Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-09-04

The Massacre In Delhi.
TEE FrKNDTsH BRUTALITY OF THE NUT1HEERs.
We take the following from the commercial
letter Of Messrs. MAcKAT ( Co, dated CAL
eutta, 18th Of June
SHE past fortnight has been one Of alarm,
anxiety, and almost total cessation Of business
Citizens arming for the protection Of their
families. and women and children hocking on
board chip for safety during the night, 30 wide
spread has been he terror caused By the multi
ny Of the Sspoys, and by the sbominably re-
voting atrocities committed upon the Christian
Inhabitants, 80 sudden and terrible whenever
they have had the opportunity. Death to the
victims has been welcomed, releasing them
from tortures far more appalling.
" Imagine the father Of a family bound hand
and foot, compelled to witness the dishOnor Of
bis wifs by-we are afraid TO say bow many Of
these headlsh crew and then, when the poor
creature was almost dead from the effect OF
their brutal assault, they cut her across the
abdomen and drew forth the unborn babe, dash
ed it against the ground aud thea hung the
I~ifeless remains around the neck OF the mana
eied and distracted father; the villains, still
thinking something wanting to aggravate bis
feelings Of horror ard dismay, severed the
head from the body Of the Iaother, and bound
this also round his neck.
But not yet satisfied with their dreadful
work, they seized the poor man's two remain
ing children, infants Of three or four years old,
killed them, cut Of their heads, and strung
them also around his neck, taunting hin with
all the 0bseene language The native dialect 90
readily furnishes, until they thought be was
dying ; and, when fearing they might lose the
last opportunity OF tortuTing the man, a dagger
was plunged into his heart, and be died, with
the heads Of all those be held most dear on
this earth resting lifeless on bis breast. We
have related but one instance amongst the
many that have come 70 our knowledge where
as almost every act OF these Williams has been
marked By something equally horrible.D
Another extract serves TO give a reason Tor
the outbreak at this particular period: The
nutiry against the Sspoy troops has become
all bus general, and il is believed by all who
are not Interested ia hiding from the public the
real state OF affairs, that the whole Of our ns-
tive army, regular and irregular, are at this
moment, with some few exceptions. in a state
Of open or passive mutiny, ready to break out
at any moment. The mutineers, at the several
stations from Delhi downwards to Calcutta,
have been almost unchecked, and will, II
allowed to progress much further, have the
effect OF causing the whole army Of every
branch to declare for the new rule prophesied
70 commence 100 years after the anniversary Of
Plassy, which took place June %, 1887"
This prophetic dynasty, it is said. will sue
coed the rule Of the British in India, which
will cease in 1856 or 1861 The truth OF he
prophecy is believed in by bo,h HiHdoO and
Mussuimau, and has been Published for months
past, and generally received as Of divine origin
by the natives Of all cTeeds. The fact OF The
mutineers being in possession Of Delhi, the
ancient Hiadoo aud Mshomediau capital Of
India, fulhlls a large portion Of the prophecy,
and the resttheY biindlg and confidently believe
/ will be accomplished By the aid OF God, and
Mahomet the Prophetic Every Mlssulmsn
holds himself bound to respond TO the call now
made upon him to fight for the recovery Of the
kingdoms given as an inheTitsRee for the faith
ful, and which, they say, have been removed
from their keeping for a time only, as a pun
isbment for the sins OF their fathers.
The Colanbo passengers say that the ina
ginatiol can scarcely conceive the hendisn bar
bsrities perpetrated BY the Sepoys. When the
Bengal mujineers entered the city Of Delhi,
there were English merchants, mercantile, tel
egraph and postofice clerks, officers of the ma
tive regiments, and government functionaries,
with their English wives aud children, living
there as unconscious Of danger as in they bad
been in any English town. As soon as the
mutineeTs entered Delhi, a great many Eng
lishnen and English women and children es-
capped; but numbers could not, and those who
did not. were subjected to outrages worse thar
death. The daughter Of an English clergy
man was driven through the streets Of Delhi
naked, then subjected to unspeskable outrages
BY an infatuated soldiery, aud afterwards cut
to pieces with swords.
Al English lady Of the same city was sus-
pended By the feet naked and hacked 10
pieces The European officers and soldiers are
exaspeTa:edto madness By these atrocities, and
most terrible punishment will be inflicted by
the EuFopesn soldiers on the mutinons Sepoys
when Delhi is taken. These Sepoys have act
ed more like heHds than human creatures. Il
is with the greatest difficulty that the English
soldiers can be prevented from laying violent
hands % every native they meet. A Highland
regiment landed at Calcutta, and one Of the
soldiers was seen Immediately TO rush to a ma
tive and fell him to the earth in an instant
Whoever lives 10 tell The tale Of Delhi, and Of
he scenes witnessed in the city during the
siege, viii be able to relate und.eamed Of
horrors.