The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-11-19

| 'nah usual IL seems dwarfed by the interest
wnch attaches to this military exploit. Delhi
was assaulted on the morning of the l4th of
September, The attack was made in four col
u'ans, of which one, composed of the Cashmere
Contingent sent to our assistance by the late
| y aolab Singh, was repulsed. The others,
h,wever, were successful. An entrance was
ELECTED atthe Cashmere gate, to the north Of
| tie city. An advance was made along the
rfmparts to the Cabul gate, on the northwest
Bsre, we learn that the resistance of the mu-
Ulcers was obstinate, and our own loss severe
Il was not until the 10th that the magazine was
stormed. On the 10th, our troops took entire
possession Of the city.
| Oar loss was 600 men, including SO officers.
| VI the latter, the names of six are given IA
having been killed in the assault and four in
tile operations preceding it. The slaughter
nong the mutneers was no doubt very great.
& large number escaped over the bridge, and
among them the King of Delhi and his two
s,ns, disguised in women's clothes. 1t is to be
hoped that by the next mail we shall hear that
tsese three miserable chiefs of the rebellion
bave been taken aud executed.
| The loss to our troops has been indeed &C.
we're, but not more 80 than might be expected
| fSom the magnitude of the place, the despera-
ton of the resistance, and the length of time
over which the lighting extended. The casual
ties among the officers have been particularly
heavy. We will not attempt to condole with
taose who are bereaved on this sad occasion.
Suffce it to say, that their sons, or brothers, or
husbands, have fallen in accomplishing one
ct the most brilliant exploits of our history,
snd ia saving their country from by far the
greatest calamity which has threatened it within
eur time. The effects of the capture of Delhi
| Gill be, no doubt, immediate and complete
The neck of the rebellion is indeed broken.
the capital towards which the mutineers flock.
ed from every quarter the rendezvous to which
toey were evidently directed to repair, the chief
city of the Mohammedan dynasty, and the resi-
eence of the mock king who had ruled in trem.
bling state during the past four months, is now
IN the power of the foreign race whose expul-
sioA was the end and aim Of this dark plot the
roots of which have struck 80 deep, and the
seed of which has been 30 long sown. To the
utmost extremities of India will the news be
BONE, how, after standing their ground for
mouths against an overwhelming array of ma
tive forces, the dauntless islanders assaulted a
city containing two or three times their number
of enemies, and carried it after a stout resist
ance, destroying or driving out the army which
held it, and sending the King to wander a fugi-
tive untikt the certain hour Of retribution comes.
The other news is of q checkered nature
Fret il. interest is the fate of Lucknow. With
|
are ha, py to say that the intelligence is most
favSraI le. General Havelock crossed the Gan.
ges on she 18th of September, expecting to be
joined almost Immediately by Gen. Outram's
forces. Letters had been received from Luck
aow,re ,orting that the garrison was in excellent
spirits, sand had repulsed an attack on the 5th
of Sep smber, with great loss to the sssailants.
| They I'd provisions sufficient to last them to
Ocsob, LIST, by which day they were pretty sure to
be reli we'd by Generals Havelock and Outram.
The p Obable safety of this garrison, and the
woaer and children it defends, will be received
with q, much pleasure as the more important
news f the fall of Delhi, and the continued
| quiet the Bombay and Madras Presidencies
Sifce ,pe horrors of Cawnpore, the attention of
every pe has been concentrated on Lucknow,
anil if my evil were to befall its defenders, all
the gu eesses of our arms in other places would
hardly seem to make amends.
| The jail of Delhi, and the loss of the great
arlene , there established, has 80 completely
| crpshe the chances of the mutineers, that we
may hS1sr almost with indifference of the spora-
die ouc3reaks which are reported from different
quartesa In Scinde, which is occupied by
Bombay regiments, there have been attempts
at revolt at kurrachee on the seacoast, at Hy-
deeabs kB the centre, and at SINGAPORE on
the neeh, towards the Punjaub. At the two
n,
who sem especially predsposed to revolt
WI ethes it be that they think that, without ar
til cry, I've shall be powerless, or that they are
solicitt beyond all others by the enemy, who
know W. value of the arm. However, in each
case tts disturbance was promptly suppressed
and az Scinde is an isolated region, and wing
of the pnrth Kings Own, arrived from Mauri-
tics, ed been dispatched to Kurrachee, we
may sPe that there is an end of apprehension
in tina. quarter. However, there can be no
doubt hat the whole of Central India for more
than aflhousand miles-in fact. from Joudpore
or the west to Assam on the east-was, at the
time o.; the fall Of Delhi, in very disturbed
state. =
| Rsspootana, which contains the most war
like race in India, with perhaps the exception
OF the Sikhs, was full of rebels. The Joudpore
Legion, that model force, according to Colonel
| Skies, had defeated the Rajahs regular troops,
| giving another instance of a force raised and
paid bv ourselves turning against u.s. while the
private troops of the native Princes are stanch
to our cause. General Lawrence had, however
attacked and defeated them, and was waiting
at Beanw for the S9th regiment and other Eu-
ropeans, which had been dispatched by the
| Bombay Government, to enable Gen. Roberts
to relieve him. Proceeding eastward, we have
| MAwa in a very disturbed state, and Scindia
! contingent. AS yet, his chief occupation has
been t. watch our troops-the contingent, with
( his owsr-blt, in spite of all his efforts, they
have set off with the mutineers from Mhow
! and Ie1ore, we're on the Chumbul by the 9th,
aud = the last accounts were at Dholpore
about City miles from Agra. The telegram
1 from calcutta states that they were expected
to be y Agra by the 18th, but, as when this was
writes, the assault and capture of Delhi was not
k4a ke may we'll believe that the Gwalior
| re think better of the matter, and that
h the capital s, and the fight of the king
ThsSe is, in fact, no intelligence which would
warrast the supposition that Agra has been
really endangered. The last news speaks only
of thu death of Mr.. Colvin, the Lieutenant
| Govep&or of the Northwest Provinces, which
took place on the 9th of September. Still pro-
ceedng eastward, we have the Geographic com
nunc ,tion with Benares cut of, as is supposed,
| by the mutineers of Ramghur, in Behar The
pinap,re mutineers had gone up the country
TO Ma ode, where they had persuaded the 50th
native infantry to mutiny. One of the dis
patchs, speaks of Saugor and Jubbulpore, in
Bundt cund, as being threatened by this gang,
Under he leadership of Koor Singh The most
easter, point of the disturbance comedies with
the e&,reme limit of the empire. Assam was
threatened with outbreak Col. Hannay had
tntrel ched himself, and the Rsjah had been
tpprebended.
This wss the state of things when the troops
Of GENERAL Wilson and General Nicholson as
ssuted Delhi. What the effect of this great
event has been on the mutineers throughout
the country we shall only learn by succeeding