Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-12-01
Fson tie south.
rhs. Fail pf Dslhi-aspssl oi Affairs IN
India.

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Ifullest aud nostauthenlsc narrative Of tn
event which We are able to compile from
lour foreign exchanges II will tdisap
point public curiosity; for. beyond tn
lsimple announcement that Delhi IS taken
We have no circumstance efparticular IN
terest. Tie assault was begun on th,
i14thiof Septefnber-j,ist four mouths ct
tcr The corfnencem Of the siege---ailt
Ion the S0th--tlles anniversary of the bat
lie oflthe Alma 1.-The place was ID the pos
session uf the attacking forces. The los
lofthe British is computed at SIX Hundred
Nothing IS told ofsthe suffsrine of the en-
| envy. That must be realized BIZ an eiior
lof imagination, II, ihdesd, the iniagilaa'
ltion fe equal 10 the achievement. HIS
EaddreesDfthe COMMUNICATIVE Chief on the
eyeE,,f he assault will assist US in the con-
| ccnticn. IDS true he entreats protection
fof ne women an children, but he ex!
pressly urges the soldiery to give no quar-,
ter and toinfame theirpassions foT che
bloody work, lie recalls the atrocities q
Cawnporeto their recollection. We may
be sure tie hint was not neglected. The
English soldier was neyerremarkablc fol
Eclemeaey We still read with ihdigna.
tiofi his exploits III this country during
the war of l8i2. We remember his more
recent barbarities 10 Finland and a
Kertch. Bit then his fefocity was nit
gated Hin some measure by the obliga.
tons of legitimate warfare. Now. he Is
under no such restraint. He is suppress.
ing 4 nutiny he is eontending with reb-
els, and with rebels who have aggravated
the guilt Of Treason BY incredible ontIagges
upon the dominant race. He has not on.
IL 20 punish sedition, but TO ayegne the
assassination Of his comrades. The viola
ton of Bill women, and the agonisss o.
his helpless children. Brutal BY nature,
infuriaIe{rom sense Of enormous wrongs
4impelied to violence by the exhortatipns
of their General, aud eliraged By the resis-
lance DC six days assauit-the British
army, We may we'll believe, inflicted retri-
button upon tile Sepoy s.withoI femorse
or moderation. The world will never
have a faithful narrative|of the capture oi
Delhi, Gor then and there things were done
which must not be told to christendom.
We areEonly permitted 10 konW that the
carnival of blood continued fersa week,
and the Inauguration is left toIfli up the
pictureofa city sacked BIZ frantic sol
diery-of sanctuaries desecrsted, Of prop
erty destroyed in the waatonness Of rage.
Of houses piilased, of women violated. oi
the anguish Of mpthers, thc fright Of IN
fants and the cries Of men IN the agonies
IF death. Cawnpore was avenged AZ Del
hi william hundred fold interest toTthe
day Of reckoning
The capture az Delhi BIZ 50 snall !
force sis4aot only III OCCASION Of triumph
in England, but of surprise and consrat-
ulation on the continent The French
press, with all les envy and suppressed
hatrediof Great Britain, does not pretend
TO disguise its establishment at the explo-
it. The journals Of Vienna are still more
e1travagant IN their admiration Of Brit
.ish pluck an perseverance, One paper
il, particular. takes the capture Of Del
hi to be the most wonderful achieve
ment ofHthe age. Weobserve with salts
faction, that the prestige of England IS re-
stored throughout Europe. Everywhere
people marvel that she should Be athletic
subdae 30 portentous an instruction, in
her remptest province without any assis-
lance from the central government; for
the fall .of Delhi is thought to insure the
early suppression ofthe revolt. The reb-
els have now no rallying point for their
scattered forces, Tie unity Of their Or.
ganization is broken up. They can only
dispense themselves over the country,
and elude pursuit BY tile insignifcanee
Of their numbers. Inthis way they may
prolong the struggle for . time, but they
will be cut o pieces in detail.
Since the capture Of DelhiLuckhoN
has become the chief point of INTEREST," il
India.-Here six hundred Europen sol,
diers. with their wives and children, ars
encompassed BIZ thirty thousand Sepoys
under NESA SAHIB.-~So far they stand
the siege with incompatible fortitude. -
They not only hold their own. but in sew.
eral brilliant serties they have inflicted
heavy loss on the enemy and replenished
their exhausted stores. They are now
10 momentary expectation Of relief The
gallant 8HAvElocK, reinforced BY Sin
JANIS OurRan. has evacuated Cawnpore
crossed the Ganges, repulsed a detach.
ment Of Sepoys, and cleared the road L
Lucknow. He is but fifty miles from thu
tplacs, and will undoubtedly reach il be
fore it falls into the hands Of kESA SAHII
to suffer The dread Jul fate Of Cawnpore.
In England exultation over the fall D
Delhi IS somew hat moderated by two cir
cumstahees Of evil import: the folly 9th.
government At Calcutta. and the develop
meat ofa mutinous feeling ia the Bomba,
Presidency. Butaeither Of these misfor
tunes win postpone the subj ugation Of Til,
Sepoys 10 ! distaatday. Another battl
may be fought, with the inevitable result
Of victory for the European forces. mar
auding bands viii pillage the countr,
and intercept small parties from the Brit
ish army; some difficulty will be epcoun
tered in collecting taxes and enforcin,
obedience to law: but that Eagland's as
eeadancy viii be re-established ia Indi
without difficulty and on more solid ba
sis than eyer, no Intelligent person ca
entertain moments doubt
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