The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-07-10
from The london Tins juno a.
IMPORTANT FROM INDIA REVOLT AND MUTT
NY AMONG THE NATIVE TROOPS MASSACRE
OF EUROPEANS Ar DELHI


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an ,"pe' interest Is AZ stake nothng less than our
"ohniioi IN pnurh ihda- ~ would DC easy enough 10
0'h' oo' 'ne erors OF omission ana commission which
'i''o peon nhnB his"umehtol IN bringing ABOUT inc
PRESENT caS Inc course OF pocy 70 DO adoptcd or 'ho
AZURE 70 '''o "''er of swift. 'hough serious a'scussn
ou' Jus' no" "o''a NC io 70 waste 'ie ei'n0 "po"
.e'ia'on " upon q''cSuois vi scnen poncy- IN 'io
n's' Piaco e mu'hy must DC suppressed, ana IN such
manner as snail impress inc minus OF thc natives Win
'he nature OF le power they nave denea wi'ci l,s fe
strength is put FORTH ~ Us true thas we are sun very
much IN The dark as TO the true feelings anu opinions Of
the natives OF lnd IL Is no less true the tey know h
less OF US than VIC do Oh 'icm Inc disadvantages arising
troh ignorance may tel upon po.' siucS, pu' 'ney 'c
more IN our avor than 70 our prelnoce' ING cf's's
most serious one Wedo ho' WISH 70 coheea s true ma
thc rom .hc country, pu' - q ho' 30 scio'is 'na' -
should inspire one momeh. Oh hcs'.,on ING visor dis
played by the vctors OF Pissy and Asyc should DC the
model Tor our imitation ~ 'hc present nomchs-i' m
deed powerful and rcsolue people ever ced any insp
ration nom the past But hrst leu US speak OF 'he c's
| rs far as they are yet known 70 us.
The mutinous spirit whlch had, 10 q ceithh cA.ch'
been checked II not extngushod, III inc more sou'o
portion OF Bengal had spread to Meerut AZ TINS posi-
two regiments OF native infantry The i'm ana so'n
had united with the 81 lisht cavalry, ana a pfohei
out into open revolt lhis revolt as M Us au showed
itself at Mcerut, had been put down. There had been
collision between the rcvoted and the European troops
the result Of which was, that the mutneers were dis
pcrsed and fled To the southwark and at no great dis
lance lies the important city OF Delhi the capital OF the
old Mogul empire and this town appears 70 nave been
the centre of the revolt When the fgyes from Mecrut
arrived here they instantly joined by three other
regiments Of native nianry-the 5sth, the 54th, and
18th and the united forces instantly took OF
the town Any one who has HAD experience Of the tiger
like fcrocity Of the Indian in moment OF what appears
to him success will be prepared for the result An m
discriminate of the Europeans was the first act
which the munees decided and this they are said to
have carried out in manner the most remorseess and
the most complete No tenderness was shown to SEX
reverence to age Delhi was turned into shampes
and the first act Of the tragedy was played out IT
might have been expected The next step however may
be considered of more omnous kind II it Is evidence
OF any prcconceved design Inc son OF inc ate ogui
Emperor was proclaimed King, ana thus the shadow
Sovereign whom we have SO long maintained In empty
state, has been raised into momcntary Importance
briefly trust, to disappear forever from human ac-
count Nor is this all there has been disquiet ON our
old Sikh battle-ground. We are informed, under date
from Calcutta Of the 18th of May that at Ferozepoie also
there had been disturbances but that these disturbances
had been suppressed So far for the bfackcr side of the
picture and next for what has been done to mitigate or
meet the evil s'lhc government was taking active
measures to suppress the revolt and was concentrating
troops around Delhi The italics are our own and may,
trust be justified by the event 1t is of the last i'm
portancc that the rebellion should be exngushcd where
has arisen and that armed fugyes should not be al
lowed to escape in numbers from the principal seat OF the
disturbances When to this intelligence we add that tht
isaah Of Gwalior Mahfatta State abutting on the
southwestern limit OF Dehi--had placed the troops Of
which he could dispose at the service OF the British gov
cnmcnt, we have exhausted the BRIEF but momcntous,
dvices which the electric telegraph brought to us at
late hour last night The open revolt in the Bengal pres
cncy of five regiments OF native infantry and OF one re-
sment Of light cavalry, independently of what may have
taken place at Fcoporc is undoubtedly intelligence
important any which VIC have published since the fall
of cbastopol 1t must also be remembered that these
not the only regiments affected with the faint Of nu
tiny indeed the very telegraph which brings this news
adds that the 34th regiment OF native infantry, which
had been before suspected had been dsbandcd at Bar
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SO far from feeling any serious apprehension for the