New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-05-28

| power which was shawn 10 be too great 10 De 0o"'
ir-lled by an imperial uka'e
The Overland Mai from India arrived IN Lon
dos on the 4,h inst with dates from China to tue
18th Fe.ruary. CoyIou. 22d March; Madras. 2'ih
March: Calcutta. 23d March; Bombay, 1t April
ARA. , !,h March; Alexandra, 22d April; and
Beyrou,, ll,h April.
We annex the cleare,t accounts We can i'hd
| from the East:
CHIxA-Yu,yo Take. and tuHshwo. three
cite, near Ningpo, had been taken. and prepare
lions we're making tor N attack on Nankin' "iich
vague report asserted to have been already taken
From the London >an, May
| AFFssAXIsTAS.-We have peru-ed al the lc-
| count. which nave vet come 10 hand with at'eh-
ton AID afford. u. pleasure to repeat their being
more favorable than. under all the circum'iHh'o''
we were warranted IN expecting. The Capa! ma
.,r,, wa. no, quite 80 conclusive a. Dr.. Brdon
reporfed il. There j. no longe. doubt tia, mar!
officer. aud men escaped who "erc supposed -
| nave fallen and such a. were made prisoners pN
the Afghan. were kindly and humaneiy ueaied;
/ We have little doubt that hundreds VIII De- iound
/ 10 nave escaped who are now numbered win inc
dead 4. we suspected from the first, the real
traitor was the Shah >ooiah. who vas jealous "'
British influence and who plotted their utter de-
-truction. The discovery OF the Shah, merry
was made in a singular manner.
The inhabitants Of Nissan. in kohistan, bad CIV
en- shelter to the Cabul rebels, and refused tribute
To the Shah the British Envoy sen; message to
their chiefs. threatening them with destruction IN
les they submitted 10 the Royai authority They
in answer, enclosed to him private letters from the
shah. Of undoubied authenticity IN which the MIG
informed them that be sctestcd the English mt
del-, and that he only awaited the arrival oi the
! goyal family at Loodiara, 10 destroy thsm or
drive them ont of hs country. He also sent tie
Chaoos Ba,ha. an officer Of hi Court 10 Canda-
bar to advice the chief, there to a upon the ing
| lish and DESTROY them. Tins fact was auiheuiica-
| ted by MAJOR Rawlinson. the political Chief, ana
| iircctiy communicated to Sill William NcNaehicn-
| The : hah Of course denied every thing, and the
Envoy was weak enough to believe hint although
the Shah's seal was affixed t. letters before him.
and hi. very Ministers dared not pronounce thcH
iorscrcs. against the testimony OF 30 many chiefs
Thi, fatal creduiiiy cost the Envoy hi me- and
Great Br,ain the los of an army. There j. littic
doubt, however, that the summer campaign vii
| reverse all our misfortune, in AhghaDi,tan.
The officer, who rcmnn at Cabool together
with the sich, wounded, aud prisoners seem to
have been from The beginning well, or even andy
treated. The COOL Nawaub Jubbcr hhsn ha'
taken tine missing child Of Mrs. Anderson under
| hi, charge. and with - tie Feringhec' ircnd, ne
Inc was called before adversely fell upon him, II -
as safe aud - secure OF kindness rs II under IL
| parents, charge The tales of the ,epoy' being
| sold into slavery 10 the Oosbegs-highiy lmproba-
bic a, they were from the beginniag-rcmnn wh"-
Is unconhrmcd. and We believe them to be entirely
fabulous. There are considerable numbers, both
of officers and men, of whose fate We have now
learned particulars the former have been detained
~ prisoners, but complain of no harshness or Sc
vcrity but, on the contrary, speak very warmly OF
the kindness they have experienced the latter
have been dismissed without ransom. and have II
many cases received small sums of money to carry
them on their way. The Shah Soqjah continues to
maintain himself at Cabuol.
The chiefs. indeed, are said t. have been unan-
imou. in offering allegiance to him; and tranquil
itv in and around the city is said once more to be
entirely restored. 1t is reported that he has writ
ten to Government, requesting to be supplied witt
1900 600 OF t300.00 Of money but declining
military aid for the present \ letter Is said Ia
nave been int, cepted, sent by him to the ruler OF
the Puniaub. requesting him to withhold his aid
from Us. so that the "Fcrinsees might be exter-
minated On the 28h Of January a letter was re-
cevcd from him at Jcllalabad, requiring Sir Rob
crt Sale to retire, and to give hostages for our
abandonment of Aiighanistan This was declined
to bc complied with.
Among the escapes of the individuals who have
now reappearcd is that of the sergeant mayor oi
the 37th Native Infantry, andloi grass cutter
who in an agony of fear cntrcatsd ukhhar khan
that ne might b. sold a slave Though this did not
appear to have been contcmpat"d,) and was "r'
dcred to 90 about hi business. One ct tho men
H., ('aut " nnlbr u. hen lp killed
and his little band of $50 sepoy inyalids cut To
piece, near Chuznce on the 81 OF November, had,
after three months wandcrngs, made hIs escape
to the plains Seven sepoys, who had been allowed
10 depart. embarked on inflated water skins. and
descended the Cabool river to Pcshawar; 1t * not
precisely stated where they got atoat. but "a II
mus, have been above Jellalabad, this Perllous
VOYAGE had exceeded a hundred and twenty mile.
in length.
They were halffamshed and starved with cold,
and in a very miserable plight on their arrival
their toes and fingers having been frost bitten by
the snow We have not only heard no more tale,
worthy Of being listened to a, to the cruelty and
reacherv Of the Aighans but those formerly con-
,idcred credible have now for the most part been
contradictcd. On the other hand. "a each success
,yc unfortunate makes his appearance, some new
instance OF their humanity or attention l. revealed
We are still entirely IN the Darn as 10 inc snare
[ khbar Khan may have had in our mi,iortunes
but tie proofs Of the truth Of the charges against
him have certainly not increased in weight. Eve1
fresh revelation is coni.rmatyc Of the rumor preva-
lent since the begin.ing-that to the miserable
ImbeciHy of our military authorities, aad the mis-
conduct and dependency Of oar soldiers we owe
the heaviest Of ouI disasters
The contents OF ,ariou, communications from
Sir W MNaghtcn, who throughout comported
himself in a manner becoming the position he oc-
cuped. and the nation be represented, describin.
himself a. surrounded by towards, among whom
there was neither energy nor spirit, have been
published. The Afghan war IA, di,piuied and
d.,oreaui,cd the army, and brought it into a con
dition from which it will require many years OF