Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1857-08-29
BritishIndia,

sending ~ ;e.in,orccments 10 India, Foru'
nately, behre the last two or three rRails ar
rived, giybs accounts OF the insuUeelon there
a considerable number of troops had been put
under ordts, and were ready TO embark, They
were desigAed to lill up the companies and re-
place the regiments which are already in In
da, and wiI,h should in their regular course be
alSlleved. These will obc detained there, and
, '"r sao'ianaI forces sent out. The whslc
I"'"'' pntlnder orders, Immediately after
s'e 'e''p'W the news OF the Sepoy mutiny,
t. "TC"' ioPteen thousand men, and they are
~ ,"'S tm' all on the way.
foGrieen'housnnd lncn would bo but smn /
,I"io'Gempi IN threatened conflict with the
"hoe indah population, which amounts TO
nearly Two Fnndred millions of people, The
H'st Impressions. from exaggerated reports,
were That the revolt was universal. They are
not cor'eborated by later adyiccs; and such a
cohhlct Is % unlikely, that the British Govern
are suflicion, for the present 70 maintain Brit.
ish authority, suppress these outbreaks, and re-
store submission, if not quiet,
The Disturbances appear TO be confined
mainly to the army, and 10 the army of the
Bengal Prcsidency--one of the three Prcsden-
cics into which British India is divided There
have, been some cases Of disorder and NANTES.
tnions Of enmity to Englishmen among the
natives in villages, but tn only connected and
organized spirit OF revolt has been found in the
Bengal Native Army.
This force is very singularly constituted. Ii
consists of seventy-iour regiments of infantry
aud ten Of cavalry; all levied in the ancient
Kingdom OF Dude and the adm ent provinces.
and formed nearly entirely of Hindoos. They
are, too, Hindoos Of what are termed "high
caSt'-men Of low caste, or of no caste, are
eXcuded--so that the native is composed of n
sect which forms but a small part of the whole
population of India. The London Examiner
makes an estimate that only four or five mil
lions of Bengnl proper, which contains pop
ua!ion of one hundred and thirty millions, are
subject to enlistment in this army. They are
not liable, like the armies OF the other Presi-
aaocles, at Madras and Bombay, to do foreign
duly, but are levied onlytor home duty; IN tie
Presidency. Thus being petted a"d nristo.
cIatcal institution, an idle army Of high caste
liindoos, they had in q long peace ruwu 10 be
3crproud, and from lozity of disc pine, insu-
ordinate. Among these men ther mas baar
''rau, SPIRIT manifested for long time
wt-o was ongJ.Isss fed by emissaras nroyc,
ed irom Time 20 time BY mal-admmis'r1,ao aoe
md ''ts Of inso.eace and oppression from the.
d"mung race a- which has made then. ON .e.
ba'ore bcsn', out a mutNv The evidenced.
thus l'r ,eik's 1t very .I,ajy hat these rcrent
AsmEothNs wore merely military outiteakr
wa'c. EaS anomalous constitution and SIM
goar P1yi'-9 955 Of this body gave scope anla
opportunity.
Amidst all tr accounts received Of iusur-s
rec.ion and murders, we find proc t1u lnat
mass OF the native population was odaer nerr,s
or on the British side, that the native servnn
were mostly faithful to their master. aul tlot3
several of the native chiefs came forward w,thE
proliers Of aid to put down the reBels The
inference is flb that the insurrection viii be
put down, will but little additional force. The
first result will be the disbanding of the BEN
gal army, or tie remodeling of it in such
form that the European element may control
it, and its exclusive and 'caste" character be
taken away. fhe next must be, by admission
of the British Writers, searching reform into
the syatsn of administration in India, with
view to deprive it of some of those traits of
oppression and extortion which make it so obi
Gus to the natiIes, and so exhaustng TO the
resources of tle county. The fright which
has been eivento tile India Government may
thus have berefcial influence in warning
them of the necessity of governing India here
after not merel lVwih view to the extracting
of the largest amount of revenue or the great
est sum of patrsge, but little also for the
benefit of the n,tive races,--N O. Pic