New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-30
TIE MASSACRE AT DELHI.

| TIE MASSACRE AT DELHI.
From. The Dcihi Gazette, Extra
| No detailed account having yet appeared OF the
fearful massacre at Delhi, We may be pardoned for
Offering the folio wing, though somewhet late III doug
| SO. Il is from the pen of an eye witness On the
morning of May II, party Of tie Third Light Cava
ry, variously stated at from % to 25O, made their
appearance at Delhi They had come over from
Meerut during the night and were evidently prepared
10 psrcetrate the most awful crimes as they were
fully armed, and apparently wild with rage and excite
mtnt. They entered the Calcutta gate without oppo
siion from any Of the police, and made their way
directly toward DeIiOwgnage shooting down In their
progress al Europeans they met with.
| Amorg the first victims were MIR. Simon Fraser,
the Governor Generals agent, Captain Douglass. his
assistant and Mr.. r. Nixon, chief clerk in their office.
Notice was immediately sent TO the Brgadier aud
| regiment rhe Ji,h y. n with two guns ftom De
Teissiers Battery was sent down. The 9th marched
through the Cashmere gate in good ORDER but ON the
approach of some OF the Sowars the Sepoys rushed
suddenly 10 the side Of the road leaving their officers
in the middle Of the road, upon whom tne keepers n-
inediacly came at goIlop, and one after the other
shot thu IN down. The Ulcers were, with the eXcep.
iion Of Col Ripley, uparned the Colonel shot two OF
them before he fell, but with this exception and
| said to lave been shot by Mr.. Fraser hone fell.
After butcheriDg all the officers of the 9th, the
troopers dsmounted aid went among the Sepo{s the
9TH shaking hands with them and, it may be sup
posed thanking them for the forbearance in not fire.
ing on the murderers Of their officers. the troopers
were perfectly collected they rode up TO their victims
al iuIi gdiop pulled up piso!s,
and ier,atsd. The counenances Of The troopers wore
| tie expression Of maniacs; one was mere youth
Iusbiug about fouishng hi. sword, and displaying all
the fury under the influence OF chang. They
were in full uniform and some had medals. Had tho
officers Of the Sih j4th and 18th Native Infantry been
armed with revolvers they might have shot some OF
them but had they done 80, it is still doubtful
question whether their own menwould not have bayo-
pet.u them.
The 9TH made some show of firing their mus kets,
but the shots went, of course, the heads Of the
troopers, who had evidently full confidence in the re-
cepon they were 10 meet with Their plans must
have been well matuied. Meanwhile tho people Of
tie city were collecting for pschicf several bungalows
at DeIiowg up &c had been fred and the day adj
yarccd the gojurs of the villages around Delhi be-
came alive the chances of loot, and ready for
| action. The whole city up in arms. every Euro
pean residence was searched the troopers declaring
that they did no. want property but fife, and when
they retired the rabble nithed in aud made clean
| sweep from the punkahs to the floor mats.
| II is difficult 70 form estimate Of the number
killed Inott Of the lists already published are incorrect
Happily several persons said to be killed are still in
,Sisonce, and come who escaped are not down at all
AZ soon us the extent Of the outbreak known, it
became ccssary for the residents to seek place
of safety, and NEST Of them made their way to the
Flagstaff Tower, where the gun is fired. company
Of the 18th Native Infantry aud two guns were sta
lion here and large party Of ladies' and geLemen
| ucludng the Brisacier, .Brsaso Mayor a., were
here well armed with the intention of defending them
selves against the troopers. The tower is round and
Of solid brickwoIk, and was well adapted for the pur
uo.e-beter ia act than any other building in Delhi.
In selecting this spot Tie Brsadcr displayed consider
able iudgm ent but he did not then know the extent OF
the catastrophe; for, although the general demeanor
Of the troOps anything but subordinate, the actual
state Of the case was unknown:
Many Of the officers of the 18Th still had confidence
! in their men, and endeavOred to reason with them
when Il ey showed symptoms Of INSTRUMENTATION; but
| Oh Col. Graves haTaDguiDg the company stationed
| at the Flagstaff Tower, it became evident that they
| were in state Of mutiny, end that the slightest
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| their officers and the other Europeans assembled 90
| the hill About 81 o'clock the magazine in the city
exploded; puff Of white snt Ike and the report OF
| gun preceded the cloud Of red dust which rose
like huge coronet into the air; the explosion that
followed was not great as mis't have been e.
| pecttd but the effect was complete. IL was soon
| known that the explosion was not accidental, but
the gallant act of Lieut. Willoughby Cominssary OF
ORDNANCE Delhi ard it is pleasing to be able to add
that this brave Young man escaped win severe
scorchipg About $50 perssns, rebels, are said to
have been blown mp with the magazine. :;
On the appearance OF the clouds OF aus! IN Ine a'
the COMPANY Of the 38th made rIh TO their arms,
which were piled near them. The object they had m
view is not clearly defined, bat it Is supposed that
they were influenced bya sudden desire TO etiack
II ose within the tower Soon alter tos the oln .ook
sion Of two guns sect TO reeniorce the party
at the tower and on this becoming known, the brlSa-
cier advised all who could leave TO do So intending to
follow whe n the rest ha all departed. Conveyances
Lepg in waiting, mot OF the ladies' got away the gen
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treat was elected toward Kurnaul for some, while
| others branchod off TO Meerut. Many hairbreadth
efcape have bee related to the writer ladies' remain
ing e,e hi and ten days in the Jungle trusting to the
NATIVES for protection several instances freely gwen
and il is gratifying TO know that several persons sup
pesed TO have fallen victims now safe at heerut
| KuIpaul, Umballs, or Sin,la:
| Throughout the whole OF this cruel business the
iurs appear to have been most active IN The work
| of Goyas,ation. Houses were burned and property
| stolen and destroyed by them in the most wanton
manner Bards Of them we're lying in waiting after
nightfall all along the line of road ~ miles out OF
Delhi on the watch for the refugees some OF whom
were eted and would have been ro5esd, and per-
| hans murdered had not decisive measure. been
adtptcd. Mr. Wagenreiber and family, flying tor
bare life in bis carriage, attacked hve times,
hi wife receiving some severe blows frou iron-bound
| lniLees and himself sword Gu. the arm and q
blow N the back vi the neck from a lattice. Bat fheS
coui.iJ to eyade item all by irnness and
| shooing four ard voupdiDg two OF the ruinans IN
seltdef.rse and eventually making good their retreat
| to Kurnaui.
The escape Of Sir T. Metcalfe was most providen.
tial. After being three days in Delhi after the out
Lr tx he escaped into the uDges hiding wherever he
could and at length, after ten days found has way to
| Iiansee.
Several Europeans said to number 49, were taken
these we've taken Of by the King of Delhi but the
Sowars of the ID cavalry, whose thirat for European
bleed had not been qnsnched rested not till they were
ell given up 70 them, when they murdered them one
! by 9ne in cool blood.
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