The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-10-07
THE STRUGGLE IN INDIA.
TFrOm tha Iondon Ttuna- 0nn1 ri

pic'y iuso hogs qpeskoH-has of oWe-of uu1e mos
days C.n or oouavv men hold ous un suSoors reAoh
csm against mo raging hends sroundi Thsre s mos
.ss sSSs o. IN n %.. @ mao. :Soe sS' rs so
by province In hs volumes or oorrespoadeuce reaching
N nom al qosrssrs sad expressing every shaie oon
the ntua aus Of the contest india Will be 8itish,
and Blush viii be ~ lords, sstabtshed In gresief
r:.sh ana S:n n'n s such = n' Key ,s n,s q
nes who hold their own hses By hourly tenurs,
ana know ucs hat d'sanies . single day may dis.
aloa, rH with unboundsd and impsrturbaoie DON
1dence on she po~er and euesgss f their oountry.
Nor n this sssWapos In ,he eaSs degr-e misplaced.
rhs Ne are ,he same saioa - before Dss nov
been pr ved beyond question me relative supe-
hoSiy Of our race 10 ~ ncontsstibls - II ~as cen
iuvy ago. indeed, even more %. Hsvelork and hN
Bch.or, and LctwhA aDding oil tho Disadvantages n
ponn there has been only Asngle instance hroogn
the ~hole struggle In wniot Bit soldiers have pesn
voged II AyYAh alone hss any niscarfiags
Of THE kd, and hen in the daSkaess Of the oign'
and the tos Of Ambuscade Give only ohsnns OF
M nj .ben Inc IsSst oe-pason let oalouaa uos susIs
ba tacn, be remrmoerea nad reaonsd India from this
Dty three monns had eapssd spoe the Outbreak OF
the wutny, but during the whsa Of tiAs perd 20 ned
been ansaning desperate dghs against ~neimiog
Odds with unly suoh renforceuen could singod
from IL 10 ~. o
Nay nat the aid hey appealed for could NJ - rthcon
rf be sne middle IF se lieu bev; and ~ Us be
she event OF tie intervaH There ~as the For
three fnurths ,he peiios The sorut aud osm of
Ensisho have kept he acAle IN our favo; but the
struggle mas been dreadful Weafe still masters OF the
ned t ID ason'zpg tu,nk Of ~has might bsve bs,p
saved by the presence Or even single additional reg
mem. fe- weeks earlier under the sAls u Ca~ooore
GeG, Ya HaveIock's march IL the pross and
type of our position Hindosap He sdvaaces fights
he oopquers-evsry hing % do~n wfore him ss one
- he can stand; but II " desperae work to MAKE head
sesnat twerty ~ oce. WHAT kins Of task ne found
be very ott city collected evsn ON the bref pctd
cations OF the telegraph Aer crossing the Gsuges ne
had about nfty mites betweeu him elf aod Lucknow he
had NJ ouI tway 0vAO M theaa he nS~
fovsht three actions, ell successfully, and cAosu cd
twenty one guns 1t IL plain .ha; ths eneuy NUT Dc
ming along the whole ,oat Like horne and At the
erd Lnckp issef ~itn dense population aud all he
munneers Of Dude Our iStest accounts Inform thA
this dsur.less le cu~n, reduced cy iucessant DOM
bats 70 7o0 or SEQ lighting men, but reinforced by ihs
nsndfu Of Ioope which could bs spared ON 0Awnpors
bad again recommended It's eve itfu msroh On the 4th
n august he edvAnco was 10 be REQ sed an all the
hopes the prayers Of oounrymen cent with hem
With limo the waoe sork would be but chilo's psv.
month two Would place 70 thousand trco 81
Cawnrore, instead Of hunorc; bat . moush or 80
moro would have lett Luckuos 70 the rebels; and the
same had 70 be played, wnaeyer the chAnces, with the
d. which held.
tits ne NJ tbe WORT e0ec Of the Dnapo mutin hA
threatens to inteycept from the North western d, icts
rch succors - the government Of Calcutta might her
Nbc have seat up. We 40 not sntoioae that the great
line or communication win be seriously In srrupssd but
troops which could other have gone straight Ala
nsf.d and Cawppore may now DC detained oy work OF
ever Of This misort ,ne, Affairs exhibit promsos
Asp Ct oouio be looked for In the Msiras Presidency
ger-bsd given any osuse for alarm. In Bombay the
tiny OF srge oorps-seK exceptionally ciroumsta nced
na' not been followed autiDg whole for.nishps inervs
by any other example Of dbsccticn the revoler ha
found little temept, renf arriving
the governments wss strong and e com nuniy confident
Central india had boen bruusht unde. and
tanquil; Il vas sAh hs Jumna and tue .ngos tnai
the struggle pending; aud here. n the out
lower Bengal 10 nc .ersly divert mo efforts Of govern
ment, tho chances see a turning against The reb IL.
