The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-07-17
The Mutiny in the Indian Army.
FRiGIlTftL SCENES AND MAssAcRss

N'S"Sta with pork and bullock
''h haa excited the religious feeling of tn.
troops, and iaducod the revolt T1,a e.. :.
from the pen of the Rev T. C. smx,b ,g,a.,~.-
Meerut: "' '""PiS'h AT
n, oh ths VIII Of May eighty-fiye troo,ors ~ ,b
~ hht 'ssairy, who had refused 10 fra ,,;,h 49,
hsd ,ss supplied to them, (the same which they
- 80 Jeea I ior many months,1 were brought nm ~ n
pHa"e OF th1 Moerut troops to receiye tIe .anptn
=, e b'ntia eourtmartial, which had finished i,s
bsJ - the pfosions day, aud whose sentence
hao psen confirmed by Major-GeneraI W M IL
ul, commanding the division In srcoraarna -,
.ne .t special powers which had been given him H.
me me @etouli'iahder-in-chief Chains were rivstad ~
the hiutinecrs in presence Of tho troor. a. =, VI
were sentenced to imprisonment fnr ,n 20 @ and thsS
remained q'let till the evening of SUNDAY ,ha Ioth
oi NAY, when the mutihy commenced wifi, 81 - 80.
rue VI tLo e'Shty-hva Prisoners by their comrades
Ibe JjuI Was burnt, and 400 other convicts iiha
rated. The fettersd mutneers proceeded 20 ~
,omrN dnd OF captain Galloway, and comnatlad ~;
blacksmith to remove their chains. The Delhi
msSiziuc was defended for some time by carta,r
Europeans, but at p NJ, on the 18th inst wban
the insurgents had succeeded in effectinQ an a,
trance, the place was blown up with terrihls ex
ploson 10y Lieutenant q. d. Willoughby Commis
sary Of Ordnance, destroying, il is thought some
1000 of the rebels. That gallant officer escaped for
the time to tho main guard. His fate at present
remains uncertain, though but little hope il enter
tainod Of his safety
was driving down to church as usual distant
about mile from my house,) for the :, p NJ, ser
vice, and met on my way two Of Her Mjesty's 6oth
Riies covered with blood and supported by their
comrades. 0u reaching the church | found bug
siss and carriages driving away in great confusion
and body Of people running to me and pointing
10 a column Of fro and smoke in tho direction oi
the city. Frequent shouts were then heard, and
the distant cries Of u large mob. NV colleague,
Rov. Mr.. Rotton, and bis wife, came up AZ the
| mont; but. finding that the people had all gone
back, abandoned, of course, the thought of COM
mencing divine service and drove home, about y
"a o'clock, in the direction Of tho Rifle and Ar
tery lines. avoiding the most public places of re-
sort. Imay mention that guard of some eight
or ton Sepoys at the Artillery Depot School ol
Instruction (three Of whom killed shortly af
terwards in resisting officer, who came with hs
party to take their post saluted me in passing.
reached my house (Which share with Mr.. and
Mrs. Bicknel of rho Horse Artlllery.) in perfect
safety, bat found from them that the Sepoy guard
at tn" Brisadiers CLOSE ut hand had, shortly be
fore, fired shot which passed botween theu while
they were standing at the gate Of their compound.
We went together. just after my return, into the
western vorandah, and heard shot in the adjoin
ing road, followed by cry and the 2aloping of Of
a horse with buggy. This proved to have been
tho murder Of Mr.. Phillips, veterinary surgeon OF
tho Sd Light Cayalry) who shot dead and mu-
tated by five troopers, DIR. Christie (the surgeon
OF the same rogiment,) who accompanied him in
the buggy, having been sadly dsfgurod and in
jured at the same time. Hsis still living and doing
well BY this time the English troops, Consisting
Of iIar Majestys 9Th Dragon Guards. troop and
battery Of Bengal Artillery, with the 1st battalion
the Native Infantry lines into which they fred
with grape and musketry
The inhabitants Of the Suddor Bazaar and city
committed atrocities far greater than those of the
! SepoyS a6 in tho case Of Capt. McDonald's WIFI
whom they pursued and frightfully mutflntrd
though heI children happily all saved by the
ayaht,) aud Of Mrs Chambers, wife of the AdjlItapt
Of the llth Native Infantry, who Was murdered in
| her garden during Mr.. Chambers absence on duty
her clothes having been set fire before she was
| shot, and cut to pieces. About 10 O'Clock a bun
salow. immediately opposite our house was set on
fire by five troopers of the Sd Light Cavalry, and
an attempt Though happily unsuccessfuiJ was
! made to fire the Brigaders house. After L. the
strong pckets and patrols Of the English cavalry
artillery and infantry, were posted the road
near our house, but the firing OF houses, &C. con
tinued till close upon daybreak, principally caused
by the neighborng villagers after the guarding OF
tho lanes. The loss Of property, and alas of life
| has been very dreadful Tho part of Meerut in
which the lnsurrection principally ragged, is Il mise
rabe wilderness Of ruined houses, and some of the
residents (as was the case with Mr.. and Mrs Great
he'd, the Commissioner of the Division escaped mi
| raCulously from the hands of their pursuers by
hiding themselves Ill the gardens and outhOu5es OF
their burning bungalows, aud in some cases by dis
| guisns themselves as native servants.
