Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-21 00:00:00

THINGS IN INDIA NOT SO BAD.

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r Written
The f
OatCva
ing is an extract from an interesting
Pti • by a young officer in the Madras
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bl Allahabad, Sept. 2, 1857.
When I last wrote you I was a good deal
reh- 'awn by dysentery, but now I am able to report
e44cfulte convalescent, though not in marching order
ea itluiPally from being obliged to eschew all
Nei) !ad live on slops. General Out.ram, of Persian
fie hey, arrived here yesterday, and his body guard, in
elehaPe Of a most acceptable reinforcement of 1,-9)0
letdranat are expected here either to-day or tomorrow,
te"ge whole force, I hope, will be en rotrte for Cawnpore
ail:e sth, and from thence they will be pushed on with
et itailable speed to the relief of our reliant countrymen
toel:4l°w. I was quite sanguine that I would be able
tel'er-reh with General Outram's column, and be at the
411,11; of Lucknow, but the doctor has put his veto on
a eke Proceedine. lam accordingly to remain here
I Mrth in charge of
4
tee ather a disappointment being obliged to "stick in
113 :1r11(1" orders
here, for while most of my brother officers
in every regular fight that has taken p'ace, it
tee;,elll me' luck to be employed in chastising a lot of
teeh-u7 villagers who, though quite ready to murd a
te -all' European,an away as hard as they could when
;6 latter Were in any nry force. I don't know if I ever tell
Itikeref the first affair- of that sort in which I was engaged.
'keeearred on our way up to this, and I remember it
Arstt,tilarlY, because it was on a Sunday, and it was the
463 e I ever saw a man shot. There were two or
euiceaVllages a little above Mirzapore particularly tur-
Orel. at'
i and it was thought necessary to make an example
"64' Accordingly, whenetwe came to the first, the
tie:let. anchored, and a party la.nde 1. The villagers fled
approach, and fourteen or fifteen of them foolishly
ed to '
tete Conceal themselves by climbing tree?, these
.the
thit'uoll discovered, and as the men would not deliver
bad -eselyea up, they were regularly shot down as if they
the men
80 many crows. We then burnt the village, and
lee`"ela returned to the steamer in great glee, with all
e4;4 86f Pots and pans, and a number of splendid milch
' which were considered fair prizes. lam likely,
ley ever, to have plenty of opportunities for displaying
ell prowess before Oude is reduced to subjection. I
Sete told you in my last, of poor R., one of our Houten-
fotleallo was shot through the head while attacking a
eet;ged villagsa We have lost our junior lieutenant since
seL'l37 cholera; the poor fellow was obliged to remain
VtPost duty for several hours in wet clothes, and on
ilietarti to camp, he was seized with a severe attack of
4d7at which carried him off before evening. General
ICllock after failing to relieve Lueknow, wee eteieed to
oas the Granges, and the enemy have entrenched them-
"qtes strongly
' to„oPPosite:Cawnpore,and appear determined
tea to a Se°°(-1 passage; however, Havelock has write
on the 5-;I:h eval Ontram, to say, that if he will leave this
n
himselfwill undertake to recross the river
aliavteh,,Bth, to ()hie
,ee road e. the enemy from their position, and
A drOv. . clear for Outram's passage on the 10th.
grOti " a friend the other day past the parade
and of the late 6.'h N. 1., who so treacherously mur-
dered th'
trtee
, nof their oin June , then
as 1:1()ice to be eaten byfficers Pariah dogs last and
and vultures.ll
W One of the rascals, who-was caught about a fortnight
tigeaejlatlging in chains in the doorway of the rood ss mess-
a eot the 6th, and a Pariah dog standing on his hind
tee tearing out his entrails. When I was laid up, I sold
leg rnY I bought on arriving, but now that I am recover-
eH. have invested again in pony fish, for I feel that a
-• ride is ,e • • eevening will do me all the
good the morning an,
heae.a the world. I have contented myself with a pony,
fsera-mse I expect that I shall be able to loot a good horse
ed Iliggar horseman. An officer of the 64th was
trh4 a very fair stud by a native, for sevin'een rupees ;
etee:'tlglit the man was very anxious to get rid of the
hour but bought it at once, About a quarter of an
<afterwards he heard there was to be a summary exe-
hiBf-a' 'went to see the eulpri, and found that it was
for send the horse dealer, and that he was to be hanged
to elerteating that very horse ; however, no one tamed up
seen it, and the officer was allowed to keep the beast.
Ver,rPc'se last mail brought you an account of the sad re-
tie eafthat a party of the Queen's 10th and 37th experie -
alhe-4rrah, near Dinapore, it was all owing to the
the-e'gaeY of the eater in command, who would march in
%%mark through an unknown country, knowing at the
caul time, that there were 3,000 regular Sepoys fully
ser"e4 with arms and ammunition in his neighbourhood.
they a °nicer yesterday who was in the affray; he says
'Wither `r° Marching along in close order, when three
tifet;ng volleys were poured into them, at a distauce of
Net 'ti_3'ards• Six officers, including the commandant,
latf .u/vll at once, and the rest were scattered in wild
tleeeaalqt over the country. My informant said that he
Parties a party of men so completely disorganized.
hatti4. of fifteen to twenty Europeans were to be seen
eke 6ag for their lives with 500 to 600 Sepoys. An
al4of 37th received a ball in his ancle, and said to
11;ear him "It is all up with me," just then he received
teepee 'lithe other leg, and forthwith, thinking his case
ilt° 'he drew out his revolver and shut himsel
ehe hetta.

