Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-04-26
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was ever Transmitted n England from that country The
people Of yhan,san have taken terrible vengeance up
On their European insadrrs The B:sh nave been Dirt
ven from from Ca5oi, and SIX thousand {" their
hest ,-oops have been cut 10 pieces In The Bombay
Times Of the ist Of February had The most minute
nccoun. oi tbs te...5le atiiir
A,,he date of GA. last acyices three regiments, which
were attempting march under Colonel alc1ar'n from
C,ndahar To- the relief nf Caboo had been stopped By
The SHOWS westward OF Ghuznee, ana compelled 10 re-
,n,n whence theY cane-Chuznee itself was showed
CD; It's carr,snn contained bu, single sepoy regiment
SIR Robert Sales brigade had lett Cao"oi, IN the be-
ginning OF :;ober and reached Jealabaf on The I'm
November aud there they remain cooPed up and unable
10 remove a, peril of their existence The ae!ea
cured could AID from 40 one iiey were sur
rounded by an enemy ..om $4,000 10 2],Od0 strong
Their co.nmissaat having aHos; =; i!e inst onsfeaK
been DESTROYED they were hy the ds,e at winch the
present narrative commences III off for clothing, and
sorely pIncIec 10. TODD.
tn. force besides was divided !, consisted of near
G0Oo men, one half IN Tho Ba!!a liss"r, or citadel "a-
in the tow n the other half fortified camp SIX miles
OF deep mountain stream which they never
aale to ford INTERVIEWED b. the 10Th much ANNOYANCE
and gone apprehension began 10 be entertained OF the
Tets Of the eiuvla Of The heaps al nnhufieo ceao
s.erywhere sirewed around. About lCG0o corpses
san, in battle lay fostering about he city or near the
c.mr OF Gen Elphnsone threatening 10 add the nor
ro.s OF pesence those OF famine aud The s"oTc, s"
SOON as relaxing 'emperau" should stimulate pn''e-
faction An attempt al this time made 10 snbmerge
4 ,
d. :ag wales aga ,iie entertainments tortu
u,,.y IL vas prevented a canal guided the stream
narnlessly away.
L. the camp provisions had become extremely scarce;
allrou.,., ~. lentfc Ia he citadel both food anG
u,ytrr were ncaiiy expended On the 18Th, conroy
ammunition as rat ,n the Bala ii,ssor, under
Colonel ORE Of ne 81! ". but The Colonel haV-
i,- reached the na!ah, whch Fnas bei"sen IN" "a.
bo"i cant5nmens and the town, sent 10 report that
tie bridge was Impossible. An order, therefore, was
.,~tr4n M IN.
,u;n anu tn n, tn order had reached, t.- par
I, had acJaa.l crossed the auh, they returned and
brauaht back tie ammunition. Ga THIS day there was
& ,ht in the town. the kL2.lebashes harIng ineensed
Sikh Z-maans party by re.lsn- 20 give up some per
sons on ou. de- 10 whom II alleged they had al
jorded protection, Ga lie 2Hti, II was intmaet 10
me envoY ,nat an nuner ri the Atshans m
tended surround tie eanlo"iatnts On Inc !o!owhg
n,y and p!oac magazine with rtd bot shot he
powder accordingly removed IN the nigh', ou'
every thing gas quet daring the next Gay, the enemy
being employed IN making powder and hammsr'ng
shCt
iilere follow mary details of the siege, and Of the
straits % h.ch Tie British Army vas reduced
The insargent chiefs seemed 10 have had throughout
q regular army in pa. There no fewer than FIVE
thousand horsemen in the field, well mounted and
armed TIE infantry though abou, double this IN num-
Der were iac,i,ren,ly appointed, and not formidable
rs .neres The troops, especially IN the Bia fissar.
