The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-12-29
TIL Z DISpATC II.
TUESDAY MORNING, % rs,
GENERALS HAyELocK AND orTsAm IN CRITICAL po-
sIfIosa

AhE INDIAN NEWS IN DETAIL.
GENERALS HAyELocK AND 0ETgAH IN CRITICAL po-
sITIosa
From the Times Calcutta correspondent:
CALCUTTA. oct. GA special steamer starts To-
morrow FOR Snez: it ID said TO bring back treops
| avail myself of this opportunity to forward 10
you short account of the events ri ,ha eos,
week. f
From Lucknow, the point of interest. the gov.
efhnent itself has little Information So com.
pieteiy Is the foscs there bseagured that the old
oesics si enclosing letters in quill has of neces-
siiy eeen Rtana0ned. The only message received
loi weeks was written on piece of paner threo
!hehee square, aud concealed by device IL NAV
. DO prudent as yet to keep private. We may have
70 Try IL again after this letter has returned 10 In
o'a- lhefew facts SO reported are somewhat dis
eonraging. Sir James 0utrans foscA has beer; t.r
rloIy reduced. You will remeinber that about the
18th OF September he and Generel iiave,ock forced
tneif way nto the residency, and relieved the gar.
ri7oh. Ihfs Heat was accomplished by pressing on
through gardens small bdzars, kne,s of hm1ses
ana other enclosed places. The enemy fought as
Asisfies always fight, tshiad stoue walls. Ths
ouitets literally rained upon the advancing force,
ana mat single movement cost 400 men. Sixteen
oincsra of the 10th were killed or placed bt, fi,t
fombeIt, and almost all tFasuperor officers of the
9TH tusieers. have heard many of the names.
Sos reiean rom exciting the regret of friends at
home till further information can he obtained -
, There had been some hard fighting before the re-
Hevih9 force reached the enclosures: and thu num-
Der OF rsrendered useless cannot be iess thar
~ me 1orce, therefore, even after Its junction
~ish the garrison already in the residencv cannot
De more than HOO strong, aud this sypaI, marty
must be embarrassed by the care of .ck and
"o1noed women, and children, 70 a pumLar in or.
cess OF Its own. There are besides s,na aich.
hundred men at the Aiumbagh, with great array
OF camp followers, but they ara believed to he
WITHOUT the means Of communicating with the
fesdency Since this time know little Positively
and that little IL obtained solely from ns,ivs gns
all r,oF.,t r
That ueneral outram, during the second week in
Cctostr, attacked some large huildiur prohahiv
one OF ihe palaces, and WAS driven back with fur
taer loss of life. have seen nne lattar !, ,rhcb
the writer, himself In Dude states this as a sct
bat warn you that this aud all other sccnunts
must he received with caution till confirmed II
Is nearly certain that 70, ,o0 men Sero, and armed
rrttners around and In Lucknow Eyerv IarAhn,
der in Southern 0ude except ONO ia I, arm. ,@ soa
what be can obtain in the great scramble Tho
position, you will perceive, il sufficiently Aargar
eus, ht IT ls not worse than that of the garrison
after the death of Sir Henry Lawrence Eiva bn,
dred men. with large convoy Of nrov;s;nns ora
ammunition, left Cawnpore for Lucknow on the
@tat of October. They. with the assistance If Tho
, n ~ IN TIE Aiumbegh may force their way 10 the
residency but, immense a. is tho military var,r re
every European, garrison 80 small cannot tona
| TO clear way out through q densely ponnlatcd
| tow1. Nevertheless there is no cause for desnon
dency sir James ontram can hold out till the 10Th
| of November On the 9th or Eth Sir Colin ,1,r,,
! bell, with an army, will be before Lucknnw Tha
Comrnander-in-Chief quilted Calcutta on the 27th
inst. lie has remained there to orssuiza the rsans
OF transport, which, previous TO lis arrival were
strangely defective. He will reach Csunnora ~
| the 2d November, and there take the command -
| i.o9o men. Including his own Highland hrrade
and 500 cavalry. With this little arrny and yorv
heavy train 0f artillery he viii pass on to Lucknow
pick the forca at the A,urpf,aob and ,on,ra,,,
the destruction OF the citv Il is lath and ,i.tr
place. aad the heavy guns will srash q natf, fur
him without 80 terrible loss Of human life 7
nope, Therefore, by tie mail Of the 20th November
report the destruction Of lucknow tha ral;aF =,
the garrison, ami the dispersion of the bcsleaars
Great confidence is felt here in sir Colin Ca,onbeI
lie has will as we'll AS judgment, can be as hard ma
iron when necessary, and cares nothing about SOD
officers, experience claims or, indeed ANYTHING
except efficiency.
