Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1857-10-23

blrrl lhc proximity OF Delhi win lh IN
1amablc contents, and ordered over a wing
ol the Rides with troop Of European mr.
iillcry, before he determined on crushing
The sparks Of rebellion under his heel in tho
immediate vicinity. All was neglected, as
as ir 10 prove the truth Of the assertion
" that every disaster is practicable with a
negligent or insufficient Government.
Tho lOih Of May, which happened to Be
sunday, passed in apparent tranquility.
Tho Quecn's troop, marched 70 church, had
their dinner, and were quietly ,auntering
in lhcr lines. The officers and ladies (po0r
'oul. , w-rc preparing to g to the evening
sgr,icc, the chaplain was driving thi,her IN
his bus,y-lll was rs Il had hcsu in every
station Ia India Tor scorc- of year. past
when t1s mine slP'odoi. Tho men OF the 81
Light Cavalry, havin; probably spent the
day in drggsins themselves With bhans f1r
thsir inssnlci revenge, suii'nly rushed
from their hut to the lines, aud mounted
their horses. Arr'y s,llor'l tn the Jail,
oyarpovgr,l ,he guard, ami liberated the
prisoners Tho rest, calling aloud 10 tho
srp.y. OF thr llth and 2O,h regiments, by
whom they were Immediately .pincl, com.
mrug4i an iuliscrimiultc attack on the Eu.
rnpan residents. Colonel F.nni', their
c,mmnnlcr. va, shot down ~ the men Of
tls Goth The other ofipr. were eagerly
fr,I at ana ahrrl Their houses war, .ct
un ar,, anI thp-l blrblrti- plrtisal which
hly, b,eu ral with horror throughout thc
empire, All 10 which We remember NJ par.
allrl In the bIpplic,t s'ra-' oC storm or pi.
rlcy upon record While our c1untrymen
ami cluntryvomcn wrro thus ablnlonri A.
o prry g. atrocities more than frnii.i. 1900
of ihc Queen. tr1op.-nnry double la El-
rIps4u lore, with which Give won doe hat
,lro Plsy-wcro IN the same canton.
mcut. Tho tiIing, wrr, long IN reaching
them ihr Clr,hluogr, were badly mounted,
auI when they issued a. las, from thclr bar.
racks, hu hIr cIy in reaching thc other
cnl u the cautoamcnt' when they arri-
yal 10 va. dusk, and sJ1n after, dark tie
SrpI,s ,ul their f.ll,w-,',unir,I' from tho
5ul having pretty Wrll finished ih,ir butch
cry and rapinr, declined I, engage the Eu-
rurrlu., bat tJlk the ri,l % Delhi, aud.
O. the eternal disgrace of all who wcrs guilty
or thr lill.,. wrr, allowed 70 pursue /, un-
m1le-isI. British troop. or every arm r.
malurl o. guard the burning bungIloN, the
clrp.rs oi the slain, their own barracks, aud
,hs Lumb5r, oC ths division headquarters,
while tbrr1 rSiminv Of natives, without
leaders or guiI-,, made good a march Of
forty miles % .,iia the native capital oi tho
country Why were thoy ~, followed and
cat up to man ny ,he carabincer' and
h1r., artillery Tho road from Mccmt u
DELHI crosse. tho Iliniun, .try1m which
Alls into the Jumun bya narrow susPcn-
.run.5,ii-.. easily held by few against
much larger hrcc. Tho mutincrr. had the
,rn,, - post hundred troopers AZ this
hlIIsr, why W.. it MT -iil1l by - troop of
h1r,rar,.Ilcry from M,crut2 Why, in
short, was nothing done or attempted heiJre
the in.rrsrut. could reach Delhi, % arrest
their murirrou' progress, and protect the
unfortunate residents IN that city why,
bat that our leader, w,r, unequal - their
duty, and that General An,1n had rushed
into mrnacius display OF authority, with.
out troubling himself % consider the means
or the p'rs1us by whom d, was 10 be sus.
aincI
The S,p5ys hll plan, IL the generals
had n1nr Pushing forward unm1les,cd,
they reached D,lhl on the following day.
BrislIicr Graves, who commanded thcm,
hal notice Of the.rapproach, aud was urged
to occupy the IIindun bridge with some u
hi, guns. TIN, move would At oace have
arrested the mu,inccr,, and with the prompt
cooperation oi General Hewitt, might have
suppressed ,h1 him,. But the fatality con.
iinucd be preferred - move his guns out
on the road To Ailyshur, hoping 10 cover
the retreat Of the laIig- and children; bat
there the riysr was l,riablc, and the rebels
being Supplied with cavalry, it was Judged
imprudcnt 70 make stand. Meantime a
lew troopers who headed the mItInccrs rode
lclrlc,sly IN At the principal gate. TIC
3sIh native infantry were hastily ordered
against them, but the troopers gallOped
straight at thc regiment, calling on the Sc
plys, aud pointing u the place where there
lcg, hal been iettcrci. The regiment part.
al 10 the two sides OF the rOad, leaving the
officers in the midst, where they were cut
down by the cavalry. The revolt was I'M
mcliately joined by all the native corps in
Delhi, the artillery alone exhibiting some
reluctance, aud protecting their officers.
Mr.. Fraser, the civil commissioner, with all
tho European residents that could bc found
we're slaughtered without mercy. The Gov
eminent treasure, % the amount OF half a
million, was seized but similar attempt
made upon the magazine gave occasion for
one act VI heroism which Illumincs the dark
story and assures US that the spirit which
conquered India i. not extinct among il, de-
/ Tenders. The Commissary Of Ordnance,
| Lieutenant willoughby, finding himself un.
able to protect his charge, fired it with his
own hand, blowing up himself aud some