Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-09-23
WAR IN INDIA
Xatract Of letter from an officer SERVING
Nth the British army ia India, dated


lations committed by the Pindarees,
lawless and numerous horde Of bandiiii
have rendered il absolutely necessary for
iis Lcrdship to pnt an end 10 their raya-
pes. Sclndeah the head ot the Malrat-
ras, IL Is Yum0urad, almost openly encou-
rages the PWdarees, giving them !ree pas
sag through his extensive country, and
thus enabling them To commit iher d,-
p citations aud cruel(ies with impunity.
Il Is gene ally surmised, that the Bhurt-
pore Chief wIllendeavor TO assist fattrasS,
IN which case very many lives viii be
lost before il falls but fall it must be-
re such force as is opposed 10 it. IL
is sait that MIR. Sirachey has left his 81
tuation as resident at the court of the
Nahob OF Dude, in order TO proceed over
Ind with important dispatches
T. oa ne Bombay Courier IF hey TO- reccigcd at TIC
S9ien' Gazette e5aee, By re Brig 9tergnder;
CALCUTTA, April g.
We have received letters from Col. Adams
Camp on the y erbudall, dated the 10th ult-
Gu the evening o t The liti, an express was re-
ceived at headquarters, from Major M'Pher-
son OF the 10Th, communicating the information
Of Capt. Cauitied having set out. IN full chase
OF ShaiA Doleah, at 10 p. NJ. of the 18th, and
overtdken hiin the following day near H2ndian
with two companies of the 10th anda squadron
OF cavalry. The enemy were completely panic
struck, and plunged men and horses into the
RIVER without offering to oppose our troops. a
great many men were drowned in attempting
10 pass tho river, aud considerable number
Killed by the fire Of The 10th. Snaik Doleat is
sipposedto be among tie slain. The Nagpore
SUBSIDIARY force isat present considerably scat
tered but as soon as the Nerbudah is suffi-
gently hi,ed To prevent the Pindarees from
fordnS u several OF lie dctaclIments will be
removed from their present stations. That al
Cotai Is to march to s3Gssaianabad, about three
DIS march from their present encampment
" . nod la ST. fa tltafs, ,ls~
tnrAlnce has Just taken lace at Cuttacl, to
winch the subjoined letter refers.
CVtfack, Narch 80 lSI7.
On the 2Jth ult Intelligence was received
here, tAat body of insurgents from Goomsur
hal entered the district Of khoodah, where
they were joined yaite Pixies aud Dulibenr-
ans IN that quarter; they burned the town of
khOGTc.h, drove away the DaFOeah and eha
idar, hclped themselves to the public treasure.
SAID 10 be about 10 900 rupees killed one Bur.
knndans, carried Off another, and DESTROYED
several villages in the neighborhood
=" letter from Jaggernaut states their Hunl-
Der to be about 1900 they are daily increasing
and their avGwed object is to expel the publc
officers from the Rajalls state. Their Chief is
man OF the name OF JubbundOo who was for
merry the slrdar OF the Pixies, and the other
leaders are Beedeadhur aud BhOmunhnr ROY;
some reports state their numbers to be about
900, and Tie whole district is in a state of a.
iarm aud dismay. Yesterday afternoon Col
O1lailpran sent off two detdcIments, one to
hhoorbah, consisting of lis men, under Lieut
Prideaux, and The other about 40 TO .Jaygrr
hdnt' under Capt. Wailington, to move whcrev-
er the insurgents may be- and TO cIlastse them
" ch by forced marches il is exuecfed they
viii be able 10 accomplish"
The immediate cause Of this disturbance ap-
pears TO have been the Eruption of a party Of
AaTau tcTs, supposed from the Mshrdtta from
ter, which had entered tie Cuttack district
through GOOmsir, and being Joined by a multi
lauc ~ NasaboHdS, from the pCrguuah of Khoor-
Gan, me iiiSurrecton soOH assumed an alarming
Ia cf l. Loo. /.
betn taken 5y them, the gathering rabble arm
sdwisii spears and matohlockS proceeded to
flpiy, SitGdied Rdway between the town of
Cuttlck and Jaggernath s. it'll the view of cut
ing OF tie communication between those pla-
ces, and particularly of securing the rersOil of
the NaJah OF kh0ordalI, who is the Hish Priest
OF the temple, and hereditary sweeper 90 tie
great IDOL. Having got possession Of Piolv a
party OF them was dispatched to Jaggs rna.h
where the NaJah resides, but in the mean time
Capt abingdon with the detachment under
ms command had arrived there, aud posted
himself ia the town, to Illustrate The Object of
the Insurgents. Letters have been received Of
the 9TH inst, but no rencontre had taken place
between them az that period.
We regret TO state, that an officer 1T. FafiS.
1n charge of reiBfoI cement Of troOps had
been killed in attempting 10 cut his way thro'
the rebel party. detachment of the body
guard, and large reinforcement of infantry
Hre SAID to be under orders to proceed 10 Gut
lack Immediately
On laesday last we received few Calcutta
Journals, reaching down only 60 the l1thult
he interruption is OcCasOncd as we fOrmerlv
stated. by disturbances in Clittack. some ac-
count gl y lhch viii be found under the Calcuf.
"a hedd. ~ infcTmatOn received here dated
IRON Madras ilie 81 inst we learn that the It,
lion. tie Governor had directed all mails for
taicuii'rtO BE- Forwarded by sea until lhe ordi-
nary communication by laHd should be again
open by tBe dispersion q Tie Insurgents iheu
iniotce in Cuitdck and also lhat Mr.. Spottis-
gyoode, The collector Of Canaan. had been di-
rCcted 10 for1afd ~ mails Tor Calcutta from
BOMBAY, POOuah iIydrajad. Sc. from CAM am
by sea. HE Calcutta Journals from Tie IIfi
10 thezgtll ApulWere due when ourpaper went
TO ihe press.
MADRAs, April ~
II is understood that Sindiu has deprived the
notorious PiuddrIee Wafauder SEErOO Of bis
jaeger, and had given orders To- his officers no
I"n'ei 90 idfb0r any Of the Pinddree chiefs in
bis territories. Ii was there fore supposed HAT
these nIaraWders, driven from their Old haunts,
r' be compelled 90 make smother Eruption
iuto tie COnpanys Provinces.
fFROB SPAtNl
Erffqei, dttei Cadiz, dug6st3, 1917.
We arrived iH the bay from GIBRALTAR on the
1911, have been on shore, gory busy eYersince.
car fellow citizen Of Philadelphia, Richard
Eieaae, Lsq. vino was inpf sorcd hen acting
o. Vico-consul, continues ip prison sUi dis
Iatcbcs were waiting iof as here aud wc must
sail 10 morrow, 50 Inst hateuot ru OF. ortnni
y Of seeing hun. Our friend f'f'' - sees him
!. 9qaehtly, aud tells he enjoys hi5 usual for.