Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-07-29
no .yE5TIC IpTFJTT:; ;sN.CE
From fie Philadelphia .f,trora.
WAR IL ASIA

concur IN reporting the repulse ofthe En,-l,s
army which invaded Napanl, under r,.;or tSans>
RAJ Gillespie, in October 1919. Til; ohicer vae
more fortunate in 1918, at Java, where he ;nvad.
ed the territories OF a powerful prince. and
protsction. ''"'
The English government has beer, rc,e,t. ,lrv,
foiied IN ITS enterprises against Napaui. 'rbEt
country was never conquered BY the Mahome.
uIiS Il forms one OF IN uncountel nrmkcr or
independent nations, extending from the noun.
tains on Its west, winch separate it from The
English conqiests, 10 the frontiers OF China O,
the east, Assam on the south, and Thibet on the
north ~
The English have made several atterpts 70
posses this country, by their Usual means. en-
pioyhS commercial agents, and making presents
sor permission to trade, and 20 obtain ground for
itctofles and on other occasions, by rehe,iona
Pre,ey;s, visiting and doing homage to the Larna
of Tibet.
So early as 1857, military detachment unde.
captain K.nioch, Consisting of 1900 Europea
and 5000 Sepahis, crossed the Cvn1;,tch. with
we" 20 occupy commanding position in that
country. Tins officer had no previous knoNl
eofe OF The country, Dor does he appear to baye
Aaa good information for after ascending the
mountains, he found that beyond the first ridge
VI ue hocNimpour mountains, INN eiiately in
view TO the northward, he would approach the
popuious city of Hsaripour, of The nation of Re.
poots Returned off to the eastward and entered
che Coianbary pass, and After \ single DAYS march
fnund himself IN the presence Of the military DO
Snoh OF Seedeiy, which he took by surpri5e-
ne natives appear to have had no suspicion of
d ho9t.le I'Fee, bat the taking of this position,
SPrsau; an alarm, and the detachment found it
d'(hcult TO escape with the loss of bagrsre and
military strores, and nearly one halfof the men
without any other effect than to spread an alarm
as fir as The China frontier The Grr,d, ,,;I,. ON
the let bank OF which, this force had ascended.
breaks through the Canaoon mountains at Sour
Poef,, IN about II dec, so min. north lat. and 81
yes ~ mn east OF London; its course from
thIs pass IS S. Z, and thence after flowing with
majesty one hundred and fifty niles, and Teceiy
ing a multitude of lesser rivers it f.ns into the
CahSeS, directly opposite Patna, which is ON
tne west shore CT that river. The tops of the
ridges which separate Napaul, are abont one
hundred miles due East from the Gauges at Pat
ma.
The failure ofths expedition did not put an
end to Their views on NaDauI In 1zI3 nnnt,1-.
tempt was made, by a different route conside-
raoy stWarti and southwark This eyDedition
was merely recOnnOitering party of about
SUI europeans and go Sepah s. under the cora
mand OF capt James, an MEL rent officer. They
marched oy the Duirah river, and found every
pass occupied by military ,iefences most as
tohishlng e1terPIze was successfully executed
by this small party, in the capture of The ezra
ordinary lnil fort of DeIlamcotta literal desc.iD-
l on, or even cturc, would give but very faint
IDEAS OF the difficulty of the ascent to th,s work
winch, however was taken. But the capture
was fatal, as few Of the whole force survived the
''msfe je1er CHE yellow bilious fever of hot cli-
mate THOSE who survived, returned. with much
d ihcuity' 10 narTate the death of Their compani-
ms.
--i me mission of major Turner to the Lama, in
l|9o' mas been publ hed in 1795 Contempora-
eous with which, two other missions were Dro-
jec,ed during the governor generalship of Corn
NHiis mat of col. Kirkpatrick an able officer,
ATS', ulecuy To Napaul ; and the other un.
.e' Col Summers to Ava, which was not prose.
Co ed however TIL 1875: these missions had all
ne same objects in view, VIII oh were two-fold:
NE rule Oh those nations which occupy the corn.
tr eS between Fl ndustanand China, but part,cu-
larry thpse on the waters of the great B,Irrum-
l'ooIer river and through them an interior COM
u nun .cauon with China on its west and northwest
frontier; the second was 20 secure those conn
u'e9 Dy occupation against the Russians, who had
e. ended missions INTO Tn bet and also approach-
ed China the north west
Col. Summers describes his mission to have
oeeii " 10 counteract the influence which the nat,,
~! enen'tes OF Great Btan had ACQUIRED in that
! 'e,'a q II poss BILE overcame it and to i'm
'S5 me names Nth an adequate sense ot4e bozg-
RI tbe resources and G60us aE Of the s5,4,yortbe
British character, IN such q manner as 10 con-
ohce mem tnat their real interests were connected
WIN England which neiiEer ,nelhtated nor suf
lereo ehcroachments." This was pretty well for
me occupants OF Mogl empire-but the Br
mans are not II ndus, they have ", coasts, nor do
priests RUE them as m Hindustar.
NaPaIl, the immediate and recent object of
military enterPilze, $ the nearest ofthese petty
'oVere'glties to the English province. The
mountains by which It is separated from the AN.
5 en' MoSul empire, of winch the English are
10" ue actual sovereigns, are part Of The vast
ga. u OF Caucasus, which extend from the Euxine
ouu' west o. ihe Caspian sea, in p direction con-
> uefao'y south ofeast, and whose spars terrnin-
"e IN the peninsula Of Pegu, and On the adjacent
country ofCochIn China
numerous rivers, many Of which are unknoyyn
o othef nations by name, rise in those elevated
bioils' and the valleys Of which abound with all
lIl t'e inest climates afford, and swarm with DO.
10 Napaul, one Of those nations. the rr;se.o,
inaeF colonel Kirkpatrick proceeded in 1703. the
= e'isiOle OBJECT was ffendy iuserfsre1ce
, "safai1H 10 settle di9ire5ices ~sbich had a,sei,
,e'"egm the Lama of Tibet and the k,ps If
'"paul' The Chinese government took the
,"rv 81 Asiauc wear OF heaven, who has aper,odi-
81 uyeniscence, and rality on Garth. and
,t'o'e oYnty land Consequent infalllbIitv the
yillne'e confess. The English government
70 ~ 20 extend rs b'Oteckou To their oppressed
oj5"D'rS and China appearing 10 endanper the
t"'ce " PO'geT and favor the Dropcrtv of .rhibet
dispatched the colonel ,vl,,. l. 4 l. - $500. -