Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-10-09

ces. The trade has also purchased to
some extent.
The Agememnon went into the Basin
at Plymouth on Thursday for the purpose
of discharging photographic cable into
the old Powder Magazine.
The foreign news this morning is very
scanty and devoid of interest.
The Daily Naacs strongly urges the
appointment of either a special day or of
special service of humiliation and
prayer in the distressing circumstances
in when the empire is placed by the re-
volt of the Bengal army.
INDIA.
The Bombay Telegraph brings details
of the recapture of Cawnpore, not mate
rally different from those previously re-
ceived. A letter from Cawnpore of July
I9, gives the following particulars
On Thursday we marched against
the enemy, about 5000 strong, who were
in position about five miles from Caun-
porr, and this was the hardest days work
we ever had. They had six OF eight
guns, in two separate batteries. We ad-
vanced straight against them, and they
poured grape and roundshot into Us ike
so many hailstones, yet our loss was not
very great. We lay down, and then adj
vanced against their first battery, which
was taken in fine style. Invent off with
a small party (about forty men) to the
right flank, where the cavalry were
threatening US, and some of their infan-
try had strong position. We kept
them at a distance with our rides and
once, when some of the cavalry (about
500) came down upon US, we formed
square, and they did not dare TO come
near US. This elected great applause
from the general and every body. My
party then joined the main column, and
we now advanced against the other
party.
When we came within range down
poured the round shot and grape. We
were ordered to lie down, but the scoun-
drels had get their distance so well that
several were wounded. Six men of Her
Majesty's 84th regiment were killed, and
poor Captain Currie, of the 84th sever
ely wounded by a round shot. We had
several men wounded. 1 had a bullet
on my topic (felt hat,) which providen-
TALLY glanced of, and Capt. Raikes had
a portion of his sword hilt carried away.
Well, fancy when they saw Us down
again they thought we were afraid to ad-
vance, so they sounded the advance, and
then the double. The general (Have-
lock- now gave his order Rise up. ad-
vance ? The whole line gave cheer
such a cheer it must have made the vii
lains tremble from head to foot-and ad-
vanced in line against their battery. IN
der heavy cross fire, which they kept
up very well, but did not do US much
damage, as they fired so high. They
EVACUATED their battery and fed in every
direction. fred into them till they were
out of range and then rushed W the hill,
and found, to our joy, Cawnpore about
half a mile in front.
We bivouacked on the rising ground
for the night. You should have heard
the. cheer we gave as our gallant COM
mander, General Havelock, rode down
the lines it was indeed fnesight. He
on every occasion praises our men, and
is going to make a special report of US to
the commander-in-chief Only fancy
our horror on hearing that the same ight
that we gave them such a beating at
Futtehpore, they killed or rather massa-
cred all the ladies whom they hitherto
had spared in Cawnpore Except five or
six who were concealed by their native
servants.) Miss Wheeler, the daughter
of Sir H. Wheeler, they say, killed five
of these fiends with a revolver before
they could get near her. What heroic
spirit she must have had? The sight Of
the place where these poor ladies were
murdered is indeed awful. Long tresses
of mattresses covered with blood
here and there work-box or bonnet.
An the bodies are in a well. hope
we shall be able to bury them, and pay
the last honor to their remains. The few
that are still living are all more or less
i'll, and dreadfully weak. You may i'm
agine their delight on seeing US. They
were all along in a dreadful state Of
mind, as they were afraid that their ser
wants might be tempted to betray them
but, for once, these natives did not
From another letter, dated July 22d
we extract the following:
yesterday we went with a small