New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-26
PIE LATEST NEWS.

The news fiom lnoia 10 better han the most san
guine can have e1pec ed. On the 18th Of October
Brig sdier Grant vtrtook Col Greathed and ssu ned
the command Of the column under that Off Ger, which,
augmented by Crafts force amounted to 8 5OO men.
After bestiDg the enemy at kanou on the I'D, Grant
and Greathtd reached Cawnpore on the 10th, where
they received further accession to their NUMBER.
Berg now 600 strong they crossed the Gauges on
the 30tb, ard o, the "a OF November reached Alum
bsgh. where they halted to swat the oining OF the
Commsrder inch ef. Sir Colin Campbell, as We
knew before left Calcutta on the 9th OF October; he
reached Cawrpore On the I'd or 4th tf November, and
crossed the Gsnyes on the 9th, with 5000 men Of all
aIme 10 advance upon Lucknow. Gen. Wlndhsm
was left in command of the reserve at Cawnpore
What numbers he had with him s not mentioned. We
know however, that The Dlnspore mutineers. who had
crossed the Gspges, ard were threatening ths left
TANKS Of the English detachmens cd gAnclng in sue
ces ion CawIpcre, had been dr. ven from their posi-
ton in advance Of FuttehpOre, after severely con.
tested action in which Col Powell the officer in
nsnd Of the British, fell. After the scton, portion
of the naval brigade, which formed part OF tho force
under Col Powell, found 1t eIpeoient to fall back 90
Futtebpore; but the infantry pushed on and reached
CawppOie on the Cd Of November. 1t haI already
been mentiored that the enemys forces to the north
west of Cswppore had been dispersed by Brgader
Grants column on lis advance. The reserve at Gavin
pore and is ubication wi n Allah ,bad may there
fore be regarded as secure fOn any serious attack
On the l2tn 18th of November the British troops at
Alum bsgb would an cunt TO upward Of 10000 men,
free to which it impossible that the So 600 native
soldiers-nI>st Of them the very ndifferently dig
cipReo ire ops Of the Dude Zenindars-could oppose
any effective resistance The force under Sir Colin
Canpbell would be nearly double the number Of what
stated bs Sir James Outran to be necessary for
the relief Of the residency 1t would be sufficient not
Only to Effect this purpose, but u keep permanent
hold of Dude. The lime for which it had been init.
mated the garrison of the Resdency could hold out
would indeed have been passed by couple Of Gays
before tie Coz nsnder in Chief could oome up; but -
the arrival of Grants column at Alumbagn would
have been aILourced--if by no other means by
a eauf6 the uYpyiOu3 occasion the pArnsDn
would hsye been to prolopg their defense,
i a an d ap s anX . to
the contiI uepce OF disturbances in Mal~8 and Bun-
delcund; AID these disturbances the work Of preds
tory tribes srd rcOnsiderabe chiefs, will be sup.
pressed ss soon az government s reorRsnized.
Honor to whom honor ia DUE Sir Colin Campbell,
az was expe cted by all who know him. has let no
grass grow at bis beels' We speak not Ooly of HE
own double quick" msrch to Cawnpore, but OF the
contagious il fGence Of his promptitude, which has
Ell abled hu with very defective means Of transport
to push on & 500 men to Csw6pore by the 6egiauiLg
of November. Tie energy aud pronputude OF Sir
join Lawrerce, and tue officer. who have coopsrsted
with him in the wet Of Indis, he'd been equsiy I'D.
miabIe. That Immediately after the fsll OF Delhi
such large proportion of the assaiipg force should
have been detached Ia time TO reach Ca Snpore-after
several bad Contested actions by the wsybeiore the
esd Of October proves that our officer in command
in that district sIe men who know the value of tune
the first great quisite Of commanders Nor the
beaveIy spd military skill of the EDgsh leadsrs 10
in0l6 more LQhh tLeT COrOd COOpcTh ion
ard appreciation Of each others merits. L. delight.
fu to read the frank hearty soldiery expression Of
entire mutual confidence in the first telegfsphc COM
munications Of Sir Colin Campbell ana HayelOck.
Sir Colin teleeraphed on the 18th of August:
which your pIoc edDgs ave been marked during
be most asycsbe duty TO me to m.ke Known to hi. oop
the Governor Cenrsl the sense entertain Of he able manner
GTsnt beg you to e,pre to the officers and men OF the dit
eient under command the pids and isf.ton
reading the
they have displayed every occasion they have
SaSe msDtsbed those qu.ite. M wsiol British .odes have
ever been dnsuhed- high and endurance entire
uslh Of the 9Th instant from Munsuwsr and OF all the
Operations esteem ny.s o. fGns.e in ssves he ben
cit Jour assistance and thai should find you il toe iDpo
Gen. Heveocks response, dispatched on the 2lst Of
August, was conceived in the same generous and con-
fdiOg spirit:
cannot the Qualification with which have perued
yeuI ExceeDcys Telegram Of the 9th instant which has
Ie.hee NE Inc tPpotsSSn q my operations and views IN,
for the 'bo and responsibilities Of two sfduous csmpagnt
soldiers VII, highly AID deeply value ,ou Exceencys a.
piobson"
here is something glorious in this natural fcos
masonry by which real eodiefs recognize ca n other
the mCmeLt they come 10 contact-even though IL he
az :he opposite ends of long electric wire. Coin
Campbell is sincerity ITSELF aud the little demonstra
tive though profoundly feeling Hsvelook is unspt to
give veat to bis emetors 10 words. These men mesu
what they ard in their sentiments Of brotherhood
all their leaoiDg brothers in arms participate. Their
IestoDs TO each other are akin to those which fad
depiCed in the correspondence Of Arthur Wellesley,
John Malcolm and Thomas Munro, during the glorious
Campaigns Of the DeccaD. and afford guaranty that
the struggle Of 1857 commenced under n oisssrou
auspices, viii yet finish-has, indeed, already fur.
pish,6-th page Of the future historian With we'll
fought fields, worthy to take rank with Assaye. Gal
liant soldiers have slresdy been stricken do vo-ths
Lavrepces, Nellie, Nioholsons, and sskelds but thei
places have been taken by the Grants Grsaheds, ard
Windbsns; and should tbese-which God forbid-fall
N their turr there among those who follow thsm
81 thousand good ss they TO step forward to the
front and gil up the gsps.