Show WAR AND MILITARY DESPOT ISM IS 11 f I 1 tae toe special correspondent of the times refer refers s as follows to the plundering the natives in inda F have to endsle ai As to the tha plundering I 1 know not what to say it is a frightful fuhl ful fui evil it seems lo 10 ba be really inevitable the poor people who remain in their milagos see their property carried away their blacki of grain and fodder disappear as if bj by magie magic ft at the hands lands of the followers of the army which they at alel alet e told ald will protect their lives and property properly if they remain in their home hornet it apply indeed to the commissariat officers they will receive compensation on proving their loss and identifying the plunderers both matters matteis of difficulty the commissariat it is 13 true pays for damage done to crops by camels elephants af but hut in fu rna many y cases caseb the natives aie ate agis igis ignorant orant of this tice tc e a most ri righteous oteous one or ire are actually afraid of complaining how are ara they to pay their rents or their revenue to our collectors after the passage of an army across be the country no one who has not beheld mars mrs making malting war upon ceres ii in ludia india can imagine the dr dreadful damage inflicted by his legions sugar plantations are crunched cran ched up by the acre by the elephants who also strip away the leaves of trees and devour shrubs plants and walking sticks or the shavings of them thera with provoking appetite and tild indifference camels growl and gobble u up everything edible in the reach of their long nez nel necks and flexile lips goats revel in the bardens ear dens the bulocks bull buli icks and ponies crash through fields or of dall and pulse and various grain beating them dian into a fragrant carpets carpet representing the produce ol 01 half the country then comes tho the heavy beat of squadrons of cavalry the continuous monotonous tramp ramp of infantry inia the guns puns each wheel tearing a deep f furrow arrow io in the fields the mortar thousands literally thousands of carts laden with food and ammunition shot and shell all in one line about arda yards broad and as lorg a our marei marel right oyer ahe crops and harvest yesterday we arched snatched in thirteen eeli eesi and a ahalt half miles I 1 like very lery much to go over the ground and see what it loks lacks like now I 1 know that as we advanced there were indeed patches of sandy soil studded with stumpy bush bushes es which h lay fallow or uncultivated but the greater part of our t roue lay through cornfields in which tha young wheat was just spring spang arg and timidly a few inches above the tile surface or cates of un unknown crop crops some as heggli ui 3 a horseman horse honse manss ays als waist may heaven I keep beep war away from our own doors I 1 could not help thinking as I 1 looked around me of such a across the odorous culture of mr mechi if the caprice of invaders ia aud and tha the greatness of misfortune ever led an ea enemy in default of rowls boals to pass by hall hali bat lot the evil does not sot cease at the end of our oun march the head of the column halts baits in the plim plain the tha tapering line which is lort 1001 in tile the dust 11 L the far distance seems to grow thicker and as it approaches to spread out and ex 1 and aads aada swallow wallow up tile the line which grows to iose lose it stif seif in their the mass sass bat as the canvas of kii ili ilia c e mp rises rise and the pickets ets ae posted out fly the camp ti followers ol lowers like sike locusts hatched at one batch w a ld d in myriads wonderful burst from the L of the army it would seem indeed es if our troops were merely the protect protectors ori of these destroying estro ying swarms everything that gions and w fil fit for food of man min or beast bear is cut carried off sacked or chewed or boiled or rea roasted sted stid or aten rw raw er J ir out oil on thee thi pla ns ori on all side ide may be sea s ea PI moving heaps of fodder with little black feet feti dust just visible the overhanging luxuriance 0 eteen i f aub aus are a e not so laborious or so strong yes f ruay haaya a we were bieak bleak alting alling oil ili til the ground hes g the tha bu bui r moyces L told id 1 lem iem for they could not nat see it that there was a st ck of fora geln ido ide the wooded ell eti closure enclosure v L e we lay like entson bur but filiks Wil iks ule mur vur i g our meal in ili a very vry few minutes tse the glack clack mas was 1 as resolved into roo moo peripatetic bundles or trusses s maa mma ie ly ay large to conceal bo to aalf aalt cf cr 11 t leg which I 1 were being duly carries carried off for 1 11 a hr hures hurer es when M i jor barrow interfered and a wa bred them to rut dut put he was wag a luce cuce obeyed obey ef and alibi wa was pondering oil on th the 6 wyn gr oi gir r of the ilia farmer when he be came back at gading finding la Ls huge stack au over the grou ground ild iid I 1 sepal to heaps when whee thie he majors de departing I 1 if f ae t e ground fr free pe to ite ito sices who at ing from among the trees through which tey t ey had vanished gather gathered cd trusses and walked off with hem uninterruptedly flogging floggings fl es ci in BO good goo if the whole a army it y arre turned in tt t provost