The Nevada Democrat., 1857-11-04
The New Sebastopol.

General Barnard, referring to the strength Of
Delhi, is reported to have said, n short time
previous to his death, 81 am before new Sc
bastopol" OF course the late British comman-
der knew the realities of his position far better
that they who, at distance of six thousand
miles, were capturing on paper the ancient
capital of the Mogul empire. He was, by all
accounts an able and most intrepid officer;
aud the English government and people, who
at first laughed at any serious resistance to
their arms, have now recognized the soundness
of his views They have to conquer Sebasto
pol compared with which the reduction of the
Russian fortress that SO stoutly withstood Pei
issier's .feu d 'erter was but an easy task.
By every mail from India we get q clearer
view Of this great rebellion. 1t grows more aud
more formidable as we begin to understand its
nature aud extent. 1t isno longer the aimless
mutiny OF brutal Sepoy soldiery, but a rising
of the Mohammedan race throughout the length
and breadth of Hiudostan. We do not doubt
but that, sooner or later the ascendency OF En-
glish power will be asserted, but at what sac
r6cel The capture of Delhi alone will require
an attacking force of 10000 men. At latest
dates only 1000 British troops could be muster
cd before the city, and the services of this hand
ful were urgently needed in other places. as at
Cawnpore, where men. women, and children
had been treacherously massacred, or at Agra,
where their comrades, after severe lighting, had
been compelled to retire. The small army be-
fore Delhi were suffering so severely from heat
aud cholera, and were SO worn out by the de-
termined sorties of the enemy. that it was fear
ed they would have TO withdraw altogether
aud await reinforcements which could not ar
rive much before christmas Such on unfortun-
ate movement would give great strength and
confidence to the mutineers. They would be
enabled four or Eve mouths hence. to make a
more organized and stubborn resistance than
they can now. But when Delhi shall have fall
len-what nextg Are we TO believe that the
Sepoys will then lay down their arms, and qui-
etly choose between the hangman's rope and
being blown from British guns-for this, assur-
edly, will be the only choice given them? What
though Delhi, as the leading British journal
suggests, be swept from the face Of the earth,
and be known, henceiorth and forever, only Us
SodC m and Gomorrah are known. are there not
other fortYesses in which the mutineers will
rally, and where they will fight with all the
terrible desperation of men with halters round
their necks? The end Of this rebellion is not TO
be seen yet even in the distance After the
present outbreak shall have been suppressed, q
herculean labor remains to be performed in the
remodellng of the Indian government. For
years a large standing army must be supported
in India, at an immense cost to the English
people, 10 order to prevent the recurrence Of
such atrocities as we have recently recorded.
Enormous as the resources Of England are, II is
impossible to say how they will be able to stand
such drain or in what degree her future his
tory and predominance among nations will be
Influenced by the present munity.