The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-09
Calcutta.

Once year on tic first day Of May, the
English populace of Calcutta are permitted
to roam through the Kings gardens. The
curious sight-secrs are rewarded by the many
strange sights which meet the eye on every
hand. The managcric would put to shame
any n odcrn Geological Garden. The lions,
tigers and lcopards have their cages 50 ar
ranged as to face both the garden and river
The king Is about sixty years old, tough
Old Mormon, and bids fair TO sec the close
OF the nineteenth century. Among the
many wild rumors on findoo subjects and
uprlsngs Which gain credencc at times
among the foreign and Christian residents
OF Calcutta was that Mana Sahlb, the terri
bic and bloodthlrsty leader Of the revolt of
1857, was concealed at the King of Oudh's
palace and had been there for many years.
IL Will be remembered that this chieftain
disappeared in the jungle after the suppress
sion OF the native rebellion and was never
seen again, ut lcast by English eyes. Ira
dltion and rumor, however, have resurrcc-
ted this wonderfully ingenious scounurcl,
sometimes placing him in one place, then
lp another, connecting his name with
apochryphal and unhcard OF atrocities and
adventures, but none Of these supposed
tragedies and plots of the mysterious
warrior could stand the test OF proof.
Mana Sahib is undoubtedly as dead as julius
Caesar, or if he is not his power of evil
doing is gone; if living he must be at least
sevcnty-tive years old. But, dead or alive,
it will be Il long time before he will be for
gotten. The "oldcst rcsidcntcrs" of
English nativity cannot hear his name
without shuddcring.
EARLY next morning we weighed anchor
and succeeded in getting up to our berth
without the aid of the tug. Our station
was on the inside Of three vessels lying
about hundred feet from the river bank.
AS far as the eye could reach ahead and
astcrn the right hand side of the river was
one continuous line Of vessels, lying not
lcss than three and sometimes five or six
abreast. All nations were represented,
from Chinese junk to All American man.
of-war Cthc U. s. s. Swatara, we bcllcvc,)
The Pcninsular and Oriental Line (Engllsh)
and the National Line (French) carry the
bulk of the valuable Indian cargocs, ant.
rs general rule American ships receive
higher freight than those of other nations.
Tho freight tariff usually ranges from e.
lbs. to u sterling ton. The export of
ice from Amcrlca TO India has assumed
large proportions, the Tudor Company, a
Boston firm, gong 80 far as to establish a
large and magnificent ice house in Calcutta.
In the same building and of course far re.
moved from the storage cellars, the apart
mcnts for the clerks, gymnasium, dining
rooms aud Offices arc seen and at first give
the impression that the company had
started hotel in connection with the ice
house. 1t Is large stone building about
200 icct long, 100 feet wide and nearly 60
feet high. 1t takes n lnrge force Of clerks
to manage 1t, and as they are all "Yanks, "
Americans in Calcutta must of course fra
tcrniZc with them.
Although the census of Calcutta. like
other Eastern cities, has never been accu-
ratcly taken, it must contain about $50, 600
people, and probably out Of this there arc
about $4,000 foreigners mostly English
soldiers and officials. The barracks where
the Anglo-lndian cavalry and infantry are
quartcrcd at Dunn DUN, about twenty
miles from Calcutta. This enormous in
closure or park is about four miles long
and two miles wide, and one quarter is set
apart for geological garden. The drill
grounds are as level as Il parlor floor, and
here III their leisure hours the officers and
soldiers amuse themselves with cricket,
football, polo and other sports. During
the fire season Dunn Dunn is full of visitors,
especially on Sundays when the Calcutta
residents go up on the morning trains and
take walk or drive about the grounds.
The Indian Museum in Calcutta is an inter
csting institution to visit, also the Seven
Tanks. There are five or six English news.
papers and host Of native Journals.
The most intelligent of the native popu-
1otin Infli In II
shippers of the sun; they are the best friends
the English have, and they have never en-
tered into any of The conspiracics against
English domination. There are not many
of them in Calcutta, but in bombay they
form a large portion of the population.
AS class they arc very wealthy and have
none of the prcjudiccs against foreigners
that the lIindoos and Mahommedans have
They are mostly engaged in merchantilc
pursuits, banking, brolting and the shipping
interests. Their mode of disposing OF
their dead is peculiar; outside of the city
they have large plot of ground, with
high wall around to avoid the vulgar curl
osity. In this enclosure there arc numcr-
Gus circular hollow buildings with gratings
across the tops, and when the body of Il
dcfunct Parscc is received it is taken by
the priests (who alone are permitted to go
in or about the building) and placed upon
the grating, not to dCcomp0sc however }OI
II is quickly picked to pieces and dcvourcd
by the vulturcs who flock IN the vicinity
and "lay' for their rather irregular meals.
the bones Of course finally drop through
the grating into the interior Of the blllldl ng
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Tho BENDING OF Glass tubing.