marshals marshala assistants un a n er the ciders of the civil mag mog magistrate istrate they they ahey coull rot tot flog all the offenders chalca over t tile tie tle plains in fit vain k captain nAas yas tod lol by t in in chiet chief thal ihal he mig might ht have any number of cavalry lie he required to tan tar arrest airest for lord clyde has bas allun old soldier sol dier diex s detesta detestation tion tian 0 p 1 iau lan dering ng but stilt sliu the work goes bravel bravely v on list L ight n a and the flames I 1 g ted ted fed up the ilia bc heavens 1 avens in front of the camp I 1 ine lne ne vil iril agers are apprehensive of being punished i ney defend their property y for fon they hey are told i at it if they fire a s shot lot against use us they are doom eo ea to but they aror aroe now informed I 1 lv fey may goods chattels and crops against arup arap tol ool followers lowers though they must tot u e foce force to auy uy depredation i on the part of soldiers as the latter will be pushed by the military authorities at present however the soldiers are arc not lot guilty of any such of fences oue one or more of our camp followers lay dead la III tte the the field h near eaf the camp ahw th ts mui mtr ning but it is impossible hn tp say ay whether wb ethem etheK tha iha 9 some of whom were capering our posts ar or the thie villagers reits resisting finc fing plunder 49 deel delk deed m Te ertIA ertla m tiso tise tho the s oude farmer has bep bua placed jin jn a most position during the file last tast twelve tri trl mouths months b v daft at tiie file th mercy of the rebel chief chiefs lie was compelled elied no matter what ills his inclinations to 0 o pay taxes axes and revenue to the rebels if lie he fled all his pre property perty was taken and his land confiscated where indeed could lie ile fiyo if lie he remained lie he was called upon tor for military service at the same time he knew that when our power was restored he was liable to be hanged and und that lie he would have to pay the tile revenue over brain again surely lie tie must have thought his anki unkind lid and his lot miserable 5 the special correspondent of the times describes an east indian camp those indian marche marches picturesque enough at the close and iner eting eling when tiie llie sum BUM rises are immensely disagreeable in their preliminaries and aud their heir commencement only an iron will and long exper experience itrice can enable one to overcome the tumult which reigns all the night before and to snatch a few houis of sleep tile the ala klasi isles isleb ies les or tent pit pitcher chere are a most peculiar cias class bof of men the moment the tile tent is pitched their cares fon fer the day are over and all the day they sleep tinder under the eaves of the tent lent accordingly but as darkness falls they get up and wander about stealthily tapping tent pegs and preparing for the great business of their existence it is 13 in vain that order after order has been bern issued to the klas sies not to touch a tent peg till lii ill the first bugle sounds it is their caste to tap top tent peg pep they are born to it bred to it and die to it the whole race of men be belonging longin to this order would endure martyrdom in the faith that tent pegs when in the ground are to be knocked out of it and when out of tile the ground are to be knocked into it when awake they can no more resist their impulses on this had head than a london pickpocket can refuse tile the appeal of an easy pocket handkerchief soon after dusk the noisa noise begins tap tap tap far and near like a fire of musketry for many a weary acre of canvass covered ground this is called tonkin conking striking the lorg dep delp indian tent pegg pega on the tile sides wes so as to loosen them in the earth and to prepare them fer for easy extrication when the tent is to be struck the ground shakes with those myriad knock knoch knocking ings 11 one gets giels beveri feverish sh restless ret less rushes out oil on the persecuting klassie and as lie he falls tails in tile the dark over the tent ropes rope beholds a white ghostlike ghost like form glide away into obscurity the shouts cries and noises hoisea of the bazaars swell into a tempest as the butlers prepare to pack up their goods and moe moie off in the early night then long before the first or 0 the small hours the camels which are to move your house and furniture are brought close to the head of your bed thes lips of the desert are anchored aps bps besiie a you and the tile canvas offers no ce cc either to the tile dreadful vapors which come from them the holds of those ships or the sounds which lage rage on board those ships are always in a state of mutiny A camers camens cammers earners ilfe life is a long lorg and nd loud protest against the load that 6 u put on oil his back and he be wi ely enters his protest before tile llie period of his tring iring begins I 1 know of no llo soud more leep destroying then there is tile the ki or elephant the bt barking irking of or dogs the iq a of f jac kalls and above all these the hideous dlen dieu ance once of the many voiced camp mhd th camp comp bells tells and gongs too vary in time they ere era generally a quarter ofa of ota an n hour beford before they finish sh striking one tiie tile smoke of the camp