The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-12-10
WV. H. MOBILES.

Very grave ,,a,cnnrits have been made in
private and official circles respecting certain
transactions AT Cawnpore and Dinapore, AMI
which are supposed to afford an explanation
Of the late order OF the governor general of
India. in favor of clemency and justice, and
Of the strong accusations made by Gen, Out
ram agains, soldiers under his command
These matters cannot be long concealed from
the public. They point to new massacres
that have taken place at Dinapore and Gavin
pore; but unfortunately, the soldiers charged
with the more recent deeds of horror are
English and not Sepoy
We will mention what the statements TO
which we refer really are, promising that the
information We give is derived from reliable
authority.
!, is said that at Cawnpore and neigh.
borhood, the Queens 18th regiment put to
death not fewer than ten thousand people :;
or according to another version. killed all
the natives they could yet at, whether men,
women, or children. At Dinapore, por-
ton Of the SepOys, at great personal risk,
remained faithful, and refused to march with
the mutinous regiment but the Queens
10th, after IN encounter at Arrab. went 10
the barracks where the faithful Sepoys were
and said " What are these black devils
to be spared merely because they have given
up their arms p Then, amid curses and
imprecations, they turned the unarmcd So
poys in the barrack yard, and had killed
considerable number of them before the
massacre could he stopped. The numbers
Of killed and wounded by this process are
vsriousl y stated, but we hear that nearly
half Of the hundred who were taken out had
thus to suffer This, however, l. the mild
est version Of the Dinapoc affair. The
bayonet as well a. the bullet WAS used by
the soldiers Of the 10th. and one of their
victims was woman.
In the Bombay Gazette we have AN nc.
count Of the practice adopted by the English
army, in blowing away Sepoys from their
guns, and it will be found reprinted in the
S'or Of TO day, /! is a mode Of punishment
which evidently casts the wheel, the galows
and the gnillotine into the shade, and ap-
pears 10 be accompanied bv mutilatlng bor.
rors that probably have no parallel in the
whole history Of mankind.
BaowISG FROM 4 GrS.--A mc,lical officer
Of thi. presidency. -ays the Bombay Gn:dte,
conspicuous for hi. bravery and galantry
during some Of the late disturbances, gives
"A description OF an execution parade.
which is terribly graphic. We have some
scruplcs about publishing it, and only do
50 IN the hope that, as suggested by the
friend .h, forwarded il to u, it may thus
reach the native public through ;be medium
OF the ycrnaculaf pnpers, and 20 be the
meats Of doing ~omc good
The first parade was horrible sight,
bat the blowing away from guns !. most
appalling After the explosion the group
ng Ol the mems remalDs IN from, OIL each
gun WAS various and frighiful. One mans
head wa perchci upon his back. and b.
was staring round "a If looking for his legs
and arms. Al you SO at toe time j.
cIOnd like aust storm composed Of shreds
OF clothing, burning muscle, and lrizzing fat
with lump. Of coagula,ed blood. Here and
there stomach or liver comes falling
down 10 sinking shower One wretched
fellow slipped from the roie by which be
Was led To the gun Just before the explosion
and bls arm Wa marty vt on hW. While
hanging ID agony under the gun, a rerg'an,
applied plsioi 10 BIZ bead. AMI three times
the cap SNAPPED, the man wtDcirg from The
expected shot. A, la., a rife vas fired
into the back Of bis had and the blood
pourei out 81 nose and mouth like water
from bri,kly haadiei pump. This va the
most horrible sight Of al. have scn
death in all it, forms nerer anything equal
this man eD,lr