Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-16
SHOCKING nARnAnlrIEs.

sccne presented at Cawporc, when
aiken by the British:
Accustomed rs they had been to
scenes of slaughter, the spectacle that
met their eyes nearly pctrified them
With horror. They marched straight
to place where they were told ono
hundred and seventy five women and
childrcd were confined. but on their
arrival they found that they had come
TOO latel They only found the clothes
IT tho poor victims strewn over the
blood-stained ground.
The scene of this horrible catastro-
pho was n paved courtyard, and one
Of the Highlanders in writing TO a CO.
temporary says: There wcrc too inch
es of blood upon the pavement, and
from the report that We got from the
residents of the place, it appears that
after we had beaten the enemy the
evening previous. the Sepoys and
Sowars entered the place where the
unhappy victims were, killed oil "a
dies, and threw the children alive, as
we'll us the ladies dead bodies, into a
well in the compound. saw it, aud
1t was an awful sight. 1t appears from
the bodies we saw that the women
we're stripped Of their clothes before
they were murdered" A feeling
more terrible than vengeance arises
in the heart at reading this, aud the
most revcrent shndder when they
think that Omnipotance could have
ieemed such a terrible ordeal neccs-
sary.
The history ofthc world affords nc
parallel to the terrible massacres
which during the last few months
have desolated the land. Neitheragc
sex, nor condition has boon spared
Children have been compelled to cal
the quivering flesh of their murdered
paron s, amer which they were literal
~ torn asunder by the laughing
hends who surrounded them. Mer
in many instences have been mutula-
tod, and, before being absolutely kill
ed, have had TO gaze upon tho las
lishonor oftheir wives aud daughter
previous to being put to death. Blu
really We cannot describe the brutal
ties that have been committed; the,
pass the boundaries of human belief
and to dwell upon them shakes 'rea-
son upon its throne.
Not moniens should DO lost, ON,
long before Christmas the whole @
India will be lying at our feet. BE
lore evacuatiDg Cawnpore. Ncna Sa
nib Bithdor, to which he was follow
ed by portion If our troops. o
arriving ut the palace, however, the
found that the bird had flown. The
bred the place; rasing it to its found
ations, and carried away at the sam
time fifteen guns. Nena Sahib, it
, said, had an intention Of going
Lucknow, but when he got us far 4
the river his cavalry and infantry d,
serted him. Rumor has il that /
then destroyed himself and famil,
but the general belicfis tina, he is sti
alive, and the sum Of 5, DOORS. has bee
offered far his capture.
Another accountants:
Only fancy our horror on hearir
i that the sans night that we gave the
such II beating ut Futtehpore, tn,
killed or rather massacred all the |,
4 dies whom they hitherto had spar,
!. in Cawnpore Except five or six wi
were concealed by their native sc
n vants.) Miss Wheeler the daught
!. Of Sir Ii. Wheeler, they say, kill,
, five Of these ficnds with a revolver b
|. fore they could ret near her. VIII
heroic spirit sic must have had?
a The sight of the place where the
n poor ladies were murdered is indie,
! awful. Long tresses OF hair--dress
- covered with blood--hcre and there
i. woik-box or bonnet.
Il All the bodies ai in n well. / no
4 we shall be able to bury them, al
pay the last honor to their remain
Fl The few that are still liveng are
.. more or less i'll, and dreadfully wea
% You may imagine their delight on 81
" ing us. They We're all along in
u dreadful state of mind, as they we
M aiaid that their servants might
tempted 10 bctray them; but for on
b. these natives did not.