Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-10-24
The FUtEre of India,

The Liverpool Times, received per steam
,er Asia, takes the following position with
regard to affairs in India:
Affairs in India are evidently progressing
from bad to worse The news by the last
overland mail is decided by the least favora-
bic which has come to hand since the COM
mencement of the outbreak, and we must
be prepared for weeks to come to receive in
tehigenee of additional disasters. The pro-
liability, almost the certainty, is, that before
the great bulk of troops which have been
sent from this country have arrived out, the
,Presidencies of Bombay and Madras will be
in the same fame of rebellion which is now
sweeping over Bengal. There is no use in
,concealing the fact that without the greatest
possible exertions which England can make
in this crisis of her fate we shall be
driven ANONYMOUSLY out of India, and lose
thereby the prestige which we have so long
land SO nobly maintained amongst the ma
'tives. As proof that the danger is immi-
ncnt, read the following description, by no
uufavorable hand, of the pcrilous position
to which the brave Havelock is now .reduc-
ed =
On the 7th of July, when he marched
out of Allahabad, this heroic baud number
ed some 1900 men of all arms. When
Neil effected the junction at 'Gawnpore it
was slightly reinforced. 0'n the 18th of
August, it had been reduced to 900 survi-
vors. thoroughly worn down by sickness and
disease. 1t is probable that no soldiers have
ever gone through'the same amount of ardu-
Gus work in the same space Of time. In the
course of these FIVE weeks this infantry brig
ade-for except a few volunteer it has thro'-
out been deprived of horse-has fought at
least eight different actions with as many
armies OF we'll disciplined troops, plentifully
supplied with cavalry and artillery and gen.
orally outnumbering it in the proportion, at
the lowest calculation, of six to'one. 1t has
done this in the worst season in the year for
military operations. Its victorious marches
Have been made through.land of rice swamps,
in the midst of hostile population, without
commissariat, without tent.
From the moment they crossed the Can
ges, on the way to Lucknow, these men had
to biyiouac at right under the deluge5 Of rain
TO fight frequently up to their hiddles in
water and more than once to snatch a has
ty meal in the face of the foe, on broad, I'M
sheltered plains, with the noohday sun blaz-
ing down on them with vertical glare. II
was on the 30th of July that Hayetock fist
crossed the Ganges on the 4th of Angus
he was compelled b. sickness to fall back i;
on the 5sh he advanced again, and foaght
two more actions, with the usual result. :
His further advance was checked by an OBJ
stacle which it would have been madness to
attempt surrounding. $4,000 men, en-
trenched in a position of great strength, on
the other side of deep and rapid river,
rendered the relief of Lucknow impossible,
aud made instant retreat imperative. 4ho
retreat was conducted in perfect order,
and on the 18th Havelock rc-ocossad the
'tiangcs. But the labors Of this fhdcfatiga
Die band were not yet over. 3ithoor had
been re-oeeured by the enemy, and on the
9th Havelock attacked it, carried tie pc
sition, and captured two guns.