On Tuesday evening Captain De Teissier, of the
Artillery, and Captain Wallace, of tho 74th Native
| Infantry, with their respective families Major Alb
bott, Captain Hankey, Mr.. Elton, &c, with some
| ladies, women, and several children, came in
from Delhi with fearful accounts of the revolt in
Reverend MIR Jennings, Chaplain of Delhi and his
| grown up daughter ian amiable and much respect
ed yeung lady were murdered in the palace. where
they were living with Captain Douglas (also kled,)
Commandant of tho Guards The Delhi Bank was
plundered and burnt (as were all the cantonmentsl
together with the premises of the Delhi Gazette the
| treasury sacked and the church burnt.
| Before the European troops arrived on Sunday at
the scene of action the following were barbarouslv
| cut 10 pieces: Mr.. '. Treghar Inspector of
Schools Capt. Mcdonald. of the 10Th Native Infan-
| try, and Mrs. Mcdonald: Capt. TAYLOR, MIR Pattls
MIR. Henderson, all of the same coru.; Col Finni.
| commanding the llth Native Infantry Mrs Cham
| bers, whose murderer caught ON the 18th tried
| at once, and hanged tree without further de-
| lay, his body afterwards being burnt to ashes In
the "a Light Cavalry the following were killed: Mr.
! Phillips veterinary surgeon Mr.. and Mrs Dawson
! ar. HcNar, lately Joined, and little girl of the
riding master, Nj Langdale together with several
soldiers OF the artillery and Goth Rifles, and wo-
| meu and children OF the military and general re-
| sidents in the station. Among other instances of
tri9htfu butchery was that of Sergeant Law his wifi
ana SIX children, who were living beyond the Pc
| CinCts of cantonments. The state in which the
| father and three OF the infants found defies
| description Happily the mother and three other
| children, though previously mangled, crawled
about midnight, to the Artillery Hospital and it is
hoped will recover. Mr.. Rotton and have buried
| 81 of the murdered, but there others whose
bodies have not yet been brought in. Not a sim
gle European native Christian is left alive in Del
| hi or the neishborh0od.
| lie ou HBHt cavalry tWlth the exception OF some
| 20 or 50 troopers) and tho Goth native infantry,
went on to Delhi Sunday night. The Ilth native
! infantry, who not only refr4ned from numbering
| their officers and burning houses, but protected
the ladies and children of the corps, and remained,
in the neighborhood l20 of these have returned.
| and il is thought that many of them will do So a
proclamation of pardon, under the circumstances,
| having been sent TO them. On Monday night many
| people (including large number of women and
children slept in the Artillery school of Instruc-
| ton, walled enclosure, we'll guarded. On Tues
| day | returned with my friends to our house. but
| while We were at dinner | received the news that
| all the Delhi troops had mutinied and Joined the
| insurgents. We were consequently ordered, with
| the ladies and children back into the depot and
| the troops were at once placed under arms and
| posted with cannon, 90 as to command the Euro-
pean lines OF the station, the rest being abandoned
The night passed away with 40 disturbances, ex-
| cept constant shots between the pickets and the
rioters the latter consisting of Villagers and resi-
dents in the city and baZaars. On Tuesday evening
Captain De Tessler of the artillery, and Captain
Wallace of the 74th native Infantry, with their
respective families Ma jor Addott, Captain Hankey,
| Mr.. Elton, &c, with some ladies' women. and sew
eral children, came in ron Delhi, with fearful ac-
counts OF the revolt in that city and massacre Of the
English. Rev. Mr.. Jennings, chaplain of Delhi, and
| his grown up daughter (an amiable and much res
! pected young LADY, wte murdered in the palace,
where they were living with Captain Douglas, (also
killed. commandant of the guards. The Delhi
Bank was plundered and burnt (as were all canton
| ments,) together with the premises of the Delhi
Gazette, the treasury sacked and the church burnt
But very few. fear, have escaped by the kurnaul
road, and in this direction, although it is rumored
that several carriages proceeding to Kur-
maui. The troops in Delhi we're Captain De Teis.
slers light field battery of native artillery with the
74th, saith and 3Sth regiments native infantry-the
| two latter Of which attacked and murdered their
| own officers well rs those of the T4th.
On the 18th of May COZ Of the ssppers and miners
| ofiicered by commissioned and non commissioned
Europeans, arrived at Meerut from their station
| Roorkee, land the commander-in-chef is shortly
| expected 10 move from Umbalah towards KurnauI,
with three European regiments from the hills and
! 1900 troops furnished by the Jain and Putteealah
| Raahs The Sirmore battalion is hourly expected
in Meerut from Deyrah The rebels still at the
palace of Delhi and have failed it 10 said in induc-