The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-10-13

By the Atlantic, which arrived yesterday
morning, we have news from Calcutta 70 the Esd
and Bombay to the 2lst August, in the shape Of
telegraphic messages from Trieste In advance of
the overland mail The news is very gloomy.
The most cheerful point in the landscape last
mail-which was Gen Havelock's manruvres-
is now overhung with doubt and gloom. 1t
seems that Gen. Havelock fell back, not in
consequence of cholera, but because be found the
road to Lucknow barred by an army of $4,000
men; and that the fatigues of the march, and the
cost of the engagements he had fought, had re
duced his brave little army to 900 men, who
were at Cawnpore worn out by fatigue. Luck
now, Agra and Delhi were in stau ono. There
was rumor that the Delhi garrison were pre-
pairing to eyacuate the place, and there was
rumor that Gen. Wilson had completed his be
sieging lines, aud would shortly direct general
assault 1t was also eaid that Lucknow had
fallen. But none Of these stories are yet shown
to be based on reliable evidence.
The London Times plainly avows that the dan
ger is not for this or that strong place, but for
the whole Of British India, which may be
wrested out of the hands Of the Eaglsh
and every Engiishman in 1t killed before the
month Of September ends and reinforcements
arrive. In this remark il seems only to
refer to Bengal the news indicates that
the two other Presidencies are equally menaced.
In their muzzled condition, the Bombay papers
cannot tell US the whole truth; we know, how
ever, that contes. is going on, or has been just
brought to close between the government and
mutineera In Madras, a cavalry regiment has
refused to obey orders and been disbanded.
The general tenor of the advices from India
for the past month and more has driven every
unbiased person to the conclusion that the revolt
would be universal and that it would require the
English to reconquer the country. What efforts
have been made by the Indian government and
other ipjudicious friends of England to convince
the public that this was only local mutiny,
growing out of bullocks' fat, have simply excited
derision for their authors. 1t was very easy a
month since to foresee the events which are re-
corded elsewhere, and to describe them in ad-
vance. Nothing surprising is happening.
OF course it is impossible to say whether the
garrisons at Lucknow, Agra, Cawnpore and the
other forts can hold out till relief comes. Insome
places it would appear likely that they may. At
Agra, which is an uncommonly strong fort they
have plenty Of provisions, and good supply OF
ammunition; the Sd Europeans, who are in the
fort, are fine regiment, and are likely to be
able to fight the guns against any quantity of Sc
poys At Lucknow, the prospect is less cheer
ing, as the number of European soldiers there
is very small, and the fort is not under
stood to be unusually strong But at Cawnpore
unless the native army should be Overwhelmingly
strong, there is still hope that the gallant
Havelock may be able to hold his own during
the two months which must elspe before the
troops sent from England can arrive. &c. at
Delhi; as the besieging army has held out 30
long, and so well, it may finish the campaign
with equal safety.
But we are bound to say that the general pic
ture presented by the aggregate news items is
adverse to the safety of any European garrison.
The whole population of Bengal seem to be rous-
cd The Sepcys fight with desperation; animated
by religious prejudice, and stimulated by per-
feet consciousness OF the merciles character of
the warfare they are waging, they seem reso-
lutely bent on having the life Of every European
they can catch. And 1t is dreadful to think that
they really have the powcr-such are their num-
bers, and such the effect of the discipline the
English have taught them-of putting every
European in Bengal to death before Sir Colin
Campbellis troops arrive. This, too, be it re-
membered makes no allowance for Bombay and
Madras.
Take il oil in all, we doubt whether In all her
history England has ever known more terrible
month than this October of 1857 must be- Stimuli
taneously with the heartrendng accounts of the
slaughter Of their poor fellow countrymen, with
their wives and children, in India and Of the utter
destruction Of British prestige throughout the
country which was their proudest boast, the Eng
lish will learn that the debts due to them In
America cannot be paid, and that we, instead Of
feeding their banks with gold, must draw gold
from them TO sustain ourselves. Mails from the
East and mails from the West viii arrive charged
alike with disaster, misery, and ruin No sooner
shall they have recovered the blow Of the loss o.
a city in Bengal, than New York steamship
will arrive with intelligence fatal to . city in
England. Each successive week will have II:
burthen Of Losses, sorrow, bloodshed. One such
disaster as there was enough for any country
however stout her heart and vast her resources
the two combned-the sweeping financial crisi:
in the United States superadded to the appalling
catastrophe in British India-migbt oyerwhelm
any nation.
In these terrible times, II may keep up our
own hearts TO perceive that after all there aye
those who suffer even more than we.
BLEEDING KANsAs.r-Kansas has ceased 10
bleed. The other bleeding operations that arc
now going on here stopped the bleeding Of Kan.
sas-iust as when you knock one end into the
barrel the cider ceases 10 run through the spiQot