Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-12-03
THURsDAY MoRNINuI DEcEMBER 3, 1857.

tlNcrpEars IN THE SEIoE OF, DELHI.TWe
extract from the letter of tho Deiha Cores
gbn0ent Of the Illustrated News; extending
iom the 18th to the 29th of August, some in-
ierssting incidents OF the siege; T
d iOHE ARMED Guns and OHE-ARMED GUN.
IlssRs.-Our stnken one armed howitzers have
Rbeeu doing good service lately. Their prac.
ltice on the palace has been mischievous, and
the Generallsimo, Buhtor Khan, endeavors to
establish rocket practice on the camp. .Sey,
eral of these have fallen ameng our tents, bul
happily without mischief. One Of them trans
fixed the water skin Of g bheesty,' which was
acting as the shower bath of an artillery ON
Ger, and exploded harmlessly in h'i tent. a
few days ago, Col, M, OF the artI,iery, who
has lost an arm in the service, was superin-
tending ohr long range mortar practice from
the disabled half buried guns, which were so
! difficult to work that a. hall disgusted gunner
has heard TO muttcr to bis comrade, 6 Bill,
does that one Colonel OF ours think he's ago
ing to take Delhi with these here one armed
guns 20 IL .is sE M .if.gn. 5s. 10 es4nr;d
A Ss, SroRY.--Aifew days ago there ar
| siyed iy our camp, gaised as an Augnsn, Que
| Of the many unhappy victim Of the late a.
| trocties. The young wife OF a warrant officer,
| gentle and fair, had taken refuge. with her
T~aassR ildrpn. in the ceifer Of a house, 70
witch she and one of her aunts bad fed fol
safety. On the, first outburst OF the mutlny,
the husbands of both were absent from Delhi,
OF her babes, the eldest was only four years
ID and she told how patiently they lay til
p,ght, stiiing their sobs in her bosomi and
lhow, when morning came, she heard the foot
steps of men in riot above, and around her,
shd the tramp Of feet on the staircase OF her
Hiding place. A pestern door led her out on
the strand and hers she was met by two Ma
hometan soldiers, who stripped her Of all she
bed. She hoped they would allow her to nee
with her children, but she was told that she
aust go before the King. They dragged her
back through this college garden under the
walls of the palace; within was tumult, and
scene of demoniac orgie from which even i'm
agination recoils. A fash close enough TO
Acorch her, a sharp blow, and she fell to the
earth, holding in her arms dying infant,
pierced through by the same bullet which mad
ploughed its way through her own side. 7 amt
With loss OF blood she long lay there's at last
IN baby tones she SO we'll knew, she heard her
little ones murmvr, " we will come and die
With mamma, = and their tiny hands tenderly
nursed her dropping head as she had often
before nursed theirs; but, as they crept round
her, savage seized her eldest born--the little
thrs.vss b ardly needed SO sharp and heavy q
sword-one blow and the babbling voice was
hushed forever. There was one yet LETT her.
Uncomplainingy she had pressed closer to
the bleeding mothers bosom, whose glazing
e}dS wore TiVlteu Ou tuts hcf fhst' <ABnih fanNp
stroke descended; not fatal yet Fer sixlong
hours /" wateri waterr' fainter and fainter
yet, till the little mutiliated lace was hushed
at last. A mouiyie had watched her, and
when night closed in, and when all was quiet
he came, like the good Samaritan, and poured
oil on her wounds, and laid her on a bed and
carried her to his home.
The women of his house tended her, and
fed and clothed her as one of themselves
| Slowly strength came again, and the stream o.
life flowed on, not all bitter, for she hoped
thai, though her children had been taken from
her, her husband might still be living and
| she hopes on, and refuses to believe she ls
utterly bereit. She tells Of panics in the city
OF the disceuragement of the Sepoys at thell
uniform i'll success. At length the women
| the house obtained leave ON high festival x
80 to a tomb 40 pray; and yelled as Moslem
| she passed the gates la their company She
had been able to communicates with some o
ofirkt rom the city. II IVES pIanneu tfxeei,
uaf6 one of these should come to the mosqus
and guide hert our camp. They left it TO-
| gether. Twice she-was nearly discovered BY
| patrols, but in early morning they found them
| selves outside one of our pickets. At first sh'
was taken taken for spy, but soon overcam'
all difficulties, and was received by the one
( lady Of our force-a reIagee like herself.