The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-08-22
THE MUTINY ININDIA.

LIE mb Tiny IN INDIA.
The people of England watcI the phases of the
nutiny in India sith an anxiety scarcely less
intense than they did The operations of the
4 Irineah nlr Ii ia indeed 10 them 4 subject of
the very nghest Importance, as.ilpr les. 30 49,
East India possessions would be the loss OF the
Kohl moor OF her crown and the brightness Of her
glory. IL cannot be "A matter of surprise, there
fore, that such prompt aud energetic measures
should have bsen taken by the ministers Of the
crown to strengthen the hands Of the British OIL
GERS ard reinforce the British troops 10 that en
pirc, with view, rot only to conquer tie mutt
nous native troops, but 10 arrct, by the presence
=troag force, fhe further spread Of the
mutmy. That things we're at one moment in an
exceedingly critical state, the geleral alarm in
E1eland, ard q despohdiug zone Of the London
Tines, sufficiently attest But favorable change
has taken place; at least things wor9 not in SO
BAD a condition when the ates, accounts left
india as 10 was apprehendcd they would be- and
British troops would be constantly arriving, 50
that they would in short time, ia n! probability
be able TO take Delh; BY storm. This accom-
pills ed, aud the principal head Of this hydra
wo:ll b" Topped OIL Other mutinons uoopa
seeing the fate or those stationed al their strong.
hold, would begin to waver, desert their leaders,
aud look out each one for his own safety. Trea.
cherry, dcaerion, aud distrust, you'd SOM COM
plete the work, if aided by tow vigorous blows
judiciously d, rlf
The London Times Of July - las ,hc following
rcma Ks ON The tclegraphic synopsis of the latest
news from India
F" Tie mail which ft Bombay on tue st of this
month, sixteen davs 0fier the previous departure
may bc considered 70 repo affairs a. unchanged
as they cOu.d be IL that interval The mutinv
bad continued % spread N the Bengal auGy,
which was 70 BE- torcseen but il had evidently
moi egcceded rs original bounds. Delhi had not
iccn captured, but the Insurgents had betrayed
the weakness OF their position by some oonsdera.
ble sorties, and their own want OF coura e. disci-
pine, on gencralsuip, or by being beaten with
great slaughter. SO far as rcgdrjs The beseigers
and besieged, time would BE- in tivor o. the
former, injurious a. the example would be in other
parts OF India. The peaceful aLd industrious
popuistion OF Bengal proper watch the struggle
much as We do, only having much more to lost
and much less TO do. lIewevlr, as a measure of
prccaulon, the native regiments at Calcutta AID
Barrackpore had been quietly dSarmed. At
Madras there was an uneasy feeling, but neither
there nor at Bombay there the slightest sign
oi dissatisfaction. Nothing j. reported OF Tie
Punaub.
Here then, IL is evident that the mutiny is
confined to the northwest provinces, far in the
interior, and surrounded by circle of order and
loyalty. On every side our basis of operations is
undisturbed, and at the very worst il is now lit
tie more than one Of fthosc local wars with State
or Ccniederacy such as We have had dozen
times over since the beginning Of the century,
We have no wish whatever to make the best Of
the news, but IL certainly would cost little vic.
ience to torture out of It. The worst IL told
when II is stated thnt Delhi was still ia the hands
OF the insurgents bat when we know that Gen.
Barnard had only three or four thousand Europe
ans, while the insurgents were much more numer.
Gus, and, in addition TO a hnatica population,
letter provided with artillery and ammunition, we
can make allowance for the policy Of not bringing
the struggle TO an immediate issue within the ram.
parts and streets Of the city. Every week is now
! adding to the European force at The disposal o