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Show , r -rli a ic . "Vjm " ' t j TilqllomUay- Ti)0t3 'TaS(V"lanJttrH , 1 - i . 9 India is agaliisubjeietol to tho scourge. I It migh aloi.Oit seem asjfjthp.fablesofits1 VigryUfppdefttcvbjre vwiGed Jn ita, mouriiful pu'ii!ils,".ilisaste'r iplloiving' disas?, t.ert to desohitoits fairest regions,- "I r is; not on tbjs otcaslorihp licrVeTi'res'pf civil 1 war tlittt .oro enkiudledi nor. i it the pes-1 tilence.whlch has, been fo Oftcp the drViuKj (a feoUrge of ,Indiav It is fumiiip with its; dcsbtatc.d ficld-i, fugitive thousands,1 gaunt emaciated form "of misery, that supplicate our compassion, llow" loiig indeed the ciilamity will be limited to faiiiilie, who cap preilicC? If thp sjiriug croj fails m the Doab'and northwest, as there is reason to fear, we maj certainly autrciitate, from the experience Of 183s, the advent joftlw ragiug pestilence; nnd war, too, though not a cloud may betoken be-token it, ofleii follows Iu the train to img-i ; mcnt these calamities, cspeciajlyjf prompt healing wVaWes be uo't adopteil by the' tpittcrnal care of government ami tho! : charities of the prhato citizeiiai to liiitl-' gate thc,6uu"eriuga-of the luiuh-bing population. popu-lation. . '..--, I "The Calcutta Cistltc Informs usr, on the riuthoiity of the lieulenauf govcruor of the noi tlt-wcst provinces; of h Wll-liatusi, Wll-liatusi, Esq., the commissioner or the? Mtc-rut Mtc-rut division, and ofJ. 'll'( IVhiHep. Esq!, collector of Allygurbj of sueh- dlstrcssliig facta as; tho follpwing:4Kscept 1d;tho tract at thu foot of 'the hilts, and those lands which Gin be irrigated- from canals or' Wells, the new crppba. beeb a tont-pletu tont-pletu failure.' 'Not la jjrooii btado is to bortcu in any direction; savpt perhaps balf-p-dozcn fields of fctonted "crop, about asmapy Inches na-it ahould be ifect high.V 'From Aneopshur to Jfotra, from Mecrut to the out)i ivcstcm,. boundary of;Mhe division, the, SA)U9"uiiiu)t!gnte4 ftntp pf drought exslsj 4Thp jkhutcefcrop is aimoit attotat fuilu.ru, foj uiilcs and i(lcs; up morctban. a ,ew scattcj$d Jiejds,- pr ituutcd , jowra, bajraf and" jcottbiv wrp viijibio The rnbbcp. iirpjpcbt(. orp ty ; trcmely. diseouragiugi thbiSpfiiiging crop barely aljosathp grounili.andj i'u ry ip-.tancp. ip-.tancp. tbat. camp unilcr jthaIicuUnant govcruor'a view,.had a .jclipw,' ilckiy o-pearautfe.,'' o-pearautfe.,'' , The J'titnd of nia. sum? :vp,on elabP rate estimate of the extent of. ;Um famine in tke portk-rtest proviiicea jw foIIowa-.-r-v J'WoruavPprcviOuslyi'estimated' tho pro-portiou,of pro-portiou,of the popuUlipu Wbieh will bo feiiuccd in the course of the season to uijiolute dqtitptioo nt about one puti a half millions. It is." pptalblp tbi tins ; number naj poly bo,griiduajjy arrivedat, end allowing for this, Wjnay" take nil j overage of only one iniyfbji. to be ftd. j Reijucbig; rations, of fppd (o'famiue.gtand-ard, (o'famiue.gtand-ard, foe neii, wouiei and..child.rf.a alike, ; uud cconoinisliig to the itriiojf wo Jihik ' justifiable, we eiunot sec' how' life is to be maintained among thjm fur Uiose three aud a half mouths, by any smaller supply ofgraip thaivabont oiift, oud i quarter iniljton bf Jhafmdi'.'lhe. whole pf which must Ic issued without return at t all, or for the ouly retarp these? wretched rjCopley can; offeWtbtlrjpcrsonalatjpr." 2tfiwK 0119, njidj A, tuartqfA,WHipii9 rof bound are, fifty niijitona pf ;secraVaiid tak (n i Upci-ior 'oiid " iiireriot 'food- grain tu gtafiervjtTvill'prPbablyribt'lrc t'x'ccivd td'assnmo thp av'c'tiigo bazonr'J'ralP al !; tWjdvo seer ?Pt, lhe.'fppee.; "Whencei. WO 'conclude, hat.jfrgrp. jrbuttftp .fqpr awd u liiiU: crcrtS,' d( "Aupces." ,ti,$00;QOQ (eHliig",,'mnat'fepcl'!dedlpn,':fbodfildn tB'a'v'crt irre.frifitful ;lKiSibilItIi;f ''dr' the UitxiAfew-riioiitlis, i-,4'he .alterdatWer ts; thnt thp pclo mtiaJ, bo,altowcd 1"p jerish feuTO"? oi |