The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-10-09
IMPORTANT INTEILIGENcE FROM INDIA
The following letter appears in the New York
Herald of yesterday morning


The overland mail for England closed Saturday the
9th inst write this to send by the after packet which
goes down the river this morning and will oyertake the
mail steamer (the BentncO off Sanger island We re-
ceved very bad from the interior Saturday but
the government has kept 1t back from the newspapers
you will not probably hear Of it in the ordinary
Of intelligence until the next mail
LuehnOW hs capital city Of Dude has fallen all &e Euro
force under Gen Hayeloek has been obliged fall back upon
C0rore terribly deci,naed By me cholera There is every
to believe that this news discouragng u.s.
true 1t is not stated what day the garrison OF Luck
surrendered, by the rebels but 1t
must have been about the LIST Of the present month
That city contains population of about 800 900 Moham
medans who probably atemized with the besegers and
rendered the destruction of the Europeans speedy and
certain. We have intelligence this morning that Gen.
Havelock, at Cawnpore the 4th inst, had received
reinforcement and had moved again towards Lucknow
in pursuit Of the rebel army The rebellion and carnage
getting nearer and nearer to Calcutta. Dina
pore and Berhampore have mutinied and large num-
Der of the rebels coming down the Ganges In boats
But the Dnapore rebels have been defeated and hve OF
the boats containing them have been sunk by our ar
lery and five hundred of the rascals killed Arrah has
been relieved.
Last Wednesday native was seized in Fort William,
in the act of hauling down the English ensign, which al
ways flies from the flag staff and hosting green flag
the Mohammedan ensign. The fellow was hung on
Thursday. Two Others, caught In some similar act OF
treason, were hung at the same time.
The volunteer force enlisted by the Governor General
for the protection Of this city has been under and on
picket duty for than week, every day and night
The company to which / belong, which comprises ten
Americans and fifty five Englishmen on duty from
o. clock Friday night to clock this morning. and
we go duty again tomorrow. So, you see we have
little time to attend to business. There several
American ships here loading but what to do
in the fall for goods to fill the ships that their
way herel / can't say. For this rebellion will not be
queed speedily and when it is quclled and peace is
restored, India will be thrown back in her commercial
progress fifty years
l;,;n.r ~; oroIor, In 10
city which cannot be described By night and day our
ready and powder dry and wait with in
tense anxiety for the arrival of European troops from
England. There about 800 Americans residing in
this city, and among them many women and children
For ourselves feel fear prepared to meet
any foe but for the safety of and children
are anxious We dare not trust them alone with
their native servants and shall probably send OF
them home by the ship Daniel Webster, which is
loading hero for Boston.
Lord Elgin is here and 1000 troops from China
close at hand The French government at Pondcherry
have sent orders to Singapore to stop two regiments of
French troops their way to China and send them
up here for the service of the govenor-genera who
has asked for their assistance Some of the Madras troops
Just arrived have been sent up to Raneegange the ter
of the railway protect that station The cavalry
body guard of the disarmed the
9Th inst and what precautionary will next be
taken by Lord Canning ought to have been taken
years agoI cannot tell The English here astonish
ingly stupid 1t is wonder that the governor general
is alive to-day What the mercantile community of Cal
cutta think of government you judge from their
petition to Parliament which enclose herewith This
community which represents all the wealth and all the
intelligence of the CITY, has been considered by the East
India Company interopers and adventures, fit only
to be snubbed They have appointed Mr.. Mead, editor
of the Friend of India (Which has been gagged by Lord
Cannng take the petition to England and support it
by his personal exertions Mr. Mead goes home in this
steamer and the Englishman newspaper says she
is charged with the wellfounded discomfort Of every
British subject in India
From tho New York Herald of yesterday morning
THE REBELLION IN NDIA.-ARnIvAL OF THE
HAY.
We have had an interview with the Rev. L. G.. Hay
who has lately returned to this country from India where
he has been residing for the last years mission
airy of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions Mr.
Hay long resident at Aahabad of the principal
centres of the Bengal muny and is the first person who
has returned from the scene OF disaster The narrative
his escape from the massacre and his views generally
in regard to the muny have been already published in
columns from the London papers, in which city he
received great consideration and his opinions eager
ly sought for by the members Of the government in
of his high standing and long personal acquant
ance with affairs of India.
We learn from him that the causes of the mutny are
widereaching in the Bengal presidency than in eth
of the other woBombay and Madras. The principal
of these is to be found in the policy pursued by the gov
eminent in the construction Of the army While in Bonn
bay and Madras the native forces constituted of more
heterogeneous materials in Bengal caste has been recog
nised and the entire force drawn from homogeneous
set of men, who have always looked upon themselves
a superior class, and who have and never will
work. To be soldiers and such superior to other
men, is their social condition and pride In thus attach
ing to itself the military caste the government believed
that it securing the strength of the country and that
it could play off caste against caste with security
1t is this pampered pride that has turned upon
those who fostered it, Mussuman ambition has joined
with the Bahnica teachers and they have used every
means to stimulate the pride of the Sepoys and their
hatred for anything that might tend to deprive them of
their social superiority So far regards the great
of the other inhabitants, Mr. Hay does not think they
are deeply mbued with the spirit of dsaffecon The
administration of justice by the British officials has been
equitable and though of the native officers of the
government have abused their power and illtreated the
native population subject to them, the of the peo
pie recognise in the British rule far better adminisra
ton than has been experienced under native gov
ernment They are therefore, not deeply interested in
the success of the mutinees except far the excited
fanaticism of may lead them to participate in it.
Mr. Hay does not anticipate that the mutiny will
brace Central and Southern India to any considerable
extent for the above stated and he thinks that
Delhi cannot be retaken much before the close of the
year. il The reconquest of the northern pres
dency has be effected and it will probably be slow
operation but of the ultimate of the British
troops there can doubt The destruction Of vested
interests however, will be great, and everything in
/ the shape of enterprise must be commenced anew.
As an instance he states that the entire establish
ment of the mission at Alahabad has been destroyed
and the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions has in
Cured loss of fully two hundred thousand dollars He
will arrange to give public addresses on India In
the hope to bring back to the board from the contrbu
ons of those interested In the subject in this country