The quarters fsom which the. british force no
fore Dslhi may receive enectrsl soccos-ne Punjso
the northwest and Calcutta to hs southeast Az tho begin
r'rg Of the rec the runjsb contained the
the European rJrces stationed In the Bengal Preaiienoy
and some o. NE ossI oorps OF irrssus Little time In
pArs 10 the camp u Dsih but the province se had
course 70 be before much could he done for
savs pov be taken Every sspoy battalion in sas Papjss
- eher been cisarmed or cut pie o. the Sikh po "a
% .Sn S nae nsw ana n. en- sn,
troops enrolled, II u calculated that tho reinforce
nens tn their say 70 Delhi from the north ~est In
hall the Elective sreagth Of the Bsngs army - IL
aimed afser the defeo Ion Of the sepoys No such
re.ource. y tnese osn be despssohed from csoaSs
10 gratifying % obscrve thst the interval 10 marked
by soDsbl relies from olber quar- ers or tho
uert- the sothhad been dsembArked C4citis befo
me oate ~ Inc last Gcspacnts having the 23 the sb
the e3i still follow By the malls Just reoevsd
tso vessels the Pearl and the Lane ned we're reported
40 aay at Calcutta With utops from the Transit; Two
steamers with trtops board met BY the B,ornck
100 viii MIN the 81 amor, and nying sp published
BY one ~ the oacrts jour sas the 9a OF Augu says
that ufher very large reinfo cemcnls" we're ospecea
oy she 2ld OF thai mouth II hts ns dra asna
from The Cape, In possible enough thai Lord Canning
may receive altogether 5000 or 600 sxceen, tn ps
before the arrival II any Of taae do,pAched from
spsl.nd If aavelock could DO 20 much aim ne e.lh .nd
Ish what may MOI be done wh the half dozen resh tg
ments thus coming INF
We cannot, however, pretend W disguise the severity
with -hith lime must sll prcss upon beeAgueted
sArrseps For weeks 70 come o. The very ea.t every
repro epi ono man against ofy and imposioe tossy
with these sporadic erupsons Of mutny, what fresh d,
mar ds msy not be created upon tho fresh forccs which
arrive. month hence se may and . ne~ Delhi In Ben
gal II cear that troops 70 retain In ihe lover
ovincss well ~ despatch 10 tho upper ana I'LL the
Ees. renforcemens arrfo the desiy suoggle for time
st 20 with only such nelp few fortunate
can bring 70 'ssolute endurance
private letter from Of The Pupjab osmps ri
sim pie and manly expression 70 all snese reflections tnai
.e ranscribe Ia words --'ln the meanwhile psce my
llfe in hands OF an Almign,y Providence, In whom
have 30 uneounded trust Our hope hat Enssad win
MT forget that her Amy IN India actually xeepiag
the country for her until reniorue scnt arrive
ooog are nghrg nae bull dogs, aod under going
with cbeerfulness prvaons hsrsshps which mus. be
erpererced 70 be described" of surety Eaglsud vii,
lot forge, these appeals but will every ue Of
suens'h for rescue, eossble or, not for vengeance
pRocL lnArIos OF NINA sAHIB AT cAwrroal
fhe wing translation OF proof am alton posted
up by Nspa sshib ~ Ca-npcre,-
traveller jusl arrived in q vnpo r Calcutta mates
,,s - ~ ios." = So s @ 'a.o s
religion OF the hahome-sBs and hndos By Inv dsribu
uon OF carn,osss ne council 70 thls rescutor
that this mstnr Of religion, me se vices ~
seven or esst European soldiers vould be ne
oessry 6f thoasand Hiodsstauees ~ouli have 70 be
desvoJed, an thep ths ~holc Of the people OF Hin.
dossan voolf beo1me Chriiuans petition rth the
OF This resolution asnt 70 Queen vlcsoria
II vss a-proved council vas then h,ld second time
In whi n Enssh mer chan took . ,srt and ~as do.
cidsd mat IN order that no evil should srise from
ucy, Usc rerforcemeu1 should be sent for. wncu
the despatch wss received and read In Euslsod
thousands OF Europcsn soldiers we're embarked
n ships - spsed'y 90 rosible, end sent on 70
Hpdosan me ncvs Of their b.ne despascsed reschec
Calcan he English suhovhies there erred
Of the cartrds for the real nieuou hyisuAnize
the army nrss, sod bs being eesd the Of the
pse n voslo speedily Follow. 7gs and oo~p' fat
mixed % with the cartridges MS became through
Of the Bcosaeie VINO employed In The csrtrldsc
masing establishment or thsse through whoss means
this dvulsed killed the rest imprisoned
whe 10 this country these counses being adopted,
England the Vskeei cf SultAn NJ Rsum ssn. pevs "
The Sun hat thousands OF European soldiers being
ser for the purpose OF making Christians OF all he people
Of Hndcssn Upon his she 5ulan Issued nym the
King OF Exyyt 10 this enscts-
"You must deceive The Queen Victoria, FOR mi, not
time for friendship, for my vAkce writes thousssds Of
Esr rov