, 1877-08-20

iumonso. involving TIM ,vho1a so,+1,,-.,
no,+}on ~ w., ,,a,,;.,,,,.. a.. ,ts,,.
i.s. :. -" aea'''s "so
-'7'~net'"s: 1Ao" ~ Iel1ese IL 1s PROB
lem 70 dlatrnctiug TINT England regards It
almost with despair. for II mt on,v ;nvolvo.
this venr. Int ti,rentera n c.s, t. h.l.t,,
.,,.as- ~",S A.o "s'eAa'
'"0S" WA "eNs year. t'estsoJ1nB tnouBhnds
moro Oh the people and using up the surplus
revenues 80 that all mnterial nroorcas rnust
he etnved rh.ro &. , h.~. n.. 80
a catastrophe mny be nver,ed lv +,,o ,,t.r
position OF rain, and tl;apatohea as 1.t. a. ,,,a
10th inst. intirnatcd that there vas a 1;f,to
rain IN soma districts. but MT s,,n,r;ant t,,
olIay nuxiety nr re1nce tha nr;.os ~ t,..;.,
u,.,, ,,. Ns f'es7 " 6ia'''
. sAe'o W. secou" 5ear Oh fan1lne,
honofed8 OF thousands must die. OF tho
condition OF tho people IN these nff]ictetl
districts. The r. on1on Qn<.t,t,r ~ ,,,r. .....
,,'.-,7t" Ns"s' en'o.
:. o'1.tieL1o ot tnat sass ttaet' equal
nm 49, ..Hs,-aa': 'uc1o I'VE cerA'n's II. ooo,-
tsa, s .s, r'opap1 wv o1 people, n'ne'
|"s, " "i'n, arc chtltcs ocpenaent hpon tho
ts 'ot 'np''a'ence' ""slc onc'thlrd AZ least liyc
.."n' ua'r' ~ ",o"ta. never month before tho
"oi'''' aha an"a''y III condition which tn this
.oun9'y "oa'a 10 u'Hefloeu d one OF extreme and
aesa''om' ,',, Even among them there Is
,,, a. eaos - Wy" ooool pessohs'h the Mausas
ciothrs. wona mi IN nnad .., '"sr1s.e NJ, ! sneE
who ab.olatey dependent tot Subsistence u,,o,,
m'aate payments In kind Or mn stn'ost in'psrecptl
,,.. 's s'.a.e IN .1a'! efop' ana WIG In scar Vt
uunrocurahc bsvc ,,,c,.,.. @ nn,,"n s sa W.. 49,
wat*l cloths, could not-we nae tho words in th.:r
most literal and dteailfnl mcan!ag-kctp then,-
s.nss a'se 49,. LOT eight hours without asslst-
m. ~, 'nS ,r'', -....
, -, "'S'-aa'3 o"ft0et 7'so oeafs w'tneas to
Nv e'oon5 i. ptoSPoc' oeioie tnese poor crea~
~. w - "A' W "sea " .'o 'ouowahg:
~" es, n,,s ~ morality las been la!dto
y many that I'm ,n,.tennscx ~ t,,s
rate Of rccf has becn 4. lca4, contrlhu:o,y c,s.
mrnt In tuess los'es \ few slays a=u nearly mill.
10" T.. ns.ses ~ofe en'plo5sa apnn The relief works
Of carit,nis ,caf H. T,s or ~tsS oo IN receipt
puy,d upon The works, nul lao, 90 were cha,1,n.
bly, relieved. Tl'cas rast numbers, nnd many mo,c
"nu '. "a,s u, nls1,o ucen sttassing to escape tho
by the lsrta ri. or i'm 1s.t 1sv is 'nsm s.speu
only Of all ,hcir little hoarl. but Of tbcr sc,n;v w
efothlnr. sccpnd-or rather 1h,rd-ses.on Of
SCARCELY woasa la'l upon tae*o helpless creaturca
mnttn,y lhe ,a,o,. y, In ".n. p'1oau w aIso
shs n1oFe pro,pcrou, agricultural cla,s. ~"'""S
Tho possibility Of rol,cf fron tho ro
Toa,cos OF tne country admits OF ltttlo hope.
All 'ho not'ncaslesn provinces there las becu
moaeFaso rainfall, anu falr harvest raay
oo expeoteu' ln the northwestern aud con-
.'a. a's'''c's 'l'o "songht continues, but there
'b a,'e sa1 ~. q" asefaee hafvesf' In soutll'
e!n 1na'a Tue harvest II d failure, 80 that,
.a8eh az wno'e' mere Will be a defective
harvest IN inc most fortunate parts OF In
.''''' a''a " no mea1s 'hat abundance which
ID necessary 10 supply ths starving tlou-
sanus-'n anotncF year Il may oe mh1ons-of
tne peop'o ot sou1hefn lnsna. Throughout
.ho afh'esed a'"'s'ct-soven times ~ lasge as
Engiahd-thcre ID not one navtgable river
apl but one railway, aud iu several districts
m RAILWAY nj all. Irtero oro ovo+ fo,x -,.1,
,ror+h,, III ,,r,o r. 80 =, 49,. -" -. .,e4a n
',,. |"o "'.o' - .ooa ~ aenl u taese
a!s'ficta 1fom thc North, 1t must be trans-
ported In cnrts drawn by bullocks, which cat