Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-08-06
From the Bombay Times.
THE MUTINY IN INDIA.


against the government, and by the processes
of mutny, disbandment, and disarming. be-
tween twenty and thirty thousand soldiers
of the empire have vanished from the ranks OF
the army in the last month. This movement
alarming it unquestionably is at first sight,
is borne by us in India with more philosophy
than people at home may be disposed to be-
Hevo. The Bombay and the Madras sepoys
are true to their salt and act like Bahadoors.
not symptom Of disafFection having be.
manifested in the ranks of either In
presidency we have had touching proof of tne
loyalty of the sepoys.
The Station of Nusseerabad, in Raipoot
ma, having been garrisoncd by two regimen
of Bengal infantry, through the drain upoA
our forces for Persia, the only troops there
belonging to our army were two hundred and
fifty men belonging to the lst Lancers. Inc
Bengalees soon showed sympathy with the
multitude at Delhi. and after a vain attempt
to seduce our Lancers TO join them, openly
mutinied on the 2sth ultimo. Our gallant
fellows charged them repeatedly, although
the rebels had got possession of the guns OF
tho station and outnumbered them eight to
one The odds were. however, too large. and
the Lancers were compelled finally TO retreat
upon Aimere. thereby securing the safety Of
The important arsenal at that station. Iha
mutineers having marched in tho direction oil
Delhi. our troops finally returned to and have
re-occupied Nusseerabad. Colonel Penny,
Major Spottiswoode and Cornct Newberry of
the Lancers fell in the attack. and Captain
d. A. Hardy and Lieutenants F. A, Il. Loch
are among the wounded.
We must, however, pass over this episode
of happy omen in our Presidency, to relate
the progress of the mutiny in Bengal and the
North West and to make our readers under
stand the history of this movement, and the
incidents which have characterized it. beg TO
direct their attention to the following list OF
regiments which have mutinied, been dis
banded or disarmed
18th Native Infantry, 7th Dude Irregular,
saith Native Infantry, Sd Light Cavalry, llth
Native Infantry. goth do. 3sth do, 54th d.,
74th do, Sd Company 9TH Battalion Artillerr
the Sappers and Miners, about half the corr
10Th Native Infantry 57th do, 9th do, 5tl
do. Goth do, 55th do, 44th do, 9th do, Sd
do, 7th Light Cavalry, 18th Native Infantry
(part), 4Sth do, list do, 5th do, 30th DO,
72d do. oath do, 9th do, 5lst do, 5th Lighs
Cavalry, 10th Native Infantry, 9th do, 49th
do.
On the morning of May IL. we received
telegraph from Agra to the effect that Nee
rut was in open mutiny--that much fighting
had taken place, and many officers were muir
dered by the sepoys. Meerut being one OF
the largest stations in India, and garrisonet
by a powerful European force, our advice
we're hardly credited by the government, o.,
indeed, by ourselves but few days brougAt
us the fullest confirmation of their correct
ness There would seem to have been a
strange want of the most ordinary prudence
on the part of the authorities of this station,
and the most rigid account will have to b
exacted of the matter. The station was gar
risoned by the following native troops the
3D. Regiment Light Cavalrys and the llth
and Goth Regiments Native Infantry.
Our readers may probably remember that
eighty-fvc men of tho Cavalry had been sea
teuced to long terms Of imprisonment for re-
fusing to bite the cartridge, and that thcse
men were ironed on parade, and placed in The
Jail preparatory to undergoing their sentenc1
Noa precauton of any kind seems to hay
| been taken to provide against a rescue or az
outbreak, and on the evening of the 10th,
just people were preparing for church,
the whole three regiments rose en- masse,
Joined by all the budmashes and blackguards
Of the bazaars, and murdered their officers
and burned down their houses. The Jail
was broken open. and all the prisoners liber-
ated and the scenes and atrocious deeds
which onsued, blanch the cheek with horror.
BY some unaccountable want of energy,
the European troops looked on at a couple of
miles distance while the bloody work was be-
ing done, and only moved down in time t.
3 find the blackened runins of the houses, and
/ the charred bodies of their dishonored and
murdered countrymon, woman and chll-
dren. The same fatal inactivity allowed the
rabble mutineers to march unpursued upon
7 IL Al. 1sna hat xVn
it made it possible for two thousand Euro
pean troops, the Goth Rifles and 9th Dragon
/ Guards amongst them, to halt in their pur-
/ suit of the bloody misoreants whose atroci-
| ties must have inspired every heart with a
( thirst for vengeance We await the solution
of this strange-this unaccountable inaction.
At Delhi the mutineers arrived on the
/ lth, and the native infantry regiments there
at once lraternized with them. They Were
/ the 3Sth. 54th, and 74th regiments. The ar-
tillcry (3d company 7th, b. n. Al seem TO
have Joined in the movement most reluctant
ly, but eventually consented to act with them
The puppet king was then set up, and IL
search began for European life
Very many were fortunate enough to es-
cape from the ill-fated station-some protect
ed by the sepoys themselves-but others, and
among them large number of women and
children, fell into the hands of the lnturiated
crew, thrsting for the blood of the infdei,
and frenzied with bhang We know little OF
the exact scenes which transpired, and imeg-
nation hesitates to lift the veil from them.
We hear, however, that about fifty helpless
women and children, who had hid themselves
in the palace on the outbreak, were subse-
quently discovered, and the whole murdered
in cold blood.
The Sepoys are without leader. Each
regiment is said to have possession of one OF
the Delhi gates, and most of the Subahdars
and Jemadars are promoted to generals and
ield-marshals, whilst the Sepoys are reeeiy-
ing and are always to continue to receive
fourteen rupees a month. TO the many anx-
ous inquiries which will'be made at home
for the safety of relatives and friends in these
two stations, we regret that we cannot yet
furnish full reply.
Tho Sappers and Miners were ordered in.o
Meerut from Roorkee Immediately upon ias
mutiny having transpired. The day after
their arrival portion of them, about four
hundred, mutinied and shot their commandinc
| officer Frazer They then made off towalos