,a, ~ .sAssn. ,.nt, ...,.