The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-08-20
Interesting account Of the Late
80, Massacre at Delhi.

From the correspondence OF the New York
Times we clip the following account of Incl
dents at the late massacre at DELHI sss'R
The massacre at Meernt occurred on Sun
day, the 10th inst. On Saturday, the 9th, there
was brigade parade at the station, and eigh-
Ity-fvs men of the Third Native Cavalry, who
had refused to load a nd fire the new cartridges.
were ironed on the parade ground, in presence
of the troops, aud then marched to Jail and
4 locked up. The officers on the station had,
up to this time, entertained no suspicion of an
open revolt. But on Sunday evening, the 10 h
| inst, the Third Cavalry rushed from their
lines, armed and furious. followed by the 20 h
Native Infantry who fred their musliets, and
called upon the ll,h Native Infantry TO ONE
and join them. They itninediatelys answered
by rushing out from their lines fully armed -
The English officers expostated with the
| men, but were instantly shot down. sistesisss
aa The mutineers were now joined BY the ba-
| Ear and towh rabbie, and in one body they
rushed upon the Jail and lfberstad their eighty
| five comrades, and at the same time set free
about 1900 ether prisoners, who had been con-
fiheI for various offences The frantic rebels
now turnedupon the English residcnts Of the
station with the feroeity Of tigers; and before
the European troops could be assembled, one
half Of the Bungalows the epdblic buildings and
ipriVateresidences OF Meerut were in flames,
and the wives ard children Of the English res
idents were flying IN terror before the blood
thirsty Sepoys. The scene is described as
horribiein the extreme, exhibiting The worst
feature of Asiatic ba barity. 81 -2s'tss7s"s
Every English officer that was discovered
W IS instantly shot by the Sepoys. The de-
fenceless women and innocent children were
not only bntchered, in attempting to escape
from the burning dwellings, but their bodies
horribly mutllated aud cut in pieces on the
highway, By these Hindoo savages. At last
the European troops on the station, consisting
Of the 6othregiment Of rifles, and 9Th regiment
Of dragoon guards, were drawn up to oppose
the mutineers. After two yolieys from the
rifles, the rebels turned and fed. The dra-
goons pursued them out Of Meerut, and for
several miles along the road to Delhi--cutting
down numbers of them with their sabres. Du-
ring the day allthe Europeans in the city were
bufchered by the Sepoys, except from ten to
twelve, who succeeded in escaping to neigh
boring stations. Many Of ;hem were surpris-
ed and massacred at dinner party in the fort;
others We're massacreed at church, in their
dwellings, and in the public streets. .',
| All the savage atrocities at Meerut were re-
peated with tenfold madness, on the Christian
women and children at Delhi. The mutineers
plundered tn Bank of Delhi of so lacs Of ru-
pees, Csc, 2,bOo,ooo) } They proclaimed son
Of thelate Mogal Emperor King. and, at the
last accounts, were in full possession of the
captured city.
Al act Of hero;sm by young English Off
Ger, during the sack Of ihe city, is reportel /,
and is worth communicating. When the pow
der magazines and arsenal fell into the hands
of the rebels, Lieutenant y. b. Wiloughby, of
the artillery, gaining access to the stores Of
powder, set fire 10 them, destroying in the ruin
with himself more than one thousand of the
insurgents, who were crowded into ths arsenal
at the time.
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