TIE HIGRLANpERs AND TIE sEpoYs
I'm passGnE, may remark the extraordinary
eneet produced on the native mind hy the appear
snce of the Hghianders. The Sepoys on this s;Ia
them for women sent out to ayenge the nassa,ra of
the ladies of Cawnpore. The battle If Unnao disa
bused them OF that idea, and the Hgianders were
pronounced 'petticoated devils Still thew vera a
puzzle. The eepoys could understand the existence
Of devils, but could not comprehend why they
should bs areiegged. At last the truth canir out
The devils were barelegged In order more couve-
nienty 10 break Sepoys across their knees Sc
poy OF the I'D, who happened to be in Calcutta on
their arrival reported, their return this reg
iment, that the English we're sending out mon
tters with legs like elephants, faces covered with
hair like wild beasts and blood red ewes The
Highlanders are, in truth, singu ar contrast to
the people of the low country. On the arrival OF
the 4Zd, sircar, Beugaee clerk, had occasion
| TO go on board the vessel 4 Highlander stepned
| up to him, and looked at him long and curinu.Iv
Tnen catching him by the waist he held him above
| his head, eXclaiming, with 81 chuckle of amaze
nlent, 'eanday. be thae the things we're to fecbt
vi = heed scarcely to say that a Sepoy is very
different from Bengaiee. being usually taller than
| EDElishnioU. thunyh he aa he Iayg
at IL reported that Man Singh, the great land
| holder OF Southern Oude, has repeuted of his
treachery. This Is the scoundreI who promised
General Havelock aid if he would advance and
then attat ked him. tie now PROMISES If the Bri-
tsh will spare his life and his estates, to turn
round once more. do not know what .uswer he
has received, but believe government Ia finn II
he could b1ing an army or a kingdom he sbopli
hang, but he can do nothing of the kind The
victory must be ours at last and the more of tbes,
iandhoers who stake their all against us the Set
fer.
THE DELHI Atrocities
From Delhi We have little further news. The
fate of the King is not yet decided and the British
are complete masters OF the town. Some further
Incidents of the siege, however have come to light
and among them one which has driven every I'm
ropean, except the higher officials almost frantic
The Sepoys took all the wounded Europeans they
could catch during the siege. aud burnt then,
alive. The charred bodies, tied TO stakes were
found by the stormers, with the Queens buttons
still recognizable. 1t must he remembered that
the men who did this were Sepoye the comrades
for 100 years of the yictiLls-rnen who had beap
led by them from victory 20 victory. lou have
endeavored, perceive, account for these atroci-
ties The cause Is not far to seek. The Sepoys are
Asiatles, and there is not Asiatic who, having
the power, would not 20 ana do likewise. The eiu.
Gated, smooth, silken Bengaee, who talks English
aud quotes Milton, is As cruel as the Sepoy, and
just as much gentleman. The Hindoo Patriot
Tor instance, journal edited by the ablest educa
ted native in Bengal afraid TO expsess his sympa-
thy with these atrocities, cody denies them all
They are invented, he says, by tie English press
for the shop-keeper. need not describe the proof
that exists of their Preparation. i would only
mention that in every Instance in which stories OF
atrocities have been circulated, We have had Da-
tive as well rs Europesn evidence, and not one
tenth Of the trnth has yet appeared. The fIindoo
Patriot, need not say. has neither been warned
| I.or suppressed, and is warm supporter OF the
existing administration. 1t appears to be proYed
that there was at less. European at Delhi who
lent aid TO the mutneers. Many letters report the
capture of hn Englishman in the dress of q native
officer. He was q sergeant-maior of the 2sth Ma
tive Infantry, and formerly an artiieryman. He
rendered. ii il said, important services TO the be-
Seged, and was created general of artillery. He
has not been executed. aud, despite Appearances,
indsposed TO credit the stories of his guilt 1t
seems incredible that European should have de-
iiberattly aided the devils who We're burning his
wounded countrymen. | hope it will be found
that he WAS simply man of weak nerves, unable
To face the dread OF death by torture. In that
hts own science will be sufficient punishment
1t is In his favor also, that the Portuguese drum
rser. Antonio Soraphim, who Was kept TO play to
the general, and ho escaped at very late period
oil the siege. does not accuse him, but considers
him rather prisoner. FuGr Europeans at Mora.
dabad Turned Nnssulmen 10 preserve their lives
These FIVE appear TO be the only Christians ahont
whose condnct, during the rebellion. there il even
a snspieion.
THE KIyd Of nElHL
81 have just received certain informaticn q ga 70
tho fato OF the King of Delhi. Ills life is to be
spared; for the officer who arrested him. in viola
ton Of orders, gave him pledge to that effect
The biunder Ia disastrous In the extreme The
hoary seoundrel deliberately ordered the murder of
4s English women and children, ard his exernp-
tion IRON pun shment will be interpreted by ever,