The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-11-18
The News from India.

expected, news Of the fall OF Delhi. 1t
is purely triumph Of the Anglo indian
army, for neither men, money nor mum.
lions from below have been sent up to
it's aid Opinions have differed as to
the wisdom of having laid seige to
strongly fortified city of 100000 while
themselves struggling to avert annihila.
ton. Success justifes the measure.
Within dwelt a nominal King lineal &c.
scendant Of the Mohammedan Emperors
Of India, and still regarded by the Mo.
hammedan clergy and soldery as thoir
lawful Emperor, though supported by
British bayonets aud British gold. The
ancient capital was assaulted on the
l4'h Of September, and no ono doubts
that it was carried on the goth. But of
three days only have we official reports.
and the, news of the rest, through the
natives, is neither full nor reliable. The
British loss is doubtless severe, some so
officers and 500 men. No quarter was
given to the rebel soldiers within, but
women ind children we're spared. and
indiscrimiDate plumber forbidden The
escape Of the King and bis sons 10 fe.
male apparel, il true may cot be of im.
portance. His reign is at an end and he
will have no successor
In India England is fighting tho bat
tie of civilization against barbarism.
Her government of India, though not
perfect, and indeed in some instances
nearly as bad as that of the city of Now
York, is better far than any that Asia
can give to that wicked peninsula. We
are deeply interested in the continuance
and improvement of this Anglo Saxon
rule, and we will look O momont at the
present condition of the contest. Enter.
ing the Hoogly,the western mouth OF the
Gauges, we ascend to Calcutta which
swarmed,in- September with troops re-
Gently arrived, diverted from their route
to China, or sent from the Cape of Good
Hope. Only distant reports of the re.
bellion meet us here. We learn howev.
er that the open rebellion is limited to
the Valley of the Gauges, north west of
us,-Bengal as they call it,-whle in
Bombay TO the west every attempt at
revolt bas-been put down on tho spot.
In Madras at tho south, not single one
has been made The native troops of
the Punjab.on the head waters of the In.
dus, and of Nepal, which lies east of
Bengal at the foot of the Himalaya
. mountains, have saved the English su.
premacy in the revolted province.
The first stretch Of railroad to the
northwest brings US to Patna, the sec.
ond to Benares, and the third to its ter.
minus at Allahabad-all on the Ganges.
Benares has been threatened and ALA
habad destroyed. Up the right bank of
the river we proceed towards bloody
Cawnpore. On the other side of the
river is Dude. Oudb, Ude or I'd, "a re-.
cent acquisition of England, and now
the only spot in India where British
troops cannot march without fighting.
In its capital, Lucknow, are shut up il
body OF troops, over wheso fate all Enr
land trembles. and whuse de!iycrunco. #
accomplished, will be tho virtual close
OF the war. All that man can do for
their dellverance is being done, and the
London press speak hopefully of the re.
: suit. For them Havelock fought his
nine battles in nine days, and at last was
obliged to fall-back from the half way
place to Cawppore, to await reinforce
merits. Outram joined him on the 18th
. Of September, and a telegraphic des-
patch sent Oh board the steamer at Ma.
dras, said they we're skirmish,ng on the
other side of the Ganges. OF this "skir
mish I'VE are prepared to hear fearful
account fortnight hence. God have
mercy on the beseged in Lucknow
At Cawnpore, We leave the Gauges
and proceed up the Jumna, which here
empties into it from the west. Far up
is Agra, and beyond still are Delhi aud
Meerut where the rebellion commenced.
1t began as the hot season approached,
the most favorable time of the year for
it's success. It is now past. Whether
Lucknow is saved or lost, the rebellion
must termipate before the troops last de.
parted can reach the mouth of the Hoog.
ly On the whole the last mail was less
. favorable than the preceding. The fall
of Delhi was delayed, large bodies of
troops escaped from it, and the King al.
also, it is feared Bombay still gives
anxiety for more mutinies and disarm,
ipgs occur. One body of troops from