The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-13


1he sepoy Revolt In India.
INCIDENTS OF The nUTlNy -RARROw BsOAPBs PROM
DBArB-ooNDUcr OF THE ENaLIsH offIosRs-A
NATIVE PROPHECY.
sIoe the ocmmen, ement Of the ousbreI In India =
number OF letters from itish officers and other Eur
pears who escaped from tho at k,er Delhi,
don Tins Some f,hsse give closer and clearer insight
into the sutfsrpss Of the officers who were rescued
though the correspondence ADDS but tie 10 the iuorme
on already before the pub 10 the manner Of the out
hre'k or - TO the general features Of the mutny they
abound with thrilling narratives OF hsr breadth scapes
and terrible lenonai adventures.
aoy the .fe Of an officer Of the Sd Cavalry, writing
ON Aeeru en- the l4h May states thI shen the mutny
msnnested teh, che, with frispds, was riding In car.
rage through the streets OF hu to She was tod oy
some mtn TO fly, the carnage having commenced she
drove home furiousy, and informed her hu 'snd Who
clustered round him. and promised TO obey his orders he
rode of In the direction Of the JAIL which had already been
broken open, followed BY his men.
He soon Afterwards net the csvRlry prisoners nee an
with their irons oxen They fyDg to Delhi rney
recognized 6epry and aouted blessings IN him ~ they
rsds, who had broken open the s and &c, them free
paving given them their o~n equipments Oae OF tnese
ecaped prisoner sprang 70 meet Henry, crying, u Am
nee my lord Ny captain, e me press you 70 my bosom
before fy' and he clio It, BE indeed their friend,
and had he been listened to these horrors might never
nave happened
The were In an uproar ard his few faithful troop
wi difficulty charged through the crowds OF mutt
reers who were cutting down and h'otng Europeans,
Henry saw trooper abiding woman a. she drove by
n her carriage He cut him down with hs sword ana -
woman (M. Coortensy, wife Of the hotekeeper wa. al
ready dead. That showed Henry thai massacre Of al
Europ esns was proposed
Soon ball whizzed BY his ear and looking back he say
enc OF the troopers not In uniform and with his head muf
fed, fire N him again
Henry shouted, Was that meant for mel" '.Yes,"
sad the man. 81 will have your blood" Henry did not
fire at him. he believed the men might uutny from him
we're he 70 do so he only asked bis men II they would
fNpCad fha
back again and again, but wou not kill hi What
a AZ fol position The man not OF these who had
started with Henry he had mads them all dress pro-
perly, while this man wore native clothes Henry be
ieves 1t Ia been q man he removed from being ida
ross for careessness and disobedence but be Is not quite
certain.
A Chriuisn trumpeter urged him to save himself by
riding faster they dashed back towards the Ines but
bis house he asked his men would defend his wife
he whole troop (a least With hm) raised their hands
Be :S BE- o. t
charge, the captain returned 10 the lines In ths meaa
the mob approached the house, burnln the buugs
houie the captains occupied by Mrs Chambers,
sdy lately arrived, who the eve OF confinement
She wa: subsequently found dead On the ground cut hor
aps house, and to burn t. bnt the native troops left In
charge proved calamity faithful and Ike pit away the mutt
nees telling them tina, the captain was the peoples friend
BE and his bio.her returned n length and arrived IN
safety with reinforcement who guarded the hou % all
A, midnight band OF armed thieves broke into the
house, but two of them shot, and the others e
Buc.our the klasse taking one OF my husbands rifles,
In the morning early, the captain and his family,
tene ed by nineteen Of the Third naaves left the house
and succeeded In reaching the European hnes
We warmly told the officers how spendidy men had
saved and henry promised them 81 promotion and high
favor, and blessed and thanked them with all my al
Another lady, writing from Mean Nicer, the 2Sth OF
MAY speaks in terms o. drgust Of the pusianmiH dis
play ed by number of Eosish ooers some Of the lads,
ss Iefeed by the late General Napier who me-
elect ihei' military dulles pay dsvosd aten.
