The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-10-24
The Horrors Of War in lndia--Desper-
atc Fighting.

In the mails by the Arabia, which sailed
from Liverpool on the 10Th of Septem ,er
and arrived at New York on Friday last, we
have details of the latest news from India.
From. lie Bom6cy E!egrdph.
THE RECAPrURE OF CAwNPoRE.
In our last we mentioned that General
IIavelock had reached Cawnporc, but we
were unable to give details of It's capture
The column marched from its encampment
ground at daylight on the morning Of the
10Th, and after u thirteen miles Journey,
haltcd to breakfast withi1 two miles of the
enemyS position in front of Cawnpore. AT
ter resting three hours, it advanced to the at
tack. General llavclock had with him
1900 Europeans and about 7O0 or 500 Sikhs
against $4,000 mutinous Sepoys, armed and
disciplined in every respect like his own SOL
diers, AMI commanded 10y tie arch tiend
Nvna Sahb in person.
The General, seeing the enemy's position
determined to take him in II NIX. For this
purpose the 18th Iighlanders were sent to
the front with some of the Madras Fusileers
on the left flank to cover the movement
Her Maiesty's 81 and the remaining compa-
miss OF the S4th foot, with the guns were on
t: right of the column, out of the encny's
view. While performing this flank move
ncnt tie lIighlanders and Fusilcers were I'M
der heavy fire from the cncmy's artillery,
which, however, did no damage save killing
the horse of Col. Walter Hamilton. When
our troops had got properly on his flank, the
columns were wheeled into line and advanc-
Ell under heavy fire of grape, she'll and
nusketry, to within fifty yards before they
fired shot
Our men then opened fire, and the 18th
charged up to the muzzles of tie guns and
captured theti-three "a pounders-loaIed
as they were. Leaving them in charge, on
they pressed, nothing but death could stay
their avengng hands When once raised to
>mte. Tie 18th next carried village at the
point OF the bayonet; this was on the right
OF the enemy's position, and the flank was
thus completely turned. The columns then
m we'd on to their LETT position, after clearing
the village. AS soon as they got clear Of the
village. the enemy again opened fire upon
auF troops from gun he still lad, when we
hai to lie down and wait for orr artillery
but the bu!iocks being quite knocked up,
only one small gun, of no use against the enc
/, my's hi enc, coull be got into position.
Gen. HayelOck saw at once the difficulty,
an instantly gave the order to take the gun,
Which was done in a brilliant style by the
light company of tic 18th, under heavy
fir, which was we'll kept up. This ended the
aii;iI and orr victory was most complete.
In the absence of cavalry the line was
hated, and the General went up to the High
lariers and paid them we'll merited com
plinent on their performances. The whole
fore behaved most nobly, and every soldier
r., IL i.
naHfuiy. On tie evening of this engage
mcnt the column cnca,nped outside the walls
Of Nawnror2, and on the morning Of the 18th
our sol;iiers entered the city. Accustomed
is they had been to scenes of slaughter, the
spectacle that met their eyes nearly petrilicd
them with horror The marched straight
to place where they wee tod orc hundred
AMI seven;y-iive women and children were
confined, bal III their arrival they found that
the had come too late They only found
the clothes of the poor victims strewn over
the blood-Stained ground.
The SCENE of this horrible catastrophe was
a a"ca court yard, and one Of the Highland
crs III writing to Il contemporary says: "Thcre
were too inches of blood upon the pavement,
and from the report we got from the rel
tents Of the place, it appears that after we
hal beaten the enemy the evening previous,
the @cp"ys and SowarS entered the III &c
where the unhappy victims were, killed all
tAc ladies'. aad threw the children alive us
well u, the ladies' dead bodies. into well in
the compound. I saw it, and it was an aw-
Fi,l sight. 1t appears, from tie bodies we
saw. that the women were stripped of their
clothes before they were murdered 4 feel
iagmore terrible than vengeance arises in tie
heart ut reading this, and tc most reverent
shillt!"r when they think that Omnipotcnce
coull have deemed such terrible ordeal
necessary.
The history of the world affords no paral-
lei - / g terrible massacrts which, durin"
the last few months have dcsola.cd the land
Neither age, sex nor condition has been
spared. Children have been compelled to
eat the Giiye:'ing flesh of their murdered pa
rents, after which they were literally torn
aS,lncr by the laughing, ficnds who surround
ed them. Men, in many instances, have
been mutilated, and, before being absolutely
killed, have had to gaze upon the last dishon-
ORC: their wives and daughters previous to
bein.c put to death. But really we cannot
describe the brntslitics that have been com
miticd; they pass the boun iatics Of human
belief, and to dwell upon them shakes reason
upon its throne.
not Il moment should be lost. AMI long be-
fore Christmas the whole of India will be "
ing at our crt. Before cvacuatinS Gavin
pore, Ncna Sahib blew up the magazine
He then retired upon Bithoor to which he
was followed by portion of our troops
On arriving at the palace, however, they
found that the bird had fed They fired the
place, razng it to its foundation :, and carried
away at the same time fifteen guns Ncna
Sahih, it is said, had an intention of going to
Lucknow, but when he got as far as The riv-
er his cavalry aud infantry DIES erted him.
Rmnor has it that he then destroyed himself
family; but the general belief is that he is
still alive, and the sum of 5000 rs. has been
offered for his capture.