Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-09-01
THE REVOLT IN INDIA.


The following extract from letter OF the Rev. Ii
G. Hay, dated 9th May, now Of Allabahad in India
but formerly of Indianapolis. Indiana gives more
precise insight into the ostensble causes OF the out
break in Hindoostan than we have elsewhere met
with:
"ALLABAHAp Fort May2I 1851.
"You will be surprised The superscription, but It
lie vertable fact that We. with all the residents Of
the Station, tsave three four, are in To. Fort
believe mentioned in my last letter that there wac
great disatf-ctlon In the native army, and thAt one
or two regiments had already been disbanded for
muriny. Tho cause Of complaint was issuing new
cartridges, the paper OF which had been sized with
animal matter, THE natives said with hogs fat and
beef tallow Ofcourse to bite such cartridges, a'
they must in loading. would break their caste So
far as cnn earn,ths complaint was we'll founded or!
gnsting in simply, and Immediately rec'ifed;
but the sepahis made this pr-teIt ot showing
mutinous spirit that has been growing for years they
refused 10 take cartridges that wers unob-coDao".
disbclieved the safemrn's of their commanding OH
cere, and all over the country wes evd-ntly ripe for
REVOLT. The Government miscaculaed It's strength
al Barackporr attempted 10 enforce Tho Distribution
OF th-se cartridges i'll the presence of two or three
European regiments, and failed and d,sbsnded fh-
men, Some fourteen hundred men were thus turned
To- or The country ditf-cton grew daily more phi
prbl-, litt.e more than fortnight ago the con
nandsut ut M~erut attempted :" enforce the order
reg In-n If native cavalry there, in the Presence
Il several European reginenf-. Thy r-!u-ed-
L ghy five of the men sezsd, put in :runs, Iud
Condemned ~ III years hard labor.
"a few days airer-nn Sabsah evening, the lOi!i al
;his month-thls cavalry corps and ;wo Regiments ."
native infantry broke out in open mutiny. released
their comrades from pra m and began the work at
murder throughout thu station; men, women. ~ q
children, officers and soldiers We're shot, bach-r-d
and cut 10 pltc- and CREST uiuhy bungalows NUN!
down. Sons %: thu sufferers were PERSONAL iri-ncs
Ut oars, one ut .hr,n lady, who WAS most bSrnh-
rou-y murder by butcher, Tor ali the srnundrrls
III the CRY Of joined IN the melee. The Euro"
pesn regiments turned out and by hard fshtng saved
the station AMI ch taed the mun-ers "ut OF The cIy
They marched over Ia Delhi thrry.hvv Inli-s, were
joined by three native regiments and an artillery
corps there, took the Fort in which the old Moeul
KING reslde-, Il gift to him from Gpvernnanf.l muir.
dered all tho residents (Europrans) they could lay
hands on. and there they are now, having set up
con of the Old King the head Ut new govern
ment-raher the old Mogul government revived
This was all done so rapidly that the Government
could scarcely defend ITSELF Agra WA threatened. ana
throughout the northwest the panic wus universal
But our Lieutenant Governor is able man,
and Immediately began system OF attack Europe
an regiments were summoned IRON the stations in the
hills and along their base narive R,j.hs IN their
itoups and large force snon in motion for Del
BIZ they are doubtless there to day Our Spirlts began
10 rise. We had scsrce slept any for week. expect.
ng nightly there might De a RISING OF the regiment
here. But Will, We were JUST beginning 20 take hea
again. We hear that tlie mutineers ts"me OF hemI
came down this way eighty miles TO Allyghar the
half regiment there Join them, and together they
pluuder the Government treasury and occupy an oh
tort they had improved IN morals little, as they al.
owed all Europeans to escape Next We hear that
Mynpoore snd Hodel pluudsred nearer TO u, and
civil officers here think it Advisable to send hi
the ladies and children into the fort. Permission was
gwen last Saturday 23t) and Of course there was
rush, panic, and people crowded in, but i'll prepared
With protection from the heat which Is just now IN
Tense