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11.44 -(3rl 'RV 0? MINEs IN FOUTH A,MTRALIA.—A letter
Aster Adelaide says.:—" A fine rxttneive country, well
1,? tiieeu'band with three splendid mines, two of them equal
.t6O on •ourra Barra,discovered in the north.
fitreohas been
arches been cffered for one, and refused. These
Baidi%, :tre not far from Port Augusta."
8411013 s.TIPPERAItr MAN —There 18a re)rt now
gr and, that the celebrated Nena Sahib
i is a
Nky af the equally notorious Mr. Regent w rho, with
e , IhNI-IPPErarY n swore allegiance to the Sepoy, nd
his atrocities. It is reported that thed
It to
heIR the? Nena Sahib emigrated at some remote per
":11111 that now contains his sympathisers,
.andrwaras
„'etltlit„4l India as " the Nena Sahib," or the Tipperary
;So; all'" congratulate Mr. Gavin Daffy and they
-qttltderB of the .lotion on th's addition to the ranks of
441;411Irishnien.—.Dub!in Evening .?fail.
ef,1114, DEATH OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL
.21—nwiaust
Lte4teci-;,,.'•--On Friday night a painful sen!ation
lees ado the attendants of the shades dining saloon,
1' erh"PtlarP, by the sudden death of L'ent.-Colonel
tty°,:l‘,o had been a frequenter of the saloon. He was
flletlie(attra of age, and Monday he went with a medical
..
07142, Cambridge-street,
stl' \then wig t Rae, a, and returned en Friday evening,
didd me ent to the Saloon and partork of fish and soup,
a. %the,
_joint was laced before him, of which he
epee,lll:tltyr,tiate7 ddp I fell from his chair. I ong,
'rune tsahir assistance,y
and, on feeling his
othilt°4'.'n/iced biam dead. D. James, of Pall-mall,
batillneeder" ne'Jeal gen'lenien speedily attended; and pro-
%llPatTlfe to he ext'n t. A. message was immediately
tit deitetl, SirsMinto;e who came to the Shades, and
thh.,td t-h‘• J. If to b sent for. Mr. Hope than found
eel*ell en,Puse osccation of the heart,. under
ed ,Lela the th ceaseyd had laboured for years. De-
aS then conveyed in cab to Cambridge-street.