Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-06-09
From the East Indies.

BosTON, May 29-Ne have been ia
vorcd with Calcutta papers 10 The I7lh o.
January, received by the ship CoIumbu>i
A quantity o! fine arms, iinis and am
muDlilOn, have been seized at Calcutta
on board some Birmah boats bound 10
| ArsCan.
A Steam Boat is preparing at Calcutta
to ply on tie EoogIy.
| CALCUTTA, January l7.-Thjs morning
another Roy Salute was iired from lie
Park, III consequence oi the Rajah of Nag
pore having given himself up TO the Re
sldent.
The principal masses of our encmies
have been dispersed, and We have every
reason To expect, that the same energy
which has overcome The chief means of
resistance will very soon triumph III the
entire eNilrpation of the iawless hordes
OF PInddres, and in permanently depriv-
ing The Mahrattan states of The power of
exciting commoiion and alarm in Hin
doosfan. We add the following short ex-
tracts ofletters, in which our readers NAV
find something OF novelty.
From General DoRkia'S Dirision.
Camp, near Gintah, on The Kille Sind
December 23d, 1917.
We are haliing 10. day TO rest ourselves.
and our cattle, after the faigues of our
forced marches i'll pursuit Of these vaga
bonds, the Pindarees. On the 18th we
marched about two in The morning, and
al half past five, we fell IN with Kurreem
kilans baggage, the escort OF which we
unfortunately failed in capturing as lie
got of safe under cover oi the darkness.
The Khan's wife and about a dozen fe-
males fell INTO our hands, together with
his state elephant and Howdah, valued al
1900 Sd. r.. We captured besides. SO
Camels laden with all sorts of phnder,
but nothing OF very great value. The
whole amount Of what We have taken may
be worth from 20 10 5,GGG Rs. sum
which will not go far TO enrich any of us
after it is divided among so many.
ChumbuiI River, near ChSnta Chant,
December 18th, i6iI.
We have been so fortunate as 10 destroy
one OF the great Pindarce iIordss under
Kureem Khan d Wasil Mahumcd. Gen.
Marshall started them near Shababad and
they made for the CIiumbull. We for
tunaiely turned them, and drove them
upon Colonel Adams's force, which pur
sued, but the result is not known. Gen.
Marshall took Il considerable part of their
baggage Eight more elephants have
been taken by Capt. 1ods escort who is
with the Kolah Rajah.
The llOTdes were reduced TO between 2
or 5000 men, and their responsibility is
completely gone. Theyproceeded TO the
southwark, as las CiIeeio.
From tie Centre Dirisior.
Camp Sonarie, goth December 1917.
The latest accounts we have had are.
that Col. HARDY man, with il. III. 18th foot,
stormed and carried the right Of the town
OF Jubblepore, where Lieut. Pope, 5th
cavalry, made gallant charge, dong
great execution, and made himself master
OF the enemy's guns. Six hundred men
fell OF the side OF the enemy, who eVacu-
aied the town the next day.
Sir i. Hislop and sir J. Malcolm came
UP with llolkar near Ongea, at Miedpoor,
attacked and carried hls battery, thus
getting possession Of 40 pieces ofcannon.
The troops under Sir j. Malcolm then
charged, and did great execution. Iol-
kar took of TO the north, and Sir !. NAL
colin after him in full pursuit.-Our loss
is said TO be % officers killed and wound
ed, and 4OOmeD. Tie eBemy not ascer-
tanned, but must have be dreadful.
Thus we are getting on rapidly in thai
quarter, although rather idle here.
Tie cholera mcrbus has left US in toto.