New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-09-16
Incidents of the Indian Munity.


A letter in an English paper relates the case of
European sergeant and his family, who were taken
by the Sepoys at Mhow. The parents were tortured
to DEATH and the children after having been repeat
edy stabbed with bayonets, were squeezed into
box and burned to death over slow fire. British
soldier thus describes his escape from Delhi:
When the alarm was first given that the troops in
Delhi had mutinied was enjoying my meal, but from
the atrocities that friend Of mine came in and told
me had been committed, lett my eating, and look
ing out, saw seven or eight men dragging female
down the street by the hair of her head which was
very long and black. / could not look upon that
without feeling OF horror. Not of what would be-
come OF myself was man-but for the other poor
women who were in Delhi at the time. i went into
the house, and soon returned with rifle, intending
to niict punishment on one, at least, Of the mis-
creants; but no sooner appeared in the veranda
than was shot at by black but he missed me, and
for which kind consideration shot him through the
heart. About dozen rufians now made an attack
| on my house, and began battering at the door. l
called my friend who had given me the news, and Civ
ing him revolving pistol, together with my two ser
wants each armed with gun, and myself armed with
| o revolving pistol in one hand and sword in the
other walked boldly down to the door and let them
in as opened the door retreated behind it. The
blacks came rushing in pellmell, and were rushing
up the passage, when my friend and two servants
came from their concealment and fired at them stead
lily, which brought three of them down, then clubbing
their guns, they rushed on the surprised blacks.
| At the moment the attack was made by my coup
de-main, stepped out from my hiding place behind
the door, and shot the hndmost villain down with
my pistol and then with all the fury of ten thousand
devils went to work with my sword wounding here,
killing there and shooting those that stabbed at me.
At last there were but five blacks left and they forced
by me and gained the street. l. following close be-
hind them, shut the door violently thereby shutting
them out went back and found that all three Of
nv assistants had been wounded that despaired
of their lives and my fears quickly dispeled by
two of them dying shortly AFTER in the most righttu
agony, the other-my dear friend Hancock-dying
shortly after. After killing many of their
men, knew that the house would be attacked and
no mercy shown, so dscolored my face and assumed
the garb of one of the dead blacks and as l could
speak their language thought l should pass for a
black got out by back way and began halloeing
and hooting and running and going about where the
other blacks were, and so by these means avoided
suspicion, incurring the greatest danger of being
recognized. met two or three times with single
black in a lonely place, and such was my hatred of
them that could not restrain myself from killing
them. One time, after had killed man and was
looking over him. body of blacks came up and
would have struck me to the earth had not called
out fierce in their language that would avenge him,
and suddenly started from my standing place called
out to imaginary fellow to stop, swearing ne was
the murderer, | bounded away, the others with me,
but failed to catch the fellow. When the blacks
made sortie | smuggled myself in with them, and
came over to the side of my friends, where was
warmly received. | got wounded in the engagement,
but revenged myself upon heG for fought with all
the desperation OF madness