The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-08-22


with a majority Of the papers in this country and
IN England, We published series Of articles relal-
ing to the murder Of the British officers m India,
by orders 1t was said, of the Dewan Moolral. As
there appears TO have been some mistake in
the premises, we make room for the following
extract from the Bombay Times
"'rhe trial Of Dewan MoolraL which had com
menced on the 3lst Of May and was still IN pro-
grrss on the llth Of June, was the great event of
the month. The court was open TO all; for the
first few days It was crowded, both by Europeans
and natives, when public interest decreased, and
the audience dvindled down by degrees. Mr. c.
T.. Maunsell, MIR r. Montgomery, and Colonel
Penny, acted a. Judicial commissioners; Mr. J. Il.
Bowring acted as prosecutor. The charges were
LIST, for having been guilty Of the murder Of
Messrs. Anderson and Agnew; ID, Of having been
accessory before; and, Sd, Of having been accesso-
nv after the fact Moolra found much difficulty IN
obtaining an adyocate-his own principal moonshee
declined, and all the natives seemed afraid lie
appealed 10 Major Edwards, as the Oldest Of his
enemies, and to Major Lawrence; neither Of them
found himself ~ position 10 act for him. He at
length secured the services Of Captain G. w. Ham
ilton, and there seems no reason TO fear that he
will not have Justice done 10 his cause So far as
the has hitherto gone, there h proof what
ever Of has having been directly connected with the
murder, much less accessory before the fact; that
he might have done more TO have prevented It,
seems evident and that he became the leader Of the
tumult as soon as matured itself into incipien in
surection. IL clear He, to all appearance, was
perfectly willing 70 fulfil his obligations faithfully,
but bcoame the creature Of tho uproar which he AZ
forwards, by energy and daring, transformed into
general instruction. II the present witnesses
speak the truth, the conduct Of Mr. Agnew must
have been marked with a singular degree Of Indis-
cretiOn At the commencement Of the hot season,
200 miles from all support, with a guard not one
third az numerous the soldiers of the Nazim,
and under the guns Of of the strongest forresses
in India, our ambassadors proceeded 10 treat Mool-
raj az they bad been in the best ordered province
IN Bengal, with an unlimited force wlihin their call
Before the fort was Occupied-fOr they had no
power Of compelling any thing whatever--in the
face Of an angry, tumultuOus, and hostile pOpula-
ton, they placed their own senires beside those Of
MoolraJ, forbade the removal Of public properly,
and insisted on the papers and accounts Of Moolraj
for the previous ien years being made to them
without delay We quite allow that m al this
there was nothing either wrong or wicked, or
which excused the proceedings against them which
ensued; but there was, assuredly much that was
m the last degree BcOnslderate and calculated be-
yOnd measure TO tempt 10 further acts Of resistance
those with whom they had 10 do II seemed TO be
the commencement Of a series Of unvise acts,
which, following m long and uninterrupted sue
cesson, gave us the Punlab war"
A SsaEE SroRT- We find the following letter
and comments on it in the Cincinnati Commercial
II August 10Th.
WiLLANsBUR6, CLERNOsr COUNTY, Ono,
August :, isi9
l.. 9. CrBris.--DEAR SIR. As Mr. John Waits,
senior, vas walking to the Burgh on Friday. 10 at
tend the Fast meeting, be- had n cross the Hart
rnan dam, a. the river had swollen considerably
from he heavy rain on Thursday. When quite
over he dam, he heard noise IN some willow
bushes growing near the head Of the race and inn
mediatey on turning round beheld, to his utter as
constituent, about zen feet from him, that monster,
'bie CLerrn0ni Saperdf' He gazed upon It with
admiration lie thought 10 himself, ':can It be
so, who have been 50 great = disbeliever. Do