M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-10-15

Thomas Maloney, Frank Carpenter,
VIM Hersne, VIM Plass, A. Amour,
T ] Norris, and + Griffith.
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The Latest News from India
Fall OF LucknOw--AlaTm in
Calcutta.
The following is the letter from
India to the New York Herald:
CALCUTTA, Aug. 10, 1857.
The overland mail for England
closed on Saturday, the 9th inst
| write this to send by the after pack
ct, which goes down the river this
morning, and will overtake the mail
steamer (thc Beutinck) off Sanger Is
land. We received very bad news
from the interior on Saturday; but as
the government has kept it back from
the newspapers, you will not probably
hear of it, in the ordinary course OF
intelligence, until the next mail.
Lucknow, the capital city Of Dude,
has fallen all the Europeans have
been massacred by Nena Sahib and
the relief force under Gen. llavelock
has been obliged to fall back upon
Cawnporc, terribly decimated by the
cholera. There is every reason to be-
lieve that this news, discouraging as
| it is, is true. 1t is not stated on what
day the garrison of Lucknow surren'
dered, or was overcome by the rebels;
but it must have been about the first
Of the present month. The city con
tains a population of about 100000
Mohammedans, who probably frater.
nized with the besiegers, and render
ed the destruction OF the Europeans
speedy and certain. We have intel
lligence this morning that Gen. Have
lock, at Cawnpore, on the 4th inst,
had received reinforcement, and baC
moved on again toward Lucknow il
pursuit Of the rebel army. The re
ballion and carnage are now getting
nearer and nearer to Calcutta. Dina
pore and Berhampore have mutinied,
and a large number Of the rebels are
coming down the Ganges in boats. -
Bnt the Dinapore rebels have been
defeated, and five of the boats con-
tanning them have been sunk by our
artillery, and five hundred of the ras-
Gals killed. Arrah has been relieved
Last Wednesday night native was
seized in Fort William in the act O
hauling down the English ensign
which always flies from the flag staff
and hosting green fag-the Mo
hammedan ensign. The fellow was
hung on Thursday. Two others
caught in some similar act of treason
were hung at the same time.
The volunteer force enlisted by thu
Governor-General for the protection
of this city, has been under arms ant
on picket duty for more than a weel
every day and night. The company
to which belong, which comprises
ten Americans and tity-iy English
men, were on duty from six o'clocl
Friday night to six o'clock this morn
ing, and we 60 on duty again to-mor
row. So, you see, we have littl
time to attend to business. There
are several American ships here nov
loading; bat what are we to do in th'
fall for goods to fill the ships that ar
now on their way here9 ! can't say
For this rebellion will not be quelleC
speedily; and when it is quelled, ant
peace is restored, India will be throwl
back in her commercial progress fifty
years.
We are now living in a state o
alarm and terror in this city which
cannot be described. By night anC
day our arms are ready and our pow
der dry, and we wait with intense
anxiety for the arrival Of European
troops from England. There are abou
eight hundred Americans residing il
this city, and among them many wo
men and children. For ourselves ",
feel no fear-we are prepared to NEE
any foe-but for the safety four wo
men and children we are anxious
We dare not trust them alone will
their native servants, and we shal
. probably send some of them home by