ton 70 beer and foppery She SAYS
oceIs and gentlemen nothing could, from all accounts,
have been more cowar ty and disgusting 10 think that
they ehould be our courtrymen-Engbhmen -and to run
for their lives, leaving helpless women and cneren 10
help themselves Nay, they went so far oatbid
ladies, when they were engaging coolies TO carry them
down the bills. Can you believe III Scarcely, fancy;
The moot interesting and affecting letter IL one daed
Meerus June l. written 70 bis sister oy BOY Of nineteen,
who succeeded In making his escape In manner most
providenua and remarkable from Deln the 18th OF
May. This gallant yosth, q least Is not open 70 the
Oh my own dearest sister, (he writss) the escape
have had has been most mirscuousn fact, can hardly
realize II, and when one comes 70 look back upon IT, II
scarcely 70 be believed, Jet stil here and NO mis-
take about IT, and ~ they cay there l. slight chance Of
letter reaching Bombay in time for this mail writing
regiment out Of those who were with a the time Of the
muny who has escaped 70 This place, and he, fe
low hospital Win mq..ss pa. nrougn ns seisa-
three others lea for months shooting IN the jungsi
t the time Of the outbreak and Who have consequently
escaped-among them my chum Wheatey
when the native troops arrived from keerut, and hsd
been Joined by their confederates In Delhi he, and
rsdes, went 70 the msinSu.rd de.erm ned 70 bold until
renforcemen arrived but the sepoys here upon whom
they had depended, speedily joined In the general
sscre.
They begn firing upon In every direction; most
awful sc<ne you may well imagine, then ensued-peo
se luc1 would :. H. -S other Fellows SsD up
kind OF slope that leads TO the ocsrs and thence
amid astorm OF bullets 10 one of he embrasures OF the
bastion. II Ia perfectly miraculous how escaped being
hn no end Of poor fellows knocked down all about
and oil too by their men; 10 really awful 70 think of Il
On arriving em srasure the Idea him
Of Jumping down into the ditch from the ram uart Zone
weulo have thought madness ., any other tme) and
90 try and get out by scaling the opposite eide.
But iust n the act or doing 90 heard screams
from lot Of unfortunate women, who were In the officers
quarters, implor re for help immediately, with few
way back TO Them and though the emp Appeared
hopeless, determined could not take them
with us Some Of them, poor creatures, we're wounoed
with bullcts; however, We made rope with hanfksr-
chiefs, and acme OF NJ jumping down 0rt into the ditch,
caught them ~ they dropped 70 break the fall.
The murdsrDg was gob on below all this me, and
nothing could ba easier tran for or three of
the muiineers 70 have gone 10 TIE rampant and shot
down every one o. them Happily they ssooeeded in
escaping 70 the upges where for three days and nights
they apdercd, sometimes fed and s,metmes robbed by
the Villagers, Ill ct length, vearied and fcotsore, with
threds OF closhea heir backp they arrived va
where they put IN hut and fed for four days
from them wn conveyed 10 Meerut, whence &C.
cor Of cavalry was sent out, and they we're taken there
In safsty.
An ofcer, vritinr from Jheum, May 30 thus explains
the cause Of the OUTBREAK. considered from point
OF view
the sepoys 90 learn from really gooi informants all
believe thai determined TO make them Christians
BY means They believe that all We want TO do TO
make them pigs fat ballooks flesh; and, unforta
nsey the cartridges for the Enneld rife greas
ed and In places the grease, believe, really
lard bullock fat the native contractor baviog
used these for cheapness 10 tns frame Of NINA which
has been going for several years. they were very
pcous Of any thing new and believed Of once tha the
government really had had the lard put 10 cheat them
into becoming Christians, and regiment after regiment
hello meetings resent this attack their religion All
the oficers who we're well 400 40 nted With HndosAnee
being selected for SAL appointments DOLLY those were e
10 mos regime Who, knowing but little OF The language,
he'd bot little intercourse with their men and therefore
they nothing OF ali this exoep In two corps
where chance htgsia renamed. and these corps
have generally not mutnied their officers learnt their
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