The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-10-17

dire scouree Of Indian a-mieS-m"-e terri
bic than any human foe-an outbreak OF
the cholera. We know ty sad experience
with what fatality this dreadful disease
fastens on an army fajIcucd 10y long marches,
worn out by great excitement. ana 'NI"S''
as once TO fierce heat aud the eNha'ati"hS ~
partly flooded country
IL was under similar circumstances, IN
deed. some ~ yests ago, that Chulc'a, WIN
whose fatal course we have now ber""' :"
ssdIy familiar, first broke out But u'',',
even in war, fertile in unlocked Tor rr1cf>'-,
was there one which - plainly rrhuAcd 'it
bumrn calculation as this. \ general nitd
an army victorious hey Oud precedent. uiar,t-
ing to- assured success and tie rsii'i rt a
iong-beleagued fortress within one march 81:
their object, have been struck hy tine ''ia'
psstiIeuce, and by our lat accounts Have
lock and the remains of hiS gallant hanu.
encountered by their sick Commands. wrIg
painfully retracing their steps to &" "?'fy
by the route or which they had advance"
only few days before, full at hope ave. con
6dence in as holy cause - ever .ed ii.ti'
10 battle.
We cannot attempt t. express the sympa-
thv which the calamity that has helai.eu
these brave men will excite, not only ~
England. but wherever the tale Of their gal
lantry and then misfortune shall lie told.
After having accomplished more than could
be expected Of men, they have fallen undo
the mysterious diSpensatinn of Providence.
Ii is with man, however, that We have to
fight and as these few hundred heroes have
sufficed TO overcome every obstacle t'iat the
mutineers could oppose, and TO defeat them
wherever they attempted a stand, We trust
that Gen. IIavelock NAV have been able, IN
q few DAYS, to resume his march on Luck
now, with recruited ranks, restored health,
and be ter fortune.
The following intelligence announcing the
fall OF Lucknow, is from the \. \. Herald,
and is later by several days. than the news
BY the last India mail received in England
CALCUTTA. Aug. 10, 1877
The overland mail for England closed on
Saturday. the 9Th inst. ! write this tO send
by the after packet which goes down the
river this morning, and will overtane the
mail steamer (the Bentinck) off SHu.Or Is
land We received very bad news from tie
interior on saiurday but a. the govern
u,.nt has kept IL back from the newspapers
you will not probably hear Of ii. III the or
binary course of intelligence, Until the next
mail.
Lucknow, the capital city Of Dude. has
fallen. Al the Europeans have been IIassa-
creed by Ncnaje. SIhib; and the relief
force under Gen. Have!ock has been obliged
TO fall back upon Cawnporc, terribly deer
mated by the cholera. There j. every rca-
son to be ieve that this news, diScouragIng
rs it is. is true. 1t Is not stated on what
day the garrison of Lucknow surrendered,
or was overcome by the rebels: but it must
have been about the ir-t OF the present
month. That city contains population Of
about 306, 900 Mshommc,!aDS. VINO prOba-
bly, fraierniZed with tine be>ic.er>. All rem
dered the destruction of the Europeans
speedy and certain. We have intelligence
this morning that Gen. HavrIock. at Gavin
pore on the 4tb inst, hai received a TrIn-
forcementS and had moved un again towards
Lucknow IN pursuit al ihc rebel army.
The rebellion and carnage are now getting
nearer and nearer to ta' Utta. DIuapeTc
aud i;erhampOre have mujiuIvd, AND large
number of the rebe.S are coming down tie
Gangrs IN boats. But the D'uapOrc rebels
have been defeated, and tive at the boats
containing them have been sunk Icy our az
tillery, and 500 of the rsscals killed. Ar
rah has h..n re icved
Last W elne>tiay a native was se'Z"d IN
Fort William, in the act of hau'iu. down
the ii1->t,tf. and hosting gr,rn tilg-thr
Mahommedan ensign the fellow was hung
on Thursday Two Others, caught ia spusr
similar act Of treason, were hum II the
same time.
The yUtUut,vt nITJr vE'tt-I"'i ~ t'rv c.
ernor General for the prot ciiOn "i this city.
has been under arms and uu picket Guiy i"r
more than a week. day aud night. lac
company to which br."ug, wtI'-u CuIuI'r.>-
es ten Americans AMI iitty.iv Er-.r~iinen,
were III, duty from Il O'Clock un + lay night
TO o'clock this morning, and We 20 Dn '.H-
~ again to- morrow. So. yUu sec. We have
little time to attend tn business There are
seSera! American ships here n"w loading
but what we to- do III tiI. tai t'T -"'r'i>
TO fill tine ships that are H1w on their Way
here, | cant >ay. For thu rebellion WI!
not be quelied speedily; aud when Il - qu''i-
ell and peace II restored. India viii he put
back in her commercial progress fifty years.
We are now living ia state al alarm and
terror in this city which cannot he d->crIi'-
ed By night and day our arms are ready
and our powder dry, ami We wait with i'll
tense anxiety for the arrival of European
troops from England. There are about $40
Americans residing III this city, aud among
them many womea and chIiuTGH. Eur our
selves We feel no fear-we are prepared To
meet any foe--buJ for the safety Oi our W.
men and children We air ANXIOUS. 4 dare
not trust them alone with their native SCI
wants, and We shall probably send some OF
them home. by the ship DANIEL Webster.
which is now loading here TT Boston.
Lord Egrn is here, an 2 UUU troops from
China are close at hand. The French gov
eminent at Pondicherry. have sent orders To
Singapore 10 stop two regiments oi French
troops, now Oh their way To China, and send
them up here for the service "f tine Cover
nor General, who has asked Ter their as>IS-
lance Some OF tile Madras troops just ar
rived, have been sent up 10 Race angr. the .
terminus Of the railway, to prot, Ct ti.e STA
ton. The cavalry b"dyguard oi the Cow
ernor General were dI>aImed On 9th inst;
and what precautionary measures viii next
be taken by Lord Cannins-which ought TO
have been taken years agO-l Cannot tell. 3
Il c English here are a>touishrnSly STUPID.
ii is a wonder that the Governor general j. (
alive TODAY. What The mercantile comnu-
nifty of Calcutta think OF our government .
you may judge FROM their petition To Par!la- .
ment, which iucloSe herewith Ini> com !
MUMMY, which represents all the wealth ,
and al the Intelligence OF the city. has been I
considered by the East India Company a. .
interIopers and adventures, fit only To be /
snubtcd. They have appointed Mr.. Mead .
editor OF the Friend Of India, (whicl, has /
been Engaged by Lord Canning,) 10 take the !
petition to England, and suppo it 10y il> .
personal exertinnS. Mr.. Mead goes home III ,
this steamer; and, as the Engli'iH'an news /
paper says, "he is charged with tne we'll /
founded discomfort of every British subject I
in India"
ASHo~ER OF GRAs>uOPPERS.-On the 18th }
OF August last, says a correspondent oil the
Cnauli.a 1AHes, a cloud OF a SIN. uar yellow
ISL appearauCy aros, in tn,. north I,rlr tn,