Weekly national intelligencer., 1857-10-10
THE LATE NEWS FROM INDIA.


The favorable impression created by the tee-
graphic accounts of the latest news from the seat
of war in India, brought by the Jura, is very much
modified by the detailed accounts from Bombay and
Calcutta, contained in the Arabia's mails.s We
were led to infer from the former that, since the
atrocious slaughter of women and children at Gavin
pore by the arch-fend Nena Sahib and his follow
ers, no massacre of Europeans had taken place;
that the revolt at Dinapore, about one hundred
miles north of Moorshedabad, Gone hundred and
twenty miles from Calcutta had been efectually
suppressed, and near thousand of the mutineers
destroyed that the gallant Gen. Hayelock had relieved
the feeble and sorey pressed garrison of Lucknow the
capital of Oude and that the only disastrous item of
news the mutiny of single regiment of Bombay in
fantry at Kolapore.
We now learn, however, that things are not near SO
promising and that the mutny of Dnapore far
serious than was represented As far back as the 25h
of July the native garrison of this place was suspected
of disaection They were called on to
percussion csps Tot their arms, which they positively
refus>d sn houeh this in itself VAS the szonset sy
dence 81 theF avn Intentions, no steps en -
punish them enforce the execution Of tie order As
might be expected, when they found an opportunity
they sailed out of Dnapore with their and
milton and marched towards Benares having previously
destroyed the telegraphc wires between the latter place
and Calcutta Being pursued and overtaken by General
Lloyd they attacked and routed with severe loss
but large number effected their escape and repaired
to unprotected civil station called Arrah twenty
miles west of Dnapore, where they massacred all the
European population. Two small steamers were dis
patched to the relief of Arrah, with two regiments
board, of which aground and could not be got
off The troops of the other being landed fell into
ambuscade of mutiReers and beaten back with
loss, in killed alone of two hundred men and nine
officers.
Besides this, learn that regiment of irregular
cavalry mutinied at Segowlie Legowly and murdered
their officers that plots had been discovered at Benares
and Jessore; and that battalion was "waverng at
Midnapore, sxtyeght miles from Calcutta, when the
mail left At Calcutta there great anxiety and un-
easness The Governor General had thought exped-
ent to disband and disarm his body guard who had
hitherto been supposed to be perfectly reliable Of the
mutinous spirit in the Bombay army little is said beyond
the fact that one regiment had revolted; but the
counts contained in the papers and despatch
of such mysterious and unsatisfactory character
that people begin to fear for the fidelity of the entire Bonn
bay force Should these apprehensions be realized
hardly possible estimate the extent of the calamity
that would result Then indeed might be said that the
British task would amount to the reconques of their
Indian Empire. A regiment of irregular cavalry had
been dsarmed at Berhampore, in Bengal, few miles
from Moorshedabad and the hotbed of Mahommedanism
which appears to have been confounded by some of the
English papers with Burhampoor, military station on
the coast of Madras and has led to the belief that dsaf
fection had also shown itself in the Madras army
The most gloomy part of the is that which men
tons that the brave Gen. HAvELooK and his gallant little
brigade were compelled by disease in their ranks, to
abandon their march to relieve Lucknow and had fallen
back Cawnpore to await reinforcemens Should this
report be ue it is distressing think of the probable
fatsof little bard who defending Luck
nov sg6fnst vastly s1pessor force and we're d4sll
in supplies both Of food and ammunition was though
that without they could not hold out beyond the
first week of August This very gloomy intelligence
not only with respect to disasters already suffered but
with regard to the future.
The only satisfactory news of importance is that the
beeaguered Europeans at Agra have been relieved and
that the mutineers by whom that place besieged
were repulsed with immense loss is relieved by Br
gadier Nicholsons columnbu how this could be it
difficult to magine for when Nicholson was last heard
OF ne was somewhere between Sealkote in the Punjaub
and Delhi marching the latter place. which lies be-
tween the Punjaub and Agra and it is natural to sup
pose that he would not pass by Delhi where relief
SO much wanting to go further south Agra The fact
of the relief of the latter is however, unsputed and
will gladden. the hearts of many who had relatives there
exposed to the horrible fate befe their country
men and countrywomen at other places
The report is not confirmed of Nena Sahib's having
destroyed himself and his family and suicide is
garded with much horror by all Mohammedans it is
to be feared that this atrocious mscreant will yet be
heard of before the end of the reward of 900
rupees is offered for his head and it is to hoped
he be captured and punished and the world relieved
of the presence of SO terrible malefactor.
The rescue of the inhabitants of Agra the daily arr
val of renforcemeuts from Persia, the Cape of Good
Hope and England the presence of Sir Colin Campbell
and the confident feeling among the British troops at
Delhi and elsewhere the only subjects for encourage
ment among the of cheerless and mournfu details
contained in the last overland mail
Great as is the danger, and arduous the task to be
performed still confident that the obstinate
rage of the English nation fully able perform it, and
that sooner later, and at whatever cost of life and
treasure the revolt will be suppressed Wherever the
British troops have met the enemy in fair fight they
have displayed those sterling qualities of GOODNESS,
rage and endurance for which they emnenty dis
tingushed. In the annals of modern there is mo-
thing which surpasses in brillancy Hayelocks rapid
than 1000 q 800 British and 800 Sikhs) within
week he defeated and routed force generally estimated
at about 15000 and he unable perfect the go-
rous task he had undertaken by saving Lucknow it
peslence and not the enemys guns that forced him
retire The men who performed these exploits under
every disadvantage of numbers climate and season. and
harassed by rapid and continual marches when properly
reinforced, will, confident achieve still greater
vctores and if their task should be the
of the Indian Peninsula doubt not it will be
fully executed and British supremacy restored on
frmer basis than ever.
The enlightened nations of the world deeply sympa-
thse with England in her trouble because they feel that
she is fighting not only to support her pride and main
tain her power but to defeat violent effort to suppant
Christian civilization by the darkest heathen barbarism
to arrest the advance of education and enlightenment and
to ruin that rich and growing commerce established at
immense outlay of money life and labor and in the