The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-09-17

ally cannot tell you the fearful cruelties
these demons have been guilty of-cut-
ting off the fingers and toes of little
children, joint by joint, in sight Of their
parents, who we're reserved for similar
treatment afterwards
1 told you how gallantly our Madras
Fusilcers-J- regimcnt-havc be-
haved; 100 men of them, under Colonel
Neil, killed G5O mudncers. l saw a
letter from one Of the officers yesterday.
He says that no imagination can depict
the scenes he witnessed when he arrived
at Benaros. The whole Of the Bengal
officers were paralyzcd with terror and
astonishment SO Colonel Neil assumed
command and proceeded to the most
summary measures, cutting off whole
regiments All the ladies were crowded
into one room, with wounded and diving
men, and from the sight that greeted his
eye, was a row Of gallowses, on which
the energetic Colonel was hanging nut
tineer after mutiuocr, as they were bro't
in. After restoring some little order at
Benares, on went the gallant Fusileers
towards Allahabad; thermometer 1907.
30, and even 40 mile marches; no SUP
plies to be had living on -four and wa
ter.
An officer writing from Allahabad
says:
You can have no idea Of the awful
weather and our suTerings from the
heat; we sit with wet cloths over our
heads, but the deaths from sun stroke
continue large; that dreadful scourge,
cholera, has also broken out, and we
have lost already 20 fighting men. We
buried 20 three nights ago at one funer-
all and the shrieks of the dying were
somewhat awful; two poor ladies who
were living over the hospital died, 1 be-
lieve, from fright We have now got
about 400 men outside the fort, and the
disease is certainly on the decline. All
the village people ran away. and one
who had worked for the Europeans
these murderers killed, so if the poDu-
lation was to man against us we should
stand but poor chance. A poor baker
was found with both his hands cut off.
and his nose slit, because he had sent
i'm bread to us. L need not say how
|anxiously we all look for large ar
my from England. We can hold our
own well enough till it arrives, but In.
dia was never in such a mess, and il
requires many a strong arm and a
wise head to put it in order again
The Bengal army is to a man against
us, aud ! am very nervous about Ma.
dras and Bombay; one single mis-.
chance, and those two armies follow.
SALES OF BLooDGD STocK.-Nr. z
g.. Bedford S sale Of fine blooded cattle
came of at his farm in this county on
Thursday last. The prices we under
stand ruled very low, insomuch that tn,
sale was closed after disposing Of q
head One bull three years old wa.
sold at s3lO; one two year old at S84
four six months at SIS, $40, $50, SIS.
one eight months at 800; one sever
months at $50.
Cows. One nine years old for S10J
two two years old for $3.50. $3.50: on,
| five year old, S85; one four year old S1O1
six one year old at $50, $500, S225
SlOS, $3.50, S235; two six months SlIO
Sl4E two five months 500, S219;
Mr.. Bedford was offered $500 a heaC
last spring. for some of this stock. W.
hope this does not foreshadow a grea
decline in blooded cattle.-Paris (KH
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