Nebraska advertiser., 1857-10-01
WeekIr ReYIeW.

lar from haylng met with success as
before reported, the position Of the
Rnglish troops before Delhi is very
discouraging. Delhi seems to be d new
SebastOpolb before which the besieging
force has more than it can perform to
repel the determined attacks Of the
enemy. The insurrectionis spreading
rapidly all over India; every day the
ranks Of the rebels are reinforced by
the mutiny Of some regiment ofthe ma
tive army, and everywhere the Europe
ans are murdered. The accounts of the
outbreak at CaEnpore, where several
hundred Europeans, men, women and
children were put toadeath, surpass
in cruelty the past atrocities committed
by the insurgents.-15,0O0 men are to
be sent from England, but tits doubt
full that ever with such a numerous
force the rebellion can be crushed, as
suming as it does a kind of national
character. That this ~insurrection is
the result Of English oppression is ev-
ident, and if it had not been attended.
with SO many ~atrocious acts, looking at
the surface Of things, the sympathies
HL
of al democrats would be with the ep-
pressed. But this contest is greater
than at FIRST sight appears. 1t is d con
test between civilization and barbarity
in which morals, religion, politics and
commerce are deeply concerned. In
dia once the cradle of arts, sciences
and religion had lost her initiative so
powerful at the origin, and had fallen.
in a complete lethargy, when Portugal
at first, then France and finally Eng
land have come to awaken her to par
ticipate in the general movement Of
nations, to restore her to civilization
and benefit her by the progresses ac-
complished By mankind during many.
centuries. It is true that interest rath-
er than philanthropy have been the
motives of England, that the means
have not been always fairly carried on,
and that tho world at large has been
greatly benefited BY the riches Of In
dia, but it IS also true that the present
i~nsurrection is not aprogressiye move
ment but a ~reactionary one, and when.
the organs of Russian despotism find
reasons to applaud the successes of the
insurgents it is another reason for us.
to wish their defeat. sas 1ajbe
From China we learn that Lord. Ell
gin, the plenipotentiary Minister of
England, had arrived at his destina-
ton, so that probably in a few weeks
the course to be pursued by England
in regard to China will be decided ,up-
on. The correspondent of the Lon
don Tines writes to hat paper:A
"19rd Elgin viii dispatch to the au-
thorities, for transmission to the EN-
peror, a letter requiring the Emperor
within a specified time either to recog-
nize or to repudiate the acts of his Of
fcers at Canton. If the Court of Pc
kin repudiate Yeh and pay compensa-
ton for past injuries and give security
against their recurrence-well. 1f,,as
is most probable, either no notice be
taken of the letter or a disposition be
shown to entangle the Ambassador in
questions Ofceremonial Lord Elgin will
declare war and thus relieve the rela-
tons Of the two powers from their
present anomalous position"
From Europe, We have literally moth
ing important, politically speaking
Oh, a Pr6pos, one of the American hor-
Ses ran again in England for the War
wick cup and again was badly beaten.
This time it was LecOmte. The race
is thus described:
"FisherBsdn went away with the lead,
LeeOnne lying off about twenty lengths.
The only change in these POSITIONS
took place about a mile from home,
when Lee0me went up to OakbaUs
quarter, but soon afterwards dropped
back again. F;shermaa was never
caught, ana won in a canter By a
length. keeomte was beaten of up
wards oftwenty lengths 5aa o-I
In domestic news, the only imp6r-
tant intelligence is from Utah. Dates
brought byrone of the Mormon elders
to New York, are to Aug. 18th. The
Elder, s. w. Richards, represents the
Territory as being in a very prosper4l
GUS condition the harvest remarkably
abundant and the Saints not at all
scared by Uncle Sans preparedness.