The Washington union., 1857-08-29

The comments that make we reel cannot be disputed
by the most captous enyier Of our Indian greatness In
many cases the native soldiers, when conspirators
and only waiting the opportunity have acknowledged
the kindness of their British officers and protected them
from violence, at some risk 10 themselves Our
personal relations thus out clear We have oply
been too conding have left even too much to the
native officers and given them too substantial inde
pendence They feel this. Hence we read in one in
of their giving the British officers and other resi-
dents several hours law Offering them the means OF
cape allowing them to carry of their private property
and even giving them money or mounting guard at
their houses protect them from chance violence Such
particulars important to the defence OF our Indian
rule for that rule has been military one and only
hold the country the Romans held Britain Whence
then these hdeous atrocities boat loads OF fugves
shot down dragged ashore and butchered In heaps
Whence the proportion OF victims at most OF the tatons
The answer has its consolation. Sometimes a few ag
geved sepoys against the feeling and resolution OF the
regiment have the opportunity OF the confusion to
sinate the objects of their personal dislike Everywhere
as natural and inevitable consequence the prison doors
have been thrown open and thousands of class whchs
found everywhere and nowhere in greater numbers and
depavity than in India have broken loose TO follow
their brutal passions and wage natural war with the
main ntainers Of order. Sometimes preender the Ma
hommedan law of adoption has carried out that sangu
nary code every man, woman and child OF the ndel
race that within his reach. Sometimes wandering
of mutneeis have taken a wanton vengeance on
crowd of British fugityes happening 10 come in its way
These are all incidents of social chaos Generally the in
uence Of personal relations has had counteracing ten
dency No doubt the Hindoos have only those feelings
for altogether that the subugatd usually have towards
their rulers and doubt the Mohammedans have only
those more bitter feelings that the suppanted naturally
have towards their suppantes The religions and races
are against u.s. This cannot help. But submit
that these narratives, heartendng they are throw
favorable light personal relations with the peo-
pie. s
But will put question two suggested by these
details Can anybody deny that India requires ruler to
win the affections of some to suppress the ferocty of
bers arbtrae between creed of exclusion and creed
of determination to harmonize into political whole
of hereditary soldiers, hereditary priests hered-
itary ansayers hereditary plunderers and other
distinct in their character they in the days OF
Alexander Is il not for the interest of civilization and
humanity that who have this charge, and can show
preemnen claims TO it, should grasp ii and maintain
with the whole strength of the empire! Who else is
there that has his foot on Indian soil who keep down
this volcanic of criminal tendencies Who else
guard the prisons that have Just yoited out their
thousands to the terror OF the community Who else
keep the highways open and prevent the necessity OF
resortng to byways Even at this crisis feel that
il the whole presidency Of Bengal could be poled the
turn would be in favor Terrible as The blow has
been to uso those who read OF massacre after masa
of their countymen and have too much reason for
fearing that their friends among the victims have
odoubt the visitation has fallen quite severely the
civil population They look to to re-establish our
and authority by the most efectua means Ii is
not then, only because blood cries from the earth for
vengeance because thousand British families
plunged into grief distracted with anxiety but for the
substantial and paramount reason that the
Provdental governors Of India that must nfict
terrible retfbution and purge the land of its crimes We
have done much il not utmost to humnnizc the peo
ple to teach them justice and to give them liberty
may with safe conscience andno fear OF evil tongues
take exemplary vengeance the authors and abeto ot
this unmerited nsurrection
The government have received the following inteli-
gence from Bombay newspaper by telegraph from Nag
pore, dated June FL:
We have just received private letters from Ajmere
confirming the intelligence gave you some days ago
regarding the fall of Delhi am glad to infolm you,
says our correspondent that Delhi is at last in pos
session Mutinees fought like fends, contendng foi
every inch of ground with unguesonable valor; they
were however, beaten every side, until they found
themselves compelled to seek for safety in the palace
this refuge however, did not them long they
driven out with great slaughter Upwards of 1000 OF
the scoundres have been slain The whole city Ia In
possession
News was received at Nagpore that the chief commits
soner in the Punjab had published that the mutneers
who escaped from Jullundur had been overtaken by the
pursuing force ader Brgader Johnstone at Leodianah
which place they hriediy eyspated They sharply
pursued by the above force and part Of the Aloowaa
horse, HndeT Capt r. Harrington The mutneers of the
55th had been sentenced consisting Of subadar, six
hayidars eleven naks, and twenty-five privates and
blown away from guns on the 10th. The two
tive infantry regiments at Mooltan have been sarmed
under arrangements admirably made by Major Chamber
are satisfactory
DEFEAT pRIoREss AZ THE
The London Star thus comments the defeat of Mr..
Ten Brock mare Prioress at the Lewes races
1.-THE of Tournament for the Lewes County Cup
yesterday and the defeat Of the American Poress
have created sensation The Americans are sorely
chagrned, and they regard the inglorious exhibition
made by Proress as hnmliating and mortifying. And
wonder for they openly boasted of the triumph of the
stars and stripes the flower of English turf ceebri
n ..,
their overwhelming confidence they allowed their horses
to be ridden by native jockeys, totally ignorant Of the
art and tact exercised by a English rider Still the bold
Of the pace at Goodwood enabled PToress to live
with her competitors to nearly distance from home AT
Lewes the altered for the to the swift
and Poress whom Brother Jonathan had founded his
hopes was cut down without having the shadow of
chance. The American horses Prior and Leeompte may,
however, yet prove that the reputation which preceded
them to this country is not founded boastng end
ror.
The TELEGRAPH cABLE.--Ihe following
the particulars Of the breaking of the cable which
contained in despatch, dated Plymouth, Friday
evening, August H. and published in the london morn
ing papers of August l5 the day which the America
sailed from Liverpool:
% The United States steam figate Niagara, Captain
Hudson, from the Atlantic followed by the Susquehan
ma, Captain Saads and Her Maiestys screw steamship
Agamemnon, Master Commander Noddall entered the
Sound this afternoon their aturn from their
cessfu effort to lay the teeraphc cable on board the
Niagara they report that at the time of the severance,
quarter to oclock Tuesday morning 335 nautical
about $50 statute miles had been laid at distance Of
260 to 2s0 miles in direct from Valentia The
wind southery, there yea, and the ship