The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-10-14

out with fatigue II could not be reinforced in less
than ten days fortnight that s in effect till the
beginning OF September the msmanaged affairs OF Dina
pore and ARA having had the sad result Of OBTAINING be-
low the Queens 9Th and Goth that otherwise going
up the river Instead Of advancing, and making good
his progress General nyelock seriously threatened
even at Cawnpoc lie expected to be attacked ON three
side5by The Dude insurgents the north and nom tut
teypore, and by the Gwalior mutineers from Caipee.
But il Is the general condition OF the country, the qucs
tionabe spirit the oonspaces the threatening demon
STATIONS and the doubtful allegiance, that impaft the
most am sious features 10 this intelligence.
Delhi itself is now the bright spot IN the prospect
There Is longer any talk Of retreat Ii expected
that the 18th OF August whole force there would
amount 10 IL 00o, and early in September to $4,000
There was talk VI trying assault the 10th ult
and account says that had actually invested the
city, and cut of It's communications. There had been
more sores repulsed with fearful loss to the mutnesn
and at some cost to ourselves In the city they dis
hoartcned and divided Their magazine had been blown
up, and 500 artices destroyed, together with large
quantity of sulphur and saltpete They in want Of
percussion caps, fuses, and other stores The King, it
was said, had sent off his Zenana The mutinoers com
PEELED ~ fight us their arrival and forced to pro-
long the conflict by the closing of the gates behind them
have to extent awaited themselves of the oppotun
y to make off and consult safety pleasure elsewhere
Meanwhile we had been receiving from the PunJaub,
besides large achievements of Europeans and Punaubees
treasure ammunition and stores. 1t must, however,
be said that, though seem to command the country
towards the northwest the munecrs established at
Alyghur in the of tho King of Delhi IL ID quite
evident that, with the exception OF half dozen places
throughout the whole region from Benas to the Punaub
must be considered to have taken the field and to be-
in fact engaged in the task of accompanying India When
this is the work to be DONE 1t Is encouragement to
those engaged in 1t to ind their services recognised and
rewarded with some enduring mark of favor We have
great pleasure in observing that Havclock, who may
not live to receive quarters payment OF his tlOO
year good service pension, has the rank of major
general which he may, indeed, hear of and GER
tainly will not if his is brief that Of his
brother commanders in India but which WILL at least be
recorded and remain after his DEATH aconsolaon to his
family and his friends
COMMENTS.
The London News of the same date has the following
comments
The situation of Gen. Havelock appears from the adj
dtonal intelligence published in second edition OF
yesterday, TO be critical than the first Kilograms
had led to expect He had found it necessary to
cross the Gauges to Cawnpore On his arrival there he
found that Btore had been occupied by 900
tneers from Saugor and other places He speedily
PEELED them to evacuae the place His force however,
it is stated by Mr. Edmonstone the secretary to the gov
eminent of India had been reduced to 800 men, worn
out with fatigue and needing rcposc. But OF rcposc
they had small prospect The Dude insurgents who had
followed him his retreat, threatening him with
an attack from the other side of the Gauges Their
brother mutneers in the south of Dude collecting
boats opposite to Futtehpore it understood for the
purpose of crossing the Ganges there and advancing to
take avcock in flank while he should be engaged with
those who threatened him from the Lucknow road Nor
this all the Gwaor contingent strong in artillery,
preparing to the Jumna at Capee to coope
rate with the Dude rebels.
Haveock was thus exposed to simultaneous attack
by three strong bodies of troops from different direc
TONS at the timc and it not impossible that
while engaged with thcm the remnants of the 900 Sau
gor insurgents, whom he had driven out of Borc might
rally and attack him from the North. :. A steamer,
writes MIR. Edmonstone, has been sent down by the
general to Futtehpo but his force too weak to oppose
the passage Of the Jumna ut Callpce In connection with
the threatening demonstration of the Gwaor contingent
it ought to be noticed that Scindiah of whom have
heard nothing while all tongues have been loud in praise
OF the loyalty of Hoka is reported to have taken one of
its revoed regiments into pay 1t is also stated that the
contingent of Bhopal has raised the Mohammedan stand
d and that the chiefs of Bhurtpore and Jeypore have
been evncng hostile disposition.
There docs not appear he any immediate prospect OF
relief for the small and toll and fever wasted band
under lavelock The Secretary to the Indian govern
ment intmates that her Majesys 9th and 10Th two Of
the regiments intercepted their way to China which
proceeding up the Ganges have been detained by
the state of affairs in Bchar Major Eyre had succeeded
in relieving the Europeans who held out at Arruh He
had also defeated kour Sing, who seems, however, TO
have succeeded in escaping into the strong fort of Rhota
in the hill country on the wost bank OF the Some while
his brother Anur Sing occupies the high ground which
TANKS the Grand Trunk road to the west Of Shcgotty
Respecting the condition of the country east of that place
our information is meagre but it had been deemed nc
cessy to send the treasure from Gyah to Patna and the
otn cavalry, WHO Inutuhcu ccItIHi
tct, understood to be moving upon Arrah, though
their exact whereabouts is not known.
On the north side of the Gangcs the Goorkas and the
civil servants at Gorruckpore finding it impossible to
hold both that place and Azimghur, moving
upon the latter In the country to the north and east Of
Gorucpoe the civil servants and indigo planters appear
to have been keeping their ground with little no mo-
lestaton but whether this might long continue to be
the case the utiny at Scgowlie and the abortive ut
tempt at mutiny at Jegporee render rather probemat
cal Further to the west the Dude insurgents at
lacking the villages north of the Ganges and fears
entertained that the land communication between Be-
mares and Alahabad might be interrupted
In the present very imperfect state OF information
it would be rash to draw general differences from these
movements They do however, appear to indicate
thing like combined operation for the purpose OF crush
ing Haveock In addition to the fact that he is threat
ened with simultaneous attacks from OF least three Sides
it will be observed that many of the insurgents in Bengal
and Beharbot those in the Sontha district and those
at Dnaporoare reported to be pressing westward as If
with view to Join the Gwalor contingent at Calpce.
FIVE may infer from these demonstrations that the
eastern section of combined insurgents aim at the desruc
ton of the force under Havelok, the inference will be
inevitable that their counses directed with something
of military skill II Havelock receiving renforccments
from time to time and taking Allahabad as his point of
departurecould gradually conquer the ground between
Lucknow and Delhi, the members of the instruction
would be scattered to the outskirts of the disturbed dis
tcts, and might with be suppressed in detail But
if the insurgents from Rohcund to Gwalior annihi
late Havcocks little army before achievements reach IT,
the force before Delhi with its auxiares in the Punaub
and Scnde will DO isolated from the forces collecting at
Calcutta and the English will be compelled to net from
two independent bases Of operations their power be ~
thus weakened by division,