BENIN now 10 br pressed exec d'ngy for lnod
The particulars o. their suffer ngs have .eaehed Us
N scang and imperfect in'ta The chiet part
af the comuissarta f.. ato the hands Ghz'es al the
beginning, and i;c nake-shii, system Of subsistence
thus necessarily teso:teG 10 tor noe than Tour weeks
70 sunni; rofce amounting Al the outset TO nearly
ouco fighting ;nen, irrespective OF followers and at
r>nd4nis mast have 50 punched :hem w!h hunger,
tlst :iere is a least no;'ns Improbable IN the sn
,nor that BIZ the cad q November tney were sup
yortsl chiefly by the slaughter OF the leas's OF par
der and wa1e llying horse lesh. SoeI'rene were
h4,r that treaties began Ia he discussed the
issue OF WHICH, urGes the most arotah'e circumstances,
mus, have b,en 5e;er TOT ,i:n HAN THIS, that they
should be suffered march ot w't! their baggage ana
:,5 % seek their way u0prnviced Tor, (the Ahghahs
.hemse,yea were pressed of support. and could have
AFFORDED them nonc) through an uhinie.rupteo series
of nnc,Y miles If passes the most dheuit perhaps IA
the world fan back the post Of Jehalabad at that
.,E,e bu; shade better of than themselves, and whose
next poat Of retreat through The hybufpass 10
?rtL.wa., some 100 ml.ca IN the'f rear
p The IL ing tasty proposed ~ 'e insurgents II cor
sc,ly r.nned 10 W, indicate how conscious they were
.hat we were utterly al their mercy These were, IN
fact that Ye should surrender our AIMS, and agree TO
.yscnate the country altogether The married officers
and tier waves were be retained ~ hostages, and
re.ur ned IL IS un!y aea We had got beyond lesha'
.ur and Us, Mahoianed had teen restored 10 them
frhe enyoys answer this was, that "deah was pre-
ra,atle 10 dishonor that trusted to the God OF BAT.
lies and tia. in his We dehed theta to come on
rherr il once more blank Of three weeks duration IN
our information The fighting appears TO have CONT
noed with ltte inierHssiOn. On The l3th OF Decehi-
Der severe acton said 10 have occurred, IN when
we than usual successful, having not oh'y
defeated tie enemy, bat managed to secure small
supply Of provisions Ga The 22ad again bloody con-
fi,ct took place, when were worsted and suffered
very severely Further treaties seem 10 have followed
ihis as We find reference made n the despatch OF The
9th 10 terms which had hei"re THIS been discussed
GA Christmas dag the envoy, attended hy Captains
Conolly Lawrence, f:cTor, and Nj kenzc, hRTIng
conc out apparently at the request Of The nSurgeH,
Shcr to discuss the terms of caphu'a'on, an angry
lntervew ansued 1t appears probable that the same IN
solent previously rejected by The envoy had neen
dressed upon hini IN manner ln,oefably often.
Owe than these formerly employed He appears to have
treated them with scorr; high words ensued, when Sir
William II Naughten shot dead on the spot, II IS
belle aed hy ,l.c haad Of lkbar Khan.
The charge al The mi.al0n now deTCiveA on MAYOR
Edward Poi,nacr; the much coveted envoyslip with
a salary Superior TO the income of the Governors OF
Madras and Bombay, with m amount If power scarce
To exceeded by the Governor General ot India fell 10
tha 10, ola lieutenant Of Honbay artillery-maor only
by hfsys,-a circumstance telling frarfulIy of the
SLAUGHTER flour poilllcais Nor dad lapse into un
worthy hands lierat had before been defended sue
cesssuly by Pottnger singe-hanced, so lar us British
officers we're concerned. lie had ,os. resron-
t. ole and much more difficult duty Ia perform. TIE
,rs, act OF his authority to forward tie dispatch
announcing ;ai 1.-the comedy rather tragedy oil or
r,rs was at al end The terms partially acceded 10
hy Sir Wm McNaughtcn were We, 10 ne accepted, If
conceded BY On army peiiSA- OF munger Ia'y were
;, move for Jellaabad through the fearful passes of
Ehoord Cabool, with the determination Of desperate
u,,n Standing by the consequences. Affesh attack
tic environments WAS aancaacel 10 have commenced
IL fore the dispatch closed, evI ausury Of what
MAS TO follow.
. private letter Of Ike 23lh announces that the gar
racn had not a, tha, na lrt but were about TO move
Immediately. Ths is the latest auhent'c date We
nosssss The native rGmors, which usually by several
days anticipate The arrival Of regular intelligence, state
III, The force has quilted, and been in great measure
DESTROYED Other accounts mention That they have oh
Is;ned fra s supplies and stand 90; month longer
rbe latter nnfarunatly improbable. In month from
,ha o3h Of Dsce nber would be possible for The Ben
gu to reach them were The s esi' of bs
".'' ,ba L.roc durinc these miserable amongst
the ycry flower of the intellectual men of our ser
We. Erh, political agents have persisted violently
amongst those whose affairs they had been appointed
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