fires steals ioto loto the tent and halt half choke chokes q one look out and ana ou vit wil wll see something like a auselis Fu dream of pandemonium bilzing bli zing fires surrounded by black men in white clothing moving to and fro with quaint heads of camel elephants and mals mais peering through b and above them A reddened smoke hangs in fil the bir nir like a pall pull over the ilia sc acne efrie elrie towards morning iila the horses begin begir to neigh and those animals are isie mostly lung ed and are picketed close behind the ants tents io to that tha t but what is the use of my endeavouring to describe he ibe splits or sounds of an indian cainie catnip camp ONE of the moa mol moat at dipterous leaders of the revolted in india indie fa i 3 TANTIA toree he ile has adt md t yet yet yit been captured or his hia forces dispersed and the bambay bombay co dent of the london daily news thus speaks of it cannot however be denied that hisa a leader of no mean ability and anything death or capture will lender tender all the bailles bait battles les marches matches and counter countermarches marches of the last four months perfectly valueless tantia is a macrat tan lan and a soldier by profession proe islon ision lie he is of mean origin orgin ile he can neither read ncr nor write but he lie possesses courage courage I 1 and his followers have confidence dencell id him containing iu in himself all the th energy and perseverance pei pel severance of a robust and vi vigorous gorgus frame frama he lie infuses zeal arld and strength into others more by his physics physical than moral cx ex ampe ampo ile he is perfectly acquainted with our system of warfare an ani I 1 prefers fati tali fatiguing guing us by long and rapid march match ca ta tt encounter I 1 ed in rig kig us s in battle He knows hat hot lu e and arid matchlocks match locks are incapable of standing be beare our soldiers and arid their enfield rifles and he consequently trusts the aest destruction deif st C of if exposure to the sun on by bv day and the noxious exhalations exha lations of the jungle jangle b by y night light tantia is in ili the i bior i lor or or manhood bei bel being ta about forty years 5 oars ears of age lie he is rather aboe above tila the middle height and is in pei pet son vigorous ils and robust hi 1114 counte countenance liance siance is goody good and hla hia bearing bold and mar martah marvah tat tah his eyes are piercing fierce and restless the eyebrows black and oval shaped shap edthe the forehead high and expansive the nose lose aquiline the mouth small and the lips compressed covering t while in ln repose the teete which are isis as is us ual amo amoin ig ria tvs s of ivory III hi whiskers aie ate are black and ills hp complexion olive he dreste sivery seeking comfort corn coin fort port rather lather than ilion and wears generally the loose white hite robes of the hindmo with a cashmere shawl thrown over illg liis should shoulders ore orz his ills usual guard is compose of I 1 wenty twenty or thirty men but lie dispenses wilh with ith this corrip OH on the field of battle lie ile is frequently seen oil on horse back aud and oily resorts to a agu wounded or over fatigued ile he styles himsel the viceroy of the weihwa nana sahib j THE ane deprest DEEPEST COAL PIT IN ux GREAT BRITAIN tile tiie difficulties which are met and come by m mining ihirg engineer engineers in shaft El dking finking stand out in a alto aito ito ifo in the tile bulj subjoining sub joining description of a deep english coal pit m which aich we copy from th eLondon journal of gas lighting of august 3 the deepest coal pit in great Bri britain taif toil and probably in it tle tie a world after twelve 3 ears labor during dining which some important mining problems have been solved has just been completed competed and opened at dukinfield Duk dul cheshire the shaft of this extraordinary pit is gsg yards lepp deep and the finking of it has cost neaily neatly the tile undertaking was commenced ili fit it 1847 by mr jfrancis JF frania fradla ranol Da linfield palmer astley cf of Ti lefoot cumberland who is lord of the he manor of dukinfield a township of 1263 acres in extent and containing valuate abe beds of coal by septem september ber bar 1648 1848 the shaft of the pit had been sunk bank yards when the were stopped by the tapi pig of a copious spring of water which rendered it necessary to put in pumps and drive a tunnel 80 yards long in about fourteen nio months ullis this work was completed and 54 yards added to tha the depth of the tile pit shortly afterwards another skiing was encountered which stopped lle ile lie he works three months at the he end of five years from the commencement a depth of yards had bad been attained the last yards i having oc cupid twenty nine moli moll months mouths in c consequence sequence orr ori of the d which had to be overcome the rock pierced through being iery hard bard and another tunnel yards iong long long iong having eving had to be made in ade at this point the sinking finking of the shaft was sus 1 for a time and the neine raine was worked for coal but id ih 1857 it was determined to sink the arese parts aress operations proceeded steadily stead ilyin in the face of many difficulties and discouraging 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