The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-12-09
THE DISPATCH.
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WEDNESDAY h01HINaA -. .pkckMBkK 2. 1877
The k.ng OF Debit And HIS Asreoisfes'
ysss6sfe Nttsr frss The wife Of medical ON
Ger, ysasa Euriwaa, Oct. & 1857, gives the follow
ing jsltornktfon Of soms Of the brutal atrocities
csmaAittssi on our poor unofiendiag country wo
men:
~ Writ you under feelings so aesteiy painful
to make u difficulty accurately 70 desotioe the
horrid details, for myself and children might nave
been subject 10 dreadful indignties- Thousand
times worse than death. But alas for my anfarta-
nate and pollused coantrywoMen, Twenty three
Ia lea nv or zee Of the aged moaster within the
walls Of belLi. were ordered to be brought before
hin, ssd then stripped naked, uIhezrd Of indig-
mites were then rractised upon tLem which the
wce'ch giosted over; aud then, with filthy piece
Of rag TO cover their lols. they ordered and
fa.,a 10 TX as coolies, aud fed like horses. ~
fed being gwen them but ghram, and the nlost
Of nsise water ironl the airtiest tanks. Atlength
cur brave trcops appeared bsfors the walls OF Del.
hi aud then the aged demon completed his horrtn
butchery. Oar poor sountrySonisG were again
brought before the wretch. again tortured by the
vilett indigEities. aud by his towest Of ralisns
and ttea savageiy slaughtered, and their poor
bodies aud limits hacked to pieces and hung 1910
the streets. Can human suffering snrrass this
bloody acts and yet the monster Ives TREAT Tod.
Is there justice loft aud shall such unhesrd OF
eruelties remsia unpuDisheds
- have heard frem good authority that our SOL
disrs hare ,orcmptoriIy demanded the King II Del
hi 10 be given up them and let the consequences
L what they may. they are determined TO hang
sae old viii,n outside the city walls: Is this
his jast deserts. The Maharajah has BEEN a good
q I'd true friend TO Engisnd throughout the fearful
n,assscres. $1,000 rupees offered for the cap
tlre Of SeRa Sahib bur fear that he is too
strongly protected by his savage hordes, over
whom he seems 10 have unlimited control: aud We
hear that the least disposition 81 wavaring
q nonk his reb i, they are cut Do and their
bodies burnt. kiitv thousand OF ,aese monsters
are yet within short distance Of US, but we know
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fast to our relief. May merciful Providence save
from the horrors Of another massacre aud afro
cities thar am unequal TO pen. The
thirst for English blood Is ecarceiy to be credited,
aoghsng but d signal retributiou will have any
avail. The mutinons disposition of the natives has
r,eea more widely extended than you will believe
in Englsnd, and nothing but prompt measures,
supported By powerful English army, can stay
the furious tide OF rebellion. You know not how
kind the MaharaIsh has been 10 my husband and
nyseif We are very grateful TO him."
LErTgR FROM DErEI.-A letter from an officer Of
engineers, dated ct rslhi, Sept. Is, speaks In the
following terms;
81 AN happy to say We are not 80 ienis Mt a. We
wsre- Two OF our native sappers were murdered
IN the city, 20 we went out and hunted IN so o. 90
men--ehorough ra.ea,s, and our men have been
shooting them ever since saw "a Knocked over.
all ti-d together against the walls; and when yon
hear those wretches, when they see they have no
chance coo'iy tell yon We'll, you may shoot me if
you Ike killed three Europeans in the glorious
massacre. You lose ali horror at the sight
III have given up walking about the back streets
OF Delhi, As yesterday officer and myself had ia
ken party OF 20 men cut patroliug, and we found
fourteen women with their threats cut from ear to
ear by their own husbands, and laid out in their
shawis. We caught man there who said he saw
them killed for fear they should fall into our hands,
and showed US their husbands, who had done the
best thing they conid afterwards, and killed them
selves. We took about $50 cannon with shot. &C.,
for about three years. Without artillery they are
no good with it, no despcable antagonists. There
are no bstter guunors anywhere, as We discovered
in this siegc BY returns We lost 1850 men and
o. officers during the assaults only. Tolersbiy
bloody work. Our loss in the assault, out of lg
officers on daty. was officer killed. (poor Tandy }
~ FOUNDED. many severely one, fear, mortally !;
theday before the assault, after. Total IL, out
of 1875