The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-01

from pecuninry motives"
Strange as it may seem, this state
ment OF tho judge was endorsed BY nh
English army officer and by n Mr..
Jumcs 7. Hay, a Scotch trader from
Rangoon, in Burmah, gentleman WHO
represents tho Irrnwaddy Flotilln Com
pnny at that point. Still another Brit
ish trader whose name | did not get,
made substantially tho came statement.
All OF which greatly astonishcd me- MS
1t seemed TO conflict seriously with that
memorable line in Biehop l1eber's IN.
nous missionary hymn telling us that
tho lIcatlicn Of India "call us TO deliver
their land from errors chGin."
ISDIAH ELEVATION.
said to Mr.. Hay: ITO what then do
you attribute tho elevation and pro-
gross Of India thus far?" "As to elcVa-
ton" said he, "thoro is not much Of
what you would call elevation in India,
and us to such progress as they have
made We can account for 1t in varioua
ways; Us, for instance, the presence Of
u great army, Il wise and tolerant al.
ADMINISTRATION, tho building OF railroads,
tho establishment OF schools, tho intro.
duCtion OF machinery, improved meth.
ods OF agriculture, tho general thrifty
example OF Europcans and tho love Of
gain thereby 9uickencd among them"
"Why did they rebel against English
rule away back in tho tiities2" / iu.
quired. "Wcll, ono alleged cause was
the creased cartridge" said he. "}oa
know OF their aversion to the hog,
Then, when thoy woro told that tho
grease was tho taliow OF tho COW, that
was just rs bad, for the COW is SACRED
animal. There are also other explnGa.
tons with which ] am not familiar"
as the English language spreading fast
among them?" l asked. swell, yes, /
may say that it is; but, as you see amobg
the natives employed oil this ship, they
han. on with great conservatism 70
tlicir own dialects. And oven hero
these rOustabouts will not cat food Pre-.
pared in tho European way. The ha-
lives OF India are intensely passive, bnt
not at all receptive, There is no sym
pathy i'll their natures with propagan-
dism in religion or politics. Anything
so robust and aggressive rs Christianity
does not acclimatize with their iibre.'
GLOW are they for honesty and truth
iulness" Inquired. "Wcll, they uver-
age up fairly well with other people.
There is no special reason to complain
OF them in these respects. They make
good servants rs rule. They canuot
be said, however, to be Il truthful race,
and yet they are not grossly untrUth-
iul."
Coming back TO the judge again,
asked him one day what issues Of lie
and death and personal liberty, &C.,
were committed TO his jurisdiction. lie
replied that he could try natives and
foreigners other than English ior non-
capital otlcnscs and sentence them for
term not exceeding two years, but he
could only examine British subjects and
send them on for trial. "Do you mean,"
l asked, "that YOU could sentence IN
American for two years for IN otenSc
that you could not deal with in case Of
British subject" Yes" said he; IA
could sentence one OF your countryh,en
the same rs native" "Did you over
examine into our treaty rights with
Great Britain? ?" I asked. "No, nerer
had occasion to-" he replied. well"
said "bcfore you sentence some M
fortunate American for two years Sou
had better look into them, ior my rec
objection is that in all matters OF per-
sonal liberty no has just the same rights
rs n British subject" This was fcvc-
lation to the Judge; he rather thought L
was mistaken, but he would lool: into
the matter on his return.
NATIVE ENDURANCE AND CHARACTER
In London there is large assoeia.
ton of native Indians. l saw them
once in session ut the assembly rooms
OF the National Liberal Club. Their
color is that OF tho American Mulatto
Of Il pretty deep shade, but. their huir is
straight and glossy and silky, and their
features arc OF Spanish type. The
English speak OF them rs "cleves" in
tellectually, but they look too cfeminatc
for much force Of character. Still, ,de-
spite their ciIeminate looks Capt.
Barratt, OF the Bengal, told me they
were capable OF great deal OF endur-
ance, MS indeed I could plainly see for
myself in watching his sailors. The
weather was very cold for three days
out and these fellows were very lightly
clad indeed, but they pulled the log,
heavcd the. lead, coilel the ropes,
climbed the rigging, and scrubbed the
decks without showing special dis
comfort. They all wore turbaas on
their heads but they did not III wear
stockings or their iect, and GONE OF
their clothes were OF cotton. Before
We got out OF the Thames ono Of them
fell overheard but he swan like q duel,
and kept himself anoat for half On hour
in very cold water. lie was fully milo
from the ship when tho life boat picked
him up, and, climatically, ought 70 have
had an attack OF pneumonia, ono would
suppose, but he soon dried out aud got
to work again.
A roLYGLoT EMPIRE.
Speaking OF these natives as employ.
ed on the English ships because they
work cheap and as seen in London
and at the clubs. 1 was often struck
with the polyglot character OF the Brit.
ish empire. 1t is no rare thing to see
jet black Africans ct the club hob.nob.
bling with Englishmen over glass OF
Scotch and cigar. Sometimes they
arc Iulus, sometimes Abyssiunians,
sometimes from Zanzibar on tho east
coast or Lagos or Sierra Leone On the
west coast OF Africa. They all speal;
English and have no Africo- Anerican
style OF pronunciation whatever. They
talk and act like we'll bred and well
educated people. Romember, too, that
they received their education in English
schools in their own regions and arc in