The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-13

In safsty.
the cause Of the outbreak " considered from one point
OF view
the sepoys % learn from really eooi informant, all
believe tbsi determined TO make them Cnr'uans
by They believe that all We want 10 do 10 10
make them eai pgs lat or osllocks nssn soo unfora'
ed and In some places the grease, believe really vas
lard bulocks fsi the native contractor bavog
used these for cheapness 10 tns frame Of mind, vhoh
has been going for several years, they very
picious Of any thing new and believed Of once ha. the
INTO becoming Christians, and regiment amer regiment
hec meetings 10 resent this attack on their religion All
the officers who vel acq 40 ned With Hindosanee
being selected for SAL appointments, DOLLY those were zen
10 most regime Who knowing but little Of the language
had bot little intercourse with their mon and therefore
they learnt nothing Of all this except IN one or two corps
where chance ntssia renamed, and these corps
have generally not mutped a. their officers learnt their
complaints ape explain ID the matter 10 them. Is nov
believed hs all sIs would have blown over but the dis
missed mobiles and grsndecs Of Dude, shorn OF oil their
wealth and rank, seized this pretex and sent messen
gers Ia the disguise OF FArs all about praying the
70 stand out for the religion OF their fathers plan which
succeeded too we'll some Of the Fakirs said, have
native, Who had been eyewitness 10 the events at
Delhi, writing from that place, says,-
they gone or how many have BEEN uedi Hundreds Of
oorpses are lying under the magazine The burnsn OF
e dead wander sbos TO recognise the looked for faces
shall live W the on OF all this Handreus OF wealthy
have become bcsgars hundreds Of vagabonds have
then the public mskes win be reopeped and order be
stored. For these tvo days thousands have remained
fasting, such Of the shops are len anpAgea being
closed
An tffccr, writing from Kurnard describes how
rowiy he escaped from Delhi with his nfs. her We
troops had turned their guns against their ooers be
susoed the sepoys 70 allow him 70 AXE The ree'meoAl
colors On turning round foy his Rrosm, he discovered
that The man had boiled with his horse
Ysu may imagine my horro, st this I went back irto
the quarter guard and ,aced the color but again
coming out q trooper oismounted and took deliberate
shot 81 me, bu miulns his ain, I walked up 10 hm and
blew bis brains ont Another taking aim II ms,
When he was bayeneteo by sepoy OF my company. The
firing then became general and compelled 70 run
the gauntlet scros the parade ground, and escapsd IN
hurt miracuousy three bullets having passed through
my bat and one through the skirt OF my coat The whole
or the houses In osntonmsnts were burnt
Bsvirs gone - far his weak state Of health would
permit and beips exhausted he took refuge In garden
under rome bushees-
About half hour after bsni Of robbers looking out
for plumber detected me robbed OF my rings, no,
end only len my flannel vssioost and socks they then
tore on the Aeeve Of my shirt, and with attempted 70
'usngle me Imagine the intense agony must have been
IN ney let me for dead, - had become senseless
About one hour after came and managed 70 safger
about mile without shoes, where sscreted myself
IN q hut until daybreak, when I resumed my drary
journey, and, amer travelling sbou, twelve miles, the
after part OF which was In The broilpg sun, vi houf
any tbarN my head, arrived II Aisepore
BE obtained sheltsr ri Q VILLAGE
On ihe morning Of shs sixth day man came N sndgs