Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-10-09
The sepoy Mu,,n,,
Iateresting letter from, d. a.. r.

asst steamer from Europe, very interesting letta fo
he Rev. Alexander Duff who visited this country f-
years ago, and who is now at Calcutta The an;ct
1arrates some atrocities which are already known f. to
public, while 1t contains statements do not rememh
to have seen before in print. We make room for tbd
following extracts: 0
July l0.-Throughout all ages the Asiatc has hon,
noted for his dupEcity, cunning hypocrisy troooL
cry; and coupled with this-and indeed as necessary fr
exceling in this accomplishment of Jesutsm-hiIs 90
pacty of secrecy and cOnceament. But in vain ,;n
the annals of Asia be ransacked for EXAMPLES IF
artfu refined consummate dupicity SURPRISING tboSo
which have been exhibited throughout the recent t;
MES. In almost every instance the Sepoys succeeded IN
concealng their long concOced and deepaid mureron
designs from the most vgant officers to the very last
yea and lii not only concealng them but in masking
them under the most flaming professions of loyalty The
case of the 9th Native Infantry at Alahabad is thus
recorded as the result OF authentic information bv one of
our Calcutta Journals:
1t appears that after the officers of the re-
giment first lett the lines subadar paid visit to Lieut.
Saines, the interpreter, and exposulated with him in
the name OF the regiment upon the want of confidence
which they had displayed. "Come to u.s. he said Two
are faithful we love good masters, we will protect
yOu but it gives us pain to you suspect U.s." Saines
and his wife, who was present at the interview were
melted even to tears at the simple eoquence of the man
whom they had nsulted as well as his fellows bv their
unworthy suspicious There but one course left to
taketo return to the bosom of the regiment to throw
themselves upon the hearts of the menand this
they resolved to adopt persuadng the other officers Of
the regiments and their families to follow their examine
when they returned to the regiment the scene which
awaited them touched the hearts of all nresent Tbn
men whom they had suspected in moment of narrow
minded apprehension, found drawn up to receive
their officers, and welcomed them with three hearty En-
gsh cheers. The native officers unable to control their
feelings, which sweed high and sent their warm Asatc
blood cOursing In their VEINS defiance of all cold rules
of decorum and hollow military observances- sent
q Of their bray hnor
They flung themselves round the necks of their European
officers who had generOus atOned for their cruel Su
picons, and kissed them on both cheeks The reconcile
alton was complete confidence happily restored and
that night the native officers and men rose and
proceeded to the work of massacre"
This is the regiment which time before had pro
essed much zeal and loyalty that they enthusiast
cay plead to be allowed to proceed to Delhi to punish
the mutneers, of whose eacherous and cruel conduct
they spoke with vehement detestaton. In order still
further to prove their loyalty they again and again de-
ivered up spies, who had come to spread sedtion a.
mongst them So completely was the veracity of their
professions confded ill., Lord Canning sent them spe-
cia letter of thanks which was publicly read to them on
parade certain evening, at six o'clock and the read
ing of which elected three hearty cheers for the cOmpa
ny. On that very evening, at O'clock gentleman on
the ramparts of the fort observing rocket 90 up said
to the magistrate him, What's that?' "Oh,'
said the latter" it is only marriage But 10! another
rocket followed 1t was the signal agreed on by the
tackled and seventeen out of the twenty unarmed conf
ding officers assembled there were instantaneousy butch
cred in cold bOod-their Shreks being heard at con-
siderable distance. The colonel of the regiment Who
up to the last laughed at the idea of precautionary
measures being necessary, and who would not believe
that has men would mutiny until the balls flew through
his hat and Sleeves cOnrved to escape to the fort with
his life.
Then commenced the work of plumber and devasta-
tionthe destruction of property throughout the town
and its vicinity, being most cOmpete-the bungalows
in the environments and all the British residences being
soon in baze-the new railway station, with its build
ngs and machinery, and carrages-the extensive Amer
lean mssiOn-press premises and schools all laid waste
the public treasury, bank and sOrehOuses plaged in
short, within few days the whole city of Allahabad
containing hundred and twenty thousand ihhabl
tans was not only sacked and ravaged, but literally re-
duced to one vast mass of ruins and ashes
july l5-The cases of Jhansi, the capital of petty
State in BundeIcung to the west of Aahabad, is
of the most deplorable. The Sepoys having mutned
some of the officers effected their escape and Others were
killed But the major part of the Europeans, to the
number of yve, inclusive of the ladies and children
got possession of the fort and for several days kept good
their postiOn-the ladies assisting the gentlemen in
cooking for them, sending them refreshments casting
bullets DC. Though beginning to be much straighten
ed for want of provisions they still held out until at
last the mutneers assisted with guns and elephants by
the RAM or Queen succeeded in eecting entrance
once to the gates Then did the proverbal fathessness
of Asatics receive fresh illustration. The gentlemen
some of whom were famous marksmen, of them hay
ing killed less than twenty-five of the rebels with his
own hand solemn y promised, that if they laid
down their arms and gave themselves up quietly the
lives of all would be spared. Unfortunately for them
selves their wives and little ones they induced to
listen to these promises, and out. No had
they done than they tied in long line between
some trees and their heads struck off, Such ladies as
had children were doomed to see them cut in halves be-
fore their turn Then followed of dshonor
and torture too hdeous to narratethese murderouS
savages like the tigers which nhabt their jungle seem
+ ingly deghting to play with their victims before dS
1 patching them
In other cases, where father and mother have been
killed, and little children have made effort to run
away they have been caught and thrown into the flames
Of the burning houses Such crueties. Ouraging as
they do every law of humanity earning for the per
petratOrs universal eXccratOn.
In another We-authentcated case the European ser
want of mess was seized and slowly cut up into SINAI
pieces and portions of his flesh forced down the throat
of his children, before they themselves cruelty de
stroyed Even the native servants of the same mes
were marked by the brutal mutneers by having thei
g hands, and ears and noses cut off"
Elsewhere the Sepoys took up living children by thu
legs with their heads hanging downward and tore then
up in two. In one instance, four children of one family
were thus barbarOusly torn up before the eyes OF then
father and mother who themselves were soon afterwards
shockingly abused and butchered. Indeed, know no
thing in history comparable to these atrocities excep
those perpetrated by the bloody Piedmonese on the
Waleensan witnesses
Early next month commences the grand annual Mo
hammedan festival of the Mohurrm, during which even
in ordinary times the followers of the False Prophe
often exhibit Outbursts Uncomfortable anatcism 1h'
year, as you may suppose the season OF Musseman ca
element is looked forward to with unwonted anxiety all
over India Already at Patna, of the largest ce
l., on the Ganges, where the Mohammedans abound, dS
covery has been made of plot to massacre all the Eulr