The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-25


II is said also that the Ghzyes VINO are lspu1su ne
nercest and most warke OF all the tribes OF Iurhis-
tan are pre- airing for nsurreco o facs Thar Isma
Khan Is still at large, ana Is probably actively en-
| gagged III brewing mischief
Choreru In The Puuiub-Probnble Famine In
the Northwest Proyince-The Duke Of Edin.
| bura,s Durbar-Expectcd Arrival of Prince
| AIumayo, of Ably ssinin-Chnrgcs Of Ili-Treat.
| ment by the Crew Of the Boston Bark No.
neutrality-suspicious. In Trade.
| CALCUTTA, August 80, 1862
| Cholera is so usual visitation in the latter part
ar me summer In India that Its advent exces little
| more alarm interest than epidemic catarrh would
| in the city OF New York. This season, however,
this aread pestilence has assumed-especay in the
| Puniab ana the northwest provinces--a form OF
| extreme severity. Reports and kilograms from all
parts OF India more or less deaths, and in
districts the mortality Is startingly heavy. AT
UmriKur during the last thirteen days there
have been over thousand recorded deaths
6l9 OF when have occurred during the last
week. At Agra, Benares Aliahabad, Tubat-
koo and Cawnpore the pestilence is steadily
making inroads upon the native population. In
Madras also there are thirty to forty deaths day.
SO far only about $50 European deaths are reported
and elghty-six Of these occurred at Aahabad COM
prisng among the rest the military commander OF
the district, Major General Harris From all quar-
ters the reports show that the ravages OF this atai
| malady daily increasing, and at the present
| wiring the rate OF deaths must at least exceed
| couple OF hundred per diem. The immediate cause
OF the present outbreak is supposed 10 be the long
| continued drought and the mortality VIII no doubt
be heavier unless We soon have plentiful fall oil
rain. The cholera now raging is only a simple form
| of the disease, but the proportion Of deaths to
attacks is in most cases at least seventy per cent.
| This is chiefly owing to the feeble constitutions OF
the natives IL Is sad, not without great apparent
truth, that a single blow from Euro
| pean fist kills Bengalee Immediately. Fed
only on rice and curry, supplemented, perhaps with
| few cucumbers and bananas the native standard
of vitality is very low; and even the little stamina
he has is generally drawn upon to as great an extent
as Is compatible with mere existence by immoder-
ate indulgence In the most pernlcous forms OF SEN
sual pleasure. His tagging powers are urged for
ward by the use Of bang Indian hemp until he
becomes feeble that he scarcely walk; and Of
course IN the event OF an attack OF disease he has
no vital to fall back upon. 1t Is not very
wonderful, therefore, that the natives perish by
/ thousands In the presence Of cholera epidemic.
The long drought seems likely however, to lead to
sadder results than 1t mas yet produced. The crops
| all over the Northwest WIN inevitably fail unless
| some change in the weather takes place; ana we
shall then have to witness the horrors of q famine
yet more widespread and disastrous than that
memorable one OF Orissa. Even now at Agra and
Lucknow rice has risen TO four times the
usual price. and the people are barely
able to support themselves on their Scanty wages.
The bazaars are thronged with haif-famished
wretches, who eve wstfully the grain, OF which they
only able to buy on starvation allowance.
Should the fear we now entertain OF q general fam
Inc in the Punjab prove well founded 1t Is true
that owing the present facilities Tor ransporta-
IN Few hours supply Its starving subjects with
food But the expense involved In doing thus Will be
o serious blow to the revenue; and, even at the
best, the aid will not prevent wholly the occur
renee oil extreme misery and fearful privaon, and
probably. aso great mortality from starvation aud
The diseases that spring from deficient nourishmen
THIS gloomy prospect has already induced the
tlons for the Duke OF Ednburg's durbar at Agra
| IN January next; and should the expected
famine occur the durbar VIII not take place
at all II II should ultimately be held,
| however, it Will eclipse in magni1cence AMI
pomp every pageant that India has seen since
| the days OF Akbar and Aurungzebe. 1t Is some-
what hard to explain exactly wnat durbar is 1t Is
most like grand court OF reception. extending
cussed and settled, while the intervals OF business
are employed IN iestvlty ana pleasure. All the
ieudatory princes OF India, numbering In all
rajahs, together with nizam and an ameer, will be
summoned 70 pay their respects to the son OF Queen
| 10000 sepoys who can be spared from
| garrison and frontier duty will be assembled
liz
tant oiicials from every province will invited TO
attend, and the leading native and European mer-
presence al this the most Imposing gathering OF
whatever India holds OF rank, beauty, power anu
wealth Tor century and haf
But tals gorgeous pageant would, indeed, be o
dreary commentary upon the bene1cent rule OF the
British government IN India, If it should be held
amid the pteous entreaties of 80 600 subjects
for the bare means OF existence. Under native rule
famlnes were, no doubt, more frequent than they
are now; but criminal administrative negligence
"a n an
tile aS India, a single failure oI harvest should
mean universal destitution. And especially Is TINS
the case when the accumuiatlve genus OF the Hin
docs IL taken into account. Under anything like a
toierabe system OF taxation the native OF inda wlll
amaSs money. No race i'll the world are more tenn
perate and economical; their vices, terrible they
are, are inexpensive ones; the merest pitance SUI
ices shem Tor subsistence, and the one absorbing
desire OF every Hindoo heart Is to be rich. 1t would
DC long story TO show how 1t IS that these millions
OF people, with whom money-making is an entnral-
ing passion, remain in the lowest depths OF poyer
But IL can be easily understood that the greatest part
Of the blame rests upon the shoulders OF their rulers
The durbar therefore, VIII only be held ii the crop
should turn out great deal favoraoly tnan
we can at present hope. 1t has been suggested that
even should there be famine In the Puulab lne
durDar might be held In some other part oil India
But The authorities are conscious that a pageant OF
this kind anywhere, IN bad season, must greatly
aggravate the suferings OF the people. 1he native
Indian princes are vain as peacocks but their
are hard aud piiiless as the neither milestone Rather
lDan ne outshone at SO Important q gathering they
would wiring the last anna ron their tenants and
nominal subjects: they would cheerlully cODgl.u
thousands OF tue DuBY human bees VINO iced iEen
with choice danti-s and clotne them Ia luxurious
purple to lingering death from starvation II tbey
might but wear another jewel III the hit OF their
daQgers. So the Governor General, anxious as he
may be TO entertain the Prince WITH durbar, can
hardly reconcile with his conscience to hold 1t at
the cost OF nucn human misery. Unless the out
look mends rapidly this splendid pageant will
doubtless De Indefinitely postponed.
By tine last mani sent on an account Of the grand
BAH given by the Kajah Of Jeypore 10 the Governor
General at Simla. The G0zette or fRdtd now notl-
Aes tae appointment to the Legislative Council OF
lndia Vi Ills hlgness SaIamadl Rajahi Hndostan
la.an haJehafa sri Manarajah Dniraj Sivai Ram
singh Bahadur Knight Commander OF the Star or
lnula oi Jeypore. IL Is said, though the truth of
the runor may, under the circumstances, be
doubted tiat tits Pr.Ace intends 10 PRINT his flil
name on MS visiting cards.
Prince Alamayo, the son OF King Theodore OF
ADy5snIa, - expected shortly arrive In Ca.
cutta. The government nave Authorized q grant
Of COCO rupees $4,000 per annun Tor his education
and Maintenance.
4 charge has this week been preferred at the
American Consulate by the or the Boston bark
honantum, captain Norton against the TWO matt